People are kind of nice to have around and shit, huh? Wow, Byers, I'm gonna blush. Take it easy with these wild compliments.
( he laughed, though. not to be a total sap, but, Steve's glad Jonathan has learned that people around is a good thing. the guy is too much of a loner for his own goddamn good sometimes, and yeah. people that care is good. )
I'm sure he's a great guy. I'm just saying, that's the whole job, being the sober one. Fantastic ride or not, he shouldn't have been able to lose you. Rookie mistake.
I know, I know... I think I'm getting brain damage. Don't blush. They're fueled by my high.
[ Learning to sort of relax even the slightest bit and have a friend isn't something he'd think was going to happen at all. He misses Nancy. He misses all the kids. He misses seeing Steve in a weird sort of way. People are nice. Kind of huge for him. ]
In his defense, there was... I got nothing. There's supposed to be a sober one?
( if Jonathan wanting to hang out with him wasn't a dead giveaway he's flying right now, then being open about appreciating people in his life definitely is. Steve mildly wishes he knew Jonathan liked smoking before he up and went to California. one thing the two of them had in common besides Nancy and surviving the upside down on multiple occasions would have been nice.
and Jon is kinda funny a little tweaked, based on this conversation. though, horribly irresponsible, at the same time. )
Uh, yeah? You always want someone sober if you have to go somewhere after, man. Please tell me you don't drive around with this guy when both of you are toked.
( Jonathan and Argyle desperately need a momfriend intervention, what is going on over there in the sunshine state??? )
[ It would've been nice, in hindsight, if the writers let them speak they hung out. Sure, shared trauma with Nancy. It was terribly awkward with her switching from dating one to the other and he understands that. Also that time he punched his face in. But their circles are basically the same. The kids had them in the same spots all the time. And evil interdimensional horrors also had that happening. Guess he was still too weird for Steve to bother and Jonathan was never really the guy that reaches out first.
He's responsible 99% of the time. This is the 1%. ]
...
I think he drives better high. When did you get all responsible and stuff? You could always just do whatever you wanted.
( maybe Jonathan getting slightly blazed and texting his girlfriends ex is just what they needed. especially when Jonathan is is so CLEARLY in need of a mom friend. STOP LETTING ARGYLE DRIVE HIGH, JON!! )
I don't know. ( and frankly he doesn't know exactly when that flip switched. it was sort of gradual. he used to be all about not listening in class and kissing his girlfriend extravagantly in halls and counting the days til the next pointless party. and now he hangs out with children and drives Robin to school, even a year after graduating. weird to think about. ) Comes with the territory, doesn't it? We've both lived it, one wrong move and people could die. Sort of kicks your ass into gear, even when the world isn't ending.
Tell him to knock it the hell off before he runs somebody over. Why do you wanna go places toked, anyway? I always wanna lie around and eat hostess cupcakes.
[ Being the mom friend (or playing actual parent) so long he straight up didn't realize he started needing one himself. Oops. ]
Sure. Yeah. I get that. It's a horrible way to get there but good for you, Steve. I don't think any of us are the same person anymore.
He's not going to run somebody over. [ That is kicking in the concern through the haze. Shit. That is pretty irresponsible. ] I'll tell him to stop though. Not all of us have hostess cupcakes. We were on a snack run. Burritos and doritos. All the itos.
The journey was bullshit, but the destination ain't so bad, right? Mr. "having people around isn't so bad, actually". Jonathan Byers in sophomore year wouldn't have said that shit.
( which is to say: proud of you too, buddy. it'd have been nice if Steve could have gotten his head out of his ass before a monster crawled out of Jonathan's ceiling and Nancy devastated his existence by quantifying it as bullshit. and it'd have been nice if Jonathan could have come to the conclusion having friends was good before his little brother went missing, presumed dead, only to immediately be possessed by an eldritch abomination.
but that's not how it went. the least they can do is make the most of the resulting character development. )
No way, man. I'm not a salty munchies guy. Sweet all the way. Get some goddamn cupcakes for me. And some fritos, I guess. Since you've got the itos thing going.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know. I'm not afraid to admit I was wrong and kind of caught up in my head about the whole trusting people not to be horrible thing. In my defense, up until a certain point they usually were so I didn't think I should've bothered.
[ they both took their metaphorical heads out of their metaphorical asses in different ways and the time is right for being man enough to admit those were there in the first place. and they were both just wrong. about people. time for besties. nancy isn't here to make it weird. ... ok so it's still a little weird. ]
Sweets too. I mean, we decimated this cake in the fridge and I had to make a whole second one to cover it up. But salt is where it's at. FUCK I FORGOT ABOUT FRITOS.
Also in your defense, a lot of assholes at Hawkins High. As the former reigning king asshole.
( Steve wonders sometimes how things might have been different if he'd cared less what people thought and if people knew his nikes were expensive and talked to people that cared about things that mattered sometime before senior year. hard to even imagine, but at least he's friends with those people now. )
You can bake stoned? I tried to make brownies once, like in the box? And then I blinked and there was an empty bowl. ( proof Steve needs a friend to get stoned, because imagine how much raw egg the dumbass consumed. ) There's still time to round out your itos lineup. As long as you walk, got it?
A lot, yeah. But the former part is important. Did most of them clear out before the kids got in there? Freshman year can be rough. Nancy doesn't talk to them like you so she just gives me a blanket 'they're fine'.
[ He figures Lucas can probably hold his own pretty well. Mike still has Nancy around so nobody'll touch him. Dustin's smart but still. Jonathan never got the praise Steve did out of them, since he's probably not nearly as fun to be around he figures, but he still knew those boys as long as Will did and was playing the role of chauffeur long before him. ]
I can bake stoned. It's difficult but I've got enough restraint not to eat unhooked egg, Steve. I'm walking, I'm walking.
As long as those doors are open there'll be a little asshole trying to call the shots. They've been doing okay, though. Lucas is on the basketball team, Will ever tell you that? Dustin and Mike had this whole nerd club, thing, but...
( yeah so Eddie super died, so, who knows how that's gonna go for them all next year. Jonathan is the one toked between the two of them, so, Steve doesn't actually wanna talk about how dead Eddie is now. fuck. )
Okay, Mr. Fancypants, happy to hear you are the stoned Julia Child, good for you. I might eat a little raw egg, but I don't let my buddy drive around blazed, so, I'm thinking it evens out a little. If you find your wheels, get him walking, too.
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Date: 2022-09-26 01:28 am (UTC)( he laughed, though. not to be a total sap, but, Steve's glad Jonathan has learned that people around is a good thing. the guy is too much of a loner for his own goddamn good sometimes, and yeah. people that care is good. )
I'm sure he's a great guy. I'm just saying, that's the whole job, being the sober one. Fantastic ride or not, he shouldn't have been able to lose you. Rookie mistake.
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Date: 2022-10-02 06:36 pm (UTC)[ Learning to sort of relax even the slightest bit and have a friend isn't something he'd think was going to happen at all. He misses Nancy. He misses all the kids. He misses seeing Steve in a weird sort of way. People are nice. Kind of huge for him. ]
In his defense, there was...
I got nothing. There's supposed to be a sober one?
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Date: 2022-10-02 07:08 pm (UTC)( if Jonathan wanting to hang out with him wasn't a dead giveaway he's flying right now, then being open about appreciating people in his life definitely is. Steve mildly wishes he knew Jonathan liked smoking before he up and went to California. one thing the two of them had in common besides Nancy and surviving the upside down on multiple occasions would have been nice.
and Jon is kinda funny a little tweaked, based on this conversation. though, horribly irresponsible, at the same time. )
Uh, yeah? You always want someone sober if you have to go somewhere after, man.
Please tell me you don't drive around with this guy when both of you are toked.
( Jonathan and Argyle desperately need a momfriend intervention, what is going on over there in the sunshine state??? )
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Date: 2022-10-03 07:20 pm (UTC)the writers let them speakthey hung out. Sure, shared trauma with Nancy. It was terribly awkward with her switching from dating one to the other and he understands that. Also that time he punched his face in. But their circles are basically the same. The kids had them in the same spots all the time. And evil interdimensional horrors also had that happening. Guess he was still too weird for Steve to bother and Jonathan was never really the guy that reaches out first.He's responsible 99% of the time. This is the 1%. ]
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I think he drives better high.
When did you get all responsible and stuff? You could always just do whatever you wanted.
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Date: 2022-10-03 08:34 pm (UTC)I don't know. ( and frankly he doesn't know exactly when that flip switched. it was sort of gradual. he used to be all about not listening in class and kissing his girlfriend extravagantly in halls and counting the days til the next pointless party. and now he hangs out with children and drives Robin to school, even a year after graduating. weird to think about. ) Comes with the territory, doesn't it? We've both lived it, one wrong move and people could die. Sort of kicks your ass into gear, even when the world isn't ending.
Tell him to knock it the hell off before he runs somebody over. Why do you wanna go places toked, anyway? I always wanna lie around and eat hostess cupcakes.
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Date: 2022-10-04 06:14 pm (UTC)Sure. Yeah. I get that. It's a horrible way to get there but good for you, Steve. I don't think any of us are the same person anymore.
He's not going to run somebody over. [ That is kicking in the concern through the haze. Shit. That is pretty irresponsible. ] I'll tell him to stop though. Not all of us have hostess cupcakes. We were on a snack run. Burritos and doritos. All the itos.
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Date: 2022-10-09 09:03 pm (UTC)( which is to say: proud of you too, buddy. it'd have been nice if Steve could have gotten his head out of his ass before a monster crawled out of Jonathan's ceiling and Nancy devastated his existence by quantifying it as bullshit. and it'd have been nice if Jonathan could have come to the conclusion having friends was good before his little brother went missing, presumed dead, only to immediately be possessed by an eldritch abomination.
but that's not how it went. the least they can do is make the most of the resulting character development. )
No way, man. I'm not a salty munchies guy. Sweet all the way. Get some goddamn cupcakes for me.
And some fritos, I guess. Since you've got the itos thing going.
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Date: 2022-10-22 10:31 pm (UTC)[ they both took their metaphorical heads out of their metaphorical asses in different ways and the time is right for being man enough to admit those were there in the first place. and they were both just wrong. about people. time for besties. nancy isn't here to make it weird. ... ok so it's still a little weird. ]
Sweets too. I mean, we decimated this cake in the fridge and I had to make a whole second one to cover it up. But salt is where it's at.
FUCK I FORGOT ABOUT FRITOS.
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Date: 2022-10-24 03:35 am (UTC)( Steve wonders sometimes how things might have been different if he'd cared less what people thought and if people knew his nikes were expensive and talked to people that cared about things that mattered sometime before senior year. hard to even imagine, but at least he's friends with those people now. )
You can bake stoned? I tried to make brownies once, like in the box? And then I blinked and there was an empty bowl. ( proof Steve needs a friend to get stoned, because imagine how much raw egg the dumbass consumed. ) There's still time to round out your itos lineup. As long as you walk, got it?
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Date: 2022-10-24 01:49 pm (UTC)[ He figures Lucas can probably hold his own pretty well. Mike still has Nancy around so nobody'll touch him. Dustin's smart but still. Jonathan never got the praise Steve did out of them, since he's probably not nearly as fun to be around he figures, but he still knew those boys as long as Will did and was playing the role of chauffeur long before him. ]
I can bake stoned. It's difficult but I've got enough restraint not to eat unhooked egg, Steve. I'm walking, I'm walking.
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Date: 2022-11-04 04:01 am (UTC)( yeah so Eddie super died, so, who knows how that's gonna go for them all next year. Jonathan is the one toked between the two of them, so, Steve doesn't actually wanna talk about how dead Eddie is now. fuck. )
Okay, Mr. Fancypants, happy to hear you are the stoned Julia Child, good for you. I might eat a little raw egg, but I don't let my buddy drive around blazed, so, I'm thinking it evens out a little. If you find your wheels, get him walking, too.