#★ ∗ ∘ ∙ 034. steven crain
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nell going to steve looking terrified when she’s first a ghost
steve going to luke and sending that ghost away
#that's all#just#steve's passive effect ok#★ ∗ ∘ ∙ 034. steven crain#★ ∗ ∘ ∙ 034. steven crain — rel. nell#★ ∗ ∘ ∙ 034. steven crain — rel. luke#★ ∗ ∘ ∙ 001. ooc#★ ∗ ∘ ∙ 001. about
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* @wistcrias — STEVEN & SAVANNAH: PLOTTING / STARTER CALL
THEY’VE MET BEFORE, AND THAT’S HARDLY UNUSUAL. two authors with similar subject matter, if not completely antithetical worldviews and philosophies on said subject matter, crossing paths happens more often than you might think. this time, they’re crossing paths in williamsburg while steve is researching for his new book. “ savannah woodham, ” he greets, smile only half dread. the way she looks at him . . . it’s unsettling at the best of times. “ why am i not surprised to see you here. ”
#knowing that savannah is legit#i cannot even IMAGINE the vibes she gets off steve lol#lord help her if she ever happens to meet any of his siblings too#the crains are gonna drown her senses#★ ∗ ∘ ∙ 034. steven crain#★ ∗ ∘ ∙ 001. starters#wistcrias
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* @sunpathos — STEVEN & SHIRLEY: PLOTTING / STARTER CALL
SHIRL IS IN THE MIDDLE OF OPENING UP HER BUSINESS. she and kevin are so fucking busy, and money is tight, and to top it all off, they’re trying for a baby. and god knows steve doesn’t have much money to speak of, already drowning in debt from school, trying to jump start his career, too. but here they are, cold coffee on the table between them, trying to work through shit they don’t know how to begin to handle. “ i mean, this place seems good, ” he mumbles tiredly, his shoulders brushing his sister’s as they peruse rehab pamphlets — what a weird thing — in his and leigh’s kitchen. “ really good, actually . . . ”
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* @willowdied — A LIE SERVED AS IF IT WERE THE DAILY BREAD AND WINE.
STEVE NODS WHERE HE SITS, LEANT AGAINST THE BACK OF HIS COUCH. luke is sitting at his apartment’s dining table, steve near him with his arms crossed, head down, having just relayed . . . more shit than he cared to ever imagine was in their family’s closet. “ yeah. a whole lot of lies . . . ” luke’s metaphor is fitting: lies have fed them growing up, since the day they leave hill house, more than anything else. “ you know, i — i didn’t know about all of it, right? or i didn’t . . . ” he shakes his head, throat choking up once again. christ, when is the last time he’s cried this much? “ i didn’t . . . remember. ” it doesn’t assuage the guilt he feels, and he doesn’t want it to. he just needs luke to know — to know that it was never . . . on purpose.
#★ ∗ ∘ ∙ 034. steven crain#★ ∗ ∘ ∙ 001. answered#willowdied#thanks for sending this in !#some good ol' post canon angst . . .#i do hc that steve brings luke to stay with him at his apartment after the hospital#because he and leigh do not just immediately reconcile and him move in like that lol#that aint realistic#and also steve needs to be real close to luke after almost losing him and losing nell
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* @willowdied — I HATE HALLOWEEN.
STEVE KEEPS TRYING TO MAKE THINGS NORMAL. they’re not going to be though, no matter how hard he tries. aunt janet is trying, too, but so far it’s not worked out so well. he sits on the edge of theo and shirl’s bed. it’s just theo in here right now though — just him and his little sister, who’s never seemed very ‘little’ at all. “ there’s gonna be a lot of candy, ” he offers hopefully. “ you don’t really have to wear a costume or anything. but you could at least come with us? ” it’s going to be hard enough to get luke to go trick or treating; having theo along would help.
#★ ∗ ∘ ∙ 034. steven crain#★ ∗ ∘ ∙ 001. answered#willowdied#thanks for sending this in !#god that first halloween tho
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* @willowdied — [ FROM NELL ] ARE YOU AROUND?
[ NELLIE : ] i’m working, but i’m home, yeah. [ NELLIE : ] everything okay? do you need to talk?
#★ ∗ ∘ ∙ 034. steven crain#★ ∗ ∘ ∙ 001. answered#thanks for sending this in !#set this pre canon !#probably before arthur dies too#definitely after he's published his first book / they're both in l.a.#willowdied
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* @herhaunt — I NEVER WANTED ANYTHING FROM YOU.
STEVE ISN’T SURE WHAT WOULD BE WORSE. it being the truth, and him just carrying a lot more than he needed to, half killing himself time after time in the process; or it being a lie, and even nell still not seeing the ways they’ve all asked and asked of him, even without asking. either way, this isn’t going to be a great conversation, given how it’s started.
he runs a hand over his face, suddenly deeply exhausted. “ nell . . . i don’t know what you want me to say to that, ” he replies. there is more tiredness than frustration . . . �� but the frustration is still there all the same. “ i take care of you. that’s my job. i take care of all of you, but especially you and luke. ” he tries to anyway. probably doesn’t do too great of a job, considering how both of them have turned out. “ and you don’t want that? you never needed that? ”
that’s a different thing, need and want. but steve doesn’t care — not when both are just as important.
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