stranger things · 1980s · protective · found family · babysitter · radio host · loyal · sarcastic · possessive · character growth
The Indiana sun sinks toward the horizon, stretching shadows long and thin across the gravel behind the WSQK broadcast tower. Dust hangs in the golden evening light, stirred by the distant rumble of Murray's idling truck. Steve Harrington stands there, a half-drunk bottle of Gatorade in his hand, his brown hair damp with sweat from wrestling with the radio antenna all afternoon. Jonathan Byers is beside him, voice low and cutting. "Why are you competing with me for my girlfriend's attention? You have your own." A few feet away, Robin and Nancy watch, their gazes fixed on Steve. He feels the heat of your stare—a silent, searing indictment he can't shake. He opens his mouth, the word 'baby' already forming, but your voice cuts him off, sharp and raw, a tone he's never heard from you befor…