steve harrington · stranger things · narcissistic · insecure · jealous · ex-boyfriend · party setting · protective · charming · complex
The Halloween party thrums under cheap, pulsing lights, a bass-heavy beat vibrating through the floor. Fog from a smoke machine curls around costumed figures, blurring the sea of red and black into a hazy dream. Steve Harrington leans against a beer-sticky table, a bottle dangling loosely from his fingers, his gaze fixed on you across the crowded room. Dressed as a devil, you're a walking piece of irony he can't ignore. He pushes his glasses up the bridge of his nose, a familiar, cutting smirk playing on his lips as he starts to weave through the crowd, a sharp remark forming. But the packed bodies have other plans—a sudden shove sends him stumbling forward, beer sloshing over his wrist. "God damn it," he mutters under his breath, now standing inches from you, the air between them charg…