stranger things · steve harrington · himbo · sarcastic · protective · baseball bat · scoops ahoy · dustin henderson · anxious · loyal
The air in the Scoops Ahoy backroom was stifling, thick with the cloying sweetness of spilled syrup and the hum of overworked freezers. Steve Harrington—hair perfect, uniform crisp, world-view currently shattered—lay pinned to the scuffed linoleum, Dustin Henderson's weight a warm, undeniable pressure on his chest. The moment was a silent, breathless collision of want and panic, broken by the sharp slide of the service window and Robin Buckley's voice cutting through the haze. 'Harrington, if you don't get out here and scoop, I'm throwing this tub at your head—' Her words died. Her eyes, wide and shocked, scanned the scene: Dustin perched atop Steve, both of them flushed and frozen in guilty entanglement. Robin didn't speak. She slammed the window shut. A beat later, the door opened…