Title: Choose Me Instead [subject to change when posted to AO3]
Author: wolfish_willow
Pairing: Steve/Nancy, pre-Jonathan/Steve/Nancy
Rating: T
Word Count: ~3,000
Summary: While sifting through the junk in the Byers' backyard, Steve asks Nancy to choose him instead of Jonathan.

Author’s Notes: Written for July Break Bingo.
Prompts:

• "Choose me instead."
• Word: Bravery - Antonyms: Cowardice, Timid, Fear, Hesitate
• "We aren't the same people we were."
• "Why don't you look at me the same way you used to?"
• Calling someone 'Dad' or Not Saying 'I love you'
• Word: Accept - Antonyms: Refuse, Fail, Deny, Reject
• Lip Biting or Playing With Their Hair
• "Wouldn't it be, I don't know, weird... if we just... pretended it didn't happen?"

( Choose Me Instead )