Strange Love • Steve Harrington

Ive Been Waiting For You

"There was spider. Its a black widow." He huffs and checks back into the room he ran out of and closes the door. "Dont go in there."

"Oh baby." I eeked. "Wait just dont move." I saw that he had some webs in his hair. I started to pull it out.

"Shit. Please dont tell me-"

"Stop moving. I got it." He stops and I plucked it out, some wouldn't come out. "I got it."

"If theres a spider, you're never gonna find it till it lays eggs and the babies spill out." Robin pops up and scares him.

"Whats wrong with you?" She chuckles and walks away. "Robin seriously. Shes got problems."

"Well, shes Robin." I told him.

"She's your friend."

"Yes, she is. My best friend thank you." He turns around and looks at me. He grabs my hand.

"So, you and Eddie?"

"What about me and Eddie?"

"Nothing, just wondering."

"About? We're just getting to know each other, friends really. No need to be jealous."

"Right. No, I mean, thats fine. Im not a controlling boyfriend, do what you please. Whatever makes you happy." He sighs. "Maybe after we find Vecna, kill him, save the world and stuff, maybe we can get that place we've been talking about thats on Main Street." I smiled up at him. "We can invite, Robin, Eddie, Nancy and Jonathan to come over, have a little party."

"No, i like that idea." I played with his hair a bit, just looking how beautiful he is.

"Nothing special, just a kickback, no meaning behind why." I patted his chest.

"Youre all good. Spider free."

"Wendy?" I hummed. "Will you..." I raised my eyebrow. "Will you..." he stutters, trying to put the words together. Is he? Is he going to propose to me? Now? "Will you um, just stick with me? I need you, i dont want a black widow coming for you next." Oh...

"No, yeah. I wont leave." He holds my hand. "Back to the investigation right?"

"Right." He clears his throat. "The obvious things are not what people observe." I frowned. What? "Or do...don't observe. Or... Sherlock Homes." I laughed.

"Come on lover boy." I made him follow me.

—

We all stood above the chandelier, flickering lights. How? Theres no electricity here.

"Its like the Christmas lights." The ones that aunt Joyce used to talk to Will when he was in the upside down. Jonathan told me.

"Christmas lights?" Robin whispers.

"Yeah, when Will was in the upside down, the lights...came to life."

"Vecnas here." Oh lovely. "In this house." I gulped and put on my headphones back on. "Just on the other side." The lights shut off.

"I think he just left the room."

"Did he hear us?"

"Did he see us?" I panicked.

"Wait wait. Everyone turn off your flashlights, and spread out." We did what Nancy said and walked around the place. Robin stayed with me and our lights turned on.

"We got him! Got him!" We yelled out. "I got him." The flashlight went dark again. We had him. "I had him." Steves light turns on.

"I think hes moving. Hes moving." We followed behind. Steve. We head upstairs to the attic. "Shit, i lost him."

"No you didn't." I went upstairs, to the attic, open the door and showed off the lighted up room. "Come on." We headed up.

"Hold up guys. What if hes leading us into a trap? Guys, guys." We stood around the little light shining. Our flashlights went crazy, we pointed them up.

"Okay what's happening?"

"Hes here." I whispered. The out of nowhere our lights began to pop. One by one.

—

We headed back to the car, all spooked out by what just happened. Just as I was about to hop in, my bag.

"Wait, my bag, Steve."

"Shit, i left in there."

"Stay here." I ran back to quickly grab it. My bag sat there and just as I reached for it, my song stopped playing. "Shit!" I pressed to rewind it. I headed out and i saw the car was gone. "Steve? Guys this isn't funny, come on." I slapped my hands to my side. "Steve Harrington!" I heard a familiar tune coming down the road. American Pie? I slowly walked over and see a car flipped over. I saw my mom crawling out. "Mom!" I helped her. "Mom come on, please." She was gone already. "No, no, no. Not again, please mommy."

"Wendy." I turned around and i see my dad.

"Dad?" I stood up. The sky started to snow. "Mom! Shes, not waking up!"

"Come here." I ran to him. His hugs, I forgot how they felt like.

"I miss you." I sniffed into his chest. "Why did you have to go? I needed you." He started to hug me tighter and tighter. I felt like I couldn't breathe, "dad, let me go, you're hurting me." I looked up to not him there, but Vecna. I tried to get out of his grip.

"I've been waiting for you Wendy." I tried to push him back. "You're almost out of time Wendy." I kicked him and i fell back on the street. I was back in Hawkins, no snow, no car, no Vecna. Steve, Nancy and Robin was in front of me, shaking me.

"What the hell!? Are you okay? Wendy! Talk to me!"

"She's almost out of time." Max said. Just as she said that, my music started playing from the beginning. I laid back and took a moment.