#jennifer x steve

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Chapter One: Suzie, Do You Copy?

story:Midnight Rain wc: with a sudden power outage, jennifer begins to suspect something bad is coming, suspecting the gate has been opened, things turn upside down when she go through a bought of depression -- hiding her feelings from steve.

[a/n: all characters, plot, etc. are not mine. The only thing I own is my original character. credit to gif owner.]

{ June 28, 1985 }

Coming back from the restroom, Jennifer puts on her Scoops Ahoy sailor hat as she enters the shop. She walk past Robin, leaning against the counter and sees a group of kids walking up to the counter of the ice cream parlor as she watches from afar. Jennifer recognizes the group of kids from the events of last year, smiling at Max who smiles back. Robin leans against the counter as a raven-haired kid rings the obnoxious bell that sits by the register.

"Hey, dingus. Your children are here." Robin calls.

"Again? Seriously?" Steve asks from the staff room.

Annoyed, Steve lets the kids through anyway as they trudge through the white vague corridor. Jennifer steps behind the counter, helping two teens select their ice cream before handing them the cones. They pay before walking out of the shop, looking back she watches her boyfriend bring the group of kids with him. He sneaks the group of kids in through the back of the mall, coming back into view as he smiles at his girlfriend.

"Wow, such a good mom," Jennifer jokes.

Steve rolls his eyes, annoyed.

"Well, when you've been doing it for the last two years, you get experience."

Smiling, Jennifer walks in the room and sits down, fumbling with her keys as her eyes well up with tears. Steve approaches and kneels in front of the brunette as they make eye contact.

"Are... Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm-I'm fine."

"No, you're-"

"Dingus. Get out here, there's a group of girls that are annoying me,"

"Okay, just a second. I'm a little busy here."

"Making out with Jennifer? No. Hurry up, dingus."

Steve rolls his eyes as he looks back at Jennifer. The peck their li[s before rising, standing behind the counter. He takes another order, beginning to scoop ice cream when suddenly the lights flicker Jennifer glances down at her arm, seeing the scar that she got from her boyfriend's backyard in 1983. The lights then shut off completely. Looking up, she watches as Steve walks over to the light switch, flipping the knob up and down.

"That isn't gonna work, Dingus."

"Oh, really?" He asks, flipping the switch at an even faster pace.

Suddenly, the light turn on in the mall. A nautical tune plays from the radio as Steve glances at the lights above then looking at Robin and Jennifer.

"Let there be light,"

Even though Jennifer couldn't see Robin's face, she knew she was making some kind of expression toward Steve. The three employees get back to work as Jennifer counts down the hours of work before being able to go home and crash.

——

{ June 29, 1985 }

Jennifer suddenly awakes, looking over at the clock. She sees it sitting ten after eight as the realization sets in, she forgot to reset the clock the previous night due to the power outage. Not only that, but she's very late for work. Throwing the covers off, Jennifer stumbles out of bed and over to her closet where she throws on her Scoops Ahoy uniform and does some light makeup since she'll sweat the makeup off later that day.

Grabbing her keys off her shelf, she leaves without eating before exiting the house. Sliding in the driver's seat, Jennifer puts the key in the ignition as her vehicle starts. Pulling out of the car port and drives down the road and towards the mall, parking in an empty spot as she removes the keys from the ignition and her seatbelt from the latch as she hops out of her car. Striding towards the entrance the sweat forms on her hairline as well as her chest. She walks in and towards the entrance of Scoops Ahoy. Robin notices the sweaty brunette as she smiles, Jennifer smiles back. Steve enters from the back door and greets his girlfriend with a kiss. Pulling away, Jennifer smiles at him as the short haired girl stares at them in disgust.

"Alright, love birds break it up."

"What? It's not like we're making out, or having sex." Jennifer says.

"I don't care, you're abusing company policy."

"Fine, we'll just greet each other like two friends."

"Okay.."

Jennifer rolls her eyes, stepping behind the counter as she holds her keys as she watches as Robin slings a single scoop of ice cream into a cone, handing it to the person. Later, the brunette sits in the back as Robin straightens up and Steve is slinging ice cream in the front. Jennifer overhears his conversation with two girls.

"Alrighty, one scoop of chocolate. That's a buck-twenty-five." He says. "Ooh, Purdue. Fancy."

"Yeah, I'm excited,"

The girl chuckles.

"Yeah, you know, I considered it, Perdue, but I was like, you know what? I really think I need some real life experience, you know, before I hit college, and see what it feels like." He rambles, continuing on. "Kina, like uh, I don't know, see what it's like to earn a working man's wage."

The register beeps as Jennifer giggles, continuing to listen. Steve apologizes to both girls.

"I think that's really important."

"Yeah, totally."

"Yeah, anyway, its so fun. We should kind of like, you know, I don't know maybe hang out this weekend or-- oh, sorry about that. Uh.." The change clatters as it hits the counter.

Jennifer's smile begins to fade as she hears her boyfriend ask a girl out. The awkward male continues talking as the girl turns him down. Robin grabs the white board filled with tally marks and sets it on the counter top.

"Another bites the dust," She says. "You are 0 for 6, Popeye."

"Yeah, I -- I can count."

"It means you suck," Robin comments.

"Yep, I can read, too." Steve says.

Jennifer rises, standing next to Robin as Steve approaches them.

"It's this stupid hat. I am telling you, it's blowing my best feature."

"Yeah, company policy is a real drag." Jennifer responds.

"You know, it's a crazy idea, but have you considered... telling the truth?" Robin asks.

"Oh, you mean, that I couldn't even get into Tech and my douchebag dad's trying to teach me a lesson, I make three bucks an hour, and I have no future? That truth?" He asks.

Jennifer notifies them that a group of girls are approaching as Steve and Robin look towards the entrance. Steve turns to face the two brunettes again.

"You know what? Screw company policy." He says, taking his hat off and tossing it past Jennifer.

"Oh, my god, you're a whole new man."

He turns away and approaches the group of women. Jennifer begins to think about breaking up with Steve as she begins to feel sad, almost on the verge of tears as Jennifer turns away. A stray tear falls from her eye, wiping it immediately. However, Robin notices.

"You okay?"

"Oh, me? Yeah, I'm fine."

"No, you're not. What's going on? Are you... jealous?"

"What? Jealous? Me? No. No, I'm not. I've been... I've been struggling, wondering if I should even keep going with the relationship. I'm beginning to think about breaking up with... him."

"Oh, my God."

"Oh, please. Don't act like you care."

"I do care, or I wouldn't be asking if you were okay. And, wouldn't be standing here listening to you talk about how you want to leave the relationship."

"I mean... should I though? It's just we've been through so much, and that's something we have in common. But, the other part of me wants to end it and see what else is out there."

"You do what feels best to you, okay?"

Jennifer nods, tears streaming down her pale cheeks before wiping them away. Steve notices and rushes toward her, wrapping Jennifer into a hug.

"Steve, I'm fine."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah,"

"Okay, I just wanted to comfort you."

"I know, but this... this really isn't a good time. I.. just need sometime to think." Jennifer says, pulling away from Steve and rushing out of the shop and into a nearby Girls bathroom.

——

That night, Jennifer finishes up for the night as she makes her way out towards out of Scoops Ahoy, pulling the cap off her head. She walks toward the entrance of Starcourt Mall as Steve catches up to her, stopping Jennifer in her tracks.

"What is it Steve?"

"Earlier... you seemed upset, and I wanted to make sure everything's fine."

"Everything is.. is okay. I promise,"

"Okay,"

Jennifer walks out to her car and enters, closing the door beside her. She puts the key key in the ignition as the car starts, blowing out cold air. Jennifer turns the AC off as she sits and stares in the distance in front of her. Tears cloud her vision, the anxiety creeping up on her as she sobs into her hands as the radio begins playing the soft tune of 'I Wanna Know What Love Is' by Foreigner. With tear stained cheeks, Jennifer slides her seatbelt on and pulls out of the parking lot and drives to Roane Hill Cemetery.

Walking toward Wilhelmina's headstone, Jennifer sits in the dry grass and stares at the stone in front of her. Tears stream down her cheeks as a graduation cap sits atop the headstone, the tassel blows in the musty wind. Jennifer sniffles before clearing her throat. Though, she couldn't say another word, Jennifer lays down and cries to herself quietly before drifting off to sleep.

——

Jennifer stands in the bus with Wilhelmina and the kids as the doors on the bus opens and Steve steps off, wielding the bat. Metal creaks around him as he spins his bat before holding it close. He creeps through the junkyard, chittering continues. Steve swivels around and sees two creatures fanking him as they growl. Dustin opens the bus door, shouting for him to abort. Dart charges as Steve rolls across a car’s hood. One falls through the windshield as he hits another one with his bat. At the bus’s door, Jennifer, Max, Lucas and Dustin motion to steve as he scrambles inside, but Billies pushes past them and runs for her life but gets attacked by one of the demo-dogs.

Jennifer is still in shock and panic, not knowing what to do next until she sees Billie lying lifeless on the grass. She rushes toward her and sees the massive pool of blood forming under her body. Tears well up in Jennifer's eyes as they meet with Billie's.

"Je.. Jennifer?"

"I'm here, I'm here. I'm gonna get you to the hospital, just hold on."

"N-no, I... this is my time, Jennifer." She sniffles. "Don't wait for me, go. Save everyone I... I'll be... okay."

"Billie, don't say that. I'm getting you help." Jennifer cranes her neck. "Steve! Help me."

Steve rushes over, telling the kids to stay on the bus before dropping to his knees.

"Jennifer," He says.

"No, no. We... we have to save her. She's... she's gonna die. Steve, please?" Jennifer pleads, tears running down her cheeks as the air feels thicker with each breath she takes.

Jennifer picks Billie up and rests her body on hers, blood seeping into her shirt. She makes eye contact with the blonde.

"Jennifer... Jen... It's okay, let me fly with the angels. I... love you." Billie says, her head rolls to the side.

"Billie," Jennifer calls. "Billie. Wilhelmina, please, wake up. No!" Jennifer cries, holding a dead Wilhelmina close.

As Jennifer gently places Wilhelmina on the ground, she cries harder as Steve brings her into his embrace. The kids begin to approach as they feel saddened by the moment.

——

Suddenly Jennifer wakes up as she starles before looking around in the twilight. The moon is full and the heat is wet. Sweat forms on her forehead and her breathing is ragged. Craning her neck, Jennifer sees her boyfriend Steve down on one knee. She calms down a little as tears stained her cheeks.

"Steve?"

He brings Jennifer into his arms as she sobs silently in his chest. She wraps her arms around him.

"I'm here,"

"I-- I had -- I wasn't meaning to fall asleep. I was trying to say goodbye to B--Billie, but I slipped into a slumber."

"It's alright,"

"No, it's not. I-I wish she were still here."

"I know. but she's gone, and you couldn't help that."

"I know,"

Her and Steve stay there for a little bit longer before pulling away, helping Jennifer to her vehicle before she takes off down the road as she wipes away the tears that stream down her cheeks.

[natti-ice]

18+ mdni

that reality check hitting after reading smut

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CHAPTER FOUR | WILL THE WISE

story: Midnight Rain wc: 1k problems rise when mews is nowhere to be found as jennifer and dustin come to an empty glass case and a disturbing scene.

{ November 1, 1984 }

Jennifer, Max and the boys walk down the hallway before running into Joyce Byers. 

“Dustin!” She calls, 

“Mrs. Byers?” 

“What’s going on? Where’s Will?” 

The door opens as a panicked Lucas rushes in as everyone looks toward him. He pants. 

“The field!” He shouts. 

Everyone follows Lucas out to the field, seeing Will and Mike. 

“I just found him like this. I think he’s having another episode.” 

“Will! Will! Sweetie, wake up! It’s Mom!” Joyce shouts. 

Jennifer stands there worried. Will is in a trance like state, his eyes rolled to the back of his skull. She begins to sweat, worried about Will. Suddenly, hes gasps coming back to reality. After he comes out of it, they follow the boy and his mom out of the school standing on the stairs above, watching as they leave.  

“Okay, that totally freaked me out. Did that not freak you guys out?” 

“It freaked me out. Poor thing.” Jennifer says. 

“Two episodes in two days.” 

“It’s getting worse.” 

“You think it’s True Sight?” 

Everyone looks at Lucas.

“What’s True Sight?” Max asks. 

“I–it’s nothing,” Lucas says. 

Mrs Byers starts her engine before driving off, leaving everyone there. 

——

The next day, Jennifer arrives at school and enters the gym watching Steve and Billy play against each other. She keeps quiet as the sounds of a whistle blows and shoes squeak on the floor. She can’t seem to understand what’s exactly happening as Steve guards Billy. Billy catches the pass, facing Steve. He laughs. 

“All right, all right. King Steve, everyone. I like it. Playing tough today.” 

“Jesus! Do you ever stop talking? Come on!” Steve shouts. 

Jennifer sees Billy as she rolls her eyes, annoyed and remembers what happened at Tina’s party, feeling like an imbecile. Billy laughs again. What is with him? Why is he always laughing? Stupid bastard. 

“You afraid the coach is gonna bench you now that I’m here? Huh?” 

Billy shoulders Steve, knowing him down before scoring. The ball lands in the hoop as Steve takes Billy’s offered hand. The newcomer leans in close, he says something to Steve that Jennifer can’t hear very well. He then shoves his hand before leaving him on the floor. She leaves too, waiting outside the gym as Steve finally enters the hallway, greeting her. 

“Jennifer?” 

“Steve, hey. I wanted to, um, see you.” 

“For what, exactly.” 

“No reason.” 

He nods as they walk down the hall together, stopping by his locker. They continue walking after and talk some more. Some time later, Jennifer enters her next class. 

——

???’s point of view

At a park, a kid jerks forward and backward on a rickety spring rocker painted like a duck as Nancy and Jonathan wait nervously on a bench. Nancy checks her watch. 

“It’s 15 past.” 

“Yeah, I know. Just give him time.” 

Nancy spots a bald guy in a covered area reading a newspaper, he talks to himself as Nancy notices. The male notices the teens looking at him. Jonathan shifts his gaze to a man feeding birds. Nearby, parents push kids on a mary go round. Looking over their shoulders, they see a group of kids playing Duck Duck Goose while two women supervise. By a large tree, two ladies in workout clothes cool off. When Jonathan looks again, he finds the male feeding the birds staring at him as Nancy notices one of the moms watching the group of kids looking at her. A guy walking a dog eyes them. Both of the women in workout attire give them a glance as they run by. A man with a briefcase peers their way, fear taking over. 

“I think we should go.” 

The teens rise and begin walking off. Nancy clutches her purse as they cross a bridge. The male in the trench coat trails them. They reach the parking lot as they approach Jonathan’s car, climbing in.He turns the key in the ignition, but the engine sputters. Suddenly the bald man from earlier knocks lightly on Nancy’s window, startling her. 

“Trouble with your car, miss? I can give you two a lift if you like.” He offers. 

The man in the trench coat stands on Jonathan’s side as the male with the dog positions himself in front of the car. They teens whirl around to find a woman standing behind the car, the guy knocks again. Jonathan remains still with his hand on the key as the guy flashes an unnerving grin. 

——

When Jennifer arrives home from school she sees her mom pouring cat food into a bowl. She greets her mom.

“Where are you? Mew-mew! Dinner.” Claudia calls. 

Suddenly Dustin enters, closing the door behind him. 

“Hey, Dusty!” 

“Hi, hey. Hey, Mom.” 

“Everything okay?” 

“Yeah, everything’s fine. Yeah.” 

He walks past her and enters his bedroom. Jennifer busts through the door, standing there as she shuts the door. She locks the door behind her, startling Dustin. 

“What are you hiding, dipshit?” 

He ignores his sister. 

“Dart, I’ve gotta talk to you, buddy. It’s about Will.” 

Dustin pulls the sheet of the terrarium and notes the glass broken as slimy substance drips off the remaining shards. Jennifer furrows her brows, stalking closer. His mouth agape, he reaches inside and picks up a translucent dead skin from a puddle of mucus. The sound of screeching catches their attention as he whirls his head around to face the corner of his bedroom. The sound of grunts come from behind the chair as Jennifer notices crimson splattered on the orange chair, stalking closer as Dustin follows. He notices splotches of blood on the carpet, following the trail to his orange chair. They peeks over as blood drips down the wood’s back, finding Dart the size of a small dog eating Mews. His head is buried in the cat’s stomach. Dart turns to them, his flaps open as they surround the opening with rows of sharp teeth. It screeches at them. 

“What the hell is that?” Jennifer asks. 

“That’s not good.” 

“No shit, Dustin.”

[tony-stark-ing]

Tony and Steve can't handle She-Hulk's parties.

She-Hulk (2004) #1

[ffverr]

The Avengers VS whatever the hell the X-Men are doing....

"we have to terminate magneto" okay but he's on grill duty???

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Chapter Nine: The Gate

story: Midnight Rain wc: 4.8k after eleven reunites with everyone, she plans on closing the gate as her and hopper escape to hawkins lab. secondly joyce, jonathan and nancy take will and try to fight the mind flayer within as jennifer and steve babysit her brother and his friends until trouble shows up.

[a/n: all characters, plot, etc. are not mine. The only thing I own is my original character. credit to gif owner.]

{ November 4-5, 1984 }

Mike's lips part as he stood there, inching a step closer to Eleven.

"Eleven," He spoke softly.

"Mike,"

She grabbed him as the two kids started crying.

“Is that?” Max asked. Lucas and Dustin nodded in response.

“I never gave up on you.” Mike said. “I called you every night. Every night for-“

“Three-hundred, fifty-three days”. Eleven smiled. “I heard.” Jennifer watches, her smile delicate as she held onto Steve’s hand.

“Why did you tell me that you were there? That you were okay?”

“Because I wouldn’t let her.” Hopper spoke, causing Mike to turn and look at him.

He stepped forward to pull El into a hug. “What the hell is this? Where have you been?”

“Where have you been?” She asked, agitated.

“You’ve been hiding her.” Mike spoke, putting the pieces together. “You’ve been hiding her this whole time!” He shoved at the chief.

“Hey!” Hopper turned and grabbed Mike’s jacket. “Let’s talk. Alone.” He and Mike went down the hall to Will’s room.

Jennifer heard the door close, staying in her spot before looking back at everyone greeting Eleven. She hugs Dustin and Lucas. Eleven studies Dustin, reaching out and touching his front teeth but he pulls back quickly, grinning wide as a quick purr slips out. The blood soaked brunette was still holding onto Steve's hand, and rolled her eyes at her younger brother. Max steps forward, extending one hand as the other holds her skateboard under her arm. But Eleven ignores the friendly gesture, brushing past as she enters Jennifer’s embrace, hugging her tightly. She hugs Eleven back. 

“Hey, Kiddo.” Jennifer says before they pull apart, resting her hand on the child's head, ruffling her hair in a playful way as she giggles. "I missed you like crazy."

"Me too," She responded.

Eleven and Jennifer smile warmly at each other before the girl eyes Jennifer's clothes closely, sadness forming on her face.

"Blood? Are you okay?"

"Oh, yeah. I'm fine, just got caught in something that's all."

Eleven nods, bringing Jennifer in for another hug before she begins walking towards Joyce. She wraps her arms around Eleven, greeting the child.

——

In the kitchen, everyone huddled around the kitchen like earlier. Out of habit, she stood beside her boyfriend and Jonathan as he leaned on the chair below them.

“It’s not like it was before. It’s grown.” Hopper sighs. “A lot. That’s considering we can get in there. The place is crawling with those dogs. 

“Demo-dogs,” Dustin corrects. 

“I’m sorry, what?” 

“I said, Demo-dogs. Like demogorgon and dogs. You put them together, it sounds pretty badass—”

“How is this important right now?” 

“It’s not. I’m sorry.” 

On the opposite end, Elven spoke. “I can do it.” 

“You're not hearing me.” 

“I’m hearing you. I can do it.”

“Even if El can, there's still another problem. If the brain dies, the body dies. But if we’re right about this… I mean if El closes the gate and kills the mind flayer’s army…” 

“Will’s a part of that army.” 

“Closing the gate will kill him.” 

As the other’s wore discouraged looks, a pensive expression washes over Joyce’s face. Now, she leads everyone to Will who is laid on Jonathan’s bed. The curtains flutter in front of the open window, She closes the window,

“We keep giving it what it wants.”

“If this is a virus, and Will’s the host, then…” Nancy trails off.

“Then we need to make the host inhabitable.” 

They look at Will’s unconscious body. 

“If he likes it cold,” Jennifer begins. 

“We need to burn it out of him.” Joyce finishes. 

“We have to do it somewhere he doesn’t know this time.” 

“Somewhere far away.”

In the backyard, Jennifer, Steve, and Nancy rummage through the pile with flashlights. She stayed silent, searching the pile of junk that was once in Joyce's shed, overhearing Steve clear his throat as he begins speaking to Nancy.

“You should go with him.” 

"What?"

“With Jonathan.” 

“No, I’m… I’m not just gonna leave Mike.” 

“No one’s leaving anyone,” Jennifer says, attempting to reassure Nancy.

Jennifer lifts a fan as Steve retrieves a space heater, shining his light on it as they make eye contact before looking at Nancy, offering the heater. She takes it with reluctance and gazes at Steve contritely. Steve and Jennifer leave as Nancy stares at him, leaving her in the foggy backyard. The moonlight shines over, reflecting on the vehicles in front of them. Jennifer and Steve stood beside the children, staring at Eleven, Hopper, and Jonathan.

Nervous, Jennifer unconsciously grabs Steve's hand, hoping the plan works. Max, Lucas and Dustin stand in front of the two older teens as Nancy says goodbye to her younger brother before he steps onto the shaded front porch. Eleven climbs into Hopper’s SUV as headlights blaze from Jonathan’s car as Nancy enters the passenger seat. Joyce sits in the backseat with Will, pulling out as Hopper follows behind. Standing on the porch Steve and Jennifer stand with the kids as they view the receding cars, helplessly staring at the vehicles. 

They go back inside. Jennifer kneels down and has a sheet in her hands as she grabs the dead demo-dog and wraps it up, pulling it towards the kitchen and grunts with each step. Steve walks toward his girlfriend and helps her hold it, waiting impatiently for Dustin to hurry. The younger male makes a clearing as he tosses the fridges' contents aside, making room for the creature as Steve scoops it in his arms, walking toward the kitchen. “Alright. It should fit now.”

“Is this really necessary?”

“Yes it is! Okay! This is a ground-breaking, scientific discovery. We can’t just bury it like some common mammal, okay? It’s not a dog!”

“Alright. Alright. But you’re explaining this to Mrs. Byers.”

He shoves the dog in but struggles. Jennifer steps in and grapples the body, pushing half the monster inside as the backend hangs in Steve's arms. The head of the demodog head falls to the side as Jennifer swears under her breath. They slam the door shut, earning a glance from him as he mouths a silent thank you. She smiles back at him before enter the living room.

In the living room, Mike paces as Lucas cleans up broken glass, arguing about the laboratory and the roaming demodogs.

“You weren’t in there- okay Lucas? That lab is swarming with hundreds of those dogs.”

“Demodogs!” Dustin yelled.

"Oh, my god, Dustin. Give it up, OK?!" She shouted.

“The Chief will take care of her!” Lucas shouted.

“Like she needs protection.” Max shook her head.

Steve walked up to Mike. “Listen dude, a coach calls a play in a game, bottom line: you execute it. Alright?” He says, wiping his hands off with a hand towel. 

"Why the hell are you using sports analogies, Steve? They are not going to understand."

Steve ignored Jennifer, staring toward Mike.

"Okay, first of all, this isn’t some stupid sports game. And second, we’re not even in the game -- we’re on the bench.” Mike rolled his eyes.

Steve stammers. “So my point is… Right, yeah, we’re on the bench, so there’s nothing we can do.” 

He sighed, handing Jennifer the hand towel as she wiped her hands.

“That's not entirely true.” Dustin says, the other’s looking back at him. “I mean, these Demodogs, they have a hive mind. When they ran away from the bus, they were called away. “

“If we get their attention…” 

“Maybe we can draw them from the lab.” Jennifer spoke.

“And clear them from the gate.”

“Then we all die!” Steve said, his tone was a little louder. "Jennifer, who's side are you on? Don't encourage them."

Jennifer rolled her eyes, taking a step back as she kept her eyes on Steve.

“No, that's not a point of view, man, that's a fact.” 

Mike rushes past them. "I got it!" He shouted, pointing to a spot on the map drawing. "This is where the chief dug his hole. This is our way into the tunnels. So here, right here, this is like a hub."

He walked to where all the drawings led to one big circle on the floor. “So you’ve got all the tunnels feeding in here. Maybe if we set this on fire--"

"Oh yeah, that's a no!" Jennifer stared at them, attempting to gain their attention.

They ignored her.

“The Mind Flayer would call away his army.” Dustin said.

“They’d all come to stop us!” Lucas spoke.

“Hey!” Steve said.

“Then we circle back to the exit.” Mike rambled on.

“Guys!” He grew louder.

“By the time they realize we’re gone-“

“El would be at the gate.” Max finished.

“Hey! Hey! Hey!” Steve clapped at them. “This is not happening.”

“But--"

“No, no, no, no, no. No “buts”! I promised I’d keep you shitheads safe and that’s exactly what we plan on doing."

"Were staying here. On the bench. And we're waiting for the starting team to do their job? Does everybody understand?" Jennifer spoke, now folding her arms across her chest.

“This isn’t a stupid sports game!” Mike yelled back.

“I said, does everybody understand?” She waved the dish towel at them. “I need a yes!”

A sigh escapes her lips as she feels herself getting emotional before exiting the house. Her voice breaking. "I need some air, Steve. I'll be right back."

They make eye contact as Jennifer walks over to the front door, opening it then closes it behind her. Tears well up as she takes a seat on one of the chairs, sitting on Joyce's front porch. She leans down, cupping her face, sobbing. The cold breeze hitting her ever so lightly whilst chills ran up her spine. She tried keeping her sobs quiet, unaware that Steve had slipped out the door. Jennifer cranes her neck up, seeing her boyfriend as her face was turning the brightest shade of red. The tip of her nose was pink from her tears along with the cold, but she didn't care.

Steve knelt in front of her, holding her hands in his, staring into her eyes sadly but lovingly. Jennifer sniffles.

"Jen, I hate seeing you upset. What's wrong?" He questions with soft eyes.

"I just... I miss Wilhelmina. She should be here with us, not dead in the junkyard somewhere." She choked through her tears. "I just need to know why she did what she did."

"I know, I know." He lets her lay her head on his shoulder as she begins sobbing once more. Steve rests a soothing hand on her back, rubbing circles.

The silence between them was short-lived as the sound of a loud engine roared, inching closer with each passing second. They pull apart, staring at each other. Jennifer furrowed her brows, leaning to the side as headlights shined brightly in front of her and down the Byers' driveway. The vehicle stopped precipitously, turned off the lights as the door swings open. Stepping out was none other than Billy Hargrove. Jennifer sighed, not wanting to deal with the man who basically cheated on her at Tina's Halloween party a few days ago. He stood beside his vehicle as Steve turned to look, almost annoyed.

Billy took a drag of his cigarette then smiled. "Am I dreaming or is that you, Harrington?"

Steve stood, standing in his spot with his arms crossed as he stared Billy down. “Yeah it’s me don’t cream your pants.”

"And Jennifer, you still crying over me?"

"No," She denies. "I'm done crying over you. You are the least of my worried now."

"You serious? It sure does look like you've been crying." He spoke, taking another drag of his cigarette.

"Yes, I am, Hargrove. I'm taken now. So whatever you think about me, you can take that opinion and shove it right up your ass!"

He chuckled, taking another puff as he stepped closer. "Jennifer Henderson -- dating King Steve? Wow, should've known you were a slut. Jumping from male to male."

"Actually, I'm not. You're the slut around here, Billy. Always going from one bitch to another."

Billy looked at her, annoyance prominent in his face. He chuckled.

Jennifer could tell Steve was agitated, but kept his cool as she rolled her eyes, standing her ground as she folded her arms across her chest. In front of her, Billy held this cigarette in between his lips, removing his jacket in a few seconds. Steve stepped off the porch to meet him halfway.

"What are you doing here, amigo?”

“I could ask you the same thing. Amigo.”

“Looking for my stepsister. A little birdie told me she was here.”

“Huh, that’s weird. Jennifer is the only one here.” Steve turned to look at her.

Jennifer waved politely.

“Really? Are you sure? She’s small. Redhead. Bit of a bitch.”

Billy wasn’t buying it and Jennifer knew deep down something was gonna happen. However, she kept a straight face, staring toward the two males.

“Doesn’t ring a bell. Sorry buddy.”

Billy removed the cigarette from his mouth. “You know, I don’t know, this-“ he sighed. “This whole situation, Harrington, I don’t know. It’s giving me the heebie-jeebies.”

“Oh yeah? Why’s that?”

“My thirteen-year-old sister goes missing all day. And then I find her, with you, at a stranger’s house. And you lie to me about it.”

Steve shook his head. “Man, were you dropped too much as a child, or what? I don’t understand what you don’t understand about what I just said. She’s not here.”

“Then who is that?” He pointed to the window with his cigarette.

Steve and Jennifer turned to see Mike, Lucas, Dustin, and Max rushing away from the window. "Jesus."

Before Steve could get any other words out Billy pushed him to the ground. "I told you to plant your feet." He then kicked him in his gut.

With fear and anger coursing through her veins, Jennifer didn't have much time to whip up a plan as she watched Billy heading her way. He stalked up the driveway to meet her on the porch.

He tried to walk past her, but she stood in front of the door. "Come on, Jen, don't be like your boy toy -- just move."

"No," She crossed her arms, brows knitted. "I'm not moving an inch. You're not touching her, if you do, I'll kill you myself."

"Well, look who stiffened up. What made you so tough?"

"Getting over you,"

"Eh, whatever. You're just another bitch anyway," He declared, pushing her to the side, a little too hard as it takes her by surprise, losing her footing.

The male barges through the door, trying to shut it but Jennifer stops it from closing as she stepped in abruptly as she slammed the door shut behind her. The kids stood in a line, in the space connecting the hallway, kitchen and living room. "Well, well, well. Lucas Sinclair, what a surprise."

“I thought I told you to stay away from him Max.” He stared at her.

“Billy - go away.”

“You disobeyed me. And you know what happens when you disobey me.”

“Billy--"

"I break things." He turned to grab Lucas by the shoulders, pushing him into the kitchen and against the wall.

"Billy, stop it!" Jennifer shouted. "Hey! Hey!"

Max, Mike, and Dustin shouted at Billy and Lucas. Jennifer was rigid, not knowing what to do next.

"Since Maxine won’t listen to me, maybe you will - you stay away from her. Stay away from her! Do you hear me?”

“I said get off!” Lucas brought us knee up to kick Billy in the groin.

Billy groaned, stumbling backwards. Jennifer stepped in to stand in front of Lucas. "You are so dead Sinclaire. You're dead."

Suddenly Steve appeared out of nowhere, only to grab Billy's shoulder and spun him around.

"No, you are."

Steve swung back and threw his fist into Billy's face. Jennifer guided Lucas around the two fighting to stand back with the other kids. She stepped between them, glaring at the long haired male. "You need to get out, right now. Get out!"

He clenched his jaw and shoved her away, rough enough that as she wasn't able to catch herself, she fell to the floor, smacking her head on the table along the way. She groaned. Jennifer lifted her hand, bringing it to her head, feeling something warm as she pulled her hand to look at her fingers. They were covered in blood before looking at the kids. She didn't care about herself, all she cared about was the kid's safety.

Billy laughs as the kids bring Lucas into their arms. His nose bleeds, getting in the other man’s face. Steve uses two fingers to gently push him away. He ducks as Billy swings then lands his own punch. 

Steve hits Billy into the kitchen counter where he grabs a plate and smashes it into Steve’s head, earning a pained groan. Max shouts her brother's name, hoping he’ll stop. Dustin moves away as Billy swings toward Steve again, pushing him towards the living room. Billy headbutts Steve to the floor. He straddles the male, throwing a barrage of punches at him. The kids scream as Jennifer tries to calm them, making them leave the room but they wouldn’t budge while she continued shouting at the two males to knock it off. Billy doesn’t stop as Max notices a syringe, grabbing it off the corner of a sewing table.

She takes the cap off before pushing past Lucas and Mike. As Billy continues to wail on Steve’s bloody face, Max jams the needle into his neck. Billy staggers to his feet, confusedly, facing Max and the boys including Jennifer as fear washes over her face. Yanking the syringe out, he glances at it then at Max. He falls backwards onto the floor, laughing as Max grabs the bat and stands above her step-brother. 

“From here on out, you leave me and my friends alone. Do you understand?” She says. 

“Screw you.” 

Max slams the bat on the floor between his legs then raises it again. Jennifer rushes toward Steve, grabbing his battered face before looking up at Max. 

“Say you understand. Say it! Say it!”

“I understand.” 

Billy’s eyes close as Max drops the bat, she turns and walks away as the boys stare at her. She walks around Billy and fixes his keys from his pocket, holding it up to her friends. A proud smile forms on her face. Jennifer glances at the redhead, tilting her head to the side annoyed and in pain.

“No, no. No. You are not driving. I’ll drive. Give me the keys.” Jennifer sternly says as Max hands her the keys. “Now, find some bandages and gauze, something to put over his wounds.” 

The kids scramble to look for something as Jennifer looks down at Steve’s unconscious body, frowning. She uses her strength and grabs him under his arms, dragging him towards the sofa, leaning him against it. His head rolls to the side as she holds it in place with her dry, bloodied hand. Max brings out a box of bandaids as Jennifer grabs them, taping each one to his face. They were a bit girly, but she didn’t care. The faster she gets his wounds covered, the faster they can leave. Once done, she and the kids load Steve’s insensible body into the back of the camaro. The kids pile in as she takes a seat in front of the wheel. In the back, Steve stirs, face battered and bruised as dried blood sits under his swollen nose. Panicking, he asks what’s going on and freaks out. 

“Everybody, shut up!” Jennifer shouts, looking at an unconscious Steve in the mirror above.

“Make a left, here!” 

Jennifer yanks the wheel hard, crashing into a mailbox before speeding down the road. Parked in the field of rotted pumpkins, everyone piles out of the car as Steve falls out of the Camaro and onto the ground as Jennifer and the kids pull on goggles and put bandanas over their mouths. Steve was conscious, staring at Jennifer as he started understanding what was happening. She glanced at him, knowing that this was the right thing to so, and she was also a bad influence. Steve leans against the car. Dustin and Steve started to bicker as he begrudgingly takes the backpack. Jennifer chimes in and manages to tell him that this was the right things to do, so they can try and help save Will. The blood on Jennifer's forehead began to dry as Steve noticed, rushing toward her and trying to examine it while she pushed his hands away.

"I'm okay, Steve."

"No, you're not. I remember him pushing you to the side as you fell and hit your head. You are not okay, you're injured."

"Steve, I said I'm okay. Now, are we gonna do this, or not?"

Steve sighed, annoyed beyond words. "Yes, come on."

Now, Steve and Jennifer enter behind the kids, dropping in the hole. White particles float around them as Mike reads a hand drawn map. Jennifer curses under her breath.

“Yeah, I’m pretty sure it’s this way.”

“You’re pretty sure, or you’re certain?” Dustin asks. 

“I’m 100% sure. Follow me and you’ll know.”

“Hey, hey, I don’t think so. Alright? If any of you little shits die down here, we’re getting the blame. Got it, dipshit?” Jennifer spoke in annoyance, standing in front of Mike. 

“From here on out, me and Jennifer are leading the way. Come on, let’s go.” Steve shouts.

They enter deeper and deeper through the tunnel, Steve eyeing the drawn map. Max, Lucas, Dustin and Mike are in front of Jennifer as Steve guides them. In her hand, she holds a gas can. The group forges on as Dusin stops. Suddenly, there’s a scream behind the group. Jennifer, Steve, and the kids approach him. 

“What happened?” Steve asks, panicked. 

“It's in my mouth! Some got in my mouth! Shit!” Dustin yells, wipering. 

He pulls the bandana down as he heaves on all fours before looking at everyone else. They point their flashlights as Dustin tells them he’s alright. Everyone groans and continues on while Jennifer's little brother follows behind. Steve flashes his light on the map as he comes to a stop. 

“Alright, Wheeler. I think we found your hub.” 

Jennifer, Steve and the kids flash their lights at the seven tunnels around them. White orbs float around helplessly, the tunnel dim with a blue tint. Vines stretch from across the ground as the group spread out. Lucas stands, spraying with a weed sprayer on the walls as the other’s pour out gasoline along the vines below. Jennifer tips her can of gas over, walking backward as she wets the rest of the vines.

In the chamber, Jennifer and Steve hold back with the kids behind him as he chucks a lighter into the gas soaked tunnel as it’s set ablaze. The fire spreads as they cover their faces from the heat. They flee from the tunnel, Jennifer is behind the kids until Mike falls behind, a vine wraps around his leg and traps him to the floor. Jennifer stops and rushes back as Steve follows and raises the spiked bat, severing the vine as it retreats from Mike’s leg. They get him up as they quickly exit the cave but get stopped when a Demo-dog approaches. Jennifer freezes as Dustin stands in front of the group, the other’s gawking at him to not approach. He does anyway, crouching down to the creature.

Dart flares his face flaps as Dustin continues talking to it. He sets down a half piece of Three Musketeers before waving everyone forward as they, including Jennifer sneak past the creature. The small group stop in their path. Dustin takes the other half of the candy bar before trudging on, saddened. Dustin and the other’s move on. Running this time, the tunnel quakes as everyone loses their footing, toppling over on one another. Jennifer's arms wrap around Steve with the kids near by. A monster roars, turning and see shadows approaching before rushing toward the hole above, rope hanging. Steve hoists Max through the opening as she pulls herself out of the hole.

Jennifer and Steve then help Lucas out next, Steve lifts Mike as Lucas and Max help him up. He cups his hands together as Jennifer steps on his hands, grabbing the rope and pulls herself up and out. Max, Lucas, and Mike help her out as well, dirt rubbing against her already bloody pink and white polo shirt. They look down as Steve steps slightly in front of Dustin. A pack of demo-dogs turn their way. He covers his face before the dogs run past the two. Steve holds Dustin in one arm.

Soon, they stand above the hole. Jennifer wraps her arms around her brother. Suddenly the lights brighten as everyone covers their eyes from the beaming light before it dims. They open their eyes. 

It was over once again.

...Or so everyone hoped it would.

——

One Month later.

A week after Barbra Holland's funeral, Jennifer went her best friend's funeral, feeling very frail and vulnerable at the moment. Wilhelmina's funeral arrived faster than Jennifer thought. She's dressed in a black dress and pinned her hair back and wore short black heels. Jennifer peers down at the closed coffin. Since Wilhelmina's body was nowhere to be found, her parents — Lonnie and Joyce — decided on a closed casket. Tears streamed down her cheeks as she held the booklet in one hand and a red rose in the other — Wilhelmina's favorite flower. Jonathan and Will stood there too with tears streaming down their cheeks. Jennifer's boyfriend, Steve, stood beside her. He held her close with his arm wrapped securely around Jennifer, letting her head lean on his chest. In front of them, the headstone read Wilhelmina Jordan Byers, Born October 24, 1966 — Died November 4, 1984.

That night, Jennifer sits in the passenger seat in Steve’s car, needing a distraction as she leans in. She runs her fingers through his hair as their lips touch. He rests his hand on her waist, trying to bring her closer until he pulls away. 

“What? Everything okay?” Jennifer questions.

“Yeah, yeah. Everything’s fine. We gotta pick up your brother for the dance.”

“Okay. Then after, can we go somewhere private and continue?” 

“Yes,” 

Settling in the seat beside him, they buckle up as he starts the car and pulls out of the high school parking lot. He drives toward the Henderson house. Jennifer moves to the back as Steve exits the car, walking towards the door and rings the bell. Soon, Dustin walks out dressed up. They enter the car as he greets Jennifer. 

“What are you doing here?” 

“I was with Steve, but we came to pick your ass up and take you to the snowball.” 

“I could’ve asked you, Jennifer, but you were gone earlier.” 

She gives him a look in the mirror as he sticks out his tongue. Later, Steve pulls up to the middle school entrance as a banner reads Snowball '84. Steve looks over at Dustin, who sits in the passenger seat as his hair is styled into a bouffant.  

“Alright buddy, here we are.” Steve says. “So, remember, once you get in there…” 

“Pretend like I don’t care,” 

“You don't care. 

“I don’t care,” 

Dustin looks in the mirror as Steve compliments him. 

“Good luck, bud.” Jennifer says. 

He clasps his hand with Steve’s before exiting, closing the door behind him. Jennifer slides to the passenger seat and buckles up, driving off. On the road, Steve parks in the carport of her house, entering as they greet her mom before entering her room. He sits on the bed as Jennifer closes the door, locking it before she removes her shirt. She walks toward him, crawling on the bed.

Jennifer straddles his hips, pressing her lips against his. She pulls away and sees the passion in Steve’s eyes as he grabs her waist gently throwing her on the mattress below, bringing her close as he sits up long enough to pull off his shirt, cupping Jennifer's face.

After, they lay together as the sounds of the news play from the other room. She lays her head on his chest, relaxing once his ars was placed securely around her shoulder.

“Laying here with you and enjoying the night of no kids or monsters trying to take over the world is the best.” 

“Honestly, let’s stay here. You can sleep here tonight. My mom won't notice. She'll be asleep in no time, but we do need to pick up my brother around ten.”

"Okay,"

She moves onto her stomach and gazes into Steve’s eyes, closing them as their lips press against each other. He plants another kiss or two before they pull apart, laying there and forgetting about everything else at the moment. The two enjoy the company, slowly dozing off.

[natti-ice]

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[strangerficsx]

CHAPTER THREE | THE POLLYWOG

story: Midnight Rain wc: n/a jennifer spills the tea to wilhelmina on what happened between her and billy at the party. later, she teams up with dustin, his friends and newcomer, max mayfield as they all search for a slug her brother thought would impress someone he likes, causing problems between the students.

{ October 31, 1984 }

When she comes back to her senses, Jennifer changes out of her costume and into something more comfortable when she hears the front door open. Peeking her head out, she sees Dustin sneaking in. He closes the door behind him before walking into the hallway until our mom calls out his name. 

“Dusty!” She shouts, getting up and walking towards him. “Dusty, how was it?” 

H–how was what?” He stammered. 

“‘How was what?’ The greatest night of the year, of course.” 

“Oh. Oh, yeah,it was… it was, uh, tubular,” 

“What’s wrong with you?” 

“Nothing,” 

Jennifer knew and she stepped out, leaning against the house and folded her arms to her chest. 

“Did something happen?” 

“No. What? No.” 

“Are you constipated again?” Claudia asks as Jennifer snickers. “Jennifer, enough.” 

“No. Mom!” He shouts. 

“Okay, you’re acting weird.” 

“I am not acting weird.” 

Suddenly the trap in Dustin’s hand begins making noise, like something is inside. Jennifer and her mom, Claudia startle as her younger brother laughs nervously. Mews hisses, knowing something is wrong inside. 

“Awesome, right? Yeah… I rigged the trap with, uh, a motor to make it look like I caught a ghost. Just like the movie.” 

Jennifer shook her head before entering her room again, closing the door behind her as her mom and brother laughed nervously. Jennifer was curious as to what Dustin brought home, unsure if she should intervene. Ignoring it, the sleep takes over Jennifer as she falls into her bed and falls asleep, thinking about the kiss she had with steve. 

——

Jennifer gets to school as she steps out of her car and enters the school, passing by Billy as they keep walking, ignoring one another. She makes her way towards Billie, who is pulling books and a pack of cigarettes out of her locker, shoving them in her bag. Jennifer approaches her. 

“Hey, there’s, uh, something I want to tell you,”

“Okay, let’s go to the restroom.” 

Jennifer and Billie make their way into the bathroom, rushing into the large stall at the end and sitting in front of each other. Billie pulls out the pack of cigarettes and takes one out, putting it between her lips. Lighting it, she puts the lighter in her bag before blowing out the smoke towards Jennifer. 

“So, what did you want to tell me?” 

“Well, I went to Tina’s Halloween Bash and it was… a nightmare.”

“What happened?” 

“Well, I tried hitting second base with Billy but that didn’t happen, he left after we— well, when I was topless.” 

“Damn,” 

“But besides that shit. I am a keg queen.”

“Shit. I wished I were there to see it.” 

“Yeah, they counted to 44… more than Billy.” 

“How many did he have?”

“43,” 

“Wow, that’s my girl.”

Billie takes another hit before handing it off to Jennifer who takes in the cigarette before blowing out. 

“Anyway, I ran into Steve after catching Billy making out with some redhead.”

“Wait. You ran into Steve?”

“Yeah, and we had a moment. But we didn’t kiss. He did, however, took me to his house and I slept there.” 

“Ooh, naked?” 

“No,” Jennifer playfully smacks Billie’s arm. “I was in an oversized shirt, cause I puked and he slept on the floor while I slept in his bed.”

“Well, it sounds like things between you and Steve got a little better. But I still don’t like him.” 

“I know. But you might have to deal with it if we do start going out.”

——

Later after getting out of her third period class, Jennifer exits the building and overhears talking. The people are Steve and Nancy. Steve wears Hawkins basketball outfit and has a towel wrapped around his sweaty neck. Nancy wears a grey sweater with a grey jacket, dark blue jeans and black flats. She holds a book in one hand as a bag hangs on her shoulder. The conversation the teens were having a serious discussion. Jennifer didn’t want to eavesdrop but did anyway, listening to

“You remember going to Tina’s party last night, right?” 

“Yes.” 

“And then what?” 

“I remember dancing, and… spilling some punch. You got mad because I was drunk… and then you took me home.” 

Steve scoffs, throwing his towel off and fixes it before putting it around his neck again. 

“No, see, that’s where your mind gets a little bit fuzzy. That was your other boyfriend. That was… That was Jonathan.” 

“I don’t understand.” 

“It’s pretty simple, Nancy.” 

“You were just telling it like it is.” 

“What?” 

“Uh… apparently, uh… we killed Barb and I don’t care ‘cause I’m bullshit… and our whole relationship is bullshit, and… I mean, pretty much everything is just bullshit, bullshit, bullshit. Oh, yeah, also, you don’t love me.”

“I was drunk, Steve. I don’t remember any of that.” 

Jennifer rolls her eyes. 

“So that makes everything that you said it’s what? Just bullshit, too?” 

“Yes,” 

“Well, then tell me.” 

“Tell you what?”

“You love me,”

“Really?” 

Suddenly a door swings open, banging into the brick wall. A male runs out wearing the same outfit but with a sweatband sitting on his head. Jennifer looks toward him as well as Nancy and Steve. 

“Harrington!” He shouts. “Dude, we need you. That douchebag’s killing us. Let’s go!”

“All right!” 

Nancy and Steve both stay quiet as she makes eye contact with him, holding his gaze. Looking down, Nancy looks upset as Steve turns to enter the gymnasium as he says something but Jennifer couldn’t quite make it out. Suddenly Nancy begins walking toward Jennifer as she moves and hides out of the way, so she isn’t seen.

——

The day finished off like every other day as Jennifer entered the hallway and over to her locker, unlocking it and putting her books away before leaving. She closes her locker and exits Hawkins High School, ushering towards her car but ends up walking toward Hawkins Middle School, wondering if her brother left or not or if he needed to be picked up. Walking up to the entrance, she sees the kid’s bikes as she enters the school, wondering if they are okay. She runs into the boys and Max as they are in a pile. 

“What happened here?” 

They all stand as Mike and the other’s go after him. Jennifer follows along, as they split up. Jennifer and Dustin walk down the hallway. 

“What are you doing here?” 

“Something told me to come check on you,” 

“Okay,” 

“What are you doing here anyway?” 

“Last night, I found something that came from the Upside Down and we lost him because Max opened the door and he escaped.” 

“Fun.” Jennifer sarcastically says. 

They enter another hallway before passing Mr. Clarke, Dustin and him salute to each other but it seems to be awkward. When they pass him, Dustin tells Will that the West is cleared. Getting separated, she continues walking and continues looking around for the creature from the upside down. Somehow she manages to get back to Dustin as they continue looking around for the creature. 

“Please tell me you didn’t name it?” 

“I did.” He smiles cheeky. “His name is Dart.” 

“Jesus Christ,” Jennifer whispers. 

Jennifer looks toward the walkie talkie, unplugging Dustin’s headphones from it.

“Guys… I found him.” Will speaks.

“Where?” 

“In the bathroom by Mr. Salerno’s.”

“Copy that.” 

Her and Dustin quickly walk to the classroom, but Jennifer was mostly following her younger brother since she hasn’t been in Hawkins middle School since she was in middle school herself. Arriving, Jennifer and Dustin exchange a glance before he moves in, door closing behind him as she stands outside the boy’s bathroom, not wanting to enter. The sounds of stall door bang as Jennifer can tell that he was looking for Dart. Waiting, the other’s show up as the flies open as she enters too. 

“Where’s Dart?” Mike asks.

“I don’t know. Not here.” 

“What?” 

“He said by Salerno’s, right?” 

“Yeah, maybe Will has him.” Dustin suggests, lying through his teeth.

Mike looks at Dustin as Lucas crosses his arms. JEnnifer starts to lean against the wall of the bathroom when she quickly moves, disgusted. 

“Where is Will?” 

They all exchange glances before leaving.

——

Later, Jennifer catches up to Steve who is walking down the empty hallway and getting ready to exit when they make eye contact. 

“Hey, Steve.” 

“I want to ask you something.” 

“Yeah?” 

“Did you see Nancy leave with Jonathan?” 

“Uh, no. No, I didn’t.” 

“Okay, well, since everyone is gone…” 

He pushes Jennifer against the wall of lockers as he stares into her eyes. She smiles before it gets cut short when his lips press against hers. Jennifer wraps her arms around his neck, pulling him close. After a few seconds they pull apart. 

“There is another thing I wanna ask.” 

“Yeah?” 

“Will you be my girlfriend?” 

“Steve, are you serious right now?” 

He nods. Jennifer stops to think for a second. All these years of crushing on him, he finally asks her to be his girlfriend. 

“Yeah, yes. I’ll be your girlfriend.” 

“Great. I gotta get going though, but we can chat later.” 

“If I’m not busy.” 

“Yeah, of course. Love you.” 

“I love you too, Steve.” 

Before he steps out of the school, Jennifer grabs his collar and brings his lips to hers once more before she abruptly pulls back as they exit, saying goodbye before they get in their cars and leave.

[togrowoldinv]

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[strangerstilinski]

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summary; after a sacrifice gone wrong, demonic powers are sealed within the body of a human. with little to no memory of the events and a hunger that begs to be sated, you happen upon none other than steve harrington. his history with the unnatural in Hawkins has him willing to help — perhaps a bit too quickly. (a story inspired in part by jennifer's body)

Watch out, don't look. She's your nightmare of a dream. Go home, run fast… Blood's her favorite shade of red. Say your prayers and go to bed.

You take in one last breath with your mouth against that pulsing vein where his scent is the strongest, pulling it in slow and deep and relishing in the way that the burn makes your throat ache, makes your stomach twist. But then you're leaning back to get a good look at his face. His pointed nose brushes the tip of your own as he tells you his name, his pleas thereafter falling breathlessly against your own lips in such close proximity.

“Are you scared, Steve?” You interrupt his rambling to ask sweetly, the hand on his shoulder coming up until you can swipe a bead of sweat away from his temple with the pad of your thumb. Your touch leaves a streak of red shining starkly against his tanned skin.

The boy, Steve, nods slowly.

“I know,” You whisper, your eyes studying the way that dawn's golden sunlight catches the hues of brown swirling in his irises, “Do you know how I know that, Steve?”

“Uh..” He swallows audibly again, fidgeting on his feet as much as he can in his current position between you and the wall behind him, “'s'it because.. 'Cause my hands are shaking?”

You move your head slowly side-to-side and the movement has your noses brushing again. Steve watches as the empty darkness in your eyes wavers with something that looks almost like it might be excitement.

“I can smell it,” You murmur, your mouth so, so close to his own, “I can taste it on my tongue.”

➔ read the full story here !

[fallingfavourites]

this will probably be changing a lot, and again feel free to request anything (no smut) but again i make no promise i'll write it so sorry!! I almost always write x fem!reader but sometimes its gender neutral!

i write for all these characters romantic (not clementine from twdg) and plantonic fics ! also always feel free to ask about characters that aren't on this list !

masterlist - nav

fandoms/characters I write for <3 (aka i have written for these or have some drafts of these fandoms)

bridgerton (Anthony Bridgerton, Benedict Bridgerton, Eloise Bridgerton, Francesca Bridgerton, Micheala Stirling)

criminal minds (Aaron Hotchner, Spencer Reid, Derek Morgan, Emily Prentiss, JJ, Elle Greenaway)

marvel (Matt Murdock, Peter Parker - tom/andrew, Steve Rogers, might also dabble with some x-men characters)

the hunger games (Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, Finnick Odair)

the walking dead (Rick Grimes, Glenn Rhee, Maggie Greene-Rhee / Lee Everett, Clementine)

top gun (Jake Seresin, Bradley Bradshaw)

stuff I might write for :3

9-1-1 (Evan Buckley)

daisy jones & the six (Daisy Jones, Billy Dunne)

outer bank (JJ Maybank, Kiara Carrera, Sarah Cameron, Pope Hayward)

the bear (Carmy Berzatto, Mikey Berzatto)

the boys (Hughie Campbell, Billy Butcher, Kimiko Miyashiro)

the last of us (Joel Miller)

twisters (Tyler Owens)

[ipseitydelrey]

the feminine urge to write nsfw alphabets for characters i find hot

(i probably won’t have the motivation to do so)

[strangerficsxx]

Chapter Six: The Spy

story: Midnight Rain wc: 3.3k believing it is some halloween prank, steve indulges in the search for dart, learning that it was for a girl jennifer's brother likes as they lead a trail of meat to capture the dog at the junkyard. however, the yard needed some cleaning up and protection as they all wait the night out and are sitting ducks while awaiting the arrival of dart... until things go wrong when more demodogs show up to terrorize them and the kids.

[a/n: all characters, plot, etc. are not mine. The only thing I own is my original character. credit to gif owner.]

{ November 4, 1984 }

Whilst Jennifer waits, she sees Wilhelmina's blue car pull up as the headlights shut off. She rushes out to the blonde haired girl, grabbing her and yanking the female into the house.

"What the hell?"

"Billie, there's something I need to tell you.. And you have to listen, okay?"

"Ok... Jennifer, you're scaring me."

Sitting down with Wilhelmina, Jennifer sighs.

"Well," She begins. "Oh, god how do I explain this. Okay, my stupid brother brought home some kind of alien creature and it grew and it kinda ate our cat. But, we are trying to get some help, so we can take care of it."

"Jennifer, calm down. It's okay. I believe you. What can I help with?"

Jennifer sits there as she tries to find the right words. She checks her watch again, glancing out the window and sees the carport light on as a yellow car and army green truck sit there. She begins to feel annoyed right when she sees headlights approaching. Walking out, she and Wilhelmina watch as the lights turn off revealing Steve’s BMW. He and Dustin exit the vehicle. 

“Jennifer? What are you doing here? Who's this?” Steve asks.

“I live here. This is Wilhelmina, my friend. I was keeping an eye out for— never mind, what are you doing here?” 

“Helping Dustin.” 

“Oh, you're the guy who my sister was talking about over the phone last year to Wilhelmina. It all makes sense now.” 

Steve and Jennifer, including Wilhelmina look at Dustin as his smile fades. Jennifer makes a face at him while he looks away as Steve ignores him. The four of them make way towards the back of his BMW, popping the trunk. The tall male opens the trunk. Steve grabs the bat with nails spiking out of it before they enter the backyard. Jennifer, Wilhelmina and Steve aim flashlights at the storm doors which are secured with chains and a padlock. Dustin stands there too as the three teens continue to look at the shut doors.

“I don’t hear shit.” Says Steve.

“He’s in there.” 

"Here, let me,"

Jennifer approaches her boyfriend, grabbing the bat from his grip as they all exchange glances at each other before she taps the doors. Nothing happens as she takes a bigger swing, stepping back as they stand there. Steve turns to Dustin, shining his light on the kid’s face. 

“All right, listen. I swear if this is some sort of Halloween prank, you’re dead.”

“It’s not a prank,” Dustin says. 

“It’s not,” Jennifer cuts in. “I saw it too.” 

Moments later, Steve opens the door and pears down as Jennifer and Dustin stand behind him. He takes the flashlight from his girlfriend, kneeling. He shines the light into the dark cellar. Jennifer kneels beside him, looking down as Wilhelmina stays behind with Dustin.

There is no sign of Dart.

Chills rise up Jennifer’s spine. 

“He must be further down there.” The curly haired child speaks. “I’ll stay up here if he tries to… escape.” 

Jennifer and Steve angles to Dustin and he shakes his head exasperatedly as she is antagonized. The teens creep down the flight of stairs, shining their lights in the darkness. Jennifer hands her boyfriend the bat and follows behind him. He holds the flashlight in one hand and the bat in the other. They scan the room as she finds a string that attaches to a bare bulb.

The room is now dimly lit when the teens spot something, Steve picks it up with the bat as they examine it. Her hand rests on his the crook of his arm. The shedded skin drips with slime. The teen male aims his light on the translucent tusk, bewildered. Jennifer follows his gaze and shines her light at the corner of the room while the creeping fear settles between them. Steve and Jennifer peak up at the entrance, shining their lights up at Dustin and Wilhelmina. 

“Get down here.” Steve sternly says.

Dustin comes downstairs where Steve holds the dead skin on the bat, Jennifer and Wilhelmina stood there too. 

“Oh, shit.” 

Jennifer, Steve, Wilhelmina and Dustin’s eyes follow the light beam as he curses again. They lean down to inspect the hole in the concrete wall. 

“This is not good.” 

“No, shit, Dustin.” Jennifer spits back. 

They get back up the stairs and scurry towards Steve’s car. He drops the bat inside before they trudge into the kitchen to retrieve chunks of meat before they grab rubber gloves, heading towards the car and driving towards the woods. Once there, Steve parks as they exit. Unloading the raw meat, a muffled voice speaks through Dustin's Walkie-Talkie as Jennifer and Steve fish out the rest of the items including a backpack. Wilhelmina gets handed something as she pulls out a cigarette and lights it, taking a drag.

“Dustin!” Lucas shouts. “This is Lucas. Do you copy? Dustin?”

Dustin steps away. 

“Well, well, look who it is.” 

“Sorry, man. My stupid sister turned it off.”

“Well, when you were having sister problems, Dart grew again, he escaped, and I’m pretty sure he’s a baby Demogorgon.”

“Wait. What?” 

“I’ll explain later. Just meet me, Jennifer, Wilhelmina and Steve at the old junkyard.”

“Jennifer and Steve?” 

“And bring your binoculars and wrist rocket.” 

“Your sister and Steve Harrington?” 

“All right, let’s go.” Steve says. 

“Just be there, stat. Over and out.”  

Steve shoulders the backpack as Jennifer grabs a bucket of raw meat, giving her best friend an earnest glance before peeking up at her boyfriend. Dustin turns off his radio and handles the other bucket, following the teens into the woods. 

——

Dropping chunks of meat on railroad ties, they continue walking down the abandoned railroad tracks. Jennifer steps behind and continues beside Wilhelmina, having Steve and Dustin in front of them. She focuses on what’s going on as she curses to herself, trying to process everything that happened. Wilhelmina stayed silent, taking another puff from her cigarette. Overhead, Steve and Dustin walk side by side. Dustin had explained things prior about a girl he liked and wanted to impress her, but things obviously took a turn.

“Let me get this straight. You kept something you knew was probably dangerous in order to impress a girl who… who you just met?” 

“That’s oversimplifying things.” 

“Why would a girl like some nasty slug anyway?” Jennifer asks, finally catching up to the boys with Phoebe. 

“An interdimensional slug? Because it’s awesome.” 

“Even if she thought it was cool, which she didn’t, I just…” Steve begins...

“I feel like you’re trying too hard.” Jennifer says, finishing the sentence.

They begin talking about Steve’s perfect hair, but it gets cut short. Steve begins explaining to Dustin how to impress a girl. To Jennifer, she stared at him almost in a way of admiration as she dropped meat along the way. She gets behind them once again, looking over at Wilhelmina.

"Sorry, I dragged you into this,"

"It's fine, Jen. Really. I could use a break from my brother being sick from whatever virus he has. I also came to check in on you since you've been acting weird."

"Oh, it's just everything that's happened. Now, I'm dealing with some creature that my brother kept, instead of planning a date with my boyfriend. Normal teens go out and spend time together, especially if they are dating. Me and Steve? We're out in the middle of the forest, searching for junkyard for Dart, or whatever his name is."

"Jeez. You must feel like shit."

"I do. I really do. So, how'd you escape your house?"

"My mom and Will was gone by the time I got off my shift at Palace Arcade, so I came by to see you. But since you explained everything to me, I'm now stuck with you instead of getting a nice warm shower and stress free afternoon before my dad gets home."

"I'm just happy you're not in that house, or I might have to kill someone."

"Well, you almost killed your boyfriend last year?"

"I know, but that was a threat."

Ahead, Steve and Dustin continue speaking.  

“So that’s when you kiss her?” 

“No, woah, woah. Slow down, Romeo.” 

“Sorry,” 

“Sure, okay, some girls, yeah, they want you to be aggressive. Strong, hot and heavy like a… “

“Like a lion?" Jennifer asks from behind.

“Yeah, like a lion.” He says. “But others, you gotta be slow. You gotta be stealthy, like a ninja.”

“What type is Jennifer? Dustin asks, curiously. 

“Jennifer’s different. She’s different from the other girls.”

“Yeah, she seems pretty special, I guess. Are you two together?” 

“Yes, we are.” 

A small smile forms on Steve’s face. 

“But this girl’s special, too, you know. It’s just, like, something about her.” 

“Hey,” 

“What?”

“You’re not falling in love with this girl, are you?” Steve presses, slowing his walking pace.

“No,” 

“Good. Don’t.” Jennifer says. 

“I won’t,” 

“She’s only gonna break your heart, and you’re way too young for that shit.” Jennifer finishes telling her younger brother. 

They keep walking as Dustin keeps his gaze lowered. Steve throws him a sympathetic glance. 

“Faberge.” 

“What?” 

Steve points to his hair. 

“It’s Faberge Organics. Use the shampoo and conditioner, and when your hair’s damp…it’s not wet, okay? When it’s damp.” He continues. “Do four pumps of the Farrah Fawcett spray.”

“Farrah Fawcett spray?” 

“Yeah, Farrah Fawcett. You tell anyone I just told you that and your ass is grass. You’re dead, Henderson. Do you understand?” 

“Yep. But Jennifer and her friend heard your hair secret too. Does that go for them as well?” 

“Yeah,” 

Turning, they continue onward through the forest, gawking at each other. Jennifer catches up and stops Steve, Dustin continues on. The two stand in front of each other.

“Will there be a time where you take me out? Like, a real date?” Jennifer asks. 

“Yeah, of course.” He says, planting a kiss on her lips before pulling away. 

The teens and Dustin continue on.

——

Clouds hang over a blue sky above the abandoned junkyard. Steve, Jennifer, Phoebe and Dustin arrive, leaving behind a trail of raw meat. The spiked bat peeks out of Steve’s backpack as him and Jennifer survey the secluded area littered with decrepit vehicles. 

“Oh, yeah. This will do.” He says. 

Dustin beams as they scatter more meat then pour it into the pile. Lucas shouts something as they look over at him and the red haired girl. Jennifer recognizes them both as she met them prior when looking for Dustin’s stupid pet, Dart at the middle school. Max strolls over with her arms crossed as Steve glances over at the curly haired kid. 

“Who’s that?” He asks, but there’s no answer. 

Whilst Steve, Jennifer, Phoebe and the red-head clean up the junkyard, Jennifer hears the two boys talking to each other behind a battered red car. She shakes her head in annoyance and continues, ignoring the kids. Max grunts as Jennifer lifts a piece of sheet metal before glancing over at Steve getting the boys out from behind the car. Jennifer approaches her brother, needing a question to be answered. 

“Hey, why did you bring my boyfriend along?” 

“Besides you willing to help, no one else was answering. Nancy and Jonathan are gone, Mike and Will are MIA, and Hopper is gone too. That’s why.” 

“Woah, I wonder what’s going on to the point where they won’t help Dusty.” 

“Stop,” 

“I’m kidding, Dusty.”

“Jennifer,” 

She glances at him as they move more large scraps of metal away. Once they are finished clearing the junkyard, the sun is already setting behind as orange reflects off the green-yellow grass, the blue sky bleeds into an orange and purple sunset. It catches Jennifer off guard. Her, Steve, Phoebe, Max, and the boys tramp across the grass and step inside the abandoned school bus. The windows are covered with grate and sheet metal blocked off by the drums. The reinforced door closes behind Dustin. 

Once night falls, Lucas climbs up the ladder leading out of the hatch. Jennifer and the other’s are seated inside as she knew the kids were scoping out the area for any monsters. Steve flips the lighter open and closed, Max observes him. 

“So, you really fought one of these things before?” 

He nods. 

“And you’re like, totally, 100% sure it wasn’t a bear?” 

“Don’t be an idiot. It wasn’t a bear.” 

Jennifer, Phoebe and Steve glance at the curly haired kid. Max does too. 

“Why are you even here if you don’t believe us? Just go home.” 

Max crosses her arms before standing, climbing up the ladder as Jennifer follows behind. Above, Max and Jennifer sit in the makeshift crows nest as they both take in the misty junkyard. 

“Yep, this is officially creepy.” 

“It’s kinda awesome.” 

“Huh?” Lucas asks. 

“The fog. Looks like the ocean.” 

Max shrugs and looks away. The two kids start talking as it becomes more sympathetic. Jennifer listens in as Max talks about her brother, the guy who stood her up and was kissing another girl -- Tina. Jennifer stalks back down the ladder, leaving the kids alone as she smiles at Steve before sitting next to him. 

“What are your plans after we catch this thing?” He asks. 

“Well, if we don't end up dead tonight, I was thinking of going down to a local liquor store and picking up some beer and spend time with Phoebe Friday night. For you and me, maybe go somewhere secluded, just me and you to...” Jennifer trails off, snaking her hand onto Steve's upper thigh.

“Oh? Jennifer not in front of the kids!” Steve exclaims. 

“They don’t care.” She bites her lips. 

Jennifer begins to open her mouth when the sound of screeching breaks them apart, causing them to turn and look out a barricaded window along with Dustin. They continue looking in the dense fog as Dustin asks Lucas if there is anything approaching. 

“I’ve got eyes! Ten o’clock!” Lucas shouts. 

“There” Steve points. 

Chittering continues as it slowly approaches. 

“He’s not taking the bait. Why is he not taking the bait?” 

“Maybe he’s not hungry.” 

“Maybe he’s sick of cow.” Jennifer says.  

Jennifer and Dustin continue peering out as Steve backs away and straightens with a calculating look. He glances at his girlfriend and her brother before heading toward the door. 

“What are you doing? Steve?” Jennifer questions, concerned for his safety.

Steve stays silent as he picks up the spiked bat and holds out his lighter. He breathes heavily. 

“Just get ready.” He says, tossing the lighter to Jennifer. 

The doors on the bus opens as Steve steps off, wielding the bat. Metal creaks around him as he spins his bat before holding it close. He creeps through the junkyard, chittering continues. Above, Lucas and Max watch above, peering through the fog. Steve purses his lips as Jennifer nibbles on her bottom lip. Steve whistles for the monsters. Max extends down the ladder, asking Jennifer what he’s doing.

Unsure, Max shakes her head. Sticking his tongue out in concentration, Steve swings his bat back and forth in the mist. The now larger Dart comes into view, his petal-like flaps opened slightly. Steve’s confident expression wavers but he holds his ground. Without him knowing, two more creatures move beneath the fog. 

“Steve! Watch out!” Phoebe shouts, peering out the bus entrance. 

“A little busy here!” He shouts back. 

Steve swivels around and sees two creatures fanking him as they growl. Dustin opens the bus door, shouting for him to abort. Dart charges as Steve rolls across a car’s hood. One falls through the windshield as he hits another one with his bat. As the bus’s door continues to stay open, Jennifer, Max, Lucas and Dustin motion to steve as he scrambles inside, but Phoebe panics, pushing past them and runs for her life but gets attacked by one of the demo-dogs. The door closes and the creature slam against it. The kids quarrel as Jennifer grabs a piece of sheet metal and sits it in front of the door, blocking the monster’s view, unaware of her best friend getting attacked. Steve holds the sheet metal with his feet, so they don’t get in as Jennifer holds a broken piece of metal and wields it.

The kids scream.

The bus rocks and a monster’s leg break through. As Steve fends it off, Dustin speaks into his headset as Max and Lucas kneel in the back with Jennifer. She throws herself in front of the kids, shielding them. Suddenly, claws pierces a piece of metal. Jennifer and Max’s gaze lead up to the ceiling which buckles with footsteps. Looking up, one of the creatures grab the ladder and glimpses down at her and Max through the hatch. Jennifer panics trying to keep calm as Max shrieks and the creature growls. Steve gets in front of them, yelling at the beast. Jennifer tries to think of something as nothing comes to mind. Steve arches his head toward the creature as it looks out. As the creature is out of view, the bus shuffles.

Growling is heard in the distance as everyone stays there with panic on their faces, looking out the windows confused as Jennifer makes eye contact with Steve. He keeps the bat raised alertly. The spike bat emerges as Steve anxiously opens the bus door with Jennifer right behind him, stepping down as the last pack of monsters scurry toward the woods. The kids remain on the bus.

“What happened?” Lucas asks. 

“I don’t know,” Max says. 

“Did Steve scare them off?” 

“No,” Jennifer retorts.  

The older male looks back at everyone.

“They’re going somewhere.” Steve says, resting the bat on his shoulder.

“Shit,” Jennifer curses. 

Jennifer is still in shock and panic, not knowing what to do next until she sees Phoebe lying lifeless on the foggy grass. She rushes toward her and sees a pool of blood forming under her body. Tears well up in Jennifer's eyes as they meet with Phoebe's.

"Je.. Jennifer?"

"I'm here, I'm here. I'm gonna get you to the hospital, just hold on."

"N-no, Jennifer." She sniffles. "Just leave me. Save everyone. I... I'll be... okay."

"Billie, don't say that. I'm getting you help." Jennifer's voice cracks as she cranes her neck. "Steve! Help me."

Steve rushes over, telling the kids to stay on the bus before dropping to his knees.

"Jennifer," He says.

"No, no. We... we have to save her. She's... she's gonna die. Steve, please?" Jennifer pleads, tears running down her cheeks as the air feels thicker with each breath she takes.

Jennifer picks Phoebe up and rests her body on hers, blood seeping into her polo t-shirt. She makes eye contact with the weak blonde.

"Jennifer... Jen... I hurt so bad." Billie says, her head rolls to the side.

"Pheebs," Jennifer calls. "Pheebs. Phoebe, please, wake up. No! No, no, no." She cries, holding a dead Phoebe close.

Jennifer gently places Wilhelmina on the ground, she cries harder as Steve brings her into his embrace. The kids begin to approach as they feel saddened by the moment.

"It's okay, it's okay," Steve whispers.

Jennifer shuts her eyes tight, tears rolling down her pale cheeks as the moon glimmers, reflecting off each droplet. Sobbing, Jennifer feels herself become weaker as her body falls limp against her boyfriend. The memories of them flash through her mind. All the good and bad times as she stays there.

"Steve... we-- we could've done something."

"I know, I know. But we couldn't save her in time."

Jennifer couldn't muster up anything else as Steve helps her limp body up, holding her upright as the kids stand there. Sitting there and watching Phoebe die like that broke Jennifer's heart making it hard to breathe. But Steve managed to pull the frail girl away and grabbed the bag from the bus and began walking.

[natti-ice]

18+ mdni

me after reading the craziest smut ever written

[strangerficsx]

Chapter Two / Trick or Treat, Freak

story: Midnight Rain wc: n/a halloween arrives in hawkins and jennifer isn't pleased on going to a party thrown by tina. however she goes since she wants to lose her virginity and party while she has the time before the world begins to end...

{ October 31, 1984 }

Halloween morning arrived as the sun is warm and a cold breeze lightly flows through Hawkins, making the leaves dance. Jennifer wakes up and gets on with her day before rushing out the door and toward a nearby costume shop to look for something to wear at the party. Jennifer was going, not only to get out of her house, but to also party and hangout with her new boyfriend and maybe even lose her virginity. She looks at the costumes hanging on the rack, wondering which costume she should buy. Without thinking, she decided to just buy an outfit as close to a character. But the costume she picks was outside of her comfort zone -- a sexy aerobics instructor. She was thinking that it would look stupid, however it might look good to the people around her considering everyone will be hot and dressed inappropriately since they are all popular. She quickly purchases the outfit and brings it home.

Jennifer walks into her home, closing the door behind her as she enters her bedroom. She throws the bag of clothes down before pulling out her costume, hanging it up on the coat hangers in her closet. She grabs some flats that she bought last fall and sets them off to the side. Looking at the time, Jennifer curses out loud whilst grabbing her keys and getting in her car, driving to school. 

——

Later, Jennifer sits across from Steve and Nancy in the library at Hawkins High School as the three teens study. All Jennifer can think about is the party and what Billy might be dressed as while she looks towards the two, wondering what is going on in their minds besides studying. Nancy erases something before re-writing it only for the led to break as she sighs in annoyance. She gets up as Jennifer looks back at her paper, glancing at Steve who watches Nancy go. Jennifer knew they'd been together for a while and Jennifer was seeing Billy, but deep down that burning she felt prior came back as she watched Nancy approach the hand held pencil sharpener. Whilst sharpening her pencil, Jennifer notices a woman standing in front of a book shelf. The red haired female resembled Barbra a little too much from the outfit to the hair, but the teen wasn’t wearing those big square glasses like Barbra. Without hesitating, Steve gets up and walks toward Nancy as Jennifer stays seated trying not to intervene with the two. 

Steve and Nancy walk into a more private room while she continued to study but the idea of them dating made her stomach churn. However, Jennifer had to keep her head held high and study because she had a test in math she’s studying for and Jennifer cannot fail it. Trying to study, a sudden thought came to mind; her and steve dating and how the jealousy -- even though she didn't want to admit it -- was still there, burning inside her. But the thought escapes when Billy pops into her mind. She is with him, and that's who she wants to focus on.

“Shit, Jennifer. Get yourself together for god’s sake.” She whispers to herself. 

Whipping her head around and looking at the same space as earlier, Jennifer now sees the two hugging in the seperate room as tears well up in her eyes without realizing it. To her, she kept those jealous feelings to herself, focusing on other things as she has other stuff to do. There was a party tonight and Jennifer wanted to get what she needed done so she can be ready to party and hangout with her boyfriend to distract her.

——

That night, Jennifer gets dressed (in her costume) before heading down to the Byers residence to drop a VHS tape off for Jonathan and his family to Watch. It was cheesy, but Jennifer also wanted to see what his plans are considering everyone else will be at Tina’s Halloween bash. Stepping towards her mirror, Jennifer looks at her reflection, checking herself out. The stretchy material hugged her curves perfectly. Her hair was teased with a shit ton of Farrah Fawcett spray, something to hold it in place, and a sweatband sat around her head. Looking in the mirror one last time, she smooths her hair out as the curls fall freely on her shoulder. Jennifer slides into the driver’s seat of her vehicle and drives off. 

When she arrives at the Byers residence, she kills the engine and steps out of the vehicle and closes the door behind her. She steps onto the front porch and knocks. A male opens the door dressed as Dracula as he pulls out his fake vampire teeth. Jennifer shuffles her stance to where she’s not putting most of her body weight on one foot.

“I thought you were trick-or-treaters.” 

“Nope. I’m Jennifer, I’m a friend of Jonathan’s.” 

“Ah, I see.”

Joyce strides up to the door with her two sons as they step out, walking past Jennifer as Jonathan stops in his tracks. Jennifer greets Joyce with a hug as she eyes her outfit, ignoring it and begins to tell the teen that the person dressed as Dracula is Bob, her new boyfriend. Jennifer pokes her head inside and apologizes to Bob as he dismisses it as okay, stopping Jonathan after she turned her heel.

“Jonathan, I wanted to drop off Freaks, a VHS Phoebe rented but never returned. She gave me the tape as I never returned it either due to all the excitement.” 

“And you wanted me to have it?” He asks. 

“Yeah, I know how much your family likes to watch horror films on Halloween night. And, I'm here to see what your plans are as well.” 

“Thanks, Jen. I’m actually heading out to take Will Trick-or-Treating with his friends.” 

Jennifer looks over at Will dressed in a Ghostbusters costume as a smile forms on her face. She thought it was cute of the kids to do a group costume from the Ghostbusters films, but came back, eyeing the lanky male. Jennifer clears her throat to avoid the awkward silence that was brought upon the two teens as she perks up telling him that she'll see him around and hopefully at the party while he smiles. The brunette heads back to her car, sliding behind the wheel as she drives to the party. When she parks near Tina’s house, Jennifer gets out of her car and locks it,making her windows are close then approaches the entrance. 

The song Shout at the Devil by Motley Crue blasts throughout the house as it’s loud even standing outside. When she walks in through the gate, she watches as Tommy and another male hold Billy as he chugs the beer from the keg. She hears the teens around counting. He walks away only wearing black pants with a leather jacket, his abs visible as Jennifer realizes she's staring at him and possibly memorizing the shape of his torso. Everyone chants Billy as he walks through the crowd. 

“That’s how you do it, Hawkins!” He shouts.

Jennifer enters the house and follows after him as Nancy and Steve catch her attention. Nancy stalks off to the alcohol as Steve gets harrassed by Billy and Tommy. When he leaves, Tommy leaves Billy as well, so Jennifer decides to approach. He grabs her hips with his hands and brings her close to him, pulling his cigarette out of his mouth and plants his lips on Jennifer’s. The taste of beer lingers on her lips as they pull away from each other. 

“You look hot,” Jennifer compliments. 

“You as well…” He asks. 

They stood there as the loud music blared around them as Jennifer takes that as a sign to leave, so she does. She walks out to the keg, asking Tommy and the guy from earlier to hold her up. The guys looked at each other, unbothered and looked as if they were gonna laugh in her face. Fortunatley, Tommy nods, grabbing Jennifer. They hold her up as she puts the tube in her mouth. Other students surround Jennifer as she chugs and chugs. Billy stands watch as well, unsure if she will beat his score of forty-two chugs. 

“Holy shit, she’s going for it!” Tommy shouts.

Jennifer chugs, landing on 36 so far. She continues as the counter goes up. The kids around her chant the numbers of each second. 

“37…38…39…40…41…42…43…44!!” 

Jennifer moves her legs as the two boys put her down on the cement. She stands there and swallows the rest of the beer in her mouth, wiping the corners as Tommy looks at her surprised. Billy approaches, seeing the commotion. 

“Well, Hargrove, I think I just beat your score.” 

“You sure?” 

“Mmhmm,” 

“Billy, she beat you, man. forty four!! We have a new Keg… Queen!” 

Jennifer turns her heel, stepping away from Billy before he grabs her wrist, spinning her around so she can face him. 

“Come with me.” His voice deep

Billy leads Jennifer up to an empty bedroom, closing the door behind them as he kisses her. Jennifer feels herself heating up as she ignores it and slides his jacket off. Billy tugs on her on piece, pulling the straps down. Sliding her one piece top off, he kisses the sensitive skin on her neck as he pushes her lighty to where she falls on top of the bed. He gets on top of her and begins a trail of kisses down above her breasts as a breathy moan escapes from Jennifer’s mouth. They flip and Jennifer’s on top and begin to take things further when there’s commotion downstairs as they pull apart from each other. Getting off him and sliding her blouse on, Jennifer sits beside him before hearing more noise as she watches Billy rise from the mattress and steps out of the room and shutting the door behind him. Jennifer sits there before laying down on the bed, saddened and a bit tipsy. She knew that she was very close to hitting second base with the guy she likes. Or, who Jennifer thought she liked. 

Does Jennifer even like Billy the way she fell in love with Steve Harrington? The short answer was no. No, she didn’t.

Groaning Jennifer gets up and exits the bedroom before heading downstairs, annoyed and upset as she approaches Billy… kissing another girl? The girl was none other then Tina. Tears prick at her eyes as she turns and exits the house, stepping onto the front porch and keeping her head down ushering toward her car. Without paying any attention to where she’s going, Jennifer suddenly bumps into someone. She cranes her neck up and sees who it is.

Steve Harrington. Of course she had to run into him, out of everyone else here, it was him.

“Jennifer?” He questioned.  

“Oh, hey, Steve. I wasn't expecting to see you out here.”

“I left… Nancy got pissed off and then proceeded to call our relationship bullshit.” 

“Steve… I’m sorry.” 

“Well, Jennifer… some things aren’t meant to happen.” 

“About that..” Jennifer trails off, a tear streaming down her cheek.

Steve notices and wipes it away with his thumb, cupping her cheek in the process. He stares into Jennifer’s eyes, holding her gaze. Jennifer moves her body closer to his as he slowly leans in. The sound of Girls on Film by Duran Duran blasts in the background, people coming and going from the party as the world around Steve and Jennifer seem to have stood still. Without thinking, Steve breaks the gap between them, pressing his lips to hers. They stood there, kissing in the night sky. The moon was full and the air was chilly, but Jennifer didn’t care because she felt warm in front of Steve. They pull away after a few seconds, wishing the kiss could last longer. 

“Woah,” Jennifer says, feeling the alcohol kicking in. “That was…” 

“Amazing.” 

“Do you… wanna go somewhere?” 

“Let’s go.”

Before taking another step Jennifer loses her balance as Steve manages to catch her. The thought of her drink while intoxicated scared him as he lifted her in his arms. Jennifer mumbled a few indistinct words, but mostly had her eyes closed the entire time. Placing her in his car, Jennifer rests her head on the seat as Steve gets the seatbelt hooked before closing the passenger door. Arriving at his vacant home, Steve parks and steps out of the vehicle. He opens the passenger side as Jennifer almost falls out. He manages to catch her before assisting her to the house.

“Why aren't you taking me to my house?"

"Do you really want your mom to see you drunk?"

"No. I'll call her and, like, I'll tell her that I was at, like, Billie's place."

"Okay,"  

Once they enter his room, Jennifer stumbles as he holds her. Suddenly Jennifer covers her mouth as Steve glances at her. Jennifer wobbles as she take another step towards the bathroom, landing on her knees and leaning over the toilet. Purging, Jennifer sniffles before sighing and looking over at Steve. He stands in the doorway of the bathroom, looking towards her with a sympathetic exspression plastered on his face. She sets the bin down, looking down.

“I think you should take a break from chugging that much alcohol.” 

“Yeah, I think you’re right.” 

“I’ll get you some clothes,”

“Steve, it’s okay. I’ll just sleep in my—” 

“Costume? I don’t think so.” 

“Ok,” 

Jennifer stands, holding onto the walls around to and searches for Steve's bed, sitting there nauseated. Steve quickly throws something on before grabbing an oversized shirt and grey lounge shorts, and handing it to Jennifer as she finally takes it. She slides it over her frail body before climbing into Steve’s bed. 

“You take my bed, I’ll take the couch.” 

“No, can you… can you lay with me, please?” 

“Uh, sure.”

Steve climbs in and lays beside her, holding Jennifer’s gaze as he exhales. mascara stains Jennifer's cheeks, her hair messy and her eyes red and puffy from crying as her lids hang heavy. She begins to feel slightly better as she tries to think of something to say. 

“So, what happened back there?” 

“Well, besides trying to hit second base with Billy Hargrove, he walked away and went to do something else when there was a lot of commotion.” 

“Yeah, it was probably me and Nancy causing the commotion.” 

Jennifer chuckles, beginning to feel tired as Steve cups her face.

"No. He, uh, he was my boyfriend but since he cheated on me with that... that slut. I'm, like, single now."

"And, you kissed me."

"Yeah," She says, finally falling asleep.

Steve then turns back at Jennifer who is passed out. She snores lightly as the corners of his mouth twitch, forming a small smile. Turning off the lights, he stares at her gentle features before grabbing a blanket and covering her up before he falls asleep on the beside her. 

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A little later, Jennifer wakes up and looks at the alarm clock on the dresser. It’s 10:59 PM, almost. She looks around the room and sees that the room doesn’t belong to her. Where am I? Jennifer wonders, uncovering and looking at her figure. She’s dressed, so didn’t have sex with anyone. That was until Jennifer remembers the night before and how she pretty much made a fool out of herself when trying to hit second base with Billy. She also remembers the keg, and how she beat Billy’s score. Smirking, the memory of her and Steve kissing on the front porch of Tina’s house makes her widen her eyes. Jennifer quickly gets up and throws her clothes on before looking down at Steve, who is asleep. She tells him that she’s leaving and begins walking out when she hears two people talking.

His parents.

Jennifer opens the door softly then closes it behind her, tiptoeing down the flight of stairs and out Harrington residence. Grabbing her keys from her pocket, Jennifer takes off towards the neighborhood where Tina threw her party and finds her car. She runs toward her car and gets in, grabbing her keys from her pocket. Jennifer fumbles with them before entering the driver's seat. She starts the engine, driving away from the disheveled house. Pulling into the carport, she kills the engine before stepping out of the vehicle and towards the back of the house.

Jennifer sees her cracked window as she slides her finger under and lifts glass up before she climbs in, almost falling in the process. Knocking her alarm clock off her bedside table, it clatters as it collides with the floor. Jennifer pauses and listens. Standing there, she sighs in relief before setting it on her table. She closes the window behind her as she leans her bodyweight against the wall, feeling dizzy and stays there.

[lanawinterscigarettes]

Kinkmas 2022

Hey guys! I've never really done anything like this before but it looked interesting so I decided I'm going to try it out. I'll be using two prompts for each day, and although I don't have set dates for when they'll each come out I plan on getting them all done before the 25th of December (I hope)

I'm only going to be doing 11 days instead of 31, so I'm not as overwhelmed, so while it won't be as many days as other people usually do, you'll still have 11 days of kinky goodness to enjoy 😘

Here's this year's lineup:

Day 1: strap-on + office sex - Regina Mills

Day 2: thigh riding + oral fixation - Kate Bishop

Day 3: wet dream + begging - Chandler Bing

Day 4: knife kink + blood play - Billy Loomis

Day 5: finger fucking + morning/sleepy sex  - Natasha Romanoff

Day 6: biting/marking + hair pulling - Jason Dean

Day 7: car sex + uniform kink - Jennifer Check

Day 8: daddy/mommy kink + spanking/impact play - Wanda Maximoff

Day 9: cunnilingus + overstimulation - Steve Harrington

Day 10: somnophilia + body worship - Sally Mckenna

Day 11: aftercare + praise kink - Viktor Hargreeves

If you want to be tagged in any of these just let me know <3

Edit: all of the fics above will feature a gender neutral reader, except for day 9, which will be geared towards afab readers