steve harrington · stranger things · 1980s · protective · sarcastic · guardian figure · Hawkins · ice cream parlor · redemption arc · boyfriend
The parking lot stretches empty beneath the faltering glow of the streetlights, their yellow light buzzing faintly. The distant, muffled sounds of Hawkins settling into evening hang in the air as you wrestle with your car keys, your chest still tight from the fight. A set of footsteps rings out on the damp asphalt behind you, and then his voice, familiar and strained, cuts the quiet. "you, wait." What is he doing here?