If there was one thing you needed to know about Steve Harrington, it was that he did not let anyone touch his hair. Robin learned this pretty early on, when she had been on the receiving end of a glare that could kill. This small fact about Steve led to what could quite possibly be considered the weirdest interaction Robin had with her best friend, even more odd than being drugged by Russians and ending up becoming friends on the floor of a mall bathroom.
Steve and Robin were working their shift at family video, as usual. Robin was distracting herself with whatever tape they had in, and Steve was combing his fingers through his hair repeatedly, with a scrunched face.
Robin assumed he was just trying to fix his hair, he did that often, repeatedly shifted his hair saying it didn't 'feel right'. At least thats what Robin thought until Steve turned to her and asked "Does my hair look greasy?"
"What?"
"My hair, does it look greasy?"
"No?"
"It feels greasy."
"It looks the same as always dude." Robin assumed this would end the conversation but Steve turned toward her again a few seconds later.
"Feel it."
"What?"
"Does it feel greasy?"
Robins hand shot toward Steves head. A chance to touch that hair? No way was she giving that up. Her fingers ran across the top of Steves head.
How the hell is THIS greasy?
If clouds felt how they looked, rather than just feeling wet, Steves hair would feel like that. It was so silky.
Robin only had about a second of sensory heaven before Steve was snatching Robins hand off his head.
"So? Does it feel greasy?"
"No."
"Well does it feel any different than usual?"
"I wouldn't know what it felt like usually."
Just then the door swung open, Eddie walked over to the counter, probably planning to bug Steve.
"Eddie, I need your assistance. Steve has himself convinced his hair is 'greasy'."
Eddie scrunched his eyes at Steves head, before looking down to see Steves face.
"It looks the same as always?"
"Well does it feel different?"
Eddie ran his fingers through Steves hair, and Robin swore Steve practically leaned into the touch.
"Jeez, it does feel different. You forget to wash it or something?"
"I washed it! Your the one who doesn't wash his hair!"
Robin didn't hear what the two said next, she was too caught up in two extremely important questions.
If that was Steves hair greasy, what did it feel like normally.
Has Eddie touched Steves hair before? AND STEVE LET HIM?
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There's a lot of validity in the idea that older Bakugo is a traumatized pro-hero with major PTSD... but you know what's kinda fucked up to think about? The fact that Bakugo is also a 22-year-old pro-hero with major PTSD even before that, too.
It's almost easy to imagine that things are actually better when he's older (the therapy finally a routine, the trauma long set and on the path to being healed)... and that it's his whole 20s that are spent as a pool of disaster trying to recover from the war(s).
He looks back and barely even remembers being twenty, much less twenty-five or twenty-seven. Barely remembers how little he slept, not at the hands of trying to balance hero work and getting a degree at the same time, but just out of the pure insomnia that came from trying to move on and every nightmare attached.
Hardly ever showering, never shaving (not that he ever grew much of a beard, but the facial hair was definitely there. There's pictures of him on the news with an awkward, grown out haircut and patches on facial hair that make him look positively... immature), barely even eating more than a few protein bars or an energy jelly drink-a day. It's a blur, and his friends are hardly there to pick him up out of it because they're all going through it, too. Somewhat.
It's definitely weird if you meet him during this period. He's not all there, at least, not all of the time. He doesn't really register your interactions, the friendship you extend to him (a younger, or ever older, version of him would've shown you that deep seeded ferocity in response, tried to bite the hand that fed him, even if it were love... but 20s Bakugo... doesn't seem to notice). Even though only one of his eyes is clouded over, the good one never seems to brighten up.
There's definitely moments when the old him shines through: when he's with Deku, when he's in the midst of battle, when he finds out that Todoroki still does a shitty job at chopping scallions. But it's a long time before he's even close to the same, able to step out from underneath the fog of simply surviving and into the sunshine of recovering.
But I think sticking through it with him is worth it.
(It's a weird moment, a happy moment, the first time you realize that Bakugo has changed. That the pouring rain outside hasn't bothered him since he showed up at your apartment. He forgot his umbrella, he's been quite careless ever since the war—wet and shaggy hair frizzed up, cheeks red from cold—but he doesn't seem to mind, with his bare feet up on your coffee table, his eyes gazing out the window. You hand his tea, and instead of gulping it down in one go, letting it burn in his throat, he winces at the heat.
"Tastes like shit," he says, and you laugh because it always does. Just this time, he noticed.)
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Photographer unknown, as well as his fate.
I had way more passion going into this, but then it kinda fizzled away, so they look like they're missing something ^^" though it made me consider studying up some light values and perspectives which is progress I'd say xD (but I'll show you what I mean in the next art post hopefully 👀)
Please forgive me the creative librety of Making Katja more edgy and putting a hat on Erissa (i have no emotional tie to her yet, therefore i think you deserve a hat (cuz she had it in her concept sometimes and i was like--- yo, wouldn't that be a nice touch!))--- i was too lazy to experiment with the crocheting so--- it looks the way it does ^^"
Also, thanks y'all for the support under the last art I posted! It means a lot to me hearing that you like what I am doing ^^
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things to keep in mind before reading my blog:
1.) self-improvement is not a "one size fits all" experience. my strengths, barriers, methods, and goals are going to be very different from everyone else's, and the methods, routines, and lists i post might not always apply to your life and might not be relevant to your experience at all. i am in no way claiming that my way is the only way; self-improvement is a very personal journey and it is through self-discovery that we learn what works best for us, which i encourage everyone to seek on this beautiful journey! ❤︎
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3.) i am very aware of how detrimental the toxic positivity and productivity culture are, especially in north america where i am from, and i try to walk a fine line between discipline and play. my current journey is primarily focused on building up tolerance to discipline and hard work. if you are at a point in your journey where rest and recovery from over-working are integral to your growth, my posts might not be applicable to you and that is totally okay! i respect and support your journey, and please know that my need to focus on hard work at this moment is not in any way an attack on where you are at in yours.
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