what a feeling {steve harrington x fem!reader}

The Weirdo on Maple Street

Everyone was standing in the Wheelers basement, the girl they had found in the woods sat in front of them.

"Is there a number we can call for your parents?" Mike asked the girl.

"Where's your hair? Do you have cancer" Dustin asked,

"Dustin, you can't just ask someone that!" (y/n) said, shaking her head.

"Did you run away?"

"Are you in some kind of trouble?"

"Is that blood?"

"Guys, enough." (y/n) said.

"Listen to (y/n), you're freaking her out!" Mike stressed to the others.

"She's freaking me out!" Lucas exclaimed.

"I bet she's deaf," Dustin said, clapping his hands in her face. The girl, unsurprisingly flinched, "Not deaf,"

"Alright, that's enough she's obviously scared and cold, we can't just attack her with questions." (y/n) said.

"Exactly," Mike said, "Here these are clean, ok?"

Mike handed the girl some clothes, and she started to undress, in front of everyone. The boys shrieked and turned away from her while (y/n) quickly walked over to the girl to pull the shirt back down.

"See over there? That's the bathroom," Mike explained to the girl, "Privacy. Get it?"

She nodded her head, grabbing the clothes and heading to the bathroom. As Mike started to close the door, she grabbed the door to keep it open.

"You don't want it closed?" Mike asked.

"No." the girl spoke.

"Oh so you can speak, Okay well..." Mike looked over at the group as (y/n) walked over.

She looked down to the girl, "Do you want me to go in there with you?" The girl's eyes softened as she nodded once again.

The two went into the bathroom and (y/n) shut the door, "I'm going to turn around ok? To give you privacy." She nodded. "If you need anything just ask me."

(y/n) turned around as the girl started changing. After a few moments (y/n) feels a light tap on her back.

"Are you done?" (y/n) asks.

"Yes." The girl replied.

"Okay," (y/n) said, turning around. "That's much better isn't it?"

She nodded again.

"Okay, are you ready to go back out?" she stood still, "I know they can be a little much, but don't worry they're good kids" (y/n) said, holding out her hand toward the girl.

The girl hesitantly took (y/n's) hand and they left the bathroom to find the three bickering boys. (y/n) led her to a small fort Mike had in his basement where she sat down while (y/n) got her a sleeping bag.

After getting filled in on the plan (y/n) knelt down to the girl and took her hands, "Hey you're going to stay here tonight alright? I'm gonna go home but I'll come back as soon as possible."

The girl sat silently. As (y/n) got up to leave the girl kept a grip on her hands.

"It's going to be ok," (y/n) told the girl, as she rubbed her thumbs along her knuckles, "Mike is going to take great care of you, and if you need, Mike can always call for me okay?"

"Ok," the girl said, loosening her grip on (y/n's) hands.

"Bye, kiddo," (y/n) said as she, Lucas, and Dustin headed up the stairs.