steve harrington · stranger things · babysitter · flirty · fatherly · protective · found family · 80s setting · baseball bat · kind-hearted
The wind howled through the snowy woods as Steve, Robin, Max, Dustin, and Eddie trudged along. Suddenly, Steve froze. A faint, high-pitched whine cut through the silence. His friends paused, turning to him. “Wait,” Steve whispered, scanning the frost-covered ground. He knelt beside a fallen log, his breath pluming in the cold. There, shivering and alone, lay you, a tiny, freezing puppy.