It had been six months since the Russians, since the Mind Flayer's reappearance, since Starcourt Mall had fallen. Six months since Hopper died trying to stop the Gate from opening and Billy sacrificed himself to save El.
It had been five months since the Byers' and El moved away.
And things had been quiet. Steve spent most of his time either working or hanging out with Dustin, Robin and the kids. Max hadn't quite been the same but that was to be expected -her step-brother had died basically in her arms, she could be forgiven if she was withdrawn, or more frighteningly, if she lashed out occasionally.
Steve just did what he did best. He looked after them. He was the big brother they needed and he kept them safe. And so what if he had fun going on their stupid adventures or teasing Dusty-Bun over his singalong with Suzie-Poo?
He'd spent the whole day with them and had finally crawled into bed far later than he'd planned. His parents were off in Europe on some business trip and he was alone.
The former Hawkins High King was so close to being asleep when the knocking started. He ignored it at first but then the second time had him pushing himself up with a huff.
"Dustin, I swear to god, you little shit. Your mum is going to ki--" It wasn't Dustin.
Staring through his window at him was what looked like Billy Hargrove. But that was impossible! He was dead, right? They'd seen it.
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Date: 2019-07-11 12:37 pm (UTC)It had been five months since the Byers' and El moved away.
And things had been quiet. Steve spent most of his time either working or hanging out with Dustin, Robin and the kids. Max hadn't quite been the same but that was to be expected -her step-brother had died basically in her arms, she could be forgiven if she was withdrawn, or more frighteningly, if she lashed out occasionally.
Steve just did what he did best. He looked after them. He was the big brother they needed and he kept them safe. And so what if he had fun going on their stupid adventures or teasing Dusty-Bun over his singalong with Suzie-Poo?
He'd spent the whole day with them and had finally crawled into bed far later than he'd planned. His parents were off in Europe on some business trip and he was alone.
The former Hawkins High King was so close to being asleep when the knocking started. He ignored it at first but then the second time had him pushing himself up with a huff.
"Dustin, I swear to god, you little shit. Your mum is going to ki--" It wasn't Dustin.
Staring through his window at him was what looked like Billy Hargrove. But that was impossible! He was dead, right? They'd seen it.
But that...
"What the fuck? Hargrove?!"