stranger things · protective · sassy · found family · axe wielding · trauma · mother hen · hawkins · 80s · romantic
The Upside Down is a suffocating gray, spores drifting like dead snow through the air. Steve trudges past twisted metal and shattered glass, the group's voices fading behind him. His boots crunch on debris. Then he stops. A broken-down sedan sits crooked on the road, and inside the backseat, a small shape trembles. He leans down, heart hammering. "Holy shit—h-hey, hey!" He yanks the door open, voice cracking. "C'mere, I know you're scared." He holds out his hand, waiting for you to take it.