Stranger Things Short Stories

Steve Harrington - Till death do you part

This was requested by @edd1emuns0nsw1fe and its does have spoilers for vol 2.

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"This is a terrible idea." You say, pacing outside of the caravan you and the others had stolen earlier. For whatever reason your idiot boyfriend and his friends thought it would be a fantastic idea to go after Vecna. Vecna. The weird veiny, noseless prick with mind voodoo powers. Their plan was far from intelligent, in fact it was straight up suicidal and for the life of you you couldn't see why they would possibly want to go through with it. the worst part was that your boyfriend Steve fully intended on going head first into, right to vecna himself with nothing more than some lame ass fire bombs and some crappy guns.

The two of you were currently arguing over the stupid plan he and the others had formed in an attempt to save the world from Vecna. You didn't want to seem selfish or like a bitch but you were fed up of it always being you and you're friends being the ones having lay your lives on the line. You were also fed up with Steve's hero complex bullshit.

"y/n we don't have much of a choice someone has to do something." He tries to tell you, approaching you in that cautious way. 

The two of you were currently stood outside while the others were sat in the van, no doubt watching the drama unfold before them. You roll your eyes at Steve's response and walk away from him, knowing that if he gets too touchy you'll end up backing down. You sit over to the side on the hill on one of the the over turned boxes you and the others had been sat on minutes ago preparing your equipment for your great battle. Honesty its sometimes feels like they don't realise that this is real life and not some dumb board game.

"And why does that have to be you Steve? Why is it you who has to go down there? We should be calling someone. Surely some of those weird sciencey people can help us." You try to reason.

"There's no time and you know that." He says, crouching down in front of you and taking your hands in his. He always did this when you got angry. While you might not like to admit it, you did tend to experience some issues to do with anger and for whatever reason Steve always knew how to calm you down from that.

The action of feeling is hands on yours was enough to make you focus on the situation at hand.

"Fine." you sighed, gripping his hands tightly with your own. "I'm going down there with you guys."

With that his eyes light up with this immediate panic and fear.

"What no it's too risky." He tells you in a way that seems unnecessarily harsh and kinda forceful. 

Was he expecting you to sit and wait back here for him and the others to fight. On what planet was that acceptable? While you didn't necessarily want the fight to happen, you certainly weren't just going to leave it to your friends. You're friends who also happened to be children.

"What so its fine for you and robin and Nancy to go and face vecna but not me?"

This time he's the one sighing, running a hand through his messed up hair. He can't understand why you're being so difficult. He doesn't understand why you can't just see that you're it for him and that if he lost you he wouldn't have much left going for him. 

In a sense of desperation he immediately reaches up and wraps you up in his arms. Your cheek harshly rubs against the rough fabric of that weird military-esque jacket of his. If anything this simple gesture made you realise how weird things were right now. Normally Steve was so well groomed, his clothes were always so soft that when you hugged his you could easily bury your head into his chest and normally he didn't smell of chemicals and shit.

"I can't risk you getting hurt. I can't lose you y/n." He mutters into your hair, pressing a kiss to your forehead.

"Yeah well I can't lose you either Harrington." You tell him. His fingers trace up and down your arms as you pull back. Silently you reach up to press a soft kiss onto Steve's lips. "I can't sit here and so nothing."

"I know. I just want to keep you safe." He says, hiding his head in your neck just so he can preserve some of his dignity and not have you seeing that he's getting kinda emotional over this whole thing. He's supposed to be all big and brave heading off into an interdimensional battle yet here he is crying at the thought of his girlfriend getting killed.

"I'll be fine. Look I'll help Eddie and Dustin, those two idiots probably could use some adult supervision." 

You pull apart realising you don't have much time left. It was now or never. This fight was going to happen and there was a good chance that you were all going to die. You kiss Steve one last time before standing up to head back to the others. As you stand you reach out your hand to Steve who, like the old man he is, can't stand from his crouched position without some support.

 When he's finally stand he presses one last kiss to your cheek before saying, "Just stay safe okay? I love you."

"I know you do and I will." You say pulling away and wandering off over to the van. Steve couldn't help but stare realising this might be the last time he gets to see you. Despite the heaviness of the conversation you just had, you still seemed really carefree. You still seemed like you. Your words break him out of his trance as you call out and say "Oh and Harrington."

"Yeah?" he shouts, curiously to see what you have to say.

"I love you too."

Steve smiles to himself, shaking his head before jogging up to catch up with you. The two of you enter the caravan thing hand in hand, ready to face whatever's to come. Because you both know deep down that no matter what shit occurs tonight, you'll always have each other. Till death do you part.