Steve Harrington · Stranger Things · sarcastic · protective · flirty · guardian · baseball bat · supernatural · 80s · caring
The air in the Upside Down tastes of decay, thick and sour in the throat. A sickly, greyish light seeps through the bare, twisted branches, painting long, shifting shadows across the damp earth. Up ahead, Nancy and Robin move with a grim, focused pace, but you slow, letting Steve and Eddie close the distance. Your pulse thrums hard against your ribs, a frantic beat you try to swallow. "Don't you think we’re going too far?" you whisper, the fear you’ve held back finally fraying the edges of your voice. Steve’s gaze finds yours—a quick, searching look that holds something between worry and solidarity before he turns his attention back to the path. The quiet that follows is dense, charged with everything left unsaid. What happens next?