summary: meadow meets steve's parents, and things don't necessarily go to plan takes place: sometime after season three warnings: mean parents, divorce song: daddy issues by the neighbourhood
- i came up with my own ✨intriguing✨ insight on why mr henderson isn't involved. this is, of course, a theory, and hasn't been proven or mentioned at all but i think it adds some spice
yes, i'm sticking to the neighbourhood theme for the imagines. also. this is the first imagine!! i hope you guys like it; i wish i could write for season four already but i have to wait for it to come out 👁👁 but trust that, as soon as the season is out, i'm writing.
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STEVE DIDN'T LIKE to talk about his parents. in fact, he seemed to avoid it at all costs. steve had never had a good relationship with his parents. he wasn't necessarily the brightest or best at school, and the only thing he did that made them proud was be on the basketball team.
because of his distaste for his parents, steve rarely told them anything. so, they were unaware of meadow and of his relationship with her. steve was fine with that.. he didn't need them getting in between them or teasing him for it.
but, meadow was entirely the opposite. she loved her family, and she spent all of her time with them. while claudia henderson could be dramatic and overbearing, she was her mother. but the main sign of love in the henderson house was meadow and dustin.
just seeing those two together made steve feel guilty for not caring for his parents (and brother, if you believe troy is steve's brother). they never liked him, so he kindly returned the favor. but meadow and dustin loved each other, and steve could tell how important family was to her.
"do you.. do you want to meet my parents?" they were laying on the couch, empire strikes back playing on the tv. meadow was laying in steve's arms, feeling the soft rhythm of his breathing.
meadow turned in his arms. "hmm?" she hummed softly as she turned to look at him, taking in his expression. "wait.. are you serious?"
steve nodded reluctantly. "i want you to be able to meet them. but. i have to warn you, you're not gonna like them."
"of course i'll like them!" meadow insisted, shaking her head. "they're your parents, steve, i have to like them."
he made a wincing face. "i don't think them creating me gives you an automatic reason to like them." he sighed, thinking through his words. "they kind of.. don't really like me."
"so you've mentioned."
"but like.. it's more than that. i don't really talk to them, at all."
meadow frowned. "well, i'd you want me to meet them, then i'd love to."
