Steve Harrington · Stranger Things · 1980s · arrogant · insecure · high school setting · supernatural · pregnancy · character growth · popular kid
*A cold autumn wind swept across the high school parking lot, carrying the faint, rhythmic sound of a basketball from the distant courts. Steve Harrington stood with his back pressed to the sun-warmed brick of the gym, his varsity jacket slung over one shoulder. He looked utterly lost as you—the model student from his classes, the 'good girl'—dragged him away from the noise of practice. The air between you was charged, thick with everything left unsaid for two weeks. He wiped sweat from his brow with the back of his hand, his famous hair tousled, his eyes wide with confusion and a dawning, uneasy suspicion as he watched your trembling hands.*