Stranger Things - Steve Harrington X Reader

Episode 8: The Upside Down

We arrive home and hop out of the car, bringing the supplies with us. We put the bulbs back onto the Christmas lights that were taken off previously for some reason before setting up the bear trap in the hallway and readying our weapons. Jonathan hammers nails into the baseball bat to make it deadlier as Nancy loads the pistol and I sharpen the ax to the point where it slices through paper like butter. We pour the gasoline over the bear trap and into Will's room where we'll light it. Set a yo-yo as a trip wire so we know when to light it. We carefully set the bear trap and we're finished.

Jonathan grabs a few knives and walks back to us in the living room. He hands us both one. "Remember..."

"Straight into Will's room. And-" Nancy starts.

"Don't step on the trap." I cut in.

"Wait for the yo-yo to move."

"Then..." Jonathan flips the lighter open before closing it again. "Alright. You ready?" Jonathan looks between us.

"Ready." Nancy nods.

"No, but I have to be, right?" I mutter with a nod.

We put the knives to our hands. "On three." Jonathan says. "One... two..." He notices Nancy's scared expression. "You don't have to-"

"Jonathan, stop talking." Nancy says.

"I'm just saying, you don't have to-"

"Three." I cut in and we slice our hands open, causing blood to pool out.

We wrap up our hands and wait for the thing to come. I come out of the bathroom when there's sudden banging on the door.

"Jonathan?" Steve's voice says from the other side. "Are you there, man? It's...It's Steve! Listen, I just want to talk!" I walk to the door and open it just enough for my head to peek out. "Y/n? Is your brother there?"

"Listen, Steve, you need to go." I say. He looks at the bruises on my face and a flash of regret shines in his eyes.

He looks back into my eyes. "I'm not trying to start anything, okay?"

"I don't care. You've gotta go." I say. He looks behind me and spots Nancy.

"Hey, Nancy, wait- what?" He says before Nancy walks up beside me.

"Steve, you need to leave, right now." She says.

"No, no, no. Listen, I-I messed up, okay? I messed- I messed up. Okay? Really. Please." Steve says and Nancy shakes her head. "I just want to make things right. Okay? Please. Please..." He notices her bandaged hand. "Wha- what happened to your hand? Is that blood?"

"Nothing. I-It was an accident."

"Yeah, what's going on?"

"Nothing."

Steve tries to force his way in. "Wait a sec. Did he do this to you?"

"No. No! Steve!"

Steve forces his way in and looks around at everything that's been set up and the weapons. "What is... What the..."

"You need to get out of here." Jonathan says as he tries to shove Steve out.

"Whoa. What is all-"

"Listen to me. I'm not asking you, I'm telling you to get out of here!"

"What is that smell!?" Steve struggles against Jonathan. "Is that- is that gasoline!?"

Nancy cocks the pistol and points it shakily at Steve. "Steve, get out!"

"Whoa! Nancy!" I exclaim as Jonathan steps away from the line of fire.

"W-Wait. What? What is going on!?" Steve exclaims.