The Wasps are all Around Us (Steve Harrington x Reader)

Y/N Byers closed her locker door and turned around to see the friend group that was sure to be the end of her non-existent popularity. Tommy, Carol, Steve 'the Hair' Harrington, and strangely, her older brother's crush, Nancy Wheeler.

Y/N crossed her arms across her chest.

"What do you want, Steve?" she addressed the leader in an unimpressed tone.

"Oh, just, how are you? How has your day been?" he responded condescendingly. He put his right arm just over her shoulder and leaned in, pinning her to her locker with only a few inches between their faces.

Remain calm, remain calm. Y/N told herself as she tried to resist slapping him.  

"My day was going fine until you showed up." she said.

He gave a small laugh. "Well Y/N/N (your nick name), that was spicy."

You heard Tommy and Carol snicker, then you heard another voice, one that you knew would help get you out of this uncomfortable place.

"Get off my sister, Harrington." Jonathan said.

Steve turned around and approached Jonathan, freeing Y/N.

"Ah, here comes big brother Jonathan, ready to save the day." Steve said sarcastically.

Y/N walked over to Jonathan and put her hand on his upper back "Come on, let's go."

He looked down at her, nodded and the two of them started to walk away.

"Hey! This isn't over, Byers." Steve yelled to the two of them.

"Dingus!" Y/n yelled over her shoulder.

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Jonathan looked over at Y/N in the passenger seat of his car and sighed,

"Why do you let him do that, Y/N?" he asked her

"Let who do what?" she answered.

"You know what I mean"

Y/N sighed, "I- I'm too worried to really stand up to him because I know that I wouldn't stand a chance against him and Tommy if it came to a physical fight."

"Y/N/N, I'm not gonna encourage you to get in a fist fight but you need to stand up for yourself. Besides, I know you, and you would be the one kicking their butts." Y/N looked over at him with a small smile.

"Oh, I scheduled myself to pick up an extra shift at the video store. Could you drop me off there instead of home?" She asked

"Oh geez, I picked up another shift at work too, and you know the rule."

"Ugh, it's a BS. rule! Will is twelve now, he can be home alone for a couple hours!"

"Ya know what? You're right. Screw the rules, the bills are coming up and we need the money. I'll call the house when I get to work. Will should be home by then, so I'll just tell him that we both picked up extra shifts and that we'll be home by seven thirty." he said.

"Wow." Y/N responded in fake awe. "Jonathan Byers, breaking the rules. That is something I thought I'd never see!"

They looked at each other and started to laugh.                         

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"I'll pick you up at the end of your shift." Jonathan said as he unlocked the car door so Y/N could get out.

"Okay, see you then." She responded. She walked in and sat down at the front counter and started on some homework. About thirty minutes later she heard the jingle of the bell connected to the door and looked up. Dustin, one of her little brother's friends, was standing in front of her.

"Hey Dustin! What's up?  Wanna sit?" Y/N asked the boy while patting a seat next to her behind the counter.

"Not much, how about you?" he asked her as he went around the counter and sat in the seat.

"Oh, nothing much. Will said that you guys played a pretty awesome D&D campaign last night. How was it?"

About half way through Dustin explaining the campaign, the door jingled again. Y/N looked up to see the last person she wanted to see. He went to an aisle, grabbed a movie and walked over the counter.

"Hey Byers." He said, with a different tone then normal. It wasn't condescending or mean; it had a kind of softness.

"You okay Harrington? Ya got a cold or something?" she asked while she rung up the movie.

"What do you mean?" he asked, still in the soft tone.

"Well, your voice sounds different than it did, oh, I don't know. . ." she looked at her wrist as if checking a watch. "An hour ago," she said and handed him the movie.

He shook his head with a small smile, "I'm fine. I'll see you tomorrow Y/N"

"See ya tomorrow, Dingus" she responded with a slightly confused face as he walked out of the door.

"Well, that was weird," she said as she turned back to Dustin.

"Why was that weird?" he asked

"He bullies me in school. In fact, Jonathan just saved my butt from him today."

"What's his name?"

"Steve, Steve Harrington." She answered

"Did you ever think that maybe he only bullies you to look cool in front of everyone, but deep down, he feels bad for you and wants to be friends?"

"Dustin, I will admit, you are wise beyond your years, but that is pushing it."

A/N

Yay! Chapter one is complete. Please don't forget to comment and/or vote! Have a good rest of your day! 😁

~Olivia Baines