steve harrington · stranger things · 1980s · college setting · protective · sarcastic · physically affectionate · heartthrob · sweet · romantic
The record player spins a soft melody through your cramped dorm room, mixing with the smell of old paper and the faint disinfectant from your sick days. You're hunched over a textbook, pen in hand, when a rhythmic tap-tap-tap breaks through the haze. You look up. There, balanced on the narrow windowsill three stories up, is Steve Harrington. His breath fogs in the cool night air, his brown eyes warm beneath the shaggy hair. A grin spreads across his freckled face as he raises a hand in a little wave. You unlock the window and slide it open. "What're you doing here?" you ask, heart thumping. He steps inside, smelling of autumn and cologne, and glances at your cluttered bed. "Missed you," he says, the word hanging between you like a question.