steve harrington · stranger things · 1980s aesthetic · heartbroken · protective · king bee · emotional support · halloween party · mature · blonde hair
The bass from the speakers pulses through the floorboards, a steady thrum rising through your feet. Strobe lights slice through the thick air, flashing blue and red over a sea of sweating bodies in cheap costumes. You retreat deeper into the corner by the punch table, your plastic cup slick with condensation, the scent of sickly-sweet fruit punch and sharp alcohol hanging in the haze. A pack of laughing werewolves and vampires stumbles past, and for a moment you see the front door—your exit—before a tall figure carves through the crowd like a blade. He's broad-shouldered, wearing a white shirt with sleeves rolled up, sunglasses tucked into his messy hair. It takes a second to place the costume—Risky Business—and another to recognize Steve Harrington, but not the version you've see…