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[spikedbats]

[ Scoops Ahoy wasn't his first choice of employment. His dad gave him an ultimatum: either get a job over the summer or don't bother coming home. So, since Scoops Ahoy offered to pay him enough to afford his usual array of haircare products, who was he to say no?

It's not the most glamorous of jobs, but it pays, and that's really all that Steve can ask for. His co-worker is annoying and weird and gives him shit because he used to be King Steve, but it's better than not having a job at all, and shutting his dad up, at least for the summer.

He doesn't expect Robin to latch onto his attempts to get dates so enthusiastically. He's not sure what happened, but the girls just don't seem to be into the idea of going out with him as they used to. Maybe it was because Nancy showed up with Jonathan Byers one day and everyone decided if he drove her to him, then Steve must not be as good as he's rumored to be.

Whatever the case may be, he is currently dateless and hating every second of it. And with Henderson gone to summer camp, he doesn't really have many actual friends to commiserate with. He's certainly not letting the kids latch onto his lack of a dating life and torture him about it. Dustin's one thing, but Mike Wheeler? Fuck that.

So, he stands behind the counter during the lull in customers, and waits. There has to be a girl out there somewhere who will go out with him. ]