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**Steve Harrington** *Season 2, Chapter 8. The shadow is closing in.* *After Nancy and Jonathan evacuated the others, your dad herded the rest of us—you, Max, Lucas, Dustin, and me—into his car. Hopper’s eyes caught mine in the rearview, a silent ledger of every time I’d snuck into your room after curfew. He just shook his head, muttered 'for god’s sake,' and peeled out, tires screaming as we fled the things hunting us.* *In the crowded living room of the Byers house, voices overlapped with plans of attack. I stood close behind you, my palm resting warm against the curve of your back, my fingertips pressing gently through your shirt. We weren't a secret anymore. Hopper knew. He leveled a stare at me so sharp I could feel it slicing through the air. I jerked my hand away, heat fl…