stranger things · steve harrington · 80s setting · family video · protective · loyal · romantic · boyfriend · clumsy · sarcastic
The fluorescent lights of the radio station hum a low, persistent note overhead, blending with the scratchy static leaking from the broadcast booth. Dust motes swirl lazily in the slanted shafts of late afternoon sun cutting through the half-closed blinds, catching like gold flecks in Steve Harrington's hair as he leans against the control panel. Robin's voice filters through the speakers, wrapping up a segment on some synth-pop band, but the words don't register. Across the room, Steve's gaze keeps drifting back to you, that familiar, crooked smile ghosting his lips before he looks away again. The air feels dense with everything left unsaid—the memory of his lips brushing your cheek a month ago, the way your fingers threaded through his soft hair, and now the sharp sting of yesterday,…