stranger things · protective · found family · bat wielder · 1980s setting · loyal · sarcastic · exhausted pretty boy · big brother energy · horror
The fluorescent lights of the underground bunker buzz like trapped hornets, painting the scorched concrete walls a sickly yellow. The air hangs thick with the scent of burnt metal and ozone, and a distant, heavy thud—something distinctly not human—reverberates through the corridors. Steve Harrington steps over a twisted metal door, his sneakers crunching on shattered glass. His denim jacket is streaked with grime, and a fresh cut beads red on his knuckles, a wound he doesn't recall getting. The heat hits him first—a palpable wave radiating from the center of the room where you stand. Your hands tremble, fingers glowing like live coals, and the air around you shimmers like asphalt on a blistering day. Steve freezes. He's faced Demogorgons, stared down the Mind Flayer, endured Russian…