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i’ve only had matthew lynch for about 12 pages but every line about him just makes him more endearing

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"aw geeze" looking little bastard.

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you are made of dreams, and this world is not for you

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The radio crackled on. Robin clutched the microphone as steady as she could, the poor thing not used to the rough location of Steve's beat up Beemer.

"Evening, Hawkins," she announced into the mic. Not in her typical bravado. This was all Robin: trembling, scared, but defiant against it. "This is Rockin' Robin, here with Sailin' Steve in what very well may be our last broadcast."

She adjusts her spear, getting Steve to double check his shield. Not easy to do while speeding down the road, but when their destination is the same no matter where he goes, it doesn't quite matter anymore, does it?

"It's been a pleasure serving you lovely people and WSQK Radio," Robin continues, her voice shaking less as the certainty of her words takes over. "But it's time for us to sign off one last time."

"The end of the world is calling, baby," Steve says, loud enough for the radio to pick up. It's the first time he's ever dared to speak into it, and the wave of power it gives him makes him feel possessed. With the way his hand moves off the wheel to twist the knob of the barely functioning sound board between them, turning the music up as he accelerates and fueling his words, he may as well be. "We're here to pick up the call."

Steve grips the stick in front of the sound board, clutching the leather as familiar as the denim beneath his war clothes. "We've got one final song for you all, dedicated to an old friend of mine."

He smells ash. Tastes blood on the tip of his tongue. Feels the sting in his sides like a call from the other side.

Not painful. Hopeful.

Daring.

Trusting.

Fueling.

"We're gonna finish what you started, bud. I'm gonna make him pay."

As the first notes of the guitar solo to "Crazy Train" begin rattling his car, as his fingers tighten impossibly more on the wheel and a tear rolls down his cheek, he feels the ghost of a hand on his shoulder.

Ring laden.

Strong in its fear. Familiar in its loss.

Steve grits his teeth. Takes a deep breath as a calmness burns just as bright as the fire of vengeance.

"Eddie Munson, this is for you."

Then he shifts the stick, grips the wheel, and speeds straight into the apocalypse.

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Guys, pause. This is just character exploration, okay? I’m still trying to figure out whether I feel cozy in this concept or if it weirds me out in all the wrong or right ways.

So—Robin is Steve’s platonic soulmate. They’re basically conjoined twins, himbo and bimbo, two chaotic halves of one disaster queer brain cell. They finish each other’s sentences and even kinda look like they were separated at birth.

And then Eddie shows up. And suddenly everything gets complicated for Steve, because now he’s wondering… does he need to start creating some space between himself and Robin? Not that he would—he’d sooner chew off his own arm. But like, is Eddie cool with Steve talking to Robin about sex? Taking bubble baths with her? Kissing her forehead and napping in her lap?

But Eddie—somehow—makes their platonic trio work. He’s just as comfortable with Robin as he is with Steve. He does her laundry and writes a song that includes a trumpet solo just for her. There’s always a spare toothbrush and pajama set in his trailer them. He bought pads for her and they both, Steve and Eddie, have a calendar of her cycles. And they’ve all grown disturbingly comfortable with the idea of sharing a bed (platonic).

Lines? Blurred beyond recognition. Especially once they move to Chicago and rent an apartment together.

At some point, each of them has a mini existential crisis like, “Is this… normal?” But they talk about it (because emotional maturity, surprisingly), and eventually land on: if it works for them, then it works. Full stop.

They’ve got a trio situation going on, which could technically be disrupted if Robin meets someone she wants to move in with. Or maybe that girlfriend fits in so well they become a quartet. Who knows.

Yes, Robin does date in Chicago. She sees girls, she has a good time. But she doesn’t feel the need to get too serious. Moreover, there is something about their experience with the Upside Down that makes it a little difficult to build relationships outside of the group. It may not be a healthy story, but Robin is okay with it. I mean, she’s already emotionally entangled with two disaster men, even if it’s platonic.

Things reach new levels of “Wait, what?” when Robin, nearing 30, agrees to be the surrogate for Steve and Eddie’s baby. (Biologically this is Eddie's child, because Steve and Robin are literally one being, they decided this together) She goes through IVF, and they’re both with her the entire way. And in the end (because let’s be real, everyone saw it coming), they raise that kid together. As three.

Untraditional? Absolutely. Dysfunctional? Maybe. But it works.

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My fave platonic soulmates, I have no clue what they’re talking about

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🚬 # 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐃𝐃𝐈𝐄 : sneaking out for a little cig !

⭑fanart made by me : @corazondeiator

this is my first post in here! so I hope y'all like my art ! please do not repost

with luv, mello. <3

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JUST LET ME PUT FLOWERS IN HIS HAIR GOD DAMN IT!!!!!

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The Rescue

(This is one of the November Print Choices for my Patreon ♥️ )

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long time no trc

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'Ronan's second secret was Adam Parrish' is a beautiful sentence craft, because it could have easily said "Ronan likes boys/Ronan is gay" since the three secrets pertain to his identities. But no, it was never going to be put so simply because Ronan's sexual identity is fully encapsulated by Adam Parrish. He likes a boy, but it isn't any boy and it will never be any other boy except Adam (Ronan knew of Adam's existence before he saw Adam the first time- from The Dreamer Trilogy). Ronan's sexual identity could easily be "Adam Parrish" rather than any other label, and that's just a wonderful example of who Ronan is, extremely monogamous and loyal to Adam being his first (and the first man on Earth), and his last love. Adam is one of Ronan's identities.

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Remember when we read The Raven Boys for the first time and we were like “Oh this is the punk guy who listens to hardcore electronic music and gets drunk a lot and does super dangerous street racing, he must be so aloof and apathetic and tough” and then Ronan hit us with the raven daughter he doesn’t want to hear swear words and the listening to baby mouse heartbeats and the dreaming up a mystical forest which loved his friends as much as he did and the speaking fluent Latin and the dreaming up hand cream for his friend who he was obsessively crushing on and the calling said crush an OBJECT OF HIS WORSHIP and the heart full of love?

Fakest idgaf-er in the world by far

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zoom out

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eyes on the road parrish

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Adams, but he looks different everytime because I’m inconsistent

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Steve: *Lying face down in bed*

Robin: He said he loved you?

Steve: Yeah…

Robin: And you asked him to marry you?

Steve: Yeah…

Robin: Even by lesbian standards that’s fast.

Robin: What did you do?

Steve: I ran before he could reject me.

Meanwhile…

Eddie: WAYNE HOLY SHIT IM GETTING MARRIED!!!

Wayne: *Spits coffee*

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sweet boy