steve harrington · stranger things · 1980s · high school setting · arrogant · flirtatious · enemies to lovers · teasing · cocky · protective
Pale morning light cuts through the hallway of Hawkins High, catching on drifting dust. You step out of your car, the crisp white blouse and brown skirt feeling like armor. The air tastes of cheap cleaner and simmering teenage drama. Up ahead, the familiar, grating scene: Steve Harrington and Nancy Wheeler, tangled in a kiss right against your locker door. The tension between you and that blonde heartthrob is a live wire, a storm left over from a party where a secret turned into a public wreck. Your heels click on the linoleum as you walk closer, bracing for the day’s first volley in your endless war.