Stonathan ❤️

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NOT MINE!!

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Steve knew he liked Jonathan, a hell of a lot, but the second he said "Let's go. I'm tired of Billy's shit," he knew he was in love.

Most people, when confronted with Billy's bullshit and abuse, simply suggested going to the cops or telling a parent and having them deal with it, and nothing against Hopper or the party's parents – with the exception of Mr. Wheeler, he could choke as far as Steve was concerned – but that wasn't going to help the situation. Billy wasn't going to listen to authority figures talking diplomacy, he only understood when you spoke his language, and Jonathan seemed to be the first person to really understand that. So, when Steve had grumbled that they needed to do something about him, he hadn't expected anyone to agree, but Jonathan had, and it proved to Steve that he was, once again, the man of his dreams. A man of action.

However, as he knew from experience, it took a lot to get Jonathan angry, even more to get him angry to the point of willingly going along with what could only be called violent disturbing of the peace, but after Steve had told him what Will had told him on the car ride home, he was ready to commit murder. Billy really should have known not to mess with the younger Byers, but Billy and Jonathan hadn't really met, so he supposed it wasn't Billy's fault for not understanding the rage of an older brother who had literally just gotten his brother back only to find out he was being bullied by a near-adult.

It wasn't just his abuse of Will, he was fucking with the whole party, especially Max and Lucas because Billy was, as Steve had so eloquently put it "A racist pile of steaming horseshit." And he'd really done it this time, because Lucas had gotten hurt in the process, which was the catalyst for Steve's anger. That bastard had followed the party home from school after Max had ditched him to hang out at the arcade with her friends, and ran them off the road again. Steve hadn't known about the first time until this evening, or this would have most likely happened a lot sooner. Billy had almost hit Lucas, purposely chasing him down for longer up until the point when he swerved to avoid being hit and went head first into a tree, leaving him with a rather large bump, which Steve had worried might have been a concussion, but after multiple reassurances from both Dustin and Will, had calmed down enough to realize that it wasn't anything too serious. He had a few bruises, as well, and a couple scrapes on his face, but he had insisted he was fine and didn't need Steve to baby him.

The party had done their best to calm Steve down and had succeeded in stopping him from going directly to Billy's house and getting his ass handed to him almost immediately. It wasn't until he'd brought Will home after a night of Dungeons and Dragons, that he'd met up with Jonathan and they'd collectively decided that something had to be done. Steve brought Will home most nights, because Ms. Byers still didn't want him riding his bike home at night, which was understandable, so Steve had volunteered, partly because he liked Will, but mainly because it gave him a chance to see Jonathan, and it worked out just as well, because Steve was already at the Wheeler household studying with Nancy.

Nancy and Steve had made up and were on better terms, both realizing they weren't the best for her, and she was helping him with his college essays, so he could potentially get in next year. He was aiming for somewhere in New York, so he could follow Jonathan, and he was willing to work as hard as he needed to get in. Which meant a lot of study sessions and plenty of rewritten essays. He was getting better, though, and he was sure he'd have it right by time for early consideration.

He'd been there for her when she and Jonathan had broken up a few months prior. Jonathan had broken it off, not really giving much of a reason beyond he didn't think he was what she needed. Steve had been not so subtly trying to flirt with him ever since. It was no secret that Steve was bisexual, at least, not from the trio, anyway. Steve didn't go around telling everyone, but Nancy had figured it out from the way he stared at Jonathan and, now that they weren't dating anymore, she fully supported him in his endeavor to get Jonathan Byers to go out with him. The only problem was that Steve was too scared to ask him. They had a great friendship going and he didn't want to ruin it. Nancy had assured him he wouldn't, though, and so he'd gotten bolder in his attempts at wooing him.