Ste Hay
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| First appearance | 2005- |
| Portrayed by | Kieron Richardson |
Steven "Ste" Hay is a fictional character on the long-running Channel 4 British television soap opera Hollyoaks.
He is played by actor Kieron Richardson.
Storylines
Relationship with Amy Barnes
Ste's first appearance was with his best friend Wayne Tunnicliffe. Ste was introduced to his girlfriend Michaela McQueen and her friend Amy Barnes. Amy fancied Ste but didn't know how to ask him out. The two eventually started dating and Ste pressured her into sleeping with him in the back of his older brother's car in the woods. After Amy refused to sleep with him again he dumped her. Wayne also dumped Michaela and she and Ste started to bully Amy.
Fight with Fletch
Amy's classmate Jamie "Fletch" Fletcher saw how upset Amy was and tried to cheer her up by insulting Ste, calling him a neanderthal, but he and Michaela were both standing behind him and Ste pushed him against a wall. Fletch's cousin and best friend Josh Ashworth - who was standing next to Fletch - tried to hold Ste off but it was Amy who managed to get Ste off Fletch by threatening to get a teacher.
Trying to get to Hannah Ashworth
Ste and Wayne then made friends with Josh and Fletch to get closer to Josh's sister Hannah. They met with the cousins in the park with their other friends and encouraged them to join them in smashing cars and causing a nuisance.
Although Josh thought Ste and Wayne were both cool, Fletch knew what they both were really like. Ste and Wayne then invited themselves over to the Ashworths' house (to see Hannah) but she wasn't there. Josh's father however, Neville, was. He asked the pair to leave but Wayne recognised Neville from working in Price Slice (with his sister) and Neville gave the two lads a lecture in how he manages the supermarket.
The pair eventually gave up on trying to meet Hannah as she was never around when they came over, as she was instead at her friends' houses.
Bullying Nicole Owen
Ste and Wayne then started to bully Nicole Owen because of her brother Sam being a rapist and burning down The Dog in the Pond pub. They terrorised her and even put a dead rat in her locker, but Ste told her that they were only messing around and asked her to meet him in the park.
He meet her along with Wayne and their other friends, and they got her drunk and made a pass at her. Nicole shouted at them to leave her alone and they left her crying on the floor. This made Nicole's mother Carrie realise that the family needed to leave the village and the Owen family (minus Russ) left Hollyoaks for good.
Joyriding
Ste then made up with Amy (who had since made up with Michaela). What Ste didn't know was that Amy was pregnant (but Ste was not the father) and looking for a distraction, so he took her joyriding with Michaela (who had started fighting Amy for Ste's attention). Amy loved the thrill of joyriding and during her new relationship with Ste he revealed his new step dad was abusing him.
A few days later, Josh tried again to be cool with Ste, so he copied an adult video for him. Ste asked if he could go to the Ashworths' house to get it, so he, Amy, Josh and Fletch went round there and Ste noticed Neville had left his car keys on show. Ste then took the boys and Amy for a joyride in Neville's car before bringing it back again.
The following day Ste pulled up in a stolen BMW infront of Josh, Fletch, Michaela and Amy when they were walking home from school. Ste told them all to get in the car and he drove it across town. The police started chasing them but Ste lost them and told the others to get out of the car while he ditched it. Amy wanted to stay with him but the others managed to persuade her to get out.
The crash
Meanwhile, Amy and Michaela's fight over Ste started to escalate and the two girls started to think of ways to impress the bad boy. Amy suggested they skive school to steal a car and go joyriding again. Josh and Fletch overheard Amy's suggestion and Amy wound the pair up by telling Ste that they thought he wasn't a good driver. Ste invited the cousins to come with them but they refused.
Ste and the girls stole a car and drove around for a bit before going back to school, where they saw Josh and Fletch walking home. Ste threatened them with a beating if they didn't do as he told them. Ste wanted to teach Josh and Fletch a lesson as he thought that they didn't believe he was a good driver. To make his point he was going to scare them with some cool driving moves then leave them in the countryside to walk home.
Ste started speeding and swerving on the road trying to frighten the cousins but he ended up crashing the car. Although Ste, Josh, Fletch and Michaela were alright, Amy was injured in the crash because she had not been wearing her seatbelt. While she was unconscious Ste threatened to kill Josh, Fletch and Michaela if they grassed him to the police, and fled the scene.
Ignoring Ste's threat Fletch was brave enough to give Ste's name to the police (against Josh's advice) and the officer radioed for another officer to get Ste's address from his school. Josh and Fletch were then arrested and spent the night in a cell, while Michaela went with Amy to the hospital.
A wanted fugitive
Days after Amy (and her unborn baby) managed to pull through at the hospital and she, Michaela, Josh and Fletch were charged with joyriding and sentenced to community service.
A few days later Josh and Fletch saw Ste hiding out in the village. Fletch was angry at Ste for leaving Amy, who could have died, and started attacking Ste. Ste almost got the upper hand on Fletch but Michaela's brother John-Paul saw the fight and pushed Ste off Fletch, while Josh managed to call over PC Calvin Valentine who was patrolling about the village.
John-Paul gave Ste over to Calvin, and Josh and Fletch explained the situation to Calvin and Ste tried to give a false name to the officer but he radioed in to the police station and asked if there was warrant out for Ste Hay's arrest. When he was told there was a warrant for Ste's arrest he took him in for questioning.
The following day he went back to school after being released on police bail, Amy approached him and apologised for encouraging him to go faster which led to him crashing the car, but Ste told her to stay away from him for a while.
Ste Returns
After being away for nearly a year in a detention centre after stealing a car with Amy Barnes, Michaela McQueen, Josh Ashworth and Fletch, which later went off the road and left Amy fighting for her life. Ste returns to the village hoping to get forgiveness off Amy for what he did. First Ste starts stalking Amy and hinding in the bushes, but when Amy's home alone he makes his move and confronts his shocked ex. He tries to make her see that he's a changed person but Amy's not convinced.
Friendships and Relationships
Friendships
- Best mate: Wayne Tunnicliffe
Relationships
- Ex-girlfriend: Amy Barnes
- Fancied by: Michaela McQueen