HIGHER and HIGHER - Steve Harrington x Reader

xxi - the code

— 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐞 —

WE EXIT the mall and I look at the time. The busses weren't running anymore.

"Hey, (Y/N)!" Steve calls out to me, "Do you guys need a ride?"

I smile at him and Dustin and I make our way over to his car.

"It's like you read my mind, Harrington."

We get in and Steve makes his way to Dustin's house, music playing softly on his radio.

"You know, this whole evil Russian thing is insane." Steve says.

"Yeah, it is, but it's real." Dustin says.

"We need to crack that damn code." I say.

"Robin's right, maybe once we finish translating it will be easier." Dustin says.

I nod my head and look out the window, watching the trees as we pass by the woods. We pull up to Dustin's house and he grabs his bag, then leans forward on the center console.

"All right, I'll see you guys tomorrow to try and finish translating." Dustin says, "You'll be there, right (Y/N)?"

"I'll be there, I guess." I say to him.

"Okay, try to go as early as you can. I'm having my mom drop me off right when the mall opens."

"Jesus, dude." Steve says, "I don't know if I can deal with you that early in the morning."

Dustin scoots back and opens the back door.

"For women and glory, you can." He says.

And with that, he gets out of the car and shuts the door behind him, walking up his driveway and into his house. Steve pulls away once Dustin gets in safely and starts the drive to the cabin.

"Hey, I don't know why he keeps saying the 'women' thing, it's not really a big deal for me, I just want to help—"

"Steve," I cut him off, "I don't care. It doesn't bother me."

"Okay, I just want to make sure. I don't want it to seem like I'm a... a womanizer, or anything."

I blow air out of my nose and smile and he looks over at me with a confused face.

"What?" He asks.

I look over at him with an innocent face.

"What?" I ask.

"Why'd you laugh?"

"Laugh?" I say, "I didn't laugh."

"Uh, yeah, you did. You went like..." He imitates the noise that I made and I shake my head.

"I don't know what you're talking about, Harrington."

"Okay, Hopper, you totally think I'm a womanizer."

I gasp

"I didn't say that!" I say.

"You basically did with that snort." He laughs.