if the me from two years ago knew i was hanging around with eddie "the freak" munson? yeah, i think identity crisis would be putting it lightly.
i guess that's just a part of growth, right? it must mean i'm doing something right.
( at least, that's what Steve hopes. it's been a long road since Jonathan Byers knocked some sense into him, but it does finally feel like everything that has happened since then has been leading to this, whatever this is. )
hah, not sure what options there are besides family video considering i definitely would not have gotten this job without robin's help.
no rush! i am totally a boomeranger but i absolutely don't expect anyone else to be!! β₯β₯
i always kinda thought the whole "eddie the freak" thing really oversold it. like you'd think i'd be out here sacrificing goats and stuff.
for what it's worth i think you're doing great.
[ And here he is continuing to be embarrassing! Sentimental bastard. ]
i mean depending on your outlook on things it's either much better or much worse than being a trailer trash drug dealer so... it could probably be worse?
i don't think anyone's ever gone to jail for working at a video store
i always wondered where that nickname came from. you were a year ahead of me so by the time i was a freshman people were already calling you that.
( please imagine, if you will, a younger, impressionable steve harrington who absolutely would have tried to become friends with eddie munson if it wouldn't have been social suicide. he thinks about how he sometimes wishes he told tommy h to fuck off when he suggested they try to make nice with the jocks. )
you know, it means a lot to hear that from you. henderson means well, but i think he overestimates my coolness sometimes.
hey, you're not trailer trash, man, don't think of yourself like that.
i guess not. but hey, if you're ever looking to get go clean, i'm pretty sure i could get you a job here.
it's not like it's that deep. the popular kids have always had it out for me, and freak just happened to be the insult that stuck. short and sweet, i guess.
[ Weird interests, weird family - Eddie was never going to fit in in Hawkins. Maybe that's for the best. ]
oh, please. henderson overestimates my coolness just as much. i've just learned to roll with it. he's a sweet kid. they all are.
mmmm i'm a little bit trailer trash, which is funny, 'cause i didn't even live in a trailer for most of my life. you haven't seen what i've fixed my van up with over the years. or my eating habits. still a little bit of a hick.
i think you underestimate how sullied the munson name is around here, but thanks. i feel like we'd probably waste a lot of time together if i worked there. robin might hate me a little.
they are, even when they're being shitheads and trying to put me into an early grave.
( but he digresses. )
i don't think that's such a bad thing. you and your uncle are really cool, i like what you guys have done with the place. and, i mean, the place actually looks lived in, my parents are never around and even when they are it has to look spotless, stupid maid service and shit.
maybe it is, but still. the harrington name didn't seem to mean much in the opposite direction, so. there's gotta be someone out there who doesn't give a shit who'd hire you. i doubt rob would hate you. if anything she'd take it out on me.
oh yeah. always have been. i shaved my head in sixth grade and got called a cancer patient for a few weeks which was really cool and great! and they haven't gotten any better at insults since.
hey, well, if you need me to put the fear into em, lemme know. i have my ways.
[ Is he blushing at Steve calling him and Wayne really cool? A little bit. ]
hey, hard to avoid looking lived in when you only have a few rooms to live in. also i know i shouldn't be surprised by the maid thing because how else would you keep a house that big that clean, but holy shit, man.
mm, that or i'd make her into a total stoner dirtbag like me and we'd all just waste infinite amounts of company time and resources together. which honestly? kinda sounds fun. but... i dunno, man. if people don't think i'm the spawn of satan, they think i'm the spawn of al munson, which may as well be just as bad around here.
i appreciate it, though. really. you're a real gem, steve. kinda wish i'd figured that out sooner.
[ Goddamn it. Now he is blushing. ]
wait 'til they find out they *gasp* like each other
jesus christ, those assholes. as if people can't just shave their head for no reason. i bet you looked badass and they were just jealous. but between you and me? i really like the long hair.
i'm gonna keep that in my back pocket, you know. can't play all my cards too soon or there's nowhere to go from here.
i guess that's true, too, but i don't know, even if you had more rooms i think you'd still manage to make it look homey. yeah, i know, it's super lame. but hey, it means i don't have to spend every weekend cleaning up rooms i don't even use, so that's a plus.
look at you, corrupting us. i don't think she'd go for the stoner thing, though, sorry to burst your bubble. she can't stand smoking, period. that's such bullshit, man. i'm proof enough that you don't always turn out like your parents, i don't get why people just assume that type of shit.
( Now it's Steve's turn to blush. A real gem. He's committing that to memory right now. )
hey, you figured it out eventually, isn't that what matters? we can just make up for lost time or whatever.
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ten days later here i am
i guess that's just a part of growth, right? it must mean i'm doing something right.
( at least, that's what Steve hopes. it's been a long road since Jonathan Byers knocked some sense into him, but it does finally feel like everything that has happened since then has been leading to this, whatever this is. )
hah, not sure what options there are besides family video considering i definitely would not have gotten this job without robin's help.
no rush! i am totally a boomeranger but i absolutely don't expect anyone else to be!! β₯β₯
for what it's worth i think you're doing great.
[ And here he is continuing to be embarrassing! Sentimental bastard. ]
i mean depending on your outlook on things it's either much better or much worse than being a trailer trash drug dealer so... it could probably be worse?
i don't think anyone's ever gone to jail for working at a video store
you are too kind <3<3
( please imagine, if you will, a younger, impressionable steve harrington who absolutely would have tried to become friends with eddie munson if it wouldn't have been social suicide. he thinks about how he sometimes wishes he told tommy h to fuck off when he suggested they try to make nice with the jocks. )
you know, it means a lot to hear that from you. henderson means well, but i think he overestimates my coolness sometimes.
hey, you're not trailer trash, man, don't think of yourself like that.
i guess not. but hey, if you're ever looking to get go clean, i'm pretty sure i could get you a job here.
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[ Weird interests, weird family - Eddie was never going to fit in in Hawkins. Maybe that's for the best. ]
oh, please. henderson overestimates my coolness just as much. i've just learned to roll with it. he's a sweet kid. they all are.
mmmm i'm a little bit trailer trash, which is funny, 'cause i didn't even live in a trailer for most of my life. you haven't seen what i've fixed my van up with over the years. or my eating habits. still a little bit of a hick.
i think you underestimate how sullied the munson name is around here, but thanks. i feel like we'd probably waste a lot of time together if i worked there. robin might hate me a little.
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( one can almost hear the rolling of the eyes. )
they are, even when they're being shitheads and trying to put me into an early grave.
( but he digresses. )
i don't think that's such a bad thing. you and your uncle are really cool, i like what you guys have done with the place. and, i mean, the place actually looks lived in, my parents are never around and even when they are it has to look spotless, stupid maid service and shit.
maybe it is, but still. the harrington name didn't seem to mean much in the opposite direction, so. there's gotta be someone out there who doesn't give a shit who'd hire you. i doubt rob would hate you. if anything she'd take it out on me.
local dork has a big fat crush
hey, well, if you need me to put the fear into em, lemme know. i have my ways.
[ Is he blushing at Steve calling him and Wayne really cool? A little bit. ]
hey, hard to avoid looking lived in when you only have a few rooms to live in. also i know i shouldn't be surprised by the maid thing because how else would you keep a house that big that clean, but holy shit, man.
mm, that or i'd make her into a total stoner dirtbag like me and we'd all just waste infinite amounts of company time and resources together. which honestly? kinda sounds fun. but... i dunno, man. if people don't think i'm the spawn of satan, they think i'm the spawn of al munson, which may as well be just as bad around here.
i appreciate it, though. really. you're a real gem, steve. kinda wish i'd figured that out sooner.
[ Goddamn it. Now he is blushing. ]
wait 'til they find out they *gasp* like each other
i'm gonna keep that in my back pocket, you know. can't play all my cards too soon or there's nowhere to go from here.
i guess that's true, too, but i don't know, even if you had more rooms i think you'd still manage to make it look homey. yeah, i know, it's super lame. but hey, it means i don't have to spend every weekend cleaning up rooms i don't even use, so that's a plus.
look at you, corrupting us. i don't think she'd go for the stoner thing, though, sorry to burst your bubble. she can't stand smoking, period. that's such bullshit, man. i'm proof enough that you don't always turn out like your parents, i don't get why people just assume that type of shit.
( Now it's Steve's turn to blush. A real gem. He's committing that to memory right now. )
hey, you figured it out eventually, isn't that what matters? we can just make up for lost time or whatever.