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Aro Steve Harrington because sometimes I hate romantic media. And sometimes I need something to relate to. And sometimes I wish I could love romantically. And sometimes I'm just so tired man.

And this is the title.

For as long as he can remember Steve has always been obsessed with love.

From movies, to songs, to playing house as a kid whenever his parents had gatherings. ‘Networking’ they used to call it, a fancy excuse to get wine drunk and show off their children. Firm hands, and manicured nails on shoulders and passive aggressive remarks. “Well our Steve just learned how to play a new song on the piano.” Nevermind the fact it was twinkle twinkle little star.

Nevermind the fact they were all shoved away until some reason arose to parade them around again. Fleeting glances and “not now honey, mommy's busy,” turning into firm hissed “Steve, stop.” Turning into nothing as he eventually stopped bothering them.

Maybe that's why he's so obsessed with the concept of love. His parents don't get it the same way he does. They don't act like the movies where love is ethereal. Maybe its divinity is just out of their grasp.

Maybe that's why he can't reach it either: he doesn't know how.

He's supposed to be watching the movie screen but Steve can't get his eyes to focus. His legs are tense, twitching like he's just run laps around the basketball court and not sat on a date with a cute girl. A girl who has her hand entwined with his running a thumb idly over his skin.

It makes his gut itch. Butterflies. Or maybe the stale salty popcorn they've both stopped pretending to eat. He doesn't know which he prefers.

Whatever it is, it's not supposed to be like this. He's supposed to throw an arm around her and let her snuggle into him. Maybe whisper a joke or two in her ear. But she's gone and grabbed his hand without warning and he doesn't know what to do with that now.

When the movie ends Steve leads her outside of the theater so they can part ways. She lingers, hand wrapped around his upper arm even though he can see her dad's car idly behind them.

“I had a good time,” she says, brushing her hair to the side as the cold November wind ruffles them. She squeezes his arm and that feeling returns making his stomach clench uncomfortably.

“Yeah.” Steve agrees. He doesn't add me too because he can't seem to bring the words out. Like saying that would reveal something. He tugs his jacket zipper higher and fights off a shiver.

“Can we…can I get a kiss goodnight at least?” She blinks up at him, biting her lip. She's sweet. Pretty. It'd be easy. Just lean in and touch her lips with his.

The thought makes him recoil. He pulls away from her, doesn't miss the way she lets go immediately, face flushing.

“Oh.”

“Um no—shit,” Steve scrambles. He runs a hand through his hair despite the fact he spent so long getting it perfect for this date. “This was nice, okay? I just—I just can't. I don't think this will work, sorry. You deserve someone more.” More what he doesn't know. Doesn't matter either because she's looking away now, stepping back, hands tucking into her pockets.

“Yeah,” she laughs but it sounds different then it had earlier. Guarded. She rocks on her heels. “Guess so. Thanks anyway Steve.” She gives him a tight lipped smile he's sure he mirrors back and turns away pulling her coat tight around her as she walks towards her car.

Steve watches the car disappear. He heads for his car with a groan. Stupid. He berates himself. It isn't like she'd ask him to shove his tongue down her throat. Just a peck. Just his lips on hers for a fraction of a second. So then why couldn't he?

He used to kiss Nancy all the time back when they were dating. Risk missing class just to kiss her. Maybe he still isn't over her. Maybe he’s trying to move on too fast the way she seemed to be able to with Jonathan. It was only a couple weeks ago after all that they had still been together. A proper couple, at least he'd thought so.

But no. They'd been bullshit. Playing pretend.

He doesn't want to kiss Nancy either. So that can't be it, right? Unless he’s still unknowingly in love with her? He thinks back to his recent interactions with her, which aren't many. Now that they aren't together anymore he doesn't have a reason to seek her out.

She is not in any of his classes. She doesn't go to the games. He only ever in the halls. Or when he picks up Dustin from the Wheeler's because none of them are jumping at the chance to be out when it's dark.

He doesn't recall wanting to kiss her then when she had opened the door, her face contorted into a grimace before smoothing into an awkward smile. Her stilted words officially breaking things off between them as if he'd shown up with flowers in his hands trying to win her back. It had been awkward when Dustin came barreling out and Nancy had realized he was only there to pick the kid up. It made Steve think maybe he should've tried winning her back just so she wouldn't look embarrassed.

But he meant what he said that night at the Byers, collecting old radiators to save Will: he had been a shitty boyfriend. Just pretending everything was normal.

But that was love right?

Molding yourself into the perfect catch. Being romantic and sweet, and handsome. Doing what your girlfriend expects you to do. Because Nancy had expected him to kiss her in the hallways, expected him to drive her to school in the mornings, expected him to try and win her back. And he'd failed at that. Hadn't even thought of it until she was halfway through her rejection and Steve clued into what she was saying. Made him think of the dead roses he had to throw out after the whole Dart and Dustin fiasco. Crushed on the floor of the passenger seat side of his car.

And he's failed again tonight, not kissing his date. Not doing what she expected of him. He feels like those flowers wilted and so wrong as he gets in his car and turns the heater to the max. Because flowers are perfect and Steve, well as he drives home to an empty house, can't help feeling he's never been close.

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“You know, when a person is very, very sad, they like sunsets.”

“And were you very, very sad on the day you watched forty-four sunsets?”

But the little prince did not reply.

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Medusa's Garden - IrenHorrors

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the problem with reading and writing leading to a strong vocabulary is that you tend to know the vibe of words instead of their meanings.

if I used this word in a sentence, would it make sense? absolutely. if you asked me what it meant, could I tell you? absolutely not.

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From the moment I watched Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse I´ve been dying to make a SpiderPunk badass fanart that make him justice and just I found some time before I start working on my next comic-book issue to try some of those twisted multi-verse colors and FX.

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nah imma do my own thing. nah imma do my own thing. nah

i'll be at anime nyc next weekend!! come visit me at table H19 in artist alley and pick up a print or two so i can have a nice dinner :)))

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Happy Halloween!

Was going to do the whole squad but ran out of time and I'm also sick so :/ But have Uther dressed as Elsa! Hope you have a good day regardless of whether you celebrate or not. :D

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The most boy ever. :D

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knickolas pnackolas hob

drew some fanart of our favorite disillusioned major 😍🫡

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After 20 hours of hand cramping up we got byler on skates‼️

Some things to note:

- Will wears a freitag bag !!

- Will has a Crown keycharm and Mike has a heart one

- Mike is on Quads while Will uses inlines cause they are more stable and I imagine that Mike can't balance himself very well

- They are very Warm and Cool coded when it comes to clothes like in season 4 🤭

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Scooby Doo where are you?

This is like the first time I've drawn a dog properly. I've been sucked down a scooby doo binge. I'll probably draw the rest of the gang maybe but for now have a scared dog. :D

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Eddie posts a Tiktok, talking about how Steve isn’t a big texter - he’s something worse, a caller - but when he does text Eddie, half the time it’s incomprehensible. The background of the video is a screenshot of a text conversation that starts with Steve sending Eddie a mermaid emoji. Eddie responds like, what does that mean???

Eddie gestures to where he blacked out the picture Steve sent him, “This is a picture of him in the bath. He wanted me to join him. How was I supposed to get that from a mermaid??”

Dustin stitches the video with a screenshot of a conversation he and Steve had a few weeks ago. Steve sent him a picture of a lizard one of his students found and asked, “Who is this?”

Dustin says in text and in the video that it’s ridiculous that Steve just assumes he knows the names of all the types of lizards out there. It’s also annoying because *Dustin moves to reveal the part of the conversation where he tells Steve that it’s an Eastern Fence Lizard* “I did actually know what kind of lizard it was.”

Dustin ignores the part of the conversation where Steve asks if it’d eat a cat.

Robin wordlessly stitches a screenshot of Steve asking, “What does it mean if a student called me based? Is that good?”

Mike stitches Eddie’s original video with a screenshot of his last text conversation with Steve where Steve says that he can’t do movie night. He’s having a Michael. Mike responded to this unprovoked attack like, “…Did you serious name your migraine after me?”

Will stitches his video and tells them to stop. Steve doesn’t have Tiktok and can’t defend himself. Meanwhile, his background is a screenshot of a text where Steve sent him one of those ‘I’m in your walls’ memes and says “You in 83. Lol.” He sends another text five minutes after saying, “Sorry if you’re still sensitive about that.”

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If there’s one thing I love, it’s ttrpgs. If there’s two things I love, it’s noir settings. And if there’s three things I love, it’s psychology.

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Storybook illustration featuring Fennel.

Now that it’s truly spooky season I can finally shed my human skin until the coming spring.

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Friendly reminders!

Miles 1610 is not some frightened little kid who hides behind his friends for protection, he's allowed to cry but that doesn't mean he can't hold his own in a fight!

Miles 42 is not a thug, he's just going through a lot and trying to be good in a world that has been cruel to him!

Pavitr is not an "uwu soft femboy aesthetic", being open about his emotions does not make him feminine!

Gwen is not a raging bitch, she's allowed to make mistakes!

Hobie is not dirty, abusive, or a predator, these are all stereotypes about black men that are inherently harmful!

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his name is Hem Borger

he was a sort of self-insert 5e minotaur monk haha

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another page of spiders + jinx