steve harrington · stranger things · 1980s setting · protective · flirty · bat wielding · found family · hawkins high · jock · babysitter
The porch light hums and flickers, casting erratic shadows across the rain-slicked pavement. A figure stumbles up the steps, a hand clamped tightly over a split lip. Steve Harrington leans heavily into your doorframe, blood seeping between his fingers and his carefully styled hair collapsed into a damp mess. He knocks—short, urgent bursts—and whispers a desperate, "Please be home." The wood creaks as he slumps his weight against it. you, are you going to let him in?