#also via headcanon number three please know in the server canon i'm almost always thinking about ted being one of the first people to reall

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this is something that is SO important to me but out of everyone in the spankoffski family, steph is the most nervous to meet ted. regardless of if pete has just talked a lot about ted or explicitly has told her how much his big bro means to him, the pressure is ON and even after first meeting ted she continues to put it on herself to keep up the hopefully good impression. and will even as she spends more time at the spankoffski's has some minor worries about it for the rest of time, even as time passes.

regardless of the verse, steph always gives ted a bottle of something from her ( aka her dad's ) liquor cabinet both as part of holiday gifts as well as whenever she stays with ted and emma as just a thank you ( though post nerdy prudes bonus it's probably more expensive nice shit because oh does she have a lot of it and is trying not to let herself overindulge in drinking it even if she wants to so ted is given BOTTLES of expensive ass hard liquor ). when she finally moves out and can't do that she does in fact just get him time and time again different things she knows to be good chasers- tonic water. fucking grenadine. sodas. juice. whatever until she turns 21.

in verses in which she stays with ted and emma long term, for whatever reason, i do think steph opens up to ted a lot about what her own house was like and her family life ( which as we know is pretty much non-existent ) during the wildest times--- but there's always an attempt to course correct with a "and this is why i'm thanking you for letting me stay and would like to either pay rent or get groceries or something" and then a joke to deflect but she does outright say a lot of her shit to him. so i'm sorry now tedward.

the minute temma gets their Dog or has kids you know who is the FIRST PERSON to offer babysitting or dog sitting? it's steph. is she confident in her skills with Child? no. but she would love to even give emma and ted a break for a second so they can do fun like a date or something? absolutely. and she actually in a great aunt and babysitter. and i have said it once and will say it again, but seeing temma with their kid makes steph have a moment of oh wait. maybe i want to be a mom one day.

bonus number five because i am so late on this : ted is steph's go to person to call in most time. car broke down? call ted. in the hospital? call ted. and etc. yes. she does text pete and emma ( or call pete depending on if it's something she needs to explain so to not cause Anxiety ) but ted more often than not is her first go to call or reach out.