#Farewell wanderlust? Screaming
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Another day, another listen of the entire Amazing Devil discography while losing my honest to goodness mind.
#the amazing devil#Every single song they've ever made ever makes me completely feral#Farewell wanderlust? Screaming#Chords? My heart is shattered I am sobbing send help#Love run/ not yet? LOVE RUN/ NOT YET???? I CALL BEING BEATEN OVER THE HEAD WITH EVERY FEELING UNDER THE SUN#BATTLE CRIES???? FUCKING BATTLE CRIES???? YOU MEAN THE SONG THAT LEAVES ME IN A MILLION DIFFERENT PIECES HOLDING MYSELF TOGETHER WITH#THE RAW POWER OF THE LINE “WE WERE GODS WE WERE KIDS” HFKDHORJSKDBDIJDLRIS#THE OLD WITCH SLEEP AND THE GOOD MAN GRACE????? INKPOT GODS???? MARBLES????#PRAY???????????#IS ANYONE ELSE LSKTENING TO PRAY SND ABSOLUTELY LOSING JT????#“GOD MADE ALL MAN IN HIS IMAGE. HONEY IM- IM NO MAN. IM WHATS LEFT WHEN CHILDTEN GO TO WAR”#JFKRNKDNELMSKFBFKRJSKRO#i swear this band leaves me in shambles every single time#I love them so much#joey batey#madeleine hyland
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I cantdo this
Im gonna die
The Pure Fucking Emotions burning in my chest have to explode somewhere i will cry and scream and please. Please dont leave because ive changed, oH My fuck
I promise you ill try
All those letters unsent, and that garden ungrown
Ipromiseyouimnotbroken
#the amazing devil#please#tad is too good for the human race.#tad#i will sob#the horror and the wild#what the fuck.#how am i expected to live laugh love in these conditions#screaming#sobbing my poor heart out#i cant take.this#are we sure theyre human#are we sure theyre not fae here to enchant us#my poor poor heart#farewell wanderlust#love run#Spotify
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Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)
Mama, ooh-ooh/I don’t wanna die/I sometimes wish I’d never been born at all
Mamaaa/Just killed a man/Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger/Now he's dead/Mamaaa, life had just begun/But now I've gone and thrown it all away/Mama, oooh/Didn't mean to make you cry/If I'm not back again this time tomorrow/Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters
"LIKE HELLO????? THIS SONG IS LITERALLY INDESCRIBABLE IT’S JUST AMAZING"
"Good god when the "Galileo, Figaro - magnificoo" hits (hold on for dear life)"
Poll Runner: The Song Ever. Everyone who's ever sung this can feel the sheer power of Freddie Mercuary in their lungs.
Farewell Wanderlust (The Amazing Devil)
I promise you im not broken, I promise you there's more/More to come, more to reach more, more to hurl at the door/Goodbye to all my darkness, there's nothing here but light/Adieu to all the faceless things that sleep with me at night/This here is not makeup, it's a porcelain tomb/And this here is not singing, I'm just screaming in tune
This here is not makeup, it's a porcelain tomb/And this here is not singing, I'm just screaming in tune
I'm the face that stares back when the screen goes to black/When your mom says you look healthy/But you know she means you got fat/I'm the tales that the guests will applaud and believe/I'm the child that you just didn't have time to conceive
You may have taken me, and made me, but I am more than what you think, and I will /not/ let you ruin me.
"I have literally fucked up my throat by yelling this song really loudly while driving. Like, my voice was weird for multiple days afterwards. I can't put it into words but everyone I've ever heard mention the amazing devil has been so fucked up by this song."
"Ok I KNOW that this isn't going to win because no one knows the song. therefore the only mark i can leave is this rant ok. So I apologise in advance but: but did you read that absolute CALLOUT section of the lyrics i put up there?? that is only a SECTION ok. this song is so fucking weird its like someone is reaching into your soul strings and pulling on tangling them making u Feel Things like WOW. its such a. callout isnt the rigjt word for it. it just fucks one up ok. like honestly just pls pls i beg of u listen to the song or even just read the entire lyrics its so. you'll get what I mean."
"It’s about breaking under the weight of expectations and showing the world yourself in all of your imperfect, ugly, and raw glory."
Bohemian Rhapsody submitted by @homosandhomies + others
Farewell Wanderlust submitted by @Gimme_DA_PIEEEE + @ceaseless-rambler + @xx0yeet-everything0xx + others
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Dancing around a bonfire in the woods while screaming ‘Farewell Wanderlust’ by The Amazing Devil would actually fix me.
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At the beach listening to The Amazing Devil
It’s a really good form of therapy. Especially if you scream along with the lyrics
Songs Im listening to while admiring the view
The Calling (sang this one into the ocean)
King
Wild Blue Yonder
Battle Cries
Welly Boots (Sang this one into the ocean as well)
Farewell Wanderlust (screamed this one out. It felt really good)
That Unwanted Animal
The Rockrose and Thistle (this one is one I highly recommend)
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#the amazing devil#tad#joey batey#madeleine hyland#ocean#this is such a good therapy#ocean + tad = enlightenment
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therapy can cost, on average, between $65 - $250 per hour. in many areas of the united states, you're likely to pay $100 - $200 per session.
however, screaming farewell wanderlust is free.
the choice is yours
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The Horror And The Wild - a sentence meme from The Amazing Devil's 2020 album The Horror And The Wild. Feel free to adjust as needed!
The Rockrose And The Thistle
"I know the kindest thing is to leave you alone."
"I've run out of my words, my song."
"Just let me die."
"I could try to calm you down but I know you won't."
"And you'll wail, you'll scream, but I'll never stop 'cause it's all that I have left. "
"I know the kindest thing is to never leave you alone."
The Horror And The Wild
"They said it all comes down to you."
"You are that space that's in between every page, every chord and every screen."
"You are the driftwood and the rift, you're the words that I promise I don't mean."
"We're drunk but drinking."
"They thought us blind."
"Remember me I ask, remember me I sing."
"Give me back my heart you wingless thing."
"Think of all the horrors that I promised you I'd bring."
"You passed your fingers through my hair and called me child."
"I steal the hours and turn the night into day."
"How bold I was, could be - will be - still am, by God still am."
"Remember me I ask."
Wild Blue Yonder
"Without you, I'm stronger."
"How wrong you were."
"You told me I was younger, that I was filled with wonder."
"For you. I would have gone so much blonder."
"So one last time, love, come and rip my clothes off."
"Get a grip, we're grownups."
"Let's wander, till the fuckers demand an encore."
"So hold me, lover, like you used to."
"Every stone you threw, I stood on to better see the view."
"I surrender what was, what could have been."
"Every brick you hurled, I'll use to build this world."
"I'd bruise you."
Welly Boots
"A storm is coming on."
"What do you mean you've lost your scarlet welly boots?"
"Do y'know what they cost?"
"Wear a raincoat or it'll soak you to the bone."
"It's just like falling snow, I am above you and I love you."
"Don't you know that I'll be with you all along, as long as you are kind?"
"'Cause when it's cold, I'll wrap my scarf around you."
"Just because I left doesn't mean that I'm not still there."
"I get to watch you grow up now and make me proud."
"Get drunk for me, sing louder than you've sung for me."
"'Cause you were always strong."
"When you were young, you'd kick things just to see if they would fall."
"That girl, she's wrong"
"I'll stick up for you, even though you haven't got a clue."
"You haven't got a fucking clue."
"And I'm so proud of you."
"I'm not alright!"
"You were supposed to be my light and keep me safe against them all!"
"How could you leave me here!?"
"I know you're strong enough to do this on your own."
"I've been so scared."
"You left me here behind, do you not care?"
"How the fuck am I supposed to carry on without you here?"
Farewell Wanderlust
"You look like I need a drink."
"And you are?"
"I'm the hardest goodbye that you'll ever have to say."
"I promise you I'll be better."
"I promise you I'll try."
"It's my curse to try and make it right, but by trying make it worse."
"You brought me to this party but you left me here behind."
"So long to the person you begged me to be."
"You gave us such a fright. We'd hate to see your mascara drip into your pint."
"Let's take this outside 'cause we're one and the same."
"Our gods have abandoned us, left us."
"Take up arms, take my hand, let us waltz for the dead."
"I promise you I'm not broken."
"I promise you there's more. "
"Goodbye to all my darkness, there's nothing here but light."
"Adieu to all the faceless things that sleep with me at night."
"You brought me through this darkness but you left me here behind."
"Now take a good long look at what you've done to me!"
Fair
"It's what my heart just yearns to say in ways that can't be said."
"Today I somehow understand the reason I was born."
"I try so hard to make you laugh at me."
"Oh, darling, please be mine."
"It's not fair how much I love you."
"It's not fair, 'cause you make me laugh when I'm actually really fucking cross at you for something."
"How unreasonably in love I am with everything you do."
"I spend my days so close to you 'cause if I'm standing here, maybe everyone will think I'm alright."
"I know exactly what I want and it's this life that we've created."
"And if you asked me to, if you asked me, I would lose it all."
"Christ, you'll be the death of me."
"I'll spend my days so close to you 'cause if I'm standing here maybe everyone will think I'm cool."
"Where have you been?"
"It's not fair 'cause you make me ache, you bastard."
"I'll stand here with you."
That Unwanted Animal
"There's a second wind coming."
"You try so loud to love me. I cannot seem to hear."
"Can't you hear that scratching? There's something at the door."
"Be good to me."
"Can't you hear it?"
"What's the time Mr .Wolf?"
Marbles
"You couldn't lie then and you sure as hell can't lie to me now."
"You stole the best years of my life."
"Do you think I'm sexy?"
"If one more guy calls me darling then I swear to you and to God I will murder them all."
"All the bastards applaud when I show that I'm flawed."
"You're not flawed darling, you're just a little under-rehearsed."
"I don't know, but I'm here."
"I've loved you, for a hundred years."
"Certainly fucking feels like it."
"The minute I met you, the colours of my life began to pour."
"I'm scared of the dark."
"And now, even though you're mad and these memories won't stay. That's okay."
"'Cause then I get to meet you for the first time every single day."
"And I will wait and hope."
Battle Cries
"I'm at the brink, don't laugh."
"And that drink, will it fix all those questions unasked?"
"Who'll save you when you fall?"
"Who died and made you king of it all?"
"Who wins this war?"
"Now the wind feels so warm on the back of my neck."
"Don't be uncouth, be a man."
"Tell the truth to me, love, does my hair look as nice?"
"Don't lie with your eyes, you know I despise that look."
"I know that I've been through the wars."
"With you, I could summon the gods and the stars."
"I won't leave without a fight."
"I won't let you turn our last night into this."
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I didnt know I needed Farewell Wanderlust in my life BUT I NEEDED FAREWELL WANDERLUST IN MY LIFE. Madeleine Hyland's singing in this song???? When you lie there awake every night love I soar??? I promise you ill be better???? I promise you ill try???? I'm the Jesus of wishing to Christ he'll come back???JOEY BATEY'S SINGING????? I PROMISE YOU IM NOT BROKEN???? I PROMISE YOU THERES MORE??? GOODBYE TO ALL MY DARKNESS THERES NOTHING HERE BUT LIGHT???? AND THIS HERE IS NOT SINGING IM JUST SCREAMING IN TUNE????? NOW TAKE A GOOD LONG LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE ALL DONE TO ME???? MADELEINE SINGING IN THE BACKGROUND AT THE END???? JUST GOD. How did I go all my life without hearing this song????
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"You look like I need a drink," he winked As he slipped from my grasp to the bar, "And you are?" He said, "Me?" (me), "Little me?" (little me) He called (he called) from the brink of the day (from the brink of the day) He said, "Hey, darling, hey, hey, darling, hey I'm the hardest goodbye that you'll ever have to say"
You don't know it yet, but I'm the cupid of things That you just didn't get, that you struggled to say I'm the saint of the paint that was left in the pot I'm your angel ellipsis, your devil of dots
Every time that you fumble, I'm the laugh from the back When you think about him, my wings start to flap When you make a mistake, my feet lift from the floor And when you lie there awake every night, love, I soar
I promise you I'll be better I promise you I'll try But like rubbing wine stains into rugs, it's my curse To try and make it right, but by trying make it worse
I'm the heartbreak that aches far too much to be shunned All those letters unsent and that garden ungrown I'm the captain of courage that you've eternally lacked I'm the Jesus of wishing to Christ he'll come back
Because farewell wanderlust, you've been, oh, so kind You brought me to this party, but you left me here behind So long to the person you begged me to be She's down, she's dead Instead what is left but this old satin dress And the mess that you left When you told me that I wasn't right in the head
"You alright?," asked the boys from beyond You gave us such a fright We'd hate to see your mascara drip into your pint Might you allow me to slip into something more comfortable then? Be our guest With a hoik of her bra, she waved to the bar, and slipped into the night
"Come, devil, come," she sang, "Call out my name" Let's take this outside, 'cause we're one and the same Our gods have abandoned us, left us instead Take up arms, take my hand, let us waltz for the dead
I'm the face that stares back when the screen goes to black When your mom says you look healthy But you know she means you got fat I'm the tales that the guests will applaud and believe I'm the child that you just didn't have time to conceive
I promise you I'm not broken, I promise you there's more More to come, more to reach for, more to hurl at the door Goodbye to all my darkness, there's nothing here but light Adieu to all the faceless things that sleep with me at night This here is not makeup, it's a porcelain tomb And this here is not singing, I'm just screaming in tune
Because farewell wanderlust, you've been ever so kind You brought me through this darkness, but you left me here behind And so long to the person you begged me to be He's down, he's dead Now take a good long look at what you've done to me
He's down, he's dead He's gone, oh, he's lost He's flown, he's fled Now take a good long look at what you've all done to me
"You look like I need a drink," he winked As he slipped from my grasp to the bar, "And you are?" He said, "Me?" (me), "Little me?" (little me) He called (he called) from the brink of the day (from the brink of the day) He said, "Hey, darling, hey, hey, darling, hey I'm the hardest goodbye that you'll ever have to say"
You don't know it yet, but I'm the cupid of things That you just didn't get, that you struggled to say I'm the saint of the paint that was left in the pot I'm your angel ellipsis, your devil of dots
Every time that you fumble, I'm the laugh from the back When you think about him, my wings start to flap When you make a mistake, my feet lift from the floor And when you lie there awake every night, love, I soar
I promise you I'll be better I promise you I'll try But like rubbing wine stains into rugs, it's my curse To try and make it right, but by trying make it worse
I'm the heartbreak that aches far too much to be shunned All those letters unsent and that garden ungrown I'm the captain of courage that you've eternally lacked I'm the Jesus of wishing to Christ he'll come back
Because farewell wanderlust, you've been, oh, so kind You brought me to this party, but you left me here behind So long to the person you begged me to be She's down, she's dead Instead what is left but this old satin dress And the mess that you left When you told me that I wasn't right in the head
"You alright?," asked the boys from beyond You gave us such a fright We'd hate to see your mascara drip into your pint Might you allow me to slip into something more comfortable then? Be our guest With a hoik of her bra, she waved to the bar, and slipped into the night
"Come, devil, come," she sang, "Call out my name" Let's take this outside, 'cause we're one and the same Our gods have abandoned us, left us instead Take up arms, take my hand, let us waltz for the dead
I'm the face that stares back when the screen goes to black When your mom says you look healthy But you know she means you got fat I'm the tales that the guests will applaud and believe I'm the child that you just didn't have time to conceive
I promise you I'm not broken, I promise you there's more More to come, more to reach for, more to hurl at the door Goodbye to all my darkness, there's nothing here but light Adieu to all the faceless things that sleep with me at night This here is not makeup, it's a porcelain tomb And this here is not singing, I'm just screaming in tune
Because farewell wanderlust, you've been ever so kind You brought me through this darkness, but you left me here behind And so long to the person you begged me to be He's down, he's dead Now take a good long look at what you've done to me
He's down, he's dead He's gone, oh, he's lost He's flown, he's fled Now take a good long look at what you've all done to me
fool count: 20
I said no more long asks, but I like The Amazing Devil. sue me.
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"I promise you I'm not broken, I promise you there's more / More to come, more to reach for, more to hurl at the door"
"This here is not makeup, it's a porcelain tomb / And this here is not singing, I'm just screaming in tune"
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#the amazing devil#joey batey#madeleine hyland#alt folk#screaming crying throwing up#enby#nonbinary#Spotify
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Can we all just stop and appreciate "And this here is not singing, I'm just screaming in tune" from Farewell Wanderlust by TAD thanks
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I keep seeing TAD hype for Ruin, and King, and Farewell Wanderlust so on and so forth, BUT WHERE IS THE HYPE FOR WELLY BOOTS?!?!
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And when you scream "I'm not alright" and throw my picture at the wall
"You were supposed to be my light, and keep me safe against them all. How could you leave me here" You'll scream
And louder, I'll scream back to you from that unknown and say "I know you're strong enough
I know you're strong enough
I know you're strong enough to do this on your"
Like those lyrics are so strong, and full of raw emotion
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I've Got A Dark Alley and A Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth (Fall Out Boy)
Joke me something awful just like kisses on the necks of "best friends"/we're the kids that feel like dead ends/and I want to be known for my hits not just my misses/took a shot and didn't even come close/and trust and love and hope/and the poets are just kids who didn't make it/and never had it at all
"It encapsulates a feeling of being stuck as a teenager or 20something. its a song about dead ends, about the memory of when all your friends were a phone call away instead of a plane ticket apart."
Farewell Wanderlust (The Amazing Devil)
I promise you im not broken, I promise you there's more/More to come, more to reach more, more to hurl at the door/Goodbye to all my darkness, there's nothing here but light/Adieu to all the faceless things that sleep with me at night/This here is not makeup, it's a porcelain tomb/And this here is not singing, I'm just screaming in tune
This here is not makeup, it's a porcelain tomb/And this here is not singing, I'm just screaming in tune
I'm the face that stares back when the screen goes to black/When your mom says you look healthy/But you know she means you got fat/I'm the tales that the guests will applaud and believe/I'm the child that you just didn't have time to conceive
"You may have taken me, and made me, but I am more than what you think, and I will /not/ let you ruin me."
"I have literally fucked up my throat by yelling this song really loudly while driving. Like, my voice was weird for multiple days afterwards. I can't put it into words but everyone I've ever heard mention the amazing devil has been so fucked up by this song."
"Ok I KNOW that this isn't going to win because no one knows the song. therefore the only mark i can leave is this rant ok. So I apologise in advance but: but did you read that absolute CALLOUT section of the lyrics i put up there?? that is only a SECTION ok. this song is so fucking weird its like someone is reaching into your soul strings and pulling on tangling them making u Feel Things like WOW. its such a. callout isnt the rigjt word for it. it just fucks one up ok. like honestly just pls pls i beg of u listen to the song or even just read the entire lyrics its so. you'll get what I mean."
"It’s about breaking under the weight of expectations and showing the world yourself in all of your imperfect, ugly, and raw glory."
Farewell Wanderlust submitted by @Gimme_DA_PIEEEE + @ceaseless-rambler + @xx0yeet-everything0xx + others
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Thanks for the tag @crow-with-a-typewriter ! Also saw Farewell Wanderlust for your song, I love the Amazing Devil, such a good band!!
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fuck singing with proper technique, screaming farewell wanderlust in the shower after a hard day is the only way forward
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Screaming in Tune
Rating: T
Pairing: Steddie
Tags: Pre-Steddie, Came back wrong, mentions of Eddie's death, sort of unreliable narrator
Written for the daily drabble challenge over on the STWG: prompt was "Wanderlust"
This was heavily inspired by The Amazing Devil's Farewell Wanderlust which... well. Here it is.
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Steve can feel it growing, inside of him. The itching need under his skin that he can’t figure out how to put a name to it. He just knows it’s tugging him, hooking underneath his navel, and making him long to be somewhere, find something.
He hasn’t said anything. Things are still tense, even weeks after their town split like a cored apple. At night, he can see the red glow against the darkness, and it calls to him. Maybe it’s from the wounds the demobats gave him, or just the poison of the Upside Down that has sunk into his bones. He doesn’t know, tries not to give too much thought to it. But it makes it really hard to concentrate when they’re gathered to plan out what they’re going to, how they’re going to take Vecna out for once and for all.
It gets worse when he lets his mind wander. Thoughts of getting up and walking out underneath the ash-filled skies until his feet crack and bleed are intrusive, constant. He thinks he can hear the whisper of something, a voice that tells him all kinds of things.
Come find me.
I’m here, waiting.
I’m waiting for you.
“Steve?”
He comes back to himself, looking between Nancy’s frown and Robin’s concerned eyes and Dustin’s fearful stare and it makes guilt gnaw at his insides. “Sorry, was lost in thought.
“Thought you got Vecna-ed,” Dustin murmurs, clinging to him. He’s been that way since… since…
Well, Steve can’t really blame him. Just like he’s sure they wouldn’t blame him for the itch in his bones, the need to find whatever is calling him that is slowly starting to consume his every single thought. “Nope, just spacey, you know that. One too many knocks to the head.” He presses his knuckles against Dustin’s temple just to make him laugh, even as he feels it creeping over him again.
Soft, like a lover. Demanding, like a child.
Come find me. Just walk away and come find me. I’m waiting for you.
That night, laying in his bed at home, he tosses and turns against the feeling burning inside his ribcage, making his legs tingle with the need to move. It’s calling again, that aching need inside of him that feels like an impossible siren song.
Steve is helpless to obey. He gets to his feet and starts to follow it, like an invisible trail of breadcrumbs that has been left just for him.
The feeling grows stronger with each step he takes, not sure where it’s going to take him. He follows along and lets the pull guide him, winding him through the trees and away from the town with hellfire creeping up and over the streets like demons trying to escape. It’s probably not too far off, considering what creatures of the Upside Down he’s seen.
His feet take him to Forest Hills and it isn’t until he sees the broken wood of the sign that it dawns on him. The pull is coming from the gate, the pulsing red center that sits where Eddie’s trailer used to be. The others lay like bones in a graveyard, old and dusty and abandoned now that most of the town has fled. Everything is faded black against that bright red spill of light.
He should turn around. He should call someone. He should forget that he even bothered to follow the call in the first place.
So many things he should do, but Steve knows exactly what he’s going to do.
He walks to the edge, right where the jagged edges of the gate has forced their way into this reality. It pulses and brightens when he gets close, like it recognizes him as an old friend. He reaches out, touches it and it feels warm and inviting. It wants him here, has been calling him for so long.
Steve barely has a moment to consider before a pale, black-clawed hand shoots out from the membrane of the gate, locking around his t-shirt and pulling him inside. No time to scream, no time to fight, just yanked through like he weighs nothing at all.
For the first time, he is afraid. Clearly this has been a trap, something lured him here to finish the job that the demobats started. Maybe it’s Vecna, maybe it’s something else.
When he’s through the gate, he falls to his knees, hard against the black dirt of the Upside Down. Everything is bathed in deep red and Steve shivers in the unnatural air. So, so stupid, he tells himself. Now he will die here and no one will know, he’ll never see Robin again and Dustin will be devastated, knowing he lost Steve too, and-
The same, black-clawed hand cups him under the chin, delicately, like he is something precious and worthwhile. Where he was expecting pain, he gets only gentleness. His head is tipped up and Steve forced himself to open his eyes against the soot and must of the Upside Down.
Eddie’s face stares back at him, grinning wide with too many teeth. Leathery black wings unfurl behind him, and the deep, black set of his eyes reminds Steve of the pieces of onyx Dustin showed him from his collection. It’s unnatural, sure, but the look on Eddie’s face is comforting in its familiarity. Steve can still see where the bats devoured him, jagged scars gray against the shock-white of Eddie’s skin. And yet, here he is, not human but not quite a monster either.
“Hey there, big boy. Did you miss me?”
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