splinter- steve harrington

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~russian interception~

"blake! steve's here for you!" claudia called out. "okay coming!" i said. "when dustin wakes up tell him to come in," i added as i grabbed the waffle i put in the toaster and put it in my mouth. i put on my backpack and grabbed mine and steve's cokes and she nodded. "thanks!" i muffled and got in steve's car. "you're always running late," he said when i got in. "well i guess you don't get your coke then," i said. "no no no i'm sorry," he said and grabbed his coke. i laughed and slapped his face with my waffle.

"is dustin up yet?" he asked as he started driving. "nah he crashed when he got home," i said. i tied my shoes and then put my seatbelt on. "gimme the waffle," he said and took it from me. he took a bite of it then shoved it back into my mouth. "sure you can have some," i said sarcastically and he winked at me while chewing obnoxiously.

i rolled my eyes took a bite then gave him the rest. i took my hair out of the very sloppy bun it was in and put it into dutch braids. "i don't know how you aren't fired yet, you never wear the hat," steve said. "it's because he's never there," i laughed. "if you're so worried about it then give me your hat," i said. "gladly," he said and set it on my head. "so uh, i was thinking," he said. i nodded, waiting for him to continue.

"about what you said yesterday, about well us, and i think you're right, but i wanna take you out on a proper date, like dinner, arcade, ice cream, i walk you to the door," he said. "and when would you like to have this date?" i asked. "tonight after we get off," he said. "pick me up at 8," i said. he smiled and pulled into the mall. we were walking in at the same time as robin and she put her arm around my shoulder. "so here's the dealio," she said. "i will give you my share of the tips today if you let me take a 45 minute nap in the back,"

"deal," i said. "actually?" she asked. "yeah i need money," i laughed. "this is why you're my favorite co-worker," she said. "i'm right here," steve said. "i'm aware," she said. i laughed and we unlocked the store and went in. the day was extremely slow, and since i let robin sleep for 45 minutes, she took over the register and me and steve played cards in the back. "pleasure to meet you i-is he here?" i heard dustin say. "is who here?" robin asked and steve ran out. "henderson!" steve said and they both started laughing. "henderson! he's back, he's back!" he said as he walked over there.

"i'm back! you got the job!" dustin said. "i got the job!" he said and made a trumpet noise. they did their little handshake and i laughed, leaning on the counter next to robin. once they finished the handshake they both sighed laughing. "how many children are you friends with?" robin asked. steve turned his head, pointed at robin, and sighed. "this one's mine actually," i said and stole dustin's hat. "what do you want dear brother o' mine," i said. "banana split," he said. "steve, show your best friend how it's done," i smiled and he walked around to the back of the counter.

robin just laughed shaking her head. dustin grabbed his hat back and he steve and i sat in a booth. dustin started telling us about suzie and said she was hotter than phoebe cates. "no, no way, hotter than phoebe cates? there's nobody that hot," steve said. i looked at him and raised an eyebrow. he winked at me and i laughed. "brilliant too, and she doesn't even care that my real pearls are still coming in, she says kissing is better without teeth," dustin said. we both just stared at him and nodded. "yeah, wow, that's great i'm proud of you man that's ro- yeah that's kinda romantic," steve said.

"do you guys really get to eat as much of this as you want?" dustin asked about the ice cream. "yeah," i said. "yeah i mean it's not really a good idea for me though cause i gotta keep in shape for a certain lady," he said and winked at me. "how's that working out for you?" robin asked him and i laughed. "ignore her," he said. "she seems cool," dustin said.  "she's not, so uh where are the other knuckleheads?" he asked. "they ditched me yesterday," dustin said. "woah," steve said. "my first day back, can you believe that shit?" he asked. "they are gonna regret it though, big time, when they don't get to share in my glory,"

"glory, what glory?" steve asked. "elaborate please," i added. "so last night i was tryna get in contact with suzie, and uh,"he looked around and then whispered gibberish. "what?" we asked. he whispered it again. "just speak louder," steve said. "i intercepted a secret russian communication," he yelled. "shhhh, geez yeah okay thats what i thought you said," steve said.

"well do you know what it said?" i asked. "no," he said. "what does that mean?" steve asked. "it means, steve, that we could be heroes, true american heroes," dustin said. "just think you could have all the ladies you want and more,"

i cleared my throat and dustin laughed. "maybe not," he said. "i like the more part, but what's the catch?" steve asked. "no catch, i need both of your guys help," dustin said. "with what?" we asked. he grabbed a book from his backpack and held it up to us. "translation," he said. we walked to the back and he got wrote the russian alphabet on the whiteboard, then he got out his tape. he played its few times and i sat there and listened. once it stopped he looked at us. "so what do you think?" dustin asked. "it sounded familiar," steve said. "i think we can do it, it might take awhile though," i said.

"what sounded familiar?" i asked. "the music at the end," he said. "why are you listening to the music? listen to the russian we're trying to translate the russian!" dustin said. "i'm trying to listen to the russian but there's music-," "alright babysitting time is over, you need to get out there, hey my board! that was important data shit birds!" robin said walking in. "i guarantee you that what we're doing is way more important than your data," dustin said. "yeah? and how do you know these russians are up to no good anyways," robin said.

"how does she know about the- did you tell her?" dustin asked and steve shook his head. "i told her," i said. "and i can hear everything you two are extremely loud," robin said. "you're trying to figure out what the evil russians are up to but you haven't  translated a single word because you didn't realize the russians use an entirely different alphabet than we do, sound about right?" she asked. they just stared at her. she went to grab it but steve took it. "what do you think you're doing?" he asked. "i wanna help, I'm fluent in four languages you know," she said.

"russian?" dustin asked. she started talking in pig latin and they both laughed. "that was pig latin dingus, but i do know spanish french italian and i've been in band for 12 years, my ears are little geniuses trust me," she said and steve laughed. "come on it's your turn to sling ice cream my turn to translate i don't even want credit im just bored," she said. "agreed, go stevie," i said. he sighed and swapped her the tape and scoop and went to the front.