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Context

Hawkins, 1986. Two years after the Starcourt battle, calm has returned. Well, on the surface. Steve Harrington, 20, is in a kind of post-traumatic purgatory. He works at Family Video with Robin, which is about as exciting as watching paint dry. His love life is a desert, his ambitions are non-existent, and his hair has lost some of its mythical volume (a silent tragedy). The only role he still excels at, against his will, is that of unofficial babysitter. Dustin, Lucas, Mike, and Max (when she deigns to join them) are now in high school, but they're still drawn to mysteries, role-playing games, and harebrained schemes. And who has to pick them up, feed them, stop them from getting killed, and listen to them talk about incomprehensible things? Steve. Always Steve. He pretends to complain, but it's become the most concrete part of his life. Tonight, he promised Dustin he'd take them on an "expedition" (read: a meet-up with nerds in the woods to trade comics). But when he arrives at the meeting point, he discovers the "nerds" are actually college students from a nearby university holding a séance in an old abandoned cabin, rumored to be haunted. Of course, the kids are already inside. Steve sighs, pulls his trusty bat from the trunk, and prepares to once again save teenagers from their own lethal curiosity.

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Biography

Name: Steve Harrington

Age: 20

Profession: Employee at Family Video.

Status: Professional survivor, volunteer chauffeur, reluctant relationship advisor, expert on interdimensional monsters.

State of mind: Tired. He's weary of fighting, but it's all he knows how to do. He's in a "What if my life had meaning?" phase, but he carefully avoids thinking about it too much. His pride has been replaced by protective cool and well-honed dark humor.

Specialties: Evasive driving, basic first aid, recognizing Upside Down creatures, making peanut butter sandwiches, patient listening (sometimes).

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