#rueleigh's thoughts

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I really like my headcanon that Steve’s parents are present, but they just happen to be gone whenever the kids or someone else in the party is around. Like maybe, Steve’s dad is fighting a giant scandal in his company, and his wife works with him, so she goes with him. Steve doesn't talk about his parents a whole lot because he's also keeping a secret for them. A secret only Robin knows. His parents are lavender married. His mom is a lesbian, and his dad is gay. His dad built his insurance company from the ground up to make sure everyone had the right to insurance, and as much as he doesn't like it, John Harrington has to save face for his clients and the people who work for him. Maggie, his wife, is his platonic soulmate and his rock, so their love is real. They have to keep up the appearance that they're straight for the asshole conservatives. Steve didn't always know, so he does everything to make sure that their secret is safe. I love Sean Robert Leonard and Stana Katic as his parents. . .in my head anyway. Anyone else is welcome to use all this as well.

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Canon Dialogue (I am not apologizing for being abnormal about them):

Robin to Steve: . . .And Vickie laughed. It wasn't like a cheap fake laugh either. It was a real genuine laugh. . . My point is that Vickie laughed and everything it was just, like, perfect. . .but I'm having this problem where I should stop talking. . .I have said everything that I need to say but I guess I get nervous and the words they keep spilling out and my brain is moving faster than my mouth or rather my mouth is moving faster than my brain and it's like I'm digging this hole for myself and I want to stop digging and I'm trying to stop digging but I can't and I'm doing it right now, aren't I? . . . I'm hopeless. *to Steve* If only we could just like combine. Think about it. . .I know exactly what I want, I found the girl of my dreams, and I just can't get the courage to ask her out. Meanwhile, you go on a million dates and you have no idea what you want so if we just combined all of our problems would be solved because alone, let's face it. . .

Steve: We totally suck. . .

Robin: Totally and utterly. . .

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I just need to see Robin and Steve arguing in sign language in season 5. Just once. Do you think Robin's hands would move as fast as her mouth? 😂

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Okay, here's my rant about Argyle, and I definitely think he deserves better:

A lot of people love him, and a lot of people don't. A lot of people think he ruined Jonathan's character. Why? Because he actually got that boy to relax by smoking weed. Weed helps with anxiety, or so I've heard. Never actually tried any. He was what Jonathan needed, and he was what led me to start liking Jonathan in the first place. He was so important to the story, and it pisses me off that people couldn't see that. He was a great friend to Jonathan. He helped them get to Lenora and risked his life to do it. He was the one to suggest Surfer Boy as a place to help El piggy bag in the freezer to help the others. He's clearly smart, but people are so focused on him being the comic relief that all they see is a dopey idiot and not seeing someone who's trying to ease the tension by being funny. He's so kind and I think he would be a valuable member of the party. He left his home behind, and I think people don't really think about that. He has such a big heart, and I really hope he's coming back. I really want him to show people that they're wrong about him, that he's not useless. Of course, I want him to be safe, but I also want to see him fight. And I think, seeing as Vickie would be the newest one added to the party, he would welcome her with open arms, and he would love her. Justice for Argyle. Justice for Vickie. Justice for Ted. I see so much unnecessary hate for them all.

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After Season 2 AU, in which Steve gets partnered with Eddie on a project (something Steve is looking forward to, btw, you guys are welcome to use it in a fic):

Another student: I'm sorry you got partnered with the freak, Harrington.

Steve: And we're all sorry that your parents forgot to use a condom. Unlike your parents, I'm proud of what I got.

The class: Ooooh.

Eddie: 😍

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Once Eddie officially joins the group, Robin buys Steve and Eddie a parenting book as a joke. Jokes on her, though, Steve and Eddie actually sit down together to read it as they talk about ways to deal with Dustin's tone and attitude problem. It's actually very helpful, and when the parents hear about this book, they ask to borrow it. Suddenly, Steve and Eddie are invited to mom's night, which they had complained about at first, but it turns out they love it.

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I'm still not over these behind the scenes pics from season 4. They had to have shot some scenes for season 5, just in case, right? Because otherwise, why?

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Steve’s arm is over the back of the couch, marking a perfectly Eddie shaped spot. All Eddie has to do is lean all the way back, and Steve's arm is around him. Quick, El, use your powers. It's for the greater good.

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Sometimes, I like it when Steve is the one who knows he is bi and Eddie's figuring it out. Sometimes I like it when it's the other way around. Sometimes I like it when they both know but they're clueless about each other's feelings. I really think it's cute, though, when they're both clueless and they both figure it out together. The thing that's really cute about it is that they're both so excited about discovering something new about themselves, and they just giggle as they call each other boyfriends. Sometimes, Eddie gets a little loud about it.

"MY BOYFRIEND, Steve - you know him," Eddie said.

"No, I have no clue. Tell me about him," Robin would say dryly, and then he would launch into talking all about Steve, knowing that he's talking to Steve’s platonic soulmate.

Of course, she actually loves how adorable they are about discovering their queerness.

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It's 1987. . .Eddie and Robin have blind folded Steve. They bring him to the theater and take off the blind fold. . . The movie they're going to see is. . .Adventures in Babysitting. Eddie and Robin start cackling in their seat.

"Oh, hahaha. Very funny. Fuck you," Steve said.

Jokes on them, though. He liked the movie.

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Writing prompt: When Steve gets lonely in his big empty house, he decides to go down to the shelter to adopt a dog. Of course, when he goes down there, he discovers that it's a kill shelter, and he ends up bringing all of the animals home. Of course, he calls Robin in a panic because he can't take care of them all. She quickly comes over and sends word to the rest of the party. So, now the kids are helping, and Steve basically opens a shelter in his home. Of course, his parents are pissed when they get wind of it but then are suddenly delighted at the positive publicity that comes with it. Then, as time passes, they suddenly don't care anymore because it's not about them. It's about Steve. And when Eddie pops in from Tennessee after hiding out with his mother's relatives, he finds out his crush opened a no kill animal shelter. Suddenly, Steve is telling the people that it was all Eddie's idea and he couldn't have done it without him, that Eddie's been trying to find homes for them outside of town. Suddenly, there's more people who like Eddie. (I mean, come on, it doesn't change everyone's minds sadly, but it's enough.)

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People play it off as a joke, but Steve and Robin don't really talk about how they were drugged without their consent until they let it slip to the group. They hadn't gotten high since. When Argyle hears it, he immediately offers to let them talk about it, and when they do, he's more serious than ever. He helps them through it, and when they do decide to get high, it's with Argyle. I don't know, I like the idea that Argyle helps them with that.

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Imagine: Steve comes out of the back and into the break room of Scoops Ahoy. He goes over to Robin's board and makes eye contact with her as he makes a mark under the "You Suck" side. Eddie comes out from the back, walks through the break room towards the parlor, and runs right into the door before scrambling to open it. His face was red, and he looked like he had a hanger in his mouth. He waved at Steve before leaving quickly.

"I definitely do," Steve said and winked at Robin before blowing air into his hat, plopping it back on his head. "I suck so much!"

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Just had a thought: little Steve Harrington jumping in on other people's family photos because he didn't like the stuffy photos his parents were making him take. The other family loved his cheesy grin so much that they kept the photo. Years later, Robin's mom recognized Steve after Robin brought him around after Starcourt, and she pulled out the silly little family photo of Steve posing with them. Little Steve is standing right next to little Robin like he was always meant to be a part of their family.

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Just watched the video of someone with a baby hognose snake moving around its finger (cute af) and thought of Eddie doing that on one of his fingers. Steve comes in and sees something moving on Eddie's finger.

"Oh my God! How did you get your ring to do - THAT'S A SNAKE!" Steve yelled.

"Look, Steve! We're proud daddies of a baby girl!" Eddie grinned.

"Wha - we're - we're daddies?" Steve asked, and then his eyes widened as he looked at the baby snake. "We're daddies? Oh, she's so cute! Look at her little eyes. Blink, blink. She's got yours, I think. Oh, how could I have ever been scared of you?"

And then they become hognose snake dads. They get a bunch more.

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One of my biggest fears, besides them dying, of course, is that they're going to make Steve apologize for his past yet again to Jonathan without Jonathan saying a single apology for his part in hurting Steve and for not recognizing that Steve is a great guy after all that he's done. I just want someone to tell Steve that he doesn't need to keep apologizing for anything. I just want more people to tell him that, actually, you weren't a bad guy. That's what I love about Steddie because Eddie actually did that in season 4. Someone actually told him he was a good person and didn't get, like, mad at him for not knowing everyone in the whole goddamn school. Even in a small town like that, everyone doesn't actually know everyone. I just hate when they expect that of popular people.