FOREVER WINTER| steve harrington

WHY THEM?

"she said that we should break up, and that i should leave." steve replied, staring at the houses going by. "she's scared sammy, fucking scared and we left her! i left her alone!" steve looked at samantha who bit her lip anxiously, "she's been through so fucking much, and now this stupid vecna thing comes along and we left her!" steve looked at her hands, "i left her."

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IF ABIGAIL DIDNT WANT TO DIE, SHE DID NOW. her feet led her straight to the picnic table where everyone was sitting, including nancy wheeler- who told abigail to meet them there. she looked like an absolute wreck after getting no sleep due to nightmares and not having steve there to comfort her. she wore one of her fathers flannels to cover the marks left on her arms, which were covered by bandages. "thank you," nancy whispered, hugging her friend who looked saddened.

"sorry about fred."

abigail looked at the ground, not wanting to look at anyone else. she stood behind dustin, who carried on the conversation by saying, "its only a theory."

"no, fred and chrissy... doesnt make sense." samantha replied, crossing her arms. she looked at abigail, who stood awkwardly at the table, then at steve- who kept looking at her hopefully she would just look at him. "like, why them? its not like they were ruining the world or some shit." abigail and robin looked at her with questionable looks, "i mean its not like they were bad kids."

"maybe they were just in the wrong place." dustin spoke then looked back at abigail. she looked around on edge, noticing eyes on them from the trailers. "were both at the game."

"and near the trailer park," max added.

"we're at the trailer park," steve stated. "uh, should we maybe not be here?" that caused everyone to look around, abigail looked into the woods carefully hearing some ticking sound. it was like a clock, an really annoying clock. it kept going until abigail looked at eddie's trailer, then it stopped. 

"there's something about this place," nancy spoke, "fred started acting weird the second we got here."

"acting weird as in?" robin asked from beside nancy.

"scared, on edge, upset." nancy replied, shaking her head.

"max said chrissy was upset too," dustin pointed out.

"yeah, but not here," max corrected, "she was crying in the bathroom at school."

abigail looked at the group, "serial killers stalk their prey before they strike... maybe, this is a theory, what if he was getting in their heads before killing them? like they saw something that put them on edge, then hours later he strikes."

steve looked at her before saying, "i dont know about you guys, but if i saw some freaky wizard monster, i would mention it to someone."

"maybe they did," max and abigail both stated, abigail let max go by shutting her mouth, "i saw chrissy leaving ms. kelleys office. if you saw a monster, you wouldn't go to the police. they would never believe you... but you might go to your..."

"shrink." abigail stated, swallowing uncomfortably. max nodded at her before everyone got up, nancy walking an opposite way. "woah, where are you going nance?" she asked making nancy turn around.

"oh, there's something i want to check on first," nancy replied as samantha stood next to abigail.

"something you maybe want to share with us?" dustin called out.

"i dont want to waste your time. its a real shot in the dark." nancy replied awkwardly, her hands in her pockets.

"yeah okay, are you out of your mind? flying solo with this vecna on the loose?" steve argued making abigail finally look at him. "no, its to dangerous... you need someone..." 

abigail sighed, "here, ill stick with nancy."

steve shook his head, "what? no!" 

abigail looked at him with a glare, "what you think you need to protect us? besides none of them can even drive!" steve looked at the group, then at robin.

"im poor!"

"i can drive!" max spoke.

"no, no, never again!" steve argued. the last time abigail took max for a 'pre-drivers training' steve went along, and max almost killed them.  "anybody but you, no." dustin turned his head, "no chance."

"all right, this is stupid." robin grabbed a walkie talkie, then samantha's jacket pulling her along. "us ladies will stick together. unless, you think you need to protect us?" abigail giggled slightly, crossing her arms as she just gave steve a cocky smile. robin and samantha fist bumped, turning away and walking to nancy's car.

"be careful!" steve called out as abigail and nancy turned around.

abigail looked back at him, a smile on her face, "i always am."

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BRYNN SPEAKS

abby and steve breakup arc? lol.