Kate Hopper's life had finally gone back to normal.
With the summer after her senior year in session, she'd soon be leaving behind the horrors of Hawkins behind, returning to New York City in the fall.
Kate only tried to live in the moment as Steve...
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KATHERINE MICHELLE HOPPER and her father tried to ignore "Never Surrender" from El's room as they watched a rerun of Magnum P.I.
Even though Kate had seen the episode before, she could only do him the favor of finishing it out with him before she left for the evening. As of right now, though, her father bitterly tried to pay attention to the show in front of him, bitterly shoving Tostitos chips in his mouth. Kate could only watch as her father started to lean back in his recliner, or at least looked like he was about to.
"Dad, don't do it."
"I have to check."
"Don't do it. Don't look. You're just gonna get mad."
Without another word, he leaned back into his recliner to find Mike and El kissing in her bedroom.
"Hey!"
El gasped and instinctually slammed the door shut.
"Hey!" her father shouted as he got out of his chair. "Three-inch-minimum! Leave the door open three inches!"
And he's mad. Kate sighed, burying her face in her hands. She could've sworn this happened every single night she was home for the tail end of Mike's visit, which was every single day, but because this had been happening seemingly every night since December, she had stopped trying to keep up with it.
