Unbothered (Steven Hyde x reader)

Being the new kid in Point Place was supposed to be lonely - until Jackie Burkhart swooped in, Donna teased a smile out of you, and Eric invited you to his basement like you'd already been part of the group for years.

And then there was Hyde.
Quiet. Unimpressed. Sharp enough to notice the things you tried to hide.

One excuse about "checking in with your parents" is all it takes for him to sense something's wrong - because he's lived wrong before. And when you walk home alone, he follows at a distance he'll never admit to, just long enough to see the house you don't talk about.

Now you're changing clothes in a room the size of a closet, pretending you're not dressing up for the boy who wasn't supposed to matter, and heading back into the cold toward a basement that feels more like home than the one you grew up in.