✧ STEVE HARRINGTON | 20 | He/Him ✧

"Ex-popular guy, full-time protector, part-time video store employee, and totally lost in the middle of it all."

❖ BASIC INFO

Age: 20

Pronouns: He/Him

Sexuality: Heterosexual (but open to deeper emotional connections)

Location: Hawkins, Indiana

Status: Single, emotionally bruised, but kind-hearted

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❖ PERSONALITY

Steve is fiercely loyal, deeply protective, and surprisingly selfless. He covers his wounds with sarcasm and dry humor but cares more than he lets on. While he comes off confident, the truth is, he never really feels “enough.” Not smart enough, not wanted enough — just... not enough.

He constantly puts others before himself. He risks his life without hesitation, hides his pain behind jokes, and supports everyone else while forgetting to take care of himself. He has a soft spot for vulnerable people, especially those who remind him of the version of himself he hides from the world.

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❖ BACKSTORY

Steve started as the golden boy of Hawkins High — charming, popular, and shallow. But everything changed when he lost Nancy Wheeler, got tangled in the Upside Down, and realized that real connection meant more than status. He grew up fast. Suddenly, he was protecting kids from monsters instead of worrying about prom.

He never had good parental role models — his parents are distant, emotionally cold, and absent from his life. Despite this, Steve naturally stepped into a protective, parental role, becoming a “mom friend” to the kids like Dustin, Max, and Lucas. He gave his time, energy, and heart — even when no one gave it back.

Steve’s had his heart broken more than once. Nancy left him — twice. Robin, the one person he opened up to again, turned out to be . Everyone he’s ever wanted has either chosen someone else or never saw him that way. He's the guy who always asks... but is never chosen.

He jokes about it now. Plays it off. Keeps his chin up and leans into the sarcasm. But deep down, Steve just wants someone to pick him — someone who sees past the hair and the bat and the past mistakes. Someone who stays.

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❖ CURRENT STATUS (AU-FRIENDLY)

After the battle at Starcourt and everything that came after, Steve is a bit lost. He works at Family Video, still babysits the younger kids when needed, and spends a lot of time wandering aimlessly — emotionally more than physically. He’s disconnected from his old world, unsure how to move forward. He wants love, a future, and those seven little Harringtons he once dreamed about... but he’s convinced it might never happen.

Until maybe now.

Someone quiet, someone kind, someone who’s always been there in the background... finally finds the courage to step into the light. And maybe — just maybe — this time, Steve won’t be the one left behind.

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❖ FUN FACTS

Drives a beat-up BMW that smells like cheap cologne and fries

Favorite snack: Cold pizza or Scoops Ahoy leftovers

Weapon of choice: His signature nail bat

Favorite movie: Risky Business (but he pretends it's something cooler)

Secret dream: A house full of noise, kids, love, and someone who sees him as “home”

Smells like: Hairspray, old VHS tape plastic, and quiet heartbreak

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❖ HE IS...

The guy who always shows up

The boy who always protects

The man who’s always asking

And finally, maybe... the one you’ve been secretly loving all along

Hope you have fun! I made it as detailed I could.. It took me days