Stonathan ❤️

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NOT MINE!!

all credits go to bea_watford on ao3

Summary again cuz:

On the night before graduation, Steve calls Jonathan, and the two have one last small late night adventure before they venture outside of Hawkins and into adulthood.

"Are you busy?"

"No."

"Would you be interested in going on an adventure with me?"

"At 10 p.m the night before we graduate? Steve.."

"C'mon, Byers. One last adventure. One last time."

Jonathan sighed.

"I'll be ready."

Steve beamed behind the phone. "I'll be over in 15."

Steve hopped in his beat up car, used to be his father's. He pulled out of his driveway, rolled down all of the windows, the new The Who song Jonathan was obsessed with flowing out of the car evenly. Steve admired the stars above him, smiling softly to himself. The night was warm, and embraced him, just as it always had.

Moments later, he pulled into the Byers's gravel driveway, watching Jonathan jog slowly out of his house, and into his car.

"I can't fucking believe you, Harrington." Jonathan laughed, snapping a picture of Steve. The flash left dots in Steve's vision, but he didn't mind.

"You got a haircut," Steve noted, pulling out of the second driveway, and starting down the long straight ahead of him.

"Mom said it'd be nice for graduation. I hate it."

"I think it's cute." Jonathan's face went up in flames. This is why Jonathan was hesitant to go tonight. He and Steve had been like this for months now, casually flirting, brushing hands in the hallway, blushing profusely, winking, stumbling over words, calling each other cute, and beautiful.

Nancy was tired of it, but then again, so were they. Jonathan didn't know, but Steve felt the same way Jonathan did.

"Have you decided on a college yet?" Jonathan asked, trying best to change the subject.

"Nah." Steve said. "I don't know if I will go to college. I'd love to be a teacher, but, I'll probably just end up working for my dad. Not his fault I'm stupid." Steve scoffed.

"Don't say that." Jonathan frowned. "You're very smart, Stevie."

They reached the outskirts of Hawkins, and Steve parked his car on the edge of a forest, where he and Jonathan usually ended up after driving around for a bit.

"I can't believe we're graduating." Steve said, laughing. "It seems like forever ago that it was just you, me and Nancy killing whatever the fuck that was in your house."

"Yeah." Jonathan's breath caught as Steve placed his hand over his own.

"Is this okay?" Jonathan couldn't form words, much less a simple 'yes', so he just nodded. Steve nodded in return. "God, I don't know what I'd do without you or Nancy."

"Me either."

"Are you scared?" Steve finally met Jonathan's eyes. "Of what happens next?"

"I mean, kinda. I'm scared to move over 600 miles away from here, scared to be without my mom," Jonathan laughed at his ridiculousness. "Scared to leave her and Will. Scared I'll burn my dorm room down." Steve laughed with him.