TW: mentions of canon-typical homophobia, mentions of verbal/psychological/emotional abuse by Chrissy’s mom, mentions of body image issues and body-shaming, mentions of forced/encouraged starvation/under-eating, and implied eating disorder. Chrissy is only a mean girl when she feels she has to be. Not proofread.
Everyone talks about being Chrissy’s scary gf, but nobody talks about the fact that Chrissy is more than capable of being your scary gf. Sure, she’s usually super sweet and, thanks to her small stature and kind eyes, she looks really nice and not at all intimidating. But, don’t get it twisted, that woman can get mean when she needs to be. Not to mention, she’s fiercely protective of you, the person she loves most in this world. You’re not quite as popular or well-liked as her in Hawkins and, really, you never have been. So, Chrissy’s been protecting you as your resident mean, scary best friend for years; standing up to anyone who dares to be rude to you, sneering at those who give you dirty looks, and don’t even get me started at the psychological warfare that strawberry blonde is capable of inflicting whenever she gets even the slightest hint that someone has done wrong by you.
Chrissy’s protectiveness gets a million times worse when the two of you start dating shortly after going off to college together. It’s to the point where, whenever the two of you return home for a semester break, your former classmates from Hawkins High are overly kind to you, almost as if they’re afraid of inciting Chrissy’s wrath (they totally are). One time, Eddie, your mutual friend/former weed dealer, and the first person you both officially came out to from your hometown, had to hold the petite little spitfire back when one of her ex’s goons had the nerve to call you a homophobic slur at the annual Hawkins Autumn Festival. Also, in 1984, Chrissy pushed Carol Perkins into a shallow part of Lovers’ Lake during the annual Post-Homecoming Party when the older girl had the nerve to body-shame you, thereby ruining Carol’s homecoming dress and fancy hairstyle, smudging her make-up, and soaking her with the frigid Lovers’ Lake water. Carol went home crying that night and Chrissy, well, she went home with the biggest smile on her face because 1) she’d successfully put Carol Perkins in her place by pushing her into the lake, 2) she’d successfully consoled you after pushing Carol into the lake, 3) pushing Carol into the lake was actually a really good form of stress/anger relief, which was much needed after Chrissy’s mom had spent the entire week nitpicking her figure and forcing her to eat the smallest portion sizes imaginable so that she could fit into her expensive homecoming dress, 4) she was going home with you to eat some much-need, very greasy pizza in an environment where she wouldn’t be judged for eating more than one slice, but would instead be encouraged by you and your mom to eat as much as she liked (and you two would always be there to remind her that she was a beautiful, amazing person no matter what or how much she ate), and, 5) most importantly, SHE WAS GOING HOME WITH YOU!!! Sure, at that time, neither of you knew about the crushes you’d been harboring on each other for years and, therefore, it wasn’t like the two of you would actually kiss or do anything romantic, but Chrissy was always thrilled by even the mere prospect of getting sleep in bed next to you, her lovely best friend. <3
