Stonathan ❤️

11

NOT MINE!!!

all credit goes to BigBadLittleRed (DonnyPhantom) on ao3

"That's him, it's gotta be!"

"Quiet," Steve hisses to Dustin, who excitedly hits him a few times in the chest, grinning ear to ear. He hears the car engine shut off outside, and now it's Steve's turn to hit Dustin a few times on the back with a smirk. Footsteps walk up to the door of the Byers household, a key turning in the lock, and then the door swings open.

"Why is everyone hiding in the dark?" The light flips on, Steve rolls his eyes as everyone jumps up and yells surprise, but Jonathan is smiling so he can't find the energy to be mad. Even after an eight-hour shift, he looked gorgeous. His hair was all tussled, eyes tired but sparkling with happiness, and his scrubs wrinkled.

"Happy anniversary, Jonny." Steve steps up to his boyfriend, the younger man leaning up on his toes to kiss him. Steve smiles against Jonathan's lips as Dustin, Lucas, and Will all make barfing sounds just to tease them.

"Where's Elle and Mike?" Jonathan looks to Will with a small frown, looking just the slightest bit upset. The kids weren't kids anymore and they all had jobs and obligations, but missing Steve and Jonathan's five year anniversary party was strange.

"Elle had night class tonight, Mike's picking her up and they're stopping by the apartment to get ready. They'll be over in half an hour tops, promise." Will steps up to his big brother, who wasn't quite so big anymore, not with Will taking after the taller half of their family. He was at least two inches taller than Jonathan, who hadn't grown an inch since his fifteenth birthday most likely. "Happy anniversary." He says with a smile, leaning back.

"You'll be next, kiddo." Steve grins, earning a light blush of the young man's cheeks. The eighteen-year-old had a strange couple of years, he'd started dating Mike in tenth grade a year after Elle and Mike had broken it off... And then there was a rocky period when they all sort of became a thing, which apparently was working because all three of them were happy. Will was with Mike and Elle was with Mike, but Will and Elle were just friends because Will was gay and loved El like a sister. It seemed really complicated in Steve's eyes but honestly, as long as the kid was happy he was for anything.

"It's a good thing I brought a change of clothes to this sudden 'anniversary dinner at mom's'." Jonathan snorts, holding up a pair of clothes. He gives Steve another kiss and heads off into Will's room to change, passing by his mom and giving her a quick hug.

"So is Dustin making shit up or do you have what I think you have?" Lucas asks quietly as he approaches, Max and Will crowding in and smiling brightly.

"Spoil the surprise and I will maim each and every one of you. You might not be thirteen anymore, but I can still kick your asses." He promises with a point of his finger, earning a roll of Max's eyes and a smirk from Lucas.

"You couldn't win a fight in high school, and you still can't now." Max tells him, glancing back towards the doorway. "Show us." She insists, Steve sighs and does a cursory glance before pulling the rings from his pocket. They were both silver bands, simple and modest, nothing too flashy. Steve had the sizing made from being really stupid and making Jonathan put on his old class ring to make sure it would fit.