He has to make fun; Dustin going up to each of the girls that looked at him and giving that same fake smug look and that flat palm that he's sure was advised by Steve Harrington, he had to know even then that that just wasn't him, and it certainly wasn't going to be how you get people to like you. But Dustin has always been sweet and weird and not really what people traditionally look for but he's sure that if he hadn't been so completely stuck on Mike, he might have been inclined to ask Dustin to dance back then just as friends instead of Nancy having to step in. It was incredibly kind of her to do at least, so it wasn't all bad.
But that was then and this is now, and Joyce had taught him how to lead in a dance, asserting that it was what was expected because he was a boy and he'd hit his growth spurt one day so he'd be taller than she was. It translates into him resting a curled hand in the small of Dustin's back, holding his hand in a loose grip and trying to pretend he didn't feel a little weird about dancing in the tree fort.
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Date: 2023-01-31 07:32 am (UTC)But that was then and this is now, and Joyce had taught him how to lead in a dance, asserting that it was what was expected because he was a boy and he'd hit his growth spurt one day so he'd be taller than she was. It translates into him resting a curled hand in the small of Dustin's back, holding his hand in a loose grip and trying to pretend he didn't feel a little weird about dancing in the tree fort.
"Nancy didn't teach you how to dance, huh?"