( oh shit. that is not what he meant at ALL but in hindsight he completely sees why she’d think that. )
No no. Not judging. Strawberry is fine. I’ll kill some strawberry jam in other circumstances. Toast alone? Strawberry all the way. Grape is a PBJ exclusive experience. Strawberry. Got it. I love that you love strawberry. I was just… Nevermind.
( it isn’t his best recovery, but his fleeting instincts of relationship self preservation are screaming, do not tell nancy you were just thinking about the financial impact of a lifetime of buying two different jellies. it’s too soon for any thoughts that end in the rest of their lives.
but thank god they’re on the same pb page because IMAGINE the long term budget impact of two jams AND two jellies )
[ look she doesn't actually think that he might have picked up some tiger beat-like magazine and read that strawberry vs grape might be symbolic for something in a relationship, but. like. she might think that. a little bit. so she's really only asking him to make a lowkey confession here! ]
( NANCY PLEASE!!! THIS WAS FOR YOUR OWN GOOD !!! !! ! they've been doing really good having not had any nugget and or future talks and since they've only been back together how long now this is TRULY for the best and it is not Steve's fault he is so unhinged and probably was wondering what their wedding colors would be after the second date.
there's notable silence as Steve tries to think of a less uncomfortable excuse, and he really can't. damn it. )
Look. I was just thinking, you know, that's gonna be a lot. To have to get two different jams, so each of us have ultimate PBJ options. When we ( DO NOT SAY ANYTHING "REST OF OUR LIVES" ADJACENT CHALLENGE ) live together. One day.
[ oh! oh. ... good oh! but still, oh. her next guess was going to be that he was saying "damn" because it meant it wouldn't be as satisfying when they steal each other's food, or that he really thought she was a grape jelly girl, through and through. so his actual answer, when it eventually comes through, does catch her off guard, just a bit. but not in a bad way. like, at all. a realization that also catches her off guard. wow.
the thought of getting out of hawkins was always so damn appealing to her, so the idea of getting out of hawkins with steve? even better. so much fucking better, actually.
which is like- a lot, it's a lot, but she doesn't want to keep him waiting too long for a response, so she just.. follows that impulse. ]
Well, luckily for you, I love budgeting almost as much as I love you. So... Jelly crisis averted. You're welcome in advance.
( no it would still be satisfying, mostly because he does not steal Nancy's food because of the taste, it is because of that scrunched-up trying-to-be-mad-and-failing face she makes. the jam is truly immaterial as long as she continues to pout about it.
he tries not to think too much about what is coming because they're still in the middle of the present. it is hard not to think about, though. his big picture has widened of late, to more than just winnebagos and roadtrips and wanting to be with Nancy. still, it's a scattered sort of idea of the future. because it's still so hard to picture. Nancy will be Boston and Robin will be... who knows where Robin will be. and these ungrateful little shitheads are still going to be poking around Hawkins for another three years, what if they need him around?
there's lots of question marks involved. he does not even begin to know when this far off future of living together would even be. it is a relief, though, that his occasional long term relationship brain spiraling was not off-putting. to be fair, if a girl can love him after some truly atrocious mental math on how unexpected her promposal was, loving him still after worrying about the financial impact of 2 jams in the house is relatively simple.
and yeah those random off the cuff unprovoked ilus really hit DIFFERENT right now. is that gonna ever change, or is heart always gonna do jumping jacks when he hears it? reads it, even. god he's a chump. )
That's a relief. I would have switched over to strawberry to make things work, but you would have had to give up Nacho Cheese Doritos.
( he is a Cool Ranch guy, this is a matter on which he will NOT yield. )
I love you too. WAY MORE than budgeting. Not that it's saying that much because I'm not a huge dork ( damn shots fired ) but just FYI. You're way above budgeting. Not even close.
Oh, no, absolutely not. You'll definitely be keeping your grape jelly and Cool Ranch, and I'll stick with my strawberry and Nacho Cheese. Ew, that sounds awful. But you know what I mean!
[ if there's one thing that the last year or so has taught nancy, it's that plans... well, plans were kind of bullshit sometimes, weren't they? they can go awry so quickly, if not completely fail - because you can plan for the future all you want, but you never know what's going to happen an hour from now, a week from now, a month from now, six months from now, a year. you can't predict it, and you definitely can't really control it. she's set to leave for emerson at the end of august, but will it actually happen? who knows! all it would take is one chime from an old grandfather clock and everything would get thrown to the wind, yet again. and if she's being honest with herself, at this point there's a part of her that keeps repeating that she really shouldn't let herself get her hopes upt. sometimes the disappointment was just too much.
but what she does know for certain is that the thought of the unknown future is much less bleak when she knows, no matter what, that steve harrington is going to be a part of it. right by her side. even when she's a 14 hour drive ( or a 2 and a half hour flight ) away in boston, he'll still be in her careful view of what her future might look like. a permanent fixture, as far as she's concerned. because maybe plans are bullshit, but she's so tired of stopping herself from even feeling too happy, in the moment, in the right now, just because she's so scared of getting used to it when it can be taken away again so quickly. but steve makes her happy in a way she hasn't felt in a long, long time, and she wants to hold onto that for as long as she can.
so it doesn't really scare her, thinking about the future in that context. because it makes perfect sense that they'll end up living together, somewhere along the way. and the thought of it causes something to flutter around in her chest, make her smile in a way that's just shy of goofy. smitten. lovestruck. happy.
and then he goes and throws all that shade her way. the absolute NERVE of this man. ]
Excuse you! This nerd is going to make sure your jelly needs are being met, Harrington. The very least you could do is try to refrain from teasing me about how good I'm going to be at it. Because don't forget, I'm also the one that's going to be making sure that all of your other needs are being met, too.
I coulda handled some more withouting but there's gonna be withouting in our future whether we like it or not, so. I'm in favor of withing while we've got the option.
Oh yeah? That dork thing really got to you, huh. Well, that's only fair. Any ideas how I could make it up to you or is getting creative about it part of the bargain.
I'm completely in favor of that, too. I mean, if anything I think we should probably be withing much, much more frequently than we already are.
[ before withing becomes missing, yeah. but her chest feels a little achy, thinking about it, so she's not going to. they've got so much time. they've got the whole summer! well, most of it. but- still! time. is a thing they have. ]
Of course it did! Calling me a dork for prioritizing our jelly budget, of all things. The nerve. [ yes, she's very aware that that might be the dorkiest thing she's said in years, actually. ] Hmmm. Nothing specific comes to mind, so yes, it's going to take some in-the-moment creativity.
All right, I'll think of something. In the interest of withing and not withouting.
( somewhat mixed messages, that Nancy would imply they need to have sex more often in the same breath as she implies he needs to win her over the next time they fool around.
he's not unwilling, though. Steve is confident in his snapsnapsnap-bah charm. he's not sure what the plan is yet, but he is sure he can make a plan to get into Nancy's pants. to be fair her open interest in withing and not withouting does make the task seem a little less daunting. )
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No no. Not judging.
Strawberry is fine. I’ll kill some strawberry jam in other circumstances. Toast alone? Strawberry all the way. Grape is a PBJ exclusive experience.
Strawberry. Got it. I love that you love strawberry.
I was just… Nevermind.
( it isn’t his best recovery, but his fleeting instincts of relationship self preservation are screaming, do not tell nancy you were just thinking about the financial impact of a lifetime of buying two different jellies. it’s too soon for any thoughts that end in the rest of their lives.
but thank god they’re on the same pb page because IMAGINE the long term budget impact of two jams AND two jellies )
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You were just what?
[ look she doesn't actually think that he might have picked up some tiger beat-like magazine and read that strawberry vs grape might be symbolic for something in a relationship, but. like. she might think that. a little bit. so she's really only asking him to make a lowkey confession here! ]
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there's notable silence as Steve tries to think of a less uncomfortable excuse, and he really can't. damn it. )
Look. I was just thinking, you know, that's gonna be a lot.
To have to get two different jams, so each of us have ultimate PBJ options.
When we ( DO NOT SAY ANYTHING "REST OF OUR LIVES" ADJACENT CHALLENGE ) live together.
One day.
( i mean... technically, that was a success. )
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the thought of getting out of hawkins was always so damn appealing to her, so the idea of getting out of hawkins with steve? even better. so much fucking better, actually.
which is like- a lot, it's a lot, but she doesn't want to keep him waiting too long for a response, so she just.. follows that impulse. ]
Well, luckily for you, I love budgeting almost as much as I love you.
So... Jelly crisis averted.
You're welcome in advance.
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he tries not to think too much about what is coming because they're still in the middle of the present. it is hard not to think about, though. his big picture has widened of late, to more than just winnebagos and roadtrips and wanting to be with Nancy. still, it's a scattered sort of idea of the future. because it's still so hard to picture. Nancy will be Boston and Robin will be... who knows where Robin will be. and these ungrateful little shitheads are still going to be poking around Hawkins for another three years, what if they need him around?
there's lots of question marks involved. he does not even begin to know when this far off future of living together would even be. it is a relief, though, that his occasional long term relationship brain spiraling was not off-putting. to be fair, if a girl can love him after some truly atrocious mental math on how unexpected her promposal was, loving him still after worrying about the financial impact of 2 jams in the house is relatively simple.
and yeah those random off the cuff unprovoked ilus really hit DIFFERENT right now. is that gonna ever change, or is heart always gonna do jumping jacks when he hears it? reads it, even. god he's a chump. )
That's a relief. I would have switched over to strawberry to make things work, but you would have had to give up Nacho Cheese Doritos.
( he is a Cool Ranch guy, this is a matter on which he will NOT yield. )
I love you too.
WAY MORE than budgeting.
Not that it's saying that much because I'm not a huge dork ( damn shots fired ) but just FYI. You're way above budgeting. Not even close.
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You'll definitely be keeping your grape jelly and Cool Ranch, and I'll stick with my strawberry and Nacho Cheese.
Ew, that sounds
awful.
But you know what I mean!
[ if there's one thing that the last year or so has taught nancy, it's that plans... well, plans were kind of bullshit sometimes, weren't they? they can go awry so quickly, if not completely fail - because you can plan for the future all you want, but you never know what's going to happen an hour from now, a week from now, a month from now, six months from now, a year. you can't predict it, and you definitely can't really control it. she's set to leave for emerson at the end of august, but will it actually happen? who knows! all it would take is one chime from an old grandfather clock and everything would get thrown to the wind, yet again. and if she's being honest with herself, at this point there's a part of her that keeps repeating that she really shouldn't let herself get her hopes upt. sometimes the disappointment was just too much.
but what she does know for certain is that the thought of the unknown future is much less bleak when she knows, no matter what, that steve harrington is going to be a part of it. right by her side. even when she's a 14 hour drive ( or a 2 and a half hour flight ) away in boston, he'll still be in her careful view of what her future might look like. a permanent fixture, as far as she's concerned. because maybe plans are bullshit, but she's so tired of stopping herself from even feeling too happy, in the moment, in the right now, just because she's so scared of getting used to it when it can be taken away again so quickly. but steve makes her happy in a way she hasn't felt in a long, long time, and she wants to hold onto that for as long as she can.
so it doesn't really scare her, thinking about the future in that context. because it makes perfect sense that they'll end up living together, somewhere along the way. and the thought of it causes something to flutter around in her chest, make her smile in a way that's just shy of goofy. smitten. lovestruck. happy.
and then he goes and throws all that shade her way. the absolute NERVE of this man. ]
Excuse you!
This nerd is going to make sure your jelly needs are being met, Harrington. The very least you could do is try to refrain from teasing me about how good I'm going to be at it.
Because don't forget, I'm also the one that's going to be making sure that all of your other needs are being met, too.
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( he has some previous experience that he's not quite as successful making do without Nancy Wheeler. )
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Not under normal circumstances, at least.
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We went without that need long enough. Right? Please tell me that it was enough withouting for you.
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Too long without sex, too long without you. Never again, no thank you!
But I might just have to make you work for it a little next time, that's all. For calling me a huge dork. You understand.
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Oh yeah? That dork thing really got to you, huh. Well, that's only fair. Any ideas how I could make it up to you or is getting creative about it part of the bargain.
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[ before withing becomes missing, yeah. but her chest feels a little achy, thinking about it, so she's not going to. they've got so much time. they've got the whole summer! well, most of it. but- still! time. is a thing they have. ]
Of course it did! Calling me a dork for prioritizing our jelly budget, of all things. The nerve. [ yes, she's very aware that that might be the dorkiest thing she's said in years, actually. ]
Hmmm.
Nothing specific comes to mind, so yes, it's going to take some in-the-moment creativity.
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( somewhat mixed messages, that Nancy would imply they need to have sex more often in the same breath as she implies he needs to win her over the next time they fool around.
he's not unwilling, though. Steve is confident in his snapsnapsnap-bah charm. he's not sure what the plan is yet, but he is sure he can make a plan to get into Nancy's pants. to be fair her open interest in withing and not withouting does make the task seem a little less daunting. )