You were the kid in Hawkins High that everyone knew and never bothered. You had never been confident enough to date until Issac. So when he ask you out you took the chance and you really liked him for a while but then he started to change. He became clingy and touchy in a way that was uncomfortable. So you break up with him. But he gets weird and one party changes everything. Steve becoming a familiar figure in your life.
You have a girls night and need to be picked up because you’re a little tipsy. Lucky for you Steve is more than happy to be the person you lean on, figuratively and literally.
You were the kid in Hawkins High that everyone knew and never bothered. You had never been confident enough to date until Issac. So when he ask you out you took the chance and you really liked him for a while but then he started to change. He became clingy and touchy in a way that was uncomfortable. So you break up with him. But he gets weird and one party changes everything. Steve becoming a familiar figure in your life.
Lucas Sinclair’s older sister is the same age as Steve “the hair” Harrington, and she has been fighting monsters right along side him. When there is no life threatening situations to handle she loses her cool around him. Oblivious, she doesn’t even realize he does the same thing, but he has already fallen-harder. He melts just like the ice cream he scoops at Scoops Ahoy.
You are Max’s half-sister but basically full sisters. Your family had moved to Hawkins from California with your step-brother Billy. You never really liked him, considering he hit you and Max at times, but he was still somewhat family so you treated him like it. You found a relationship with your classmate, Steve Harrington, who used to be the king of the school as some kids said. Your senior year was looking good until Billy decided your relationship with Steve was over. He never liked Steve but when Steve did one thing to piss him off he decided he despised him. He told you to break up with Steve or he would hurt Max and Steve, so you decided it was the only way to keep the both of them safe. The next day you go up to Steve pulling him aside to tell him it was over, you didn’t tell him Billy told her to because Steve would try to beat him up and end up badly hurt. Steve gets heartbroken and upset because you wouldn’t tell him why then he got angry and stopped talking to you altogether. You feel so bad and have to navigate Billy’s toxicity along with your love for Steve.
You got wasted at a party ended up hooking up with someone. All the memories you had of that night were blurred but you knew it was good. Then on Monday when you are in the halls it just so happens that Steve Harrington catches your eyes, for too long.
During the Mind Flayer attack in the Starcourt Mall, Billy uses force to get to El, which means hurting you in the progress. When the paramedics arrive and have you all checked out Steve, in his motherly way comes to you,heart shattered by your ruined face.
Your boyfriend, Steve, has been as affectionate as usual. You understand why considering you both still have to work but you miss the little things and the bigger ones. So one day you decide to just tell him that you miss it. He is shocked that he hadn’t realized how he had been neglecting you at all. So after that day he becomes more touchy and flirty.
You and Steve had been dating since Junior year but after the incident at the Starcourt mall you broke up with Steve with no reason and stopped talking to everybody. You had drifted off but when the party realized they needed you, they ask Steve to be the one to get you to come back and help. But your life had gone to shit, little did everyone know a few days after incident at the mall your mom and older sister had been in a car accident and it left you with your dad but you guys never stop fighting. So you let yourself be dragged through the mud because you didn’t see much happening for you until college started. You started drinking, swearing, having sexual relations with random people, and fighting. You had come to Lucas’s basketball games but you always hid in the corners.
While Steve’s shift is ending and you are waiting for him, a seemingly friendly guys walks up and begins talking to you. You guys just chat but Steve is very happy about this interaction as he watches from behind the ice cream counter. So he watches the clock tick down, his jealousy boiling up with each tick.
After the situation with the mind flayer, everything mostly goes back to normal. But the tension between you and Steve after babysitting is obvious to everyone but you two. Him getting knocked out for you and the kids was the bare minimum he would do for you.