Kate Hopper thought she'd finally had everything taken from her.
With her father gone and her sister all the way across the country, she truly didn't have anything left. Since her father's death eight months before, she'd broken up with her boyfrien...
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KATE HAD ASKED Steve if they could stop somewhere else in the graveyard before they went back to Nancy's house.
Steve couldn't think of one time since he'd been buried that Kate had gone back to her father's grave. He wasn't going to fight her on the ask: he couldn't say no to such a thing, even if it seemed like a bad time. Kate wanted to see her dad, and he would never fight her on something like that.
Whenever he'd pulled close to the gravesite in question, Kate barely waited for him to put the car in park before she jumped out of the car, walking swiftly to her destination. Steve didn't dare follow her, but only watched from the car with the kids crammed in the backseat.
He didn't take his eyes off of her for a moment, barely even to think. Even though Kate had dumped him months before, Steve still didn't have any intentions of putting her in harm's way, especially not when he could help it. About a year and a half before, Steve had promised Kate's father that he would keep her safe, no matter what. Of course, Kate had no idea that the conversation had even taken place, and Steve intended for it to remain that way. After Hopper had died, he didn't intend on backing off of his promise, especially now that they were dealing with an interdimensional murderer. He wouldn't let anything happen to Kate, even if it meant he would lose his own life trying to protect hers.
Even though Max was currently wedged in between Dustin and Lucas, that didn't stop all three of them from switching their gazes between Kate and Steve, the three kids exchanging glances as they took it all in. Dustin finally cleared his throat, not even trying to catch Steve's eye. "Is she—?"
