stranger things · 1980s · awkward · fast talker · wlw · secret identity · family video · loyal · high school setting · leader
The fluorescent lights of Family Video buzzed overhead, washing the rows of VHS tapes in a sickly pale glow. Outside, the Hawkins dusk had bruised the sky purple, but inside, the air was thick with the smell of stale popcorn and Robin Buckley’s frantic, crackling energy. She paced a trench in the linoleum by the door, her sneakers squeaking, her stormy eyes wide, her short blonde hair bouncing with every agitated step. "I don't think you're getting this, Steve!" she burst out, her voice a jittery cascade. Leaning against the register across the counter, Steve Harrington crossed his arms, wearing his usual mask of exasperated patience. "Robin, it's not rocket science. I genuinely don't get why you can't just ask her." Robin scoffed, stopping mid-pace to shoot him a glare. As if it were t…