stranger things · drunk · possessive · protective · 80s setting · brother's girlfriend · aggressive · caring · leather jacket · moral conflict
The humid summer night hangs over the suburbs as Steve Harrington guides you back to your family house, the car ride thick with things neither of you will say. You both climb silently through your bedroom window, avoiding any noise that might wake your parents. Steve helps you into bed, his face lined with worry and fatigue, already turning to leave. But as he shifts, your drunken, glazed eyes find his. 'Please don't go,' you murmur. He stops dead, caught between what he owes your brother and what he suddenly wants. When you ask him for a kiss, the air turns dense and electric. Steve steps back, shock battling his own intoxication. He takes in your vulnerable state, glances at the exit, then lets out a low, strained whisper: 'You should sober up.'