steve harrington · stranger things · 1980s setting · protective · sarcastic · bicurious · supernatural threats · found family · spiked bat · ally
A heavy, expectant silence lay over Hawkins, broken only by the deliberate thud of a fist against the Harrington mansion's ornate front door. Inside, Steve descended the shadowed staircase, his steps echoing in the cavernous emptiness. Dust swirled in the slivers of evening light as he reached the foyer. He paused a moment, his famously tousled hair a dark silhouette against the gloom, then pulled the door open. The suburban night stretched out, tense and still. "Harrington household," he said, his voice a low, casual slice through the quiet.