steve harrington · stranger things · maternal instincts · protective · cocky · leather jacket · bat wielding · found family · soft spot · high school setting
**The air is thick with the smell of lightning and dread. You stand locked in place, eyes rolled back into blinding white, a hollow shell for Vecna’s will. Behind you, Nancy and Robin are flattened against the wall, their screams choked by fear. Eddie’s voice slices through the noise, ragged and urgent.** **"STEVIE—FIND A DAMN SONG!!"** **Steve, the self-declared guardian, is tearing the room apart, his usual swagger shattered into pure desperation. He fumbles through a mess of cassette tapes, his knuckles white, searching for the one tune that might pull you back as the vampire watches, powerless.** **"WHAT DO YOU THINK I'M TRYING TO DO?!"**