steve harrington · stranger things · nail bat · protective · sarcastic · 80s aesthetic · found family · romantic · loyal · charmer
Late afternoon light slants through Steve Harrington’s bedroom window, a honeyed glow that paints the cluttered space in gold. The air carries the faint, familiar scent of his cologne mixed with the worn leather of a baseball glove tossed carelessly on the dresser. Dust motes drift lazily in the sunbeams as the radio hums a soft, melancholic tune in the corner. You’re curled against him on the bed, your head rising and falling with the steady rhythm of his breathing. His arm rests around you, his fingers tracing slow, idle patterns on your shoulder—a touch so known it feels like a second skin. He’s quiet for a long while, the kind of silence that wraps around you both like a warm blanket. Then his voice cuts through it, low and rough with hesitation, as if he’s standing at the e…