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the sexy brutale's portrayal of what disability is like is so wild.
you ask your good friend, as an architect wheelchair user, if you can build a lift into his mansion, both to give him more space in the basement, and generally as an accessibility feature.
he says "oh, yeah!!! sure man!!!"
and you say "great, where can i build this?"
and he says: "yeah, in the furnace!"
and you say "...hm?"
and he says "yeah man, just build it in the furnace!"
and you say "but won't i burn to death if anything goes wrong with the power?"
and he says "yeah, sorry...... yeah sorry the only place we could put it is the furnace...... sorry......"
and then he unlawful act manslaughters you in an entirely unrelated arson.
#the sexy brutale#tsb#thanos gorecki#lucas bondes#genuinely insane how negligent lucas was#like i do think the end of the game is generally good and lucas hating himself forever will do nothing#and certainly won't bring anyone back#but it was only a matter of time before someone died or got seriously injured at one of his parties#even if the arson never happened#he kept dangerous exotic pets in unsecure enclosures with no warning signs#he kept a practice stage separated from a fifty foot drop with a flimsy glass pane#he put on dangerous magic shows with little to no safety precautions#he actively poisoned people at his bars!!!#while the ways the guests died in his mind were a little over the top#they weren't far off what could have actually happened had the mansion continued on#i do like the thing about him looking at his hunting trophies to remind himself what kind of person he was#yet continuing to act in ways overtly dangerous to his best friends' lives for no reason other than his own entertainment#it parallels with how he replayed all his friends' deaths in his mind yet never really changed or got better#lucas does have this habit of doing things thoughtlessly#hurting people#and then torturing himself without actually fixing his behaviour#he is constantly berating himself but in doing so almost absolves himself of the responsibility to do better in the future#because if you're inherently an evil person#no one can expect better of you#not even yourself#anyway i liked this game if you couldn't tell
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RWBY Brutale?
Here's a wild idea. No really, I'm spitballing here. But WHAT IF...
RWBY Chibi is Ruby Rose's The Sexy Brutale?
What is RWBY Chibi? What is The Sexy Brutale?
Well, to start with, RWBY Chibi is an animated series produced by Rooster Teeth, as a parody of their show RWBY after the latter series' plot started to dip into darker, more serious territory. Both shows involve the lives of Team RWBY and their journey to become
The Sexy Brutale is a video game produced Cavalier Game Studios and Tequila Works. In The Sexy Brutale, your character must navigate a mansion where the staff are killing off your friends one by one, and you must take advantage of a time-loop to counter the staff's murderous plans.
What I'm getting at involves spoiling the plot-twist of Sexy Brutale, so if you don't want that, please don't go any further. If you do, then press on.
Near the end of The Sexy Brutale, you learn that everything happening in the mansion is all a fantasy. The mansion's owner actually caused the deaths of all the guests in real life by accident. He has been reliving that terrible day ever since, killing his friends in more twisted and convoluted ways as a form of self-punishment.
Now, RWBY Chibi airs after Volume 3, when everything goes to Hell for Ruby Rose. Good friends die, her school is destroyed, and her Team is separated. Bad times to dwell on.
What if RWBY Chibi is some manifestation of Ruby's psyche, her way of trying to deal with her grief? In RWBY Chibi "Nothing bad ever happened. EVER." In RWBY Chibi, things are always silly and cheerfull. The villains are ridiculous and self-defeating. Isn't that how the battles of Good and Evil should be?
Now, in the secret ending of the Sexy Brutal, if you give the Demon of Bad Habits all of the hidden cards, you are transported to a lovely party where everyone is alive, dancing, and having a great time! But it symbolizes the Marquis sinking back into destructive hedonism to cope. It's fragile.
And in Justice League x RWBY part 2, Ruby has gone back to being very reckless and gung-ho with her Huntressing.
Could there be a connection...?
#RWBY#Theory#Analysis#The Sexy Brutale#animation#video game#grief#coping#trauma#time loop#Ruby Rose#Lafcadio Boone#Weiss Schnee#RWBY Chibi#Blake Belladonna#Jaune Arc#Lucas Bondes#Eleanor Bondes#Clay Rockridge#The Mansion Staff#Secret Ending#party#the one with the laugh track#Justice League
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7 years, nearly 125,000 words, 2 stories in mind + 3 more that ran away like the gingerbread man and demanded to be told, and my Sexy Brutale magnum opus is finito at last. A quaint contemporary feel-good found family adaptation featuring -
Trinity/Clay Greyson/Redd Tequila/Willow Lucas being Lucas
I hope you all enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it! Fans of a certain good boy pianist and ex-con expert locksmith should also have a look over here at what @scribblemakes made for me 💚💜
#the sexy brutale#fanfiction#trinity carrington#clay rockridge#greyson grayson#redd rockridge#tequila belle#willow blue#lucas bondes
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Thinking of Steddie Soulmates where you feel every pain your soulmate feels.
Thinking of little Steve feeling every backhand and punch from Eddie’s dad.
Thinking of little Eddie feeling Steve break his arm and the pain being so much worse because his parents refuse to take him to the hospital until the school gets involved.
Thinking of Eddie finally moving in with Wayne and sure, the paternal beating are done, but now he’s just a small town Freak that’s constantly targeted.
Thinking of Eddie and Steve in their Sophomore/Freshman years respectively, not knowing who the other is outside of rumors and (unknowingly) their shared pain.
Thinking of Eddie finally escaping pain, the bullying turning to mainly verbal shit.
Only to be thrust right back into pain because his soulmates a walking hazard.
Thinking of Eddie having no idea what’s going on when he suddenly feels like one giant bruise after Steve’s beat up by Jonathan. Eddie watching Steve fall from grace in his Junior year and not connecting the dots.
Billy coming along and smashing a fucking plate over Steve’s head while Eddie’s peacefully sleeping. Eddie jolting awake with a shout because /holy fucking shit ow—/
Neither of them connecting the dots.
Then Steve graduates, and Eddie’s held back. And the pain subsides for a bit.
And then fuck all happens in Starcourt and Eddie literally feels like he’s dying and Jesus H. Christ is his soulmate /ok/??? Like they are getting seriously fucked up.
And then that recedes and it ok for a while— Eddie will still get killer pains that seem to circulate in his chest and head, but that’s to be expected with whatever tf his poor soulmate is going through year after year.
And then the fuckery of March 1986 happens and Chrissy Cunningham is dead in his trailer— his home— and he’s wanted for fucking murder and hiding in Rick’s dingy ass boat house—
And then he’s shoving none other than Steve Harrington up against a wall with a broken bottle helps to his throat. Eddie’s so piped on adrenaline he barely feels the sting in his back, but he does feel the zing of pressure on his throat and ok /ow—/
And he’s staring at Steve Harrington, who looks kinda terrified and so pretty and Eddie’s holding a bottle to his throat and is that Dustin?—
And—
And holy shit.
Eddie’s eyes widen at the same time as Steve’s and the realization hits them both at once.
#stranger things#steve harrington#eddie munson#dustin henderson#mike wheeler#robin buckley#will byers#lucas sinclair#steddie#max mayfield#el hopper#steddie fics#steddie idea#steddie soulmate au#gonna do smth with steve and robin being literal platonic soulmates#steve and eddie going through the bat bites#steve saving eddie in the UD because of their soul bond#i can’t think of anything else#I’m so fucking tired 😭#goodnight (probably)
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Beauty of this man makes me speechless
#hannibal#hannibal lecter#hannibal nbc#mads mikkelsen#nbc hannibal#hannigram#will graham#murder husbands#hugh dancy#hannibal memes#duncan polar#duncan vizla#polar netflix#polar#nigel banyai#nigel charlie countryman#lucas the hunt#king arthur#heu#casino royale#james bond
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It seems like they are going to explore Hopper's ptsd after escaping Russia, which is great. I love that for him. However, I can't say I'm not bitter that they tortured 18 year old Steve and 17 year old Robin in s3 and never mentioned it again. I see who the favorites are.
#the duffers say they love Steve and yet we never get anything for him#looks like he's stuck with his ex and her bf this season and there will be no time exploring anything interesting with his character again#i'm giving up my dream scene of him reading max letter and is bonding with lucas#it's never gonna happen#steve harrington#robin buckley#stobin#jim hopper#st5 spoilers#stranger things
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Oh my god
#help i need this film rn#daniel craig#luca guadagnino#queer#venice film festival#drew starkey#movies#movie news#queer 2024#queer movies#james bond#benoit blanc
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please remember that luke skywalker adopted rey and fin a few years after marrying din djarin and and opening his jedi school on mandalor with their green rat son.
#poe just like apeared on day and as a teen and begged to take the creed#never forget how lucas skywalker married the king of mandalor#lucas skywalker...#hehe#dinluke#din djarin#jedi can have attachments and the bond between so many of them in the prequels and clone wars is proof of that#if a normal person doesn't regulate their emotions they can become terrible and that applied to jedi#so if luke trains the kids to not be stupid shits then we can avoid sith lords#also kylo (ben) will begin training to take the creed when he is 11 becuase he thinks being a jedi is lame like his mom#ben also thinks that din is like the coolest fucking person and then he meets boba and hear about his dads time in cryo and is like:#yup that seals the deal give me my helmet#i miss finpoe so bad guys#and reys lesbian ass oh god i miss her#like booo the sequels but i love my gay ppl#luke skywalker#rey skywalker#finnpoe#finn#fuck what's his last name it's been a minute he doesn't actually have one what do we call him#grogu djarin#the way that we gave him dons last name HOLD ME#m rants in the tags
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How Billy and Will first met each other
Inspired by @ventya text post
#william meeting william#billy hargrove#will byers#billy & will#they’ll bond i just know#harringrove#incorrect billy hargrove quotes#incorrect will byers quotes#harringroveera#billy hargrove meme#billy hargrove text post#billy hargrove edit#steve harrington#max mayfield#mike wheeler#el hopper#lucas sinclair#dustin henderson#harringrove & the party#harringrove + text posts#billy hargrove deserved better#billy x steve#incorrect harringrove quotes
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It’s very important to me that Steve and Lucas go on jogs in the morning with a cassette player each and an hour in they pause to stretch and swap tapes before making their way to their destination, the trailer park, where they’ll split off from each other and go see their partners 🥰
#steddie#lumax#steve harrington#lucas sinclair#eddie munson#max mayfield#steve and lucas bonding#I love steve being everyone’s big brother#eddie and max are sitting at their windows waiting to watch their boyfriends arrive
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While my shoulder has been fucked up I've been watching a lot of football AND sports commentary shows, which I have found myself enjoying??? As always, I've kept the actual sports ball details vague seeing as I barely know American sports.
Eddie walks into the living room to find Steve on his feet and standing far too close to the television. He has the phone to his ear and his shoulders are tensing.
"I cannot believe this," he says to Robin, who Eddie knows is on the other end of the line and probably just as agitated.
She must say something Steve vehemently agrees with because he nods, all stern and vibrating in agreeance. But he soon scoffs, holding the phone away as the Sportsman on the television says... Something about something baseball-related.
Steve swooshes his hand through the air in disapproval.
"Rob, are you hearing this asshole?"
The oven dings and Eddie decides to take his chances and step forward. He tip-toes quietly, making sure to keep his distance as he moves into his husband's field of vision and boy, is Steve mad about... Whatever tonight's Sports Problem is.
It's a big enough to-do that it is being discussed on (Eddie knows this much) Sportscenter.
Steve's frown deepens and his mouth down-turns to a cute – albeit grumpy – pout that has only become more accentuated with age and wrinkles.
"Dinner," Eddie mouths, adding an innocent, wiggling hand wave.
Steve props a hand on his hip and nods at him before he turns his attention back to the television. He heaves in a breath and now Eddie frowns. Because yeah, sure, Hellfire still gets his heart a-fluttering every once in a while, but these days he and the boys carry out quieter, more laid-back campaigns that would make their former selves gasp in horror.
And, Sport Problems, or not, he doesn't like the idea of Steve getting so worked up that he's wheezing.
"Rob!" Steve scolds in disbelief down the line, "What? Ugh, fine... Fine!" he looks at Eddie, "My dinner is ready too... Alright! Call me back... Mhmm," he pinches his nose, "Yes, I'll do the three-way call thing with Sinclair instead... Fine! Okay, bye."
He ends the call with a forceful pressing of the Talk/End button and murmurs to himself, practically sneering as he shoots the panel of sports commentators a look.
"Okay-p," Eddie says, clasping his hands together as he decides to charge for the remote.
He points it at the TV and gleefully reduces the group riling up his husband's undead universe-induced asthma to black nothingness.
"Calm down, Stevie-bear," he says, discarding the remote on the couch so he can rub at his back, "No more Sportscenter for now."
"But, Eddie, can you believe –"
Steve cuts himself off as Eddie loops an arm around his middle and leads him to the four-seater dining table.
"I know your hip is too bad for you to play ball these days, sweetheart, but you gotta calm down," he bargains, relieved when Steve's breathing begins to even out, "Dinner time is our quiet time."
"Yes..." Steve glances around.
Eddie narrows his eyes the moment he realises his partner has located their iPad on the breakfast bar. He tilts his head, hoping to block Steve's view of it and they soon become engaged in a silent stand-off despite standing in the middle of their living space attached at the hip, arm in arm.
It only stops when Steve purses his lips, no doubt readying himself to bring out the big guns and say something with the deadliest of bitchy lilts.
"Nope," Eddie says, chopping his hand through the air, "You're not rewatching that... play you are so cranky about on the iPad. I'm sure you are right about it anyway."
Steve says nothing. Hell, he probably saw straight through that ever-so-slightly condescending attempt at deflection. But Eddie can't bring himself to be all that worried about his tone as some very real panic sets in at the sound of the pot on the stove bubbling up a little too much.
He detaches himself from his partner, thinking that ruining dinner and taking Steve away from the television will start up a World War III, the likes of which he hasn't seen since the time he brought a stray cat into the apartment, who promptly hid in the closet and pooped in Steve's new Nikes.
"I am right," Steve says, all perky and chipper now as he pulls out a chair, "Can you, uh... Do the, uh..."
He trails off, looking at the phone's keypad and gesturing to the buttons.
Eddie reaches forward and plucks the phone from Steve's hand.
"I'll set up the three-way call for you later," he says, reading his mind. He presses a kiss to his forehead and sets the phone down on the table, "Promise."
"Lucas will be ready to talk at – "
"Eight o'clock," Eddie nods, "Just in time for the replay, I know."
He pats Steve on the shoulder with reassurance. When his husband finally takes a seat, Eddie heads off to the kitchen just in time to salvage their dinner.
#that post about lucas and steve bonding over basketball made me think of a little steve-robin-lucas sports obsessive trio for life dynamic#old steddie#when i mean old i mean like 50s/60s#sportsball eddie 🏈#steddie#steve harrington#eddie munson#steddie ficlet#steve x eddie
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Sometimes I wonder...
Is RWBY Chibi to Ruby Rose what The Sexy Brutale is to Lucas Bondes?
#RWBY#RWBY Chibi#Ruby Rose#The Sexy Brutale#Lucas Bondes#web animation#video game#meta#dumb thoughts
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Trauma bond? No. Bro bond.
Was having Steve and Lucas bro bond thoughts that accidentally turned into Steve whump.
…
Steve and Lucas bonding over sports more than anyone realized they ever would.
Like yeah, everyone knew Steve played basketball and was on the swim team in high school; that was practically his entire personality for a bit. But they never realized how much he actually /liked/ the sports.
Until he was geeking out with Lucas over a new play they’d thought of.
It was odd for them all to see Steve so excited. They watched on from their seats on the front porch steps. Eddie and Jonathan each had a beer, the both of them sharing a blunt with Argyle. Nancy and Robin sat on the steps below them, watching on while Steve and Lucas payed them no mind from the driveway.
It was almost comical— how the moment Lucas showed up on his bike Steve was up in an instant. After confirming it was indeed not a code red, Steve was quick to join Lucas. Especially after being told it was basketball related.
Steve had kicked his own beer over in his haste to get up.
Now Steve and Lucas were in the driveway, the garage door down (to prevent damage to the cars) and the Harrington’s basketball hoop out. Both were blissfully unaware of the eyes following them. Well, the eyes following /Steve/, it was more like.
Circling back the earlier thought; they’d never seen him to engaging in something. So excited. So…happy.
Which was really sad to think about.
“I’ve never seen him so excited over something,” Nancy said, speaking everyone’s thoughts.
Well. Except Argyle’s, it seems. “Nah, man. He gets like this anytime he starts talking about sports. We were watching a soccer game on TV last night and he was like— totally freaking out! Waving his hands around and talking a mile a minute.”
He took a puff of the blunt and passed it to Eddie, unaware of how he just tilted everyone’s worlds.
“Wait—“ Eddie took a drag and his voice was strained while he kept in the smoke “—he actually talks to you about that shit?”
Argyle hummed and looked at Eddie oddly. Eddie blew the smoke out and held Argyle’s eye.
“Yeah dude. All the time. Might help that I played volleyball back in Cali but— really, I just like hearing him talk. And I think he likes talking. He talks a lot.”
Argyle was getting extra talkative now, his sentences becoming shorter and more frequent. That’s how you knew he was high enough to not care.
“He’s never really been that talkative,” mumbled Robin, a sudden kind of dread settling uncomfortably in her chest.
Argyle shrugged. “Maybe you don’t talk about what he likes to talk about. He likes talking about sports. And romance books. He reads a lot of romance books.”
Well isn’t that something, Eddie thought. Steve Harrington likes to read.
(It brought up a distant memory from high school, from Steve’s sophomore year and Eddie’s junior year. Back before “King Steve” meant “jackass”.
“Well well, looky here, fellas! King Steve is gracing us peasants with his presence.” Eddie called mockingly to the young man sitting at the table in the library.
Steve— only 15 at the time, not 16 for another couple of months— looked up from his book with furrowed brows and a pout on his pretty pink lips. A pout that 21 year old Eddie would come to love.
Steve hadn’t done to much in the interaction. He more or less sat in silence while Eddie went on and on about something he couldn’t remember now.
When Steve had gotten up from the table, he doggy-eared his page (like a monster) and tucked the book under his arm. Eddie saw the title only briefly, “Forever Amber”.)
“Do we really never talk about his interests?” asked Jonathan to the sky, his head tilted up while he blew the smoke away.
They all startled when a series of shouts and laughs came from Lucas and Steve in the driveway. Eddie looked over in time to watch Steve pull Lucas in for a hug where they both patted each others backs aggressively. Eddie’s seen the guys do that at games. Some kind of weird bro-hug.
Eddie continued to watch when Steve bent down to pick up the rolling basketball. Eddie’s mind went other places quick enough when Steve pulled his shorts up a little higher. Robin smacked his calf.
“Seriously, you guys never talk to him about sports?” Argyle asked, flabbergasted. And I suppose he had every right to be. These were some of Steve’s closest friends. His boyfriend and his best friend! And they never got to listen to Steve rant about a particular basketball game from high school? About some specific swimming stroke and how it helped him win swim competitions?
They were seriously missing out.
Robin hung her head in shame and thought about it, her eyes misting over the more she realized that— yeah, she never talked to Steve about sports. Let alone his other interests. (Did he have other interests? That fact that she had to ask this question made her want to cry and hug Steve.)
Robin picked her head up and propped it in her hands. She looked on with everyone else as Steve and Lucas cheered about something or other.
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Steve tossed Lucas the ball in the driveway. He bent himself at the knees and placed his hands on his thighs, breathing heavily.
“Alright, Sinclair. Hit me.” he smirked.
He and Lucas had been tossing the ball back and forth for close to an hour now, both excited to get this play right. Lucas dribbled the ball three times on the ground quickly before he set into motion.
Steve cut him off to the left, but Lucas swerved to the right so fast he nearly toppled himself over. Steve turned and jumped in front of him just in time to body slam him slightly. Not nearly as rough as he could’ve been, holding back because they were outside on concrete and Steve wasn’t going to be responsible for a concussion.
The ball rolled away into the grass, unnoticed while Steve gave Lucas a hand and pulled him up.
Lucas was taking heaving breaths, and for a scary moment Steve was worried he’d slammed him too hard and knocked his lungs around. It’s possible. That’s why Steve himself had an inhaler in the drawer closest to his bed.
But then Lucas was laughing, and soon Steve was to.
“Dude! How’d you do that? I’ve never seen anyone move like that man!” Lucas praised over his heavy breathing. Steve chuckled and took his own deep breaths.
He clapped Lucas on the shoulder, grabbed the ball, and steered him towards the porch. “Plant your feet next time.” He felt a ping of anger and sadness at the words, but tramped it down.
It was only when he’d reached the porch with Lucas that Steve realized they were alone outside. Had everyone gone inside? Did sports seriously bore them so much that they just up and left? The thought made something bitter churn in Steve’s gut.
Whatever.
He led Lucas through the door and dropped the basketball on the porch by the door. It was muddy and his floors were going to remain white for as long as possible thank you very much.
They both left their shoes by the door and traveled to the kitchen, Lucas talking about how fast he’d ducked and wanting to know what Steve meant by planting his feet. Steve agreed to another playing session the next day with a grin. It was nice to have someone who enjoyed what he did.
He tossed Lucas a bottle of water from the fridge and made sure the kid drank it all. They sat with each other at the counter for a minute, Steve idly sipping his water and listening to Lucas’ still heavy breaths.
“Damn, I still can’t catch my breath man.” Lucas laughed lightly.
Steve smiled and set his water down.
“Wait here, don’t do anything stupid.”
Lucas gave him a two finger salute as he walked off upstairs. Steve was sure to avoid the living room and was quick to grab the aforementioned inhaler from his drawer. He jogged back into the kitchen and sat next to Lucas one more.
“Ok, so I’m assuming you know what an inhaler is.”
Lucas nodded, staring at the inhaler in Steve’s hand oddly.
“I don’t have asthma,” Lucas said matter-of-factly.
Steve chuckled. “And neither do I. But there are times where you get knocked around too much or too hard, and it can rattle your lungs. I found that out the hard way when I was 14 and had my first asthma attack. My lungs had rattled so much they got trapped between my ribs and my mom had to take me to the hospital.”
Lucas winced. “Seriously? How the hell did you manage that?”
My dad got a little too rough, Steve thought. But decided against saying that, obviously. He smiled and shook his head. “Not important.”
Steve uncapped the inhaler and gave it a good shake. “Ok, I’m assuming you know at least a little about using one of these but one things for sure, you’ve gotta fix your posture.”
Lucas immediately straightened his back.
Steve went on explaining about how curling into yourself like that basically compressed your lungs and made breathing harder.
He held the inhaler to Lucas’ mouth and instructed him to breathe in and hold it for as long as he felt he could before releasing slowly.
Lucas did as instructed, and after no more than two puffs Steve instructed him to simply keep his back straight and take deep breaths through his nose and to release slowly through his mouth.
Lucas left on his bike a few minutes later with a few snacks and an extra bottle of water in his bag. Steve told him to talk to his parents about getting him a medical inhaler if he planned to stick out basketball for all of high school. Steve knew how aggressive those kids could be, and while it wasn’t always necessary it was helpful.
When he closed the door behind Lucas he went straight to the living room.
Where apparently everyone had relocated.
“Uh.. hey?” Steve waved pathetically. He had really no idea what to do with the 5 pairs of eyes on him.
“Ok? Um— seriously why are you all looking at me like that? It’s fucking freaky.” Steve curled in on himself a little, folding his arms and hunching his shoulders.
Robin was the first to shoot out of her seat on the couch. Steve was given no warning before he was engulfed in a hug.
“Oh? Ok—“ He wrapped his arms around her tightly. “What happened, Robs? You alright?” he asked from where his face was tucked into her neck.
She nodded, but it was obvious something was wrong.
When Robin let go she dragged Steve by the wrist to the couch and sat with him. He looked at everyone else settled in the living room and raised an eyebrow.
“This isn’t like— an intervention or something, right?” he tried to joke. Argyle seemed to find it funny at least. Steve smiled at him where he sat on the floor by the coffee table.
Then there was an arm wrapping around his waist from the side Robin wasn’t pressed against and Steve wasted no time leaning his head on his boyfriend’s shoulder.
“What’s up with you guys, huh? You’re quiet and it’s scary. I don’t like it.” Steve muttered the last part under his breath and more to himself. But Eddie squeezed his hip reassuringly.
“Nothing’s up, baby. How was everything with Lucas?” Eddie asked. Steve barely gave himself time to pause before he answered, “Good. He’s been moving a lot faster lately.”
He bit his tongue against the slew of words he wanted to spill about everything they’d done in that hour they’d been outside. Instead he said,
“Sorry. Totally ditched you guys for the ball.” He chuckled, trying to take the weight of the words off some. Eddie tutted.
“Don’t apologize, Steve. You looked like you having fun.” Came Nancy’s unexpected reply. Steve’s head shot up to look at her before traveling back to Argyle, who gave him a vague “go on” gesture with his hand.
“Uh..” He pulled his eyes back to Nancy. “Yeah, had a lot of fun. Um— you guys alright?”
Jonathan groaned and Steve watched Nancy hit him on the arm. They had a whole argument with their eyes before Nancy deflated. What the hell?
“Steve.” Jonathan started. Steve flinched slightly and didn’t relax when Eddie squeezed his hip.
He braced himself for the laughs, the jeers. Them telling him they didn’t care that he had fun and that they had to go.
“We’re sorry.”
Steve blinked. You’d think an apology that sounded so heartfelt would lower his inner walls a bit, but it only served to raise them higher. Because—
“What the fuck? Why?”
Jonathan rubbed the back of his head and let Nancy take the lead this time.
“For brushing you off.”
Steve blinked, his inner walls no longer rising but not lowering either.
“For not showing that we cared whenever you started talking about your sports and things.” Was Robin’s add-on from beside him.
Steve flinched and made to get up but remembered he was kind of held down by both Robin and Eddie.
“So this is an intervention? Guys it’s fine, seriously—“
“No. It’s not. Stop talking for a second and let us be sorry, sweetheart.” Eddie’s grip tightened again and Steve tried to find comfort in it like he normally did, but he was so uncomfortable right now it was unbelievable.
He doesn’t think he’s ever been apologized to. Not like this. Not with such sincerity.
It scared him, honestly.
“We’re sorry we didn’t bother trying to show interest in anything you did even though you always made sure to show interest in ours,” was how Eddie finished.
“Even with all the teasing you add in.” Chuckled Jonathan.
Steve found a bit of the comfort he was searching for.
He cleared his throat. “Um ok— so—“
“Not done.” Demanded Nancy.
Steve shut up.
“We’re sorry that we made fun of your interests and maybe made you feel like you couldn’t share your thoughts and feelings with us in fear of getting ridiculed.”
And good God if that wasn’t right on the money.
Steve swallowed against the tears that threatened to mist over his vision.
He laughed quietly instead. And maybe he looked like he was going insane but Jesus Christ— he couldn’t take this right now. He was not expecting a fucking apology after an hour of playing basketball.
What the fuck has his life turned into?
“Ok— done now?” he asked. And when nobody spoke up against him he continued.
“So um— thanks? For the apology? I guess— I guess I just don’t understand. Why are you guys apologizing when you didn’t do anything wrong?”
That got him a chorus of groans that made him curl into himself more. He hung his head and pinched his bottom lip between his thumb and pointer, a nervous habit he’d developed in middle school.
“Steve.” Robin gently said. “We have every reason to apologize and fucking grovel.”
Steve wasn’t given a single moment to protest.
“Sweetheart, what did you do yesterday when I was talking about my campaign?”
Steve looked at Eddie funny. “Dude I don’t know— I think you started talking about it while I was cooking?”
Eddie nodded. “And then you told me to hold on while you put the lasagna in the oven so you could give me your full attention.”
Steve blinked dumbly, not quite getting it.
“That’s the bare minimum, Ed. You were talking about something you really liked so I made sure you knew I was listening.”
And oh wow. It just dawned on him.
“Exactly, honey. None of us— except Argyle, apparently— have been giving you the attention you deserve even though you give us yours no matter what.”
“Steve you listened to me drone about types of cameras and film last week for three hours and didn’t complain once. I know for a fact that shit was boring to listen to because I’ve been told so by both Will and El numerous times.”
Steve stared at Jonathan.
“Ok, sure. But I don’t see— I don’t get— I don’t care that you guys don’t listen to me. Sports are complicated and yeah sure it kind of hurts when you scoff as if it doesn’t mean shit—“
Eddie’s grip tightened considerably.
“—but it— I get it. You guys aren’t obligated to listen to my shit. I listen to you guys because I want to. Because I like hearing you talk about things you’re passionate about. Like Nancy and that new article for the school paper about the different recipe for the meatloaf that makes it taste like dirt, apparently. Or how Polaroid cameras actually date all the way back to like— 1948. Or—“
“But that’s the thing, Steve.” Nancy cut him off. “You listen to these things and remember them because you want to. Because you’re a good friend and good friends listen. We—“ he waved her hand around to all of them “—have not been good friends.”
Steve swallowed around the lump in his throat while Nancy continued.
“The fact that you remember my exact words of calling the meatloaf dirt just proves that. Because we had that conversation, what? A month ago?”
“Three weeks ago.” Me mumbled uselessly.
Nancy sighed.
Robin sat up and took Steve’s face in her hands. “Stevie. We love you. So let us.”
And just like that, Steve was engulfed in a giant group hug.
He didn’t realize how much it’d affected him before now. How being scoffed at and made fun of— even if it was playful— hurt him so much that he’d just stopped talking about things.
When they pulled away Eddie kissed his forehead and Robin kissed his cheek. Steve giggled at the sudden affection.
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Bonus:
The very next day, Steve saw the change.
Saw the change in how Eddie made sure to ask him about what he was cooking and then let Steve explain the process of a breakfast casserole. How Eddie simply smiled and even engaged with questions as if he was really interested. And maybe Steve didn’t completely believe he was interested, but that was ok. He’d come to his senses eventually.
Then at work Robin made a point to let him choose what they put on the TV for the day and didn’t even complain when he chose the Breakfast Club.
He was scared that they change would last no more than a week. That after some time they’d all go right back to how it was before.
But then a week passed. And two. And three. And then months we’re going by where Steve was allowed to rant and talk and argue about things like cooking and baking and basketball and soccer and volleyball and so much more because they would listen.
And then a year passed and it was April and it was his birthday and when he was surrounded by everyone— the kids, the older teens, even the adults— he opened a present and looked down at the book in his lap.
“Forever Amber”.
Steve will never admit to the tears that he cried that day.
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Probably gonna do something like this with Lucas and the kids cause I love Lucas ❤️
Here’s that lol:
#stranger things#steve harrington#eddie munson#robin buckley#nancy wheeler#jonathan byers#argyle#lucas sinclair#steve gets his appreciation#steve harrington whump#steve has his own interests#his world doesn’t revolve around everyone else#let him be happy#and silly#steddie#hurt/comfort#but not really#cause I’m shit at angst#lucas and steve having a bro bond over sports and doing the weird side hug things#bro bond#cause I’m kind of obsessed
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Hannibal is so hot while doing bloody work
#hannibal#hannibal lecter#hannibal nbc#nbc hannibal#mads mikkelsen#hannigram#will graham#murder husbands#hugh dancy#hannibal memes#duncan polar#duncan vizla#polar netflix#polar#casino royale#james bond#lucas the hunt#nigel banyai#nigel charlie countryman
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No strings attached. 🎵 | For @harringrovelovefest Day 1
Steve "The Hair" Harrington, heartthrob King of Late Night, is in a ratings slump and an all time personal low after his highly publicized break-up with glamorous hard-hitting reporter Nancy Wheeler. Just when he thinks things can't get any worse, the only guest he can't stand, glam rock revivalist and obnoxious playboy Billy Hargrove, spikes his ratings after their "rivalry" goes viral. Will either of their careers survive another fiery interview?
#harringrove#billy hargrove#steve harrington#stranger things#stranger things fanart#harringrove fanart#harringrovelovefest2024#avalonlights art#harringrove au#steve thinks billy is a talent-less flashy womanizing sleaze#billy has an enormous crush on steve from inside the closet#bonus points if billy punches steve over a minsunderstanding#involving his manager sister max and steve's all male writer's room#aka the party aka lucas dustin and mike#what really saves steve's career is max's fling with lucas#somehow leading to max and robin saving the writing room#eleven is a bewildered ingenue superstar singer#people speculate she and billy are dating but they're besties#who no one knows bonded over surviving monstrous treatment by their old management agency mindflayer entertainment#or y'know#whatever#lmao#<3
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