That makes sense. If you're around a smell long enough, you stop noticing it.
Maybe he has noticed before but wasn't sure what to say about it so he decided to say nothing. Or maybe he really hadn't noticed before. Some people just aren't observant.
Maybe. I didn't really expect anything to come of it, you know?[ Because this was Steve fucking Harrington and sure they're not in Hawkins anymore, but that doesn't make it any easier to overcome all that conditioning. ]
I don't think it's a problem.[ And boy is he grateful that Chrissy isn't making a big deal out of him flirting with another guy. Then again, it's one thing to harmlessly flirt and another thing entirely if there is actual intention behind it. ]I just don't want to end up pushing him away if it makes him uncomfortable.
Sometimes flirting just for the sake of flirting is nice too. I'm sure everyone does it. [She can't really say that with complete certainty, but it feels like a safe assumption to make.]
Did he seem like he was uncomfortable when he brought it up? [To be fair, her experience with being high extends to the one time the previous night, and she was already feeling pretty floaty by the time Vance showed up to carry her out. Chrissy has no idea what it was like for Steve or how he feels about Eddie flirting with him, so she doesn't want to assume one way or the other.]
He didn't seem uncomfortable, I don't think.[ It's hard to say, because Steve was very, very high, and it was over text. ]Just that he couldn't really comment on it in his, uh, state of mind at the time.
[ Talking to him about it. Probably not a bad idea. Ignoring it and pretending it didn't happen? Definitely a terrible idea. As scary as it is actually acknowledging that yes, he did this thing and owning it, trying to dance around it doesn't seem very productive at all. ]I guess it couldn't hurt.
I wish I knew him well enough to be able to tell you "oh do x and it'll work out the way you want it to", but honestly I don't think I'd spoken to him more than a handful of times before I woke up here. [And chances were very good that that handful of times had been mostly Jason speaking while she sat off to the side or whatever.] That's fair.
[She'd definitely been more inclined to just say whatever popped into her head the night before, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it's also maybe not the best time to be having any sort of serious discussions.] I feel like being honest is the best idea. If nothing else, you won't have to wonder about what-ifs anymore.
I appreciate you taking the time to "listen" either way. Like seriously, this is more than I would've expected from any of the guys back home.[ He loves and adores Gareth and Jeff, but he knows their advice would have been far less helpful, and would have involved a lot more teasing. ]
Yeah, you're probably right. Can't really hide from this forever.[ And who would have thought it would take a game of The Price is Right and Eddie's decision to heckle the contestants to put all of this in motion. ]
I figured it's the least I could do after bothering you for advice first! Thanks for that, by the way. [In the end, what she'd really been looking for was reassurance that she hadn't messed things up, and she'd gotten that.]
That happens occasionally. And maybe it won't make much of a difference either way, but I'm rooting for you.
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Maybe he has noticed before but wasn't sure what to say about it so he decided to say nothing. Or maybe he really hadn't noticed before. Some people just aren't observant.
Is it a problem that he said something this time?
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Maybe. I didn't really expect anything to come of it, you know? [ Because this was Steve fucking Harrington and sure they're not in Hawkins anymore, but that doesn't make it any easier to overcome all that conditioning. ]
I don't think it's a problem. [ And boy is he grateful that Chrissy isn't making a big deal out of him flirting with another guy. Then again, it's one thing to harmlessly flirt and another thing entirely if there is actual intention behind it. ] I just don't want to end up pushing him away if it makes him uncomfortable.
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Did he seem like he was uncomfortable when he brought it up? [To be fair, her experience with being high extends to the one time the previous night, and she was already feeling pretty floaty by the time Vance showed up to carry her out. Chrissy has no idea what it was like for Steve or how he feels about Eddie flirting with him, so she doesn't want to assume one way or the other.]
You could try talking to him about it.
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[ Talking to him about it. Probably not a bad idea. Ignoring it and pretending it didn't happen? Definitely a terrible idea. As scary as it is actually acknowledging that yes, he did this thing and owning it, trying to dance around it doesn't seem very productive at all. ] I guess it couldn't hurt.
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[She'd definitely been more inclined to just say whatever popped into her head the night before, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it's also maybe not the best time to be having any sort of serious discussions.] I feel like being honest is the best idea. If nothing else, you won't have to wonder about what-ifs anymore.
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Yeah, you're probably right. Can't really hide from this forever. [ And who would have thought it would take a game of The Price is Right and Eddie's decision to heckle the contestants to put all of this in motion. ]
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That happens occasionally. And maybe it won't make much of a difference either way, but I'm rooting for you.