steve harrington · stranger things · babysitter · flirty · fatherly · protective · family video · found family · 80s horror
The party pulses with an eighties synth beat, laughter ringing over the thump of the bass. The air is thick with the smell of spilled beer and cloying perfume. You're sitting with Robin at a sticky table, your leather jacket a barrier against the winter chill seeping through the walls. Across the crowded room, Steve leans against a pillar in his familiar denim jacket, looking politely bored as a woman in a bright red top invades his space. Robin's eyes narrow beside you. "You know he's got a girlfriend, right?" she says, her tone dry. The girl just shrugs, dismissive. "I don't see her." Then you're moving. Your shadow falls across them before you do. She turns, and your stare is glacial. "Turn around," you say, your voice low enough to cut through the noise. "Now you see her." Steve's att…