Stonathan ❤️

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NOT MINE!!

all credits go to t4yl3nJp3g on ao3

Jonathan bolted up to a knock on his window. He felt all tense all of a sudden. "Who the hell is there?!" he somewhat screamed. He moved the curtains to see Steve Harrington. "Steve?!" He exclaimed with confusion, opening his window.
"Hey man..." Steve said with a nervous smile, climbing into the room. "Why are you here?" Jonathan asks with an annoyed tone. "I wanted to apologize.." Steve replied. The other man raises an eyebrow, insisting he continues."Um-I'm sorry I reacted in such a bad way about the Nancy thing, I'm sorry I was an ass to you, I'm just sorry for everything." Steve spit out, his head down with fidgety hands.
"Oh- thank you, but it's five in the morning. Don't you need to get home-" he was quickly cut off. "I feel bad, ok?! I thought since an apology was on my mind I'd do it now." Harrington's tone is more annoyed and spitting. Jonathan nodded and patted his shoulder; it was obvious Jonathan was feeling confused and nervous. His excessive moving of his jaw and chewing on his tongue.
"Uhm... I think the Denny's down the road is open... can I take you- As an apology of course!" Jonathan shoots a small smile and light chuckle. "Sure dude." They stood there awkwardly for around 5 minutes. "Oh- I'll go write a note real quick so my family doesn't worry." Jonathan mumbles as he goes out of his room. Steve follows him out awkwardly.
Everything feels so awkward, Steve repeats annoying phrases in his head like dumbass, fix your timing and such. "I'll go get changed real quick as well, stay right here." Jonathan says as he goes back into his room. Steve simply nods.
It doesn't take that long for Jonathan to change; he pulls Steve by his sleeve out the door. "You alright Harrington? We don't have to-" he was cut off again, "No, no everythings fine! Sorry about being so quiet, I'm just shocked you actually agreed." Steve says his tones more mumbly and quiet then usually. He feels Jonathan's hand on his shoulder which quickly shoots him up. "It's alright Steve." he nods and smiles. Jonathan gets to his car and opens the door.
The drive to the place was a lot quieter and more peaceful. As they park the car Steve blurts out "I'll pay for you as well! Uhm- Because I offered you this..." Jonathan seems to be looking with more concern as he nods. "Let's go." He says quickly as they both start to get out of the car.
Their conversations seem to be more nervous or blunt than usual. The place is so quiet, you can see how obviously tense Steve is. "You ok?" Jonathan breaks the silence like a knife through frozen butter. "Uh- yeah... Just not used to having to apologize or people accepting my apologies." He blurbs out. "Hey, ya know it's ok right? If you want, you can stay a bit longer with me at my house." He suggests, Steve's head shoots up, finally there's actual eye contact. "Please." Steve eagerly says, "I mean, uh- thank you. Yeah." he corrects himself, trying to stay calm. Jonathan cracks a small smirk as he chuckles. "Aye, it's ok. You seem obviously nervous, whatever it is, I'm open to help you." Steve shoots him a genuine smile.
The conversations at the place end up more lively and cheery. The drive home is the same. Steve can't help but to crack a smile when thinking about the niceness of Jonathan Byers. Steve glances at the time in the car, "7:30?!" He yells out at shock. "We were there for like two hours! How??" Steve questions, which makes Jonathan laugh. "Time passes quickly, this also means my mom's probably up." Jonathan replies.

The car makes a swift turn into the Byers driveway as the car quickly stops. "Um- hey Jon, Thank you a lot for this. I don't get why you're being so nice but thanks." he says quietly, "it's ok. I'm being nice cause you're being nice Steve. Let's go inside." He replies with a soft pat on the back and a big grin. The two sprint out of the car.
Jonathan unlocks the front door and walks inside. He nods his head inside trying to signal that Steve can come in too, he responds with a nod and books it in. As the door closes it alerts Jonathan's mom. Jonathan walks forward into the hallways to see Joyce book it over. "Oh thank goodness! You scared me, Welcome back Jon!" She replies with a big hug. Steve follows over to the hallways, standing a bit behind Jonathan. "You look familiar, Jonathan, who is he?" she asks."Oh- that's Steve Harrington. He took me out to Dennys to apologize." Jonathan explains with a relaxed look. Steve awkwardly waves with a tense smile, Joyce nods, not bothering to question. "I'm gonna go off to work now. See ya Jon!" she says, giving Jonathan a quick kiss on the head as she grabs her bag and books it out the door.