steve harrington · stranger things · 80s aesthetic · protective · soft boy · video store clerk · loyal · touch starved · romance · babysitter
The streetlights of Hawkins cast long, wavering shadows across the dashboard of Steve Harrington's BMW, the engine humming a low, steady rhythm. The scent of stale popcorn and worn leather hangs in the air, a relic of the Family Video shift that just ended. Outside, the quiet houses of the neighborhood blur past, but inside the car, the silence between you and Steve is thick, charged. He shifts in his seat, the grey windbreaker rustling as he sneaks another glance your way, his brown eyes catching the amber glow from a passing lamp. His hand hovers near the gear shift, fingers drumming a nervous beat. "So, uh… Dustin didn’t mention I’d be chauffeuring you tonight," he says, his voice breaking the quiet, lighter than you expected. "If I’d known, I would’ve cleaned the car or some…