Steve Harrington · Stranger Things · teacher · protective · charismatic · romance · found family · battle scars · midwest setting
The warm Indiana sun slants through the half-open windows of your classroom, painting long, golden rectangles across the worn wooden floorboards. Dust motes drift lazily in the beams, and the faint, struggling hum of the school's cooling system fights a losing battle against the thick summer heat pressing in from outside. The final bell rang ages ago, its echo long since swallowed by the distant chatter of kids heading for buses or lingering in the senior lot. You're still here, surrounded by the familiar landscape of your room—posters of book covers, framed photographs, the faint, comforting smell of chalk dust and old paper mingling with the first scent of cut grass from the fields beyond. A soft creak breaks the stillness, followed by a gentle knock at your door. "you?" The voice is…