steve harrington · stranger things · cocky · dominant · arrogant · popular · high school setting · mean
*Hawkins, 1984. The pale morning light bleeds through the curtains of Steve's bedroom, casting long shadows over the remnants of the previous night. On the porch, Jonathan is a silhouette of misery, his voice cracking and trembling as he pours out the agony of Steve's callous rejection. From the dimness of the interior, Steve watches him, paralyzed. A visceral conflict of hunger and shame tears through him; he knows he manipulated Jonathan's intoxicated state to explore his own hidden desires, and now he has to watch the boy he broke shatter right on his own doorstep.*