fem reader x steve harrington
WARNINGS: jealousy, alcohol usage, reader is intoxicated, angst, fluff, strong language!
Y/n had been best friends with Steve ever since she was born, before her father left and her mother became and alcoholic Steve was by her side, for every school day, every break,
every summer day and night he was by her side spending his nights talking and exploring with her.
going on adventures like even saving the world from monsters created in the Hawkins lab while "baby-sitting a group of pre-teens"
Y/n had gotten her first job together, she went to the first school dance with him well as a third wheel, Nancy wheeler was his date.
But she couldn't blame him that was his girlfriend (at the time)
Nancy had been apart of him, taking up every ounce of his life consuming it whole with her popularity growing with each move she took,
The truth was y/n had been jealous ever since hearing that Steve had been dating Nancy, she was so upset she had gone home and spilt tears in her pillow,
letting the phone ring by her bedside over assuming that it was Steve, someone she especially hadn't of wanted to speak to not after it had felt like her heart had been viciously torn in half.
shortly after was when he started to grow cold, distant even growing nasty towards some of his friends never towards y/n well maybe sometimes, getting angry that she didn't want to go with a party with him.
She tried her best to keep it together well in-front of Steve and Nancy she did making sure to stay quiet, but not quiet enough for Steve to notice something was wrong, that something was off about her.
That she had been mad at the twos relationship mad at the way they held hands under the table, mad about them sneaking small kisses right next to her in the cafeteria,
so fucking pissed at the fact it wasn't her that bad his attention, it wasn't her that was tasting the left over flavor of coffee on his lips.
it made her so mad like she could've tossed her tray all over the couple and stormed out but of course she didn't.
She didn't want to seem petty or cruel towards them, she even complimented them on their relationship on how "cute" or "adorable" they were trying to not let it kill her inside, even though it did for years,
The way Steve had bawled into her hands when Nancy had gotten so drunk she told him she didn't love him, the night he could feel the ground sweep out from underneath his feet the way he could feel the entire world flip upside down in just her few words,
watching the girl covered in liquor say that everything about them was nothing but a bunch of bullshit saying they had killed barb.
Because they were to busy fucking to notice, but none of it was their fault they didn't know there was a monster running loose, they didn't know about the gate, or the lab, or even where Will was.
Y/n had listened to Steve describe the night to her while he slipped in a VHS tape of their favorite movie propping his feet up onto the coffee table while he sat back on the couch cracking open a beer, offering her a sip but she declined with a half smile.
He had spoken about the way he felt like a man, the way he was so gentle with her, or how easy it was to enjoy a moment like that,
y/n had to listen to the taunting at lunch the way his friends mocked Nancy's moans "oh Steve!" They called rolling their eyes back into the skull almost maybe to their brain
hell if they even had one at this point.
she had picked at her cuticles raw hearing how Nancy got to enjoy the moment she was mad it wasn't her feeling Steve mad that the only touch she ever got was him nuzzling up to her with tears in his eyes or just a hug.
until they had separated because Nancy had fallen in love with someone else.
She remembered the night Steve had come to her crying, burying his face in her lap wiping his tears on the denim of the jeans she was wearing,
he was weeping into them softly while he ranted about her harping on and on how he thought he was better than Jonathan not knowing why she would've cheated with him especially after all they'd been threw.
Now she was still right by his side stacking up vhs tapes in the Family Video Store,
she grumbled slightly setting down an empty box over the counter behind Steve who had been fiddling with a pen in his hand,
she could see Nancy slip into the store doors this time alone without Jonathan by her side,
she had her hair in those tight curls while she skimmed the aisles looking for some cheesy romance movie to bring back to Jonathan.
"hey nance" Steve smiled hopping over the counter with a smirk he leaned against it watching his best friend roll her eyes tossing another empty box over the counter.
"hey Steve i was wondering if you had the breakfast club again? Jonathan wants to watch it again for some reason but I don't mind since I think he's caught a cold"
Nancy spoke clasping her hands together, Steve nodded before leaning down to the shelf behind her pulling the movie off of the rack.
"Shit am I blind" she chuckled holding the movie in her hands clasping it like a bimbo school girl would hold a book,
well if y/n had to admit Nancy was no bimbo she was highly intelligent but that didn't mean she had to like especially after all the nights she had felt Steve crying in her lap over her.
Which is why she had started to grow cold thinking about how friendly Steve had been to Nancy not saying he had to be a bitch,
but the flirting and the playful jokes had grown a bit uncomfortable when y/n was around them, she felt like she was back in high school third wheeling them for everything,
everywhere they went they were flirting hell even Jonathan had noticed this but he was to timid to say anything just like y/n.
they both knew about the little glances,
the flirty remarks the touch way to close to one another, everything about their tension sending a signal of pity threw their veins.
Y/n slammed down a tape onto the counter before slipping off her vest tossing it over the counter,
Steve had noticed but went back to talking to Nancy until he saw her storm out of the video store, tucking her hands into her jean pockets.
He held up a finger to Nancy before walking out of the glass doors, he could see y/n pull out a cigarette from her pocket to which he took it from her hand, folding his arms looking at her.
"what's going on you stormed out of the store?" Steve asked his hands moving to his hips where he placed them like he always did
something that she was always able notice and yet she knew that was his most comfortable position.
"I'm cutting my shift short today you can tell our boss to cut my pay I don't care I just need a break for right now."
"Well why don't i pitch in for your 15 minute break so that way you can rest out here for a bit but no smoking I told you and Eddie that"
Steve spoke rubbing her shoulder but she moved his hand away even though she wanted his touch so badly she refused it.
"I'm alright I just need to go home and clear my mind for a little bit Steve"
Steve offered and watched as she shook her head only making his face turn into a soft frown.
"thanks for the offer stevey but I can't you still have a shift to work and I can walk it's not that far I have to stop somewhere anyways"
"well don't forget to swing by at that party tonight I heard pretty much the whole gangs gonna be there well except for the children obviously"
She smiled at Steve before starting her walk,
she kicked a pebble with her boot blowing out a sigh, she could feel her cheeks start to grow hot, her eyes starting to water and finally the tears came rushing down on her face.
she sat back on the couch grumbling a couple who was getting a little to touchy next to her, she stood up harshly storming her way up the stairs where
she could see Steve sitting in an open bedroom with Nancy she rolled her eyes before walking into the bathroom slamming the door shut making the walls around her rattle.
She cursed softly before sinking back onto the floor, her back laid flat while she watched the ceiling, her eyes flicking around the room.
She could hear a knock at the door before seeing Steve appear in the room, shocked to see her laying on the bathroom floor an empty red solo cup next to her hand that had been open flat as she looked up at the ceiling her eyes tracing the white paint.
"y/n why are you on the floor it's filthy" he tried to sit her up from the floor but she pushed away his hands scooting away farther from him.
He knew something was wrong, maybe she was drunk, well he wasn't wrong she was drunk right now probably drunker than she had ever been.
She stood up leaning over the toilet on her knees so she could spill the contents from her stomach, feeling the liquor physically starting to disagree with her as her stomach had made a rumble.
He held her hair back watching her wipe her lips clean with her hand before resting her head back against the wall, he dropped her hair making sure to brush it from out of her face.
"party party party! Steve loves to party, mostly he loves those pretty girls with their asses hanging out, he loves to be a keg master and flirt with all girls in the whole damn world!"
She slurred with a quite drunken laugh at him hitting his chest while kneeled in-front of her.
"you're drunk y/n, super drunk" he grumbled at her and her drunken words that had started to make him rethink pieces from his past.
"you should go hook up with someone like maybe Nancy" she spat at him with a harsh tone and even drunk she could sense that her bitterness was over the top.
"Nancys dating jonathan they've been together for two years now I would never hook up with her so what the hell are you even on about"
he shook his head at her confused to why she was acting so bitter, so angry at him for some reason he couldn't figure out.
"Never mind you're drunk that's what's making you say all these crazy things y/n"
he scoffed standing up watching y/n wipe some drool from her chin.
"I want to leave I'm done with your bullshit this is all bullshit you and this party is all bullshit I don't wanna be around you!"
She stood up rapidly feeling her legs wobble to the point she almost had fallen over but he caught her stopping her from a tumble to the tile on the floor.
He had carried her down the stair case before setting her on top of the kitchen counter
so he could pour her a glass of water from the sink, he handed the glass to her watching her almost take a sip but she set it down onto the counter behind her
"drink it y/n I don't wanna have to tell you again" y/n rolled her eyes at him pushing the water even farther away from her.
"Don't tell me what to do!"
She yelled accidentally grabbing the attention of the people around her, Steve smiled awkwardly before looking back at her.
"Stop do not make a scene" he whispered bitterly but she hadn't cared she hadn't minded who saw or who heard she was done.
"I can't be controlled like Nancy Wheeler"
the people around them gasped at her cold hearted words watching her hop down from the counter stumbling her way outside until she flopped back tuning into the feeling of the liquor feeling her head spin,
her mind was in a whirlwind of what was happening, she knew her words were wrong but her brain and mouth couldn't stop.
She couldn't stop saying them or thinking them, because the liquor was flooding her system.
"y/n quit making a scene just drink the fucking water!" Steve shouted watching y/n toss it onto him with the accidental flick of her hand trying to push it away from her.
He shook it off angrily before grabbing her wrist, she tried to wiggle loose from his grasp but it was to forceful on her.
"Steve stop, stop Steve!" she raised her voice at him and it was no use because they were already outside of the house.
"I'm gonna take you home! Just stop y/n stop please relax for a moment will you?"
he was frustrated now having to pull her up so she wouldn't slink down to the ground from how wobbly her legs were from the alcohol.
there were no words said until now she was weeping into him holding onto the slim fabric of his mustard yellow colored sweater
while her tears rolled onto him, her body shook as she was sobbing into his shoulder feeling his soft hands rub against her back shushing her that everything was going to he just okay.
She tossed her head against the porcelain of the bathtub making a soft grunt when she heard the thump from her head,
"It's not fair Stevie it's just not fair"
she admitted watching him wipe a tear from her face with the pad of his thumb and wiping it onto his blue jeans.
"What's not fair baby? Why are you so upset tonight? what's going on in that mind of yours to make you get so worked up?”
He asked feeling her head being tossed into his lap while she looked up at him in a drunken haze, her eyes wide as she flicked at a piece of his hair that was dangling.
"all those girls" she sniffled finally being able to stop herself from crying, "all of them" she spoke nuzzling her face into him.
He spoke as he lifted her body up, he couldn't bare to have people staring at her as she cried and well she needed to go home because she was drunk and obviously distressed about whatever she had seen or she had heard about him.
He placed her in the passenger seat as he buckled her in and started up the car, he watched her head being sloppily thrown against the window as she whined at the bumpy road.
"What about the girls y/n?" He asked and used his thumb to rub away a tear that fell down the delicate skin of her cheek.
once tucked away in his bed because he didn't want her to have to stay alone for the night he curled in with her to hear her speak.
because she had stopped talking in the car it was cause she had been felt nauseous from the way her head was spinning in such rapid circles almost like a whirl wind that wouldn't let go.
"talk to me sweetheart, it's okay" he rubbed her back gently and could hear her sniffle a little,
"I want you Stevie, all to myself" she admitted and he could feel his heart start to bubble a little,
"you have me right now baby, I'm right here" she could feel as her hand grasped onto his and their fingers intertwined with one another.
it had made her want to cry,
"what about Nancy and all those other girls? it's so much to compete with" he placed a long lasting kiss on her shoulder blade.
"I'm all yours, no competition, no other girls y/n you're the one and only sweet heart" he knew that she wouldn't remember his words in the morning and it made a part of his heart sink.
a grueling hang over she had woken up to, her memory scrambled but she could remember yelling at Steve last night.
She remembered feeling car sick, she figured other fragments would come back to her but what caught her attention was that she wasn't in her own bedroom.
She was in Steve's, where a fresh shirt and a pair of his boxers had been laid out on his bed just for her to change into.
Once finally changed she stepped into the living room to see that he was sitting on the couch sipping a cup of coffee in his hand.
He had VHS tapes spread out on the coffee table where his feet covered in a white pair of socks were covered up with.
she looked down at the tapes and noticed that most of them were new movies, new movies that had just released and he got access to them first.
"pick a movie y/n it's our Friday movie day after all" she smiled softly and watched as he put his feet down onto the rug below the table.
she picked up the same movie they would watch every Friday and she could see the smile on his face widen a little.
"Out of all these movies you chose the same one we watch every Friday night"
he spoke and watched as she reached for another movie but he gestured her hand away.
"You already made your pick sweet heart besides this is pretty much a tradition between us now" he smiled and stood up from the couch to put in the tape leaving her breathless at the pet name.
Her eyebrows furrowed a little and she wondered if she had said anything stupid to him last night, if she had fucked up in any way to make him act this way.
once the movie was in the VHS player and the screen on the tv began rolling with the intro and credits they had curled up under a blanket.
Steve himself was wearing a simple tee and just a pair of lounging around pants he wore whenever the two of them stayed home.
she couldn't bare the silence between them now especially with the fact his hand was on her thigh and rubbing in soft circles.
it had driven her to the point she couldn't even focus on the movie because of his touch.
she had placed herself in his lap and without even a hesitation she started to kiss him, feeling his hands hold onto her sides as he pulled her body even closer to his.
"you said you wanted me all to yourself" he smiled at her when they pulled away and watched as she stared at him.
"did I?" She asked and watched him nod with such an eager smile it made her heart throb.
"y/n l/n you will always be all mine, nobody else can ever take this spot from you sweet heart because I love you"
