Ahoy, Dingus - Steve Harrington x Reader

Season 1 ~ Monster Hunting?

That afternoon, I had found myself walking down store isles of our local hunting store, shopping for supplies so Nancy, Jonathan and I could find the monster we had been searching for.

Meeting Jonathan and Nancy at the end of the isle, we come face to face with three bear traps, nodding as I placed it in my basket for purchase.

"And i'll take a box of the .30's" Jonathan says as we place the items down for purchase.

"What are you kids doing with all this?" The cashier asked us, raising an eyebrow at us.

"Monster hunting." Nancy says, shrugging her shoulders as if it's the most casual thing in the world.

Walking out of the store with boxes in our hands, we head over to Jonathan's car. Jonathan clicks opens the trunk and we start to place the boxes of items inside it.

"Monster hunting?" He asks Nancy with a chuckle, while setting a box of items into the trunk of his car.

"You know, last week..." Nancy says, placing gasoline jugs into the trunk. "I was shopping for a new top I thought Steve might like. It took me and Barb all weekend. It seemed like life or death, you know? And...and now—"

"You're shopping for bear traps with (Y/n) Henderson and Jonathan Byers." I conclude the girl's sentence.

"Yeah." She says with a small laugh.

"What's the weirdest part?" Jonathan asks. "Us or the bear trap."

"You guys." She says with a small smile. "It's definitely you guys."

I let out a small laugh before shoving in the last of the boxes we had bought into the trunk of Jonathan's small car.

A car honks, pulling Jonathan and Nancy from their trance and stops me from organizing everything in the trunk.

"Hey, Nance!" A boy in a blue jacket, named Reed, calls out from the passenger seat of the car. "Can't wait to see your movie."

He chuckles as the red car speeds away and Nancy looks over at us, confusion written all over her face.

"What the hell was that." Jonathan asks.

"I don't know." Nancy says, tears forming in her eyes.

Nancy turns around and starts heading towards the town, Jonathan and I running after her.

"Hey!" Jonathan calls out.

"Nancy, where are you going?" I ask, furrowing my eyebrows before rushing behind her. "Nancy, wait!"

Jonathan and I continue jogging behind her, calling out for her to stop, until we stop in the middle of the road, approaching the towns local movie theater. Written in bright red ink under "All the Right Moves" was "Starting Nancy the slut Wheeler"

Based on the handwriting alone I had a pretty decent idea on who could and would pull a stunt like this.

My theory was proven right as I heard the loud laughter of Carol and Tommy coming from the nearest alleyway followed by the hissing of a spray paint can.

I walk over to the alleyway where not only were Tommy and Carol standing there and laughing, but Steve as well, along with Nicole, the same girl from the camera incident.

"What the hell." I mumble angrily, walking up to Steve.

He stares down at me, jaw clenched, knowing I was with Nancy and Jonathan last night, until Carol pipes up and I see Nancy walking towards us, glaring daggers at the group in front of her.

I turn around and back up slowly ending up to the left side of Steve as Nancy stands in front of us.

"Aw, hey there princess!" Carol says, mocking Nancy.