It reminds him of back in the day. Back when he was 16. When he was King Steve.
Everyone worshipped him back then. Everyone said he was perfect. Everyone but one person; Eddie Munson.
That one loser, the one who shaved his head back in middle school, the one who wasn't afraid to stand up to assholes like Steve "The Hair" Harrington.
That Eddie Munson.
Steve has a very vivid memory of Tommy or someone calling him perfect before behind him he heard a very loud "No he isn't."
And that's how he met Eddie Munson.
Well, sort of.
Eddie had looked straight into his eyes and told him what for;
"You are not perfect. You're a spoiled rich kid with too many people worshipping you no matter what you do. Everyone has flaws, and for you, Harrington, one of them's clearly egotism."
Steve didn't get chance to respond before Eddie was running away, Steve's little followers chasing after him, until Steve called them off, a slight tinge of annoyance that they complied so obediently, like they were his fucking dogs.
He didn't quite understand why, but Eddie's short speech to him really struck a chord. He knew he should be angry- but he wasn't. It was someone seeing through he confident facade and noticing his flaws for once.
Then shit happened. Demogorgons. The Upside Down.
No one really called him perfect after that. Not until he became a babysitter for a bunch of twelve year olds. ("We are not perpetually twelve, Steve." they always argued. Steve knew that but, hey, he likes being annoying.)
Then he caught wind of what Dustin was saying. "Worshipping" him. Calling him "perfect".
And Steve hated it. He never said anything. Just hoped Dustin never directly did it infront of him.
Then he met Eddie- properly.
Well as properly as getting pinned to a wall with a broken bottle against his throat is.
And Steve was so grateful.
Finally, finally someone who could see his flaws. Finally someone to point out that he's not all that.
But now as Steve's sitting in the wanted man's van, he says it.
been stuck inside for the past 2 days writing 2 SEPERATE thingos for my internship and i'm BRAINDEAD as in: its 12:25am and i am sitting at my desk SEEING THE FACE OF GOD bc i've slept a total of 3 hours in the past 2 days and i can feel my organs sliding around witht the amount of caffeine that is currently inside my body. somebody pls send help i will literally collapse:D
A friend… “A friend,” she said. Ida was supposedly bringing a friend home to introduce to their parents. She avoided sharing said friend’s name: Theodore Vincent. Theodore Vincent - the coworker. Theodore Vincent - from the city. Theodore Vincent - her future husband. Did she leave any mention of that out, as well?
Annette sensed the parlor’s oncoming combustion from the rage of Elyse and Isaiah, alone. Theodore Vincent only added fuel to the fire when he flung himself across the room to embrace Isaiah and confidently called him “Pa!”... There would have been room for hysterics if not for the surreal reality of the situation.
The youngest Ambroise’s suspicion grew when Ida mentioned Theodore’s ideal knowledge of locations safe for the Black majority in the city. What did that matter? After this exchange she’d never be allowed out of the house again, let alone to see and marry Theodore Vincent.
Annette’s confusion grew at the sight of Ida’s preparation at the front door. Suitcases? Poor Annette didn’t understand until her mother’s screaming began. She only made out a few words in all of the commotion: madness… nonsense… leaving your family… too young… dangerous… NO!... where did we go wrong?... cruel… con man… Isaiah do something!
In the end, all Isaiah could do was hug his daughter, who was legally an adult and soon-to-be-married-to-a-con man, goodbye.
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