[REWRITING] When He Sees Me, Steve Harrington

031 Stay Calm, Focus on the Game

CHAPTER 031. STAY CALM, FOCUS ON THE GAME

STEVE ISN'T AN IDIOT.

Despite what you might've heard over the few years from his supposed "friends", his past teachers, and his parents— he's not as dumb as people might think. Sure, he failed Algebra twice, almost got held back his Freshman year, narrowly got his license because he kept mixing up his lefts and rights, and has no idea what the hell a DND even stands for, but Steve isn't a total idiot.

He knows a lot of things, actually. He how to take care of his hair, he knows you don't wash colors with whites, he knows that if his girlfriend moans "Oh, Steve!" in bed that she's definitely faking it and he needs to do something different. He knows that if you're being arrested you should always ask for a lawyer, he knows that pads and tampons aren't the same thing, he knows that if you're performing CPR you should do compressions to the beat of Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees.

Oh, and he knows that what happened between the members of Fleetwood Mac lead them to create one of, if not the best album they've ever recorded. But that's common knowledge. Rumours kicks ass.

Sure, Steve knows he's not book-smart, but is that such a bad thing? Like, seriously, is he ever going to need to use Pythagoras' theorem in his day-to-day life? No, he's not. That's just some stupid nerdy shit he was forced to memorize back in school despite it having absolutely nothing to do with the future he wants to have.

Besides, Steve doesn't even need to be book-smart, anyways. He babysits a total geek and his geekier friends, his best friend is more nerd than girl, and his girlfriend is probably the smartest and prettiest person he's ever met. He doesn't need to be a genius if he has them.

And, oh, what's the phrase? He's not book-smart but he's.. smart on the streets? No, that doesn't sound right— street smart? Yeah, he's that. Steve is street-smart.