i sure do love drawing pre-transition steve angst !!!!!!!!!!! soda comforted him when he experienced gender dysphoria for the first time ,,,,,,,,,,, /vague
since you gave us a BANGER fic i will give you the most HEARTWRENCHING stellapop angst comic because. yeah.. smirks deviously. /silly
pre-transition stellapop owwhhhh :(((
my babiess ... . . if / when you make that comic i will ABSOLUTELY be head in hands sobbing hysterically as i chew on it so lovingly, these two mean so much to me
pre-transition stella is an absolute MESS dawg ; just blatantly discovering who she is makes her feel so gross, she feels so terrible and trapped in her skin, soda is noticing the visible bruises and scratches and the more frequent hangovers in just the first WEEK because he's constantly working fast to figure out what's wrong w her
she's being pulled to the side by soda at a shift at the dx and stella immediately gives soda a harsh glare and "I'm fine, soda." as soda tries to ask her what's wrong, what's happening, why steve's been so distanced — and stella cringes at the name, at her state. she feels so, so awful :(
it takes so much begging and pleading from soda until eventually stella caves, yelling at him "don't fucking call me that." when soda tries to give stella another 'steve,' to soothe her. he's flinching back and looking at her with big, lost brown eyes until he notices the tears streaming down stella's face. the frustration in herself as she tries to keep everything down, but she can't – not with soda, not with the boy she trusts most.
after she tells him everything, soda pulls her carefully and close, tucking her head into his chest and resting his chin on top of her curls, pressing a kiss into her hair and telling her "it's okay. i love you. i just wanna be here for you, you shouldn't destroy yourself over this. you're too beautiful to be looking so beaten."
being called beautiful nearly makes stella fall right apart, she can't believe this stupid blonde loves her so much
@dr-fukyduky , @newsies-united , @jackletheidiot (you guys mentioned being okay w being tagged with stella stuff! :D)