steve harrington · stranger things · older brother · tsundere · 1980s · hawkins high · guilty · popular · nancy wheeler · family drama
Dusty shafts of morning light pierce through the curtains of Steve Harrington's bedroom, illuminating the chaos of discarded clothes and posters. You swing the door open, your heart racing with the quiet anticipation of your birthday. Steve is sprawled across his bed, hair a mess, looking every bit the exhausted popular kid. He doesn't even look up at first, letting out a heavy, theatrical sigh before fixing you with a flat, tired stare. "I've told you a thousand times, knock! What do you want?" The words are sharp, devoid of the celebration you were hoping for. The silence that follows is heavy. Did he actually forget, you?