Hey, Steve was well aware of the fact that he was late to the party. He came in at the very end there. LARGELY, he had been unaware of what she and Byers were going through. For a span of time he was mainly focused on trying to play catch up. There was confusion, doubt, and a potent cocktail mix of other far less pleasant emotions. Steve couldn’t pretend to be comprehensive if he tried; or he could try, not fully in the know how, but he was actively making an effort. Steve stepped closer toward Nancy, upbeat. His taller stance acted as a shield, protecting her from the activity in the hallway. More softly, he murmured, ❛ Hey, you wanna get OUT of here? ❜
All Steve could do was hope to provide her an outlet of sorts. ❛ We could do that. Just you and me, or whatever. ❜ The more he spoke, the more Steve regained some of his former composition. Once, he had been the man on campus, the popular heartthrob with something to prove. A strong palm hooked over the curve of her slender shoulder, rubbing deliberately over it. Every second sent a stream of determination through his veins. Steve brought himself to stand CLOSER. It was just — hey, they were in school, but they didn’t have to remain there for long. He was in possession of a car. He could take them out of there for a spin. Maybe even a trip on the road elsewhere for a little while if that would entertain and DISTRACT her for the time being. After a moment brimming with the unspoken, his mouth stretched into a grin. ❛ You in? What do you say? ❜ he bouyantly offered
Steve was thinking generously of the still unexplored future, of the upcoming weekend and all its contained possibilities. He could STILL recall a trace of the innocence their interactions used to contain before Christmas time. Back when he was passing her crumpled pieces of paper, folded up notes left in her locker and inviting her to the bathroom for a private make-out session. That felt like ages ago. Steve didn’t think it would ever be like that again. His girl had, understandably, too much on her mind, muddled inside of her head. Until he could coax it out of her, Steve was game to spend his free time with Nancy doing other things. Whatever it took to make her feel better.
It wasn’t until he’d moved in closer, separating her from everything else that was going on ---- which was largely in the BACKGROUND for her now anyway ---- that she looked up finally to meet his gaze, if only for a moment. His offer to get out of here, it played on her mind some, and she wondered whether it would actually work. Nancy knew what it was, she wasn’t stupid, he was trying to just find something to take her mind off of everything, and honestly? She didn’t know if that was POSSIBLE... Then again, at the same time, she knew she couldn’t know that if she didn’t give him a CHANCE.
“ What were you thinking? ” She questioned, before her lips pressed together, teeth beginning to GNAW ever so slightly on her bottom lip as she waited. She didn’t have any ideas of what they could do, she was stuck in the same frame of mind constantly. Which was just being stuck on the thought of all that had happened, LOSING BARB, BEING IN THAT PLACE...
Eyes flickered up to him again, waiting for his response. She was GLAD she had him in one way, he was one of the few things ANCHORING her still, keeping her from probably losing her mind completely. But at the same time, there was that part of her that just wanted to hide away, shut EVERYTHING out. But doing that would only drag her down lower, Nancy needed to try and get away from all of that if she could. If she didn’t, well, she was only going to get worse.
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