S O F T C O R E // Steve Harrington X Reader // Stranger Things

34. The Piggyback

This was it. Potentially the end of everything.  A.l the things we had ever been used to. Once we made it to our destination it was time for the plan. "Okay. I wanna run though it one more time. Phase one." Nancy said as we'd all prepared for battle. The biggest one so far.

"We meet Erica at the playground. She'll signal Max and Lucas when we're ready." Robin said to her. I looked at Hunter. I hated that he was here with us.

"Phase two." I said to them all.

"Max baits Vecna. He'll go after here, which'll put him in his trance." Steve said to us and I looked at Nancy.

"Phase three?" Nancy asked us all.

"Me, Hunter and Eddie draw the bats away." Dustin said and I hope they had this.

"Four?" I asked them all.

"We head into Vecna's newly bat-free lair, and...flambé." Robin said and she shakes the Molotov. I looked at Steve. This could be the end.

"Nobody moves onto the next phase until we've all copied. Nobody deviates from the plan, no matter what. Got it?" Nancy asked and I looked at her.

"Got it." We all said. There was no way I was straying. We then ran to Eddie's trailer. Steve flipped the light on. And there was the rope. Still through the gate. All going up one at a time.

"Be careful." Dustin said to Steve before he went up.

"Thanks, Buddy. Here goes nothing." Steve said and he went up. I looked at Eddie. Hugging him.

"If something happens, I want to thank you for being one of the best friends I could've asked for." I said to him and he hugged me back.

"Thank you for seeing me other than an outcast but we'll be okay." He said to me and we pulled away I then went to Hunter.

"I know be safe blah blah blah but you need to be safe I know you." He said to me and I ruffled his hair.

"I will don't worry." I said and that's when I saw that Steve had made it up.

"All right. Let's go." He said after he got the mattress ready. Nancy was next followed by all the stuff. Then it was Eddie. Then Eddie's things. I was next. "I gotcha." Steve said and he pulled me up our face inches away. We closed the gap between us with a short but sweet kiss. Maybe the last one. Soon all my stuff came down followed by Robin. Soon it was Hunter which meant that Dustin was the last of us to drop down. We then exited. I went looked at the three of them starting behind. "Hey, guys, listen. If things here start to go south, I mean, at all, you abort. Okay? Draw the attention of the bats. Keep 'em busy for a minute or two. We'll take care of Vecna. Don't try to be cute or be a hero or something. Okay? You guys are just- -" Steve started lecturing them.

"Decoys." Steve and Dustin said at the same time.

"Don't worry. You can be the hero, Steve." Dustin said to him sarcastically.

"We won't take that title from you." Hunter said to him.

"Absolutely. I mean, look at us. We are not heroes." Eddie said and we walked away. "Hey, Steve and Solace?" Eddie said stopping us we looked at him. "Make him pay." He said and I nodded at him.

"We will, don't worry." I said and we kept walking. This would have to work. Who knew what the outcome would be like if we didn't. It felt like we'd been walking through the forest for ages. There was no sign of the Creel house so far.

"Uh...I don't mean to freak anyone out, but I swear we've seen this tree before." Robin said and I looked at her.

"Hopefully it's just similar." I said to her. I was hoping that we weren't just walking around in circles.