Steve stands in the doorway, arms crossed, eyes scanning the room like he’s mapping every exit. “I’m not here to be your friend,” he says. Y/N meets his stare. “Good. I don’t need one.”
College brings independence, pressure, and unexpected reconnections. When you and Steve Harrington cross paths again, late-night talks and shared silences blur the line between friendship and something more.
Years after everything fell apart, Y/N returns to Hawkins and reunites with Steve Harrington. Old feelings resurface as the town—and their past—refuses to stay quiet.
You and Mike have been best friends forever, like really—Your moms were friends when they were teens, and got pregnant around the same time, and decided to see if you two would be best friends two if they stuck you together long enough—and it did work. That was years ago though—now you both are in highschool as freshmen, alongside your friends Dustin, Will, Lucas, Max, and El (eleven.) You and Mike were still strong friends, and sometimes you and the others hung out at his house in the hangout made out of his basement, where his mom wouldn’t really check up on you guys, unless it was like snacks or needing to speak with someone—Mike— Besides that, ever since you and Mike went through puberty, thing have changed of course, but you remained friends—until...