Steve is both french and Italian hc let go!!
Okay so I keep seeing steve being part Italian (most likely on his mothers side) which I love. I imagine his mums family moved to the US when she was young, moving out to Indiana where she then started to gain popularity through beauty pageants, catching the eye of Steve's dad.
Now onto the french part! Steve's grandfather was a wealthy American businessman, and on a business trip to france he met a pretty young woman who after finding out hed gotten her pregnant, promptly married and sent back to his home in America before joining the war. Making Steve's father half french.
Since his parents are barely around, his grandparents on his fathers side both having past when he was younger along with his mothers father, his nonna being made to move back to italy when he was 8. Not many people realised steve could speek 3 languages because he didnt have anyone to speek to in them.
Robin (who prides herself on speaking 4 languages fluently and can basically learn the basics in other languages if she tryed) sometimes mutters to herself if French or Italian (also spanish but that one isnt relevant rn)
So imagine her suprise when the party just had an encounter with some bigot, hopper and joyce quickly dealing with the guy (no ones a dick to their kids) and robin from where she stands next to steve, whispers under her breath "Nique ta mère- vattela a piglaire in culo" (fuck your mother- French- and Take it up the ass - Italian- if my Google search is to be correct)
Which makes steve burst out laughing because no way robin planned him understanding her but be could definitely agree with the insults. Everyones really confused but steve cant stop laughing bc everyones bewildered faces just made it alot more funnier to him, (had they seriously not notice his ranting in Italian while he cooked? He swears hes openly flirted in French too!! did they seriously not notice until now??)
Finally he calms down enough to just stare at robin with a massive grin and say, "Robbie did you seriously not know I'm part french and Italian?? I'm fluent in both languages!!" To which Robin's and the others are like "NO????"
"I swear I mentioned it during scoops!! I literally complained about how it could never compare to my Nonnas home made gelato! I flirt with girls in French ALL the time!! Half my cook books are in Italian, how did you guys not know???"
Anyway Robin couldnt believe she had missed such a big thing they had in common, when she had practically been living with steve for months.