In my head I usually go with the first (or was it second) season Stuart. I can't reconcile the guy we see now with who we first met.
I do sometimes like to imagine how Raj would handle it with the depressed, lonely Stuart that exists now. Raj is a good guy and he wouldn't be comfortable taking advantage. Keeping that in mind leads to big-bang length fic (that I will probably never write down) that leaves a lot more room for character exploration and can easily lead to them developing a deep true friendship. If it develops beyond that or not could go either way.
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In my head I usually go with the first (or was it second) season Stuart. I can't reconcile the guy we see now with who we first met.
I do sometimes like to imagine how Raj would handle it with the depressed, lonely Stuart that exists now. Raj is a good guy and he wouldn't be comfortable taking advantage. Keeping that in mind leads to big-bang length fic (that I will probably never write down) that leaves a lot more room for character exploration and can easily lead to them developing a deep true friendship. If it develops beyond that or not could go either way.