Hey! Can I have a Steve Harrington x fem!reader request where the reader is Johnathan Byer’s younger sister & Steve asks her out to a party during season 5? Steve things it might be a good idea just to have some fun. They are really close even tho Johnathan doesn’t approve. The reader is really shy & Steve is really protective of her? They end up making out at the end of the party? Opposites attract kind of situation.
Steve Harrington x F! Byers Reader
—۶ৎ You and Steve had always been opposites, but a party invite changes it all.
“Can you at least put something good on?” you asked, rifling through the records in the station.
It was late at night, in the middle of a crawl. You had been left behind, as always, partly for protection and also to make sure nobody ambushed the radio station. When Johnathan had said that to you, you’d rolled your eyes so hard he’d scoffed at you. But he had always been like that. Over-protective. What he said went, and you had to deal with it. He was right every time.
The only problem was you were stuck with Steve Harrington. You didn’t mind him at all in fact, but you were always aware of how horrid he had been to your older brother a few years ago. But it seemed the two of you got left like this most nights now.
“What are you talking about, all this stuff is good,” Steve scoffed, holding up an Elton John record.
Whenever you got stuck like this, you resorted to music. It was a common ground between the whole party, and it turned out you and Steve did like some of the same stuff. Over the course of the last few months, you’d gotten scarily close because of it.
You waved your hand in dismissal, reaching for something else. Prince.
“Now this,” you replied, “is much better.”
You put the record on, letting the needle hit the grooves, the first few notes of Purple Rain playing out.
“I didn’t take you for someone who liked Prince. He seems too feisty for you,” Steve spoke. He wasn’t totally wrong. Steve was more into rock, whilst you preferred what was considered outdated. Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, Joan Baez. The one time Steve had been to your home, he had teased you for your folk leaning tastes.
“Prince does rock. But better than whatever shit you listen to.”
You set the vinyl sleeve down, sitting down on one of the shipment containers littering the office. Steve watched you for a moment, arms folded, before taking a seat next to you.
“I’m having a party Friday night, you should come,” Steve said, breaking the silence. You shot him a look. A party, in the midst of all their problems? He seemed to read your mind. “I know it sounds silly. But with everything going on, it might be nice to do something normal again.”
“Ah yes, your routine get drunk and hookup with some random girl?” you asked, nudging his side.
“No. I’m not like that anymore.”
“Well, forgive me. That’s the only version of you I know.”
“Then come, and I’ll prove you wrong,” Steve said, shifting to look you in the eye. He seemed determined, staring down at you.
Music was blaring from your record player, The Beatles echoing throughout the house. Your mom had gone out for the night, with Hopper probably, so you had free rein to play whatever you liked.
You were sat on the floor of your room, gently applying eyeliner to your eyes, knees hugged to your chest. A knock came from the door, and Johnathan came in.
“You’re going somewhere?” he asked, looking at you, and then the array of clothes scattered on the floor.
“A party,” you answered, setting the eyeliner down.
You paused for a second, before reaching for your eyeshadow,“Yes. Steve’s party.”
Johnathan sighed, running a hand through his hair. “Y/N listen-.”
“You’re going to tell me not to hang out with someone like that. That he’s going to break my heart. But it’s not like that, Johnny. I swear,” you replied, holding your hands up like they were proof.
“I’m right about him, Y/N. Just don’t do anything stupid,” he muttered, turning and shutting your door.
You got to Steve’s place at what you felt like was a good time. Not the first, but not the last.
It was busy, people walking into his house, some coming out with cups in hand, others by the pool. The music was loud, and you could see Steve playing the perfect guest through the kitchen window. You sighed slightly, unsure of what you were really doing here. You didn’t do parties.
You pulled the sleeves of your shirt down, and made your way up the steps, and to the door, pushing past a drunk couple as you went inside. You went straight for the drinks table, hoping to see someone that you knew that wasn’t Steve.
So far, it had been boring on your side. Some dude had passed out in Steve’s dad’s recliner, and you’d made small talk with a million people, and been glared at by their girlfriends.
You went to get one last drink, leaning against the counter, when two large hands snaked around your waist. Steve. You knew his hands, from the many times you’d watched him play around with records at the station.
“Careful there. My mom would cry if her counter got all sticky,” he said, breath hitting your ear, taking your cup from you and setting it down.
“Is that you admitting you don’t know how to clean counters?” you asked, leaning back into him. You were clearly tipsy by this point, but that’s what dull conversations with dull people did to you.
“Of course I know how. But the amount of sugar you had in there would probably never come off,” he said, hands still around you, guiding you away from the punch bowl. “How are you finding your first proper party?”
“I’ve been to one before, thank you.”
“Your older brothers nerd gatherings when he was fifteen with stolen beer don’t count,” he chuckled.
“How’d you know about those?” you asked, frowning up at him.
“You told me,” Steve answered.
“I didn’t think you listened.”
“I always do,” he said, before dragging you through the house to the hallway, where it was almost deserted. He leant you back against the wall, keeping close by, like he was scared you would fall.
It was still loud, music blaring from all over the house. You weren’t even sure how he’d managed to do that.
A few guys, surely Steve’s friends, walked past, offering you a smile, one winking. Steve glared as they went past, before looking back at you.
“You want a lift home?” he asked, looking you up and down.
“My brother is getting me, it’s alright.”
“Why do you need to know?” you asked, cocking your head as you looked up at him.
“So I know you’re going to get home safe,” he said bluntly.
“Don’t need to worry about me,” you hummed, eyes drifting back to where the dining hall door was.
Steve stepped forward, warm, rough hand snatching your chin, forcing you to look at him. “Sorry I didn’t find you earlier.”
“It’s fine. You were busy hosting with all those girls,” you said, smiling a little.
He rolled his eyes, hand firm on your face, bringing the other one up to rest on your bare shoulder. His touch was soothing, making you feel less dizzy somehow.
“I told you, I’m not like that anymore.”
You were tempted to laugh in his face. “Prove it.”
Steve had told you he would prove he wasn’t the same as he was in High School. And that’s why he didn’t hesitate when he leant forward, soft lips pressing against yours. Your drunken mind took a second to respond, but soon your eyes had fluttered closed, and you were leaning back into him, his lips moving against yours, your hands snaking up his neck. He had one hand on your face, the other firm against the back of your neck, thumb running up and down the top of your back as he titled his head, moulding your face to his. He was so close you could be mistaken for one person. But it was bliss; the expertise in which he kissed you, tongue exploring your mouth.
Eventually you pulled back, flushed and fighting for breath. Steve was simply staring down at you, trying to gauge your reaction.
“Holy shit,” you breathed. This was new to you. You weren’t the girl that went out on the weekend and kissed guys like Steve Harrington. You didn’t usually get a second look from guys, or hang out with the right crowd. You were a carbon copy of your older brother, someone Steve had sworn as his enemy. Yet here he was, making out with his little sister in the hallway.
“That bad?” Steve asked, his hand brushing back some of your ruffled hair, from where he’d accidentally tugged at it.
“Yeah, actually,” you teased, smiling, before pulling him back in, hands encasing his face, desperate. Steve smiled into the kiss in return, pressing you back into the wall.
This was the one thing your brother had been wrong about.