↣ 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘔𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴

After a month, everything was back to normal. Bailey was making more acquaintances at school and was gradually stepping outside of his comfort zone.

While Chrissy was telling him about her amazing evening, he stood at his locker. "Jason was really sweet, and I could really see something with him. It was wonderful." Pulling her books close to her chest, she spoke.

"I'm happy you had a fantastic evening, Chrissy." Shutting his locker, he said.

"Hi, Bailey." As she passed them, Dahlia Perry waved to him.

With a small smile on his face, he waved to her. Gazing down the hallway, he saw him standing there, seemingly unaffected by everything, conversing with Nancy Wheeler.

Chrissy continued talking endlessly about her rendezvous with Jason while Bailey leant against his locker. However, he couldn't help but focus on Steve and take in every element of him.

Steve turned to Bailey, who straightened up a bit. Their worlds stopped together. While the other appears open and ready, the first appears confused. Steve nodded slightly, and Bailey smiled back at him.

Bailey was taking Dustin and Lucas home and was waiting for the boys to finish their game in the wheeler's hallway. "Here you go sweetie." He grinned back at Karen Wheeler as she handed him a drink.

"Thank you Mrs Wheeler. He remarks as she turns to leave. Steve was standing there with his hands in his pockets when he turned around.

"Bailey....Hey."

"Hi Steve." Bailey said awkwardly.

"What are you doing here?" Steve asked, decked out in an idiotic Christmas sweater, appeared before him.

"Just stopping by to get Dustin and Lucas. My driver offered..." Bailey trailed off, fidgeting with his finger tips. "I just wanted to thank you for saving me that night."

"No need to thank me, you were uhh right, I'm pretty embarrassing to do what I did so i thought maybe i wouldn't be such a coward anymore." Steve replied with a grin. Bailey grinned as well, pleased that Steve was changing slightly.

"Glad that you admitted it to yourself, have a good Christmas Steve." Bailey stated. Steve stared at the brown-eyed boy and couldn't help but smile.

"Merry Christmas Bailey." Bailey gazed up at Steve, For a little moment, they stood there, yet it seemed like an eternity to them. Bailey had hypnotised Steve, and he didn't know why. "Nancy is waiting for me; I should go." He walked passed Bailey without saying anything else.

He considered Steve to be an embarrassment and a foolish jerk with no redeeming qualities, but he was at a loss for what to think of him at this point. However, he felt butterflies in his gut as the realisation dawned on him.

"I like Steve Harrington."

────────────────────────

𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿'𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀

- After Act One is over, we move on to Act Two, where Bailey and Steve work together and get more closer, and Billy and Max join the discourse.

To all the people that have supported me closely- Tags: @norasnetflix @wrensofvizla @KleeAlise11 @kiesluverr

𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘶𝘱𝘥𝘢𝘵e