( For Steve, it's as if he never left Hawkins. That's how it had been designed all along, which should have been a comforting thought at the time. After all, how isolating it would have been to be the only one amongst his friends aware of the existence of orbs.
His regret should have been erased, but something went wrong. Instead, Steve is thrown back into 1986 before Spring Break, with no idea of what's to come. He is blissfully ignorant, living under the assumption that with the collapse of the Russian bunker and the destruction of the Mind Flayer, the Upside Down is no longer a threat they have to worry about.
Except there is another threat, apparently. It's not unheard of for urban legends to start for one reason or another. Which is exactly what Steve assumes it is when he and Robin decide to take matters into their own hands to investigate. Mainly because he knew if he didn't, Dustin would and he is sure as hell not letting that kid near anything potentially dangerous.
Which worked for all of about ten minutes, because of course Dustin ended up following on his bike anyway, and where Dustin went, so too did Mike and Lucas. So it was the five of them that reached the recently extinguished campfire. They don't get much in the way of campers, and certainly not this time of year, so Steve with his flashlight started investigating more thoroughly. All the while the hairs on the back of his neck start standing, as if feeling something familiar about this situation. Maybe it's just because his mind is equating this with him leading the party through the tunnels back in 1984, because otherwise what else could it be?
He's about to give up on this when he hears something. Maybe it's a twig snapping, but it puts him on edge and without giving it much thought, automatically reacts by grabbing his bat from the bag hanging off his shoulder, raising it to hopefully deter whatever or whoever happens to be nearby from attacking. )
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His regret should have been erased, but something went wrong. Instead, Steve is thrown back into 1986 before Spring Break, with no idea of what's to come. He is blissfully ignorant, living under the assumption that with the collapse of the Russian bunker and the destruction of the Mind Flayer, the Upside Down is no longer a threat they have to worry about.
Except there is another threat, apparently. It's not unheard of for urban legends to start for one reason or another. Which is exactly what Steve assumes it is when he and Robin decide to take matters into their own hands to investigate. Mainly because he knew if he didn't, Dustin would and he is sure as hell not letting that kid near anything potentially dangerous.
Which worked for all of about ten minutes, because of course Dustin ended up following on his bike anyway, and where Dustin went, so too did Mike and Lucas. So it was the five of them that reached the recently extinguished campfire. They don't get much in the way of campers, and certainly not this time of year, so Steve with his flashlight started investigating more thoroughly. All the while the hairs on the back of his neck start standing, as if feeling something familiar about this situation. Maybe it's just because his mind is equating this with him leading the party through the tunnels back in 1984, because otherwise what else could it be?
He's about to give up on this when he hears something. Maybe it's a twig snapping, but it puts him on edge and without giving it much thought, automatically reacts by grabbing his bat from the bag hanging off his shoulder, raising it to hopefully deter whatever or whoever happens to be nearby from attacking. )
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