Summary: Steve fights Demogorgons with the kids, and Nancy. Bailing on Y/N one too many times, causing her to break up with him. Yearning, yearning, yearning and a lot of love.
Only a week later, your mothers cat went missing. You came home from your friend and found your mom and Dustin, both hysterically pacing the living room. Or so it seemed at the first glance.
Your mom was crying, frantically running through the house.
And your brother seemed.. calm?
He wasn't pacing the house. He was walking behind her, trying to calm her. When he had gotten your mom to sit down in one of the soft cushions of your sofa, sitting down beside her, patting her shoulder supportingly, his face twisted into an apologetic frown. "It will be alright Mom, no problem." He said.
You thought he sounded like a 18 year old and not an eigth grader. He looked as if he had grown up. You hadn’t even noticed. To you, he still was six years old.
And then the phone rang, he hastily ran to where the telephone was hanging on the wall.
"Hello?" He asked, curling the cord around his finger. Now he was the one looking nervous.
"Oh mister Daniels.” Dustin turned around, shortly, giving you and your mom a thumbs up.
“Thank you, thank you!“ He was repeating over dramatically
“Yes! We will.“ He nodded
“Thank you for your help." After he had put the telephone back in its threshold, he turned around with a big smile on his face.
“Mews was seen.“ Dustin moved his hands up in surprise.
“Five streets down the road, mom.“ he exclaimed by smiling a little too much.
And your mom.. put on her shoes and went searching.
“I'll help her, we need to find her Dustin!“ You exclaimed, knowing how much your mother loved this cat. She was like a third child to her.
And then Dustin looked at you with the same calm expression he had looked at your mom with when comforting her.
“Do that!“ he picked up his Walkie.
“I'm sure we'll find her in no time.“ He commented.
“Steve, do you copy?“ he said, pressing PTT on his walkie, when you closed the door and went after your mom, trying to find this cat.
In the evening, when you and your mom returned, her cat was nowhere to be found.
It seemed odd. Someone had seen her but yet she wasn’t there. You both told yourself she would return on her own.
So the following day, you came home from shool early, you saw the red Volkswagen in front of your house.
You knew exactly whose car that was. And when you heard loud voices from the garden, you didn’t mean to overhear. You didn’t even want to have anything to do with Steve. It was only that they were talking so loudly, fighting in the sarcastic way they always did.
"So Henderson, you want to tell me, that Lizard is as big as a fox and has killed your cat?" Steve argued, seemingly not believing your brother.
“It is not a lizard,“ Dustin disagreed,
“and yes, it is growing!“
And then you stepped infront of them. Both turned around immediately, shock written on their faces.
"Dustin, I think I need an explanation!“ you said angrily.
“Y/N.“ was all Steve said. Well, he didn’t say it. He mumbled your name as if he was disappointed to see you.
“What is going on here? Where is Mews Dustin!“ you didn’t ask, you demanded. Your hands were on your hips and you tried to look angry.
But in that moment, a loud bang came from the inside of the garage. And then everything was quiet again.
“Nothing.“ Dustin exclaimed, his voice a pitch higher than intended, obviously lying. Trying to hide the noise, he added, “It's a game.“ And then he left you no time to answer and went on rambling:
“Remember my costume? It was an experiment how good those batteries would work if i used another transformative device…“ he stopped mid sentence. “That’s what this was.“
“But that doesn’t explain anything.“ you said angrily.
And then Steve looked at you, really looked at you.
“Y/N, Dustin is right, its nothing.“ he said, wanting to sound believable.
“Oh and I should believe you? You out of all people?“ you hissed at him.
Every time, when you had heard his voice or seen his car, picking up your brother or walking around in the mall, you had felt nothing but pain. Worst was at Scoops Ahoy. The only reason you went there that day, was because you were sure Steve had had a day off that day. That’s what Dustin told you at least. And then to your luck Robin had prepared the ice cream, thinking Steve really wasn’t there. Seeing Steve at Scoops Ahoy made you angry because he was the one who had hurt you and now Robin Buckley was giving free ice cream to you. Life was weird.
She probably had heard of your break up and felt pity for you. Either way, you would never go to Scoops Ahoy. Or trust Dustin when he would tell you that Steve wouldn’t be there.
Then, there was a loud squeek from the inside of the garage and both boys froze.
“What was that?“ You asked.
“Dart.” was all Dustin answered.
And Steve looked like he might wanted to kill your brother.
