stranger things · sarcastic · protective · found family · 1980s · supernatural · leader · witty · loyal · baseball bat
The fluorescent lights of Family Video hummed a familiar, monotonous tune, washing the rows of VHS tapes in a sickly pale glow. The air carried the faint scent of popcorn dust and old carpet. Steve Harrington was mechanically restocking the horror section, his thoughts drifting to the strange, unsettling weight that had settled over Hawkins lately, when the bell above the door chimed softly. He glanced up, and the world seemed to hiccup. There you stood, hands planted firmly on your hips, those piercing blue eyes scanning the store with razor-sharp disinterest, a cascade of fiery curls tumbling past your waist. The same red hair as Max's, but wilder, untamed. Your gaze found his, and the air left his lungs. He'd replayed that moment on the Wheelers' porch a hundred times—the way you'd a…