012. A HAPPY ENDING (FOR NOW)
"strike the harp and join the chorus"
-deck the hall, nat king cole
˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗ A month later, Kat was back to going about her normal routine. Ignore Mom, pick up Will with Jonathan, make dinner with Dustin. She was only missing one thing. One person.The air was crisp, it pricked Kat's cheeks as she stepped outside of her house and towards Jonathan's car.
Mrs. Byers had been super cautious with Will, not letting him bike anywhere anymore, and only letting herself or Jonathan drive him to and from places.
Kat had never been opposed to drives, so she often tagged along for fun, and since Will was usually with Dustin, it worked out.
Jonathan and Kat entered the Wheeler house, being greeted with the smell of baking cookies and the drone of the TV. They went down into the basement, interrupting the kids constant arguing.
"Jeez, what's that smell? Have you guys been playing games all day, or just farting?" Jonathan asked them, standing on the last step.
Lucas chuckled, turning around in his chair. "Oh, that's just Dustin. He farted."
Kat smiled. "I wouldn't put it past him."
Dustin pretended to be offended as him and Will grabbed their coats and made their way up the stairs.
Kat was the last one to come out of the basement and when she shut the door, Steve was standing right there. "Uh, hi," she said, putting on a fake smile. "Um, I...I kinda wanted to say...thanks for you know, saving my life last month." Kat tried to sound sincere, but she wasn't sure if she even wanted to be.
Steve looked surprised. "Uh, yeah, yeah...You're welcome, uh, anytime."
Kat looked down at his sweater, it looked...festive. "Your sweater's ugly," she told him, giving a tight lipped smile as she walked back to Jonathan.
"Why were you taking to him?" he asked Kat once they were outside, knowing how much she hated Steve.
Kat shrugged as she got into the passenger seat. "I mean, I'd be dead if he never attacked the monster with that bat, so."
"Demogorgon!" Dustin corrected from the backseat.
She rolled her eyes. "Yeah, yeah, Demogorgon, my apologies."
Jonathan gave the girl a proud nod. "That's really cool of you, Kat."
Once the Henderson siblings were dropped off at home, Kat went to start on dinner as Dustin went straight to the Christmas tree to try and figure out which presents are his.
You didn't have to be a genius to figure that out, though, since most of them were his. Kat didn't mind.
All she needed was her brother and herself, anyways.
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WOOP WOOP END OF S1this is super shortie (≈440 words) but i do really like this one so 🤷♀️
i had so much fun writing season 1 since i literally never had before, but season 2 will probably turn out a little better because im really familiar with it since i've written it twice before (same with s3 and s4) and yeah!
hope you've enjoyed it so far 😁😁
7/20/24
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