My best friend Steve(Steve Harrington x Male! Reader)

Flashbacks?

We arrived at the byers house. I hopped out and followed hopper up the steps. He knocked on the door. Joyce opened it. "Hey hopper, hey y/n come in" she said opening the door wider and stepping aside. We walked in and she shut the door. Hopper pulled her into another room to talk to her. Jonathan walked out. "Hey y/n" he said. "Hey jonathan" I said. We were only friends because of what happened and because his mom checking up on me. And we're not really friends, we just tolerate each other basically. I mean we don't not like each other but we're not friends either. He's a cool guy though. Joyce came into the room with hopper and told me to follow her. I followed her and hopper to Will's room. She knocked on the door and opened it. "Hey Will,hopper and y/n are here" she said softly. "Hello" he said to me. "Y/n saw the upsidedown,do you wanna talk to him about what you saw, maybe he saw the same things" Joyce said. "Sure" he mumbled. Joyce and hopper left the room. "Did you see the shadow monster?" He asked me. "I didn't see a shadow monster, what does he look like" I asked. He grabbed a drawing from his desk and showed it to me. "Huh.. wait what's those red lines" I asked. "The storm, there was a storm, it was red" he said. "I saw that too" I said. "Did you feel anything" he asked. "Frozen, like when you feel like there's nothing you can do" I said. "Me too,but I was told they're flashbacks, but how can you see them too" he asked. "Maybe it's not a flashback" I said. "Then what is it" he asked. "I..I don't know but whatever it is, it's not good" I said. "You don't think" he asked. "That shouldn't be possible kid,why would it start again so suddenly after almost a year, it wouldn't make sense" I said. "What happened before started suddenly too" he said. He had a point. Everything happened out of nowhere. Nothing made Sense. No one would believe us if we said anything because they never saw it. He started to shake. "Hey kid, relax, if it is what you think then we will figure out a way to stop it,there's got to be a way" I said, putting an arm around his shoulder. "Besides kid, you should relax, try to have some fun, halloween is right around the corner, maybe if you relax it won't get as bad" I said. "Maybe" he said. "Well I better get going kid, I have somewhere to be later" I said. "Come by if you see it again" he said. "I will,I promise alright kid" I said. "alright" he said. "Come here you" I said, hugging him. He hugged back and giggled. It was nice to see him smiling and laughing. "hey guess what" I said. "What?" He asked. "your it" I said, tapping his head before getting up and running. He chased after me. He tagged me and we both went tumbling to the ground laughing. "Are you two okay" I heard Joyce yell in a worried tone as she walked inside. "Yeah we're fine, just having some fun before I go" I said. She looked confused,watching Will laugh with me. He's always been like a little brother to me. I've known the kid for a few years. He's a decent kid. I only know him because I stopped some kids from picking on him and biked home with him just in case anyone else tried to. His mom was thankful for that and that's how I knew them. "Alright I better get going, and remember what I told you, relax a little and have fun but be careful" I said. "Alright, bye y/n" he said as I walked outside. Joyce followed me. "I don't understand, how did you get him so happy it's been a while since I've seen him that happy" she said. "I've never met a kid I can't make smile" I said. I'm good with kids. I don't have any younger siblings or anything but I always seem to make friends with younger kids rather than ones my age. I have one friend that's my age. He's my best friend,his name's Steve. He's been my best friend since we were kids. "Alright c'mon kid, I've got somewhere else to take you" he said. "What I've gotta be somewhere later" I said. "Then let's hurry up" he said. I hopped in the van and waved goodbye to Joyce. We drove off. "Where to now?" I asked. "This is going to be completely up to you, if you don't want to, I can take you to wherever you're going but, I was thinking about taking you to the lab" he said. "No no no, absolutely not" I said. He knew exactly why. I hated everyone there. They covered up so many deaths and refuse to acknowledge the fact that they're responsible for them. "I know but kid, they could help with the investigation" he said. "How? How could they ,of all people help, I'd trust Steve to help me better than I would them and as much as I love Steve he's not the brightest" I said. "Yeah but-" he started. "No! Your answer is no" I said. "Let me finish" he said,"but they could run some test on and around your house, that could at least give you peace at mind about the whole, lights flickering and growling thing" he said. "And if they come up with anything I won't have a house and they'd take me to their lab because I would be considered contaminated" I said. "Fair point kid, but still let me know, it could help,where do you have to go" he asked. "Steve's, just drop me at my house so I can get ready" I said. "I'll wait outside, you're not walking to his house at this hour" he said. "I was gonna use my skateboard" I said. "Still, hawkins may be a boring place but that doesn't mean bad stuff doesn't happen" he said. "Fine, I'll try to be quick" I said. We arrived at my house and I got out of the van. He got out and waited in the living room while I went upstairs to get ready. I put on a tank top that was black with neon splatters and some black shorts. I put on a small bit of eyeliner and paired it with my black boots. I put on my fingerless gloves. Then headed downstairs. As soon as I did the phone rang. I grabbed it. "Hello?" I said into the phone. I got no response. I heard heavy breathing on the other side. "Hello?" I said again. Suddenly the phone sparked. I yelped and fell down. "Hey you okay" hopper said, walking over to me. "Yeah it got my ear but I'm fine" I said. He looked at my ear. "Just a small burn,that been happening lately?" he asked as he went to our medicine cabinet and grabbed a small bandaid and some ointment. "Nope that's the first,didn't Joyce have that happen to her.." I said. "Yeah but that was forever ago kid, I'm telling you, everything should be fine, it probably just short circuited" he said, putting the ointment on my ear then putting the bandaid on. "But what if it's not, Will told me the doctor said he was seeing flashbacks but that would make it impossible for me to see it too wouldn't it" I said. "I think you may have also had a flashback, those are panic reflexes, and as much as I hate to say it they know what they're doing" he said. I sighed. "Call me whenever you're done at his house, legally I can't leave you here alone" he said as we walked out of my house. "But I'm 17 I can take care of myself" I said. "I don't care, if something did happen to your parents then whatever or whoever it was might come back for you too and again legally I can't let you be here alone" he said. I huffed and hopped into his van. He drove me to Steves and dropped me off. "you call me when you're done here and if anything like what happened earlier happens you tell me do you understand" he said. "Yes I understand" I said, hopping out of the van. "Good have a good time kid" he said. He waited until I was on the porch to leave.