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hello ! i absolutely love ur writing but iβm sure you hear this a lot ;) i was wondering if you could do a steve x fem reader making out in the school bathroom (like with nancy in season 1), and then lead it to whatever you want (suggestive or smutβ¦) tysm β‘οΈ
i feel so high school, everytime i look at you
pairing: steve harrington x reader
summary: request above
tags: smut, dry humping, orgasm (f & m), making out, hickey's & lovebites (they're horny teenagers give them a break), not proofread
word count: 1k
author's note: hi lovely! thank you for this request, i hope you like this! sorry for the wait x
Youβre aimlessly scanning your locker, half asleep as you page through your notebooks to find your history one. You had them colour coordinated at the start of the year, but youβd be lying if you said you remembered which is which.
βMorning,β a voice chirps next to you, startling you enough to flinch. You whip your head to stare at Steve incredulously who pinches his lips together like heβs trying to muffle his laughter.
βThin ice,β you warn him, pointing your finger at him threateningly whilst a yawn tries to lock your jaw.
He pouts woefully, βHarsh. Thatβs the kind of greeting I get for wanting to say hello to my girlfriend?β he says as he leans against the locker next to yours, tilting his head in a puppylike display.
You hum, flicking his nose slightly which has him scrunching his face together as you snort a laugh.
βTalk to me again after lunch.β You groan, rubbing the sleep from your eyes as you close your locker and drag yourself lazily to your first class.
Steve huffs, jogging to get a little bit in front of you before switching and walking backwards to continue your conversation. His backwards cap is somewhat slanted on his head, but he looks like heβs the perfect embodiment of Hawkins Highβs star athlete with his matching letterman jacket.
βThatβs forever away though.β He whines, holding his own binder to his chest which youβre surprised he even managed to bring in the first place.
You canβt help the small uptick of your lips at his dramatic display, βYouβll manage.β
Steve blocks your entrance to your class, tugging you towards the water fountain in the corner despite your protests.
βSteve, Iβm going to be lateββ
ββ5 seconds baby, promise.β
You frown, looking at him with impatience as he gazes at your face, his eyes tracking every part of it despite you being on a time crunch.
βI like when youβre grumpy.β He says softly, lifting one of his hands to tuck a stray piece of hair behind your ear as he smiles dopily whilst cupping your cheek in one hand
You must look bewildered because he huffs a laugh, ββS cute.β He admits.
Your smile grows soft, βYouβre a real softie you know that Harrington?β you tease.
He rolls his eyes before straightening as he takes a quick scan of the slowly emptying halls, βSkip with me.β He says.
βWhat? No.β you laugh, shaking your head and moving to leave before he plants his hands on your hips and pulls you back to face him.
βJuts for first period,β he begs. βThey wonβt even miss us.β He bargains.
You look at his pleading expression and faux quivering lip and sigh, relenting with a small nod, βOnly first period.β You tell him, raising your eyebrow in warning.
Steve lifts his hand as if swearing solemnly before pecking you quickly on the nose and tugging you towards the menβs bathroom at the end of the hall.
You giggle softly, turning back to make sure you wonβt get caught before youβre pulled into the bathroom and placed onto the sink. Itβs the cleanest youβve ever seen it, but you donβt have high hopes considering itβs Monday morning, by the end of today youβre more than well aware of the state it will inevitably succumb to.
βMmm, hiya baby.β Steve croons teasingly, making his way in between your legs to press an achingly sweet kiss to your smiling lips as he winds his arms around you. Your teeth clack with his softly as you both smile into the kiss, wrapping your arms around one another.
Steve grows impatient quickly, deepening the kiss without further warning as he tilts his head to prod softly at your bottom lip with his tongue.
You let out a breathy noise as he licks into your mouth, tilting your head further back and pulling him into you as your hands tangle into his hair. He groans at the feeling of your nails scratching softly at his scalp as tangles his tongue with yours.
Your head starts to feel fuzzy and bright as you continue to make out with Steve, detaching your lips from his only to trail soft, wet kisses past his jaw and to his neck as you suckle softly on his skin.
You inhale his cologne, muffling your own moans as you bite softly at his neck causing him to thrust his hips forward in reckless abandon. He grunts, tightening his arms around your waist as he lets you mark him.
You lick softly over the reddened skin when you pull back to admire your work and watch as Steve examines the hickeys and love bites in the mirror behind you.
βYouβre so lucky my jacket will cover those up,β he grumbles leaning back in to kiss you.
βYou love it,β you pant, already opening your mouth and pulling him in as you moan softly into his mouth. His groans are muffled into your mouth as he pulls you closer to the edge of the sink so that your cores grind against one another as you make out.
You can feel the hard outline of his cock meeting your panties under your skirt and you jerk against it as Steve dominates your mouth through your kiss. He trails his own kisses down your jaw to the area behind your ear to bite at softly and suck as he grinds into you.
βSteve,β you whine softly, tilting your head to the side as your legs spread wider to accommodate him.
βI know,β he mumbles into your skin, pushing and pulling you towards his cock as you both hump at one another like bunnies in heat.
βI needββ you gasp, clenching your hands into his letterman jacket as you feel yourself start to grow wetter.
βFeels good?β he says lowly. βYeah? Yeah I know it does baby.β He coos condescendingly as you continue to whimper as he grinds you against him.
Heβs panting into your neck and grinding slowly as you feel your core clench, gasping and moaning lowly.
βGo on baby, cum for me,β Steve mumbles, thrusts going jerky as his cock twitches in the confines of his jeans.
He pulls back to lean his forehead against your own as your orgasm crashes over you, your eyes rolling back into your head slowly as you cum in your pants.
Steve pants and growls as you cum against him before he stills, groaning lowly as he spills into his own boxers with a shaky sigh.
heat + camp counselor steve and reader AAAAA your writing is amazing everytimeπππβ¨οΈπ
thank you sweet angel <3333 here's a very ~loose~ interpretation of the prompt lol
prompt #4. heat
pairing: camp counselor!steve x camp counselor!reader (an absolute classic)
warnings: mdni/18+, this is my first time writing kinda smut in a minute so i hope it doesn't suck! drinking, mention of virginity loss, talks of edging and fingering, dirty talk? kinda?, afab reader, a little bit of grinding, sub!steve if you squint, not proofread sry
word count: 1.3k
spring + summer prompts are closed for now since i currently have a bunch to catch up on!!
After another long day spent entertaining second graders, bouncing between swim lessons at the lake and the mess hall, then arts and crafts, then organized sports, then back to the lake for free swim, then showers and dinner and s'mores by the campfire and lights out and making sure your group of girls were all asleep by curfew βΒ well, it's truly a miracle that you actually made it to Steve's cabin.
He'd asked you to come by earlier that day, when you were zoning out and mindlessly nibbling on a bagel topped with cream cheese and jelly β your favorite. When you asked what the occasion was, his lips caught the shell of your ear, and you thought you were going to slide underneath the wooden table just from the sudden close contact.
"Eddie managed to smuggle in some beers. Thought it'd be nice to decompress after a few weeks of all of... this."
You had swallowed harshly and sent him a curt nod, to which he smiled at.
"So, 9? After curfew?"
So of course, after taking your own shower and scrubbing the scent of camp and sweat off your body, you were at Steve's cabin door at 9 p.m. on the dot.
Steve's... flirty. You don't know if he's flirty with all the counselors, because you honestly don't spend much time outside your tiny bubble of second grade girls. When you do socialize with the other counselors your age, it's either with Steve one-on-one, or in a group setting with Eddie and Robin, both of which are Steve's friends from home.
You don't mind the flirting. Not at all. You like it, really β you like it a lot, if you're being truthful. You just don't know what to make of it.
And you especially don't know what to make of you and Steve sitting crosslegged in the middle of his cabin, each with a can of beer perched in front of the other, while you exchange dirty stories because you're a bit too buzzed to feel embarrassed about it right now.
Steve's just finished recounting the time he lost his virginity β he was 15, it was after a high school dance, he came within 5 minutes of being inside her β and you're wiping tears away from the creases of your eyes, laughter still bubbling away at your mouth.
"Yeah, yeah," Steve rolls his eyes. He finishes off his beer and crushes the can, then leans over to grab another one. You blink as you watch his shirt ride up slightly, revealing a sliver of his stomach. Clearing your throat, you occupy yourself with your own drink. "Alright, your turn. Hit me with something good."
"I honestly think I've run out of embarrassing sex stories, Harrington. A girl can only have so many."
"Bullshit," he mocks, cracking the new can open, "Fine. Tell me a hot one then."
Your stomach flips, but you try to keep cool.
"A hot one?"
"Yeah, a hot one," Steve echos as he sets his beer down in front of him. "Or do you not have any of those, either?"
"I have hot sex stories. I just... I don't know which one to tell you."
You're not lying. Just like any other sexually active person, you've had your fair share of lackluster hookups, and you've also had some really, really good ones, too. Ones that you refer back to when you need something to get off to and your hands are helplessly wandering your body.
Steve thinks for a moment, and you suddenly feel self-conscious beneath his slightly squinted gaze. You wonder if he's analyzing you, but you don't have much more time to contemplate his actions before his lips are moving again.
"Tell me about a time you hooked up with someone and it was hot for you, not just for them."
Your throat bobs with a swallow. A memory immediately floats to mind. Steve knows instantly and he smirks, waiting for you to begin.
Shuffling onto your knees, you sit back on your ankles, and you feel Steve's eyes glued to you. You take a deep breath, finish off your beer, and toss the empty can to him.
"Atta girl." he grins.
"A few summers ago, there was this guy I hooked up with at a party. I thought it was gonna be, like... I don't know, a chill, normal thing, I wasn't really looking for anything, we just ended up talking and had a connection and we made out and he asked if I wanted to find a bedroom andβ yeah, whatever, the details don't matter," you sigh, wringing your hands together nervously in your lap. You peer up at Steve, who doesn't say a word, so you continue. "Anyway... he, um. He taught me about edging. And we did that for, like... hours."
Steve's eyebrows shoot up his forehead. "Hours?"
You nod.
"Just you? Or him too?"
"I mean, he was only edging me, but he didn't come the entire time either."
"At all?"
You shake your head, "No, we both came at the end, but it had been... I don't know, I think it was maybe 3 a.m. when we finished."
Steve whistles lowly. Your face warms.
"So what'd he do?" he asks, leaning back on his elbows. "Why was it so hot for you?"
You think for a moment. You've never really considered it β you've only just regarded it as one of the sexier nights of your life.
"I think I liked that he was in control of my orgasm," you eventually reply, nibbling on your bottom lip. You tilt your head, trying to ignore the incessant throbbing at your core. "He talked to me a lot. Praised me. Told me I was good for letting him play with me for so long."
Steve swallows thickly. "And how did he?"
"Hm?" You ask, feeling your pussy pulsate beneath your sweatshorts. "How did he what?"
"How did he play with you?"
In the back of your hazy, lust drunk mind, you're aware enough to know that this is the crossing point βΒ the one that declares you and Steve as no longer platonic, flirty friends. You're not sure where it puts you two, but you're horny and tipsy enough not to care.
"I told him what I like," you breathe, and Steve's head ducks back, revealing the long column of his throat. "I like... small, tight circles on my clit. Two fingers inside of me, pushing up and grinding against my g-spot. And when I wanna come, I like them both."
"Fuck," Steve groans. You watch as his hand comes down to slowly palm at the erection straining in his shorts, and you lick your lips. His eyes flutter shut when he squeezes himself, and he's so lost in the feeling of relieving some of his tension that he doesn't even hear you as you crawl over the creaky wooden floors.
His eyelids only part when you gently slide over top his thighs, dragging your ass against the most sensitive and desperate part of him. The groan that falls from his mouth makes you shudder.
"I want you to make me come like that," you murmur, eyes locked on his. Steve's hands find your hips, intent on keeping you in your spot, almost as if he'll die if you move. "Can you do that?"
"I'll fucking do anything you want." he says, and it's only then that he's flipping you over onto your back with the hidden motive of replacing your memory of the hottest night of your life.
pairing: steve harrington x fem!reader
warnings: no upside down/modern au, violence, slight angst, reader has parental issues, typical teenage stupidity and grossness, steve harrington Is A Giant Asshole
synopsis: you and steve would pay good money to see each other's head on a platter. but here's the big question: why? or; (almost) every event that led you and steve to hate each other.
wc: 3.6k
a/n: happy late v-day :,)) sorry for the excessive background lore i went a little extra on the details. first chapter will be less depressing trust!! also barely proof read im uploading this at 4 am skjshkfs
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ππππππ πππππ ππππππππππ seemed to be embedded into your DNA.
It wasnβt like you believed in destiny or any of that star-aligning shitβbut you swore on everything you loved that Steve Harrington was put on this earth, in the same small, shitty town, to torture you.Β
Indianaβs population was just shy of seven million people with over a hundred cities, and by some curse, youβd landed the misfortune of being born in small town Hawkins.
The same Hawkins where gossip spread like Polio, where everyone still remembered That One Embarrassing Thingβ’ you did way back in grade school, where Steve Fucking Harrington lived. Did you mention that already?Β
Middle school was where it all started, where the name Steve Harrington was just starting to gain traction. Before, he was just the boy in your class who laughed a little too loud during lessons, but you figured all pre-pubescent boys were like that. Annoying, obnoxious, and every other synonym you could think of. Nothing to look at.Β
Until the fall of seventh grade. Which happened to be the same fall that Tyler Sullivan moved in.Β
Tyler, with his sun-kissed skin and copper hair and gentle eyes.
The second he walked into Ms. Reaganβs class with his backpack slung over one shoulder, time quite literally slowed down. It was like you were in a goddamn romcom, the ones you would watch in your room, stomach against the mattress and chin nestled atop a pillow. It wasnβt then when you decided that this boy would be the love of your life.Β
It was when Ms. Reagan asked him to introduce himself, the apple of his cheeks dipping to reveal his perfect dimples as he smiled and smoothly stated his name, before sauntering over to the empty seat beside you.
You still remember how Tyler turned to look at you, even if it was just for a fleeting moment, tilting his head up with a βHey.β A poor, curt excuse of a greeting, but in the eyes of a middle school girl, he might as well have gotten down on one knee.Β
That was when you decided that you would take his hand in marriage.Β
The boy got along with everyone frustratingly easily, so it was no surprise that just about half the female population in your class sprouted crushes on him, too. The rest of the guys seemed to already have accepted him as one of their own, too.Β
Tyler was, to put it simply, perfect. At least to your standards.
Now, listen. You were a thirteen year old girl with a raging crush on the boy who sat directly next to you. Since it was established that he was well-liked and somewhat popular (he was getting there), confessing was out of the question. No shot.
So you stuck to your daydreaming, drawing hearts around his initials in the margins of your notebook. Sneaking glances at him during lessons. Watching him play basketball on the bleachers. It was an innocent, harmless crush.
Of course, because the universe decided you should suffer the pain of a thousand soldiers, one day you made the mistake of leaving a page of your diary dog-eared on your desk. Not even fully open, just marked so you could continue writing without scouring the pages.Β
You had taken the bathroom pass during Ms. Reaganβs lesson, blissfully unaware that Carol Perkins was already snaking her curious hand towards your desk, where your beloved diary lay.Β
It was only when the bell rang for lunch that you finally noticed the absence of your diary, panicking and cursing under your breath as you fished through your backpack for the book. Had this been your punishment for leaving it out and about in the open? Shit. You didnβt even have the one with the lock on it.
Someone cleared their throat, your head whipping in the direction of where the sound came from. Your heart fell down to your toes at the sight of Steve HarringtonβTommy and Carol snickering on either side of himβholding your diary and reading it out loud like it was some kind of royal order from the queen.Β
The three had only started hanging out the summer before seventh grade, and decided that picking on random students was the funniest thing they could possibly do.Β
βDear diary, I canβt stop thinking about Tyyyleerrrr,β He read, voice high and mocking. There was a stupid, cruel smirk on his face as he looked at his friends beside him for approval.Β
Blood rushed to your head, ears burning with embarrassment. You moved without thinking, reaching to grab the diary. There werenβt any thoughts in your head except for Getthediarygetthediaryget-
Steve held it above your headβwhen did he get so tall?βlaughing as you tripped.Β
βGive it back!β Youβd shrieked while fighting back tears, vision cloudy. If there was one thing you werenβt gonna do, it was letting them see you cry. Humiliation crawled under your skin, all you wanted to do was melt into a puddle on the floor.Β
βOh dude, this oneβs too good,β Steve cleared his throat again, palm against your forehead to keep you away as he read the rest of your inner monologue.Β
βHow can a boy be this perfect? Heβs not mean or snobby like most of the boys in our gradeβ¦β His words droned on, but all you could think about was punting him right in the face. That would teach him a lesson.Β
You donβt even notice when the topic of your diary entry enters the classroom because youβre too busy seething.
Steve notices, though. Immediately. βOh, hey Tyler! Perfect timing, actually, see we were actually talking about her massive crush onββ
CRACK!
Maybe if Carol Perkins hadnβt picked up your diary, if Steve told her to put it back instead of reading it out loud, if Tommy Hagan hadnβt egged him on, you wouldnβt have picked up some kidβs metal lunchbox and swung it directly into the assholeβs face.Β
Whatever.Β
What was done was done, and now the boy was clutching his nose, presumably broken, blood so dark it looked black dripping down the back of his palm.Β
Were you wrong for not instantly regretting it? Maybe, but it didnβt stop you from just standing there, completely detached, middle and ring finger still curled around the handle of the lunchbox.Β
Holy shit.
βWhat the fuck, what the fuck?!β Steve cried, pain exploding in the center of his skull as Tommy and Carol dumbly rushed to his side, diary forgotten on the floor.Β
You wasted no time retrieving the book, suddenly heavier in your hands, and swiftly made your exit, shoulder checking a stunned Tyler on the way out.Β
Fast forward, you got three weeks of suspension and two weeks of community service. Your mother was terrifed of you potentially getting expelled or even sued by the Harrington familyβit didnβt help that they were extremely wealthy. Initially, you hadnβt felt pity for him at all (the guy had it coming from a mile away), but the look of distraught on your motherβs face was enough for a pit to form in the bottom of your stomach.Β
Your poor, hardworking mother coming home to a call from the principal about her daughter assaulting some kid in her class. Imagine that. You still remember the disappointment that had formed on her face, the way her eyebrows arched in worry.Β
When you got home she broke down, head hung low, face in her hands. You heard it all the way from your room, because you knew youβd be subjected to going there anyway. Why wait for her to bark orders at you?
Youβd grown up mostly with just your mom, who you loved and appreciated greatly but wasnβt alwaysβ¦ emotionally stable. Who could blame the woman? She got knocked up by a deadbeat at the young age of nineteen, only to get left in the dust after four years when he decided that he was too good to play family. You could understand her rage.
Despite it all, you watched how she took up job after job, just to keep you fed and clothed and sheltered. Watched how she erupted in flames when she argued with your dad, and yes, you remembered their fiery arguments even at four years old.
So you didnβt question the resentment that had built up inside her over time, it was justified. You could see it in the way she gripped whatever was in her hands a little tighter when she was irritated, how her eyes flared up with anger before she delivered a blow with her words alone.
Now she thought that maybe sheβd passed down all that anger, instilled it in you by letting her bitterness seep through the cracks of the walls sheβd put up while raising you.
The guilt ate at you in little sections, letting you feel the weight of your actions.
Luckily, your principal held some bias as it was your first time doing something like thatβyour record was squeaky clean. By some miracle Steveβs parents decided not to press charges either, much to your relief. His excuse was that they had βbetter things to do than waste money on someone so unimportant.βΒ
Word got around easily, and now you were the crazy girl who broke Steve Harringtonβs nose and had a huge crush on Tyler Sullivan.Β
Great. Maybe the three week suspension wouldnβt be so bad, at least youβd be temporarily free from the looks and whispers in the hallway.Β
For the next few days you were practically bedridden, sobbing into your pillow. Your diary sat in the trash, pages ripped up. Your feelings were too big for your body, spilling out of you in the form of salty tears, staining your cheeks and your pillows.Β
But when you did come back, you werenβt as hated as you thought you were. It was pretty 50/50βyou heard whispers of βI canβt believe Steve got his ass kicked by a girl!β but also βIsnβt that the weirdo who tried to kill him over a crush?β. Pretty mixed reviews.Β
Then came eighth grade, and the whole breaking-Steve-Harringtonβs-nose fiasco was old, old news. That didnβt mean he forgave you, though, sending you nasty glares in the hallways or obnoxiously talking shit about you. Loudly. You had half a mind not to rearrange his face a second time.Β
Determined to leave violence in the past, avoiding Steve seemed to be your best option. If you were around him for too long, it would only be a matter of time before the two of you wound up in the principalβs office.Β
But alas, when has anything ever gone your way? Mr. Blocker, your new history teacher, was clueless about you and the boyβs history.Β
Thatβs how you found Steve Harrington in your bedroom one night in the eighth grade, a sight that wouldβve made pre-pubescent you throw something across the room. Unfortunately you were working out your anger issues, so that was off the table. Itβs just a project, you told yourself.Β Β
You wouldβve asked to switch partners, but for some bullshit reason your teacher had decided that it was fair to take off points for a partner exchange.Β
It was no surprise that you did most of the work, while Steve, like the useless bum he was, snooped around your room. You were too focused on getting the work done because the sooner you finished, the sooner you could get him out of your houseβto notice that he was searching your room for whatever reason.
βHoly shit. You still play with dolls?β
What was it with this guy and touching stuff that wasnβt his? He had some serious problems. The old box of dolls in the corner of your closet were meant for charity, but of course that was his initial assumption. Maybe he just had a knack for embarrassing you.Β
And maybe you did toy around sometimes with your old dolls. Just for the hell of it, sure, but Steve didnβt need to call you out!
Long story short, you warned him that if he told anyone, youβd snitch on him for contributing absolutely nothing and he would have to do the project himself. Itβs not like Steve cared about his grades that much, but it was a dumb thing to get an F over.Β
βI mean, yeah, sure. I wonβt tell. Iβd be embarrassed too, doll.β Steve had this stupid grin on his face, like coming up with a corny nickname for you was the pinnacle of humor.Β
If old age wasnβt gonna kill this guy, you were. But youβd save that for another day. Preferably a day where he wasnβt lounging on your bedroom floor, the evidence would be absurdly obvious.Β
Youβd actually sell a limb to go back in time, to tell your eighth grade self to find a better hiding spot for your beloved pieces of plastic. Because nicknames stuck. And now instead of your nameβwhich you hated when it came out of his mouth, but was objectively better than what he called you on the regularβhis way of addressing you was fucking doll. Dolly, when he felt like being a real prick. You couldn't wait to get out of this town. Or until Harrington croaked.
ββ§Β°π²ΦΌπ’
Freshman year was when somehow everyone hit their growth spurt. Steve grew at least a foot taller and suddenly decided his hair was the greatest thing on earth, but in your opinion he just looked, well, stupid. How any girls were attracted to the bird nest he called his hair was a mystery you've yet to solve. He was like an unskippable ad, the fact that he was popular amongst your grade only made it worse.
You'd grown too over the summer, growing just above an inch over the summer. Since high school was a big development, it didn't hurt to maybe upgrade your wardrobe or experiment with makeup.
To describe the first day of freshman year as 'overwhelming' would be a massive understatement. There were kids bumping into you to get to their classes, couples sucking face against the lockers, the whole shebang.
Really the only great part was meeting your best friend. She was newβyou could tell the second you saw her in the halls. It wasn't just because you didn't recognize her, Hawkins wasn't some big city where you saw new faces everyday. It was more so because she had this clueless look. Like she'd never set foot on Hawkins soil.
"You need any help with that?" You'd so graciously offered, approaching the cherub-faced girl. It was so obivous she'd never touched a locker before.
"Oh! H-Hey, yeah, umβthat would actually be great. We didn't use lockers in my old school, and the counselor kind of just gave me the combination without any explanation..." She trailed off when she realized she'd been rambling, nervously twisting a strand of her dark coils between her fingers.
Endeared by her mousy demeanor, you quickly waved a dismissive hand. "No no, I get it! I mean, it's totally confusingβtook me at least two weeks to fully understand how to mine open in middle school. So, let me see the first number..."
The introductions came after you successfuly assisted her in opening her locker. You'd come to learn that her name was AureliaβRory for short. It was a beautiful name, you'd never heard anything like it before.
After finding out about your mutual passion for art, the two of you had been inseparable, joining art club together and teaming up for work projects.
You'd never had a best friend before. You had friends, it's not like you were the lonely outcast quiet kid. Said friends were more like the girls you followed around and sat with during lunch. But hey, their gossip sessions were pretty decent.
It had taken a while, but it was so good to see Rory break out of her shell, at least around you. To others, Rory was still her cautious, cagey self. With you, she was unafraid to drone on about her interests, what she hated, or engage in playful banter with you. Although it would be great to see Rory fade less into the background during social interaction, you loved every version of your best friend and had no problem speaking up for her.
Back with you and Steve, things weren't improving. Yeah, you two were high schoolers now and pretty over the whole name calling era, but there was still bad blood between the two of you. It wasn't lost on you how Steve and his friends just got crueler and crueler.
Second week of sophomore year, while strutting down the hallway, Steve had tripped some poor nerdy freshman. Awfully cocky for someone who was just at the bottom of the food chain three months ago.
You happened to be in the same third period as both that poor freshman and Steve Harrington. From your peripheral you could see your mortal enemy pestering him for answers, and the kid, terrified out of his mind, gives them to him. Seriously, how low did you have to go to bother some kid fresh out of middle school for answers?
The next day, when your teacher was passing back papers, you saw Steve's stupid smirk at seeing his perfect grade.
What an ass.
You thought that if you told Mrs. Click that Steve had cheated, she would've just given him the grade he deserved or made him re-do it in detention. So when she called you in after class, with the familiar brunette and the freshman shaking like a leaf beside her, you knew you were in for it.
"So, you're telling me you saw Steve cheat off of Derrick here?" The middle-aged lady says, looking at you from above the rim of her glasses.
Yes. That's what I told you, not sure why you had to reconfirm it in front of them. You don't say. Instead you silently nod your head, paying no attention to how Steve is glaring holes into your skull.
Mrs. Click turned to Derrick. "Is this true?"
Now Steve's shifted his attention to him, except this time he's making direct eye contact with him, silently asking Do you really wanna do this?
Much to your dismay, the freshman folded under his threatening glare. You fought the urge to roll your eyes. Seriously? Steve didn't have the balls to actually beat anyone up. The worst he would've done was knock his books over. But of course he didn't know that.
Well, after a year of not getting into any major arguments with him, this little fiasco definitely rekindled your hatred for one another.
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You liked Nancy Wheeler.
Really, you did. She was book-smart, pretty, modest, and rather shy. You could totally understand why Steve would dig a girl like that. What you didn't understand was how Nancy could like a guy like Steve. The only thing he's got going on for him is his looks. Yes, even you could admit that.
But you still doubted her intelligence for that decision.
Steve spent the first half of junior year flaunting her around, his arm around her shoulders, stealing kisses from her whenever he could.
You still remember bumping into Steve when you were entering the restroom, scowling at each other before he exited. Inside you found a rather flustered Nancy.
"Gross," you muttered once they were both out of earshot.
He had also been getting pretty close with Nikolai Campbell ever since he joined the basketball team at the start of year. He'd been hanging around with Steve and the other two for a while now.
By now, you and Rory had been in Hawkin's High Art Club for three years. The club only had around nine members, with the two of you being the eldest. The seniors who ran the club graduated last year, so naturally adminstration deemed you and Rory in charge. She was really only social when it came to you and the rest of the club, as most of them were underclassmen and as artsy as the both of you. Except for Theo, the only other junior.
Because Steve Harrington had climbed his way up the popularity poll, word got around that he and Nancy had broken up and apparently Tommy and Carol were cut off. You didn't hear anything about Niko, though, but you still saw him walk around the halls with him so you assumed he and Steve were still cool. How much of an asshole did you have to be to stay friends with a guy like that?
It definitely intrigued you, since Steve, Tommy, and Carol were so tight knitted since middle school. But Nancy? Damn. Good for her, especially after the spray paint incident. Maybe Steve getting his ass handed to him gave him a new sense of clarity.
You couldn't deny that Steve had definitely changed a little for Nancy. Toned down the bullying a notch, until, well... He was primarily still a cocky, priviledged bastard who was full of himself.
All of this had happened after Will, Jonathan Byer's younger brother, got lost in the woods.
Luckily, only a week later was he found and brought home safe.
And by some miracle, Nancy took Steve's sorry ass back. Imagine your surprise when they walked into school hand in hand after hearing that she'd slapped the shit out of him just days ago.
You assumed he must've done a lot of ass-kissing. Either that or Nancy's taking him in as some sort of charity work. Honestly, out of everything, that might've been the craziest shit that happened.
Now it was the summer of senior year, and you were certain that your last year would be perfect. No Steve Harrington would ruin it.
