I wanted to post this yesterday on New Years Eve but I was busy and eventually had a headache. So I'm posting today instead, I hope y'all like it! 𖹭
Pairing: Steve harrington x gn!reader
Summary: It's New Years Eve and you and Steve head over to the Byers to celebrate!
Content Warnings: Making out, allusions to sexual activity but no actual smut. AU diverging from the canon ending. Mostly fluff and cozy vibes.
Word Count: 1.5k
Joyce was hosting a new years party. After finally getting rid of Vecna and everything that had come with him, Joyce wanted everyone to have a fresh start, something to look forward to. You and Steve had been the last to arrive, both of you spending way too much time on your hair. Walking in together, hand in hand, you see everyone mingling. Jane and Maxine sitting in front of the TV watching MTV's New Years Special. The cure was playing softly on the Byer's radio in background while Robin danced with Vickie, twirling her around. The boys were all were discussing their most recent D&D campaign. Jonathan and Nancy were discussing something quietly on the couch. While Joyce was setting out the food for everyone while Hopper steals a cookie or two behind her back.
Standing there taking in everything, you feel Steve squeeze your hand. "You alright?"
You turn to look at him, nodding with a reassuring smile. "It's just been awhile since we've had a genuine moment to breathe, to enjoy life without a looming threat." You pause. "I'm just really grateful to be here with everyone…with you."
Steve's eyes soften as he takes in your words and pulls you closer. He lets go of your hand to cup your face gently before pressing a soft kiss to your lips. "I'm grateful to be here with you too, baby. I wouldn't wanna be anywhere else."
You smile and rest your head on his chest as he embraces you. It doesn't last long before Robin spots you both, her two best friends, at the entrance. She says something to Vickie and quickly makes her way over to you guys. "What are you both just standing here for? You're late, come join the party already!"
She grabs your hand and pulls you further into Joyce's home, Steve follows close behind holding your other hand. Max and Jane finally taking their eye's off the TV, rush after Robin to greet you. The boys also taking notice, come over to steal Steve. The both of you being pulled in opposite directions.
"Are you staying for the sleepover?" Max immediately pipes up. Your brows furrow in confusion, and you laugh softly "I was unaware there was one, does Joyce even have enough space for everyone?"
"We can make room, and she has a guest room now!" Jane chimes in. It had been a long day, you had been working a lot recently and truthfully you wanted to go home a spend the night with your boyfriend, but how could you say no to these two? You look to Vickie and Robin and the look they gave you was anything but helpful. In fact, their looks were encouraging you to say yes.
You let out a sigh, but there was a smile on your face. "Okay..Okay, let me just go tell Steve."
The teen girls immediately turn to eachother, smiling, and already planning out tonight's activites.
You head over to where Steve and the boys are. They had moved on from talking about D&D and now were talking about a recent movie they saw. You pull him to the side, softening your voice. "How would you feel if I told you I was spending the night here?"
Steve's posture slumps slightly, head tilting to the side, dissappointment evident on his face. "Baby, come on. I fell like I've been seeing you less and less lately. We had plans…" He emphazies the last word quietly, widening his eyes to dive home his point.
"Steve, you see me more than anyone else. I know we had plans and I fully intend to still go through with them…Just not tonight."
He now had a visisble pout on his face and you had to fight to hide your smile. "Tell you what, you join me for this sleepover and I'll make it up to you."
His posture begins to straighten and his lips curve into a small smile, "yea?"
You lean up to give him a quick kiss and mumer a reply against his lips. "Yes."
Before you pull away, Steve pulls you closer by the waist, choosing to deepen the kiss. His tongue swipes across your lower lip, asking for entrance and you part your lips for him. What started out as a sweet kiss, turned into a heated makeout in the corner of the room. You both get so lost in eachother that you almost don't hear Joyce's voice, that is, until Robin calls you out.
You and Steve reluctantly pull apart from eachother to see everyone facing Joyce. She had a spoon and glass of wine in her hand. Tapping the spoon against the glass to get everyones attention she goes on to finally speak.
"It's almost midnight but I want to say a few words before the year ends." She pauses, finding her words. Her eyes grow glassy as she gets lost in thought. Hopper rubs her back gently, everyone patiently waiting for her to continue. Her voice cracks as she begins to speak again. "We have been through so much together, year after year. Some days it felt like it was never going to end, like we would always be living in fear, and now…now we are free. This was the year that we put everything to bed. We can finally live our lives the way we were meant to."
Joyce pauses again to collect herself, wiping her stray tears.
"I guess I just wanna say that I am so incredibly proud of each and every one of you, and you should be proud of yourselves. I'm so excited to see where life takes you all, where this next year will lead. This is a new chapter for us all and I love you all so much.".
A few stray tears had left your eyes, along with the rest of the groups. You all truly had been through so much together and it was almost surreal to say it was finally over. You walk over to Joyce to give her a big hug, and soon after, so did everyone else. No one knows what the future holds but this moment right here is what matters.
As quiet settled among the group, you could hear the countdown to midnight commence on the TV. The group huddle disperced as you all watch the countdown together.
Steve's hand finds yours and you lean on his shoulder.
The group starts counting down together, soft smiles on everyone's faces.
"Five"
"Four"
"Three"
"Two"
"One"
"HAPPY NEW YEAR!"
You turn to Steve and get yet another passionate kiss from him. One that wouldn't be interrupted this time. He takes his time, his hands wondering and squeezing. You laugh against the kiss and force yourself to pull away, your hand resting on his chest. "Behave, Steven!"
Hopper clasps his hands and yells over the group, "Who's up for some fireworks?"
Everyone throws on their winter attire and heads outside into the cold air. The cool winter breeze hits your face and you snuggle up to Steve in hopes he will be your shield. He laughs and presses a kiss to the top of your head.
Hopper had already set out the fireworks and started to light them one by one. They shoot off and big bursts of light decorate the sky. You can hear the kids debating about which ones are cooler and you smile to yourself as you watch.
This. This is what you had spent many years dreaming of. After everything that the group had been through to get here, this was pure bliss. Not even the bite of the cold could ruin this moment. You get lost watching the fireworks and reflecting on the past year when you feel a snowball hit your back. You let go of steve to turn around, only to see Mike with a shit eating grin on his face.
"SNOWBALL FIGHT" He yells, and chaos ensues. Everyone starts packing snow into balls to throw at one another. You think that Steve is on your team and that he will protect you, but you are mistaken. The group splits off in two and he's on the opposite side.
"Steve!" You laugh in disbelief as he gets ready to launch a snow ball at your side.
"Sorry, baby!" He yells back before throwing it directly at you, but your side had something the other didn't.
Jane, stops the snowball using her abilites and whips it right back into steve's face. You and the others burst into laughter as steve wipes the snow off his face.
"Yea, yea, laugh it up!" He scoffs, his lips turning up into a reluctant smile.
The snowball fight resumes and laughter fills the air.
This year is gonna be a good year.
Taglist: @sincerelylexiii
Thank you for taking the time to read! If you enjoyed, let me know. I had a lot of fun writing this. It warmed my heart, especially after that finale...
And this school, frankly, it needed to change. Because we were so divided into the jocks, the nerds, freaks.
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with the release of the first two episodes of season of monsters, i’m officially back in my pjo bag and WOOHOO am i glad to be back!! peep the little bits of blue because it’s my bf’s favorite color 😸🙂↕️
chiara jane west , [ke-AR-uh] , scorpio , 25 , daddy’s girl
deets -> gravitational field manipulator ,
the love of barry allen’s life (probably) ,
journalist by day , vigilante by night ,
songs -> this will be (an everlasting love) ,
touch my body , the boy is mine ,
origin -> chiara west gained her abilities after a rogue lightning strike from the s.t.a.r. labs particle accelerator explosion struck her while in her best friend’s forensics lab. while barry jumped to shield her, residual energy from the strike fused with her nervous system forcing her to carry a dormant meta-signature tied to gravitational distortion. nine months later , during the singularity crisis caused by eobard thawne’s defeat , her powers violently awakened and formed a protective force field that saved
───˖᯽ ݁˖· WHAT DATING PERCY JACKSON IS LIKE ˖᯽ ݁˖· ───
in my dr (ofc)
he always seems sure of what he wants and is very ambitious but he doesn’t brag. literally ever. #humbleking
he’s charming without trying and it’s kinda the most annoying thing about him i think.
he has a staring problem. really. doesn’t even realize he’s doing it most of the time.
he absorbs everything personally. he can be a bit defensive sometimes because of it.
he’s not a person who does things half assed. he’s either all in or nothing. and with that being said, never let the guy gamble.
he withholds how he really feels a lot. getting him to admit or be vulnerable at first was akin to pulling teeth.
if i’m upset, he can’t relax until he knows why. i’m not the best communicator in this dr (working on it) but he gets real broody and/or antsy if i’m acting distant towards him.
arguments always end in him apologizing first lol
he (allegedly) fell for me because i didn’t immediately fold for him. playing hard to get does win you some things✍🏽
he can read energy so easily it’s insane. he always knows the mood i’m in even if i’m trying to hide it. this applies to nsfw stuff too and boy does he like to tease…
he doesn’t have a type. if you’re wondering. at least not physically. i will say that my percy prefers taller girls (but also he’s over 6’5 so this makes sense).
he’s a snack stealer!!! and he does talk with his mouth full sometimes… it’s… a work in progress.
he’s a heavy sleeper so i quite literally have to block his nose canals to get him to wake tf up.
he has the cutest new york accent ugh my man my mannn!!!
banter goes crazy but he also will not let me have the last word EVER and it’s infuriating!! warning: he will resort to attacking with kisses if i try to oppose him.
he’s very unashamed. idk how to describe it. the way he walks and talks and handles things just gives like this authoritative energy like he knows hes that guy. very smexy mhmm
he loves a weirdo. his friend group is very diverse and just full of oddballs (me included fr). i think he just values people who are unadulterated and authentically themselves.
being with him never feels dull. he’s always doing spontaneous things. downside to this is he’s a scare monger and is obsessed with pranks.
oh he HATES when i risk my safety for him. unfortunately for him i will continue to be self sacrificial #yolo
loves kissing me in the middle of my sentences
he writes to me, like he leaves me little notes with compliments and “missin you’s” and shit
unfortunately baby is a messy guy but give him a break, there’s a method to his messiness (sometimes)
he’s definitely a move first, think later truther. i plan, he executes (and he’s mighty fine while executing i’ll tell ya)
he calls me sunshine as a joke (i may be an apollo kid but i’m not all that sunny tbh #breakingthestereotype) and i call him water boy because one thing’s for certain, if there’s a crisis, percy’s being sent to fix it. truly the errand runner of olympus.
there’s sand in most, if not all, of his goddamn shoes.
he likes sketching and he reads myth/history books when nobody’s around.
he’s deeply satisfied by small gestures. he loves and carries all of them with pride.
he loves 4th of july because he adores watching fireworks. he gets like a giddy little boy (don’t tell him that)
edit: forgot to mention the total sweet tooth he has. i’m a savory girl myself so the amount of sugar he can consume is absurd.
it took me forever to post this because i got a lil possessive (oops) but i just ended up taking out the too personal things lol. anywho feel free to script these things or don’t or whatever. tata!
The well-respected, Montenegro family left their Mexico estate when Noa was just 2 years of age. They decided to relocate to England, a little way outside of York, with the help of their long-time family friend, Remus lupin. There they began their latest journey, gaining connections and making friends that would eventually become family. They managed to maintain the importance their name carried from the Mexican wizarding world to the UK one. While her mother resumed her fashion designing and writing, her father, who is a professional quidditch coach, is set to start working part-time at the ministry of magic. The six Montenegro kids are to start their own ventures, Noa starting her first year at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry.
The well-respected, Montenegro family left their Mexico estate when Noa was just 2 years of age. They decided to relocate to England, a little way outside of York, with the help of their long-time family friend, Remus lupin. There they began their latest journey, gaining connections and making friends that would eventually become family. They managed to maintain the importance their name carried from the Mexican wizarding world to the UK one. While her mother resumed her fashion designing and writing, her father, who is a professional quidditch coach, is set to start working part-time at the ministry of magic. The six Montenegro kids are to start their own ventures, Noa starting her first year at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry.