#and was promptly assaulted by the sight of Steve in his itty bitty shorts

[nathanielzalexandria]

I was crocheting and I got this idea for Steve being a competitive cheerleader and it can go one of two ways:

The Shapel Lacey way. He was head cheerleader and hbic at school. His status as one of the most popular and richest guys in school was enough of a wall against any taunting about cheerleading and he only cheered during competition season. Also, his friends at the time thought he was doing it to pick up girls (he wasn't; he was too busy trying to win trophies to fuck Brenda (she had a mediocre arabesque anyway) and the rest of the team). However, he only cheered at competitions, never at games. Maybe he stopped in his last year once he stopped trying to be popular and no longer had that protection but still stayed on good terms with the team.

The second way is that no one knew about it. He did it in middle school because of a bet he lost and did extremely well and he loved it and continued in high school. But he did it secretly and only during competition season that luckily happened during the off-season so that his parents and his "friends" would not find out. To help Seve out different cheerleaders would take turns fake-dating h so he could attend practices and competitions.

(And maybe he's on an all-star team outside of school.)

So when after everything with Vecna goes down everyone is surprised when his bed is swarmed by a team of the preppiest cheerleaders crying about almost losing their captain (especially after losing Chrissy)