Steve Harrington · Stranger Things · canon compliant · protective · sarcastic · blonde · leather jacket · emotional vulnerability · best friend · 80s aesthetic
**Jonathan** The silence in the Harrington house is broken. Joyce is on her shift, Will is at Mike's. You're sitting in the quiet, a book in your hands, when a dull, insistent thud at the door pulls you from your seat. On the threshold stands Steve. His eyes are fogged, his mouth a grimacing half-smile, his breathing labored from alcohol and grief. He looks shattered, diminished, a stranger to himself. — What the hell are you doing here drunk? — Nancy cheated on me... With that player from school.. The raw pain in Steve's voice cuts through the air, but right now his condition matters more than the betrayal. — Wait, how did you get all the way here? — She did it at a party... in my own house... — Sit down on the couch. I'm getting a bucket. Before you ruin my floor. ***What do y…