#the difference between billy's need for emotional attachment vs steve's emotional detachment is uhhhh fascinating to me actually

[witchsickness]

so it can’t be argued at this point that billy is queer coded but do you think the same can be said for steve?

steve read as very much heterosexual to me up until billy came along and immediately i was like, aww poor steve. the mean hot blond from california has got him all confused lol, he rly stood no chance

wait hold up. billy’s gay?!??????

steve always gave me the impression of someone who doesn’t particularly care about the person the mouth is attached to, as long as it gets his dick wet. he gets off on attention. on the knowledge that he can have anyone he wants, because everyone wants a piece of hawkins’ golden boy. i don’t think he cares too much whether each night’s puppet-on-knees is a dude or a chick. it’s a high proving he can get both

except, like all highs, he gets more and more immune to it, until nothing’s able to scratch that itch. all the faces become a blur. i know that’s not a popular opinion, but i can’t actually see steve in a committed, long-term relationship. at least not at this point in his life. he’s b o r e d. it’s no fun when everyone’s drooling for him before he ever looks their way. and THEN 

billy comes into the picture. and billy wants him, right? obvious from space. except. billy wants HIM. all of him. the insecurities and the loneliness and the venom and the moments when the crown is off. won’t give in until steve signs all of him over first. and it drives steve mad, because so far the king steve shtick was enough. suddenly, enough is nothing less than all of him. every single part. the good and the bad. steve, cracked open and poured in a bowl for billy to whisk and prod and bake into something solid. it’s the promise of a constant challenge. his match. and steve is entranced, hook line and sinker