Escape ~ S.Harrington

90} The Mind Maze

Steve opened his eyes to find himself in the middle of a black void.
Where the fuck am I?

He looked all around, spinning around until he spotted a door behind him. He carefully approached it, placing his hand tentatively on the knob before turning it. He stepped through and found himself right back in the Upside Down in the lab. After a few seconds, he saw himself and Dustin both appear and they started fighting.
These must be my memories. This is really trippy, I don't know how Jenna does this.

He weaseled his way past the two figures and through the doors at the end of the room. Once through, he was transported to WSQK. Robin and Jenna were spinning some records while he sat and watched with Alice outside of the booth.
"How did we get so lucky, Harrington?" Alice stared longingly at Robin.
"No clue, Green, but I'm glad we hit the lottery together," He wrapped an arm around her.
"This is the nicest you've ever been to me," She leaned her head on his shoulder.
"Don't get used to it."
"Too late."

He smiled at the scene, but quickly shook his head out, remembering his actual goal. He proceeded to go through door after door, watching his life unfold backwards in front of his eyes. He saw Jenna sobbing in his arms after Eddie died, her rescuing him in the Upside Down, his stumble through grasping with her death, him finding out she died, Jenna confessing her love to him in the Starcourt bathroom, getting drugged by Russians, watching Back to the Future a million times, getting high in his backyard and getting caught, dancing in the woods after the Snow Ball and almost kissing Jenna, fighting Billy and getting the shit kicked out of him, seeing Jenna's powers for the first time and remembering how much more he fell in love with her, his bonding with Dustin for the first time, his break up with Nancy, movie nights after he made up with Jenna, him climbing through Dustin's window and scaring the shit out of him, Jenna beating him up, and so many more.

When he reached what he thought was the end of his memory road, he found one more door. Inside he found himself surrounded by small snippets of his childhood. They covered the space and played like little videos from a camcorder projected on the walls.
"Get away from him!" He heard Jenna yell. He watched as little second grade Jenna beat up Michael P on the playground for him, "Are you okay?" She reached a hand out towards little him.
"Uh, yeah," He accepted it and stood up.
"I'm Jenna," She shook his hand, "Do you wanna be friends?"
He nodded, smiling ear to ear, "Best friends?"
"Best friends."

He abruptly turned his head when he heard the iconic music from Psycho playing. He watched as Jenna and him snuggled under a blanket while they watched their first horror movie together. A movie both of them had been told they weren't allowed to watch, but they didn't listen.
"I don't like this very much, Jen," Steve hid his face in her shoulder.
"It's okay," She wrapped an arm around him, "I don't either. Wanna turn it off?"
"No."
"Me neither."
Both of them suddenly jumped, spilling popcorn everywhere as they screamed.

In another memory, Jenna pushed him on a swing in her backyard.
"Do you feel like you're flying yet?" She giggled.
"Not yet! I wanna feel like a pilot. Push me harder."
"I don't wanna push you off-"
"You won't."
She did as he requested and pushed him until he was almost horizontal.
"Steve, you're making me nervous."
"Don't worry, I'm-" He fell off and flat on his back.
"STEVE!" She immediately dropped to her knees next to him and pulled his head into her lap, "Are you okay? I'm so sorry, I-"
He let out a cough as he stared at the sky, visibly in a daze, "Now that was like flying."
"You're such an idiot, Steve Harrington."
"And you love this idiot, Jenna Henderson."

Steve found himself reminiscing on his childhood with Jenna. Every little memory made him remember the reason he fell in love with her in the first place. Right as he was about to get trapped in the never ending joy surrounding him, he noticed a white glowing light in the distance. He dragged himself away from the memories and walked towards the light. After what felt like eternity, he reached it. It was another door. A plain white door with light leaking out all around it. But it felt different from every other door he'd encountered. He'd reached the end of his memories, so what could it be?
Jenna...