Love Is A Battlefield (A Stranger Things/Steve Harrington Fanfiction)

Bonus Chapter: Dreams Of The Future

(Depending on what happens in Season 5, this is a strictly fictional bonus chapter scenario that introduces all the Hopper-Harrington children, as well as what Riley and Steve's future might look like in a post Upside-Down world. I'm really holding onto hope that this gets to be real but...who knows. The characters names and ages are above, as this takes place 16 years after season 4. I also wanted to introduce the characters and their ages, because if rumors of a time skip are true...there might be some children running around in Season 5.)

"No. No, no, no, I told you already, no. I'm not getting involved in this." I said, the landline pinned between my ear and my shoulder as I piled food into a portable cooler, "Because, Powell! I told you, I'm leaving today! We do this every year, you know this! Half of Hawkins knows this. You were the Sherriff once too, I'm sure you can handle it. No, I will not be coming in today. No. No, not even then. Thank you, I will. Bye." 

I hung up the phone, blowing out a breath and topping off the cooler before closing the lid and exiting the kitchen. 

"BARBRA, YOU ARE SO DEAD!" 

"I TOLD YOU, IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!" 

"YEAH WELL, THAT'S WHAT THE COPS ARE GOING TO THINK WHEN THEY FIND YOUR BODY!" 

"Whoa, why are there death threats being tossed around in my house!" I shouted, pausing at the bottom of the stairs. "Besides, you can't announce that to the whole family, it ruins your plausible deniability."

Just as I said this my two oldest daughters came barreling down the stairs, the youngest of the two grabbing my shoulders and cowering behind me. I put the cooler down on the bottom step, crossing my arms and raising my eyebrows as the oldest skidded to a stop in front of me. 

Sara was our oldest; the pregnancy that we had discovered by accident during the events of 1986. She was the firstborn in every sense of the word: Bossy, constantly telling her siblings what to do, because if Mom and Dad weren't home, she was the one in charge. She was also one of the more confident of the bunch, making her very popular at Hawkins High. Like father like daughter. She is the captain of the swim team, the student body president, and is well on her way to becoming head cheerleader and Valedictorian. Well, if she doesn't go to prison for murdering her sister that is. 

The sister in question, Barbra, was smack dab in the middle along with her twin brother Robert, although the two could not be more opposite. Barbra was like a Nancy Wheeler clone, which surprised the heck out of Steve and I, seeing as I was smart in a devil-may-care sort of way and Steve was smart in ways outside of the world of academics, so...who knows where she got it from. Barbra, at only 14 years old is essentially a genius. She is the current president of the AV club that our boys founded, as well as a vital part of the science, math, and academic decathlon teams. She is also well on her way to becoming Valedictorian. 

"Look at this!" Sara exclaimed, thrusting a shirt towards me and using her thumb to gesture towards a miniscule spot of red. "Barbra stole my shirt, wore it without my permission, and now there's a STAIN ON IT! This is my favorite shirt!" 

"You can barely see the stain-" Barbra tried, leaning around me. 

"There shouldn't be one in the first place!" She shouted. "Besides, why do you even want my clothes?! My stuff is cute, and you dress like that elderly librarian who makes sweaters out of cat hair!"

"I do not-" 

"You so do-"

"Ok, that's enough!" I exclaimed, They both sighed as I stepped out of the middle so that I could look at them. "First of all...Do not talk about Marissa like that. She is a pillar of our society and she does not make sweaters out of cat hair. And even if she did, I think that's crafty."