#Steven Callahan

[comicwaren]

From Vengeance of the Moon Knight Vol. 2 #003, “Soldier”

Art by Alessandro Cappuccio and Rachelle Rosenberg

Written by Jed MacKay

[silencedrage]

ALLIE STEVENS (@doomdays) said "i thought that i was special."

It takes Hazel a second to register that Allie is speaking to them. Well, maybe not to them exactly but they're the only one still left in the locker room after practice. Peering over their shoulder at their teammate, Hazel hesitates before a reply is spilling forth without them realizing, a common habit.

"I think you are. I mean, you're a freshman who made it onto varsity, if we're talking about the soccer part, and you seem pretty popular if we're talking about other things." They pause, trying to wrack their brain for other possibilities for what Allie may have meant.

Oh right, maybe the gaping hole of the rest of the varsity team that has been missing for over a year now after their plane went down, a plane that Allie was supposed to have been on.

Hazel's not quite sure how to bring that up since it seems to be a taboo topic more often than not so they just go back to stuffing their cleats into their bag. "Did someone say something to you?"

[at-sabohteurs]

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[goldenphone-jpg]

I accidentally deleted all of my yap :[

Anyway I'm gonna talk about my au's phone guy

His name is Steven Callahan (absolutely stolen from the Talbert files) Phone guy is just a nickname the other employees gave him, but he likes it anyway

He is a father of two, Cassidy and Peter(Phone dude) but he and their mother separated after Cassidy's disappearance. He blamed himself for it, as well as most of the other deaths at Freddy's, he thinks he should have stopped it, he especially feels guilty for the bite of 87 since he is the one who sent Jeremy to kids cove which caused him to get bit. William knows about this and feeds into phone guy's guilt so nothing gets out.

After he dies he possesses the phone in the security office, he is only able to stop possessing it and move on after fazbear's frights burns down. Despite only being Cassidy's father he cared for the MCI like his kids when he was stuck in the phone.

Unrelated but he also has autism. Just wanted to throw that out there

If he didn't work at Freddy's he'd be a teacher, specifically English.

Vincent exists in my au, He and Steven are in a "situationship" because it's the 80s

someone please talk to me about phone guy hhhhh

[adobe-outdesign]

I know you probably aren't into FNaF anymore but I thought you'd be interested in knowing that a MASSIVE leak just happened. Basically, in 2023 a group called Fright's Dome got their hands on an old, completely unknown version of the Freddy Files that they dubbed the Talbert Files based on the author and paranormal investigator, Christopher Ryans-Talbert. Scott told them that he didn't necessarily care what they did with it, but he preferred it stay just between the group, and they decided to respect his wishes. This caused drama in the group and someone tried leaking it, but it was covered up until recently where personal DMs were leaked revealing its legit (which is honestly fucked up, those were private and personal conversations).

Basically, this old draft of the lore shows off some pre-FFPS storylines. I think the biggest part is that Henry and Charlotte WEREN'T originally planned to be part of the games, instead replaced by a man named Emmett Tucker and his daughter, Cassidy. Emmett created the Medicore Melodies, with Happy Frog made specifically for Cassidy, but William rejected them so he flipped and left. Cassidy possessed both the Puppet AND Golden Freddy, and the five kids reported was purely an error on investigators who saw Cassidy's ghosts on the cameras.

Other things include ages (in 1985 William was 40, Mike was 17, and Phone Guy was 34), names of the missing kids (Susie Mosteller, Gabriel Gardner, Jeremy Fitzgerald Jr., Fritz Smith Jr.), Phone Guy's name (Steven Callahan), acknowledgement of the SAVETHEM victims (they were teens who broke into Freddy's and was picked off by William), the SL gang becoming cryptids (Scrap Baby and Molten Freddy obviously, but Michael himself was also one known as the St. George Stitchwraith), Fazbear's Fright being made by FE to basically do what the indie games did successfully, Elizabeth's original name (Abaigael), and a journal entry from William Afton himself after the death of his youngest son that dives into his twisted ideals and motivations. There's a good chunk more, but those are just the key stuff. The overview document and some pages are making their way around the internet rn

just reading the first paragraph is like

[illconsidered]

@komplikacije tagged me to list my 15 fave artists and my favourite songs by them!! thank you as always <3

no order ofc. this is a bit of an all time list heh

julia holter - maxim's I

mabe fratti - descomposiciones resonantes

sufjan stevens - the predatory wasp of the palisades is out to get us!

pan daijing - act of the empress

the middle east - hunger song

jenny hval - thirst that resembles me (the version with susanna)

toshiyuki miyama & the new herd - 黒塚

l'rain - uncertainty principle

bill callahan - free's

helado negro - pais nubaldo

nina simone - my sweet lord / today is a killer - live at for dix, nj - november 1971

eiko ishibashi - i can feel guily about anything

makaya mccraven - this place that place

earth, wind and fire - in the stone

fiona apple - left alone

taggingggggggggggggg with absolutely zero pressure @demonguts, @taminghorses, @brines and @redp4nda. i just think these are fun!

[marilynthornhilllover]

● INTRODUCING NEW CHARACTERS

{theses characters has either been requested or apart of the headlist; characters soon to be writen list}

● Olivia Benson

● Vanessa shelly

● Sam carpenter

● Tara carpenter

● Joyce byers

● Monica galler

● Jane Margolis

● Ruby Matthew's

● Siobhan corbyn

● Siobhan roy

● Shauna Sadecki

● Lorraine Broughton

● Vilanelle

● Mary Villiers

● Evelyn deavor

● Slavia ( arcane )

● Love Quinn

● Beck ( you)

● Liza drake

● The Countess ( American horror story)

● Wanda

● Jan Steven's

● Lady lesso

● Amelia shepherd

● Candy montgomery

● Olivia crain

● Alicent hightower

● Rheanyra targeyan

● Rheanys targeyan

● farah dowling

● Misty quigley

● Laura Peterson

● Deanyers targeyan

● Jackie sharp

● Claire underwood.

● Andy Andromache

● Regina George

● Rhea ripley

● Jennifer check

● Ellie Williams

● Yelena Belova

● Abby Anderson

● Hazel Callahan

● Jessica day

● Jade west

● Gloria prittchett

● Alex Dunphy

○ Theses are just some characters that I admire and would like to start writing fanfics for / some of which I already started writing fanfics for but I haven't posted them as yet or there're not finished. More characters will be added to this list as time goes on, you are all free to send requests to me with whatever other characters you would personally like me to start writing on as well as fanfic requests for current characters listed above. I'm drying to hear what ideas you all have in store👏🏾, love you all and happy easter.

- sincerely, The Mother Of Smut.

[callahanisms]

masterlist

baldur's gate 3

cast

would you love me if i was a worm? (gn! reader)

astarion

dinner time (fic | gn! reader)

gale dekarios

polymorphing gone wrong (fic | gn! reader)

challengers

duncan-zweig-donaldson polycule

capturing your likeness (hcs | gn! reader)

tashi duncan

burnt out passions (hcs | gn! reader)

ghostface au thoughts (blurb)

jealousy jealousy (fic | chubby fem! reader | request)

for me...formidable (hcs | fem! reader)

impressions (fic | bipoc fem! reader | ghostface au)

part 01

part 02

art donaldson

body talk (hcs | gn! reader)

ghostface au thoughts (blurb)

patrick zweig

b tier (hcs | gn! reader)

cinephile patrick (blurb | gn! reader | college au)

cinephile patrick & boogie nights (blurb | gn! reader | college au)

dragon age

cast

the inquisitor's arm is missing (gn! reader)

cullen rutherford

royal au (hcs | gn! reader)

house of the dragon

full masterlist

ruby cruz characters

hazel callahan (bottoms)

hallow's eve kiss (hcs | gn! reader)

ash (the sex lives of college girls)

apt. (fic | gn! reader)

going steady (hcs | gn! reader)

ash & oranges (hcs | gn! reader)

rooming / uhauling (hcs | gn! reader)

muffins bot (request)

spiderverse

spider-man 2099 / miguel o'hara

an experiment (hcs | gn! reader)

pheromones (hcs | gn! reader | nsfw)

a fair trade (fic | gn! reader)

red strings (fic | gn! reader | nsfw)

pink ensembles (fic | gn! reader)

teleporting (hcs | gn! reader | request)

one offs

tell me & lovin' you - vincent renzi (hcs | gn! reader)

your desire - steven grant (hcs | gn! reader)

favorite person - marcus acacius (fic | gn! reader | nsfw)

relationship - robin buckley (hcs | non-man! reader)

visitation of the bard - eddie munson (fic | gn! reader)

part 1

part 2

relationship - eddie munson (hcs | gn! reader)

kidnapped - kamisato ayato & thoma (hcs | gn! reader | request)

all you need is more radaway - cooper howard (hcs | gn! reader)

lesbian housewife - jackie taylor (hcs | lesbian/sapphic reader)

reunion - corky (drabble | lesbian! reader)

college au - caitlyn kiramman (hcs | gn! reader)

[goldenphone-jpg]

Rip Steven Ralph "Phone guy" Callahan you would've liked my body is made of crushed little stars by mitski

[ulltraviolences]

REQUEST GUIDELINES!

pretty pls do not send me a request that has already been sent to another writer!

do’s :)

sub/dom dynamics, cnc, stepcest, knifeplay, gunplay, mommy kink, daddy kink, threesomes, non con/dub con, poly relationships, yandere/dark characters, dumbification (if you have any other questions ask in my inbox!)

do not :(

ageplay, ddlg, real people, incest, domestic violence, anal play of any kind, pegging, extreme bdsm, scat, pedophilia, homophobia, substance abuse

characters I am currently writing for: coriolanus snow, tigris snow, lucy gray baird, & sejanus plinth

Other Series:

stranger things: robin buckley, steve harrington, eddie munson, & nancy wheeler

the hunger games: coriolanus snow, lucy gray baird, sejanus plinth, tigris snow, katniss everdeen, peeta mellark, haymitch abernathy, finnick odair, johanna mason, & effie trinket

mcu: steven grant/moonknight trio, layla el-faouly, peter parker (tom holland), peter parker (andrew garfield), michelle jones, spiderverse!gwen stacy, wanda maximoff, natasha romanoff, bucky barnes, carol danvers, yelena belova, matt murdock, valkyrie, loki laufeyson, sylvie laufeydottir, druig, makkari, eros/starfox

star wars: kylo ren + ben solo, anakin skywalker + darth vader, obi wan kenobi, padme amidala, leia organa, luke skywalker, din djarin, cassian andor, ahsoka tano, sabine wren, ezra bridger, shin hati

the last of us (tv + game version): ellie williams, abby anderson, joel miller

bottoms: hazel callahan, josie marks, pj waters

criminal minds: spencer reid, elle greenaway, emily prentiss

dc: mera, harley quinn, adrian chase, joker (heath ledger), joker (joaquin phoenix), batman (robert pattinson), selina kyle (zoe kravitz), jonathan crane

misc. characters: beth harmon, ethan landry, jules vaughn, narcos!javier peña, charlie barber, flip zimmerman, adam sackler, graham eaton, eleanor levetan

[writernopal]

okay friends, its time for another reading poll! i finished The Poisonwood Bible and had a really profound experience following the threads from the first time I read it to now and even found some traces of it in decisions i made when writing AASOAF (done subconsciously bc i never really set out with that book in mind as an inspiration for the series) anyway it was really cool and i cried again like i did the first time 😭 fun fact, that was the first book that ever made me cry! anyways POLL

*you'll notice Lord of the Flies isnt on here like it was the last time, that's because im currently reading it now*

[onthecrescentofthehill]

fanmix I made for burrow’s end featuring moodog, bill callahan, josé gonzález and more. these stoats are taking over my life…

thanks!

full track list below:

No, The Wheel Was Never Invented - Moondog

Look at What the Light Did Now - Little Wings

Waters Of March -Tok Tok Tok

Free's - Bill Callahan

Sun Giant - Fleet Foxes

Just Like Anything - Jackson C. Frank

Build a Nest (feat. Ruby Parker) - Jeff Parker, Ruby Parker

Below The Valleys - Louis Cole

Mourning Dove - Jon McKiel

Sleeping Bear, Sault Ste. Marie - Sufjan Stevens

The Lonesome Border, Pt. 1 - Dear Nora

Just Before Dawn - Sonnymoon, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson

The Nest - José González

Rare Things Grow - Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

Running, Returning - Akron/Family

[mercedesvince]

Hello I’m Vince!!

I am a writer who is open to writing requests for x reader

Just a heads up that English is not my first language so apologies for any grammar or wrong use of words :(

RULES

This is meant to be a blog for x male or non-binary x readers

I will not write for female readers as of now (but might change in future)

I will only write for series listed below

no smut (I am not comfortable with that)

There are characters listed below underage, all characters will at least be aged up to teenagers, but even so I will only go as far as kissing

I will not write any sort of NSFW for any character under 18 (what i mean when i say NSFW I mean in a sexual way, things like cussing or slight violence I can do)

I can write angst, fluff or both

If you see a mistake in my writing please inform me on it so I can improve in future :)

If i missed a TW or you notice something i should let the readers know before reading PLEASE let me know, i’d hate for someone to be negatively affected by my writing

Please be nice and respect everybody and there wishes!!

SERIES & CHARACTER I WILL WRITE FOR

(If there is a character I have missed that is not on the list for a specific series and you would like a x reader for please ask and I will let you know whether or not I can write for them :))

South Park

Stan Marsh

Kyle Broflovski

Kenny McCornmick

Eric Cartman

Butters

Tolkien Black

Wendy Testaburger

Bebe Stevens

Heidi Turner

Criminal Minds

Spencer Reid

Aaron Hotchner

Derek Morgan

Emily Prentis

Jason Gideon

Jennifer Jareau

Penelope Garcia

David Rossi

Elle Greenaway

Matthew Simmons

Like Alvez

Kate Callahan

Tara Lewis

Sam Cooper

Gina LaSalle

Beth Griffin

Jonathan Simms

Mick Rawson

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World

Scott Pilgrim

Ramona Flowers

Envy Adams

Knives Chau

Kim Pine

Julie Powers

Wallace Wells

Lucas lee

Gideon Graves

Matthew Patel

Todd Ingram

Young Neil

Roxy Ritcher

Stacy Pilgrim

Stephen Stills

My Hero Academia

Disclaimer I have not watched the series recently, so I do not have everything up to date and can only write up to season 4 :(

Anyone from Class 1A

Anyone from Class 1B

Any Pro Hereos

Any Villians

Mirio Togata

Nejire Hado

Tamaki Amajiki

Saiki K.

Kusuo Saiki

Shun Kaido

Aren Kuboyasu

Aiura Mikoto

Kokomo Teruhashi

Reita Tortisuka

Riki Nendo

Kineshi Hairo

Chiyo Yumehara

Metori Saiko

Chisato Mera

Hunter X Hunter

Disclaimer I am only caught up on the series not the manga

Gon Freecss

Killua Zoldyck

Kurapika

Leorio Paradinight

Hisoka Morrow

Chrollo Lucifer

Any Phantom Troupe Memebers

Ging Freecss

Any Zodiac members

Kite

ROTTMNT

Leonardo

Raphael

Michelangelo

Donatello

April O’neil

Stranger Things

Eleven

Mike Wheeler

Will Byers

Dustin Henderson

Lucas Sinclair

Max mayfield

Steve Harrington

Eddie Munson

Nancy Wheeler

Robin Buckley

Jonathan Byers

IT

Disclaimer I have been trying my best to see the second movie but I have only managed to watch the first so I can only write for things relevant in the first movie :(

Stanley Uris

Ben Hanscom

Beverly Marsh

Bill Denbrough

Richie Tozier

Eddie Kaspbrak

SPIDERVERSE

Miles Morales (earth 1610 & earth 42)

Gwen Stacy

Peter B. Parker

Jessica Drew

Miguel O’hara

Hobie Brown

Pavitr Prabhakar

Spider Noir

Penny Parker

MASTERLIST LINK

This Masterlist includes all works i’ve written on this blog so far!

That is all for now! Thank you so much for reading and feel free to request, I am new to tumblr so please feel free to let me know if I need to add or be more specific on something :))

[julesandthemachine]

NEW BLOG INTRO!

ABOUT ME:

heya! my name is Jules, but you can also refer to me as Em, or Jasper, or Dipper. i am 17 years old, i am bisexual and non binary (with they/them pronouns), and i am also autistic. (i may also have arfid, but i don’t know yet) i am a cartoon lover, a CD collector, and an artist, both traditional and digital. i am also passionate about 2000s nostalgia and music. along with alt rock and numetal; they’re my preferred genres. right now i am hyperfixated on Pelswick and MTV’s Downtown. i made a blog intro before, but i decided to remake it. i may also update this from time to time :)

BEFORE YOU FOLLOW:

please note that i can open up art requests and art trades whenever i want to. at the moment, both of these are closed. i also have a bit of a swearing problem. i also have a problem with overreacting and i have bad social anxiety. i am also a hypersexual. i try to mask it but that’s not always the case. if i say or do anything wrong, let me know immediately.

CARTOONS I ENJOY:

Pelswick

MTV’s Downtown

Fugget About It

Moral Orel

Daria

Gravity Falls

Steven Universe

Adventure Time

Dan Vs

Archibald the Koala

John Callahan’s Quads!

Futurama

Smiling Friends

South Park

BoJack Horseman

Brickleberry

3-South

Metalocalypse

Bob and Margaret

Family Guy

American Dad!

The Simpsons

Drawn Together

The Oblongs

Beavis and Butthead

Inside Job

Bob’s Burgers

Robot Chicken

Rick and Morty

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Invincible Fight Girl

The StoryBots

Megas XLR

Undergrads

Bluey

Max and Ruby

The Amazing Digital Circus

Toopy and Binoo

YOLO: Crystal Fantasy (ik the name changes but i prefer calling it that)

The Backyardigans

My Little Pony

MUSIC/BANDS I LISTEN TO:

Florence + The Machine

Green Day

Gorillaz

Neon Trees

Foster The People

Chappell Roan

Nelly Furtado

Lady Gaga

*NSYNC

Limp Bizkit

Korn

System of a Down

Paramore

MARINA

Coldplay

Avril Lavigne

Destiny’s Child

Nelly

Timbaland

Rihanna

No Doubt

The Killers

Blink-182

Evanescence

Linkin Park

My Chemical Romance

Jack Off Jill

OutKast

P!nk

Maroon 5

Matchbox Twenty

3 Doors Down

DO NOT INTERACT:

NSFW blogs (because i am a minor)

Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss fans (THIS DOESN’T APPLY TO PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY MY MUTUALS)

zionists. if you support israel, you basically support genocide.

Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared fans (i trigger to it)

anyone who is over the age of 25/under the age of 10

anyone else that is problematic

but to be fair i block people freely so…

WHERE YOU CAN FIND ME AT:

Instagram: thesilliestofjules_

Discord: limpjuleskit

RedNote: julesandthemachine

Bluesky: julesandthemachine

Twitch: julesandthemachine

Reddit: _julesandthemachine_

Agere Blog: rainbowkittywhiskers

Roblox: julesandthemachine

AO3: julesandthemachine

Pinterest: julesandthemachine

Wattpad: mabelsmissingsock

Youtube: julesandthemachine

Spotify: jules (it has a heart but it won’t let me put it there…)

[steddilystranger]

blue butterfly (a life is strange au)

blue butterfly is a story-based fic that features reader choice. the consequences of your collective choices will affect the past, present, and future. the poll, with a duration of one week, is below the cut. choose wisely...

masterlist || part one || cw: character death, drugs

readers chose: help jonathan

Steve steps in. “Hey, leave him alone, jackass!” 

Jonathan exhales shakily behind him, but Callahan puffs up. “Harrington. Why do I always find you in the middle of everything?” 

Steve sneers. “I wouldn’t have to be if you weren’t bullying Jonathan. You’re not even supposed to be in here anyway.” 

Callahan advances, forcing Steve to back up. “Listen here, I can go wherever I damn well please, Steven Harrington. And this isn’t your problem. Piss off.” 

Steve holds an arm in front of Jonathan, planting his feet. “I’m not leaving.” 

Callahan’s walkie buzzes on his hip, and Steve can hear the tinny voice of Principal Higgins saying something he can’t quite make out. He grumbles and backs off. “I’ll remember this, Steve.” He turns on his heel and leaves. 

Jonathan gives him a weak sort-of smile. “Thank you, Steve.” 

“No problem. I gotta run-” Steve’s phone buzzes in his pocket, and that’s definitely Robin getting impatient. “-but call me if that dick bothers you again. I mean it!” He takes off at a jog towards the exit.

Steve leaves the dorm building, and Robin’s sitting with Vickie on a bench outside, chatting. He was right, she is wearing his sweatshirt. 

“Ready to go, Robbie? Hi, Vickie.” 

Robin swings her legs off the bench and pops up. “Yep, let’s go. Bye, Vickie!” 

Vickie waves at them, then pulls out her camera. Right, the assignment from Brenner. 

“She definitely has a thing for you.” Steve tells Robin in a low whisper.

Robin hits him on the arm. “She thinks I’m dating you, dingus!” she says. 

“Ah, you’re right, you’re right.” Steve says. “It’s ‘cause you’re wearing my hoodie. If I just take it back-” 

“Noooo,” Robin whines, a hint of laughter in her voice as she tries to dodge Steve. “It’s the only thing that matches!” 

Steve laughs and lets go of the hood. “Fine, fine. You win.” They step out into the parking lot. “Any plans for us for the night?” 

Robin shrugs. “Anywhere that isn’t Blackwell is fine with me.”

“Amen. Two Whales Diner?” 

“Ooh, I could go for some pancakes right now.” She rubs her hands together greedily, and Steve grins, swinging his keys around in his hand. 

“Two Whales it is.” He catches a glimpse of something blue in the corner of his eye. 

The butterfly. 

“I have something crazy to tell you.” Steve tells Robin. “And you have to believe me.” 

Robin squints at him, walking backward. “Alright, shoot.” 

“Earlier today, I fell asleep in class-” 

“What a model student,” Robin teases, but at the look on Steve’s face, she rearranges her expression into something serious. “Go on, I’m listening, I’m listening.” 

“I can rewind time.” Steve says. Concise and to the point. “Billy was in the bathroom, threatening a guy with a gun, and then he shot him, and I rewound time to save him.” 

“That’s- Steve, holy sh-” 

There’s a horn, and a horrible sound. Steve’s world freezes just as the front of a car slams into Robin. The world goes black and white and near-silent, Robin’s dying scream echoing through his ears.

Steve’s got it, pulling time hand over hand backwards. He lands back at Robin saying, “Alright, shoot.” 

Instead of responding, Steve pushes her bodily out of the parking lot and onto the yellowing grass. A few seconds later, a car roars by. 

“Holy shit.” Robin says. “That was close.” 

Steve can’t breathe. Robin scoots closer and puts her hand on his back. “Steve? It’s alright, we’re both fine. The drivers here are so shit.” 

“I-” Steve coughs. His heart is pounding painfully in his chest. They’re both fine, but for a split second, they weren’t, and Steve feels like there’s a corner of his mind that will be replaying that split second for the rest of his life.

He manages to get to his feet, helping Robin up. They head towards Steve’s car, now sticking close to the line of cars so there aren’t any more nasty surprises. 

It doesn’t work. As they reach Steve’s car, he’s suddenly tackled against the driver door. Billy Hargrove, his breath smelling like alcohol, slams him facefirst into his car. 

“The fuck did you do?” he hisses at Steve. “Security said you told them I had a fuckin’ gun? Fuck’s wrong with you?” He flips Steve around so his back is to the car.

“Robin!” Steve chokes out. “Go get security!” 

Robin stares in horror at Steve’s bleeding nose, then nods and slips out of the parking lot, running like a bat outta hell towards the school. 

Steve tries to knee Billy, but he dodges it and slams Steve back into the car door. “You’re gonna fuckin’ pay for ratting me out!” he growls. 

All that comes out of Steve’s mouth is a weak cough. 

Then someone punches Billy in the face. 

Out of nowhere, someone, dressed in leather and black, their curls falling around their face, tackles Billy off him. 

The boy from the bathroom, is all Steve can think.

Then the boy looks up at him and all his thoughts are replaced by big brown eyes and childhood memories. “Eddie?” he whispers breathlessly.

“Steve?” Eddie says in wonder. 

Billy begins to move and groan on the ground. 

“We gotta move!” Eddie says, and he darts around the front of the car and slides into the passenger seat. “C’mon, let’s go!” 

Steve doesn’t argue. He slides into the front seat and starts the car. 

“Head to my place.” Eddie tells him. Then remarks icily, “Unless you’ve forgotten where it is?”

“No, no, I- I got it.” Steve replies. He looks in his side mirror. Billy’s on his feet, swaying slightly, glaring after them. “God, Billy’s dangerous.” 

“Oh, thanks for the save, Eddie!” Eddie says in a mocking tone. He kicks his feet up on the dash, grumbling. “After seven years you’re still Steve Harrington.” 

“Thanks, Eddie.” Steve says genuinely.

The house looks practically the same as when Steve came here all those years ago, and he puts the car into park. Eddie opens the door. “Shithole sweet shithole,” he says. “Rosie and Phil are still at work.” 

He throws a wad of paper towels at Steve. “For your nose, dude.” he says at Steve’s confused look. 

Steve had forgotten about that. His shirt is definitely ruined, but he presses the paper towels to his nose anyway. Eddie makes a little head motion upstairs, and Steve follows him. 

“So Chicago sucked ass?” Eddie asks, reclining on his mattress. He flicks a lighter open and lights up a joint. 

“It was alright.” Steve takes a seat on the edge of the bed. “Lonely, I guess.” 

“Really?” Eddie blows out a puff of smoke. “Thought you’d fit right in up there.” He waves a hand. “All the…sports fans or whatever.” 

“No, not really. Prefer to play more than watch.” Steve props himself up on his hands, gazing back at the ceiling. If he squints, he can still see the glow-in-the-dark stars he had helped Eddie and Wayne put up for Eddie’s tenth birthday. “Can’t even do that anymore, so I came back here.” 

“Bullshit.” Eddie says. “You came back for Blackwell.” 

Steve looks over at him. Eddie’s resolutely staring at the ceiling like it wronged him in some way. “Don’t you think I missed you?” 

“Nope. You were perfectly fine waiting seven years without even a call.” Eddie retorts. 

Steve swallows. “I wanted to. But leaving Hawkins-” 

“Can it, Harrington. Your laptop and cell phone didn’t get shot back to the 1980s. You didn’t call. End of story.” 

Steve’s phone buzzes. It’s Robin.

platonic soulmate: so you said you had something to tell me?

Steve stares at the text. His mind begins to play Robin’s scream on loop, like it’s rewinding in his brain.

He swallows. 

It’s nothing. Never mind.

Steve shoves his phone deep in his pocket and sits forward. His foot brushes a box. When he leans down to look at it, he realizes he recognizes it. When he was eleven, he gave Eddie this wooden box. Had hand painted it and everything. 

Steve flips open the lid. 

Right on top is a picture of a girl. Chrissy Cunningham, if Steve’s memory serves. He picks the photo out of the box and unfolds it. Eddie, dressed to the nines in his best leather and chains, stands next to Chrissy in her preppy cheer uniform. There couldn’t be a more mismatched duo. 

And yet, they look perfectly at ease next to each other, Eddie pulling a stupid face with devil horns and his tongue out, and Chrissy laughing prettily at his antics. 

“Give me that.” Eddie snatches the photo and the box from Steve’s hands. 

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to pry.” Steve says. “I…didn’t know you two were close. Her missing posters are all over Blackwell.” 

“Yeah, I put them up. She was my angel.” Eddie says, staring down at the photo. “After Wayne died and you left, I felt…abandoned. She saved me.”

“I’m sorry, Eddie. I had no idea.” 

“Yeah, well, you never made much effort to find out.” Eddie snapped. “I was thirteen, Steve. We were best friends.”

“So Chrissy took my place.” Steve said. “I’m glad she found you.” 

“We were gonna kick the world’s ass, Stevie. You would’ve laughed at how different we were.” Steve takes the nickname, turns it over in his mind. It feels like the Eddie of the past is coming back in this conversation.

“She looks like a movie star.” Steve offers. 

“That was her plan.” Eddie replies, putting the photo back in the box like he can’t bear to look at it anymore. “Get the hell out of Hawkins together, sign some deal in L.A., and never look back. Chrissy Cunningham and Eddie Munson, movie star and rock star.” 

“So what happened?” Steve asks. 

“Six months ago, Chrissy just…up and left. Without a word. Without…me. And I thought she would have talked to me, unlike you.” Eddie takes a long, angry drag on the joint. 

“And you haven’t heard anything from her since?” 

“No, Steve, Jesus. She left me. Like you, and Wayne, and everyone else I love in this shitty town.” He crosses his arms, looking away resolutely. 

Steve’s phone buzzes again. He pulls it out. 

[Unknown Number]: hey, it’s jonathan byers. i just wanted to say thanks again for what you did for me today. 

Steve types his response out quickly. No problem, man. Happy to help. Hope you have a good night!

“What’s this?” Eddie asks, and Steve clicks off his phone. Eddie’s looking at a small Polaroid, and Steve pats at his pockets. It must have fallen out when Steve took out his phone. “I’ve seen this before!” Eddie says, and Steve peers over at it. 

It’s the blue butterfly. 

“You were in the bathroom today?” Eddie asks, locking eyes with him, and all Steve can see is Eddie challenging Billy, Eddie with a gun to his head, Eddie slumped against the bathroom wall, blood pooling around him. “That’s why Billy was so mad at you! You ratted him out!” 

Steve shrugged. “I couldn’t let him run around Blackwell with a gun, even if I don’t think Higgins is gonna do anything about it.” 

Eddie laughs, and it feels like the air clears a little. “No way, that prick only cares about money.” 

Steve nods. “I pulled the fire alarm to get him out of there. I was afraid of what he’d do if I let it escalate.” I know what would have happened, he adds to himself. 

“You called the fire alarm…” Eddie sits back, and the Polaroid flutters from his fingers. “You saved my fuckin’ life.” He shakes himself a bit. “Did you recognize me?”

“Not at all.” Steve says. “I really only saw your back, and your hair was so different.” 

“And you definitely heard our conversation.” Eddie says. “No way you didn’t hear every single syllable. 

Steve shrugs. “I only heard something about money…drugs? I didn’t really understand it.” 

Eddie nods. “Yeah, it’s some big shit. I saw Billy-”

The door downstairs slams open with an almighty crash, and Eddie says, “Shit, hide!” 

Steve fumbles around the room, looking for a good hiding place. Eddie’s closet is crammed full of things Steve can’t ever picture him wearing, so that’s out. 

His bed is just a mattress on the ground, so under there is out too. 

Steve moves towards Eddie’s cluttered desk, intending to squeeze under there, but Eddie’s door opens before he can. 

“What the hell are you doing here?” a vaguely familiar voice growls, and Steve leans back as the security guard from Blackwell stalks towards him. 

Eddie steps in front of him. “Cool it, Phil, it’s just Steve.” 

“Oh, I know exactly who this is.” Callahan mutters angrily, and Steve tries and fails for a winning smile. Then Callahan’s face freezes, and he takes an inhale. 

“What the fuck? Is this weed?” Callahan storms over and grabs the badly-hidden joint. “Thought I fuckin’ told you not to smoke here!” He advances on Eddie.