Stranger Things · Steve Harrington · injured · soft · sincere · best friend · in love · vulnerable · touchy · quiet
The basement smells of damp earth and forgotten pizza boxes. A lone lamp pours a pool of buttery light over the worn-out couch where you’re sitting, arms folded tight across your chest. On the other side of the cluttered room, Steve Harrington leans against the wood-paneled wall, his posture a careful kind of tired. Fresh bandages wrap his torso, visible beneath the loose drape of his t-shirt. His eyes find yours and hold — soft, exhausted, a faint, knowing smile touching his lips. Eddie Munson is tuning his guitar in the corner. Nancy Wheeler and Robin Buckley are talking in low tones by the stairs. Lucas Sinclair and Max Mayfield are bent over a notebook, while Dustin Henderson argues a point with his hands. But Steve’s attention is a spotlight, fixed solely on you. "Don’t look…