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“You know when I signed up for this job I expected to just, you know.” Steve threw his hands up. “Smile, speak to girls, do nothing, not keep greasy, hormonal pre-teens from getting grabby with this!”
He hit the life-size cut out of Kelly Le Brok from Weird Science . Robin laughed at her best friend and his hapless dilemma.
“You act like you’re the only one!” She exclaimed. Although it took some time getting used to, finding someone who could relate to his girl problems did help him get through this dry love spell. It was also nice to have someone keep him in reality from time to time. “Dingus?”
Robin pointed to a boy who was feeling up the cardboard’s leg. He rolled his eyes in annoyance.
“It’s not real, please jus-just stop it!” He shouted and the boy went running.
Steve dragged his feet to the counter and placed his chin on his fist. “This is going to be the most boring summer ever.” He mumbled.
The bell atop the door rang out signaling there was an incoming customer. Robin poked Steve and he turned around.
“HENDERSON!”
Robin watched as the two do their dorky handshake caused a big scene. When they were finished Dustin shot her a ‘hey’.
“Hey, no camp this summer?” She asked.
“Nope, Suzie going away with her family and it wouldn’t be the same without her.”
“How’s Suzie anyway, any new songs?” Steve teased his friend. “Oh! Do the Small Wonder one!”
He began to hum the tune as Dustin let him mock.
“Yeah, yeah, yeah, alright very funny but without us, everyone’s ass would be grass.”
“He has a point.” Robin shrugged as she put some tapes into the rewind bin.
The bell went off again, accompanied by a very loud: “HELLO NERDS!”
Erica Sinclair busted through the doors walked in with her pin-cladded denim vest.
“Hey, Erica!”
The two older teens greeted her first as she went to stand toe to toe with Dustin.
“Well, if it isn’t the biggest nerd of them all. How’s your little girlfriend?” Dustin chuckled because this was her being nice.
“She’s good. Are you excited for the My Little Pony movie, baby Erica?”
He baby-talked the last two words. She shot him daggers preparing to go off on him until her name was being called.
“Erica?”
Dustin, Robin, and Steve turned to the door with jaws dropped.
“Coming Y/N!” Erica answered sweetly before skipping over.
“Y/N...Holy shit,” Dustin whispered.
“W-Who is that?” Steve rushed to Dustin’s side.
“It’s Lucas’ older cousin Y/N from Detroit. Is it possible for anyone to get hotter in less than a year?” Dustin whistled.
Steve was confused; she had been here before? How could he miss someone as beautiful as you?
“Ok...so she’s been here before and I’m just finding out?” Robin asked.
“She usually is only here for the holidays,” Dustin said breathlessly as a smile graced your face.
You were beautiful with coffee skin that shone like diamonds underneath the industrial Family Video Store lights; your long tone legs crawled up and hid underneath your baggy knee-length denim shorts while just above it was a sliver of skin that peeked from beneath the hot pink crop top you wore. Steve didn’t even know he was in a daze until Robin was knocking his arm from up under him. Haphazardly he gained his balance just in time as you and Erica got to the counter.
“Hey, Y/N,”
Dustin propped up against the corner earning an eye roll from Erica.
“Hey, Dustin, I didn’t see you when I first came in, how are you?”
You hugged him and he stealthily inhaled the faint scent of Love’s Baby Soft.
“I’m good, good to see you, Lucas didn’t tell me you were coming for the summer.”
“Yeah, it was last minute.” Y/N said very quickly.
“Anyways!”
Erica interrupted putting the tape and some candy on the counter.
Robin saw how lovestruck Steve was and decided to push him in the right direction.
“Steve, can you do this? I have to put some tapes back.”
Steve shook his head no, Robin shook her head yes. Steve’s eyes pleaded to not leave him while hers held a mischievous glint before leaving him be.
“Sure, sure, sure, sure, sure,” He repeated as he rung up the candy not even noticing the nervous look on Dustin, Erica, and your face. He picked up the tape to read the title when his heart pounded because this was clearly a sign.
“BACK TO THE FUTURE!” He yelled causing them to jump.
“I love this movie, it’s my favorite movie!” Steve exclaimed.
“Hers too! But can you get back to doing your job so we can go, weirdo?”
But Erica’s words fell on deaf ears as Steve continued to go off on a tangent.
“Oh, and I like the part when the mom is like ‘Oh, well your name must be Calvin Klein it’s on your underwear’.”
Y/N giggled at his animated voice. After what seemed like forever to Erica, Steve was giving them their stuff.
“I hope you enjoy the movie as much as when you first saw the movie back in the past. OH!”
He laughed at his little joke while Dustin just cringed at the exchange. The girls began to walk away when Steve called out: “I’ll be here if you need another movie!”
“Alright thanks, Steve.” Y/N waved goodbye for they disappeared.
His mouth dropped and heart stopped as his name left your lips. Robin came back to see him frozen in shock.
“What happened to him?” She asked Dustin who waved his hand in Steve’s face.
“He must be in complete shock from embarrassing himself.”
“Was it that bad?” Robin asked.
“Cringeworthy,” Dustin replied.
“She knows my name,” Steve whispered.
“What?”
“She knows my name.”
He said a little louder. Dustin didn’t want to burst his bubble but, “Yeah, it’s on your name tag.” He pointed out.
But that didn’t matter to Steve, you like Back to the Future and looked to find out his name; he knew the summer of ‘86 was going to be great.