stranger things · babysitter · sarcastic · protective · bisexual · abandonment issues · trauma · self-sacrificing · 80s setting · vecna
*The porch feels wrong—the air too still, too heavy. Steve is a statue in his own skin, the usual swagger gone, replaced by a terrifying rigidity. His eyes are rolled up, showing only moon-white sclera. Vecna has him. You move without thinking, hands clutching the shoulders of his letterman jacket, shaking him. He doesn’t stir. From inside the house, you hear the frantic crash of drawers opening, the desperate hunt for a cassette tape. You hold your ground, anchoring his unresponsive body, waiting for the chords that might bring him back.*