steve harrington:

It makes me think of this fandom's obsession with "independent gun girl" Nancy. How people feel like it's regressive for her to be soft or romantic or to want/need support from a partner. As if her character is being trivialized when her story doesn't play out in a way that's in line with how they want her to be (alone and miserable in a room full of guns, apparently).

Like, idk man, I was just thinking about this in the context of canon and it hit me that Steve Harrington has liked EVERY version of Nancy. Every single one of them. The naive, "prissy", 16 y/o nerd. The girl who rebelled and went to parties. The one who was drowning in grief. The one who broke his heart. The one who wields guns and blows off monsters' heads with a molotov cocktail. The woman who will stop at nothing to pursue the truth. Who teases with jokes and has celebrity crushes and will bite your head off for saying the wrong thing. Who is headstrong and obstinate and driven and protective and loving and compassionate.

Steve’s head snaps in her direction, expression weary and eyes just this side of red from the beer. “What do you mean?”

Robin raises her eyebrows. “Seriously, Harrington? How long are you gonna lie to her?”

“That’s not-” His face twists as he shakes his head before letting his shoulder deflate. He presses his fingers to the bridge of his nose. “It doesn’t matter. She won’t care; she’s-”

“She’s miserable, Steve!” Robin exclaims as though she has taken personal affront to his statement. “She’s miserable, and so are you. And as far as I could see, she was still very much giving you the eyes, so I don’t understand why you won’t just pull your shit together and tell her the truth-”

“What truth, Robin?” Steve cuts her off, looking back up. “What truth do you want me to tell her? That I’m a pathetic idiot that can’t even think of anyone that isn’t her? That I don’t care that we’re not in the cards, that we’ve never been in the cards, that I’d rather keep shuffling that same deck than just play a different goddamn game-”

"Good to See You" Pt 4.

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notes: holy smokes I can't believe I fired out 27 images in procreate over this holiday weekend. I have completed my goal of sharing a returned sweater headcanon with you, I hope it resonates. <3