princeofwinter
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"The system won't let us. Our lives are at stake, our futures!"
"Do you think I planned to find security in you the day we met if I knew I couldn't be with you? If our emotions had to be hidden, locked up in this cage? It's suffocating. I've lived my entire life trying to live up to expectations and worry about what other people think about me. I'm done. I'm done being told what to do. Because of you, i don't have to worry I'm not enough. I can breathe! For the first time in my life...I can breathe!"
They locked eyes.
She studied the way rain droplets collected on the edge of his nose, the way they coated his hair and dropped effortlessly to the dirt below them. How his lips shimmered, wet from the rain, under the field lamp post.
"Steve...we can't."
"To hell with that."
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As seasons change and small moments pile up-rain-delayed games, shared coffee, lesson plans, familiar smiles that start to mean more-Steve and Molly Knox discover that falling in love in a small town isn't loud or fast. It's slow, steady, and impossible to ignore
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Updates once/twice a week. (Three if I'm feeling frisky)
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Steve Harrington X female OC
After the conclusion of Season 5
!!slow burn!!
!!sexual themes/scenes!! (Chapters marked)
!!struggles with grief/survivors guilt!!