thinking about post-s5 epilogue comphet Steve and Nancy forming a proper friendship, assuming this means they must be into each other and trying dating again
Eddie comes back from the dead (handwave handwave, idc how) and moves in with Steve while he and Nancy continue dating long distance
stancy are happy-ish in that they do love each other properly by now, just Not Like That - it's unspoken but they both know it about themselves and have their own insecurities about it. kind of a "I'm clearly broken but this is the closest I'm ever going to get to The Real Thing so I'm clinging to it"
steddie are falling in love back in Hawkins while Nancy's out in New York being a cool journalist, and Steve is ofc oblivious to his own feelings while Eddie is pining away knowing stancy are together
then Nancy encounters the concept of aromanticism and bursts into tears of relief at her NY kitchen table. she immediately gets in the car and heads for Hawkins, because Steve deserves to know, and Nancy's no coward
meanwhile, Eddie decides to leave town to save himself and Steve has a dramatic last minute sexuality crisis, confessing his love as Eddie's on his way out the door
Nancy lets herself into Steve's apartment ready to reluctantly break his heart (again) and finds steddie making out on the couch