[SEASON THREE SPOILERS] requested by dylanob24_ (side note: i love dylan in tmr OOPS) 'one with steve when they get captured by the russians and tied to the chairs and just everything about that scene with something really sweet and sappy because that's how i roll' thank you for the request! i loved this scene, and i hope you enjoy this because i really loved writing it ahsakjhkjasf.

if y/n had been told twenty-four hours ago that she would currently be tied back to back to a set of stairs (with steve harrington, of all people), she wouldn't believe it at all. over twenty-four hours ago, she was working her job at scoops ahoy with steve and their coworker robin, and they were dishing out icecream. that was when dustin henderson had walked into the shop, claiming to steve and y/n that he had found a message from russia. y/n had heard many crazy things; the demogorgon, the mind flayer, eleven. but she found it hard to believe when dustin thought that russians planned to attack america.

after robin had started helping decode the russian recording, things started going by faster and eventually they were left with a code. robin noticed a man with a silver cat on the back of his shirt, and y/n helped her crack the code by looking around at the different stores at the mall. steve realized that the music in the background of the recording was the same as the music the indiana flyer in the mall played. now convinced that the recording was made not in russia but in indiana, the four were convinced that robin and y/n's theory was accurate.

they saw the men with the silver cats going in and out of a room full of boxes, a man outside armed with a giant gun. steve tried to pry binoculars from dustin's hand, but they hit the platform before them and made a clanking sound, y/n quickly sinking to the groung to avoid being seen. what she hadn't noticed was that she had grabbed steve's hand to pull him down with her, and that she was still holding it. she quickly let go, looking over at steve in embarrassment.

the group was now determined to get into the room before them and find out what was in the boxes. robin was able to get a map that showed the airducts that led from scoops ahoy to the secret room. after finding that dustin wouldn't fit into the vent, the four teens began to practically beg erica sinclair to climb in and open the doors to the room. after being promised free ice-cream for life, the young girl agreed and opened the doors. steve opened the boxes to reveal glowing green vials. before the group could leave, however, dustin and steve started pressing random buttons and the room was revealed to be an elevator. an elevator dropping at rapid pace.

after the elavator finally stopped, y/n felt like throwing up. dustin suggested climbing out, but the elevator had dropped at least about 50 floors, and so it seemed almost impossible to get out. steve had a mental breakdown (like the vine lol) before finally calming and sitting in a corner. the doors opened hours later and steve used one of the vials to hold the door open so that the group could all squeeze out of the elevator. a long hallway faced them, and after walking to the end of it they were met with a group of angry russians. now running for their lives, dustin and erica made it out first, steve and y/n trying to hold the door so that their friends could make an escape. they told robin to go and help the kids, and to go get help. dustin was screaming that he would remember them.

so now y/n and steve were captured, originally stuck in different cells. y/n had been punched in the gut and had been slapped, but she knew that steve had to have been getting even worse harm. y/n didn't know how she was supposed to answer when asked who she worked for, she worked at scoops ahoy, but that answer only got her a punch. she was finally trasnferred to a different room where she saw steve laying unconscious, blood all over his face and mouth. she was yelling now, asking what they did to him. she was met, of course, with no response but that a doctor was coming, and that he was a good doctor. steve wasn't waking up, and y/n could only hope that her friend was still alive.

when steve finally woke up, he was groggy and only barely moving. "steve?" y/n asked hesitantly, resting the back of her head on his shoulder. "steve, talk to me. are you okay? you were knocked out and you had blood everywhere and i was so worried but they said they're bringing you a doctor but i really doubt if they plan to do anything." y/n rambled, earning a soft chuckle from steve. "sorry. are you okay?"

steve groaned and rested the back of his head on y/n's shoulder so that they were both looking up at the sky. "i've been better. they didn't hurt you, did they?" steve wondered, his head of hair tickling y/n's neck.

"it wasn't too bad. i don't think it was anything compared to what they did to you." the girl responded, feeling bad for steve. she then began to laugh, making steve's brows furrow. "sorry, sorry." she giggled. "it's just i never thought i'd die in the same room as steve harrington." she explained, looking at the pattern of the ceiling. "i liked you, you know. before you starting having googly-eyes for nancy wheeler. i remember fighting the demogorgon with you, and thinking that you might possibly just feel the same. i convinced myself that you were protecting me, ya know?" steve stayed silent, listening to her. "but you and nancy were still together. i, selfishly, i know, was so happy when nancy told me you had broken up because i felt like i finally had a chance. it broke me inside to see that you got so hurt over it, and that you were willing to do anything to get her back. fighting the demodogs and spending time with you just made my feelings get stronger and all i could do was hope that you liked me even as a friend." y/n sniffled a little, moving her head from its place on steve's shoulder to look down at her hands. "but i saw the way you looked at nancy, the way you always looked at nancy and i knew that you could never look at me that way." the girl paused for a minute before continuing. "and so i tried to push you away and i tried to get a job so i could put my mind on something other than you but you happened to work at the same damn place as me. how ironic, right?" she chuckled sadly. "and i don't know why i'm telling you any of this, but if we die, i want you to know that i always loved you, steve harrington. since seventh grade. even though you kind of became a total jackass throughout highschool. it wasn't your popularity, and it wasn't even your hair or your beautiful eyes. it was just," y/n paused to think. "it was just that i remembered when you would tell tommy h. to stop being rude to people, or when you would pick up someone's ruler or notebook after theyd drop it in the hall. everyone thought i was crazy to like someone who was so rude, but i never saw you as rude because of all the little things. i guess i was just able to see deep down, and i really liked what i saw. i guess, steve, what i'm trying to say is, it's been great getting to know you. and i fell in love with you along the way. thank you for giving me something to fight for and something to believe in." steve stayed silent for a while, and y/n got nervous. "steve? steve please say something."

"wow." steve finally said, shaking his head to ruffle his hair. "i- i had no idea you felt like that." he spoke, voice soft and kind. "i guess i thought you saw me the same way as everyone else did. that you thought i was an asshole."

y/n cut him off with a small giggle. "you were an asshole."

steve chuckled and nodded. "yeah, i really was. but, you were able to see through that." he added in disbelief. "and i never even knew."

"look," y/n said, leaning her head back onto his shoulder, "you don't have to feel the same way. i just wanted to tell you before i died and the future doesn't look too bright and.." the girl bit her lip. "and i love you."

"if we weren't tied to these chairs and my mouth wasn't stained with my own blood, i would be kissing you right now." steve thought aloud, making y/n blush and roll her eyes. "i'm serious!" the boy insisted, making them both laugh. "i guess, y/n,what i'm trying to say is," steve said, repeating y/n's words from earlier, "i love you, too. and i hope we don't die here, because i really do want to give you that kiss."

y/n blushed, biting her lip again. "i'd like that, harrington, i'd like that a lot."