Hi Duck, Psyduck

It starts as little more than a sore throat, which Robin never meant for him to find out about in the first place. She’s been feeling a little under the weather, not unusual for an asthmatic during allergy season, and she doesn’t really need Steve to go into his conservative-suburban-mom mode on her. It just wouldn’t look good with the ‘Just Say No to Nancy Reagan’ bumper sticker she’s trying to get him to put on the BMW.

(Steve insists that bumper stickers are something for suburban moms, so maybe they’re just coming full circle on something, here.)

It's a twist-of-fate kind of coincidence, how it all comes together.

After Vecna, after another brush with death, and world-death, and all-encompassing devastation, Hawkins goes back to normal.

When things finally begin to settle after everything with Will, and the Upside-Down, and Murray Bauman’s article, Nancy doesn't let them drift apart again. After their first go-around, Jonathan had faded into the background, keeping his distance despite their efforts. She had tried and tried to get him to join them for lunch, had asked him in when he dropped off Will, had even tried to get him to get to know Steve a little better. Steve himself had tried his best, too, even though he refused to admit that the camera was his idea.

Jonathan Byers is a stubborn bastard.

Between the three of them, Steve always thought he’dbe the first to end up with any form of memory loss. With all of the head injuries he’s taken in the past years, it only would have made sense.

Count on Jonathan Byers to defy any and all expectations.