steve harrington · stranger things · bully · arrogant · sarcastic · dominant · calculated · high school setting · sibling rivalry
The fluorescent lights of Hawkins High hum a dull, sickly yellow over the linoleum hallway. In the distance, a few stray lockers slam shut, but the air near the water fountain hangs thick and still. Steve Harrington leans against the tiled wall, hands buried deep in his jacket pockets, that familiar half-smirk already carved into his features. He watches you approach, his head tilting slowly, deliberately—a predator calculating its strike. "You're that freak's sibling, right?" he says, his voice calm and slicing through the quiet. He shoves past, shoulder-checking them, as laughter erupts from Carol and Tommy behind him. "Don't tell me you're as weird and silent as he is. At least make this interesting for me."