Cheat The Devil- Steve Harrington x Fem OC ON HOLD UNIT END OF SEPTEMBER 2024

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All Layla heard was Nancy say "The powers back" Layla was terrified knowing her dad was most likely in the lab too. She saw Nancy and Jonathan going to his car when she yelled "Hey! Wait up, I'm coming too!" 

"What? No way" Steve responded 

"Steve! My dad is in there. I'm going" Layla said leaving before Steve could protest. 

When the three got to the lab Layla ran for the doors opening them and grabbing a rifle from the ground seeing as she left her pistol back with Steve. Layla saw her dad, Joyce Bob Newby, Mike, and a sleeping Will all starring at Bob who looked like he just got finished running a marathon. 

"What? How? Get out of here!" Hopper yelled at Layla

"No. You needed help and here I am" 

Before Hopper could further protest several monsters broke the wooden door down and going after Bob. The two Hoppers started shooting at the creature, Jim soon realized they needed to leave, he pushed everyone out the doors and to the cars. The Hoppers ran for the police truck and getting in, Jim threw the guns in the passenger seat with Layla while everyone else went to Jonathans car. Everyone raced down the road, Jonathan passing Steve and the kids while the Hoppers stopped and picked them up, the kids pilled in the back while Steve and Layla sat in the passenger seat together. Steve nervously eyed the guns that were in the passenger seat with Layla, deciding to ignore it and look out the window. Speeding down the roads everyone made it to the Byers house with everyone running out the cars and inside, Layla grabbed her and Jim's guns setting them down on the dining room table. 

After Layla set the guns down Steve spoke up saying "Here. I don't know how you forgot this" Handing Layla her Glock.

"I don't know either. Thanks"

"Anytime

"Ugh. Can you two stop flirting?" Dustin asked annoyed. Before either teen could respond Mike spoke up about Bob who had unfortunately become the next meal of the demogorgons.

Layla left the room to go and talk to Joyce. Before walking in she knocked and asked "Hey... can I come in or do you wanna be alone?"

"You can come in" Joyce said barely above a whisper. Layla came in the room and sat down next to the woman in silence. 

After a few minutes Joyce broke the silence "I don't mean to sound ungrateful, but you're not gonna say what everyone else is?"

"No. There's nothing I can say that someone hasn't already said or that will ease the pain. But if I sit here then you have someone and can talk when you're ready, have a shoulder to cry on, a hand, a hug, whatever you decide and when"

"Thank you" Joyce said resting her head on Layla's shoulder. Joyce later stood up hearing all the commotion in the living room and walked out of the room with Layla following behind. 

"I want to kill it" She spoke making her presents known to the group

"I know okay? Me too Joyce, me too. But how? We don't exactly know what we're dealing with here. Hopper said stepping closer to Joyce and holding her. 

"No. But her does" Mike said talking about Will.

Everyone started going in and out of the house clearing out the shed and covering the walls to make it unrecognizable to Will. As Layla was about to go in the shed she heard Steve and Nancy talking.

"Hey... what you and Layla did for the kids... thank you"

"Yeah, well. I may be a pretty shitty boyfriend but turns out I'm a pretty damn good babysitter" Steve and Nancy laughed at Steve's comment. 

Joyce, Will, Jonathan, Mike and Jim were all in the shed while everyone else was inside the house waiting. Layla went to the bathroom to better tend to her wound on her upper left arm, Steve followed her asking "Need a hand again?"

"It's alright, I can manage" Layla responded while applying hydrogen peroxide to it causing her to wince. Steve then guided Layla to sit down on the edge of the bathtub for him to clean her cut, Layla bite down on the sleeve of her long sleeve to keep from wincing. 

"I'm sorry" Steve said while cleaning her arm. Layla just shook her head as to say it was ok.

After Steve finished cleaning and re-wrapping her arm he spoke again "Can we talk?" 

"I mean that's what we're doing..." 

"I mean about the kiss..."

"Oh... that..."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Steve I-" Layla was cut off by her dad walking back into the house rather loudly and writing on a piece of paper sitting on the dining room counter. 

"He's talking, just not with words" Hopper said writing morse code on the paper

"What is that?" Steve asked 

"Morse code" Lucas, Dustin and Layla replied

Time Skip

"C"  "L"  "O" Layla spoke as she listen to the walkie while Nancy was writing down the letters.

"Close gate" Layla said after getting the last 'E'. Just after Layla said that the phone rang.

"Shit" was all Layla said as she ran over grabbing her guns, putting the pistol in her waist band holding the rifle. Hopper came running back inside asking if Jonathan could use the shotgun he was holding, Nancy spoke up "I can"

Hopper looked to Layla for confirmation and received a nod of approval, he then tossed the gun to Nancy while Steve and Layla pushed all the kids behind them. All anyone could hear was the sounds of the demo-dogs, as Dustin named them, surrounding them and howling. After a few more moments one came flying threw the window causing Layla to shoot it in the head a few times before it hit the floor with a thud unmoving. Hopper walked closer pushing at it to make sure it really was dead, and it was. The door started to creep open as everyones attention was on the now dead dog from hell, as it continued to creek open everyone aimed their weapons at the door. As the door full opened a person walked through, Layla spoke first "Who the hell- Eleven?"