Ahoy, Dingus - Steve Harrington x Reader

Season 2 ~ The Lab

"You're positive that was Dart?" Lucas asks as we walk down the train tracks, my hand still in Steve's and in shock over what just happened.

"Yes." Dustin said from beside me, Max and Lucas trailing behind. "He had the same exact yellow pattern on his butt."

"He was tiny two days ago." Max pointed out.

"Well," Dustin explains, remembering when we were in the cellar with Steve. "he's molted three times already."

"Malted?" Steve mumbled.

"Molted." I corrected. "shed his skin to make room for more growth like hornworms."

"When's he gonna molt again?" Max asks, narrowing her eyebrows at Dustin.

"It's gotta be soon." Dustin shrugged. "When he does, he'll be fully grown or close to it. So will his friends."

"Yeah," Steve scoffed, letting go of my hand as he walked in front of our group. "and he's going to eat a lot more than just cats."

"Wait," Lucas says, grabbing ahold of Dustin's shoulder, all of us stopping to look at the two. "a cat. Dart ate a cat?"

"No, what?" Dustin sputtered, his voice alone showed he was lying. "No."

"What are you talking about?" Steve asks, as I look up from next to him and raise an eyebrow. "He ate Mews."

Slapping his arm, I indicate him to stop talking, seeing this fight wasn't going to end well.

"Mews?" Max asks, raising an eyebrow at the two of us. "Who's Mews."

"It's Dustin's cat." Steve shrugged as I smacked his arm.

"Steve!" Dustin cried as Lucas faced me.

"Did you ever see Dart at your house?" He asks me with an eyebrow raise.

"Once." I reply. "When he was eating our cat."

"(Y/n)!"

"I knew it!" Lucas cried, slapping Dustin's shoulder. "You kept him!"

"No!" Dustin denied, looking over at me for any sort of help. "No. No, I... No, I..."

Max and I look at Dustin, raising an eyebrow as he kept sputtering, Lucas obviously not believing him.

"He missed me." Dustin blurted. "He wanted to come home."

"Bullshit." Lucas snapped.

"I didn't know he was a Demogorgon, okay?"

"Oh, so now you admit it?"

"Kids," I snap. "could we table this discussion, we have way more important things happening."

"Yeah," Max nodded, crossing her arms while facing the boys. "Who cares. We have to go."

"I care!" Lucas cries, causing me to roll my eyes at this ridicules fight. "You put the party in jeopardy! You broke the rule of law!"

"So did you!" Dustin shouted flailing his arms up.

"What?" Lucas snapped, narrowing his eyes.