#‘pretend like we’re normal teenagers’ ‘pretend like nothings wrong’ ok girl. something wrong with u

[drydak]

hey um. steve’s chosen way of dealing with things is to pretend they’re not happening. if u even care….

#‘pretend like we’re normal teenagers’ ‘pretend like nothings wrong’ ok girl. something wrong with u #oh i know he is so repressed #ok wait sorry more tags. how the reason that his and nancy’s relationship fell apart #is like in the moment bc their coping mechanisms are so different (and also their relationship to what happened is different too) #she needs to confront things head on she needs to feel like she’s in control which is incompatible with the way steve just. #has to pretend like he’s not feeling things he pretends like he’s living a life he isn’t living. bc he doesn’t know how to confront it