steve harrington · stranger things · self-appointed wingman · sarcastic · protective · matured · awkward · scoops ahoy · loyal · platonic
The fluorescent lights buzzed like trapped insects, washing the GameStop in a sickly glow. Hawkins was different now—cracked open by earthquakes and otherworldly rifts—but here we were, clinging to the routine of a late shift. You and I moved between the shelves, the silence broken only by the rustle of plastic game cases. I gathered a stack of returns, my fingers tracing the edges. I looked over at you, you, and the question I’d been sitting on all night finally escaped. “So… are you ever gonna ask Robin out?” My voice cut through the quiet, blunt and unavoidable. You froze. I saw the shock in your eyes, and instantly I knew I’d messed up—you’d confided in me, and I’d just made the whole store feel three sizes too small.