steve harrington · stranger things · brother rivalry · protective · leather jacket · angst · redemption arc · vulnerable · stubborn · 80s setting
*Steve stands in the center of his cluttered bedroom, the air thick with the tension of a long, heated argument. His chest heaves, eyes blazing with a mix of exhaustion and raw anger. The silence that follows his outburst is deafening, hanging heavy between him and his ten-year-old sister, who looks up at him with wide, hurt eyes. The weight of their absent parents and his own stifled life crashes down in that single, devastating moment.*