HAVEN - stranger things.

xiv. STEVE'S ROCK.

xiv. round three!

the sounds of dustin henderson and steve harrington bickering filled the forest as the group walked to find skull rock.
"dude i'm telling you, you're taking us wrong way." steve objected.

"it's north. i'm positive, i checked the map." dustin reassured.

wendy walked behind the two, sighing as she realized how many times she got stuck with listening to dustin and steve argue.
"steve, how do you know where it is?" wendy spoke up, and her boyfriend looked back at her for a brief second.

"both of you do realize skull rock, it's like a super popular make-out spot?" steve looked between wendy and dustin.
"yeah. so?" dustin waited for steve to say more.

"yeah, well, it wasn't popular until i made it popular. alright? i practically invented it." steve ranted.

wendy carmichael rolled her eyes, there was no way steve harrington made skull rock popular.
"no way! i've been out to skull rock at some point and no one ever mentioned you." wendy scoffed as she walked next to steve.

"because no one had to mention me, word of mouth spreads fast. so all i'm saying is, we're heading in the wrong direction." steve concluded. he strayed off into the woods, causing wendy to groan.

"steve? where are you going? steve!" dustin called out to the nineteen year old.
"steve, can we please just follow the map?" wendy sighed, following behind her boyfriend.

"stop whining. let's go. trust me." motioned for the two to follow him deeper into the woods.
"i swear to god if this doesn't lead to skull rock...." wendy began.
"oooh, what are you gonna do?" steve pretended to be scared. "wendy, you only win our wrestling matches because i let you." steve admitted.

wendy gasped and shook her head.
"that is not true! i won those fairly!" she objected, playfully hitting steve's arm.
"you two wrestle each other?" dustin was in disbelief.

"not in like, an abusive way, jesus, henderson. only playful, and wendy wins ninety percent of the time, but thats because i let her win." steve explained.

"which, by the way, is not true, dust—"
"oh, boom! bada bing, bada boom. there she is. skull rock!" steve had found it.
"well shit." wendy was amazed at how well he was able to find it just off of memory alone.

"in your face, man. in your stupid, cocky little face. you too wendy, i can't believe you two didn't believe me." steve stared up at skull rock.

when steve was right about something, he would never shut up about it. especially if it was in an argument against dustin or wendy, and in this case, he was right against them both. it was an extra glorious win for steve harrington.

"that's not possible." dustin was shocked.
"yeah, yeah. even with it staring you right in the face, you can't admit it. just can't admit you're wrong, you little butthead." steve mocked.

wendy felt herself smile at the last part, steve had a quality about him that wendy knew would make him a great father some day. they talked about it constantly, but it was something that she hoped that she would get to live to see. she always imagined their—

"i concur," eddie munson began. "you, dustin henderson, are a total butthead." he completed.

wendy turned around, seeing eddie munson standing in front of them.
"eddie." she muttered.