https://archiveofourown.org/works/41569677/chapters/104263812
Robin stood impatiently outside the door to their apartment. It was her own fault, she had forgotten her keys again. She knew that Steve was meant to finish at five today and it was rare for him to be late.
It was maybe an hour and a half later and she was sitting uncomfortably on her suitcase when she spotted him coming up the stairs. She braced herself as the goof came barreling down the hallway and gave her a bear hug. Steve was fantastic, but boundaries were perhaps one area he could improve. She counted two and a half Mississippi's before she lightly shoved him off her. "Christ Harrington I've barely been gone for the weekend" she teased him with a large smile on her face, gently knocking him on the shoulder.
"Yeah, but it's been a long weekend" Steve (partly) joked. "Sorry I'm late on that subject, I had to work a bit of overtime at the store" He opened the door and grabbed Robin's bag putting it away in her room. She didn't complain but his constant attention always made her feel... She didn't quite know how to put it. Maybe inadequate that she was always relying on him. But she wondered what complex he had, equally, that he had to try get everyone to like him.
She showered and changed into pajamas and slumped onto the couch with a beer next to Steve."Our picks of the night are Susperia, Carrie or Animal house" Steve informed her, having taken out a few VHS's from work. Robin shook her head "I'm really not in the mood tonight, ideally I'll be in bed within the hour".
"Your visit didn't go well?" Steve asked. She had gone out to visit the campus of The University of Chicago to see whether it would be a good fit for her to start next year.
"It went fine. Everyone there was so uptight though." She smiled "I wish you would've come. It wasn't all pomp and circumstance" She pushed back her hair and showed him the hickey on her neck.
"Good going." Steven went to high five his roommate "So where'd you meet her?"
"My cousin Wayne, he took me to this club, The Gasworks. Really cool metal club, Eddie would've loved it". She sighed as she thought about the recently departed. "Anyway. I met this girl, Allison. It started out kind of rough, she was acting, I guess like Nancy. No offense"
Steve shook his head. "So total prude on the outside" He commented. In the short time that Nancy and Robin had been friends, he knew that the relationship had been a bit strained, the girls a total clash of personalities, but ultimately they accepted each others character flaws.
"Yeah." Robin continued "She was all dolled up and she was talking about how her friend Claire had given her a makeover, but ultimately wasn't sure if it was right for her." She took a drink "In the morning, without the makeup, I told her I thought she looked like Joan Jett a bit. She also had posters of Siouxie Sioux on her wall"
Steve looked a bit bemused. His favourite Singer, was Billy Ocean. But he smiled as Robin gushed about the events of her weekend. "So what does that mean?" He asked "I mean, are you going to see her again, it's, what three hour drive?"
"Two and a half" Robin answered. "I mean we seemed to hit it off, I hope so. She gave me her number at least".