Character from Stranger Things by The Duffer Brothers
The former king of Hawkins High who traded his crown for a nail-studded baseball bat and became the unlikely guardian of a pack of children fighting interdimensional evil.
Steve Harrington's character arc is the quiet miracle of Stranger Things. He began as the popular boyfriend, the guy with the pool and the hair and the future mapped out in comfortable mediocrity. Then a monster took Barb from his swimming pool, and Nancy chose someone else, and he picked up a bat and never put it down. He became the babysitter — not by choice but by a gravitational pull toward kids in danger that he can't explain and doesn't question. He drives them to danger zones, fights beside them, bleeds for them, and delivers life advice between monster encounters with the earnest awkwardness of a guy who is figuring himself out in real time. His friendship with Robin transformed him — she came out to him in a bathroom stall and he responded with nothing but acceptance, and in that moment Steve Harrington proved he was always better than the kid with the pool. He's not the smartest or the most powerful, but he will throw himself between any child and any monster without a second's hesitation, and that makes him something rarer than a hero. It makes him good.
Tall and athletic with meticulously feathered brown hair that defies gravity and reason — six puffs of Farrah Fawcett spray, a fact he'll deny to his grave. His face is handsome in a conventional, all-American way, frequently decorated with bruises he wears like badges of honor. He transitioned from preppy polo shirts and Members Only jackets to a Scoops Ahoy sailor uniform to a Family Video polo, each outfit a step further from the cool kid he used to be. His weapon of choice is a wooden baseball bat driven through with nails — battered, bloodstained, and always within arm's reach when things go dark.
Also known as: Steve, Steve Harrington, Harrington, The Hair, King Steve