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It's a nice movie night at Steve's, no kids for once, and they're watching some horror "classic" as Eddie called it. Steve's never seen even one of them before, and Eddie must have seen them all at least five times, because every time there's a jumpscare, he squeezes Steve's ass through his jean pocket and makes him jump twice as high as he normally would at them. It's so bad Robin takes notice, asking "Steve, are you really that gullible to horror movies?"
Steve just shrugs noncommittally, feeling Eddie's pointed gaze on him and afraid his boyfriend will do something to embarrass Steve again. He's having too much fun keeping their relationship a secret, the bastard. When he suggested it "for fun", Steve thought that Eddie might not be ready to make something new known, but it turns out, he actually meant the fun part. Just not for Steve. Steve still loves him to death though.
At some point the movies become more of a background noise as they all slip into casual chatting among one another. It feels nice to just forget about all the adult stuff and hang out with his friends.
Nancy speaks up, garnering everyone's attention. "Hey guys, do you wanna play Truth or Dare, or some other drinking game maybe? Like Never Have I Ever? We're getting drunk anyway, might as well get to know each other a bit better and have some fun! ...You know? I'm pretty sure kids played it the other day in our basement, and they were so loud I couldn't get anything done!" She laughs nervously.
"You know, you should spend less time with Robin, Nance," Steve says. "Cause you're starting to rival her in the length you take to get one coherent thought out, you know." At that, Nancy flushes. Interesting. "But sure, I'm down, let me make us new drinks."
The rest of the group agrees as well, and after Steve's gotten them drinks, they all decide to play Never Have I Ever. It all goes relatively well, with a few funny ones from Jonathan, and a few darker ones from Robin (seriously, who says "never have I ever been bitten by the demobats", that's just cruel). Steve makes Nancy drink on "never have I ever cheated on someone" from Robin, even though they both know it wasn't really cheating on her part. Steve also shamefully drinks on it, having "cheated" on a girl who didn't realize he broke up with her.
At some point Nancy got all of them with "never have I ever smoked weed", including Robin, at whom she glanced judgementally. Robin flushed and muttered something about gay bonding session with Eddie.
Then, immediately after that, Argyle got everyone with "never have I ever lied to the police", as all of them lied about the Upside Down stuff when talking to people besides Hopper and some of the higher-ups, and Steve got up to go refill everyone's drinks.
Taking a chance, Jonathan leaned in conspiratorially and whispered, "Quick, while Steve's in the kitchen, never have I ever had Steve crush on me!" At that, both Nancy and Robin rolled their eyes, waiting for Steve to come back with drinks, while Eddie tried to down the rest of his can of cheap beer inconspicuously.
Argyle still took notice though, because when Steve brought the first three drinks, giving them out to Eddie, Jonathan and then Argyle, the latter says, "Steve, my dude, I respect your choice and all that, but, come on, we all here know that Jonathan is hotter, why on Earth would you have a crush on Eddie and not him?" He looks around the room to see Robin making a disgusted face and Nancy having a contemplating look on her face. Steve silently goes back to the kitchen, fetching the last three drinks. When he comes back, Argyle is eyeing him, not ready to drop the conversation.
After Steve hands out the drinks, he continues "Brochachos, my dudes, seriously? None of you think Jonathan is hotter? Really? Well, all the more for me I guess." Jonathan is looking really red right now, Steve notices. "I suppose this party was always supposed to end up in the gayest combination possible." Nancy and Robin who are sipping on their new drinks nearly spit out all of it back. "Oh come on, all of you are clear as day, I saw Nancy do gooey eyes at Robin twice this evening, I think even Steve notices, and that's something. Also I'm pretty sure Eddie had his hand in Steve's back pocket all night, and that's why he's been so jumpy." This time, Steve, who decided to check how terrible his newly created concoction is, is the one who spits out his drink.
Robin recovers from the shock relatively quickly, because next minute she's tackling Steve to the ground with "I KNEW YOU WERE HIDING SOMETHING YOU DINGUS!", while Steve apologizes to her and says how it wasn't his secret to keep.
Nancy smiles at Jonathan, who is still very very red. Eddie just looks smug. Argyle also looks smug, but for different reasons.
Everyone is happy.