𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗥𝗢𝗬𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗬 [steve harrington]

chapter 61

sit with you in the trenches
🎶 peace - taylor swift

The Creel House was glowing blue as they travelled through it with their lights. They had all split up into different rooms, searching for where their light would flicker or glow brighter. Thanks to their recent discovery that voices from the real world can be heard in the upside down, the house was silent with the exception of surging light and the faint sound coming through Max and Blair's headphones. Torie was done searching one of the bedrooms and made a turn around the corner. When she saw Erica and Lucas facing her, she jumped and quickly threw her hand over her mouth so that she wouldn't make a noise. Erica held up a notepad, "Found Vecna."

They found Max and Blair, and brought them back to where Erica's light sat flickering. The others watched as their lights glew along with it, and Erica wrote something else. "Phase two?" Lucas and Torie nodded in response, and Erica ran off. She sprinted across the street to the playground, where she was supposed to signal to the others in the Upside Down.

Izzie had to admit, walking through the Upside Down, towards what could be her death, was at the top of her list of most terrifying things she's ever had to do. To make it worse, she was pretty sure they were lost. "Uh, I don't mean to freak anyone out, but I swear we've seen this tree before," Robin said.

"That's impossible," Nancy shook her head.

"That would suck right?" Robin remarked. "If Vecna destroyed the world because we got lost in the woods?"

"We're not lost, Robin," Nancy assured.

"Are you sure?" Izzie asked.

"Yes I'm- Robin! Watch out the the vines," Nancy warned as Robin ran off into the woods.

"Rob! I'm not pulling you out if they try to swallow you!" Izzie fussed.

"Yes m'am!" Robin hollered back.

"She needs to be more careful," Izzie said, looking worriedly to Steve.

"She's just scared," he assured.

"I know, but Steve you know Robin she's, well she's a klutz," Izzie sighed.

"She did tell me it took her longer to walk than most babies," Nancy laughed.

"Not a surprise," Izzie shook her head.

"You know, when I was a baby I actually crawled backwards," Steve said.

"Crawled backwards?" Nancy raised a brow.

"It's true," Izzie nodded. "His mom told me."

"Yep, I'd push with my hand likes this," Steve said, giving a demonstration. "Beep, beep. Always in reverse. You know? I mean come on, it makes sense, you push to move right?"

"No, no, it doesn't make sense," Nancy shook her head with a laugh.

"Well it did to my tiny little Harrington brain," he defended. "That is, of course, until I reversed my baby butt down a flight of stairs and thumped my head really good."