[ steve hums in agreement, managing a small smile. maybe making music isn't among his list of strengths, but that doesn't mean they can't still bond over enjoying music, right? ] Yeah, definitely. If you like that, though, I'm sure we could find other music like it. Might not be able to play it ourselves, but. I dunno, listening to music usually calms me down.

[ sometimes you just need to get out of your own head, spiraling thoughts feeling suffocating in times of weakness. and steve still doesn't really know what to do with those feelings of being weak. but at least, when ac/dc, or some similarly loud band is blasting in his headphones, he can forget for a moment, that he is. ]

Well, popularity is overrated anyway. [ steve wrinkles his nose as he thinks of his own fall from grace. he can't help but wonder how much his life would have changed if he had abandoned his friendship with tommy and carol much earlier in his high school career. but then he might not have dated nancy, found out about those monster -- everything happens for a reason, or so they say. ] Take it from me, you're much better off being one of the nerds.