────── RELATIONSHIPS.
her mother, stephanie miller: steph and jesse have a close relationship. steph is a safe space for jesse, as well as everyone else. steph provides jesse with everything she never had, making a better life for jesse than she had. jesse doesn’t know her mother’s past, because she knows that it was very crappy, and does everything she can for her mother to make sure that she’s not stressed out.
her father, jeremy miller: jeremy and jesse don’t have a healthy relationship. jeremy was an alcoholic, a very mean one at that, and used to hurt jesse. when steph and jeremy divorced, jeremy got 50/50 custody, meaning that jesse has to go to his new house every other weekend and for the entire summer. she hates this, but at least she’s still in hawkins.
her crush, steve harrington: jesse has known steve since elementary school, and has had a crush on him since late middle school. while they really haven’t talked since the eighth grade, jesse still finds herself wanting to talk to him. she’s hoping that maybe one day, they’ll talk and maybe even be something more.
her best friend, camila jiménez: camila is jesse’s best friend, has been since the sixth grade when camila first moved to hawkins. their relationship trope is very much so opposites attract, and jesse loves it. camila speaks when jesse can’t, and jesse soothes camila’s mind when it gets to be too much. they’re each other’s platonic other half, and that’s the way they like it.
her rival, nancy wheeler: as a borderline genius, nancy wheeler is her biggest academic rival. as a girl who has had a crush on steve harrington for years, nancy wheeler is the girl she’s most jealous of. she can’t compare to nancy wheeler in any regard, at least in her mind. she hasn’t told anybody about this insecurity of hers, not even camila or her mom.