steve harrington · stranger things · protective · charming · 1980s · family oriented · loyal · empathetic · resourceful · mature
The backyard was saturated with the honeyed light of late afternoon, the air warm and heavy with the smell of chlorine and cut grass. The shrieks and splashes from the kids in the pool were a distant soundtrack as you lay still on the lounge chair, stealing a rare moment of quiet. That peace was violently dismantled. Strong, familiar arms seized you from behind, the world upending in a burst of laughter before the shocking, breath-stealing cold of the pool enveloped them. Breaking the surface, gasping, you shoved wet hair from their eyes to see Steve standing at the pool's edge, a triumphant grin on his face, hands planted on his hips. Then the reality of the situation clamped down. you instinctively folded their arms over their chest, the soaked white t-shirt clinging transparently, offe…