AU where steve is literally one year younger
idk, i just keep thinking about the "what-ifs" of steve being in the same year as robin, nancy, and jonathan, and esp steve as a senior when dustin and the party are freshmen.
would he sit with dustin at lunch? would mike WANT to sit with steve at lunch, or would dustin have to rotate between sitting with steve/robin and lucas/mike/hellfire? what friction would be caused between eddie and steve if they were literally in school at the same time as dustin and jostling for his attention?
by this point, it's post s3 and steve will have had his arc of breaking past "primitive constructs" of popularity so i like to think he still has his handshake with dustin in the middle of the hallway in front of everyone and he is totally open about being besties with nerds, even if he can't get into the nerdy interests himself. i think steve's popularity is influenced for the better in some ways (as it tends to be when a charismatic, attractive person is not self conscious lol), but people like jason and others on the basketball and baseball team might give him some shit. but i looooove the idea of steve in high school continuing to play sports, and that's how he bonds further with lucas-- who is now on the basketball team at the same time as steve. lucas and steve will both have that tension between nerds and jocks that we see in s4, with eddie and steve as even clearer foils for each other (and steve and jason as rivals/foils).
robin and steve would be even more inseparable-- always driving in together, hanging out in between classes, studying together, etc. everyone thinks they are dating and it is a constant source of grief between steve and all the girls he tries to date. they always feel like he prioritizes robin over them (he has way more inside jokes with her and general chemistry than anyone else he tries to date). i imagine steve's constantly hanging around her locker and they're always passing notes to each other in class, which does NOT help with the dating rumors.
robin and steve end up as each other's platonic dates to homecoming and prom purely bc they decide it will be more fun that way and steve's in between gfs for those dances. again, not beating the dating rumors. steve is just robin's beard for the entirety of her senior year which he ends up being fine with lol
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