( Steve's dull amusement at Eddie's impression of a tiger turns to thinly-veiled surprise as Eddie vows to stick with him. Steve may never have been a ringleader in the bullying attempts towards Eddie and his friends, but he'd definitely never tried to stop any of it. More often than not he'd been a willing spectator, laughing as Tommy or Carol or whoever else did their worst. Hell, it was only in the past week (or...uh, a few years from now, he guesses. time travel is weird.) that he'd started seeing Eddie as Eddie and not just "the Freak."
Long story short, he'd figured he'd used up all his luck successfully inviting Eddie out here in the first place. He didn't expect Eddie to stick around any longer than he had to.)
You don't have to do that. ( He doubts Eddie would hang out with Steve Harrington, Resident Douchebag unless he wanted to, for whatever reason, but Steve doesn't want him to feel like he has some kind of obligation or something. ) Seriously. I mean, I know you have an image of your own, man. Don't screw it up on my account.
( High schoolers are jerks. Like, universally. He can guess Eddie's friends would be about as understanding of Eddie hanging out with the Hair as Tommy and Carol would be about Steve hanging out with the Freak. )
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Long story short, he'd figured he'd used up all his luck successfully inviting Eddie out here in the first place. He didn't expect Eddie to stick around any longer than he had to.)
You don't have to do that. ( He doubts Eddie would hang out with Steve Harrington, Resident Douchebag unless he wanted to, for whatever reason, but Steve doesn't want him to feel like he has some kind of obligation or something. ) Seriously. I mean, I know you have an image of your own, man. Don't screw it up on my account.
( High schoolers are jerks. Like, universally. He can guess Eddie's friends would be about as understanding of Eddie hanging out with the Hair as Tommy and Carol would be about Steve hanging out with the Freak. )