"Damn, guess someone figured out he was using the same answer key for all his tests so he wouldn't have to adjust the scantron." He doubted that was actually a fireable offense, but he didn't really know, since all it took was one student figuring it out to become something that benefited most of them, and making the students' lives easier was the one thing the faculty seemed to be well and truly against.
His brow furrowed at that insistence, just blinking, glancing at Eddie and responding, "Why do you think I have that many tapes? I've got Robin and an entire squad of almost-teenagers trying to do the same thing." He shook his head, gaze returning to the road, honestly a little amused by how readily Eddie fell into bobbing along with a song Steve sort of half-recognized, "And I have to tell you, I'm not sure anyone else knows what 'real music' is, either."
He shrugged, "All I'm saying is that everybody just knows what they like. And before you say anything, yes, that also includes me."
“Mmm,” he intones thoughtfully, scrunching up his face and tilting his head. “Not so sure you can get fired for that. Not when I know for a fact that Higgins is popping pills in his office on a daily bass just for the hell of it. Not a whole lot of room to judge after that, you think?”
Don’t ask him how he knows. He will be taking no questions at this time. In fact, he glosses over it and skips baack to the more important subject at hand: music.
“Yeah, well, judging by the slim pickings in this box?” He rattles the shoebox to prove his point before he shoves it unceremoniously beneath the seat again. “I believe that.”
He and Robin have some overlapping taste. In fact, he suspects the Van Morrison tape belongs to her. Eddie would never pretend he’s too good for mainstream acts like Bowie and Fleetwood Mac, but given the choice, he’d much rather gravitate to his own carefully curated tape collection.
But his interest has been piqued, and with a wide grin, he leans just a little further into Steve’s personal bubble.
“And what does Steve Harrington like? If you’re not afraid of my judgment, that is.”
"Well I wasn't until you mentioned it and now I think maybe I should be." He replied, eyes narrowing with another brief glance towards Eddie, especially as he leaned in closer.
He did, however, shake his head, since it wasn't like he'd actually have to deal with that judgment for anything more than the time it took to get back to town, just ticking off on his fingers as he listed, "Springsteen, obviously." Though it was only when he said it that he realized it might not be obvious, "Cyndi Lauper, Bon Jovi, Queen, and I mean, Dolly Parton, of course."
He shrugged then, "And honestly? I've actually liked any of the stuff Robin's thrown in the box, some of it's weird, but it's not like I go out of my way to avoid any of it."
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His brow furrowed at that insistence, just blinking, glancing at Eddie and responding, "Why do you think I have that many tapes? I've got Robin and an entire squad of almost-teenagers trying to do the same thing." He shook his head, gaze returning to the road, honestly a little amused by how readily Eddie fell into bobbing along with a song Steve sort of half-recognized, "And I have to tell you, I'm not sure anyone else knows what 'real music' is, either."
He shrugged, "All I'm saying is that everybody just knows what they like. And before you say anything, yes, that also includes me."
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Don’t ask him how he knows. He will be taking no questions at this time. In fact, he glosses over it and skips baack to the more important subject at hand: music.
“Yeah, well, judging by the slim pickings in this box?” He rattles the shoebox to prove his point before he shoves it unceremoniously beneath the seat again. “I believe that.”
He and Robin have some overlapping taste. In fact, he suspects the Van Morrison tape belongs to her. Eddie would never pretend he’s too good for mainstream acts like Bowie and Fleetwood Mac, but given the choice, he’d much rather gravitate to his own carefully curated tape collection.
But his interest has been piqued, and with a wide grin, he leans just a little further into Steve’s personal bubble.
“And what does Steve Harrington like? If you’re not afraid of my judgment, that is.”
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He did, however, shake his head, since it wasn't like he'd actually have to deal with that judgment for anything more than the time it took to get back to town, just ticking off on his fingers as he listed, "Springsteen, obviously." Though it was only when he said it that he realized it might not be obvious, "Cyndi Lauper, Bon Jovi, Queen, and I mean, Dolly Parton, of course."
He shrugged then, "And honestly? I've actually liked any of the stuff Robin's thrown in the box, some of it's weird, but it's not like I go out of my way to avoid any of it."