#Ticket to the World

[hawkinsbnbg]

Today, Mike had woken up on the wrong side of his bed so he was especially vicious as he ranted about anything he found irritating about Steve.

He hadn't even reached the midpoint when Dustin decided to rip him a new one. Which, yeah, was fair because he didn't usually do Steve that dirty. But his bad mood had taken over and he found himself arguing with Dustin.

"It's not like you don't gripe about him every day," Mike retorted heatedly. "In fact, you are the one making fun of him the most out of everybody here," he gestured widely at the others (Lucas cringed, Will looked guilty, Max and Erica high-fived each other, El nodded calmly, Eddie just gave him a little wave).

"That's because I'm his brother," Dustin said matter-of-factly while adopting Steve's signature mom pose. "But who are you? You're just his ex's brother. Without Nancy, you're just a random kid to him."

(Eddie, Max, and Erica looked at each other with the same smirk. "Oh, that burns."

Lucas just sighed helplessly as Will and El watched on in amusement.)

Mike's nostril flared indignantly. He would never ever admit this, but while he thought Steve was lame and an idiot sometimes, he respected Steve plenty. Not enough to admire, but enough to fight Dustin for him.

"So what? I know him longer than you," Mike fired back. "I have more M&M's and 3 Musketeers from him than you do, I played baseball with him every weekend, and I also watched Star Wars with him."

"You do understand what ex means, right?" Dustin narrowed his eyes at him. "Nancy's his ex-girlfriend, ergo you're his ex-something, ergo you need to stop living in the past. You know why? Because I," Dustin pointed at himself smugly, "am his favorite now. I'm the present and the future. His shotgun, his house, his pool, his snack cupboard will forever be mine, thank you very much."

And just like that, all hell broke loose.

Because not even Will was willing to accept that bullshit. Steve never had a favorite, okay? As their babysitter, he wasn't allowed to.

"What the fuck are you fighting for?" Mike glared at Erica who was (impressively) making Dustin wail like Mew on the floor.

"Steve still owes me a lifetime of free ice cream, duh," she looked at him like he was an idiot. "Stop talking shit and come help me."

A wise man once said: "Enemy's enemies are friends."

So it only took Mike a second to give her a hand.

———

"Why didn't you stop them?" Steve asked in exasperation, thinking about the fistfight that would've taken place in the Wheelers' basement had he not interfered on time.

"'Cause the more they eliminate among themselves," Eddie leaned in closer and whispered conspiratorially, "the less I gotta fight to keep you."

"But I'm their babysitter," Steve pushed him away with a finger on the forehead. "And you're supposed to make it easier for me, not harder."

"Sweetheart," Eddie grabbed his wrist and nuzzled his nose into it, "Just say the word and I'll make something harder for you right now."

"You're incorrigible," Steve rolled his eyes, but his pretty smile had betrayed his mood.

"Yeah, all because of you, baby," Eddie pressed his lips on the back of Steve's hand. "O prithee, my princess, give me the remedy."

"What if I don't have any?" Steve raised his brow.

"You do, darlin'," Eddie pulled him close and cradled his face. "My tonic is right here," a kiss on his forehead. "My joys," on his eyelids. "My happiness," on his his nose and then his mouth, "my love."

Later, when they cuddled in bed, sweet and tender after loving each other til midnight, he would tell Eddie there was no need to ask for him in the first place.

Because he had been Eddie's boy since the day the battle vest was draped on him.

It seemed Steve did have a favorite, after all.

Except, it was none of his kids.

Truly a tragedy.

[morningtou]

secrets, lies, and honor

[szynkaaa]

Messy iPad doodles, will be busy for the rest of the week so I won't have much time to sit on my PC to make more self-indulging art 😭😭

But I've figured out some more lore stuff for Oz that I may or may not share once I have time to write things down properly 👀

[danandfuckingjonlmao]

if anyone wants to watch the tit stream but can’t afford tickets dm me. i’ll be streaming it over google meet because the tickets with the afterparty total to over $25 USD not the “reasonable” $15 USD they advertised.

please take me up on this offer. it’s the only way i’ll be able to stomach the fact that i spent over $25 on a livestream that i know won’t even be captioned properly/accessible.

(also maybe other people have offered this—i have been out of the phannie tumblr loop the past couple weeks)

edit: google meet now limits meetings with more than two people to 30-45 mins (i forget which) so we’ll be moving to discord!

[grapemoon]

Cant stop thinking about them djnsjdns

(Sorry im. Still learning how to get the details right lol. I cannot draw objects fjsnjdd) ((YET!!!!!))

[pseudophan]

can they do a tour that's just like two hours of preshow... i love the high production and all i'm just so fond of the preshows i would love more casual bants and bad answers

[respectthepetty]

It's too soon to start Wild Ass Theories but @prrrsh pointed out that Yin's picture for the world tour with War and his individual pictures on his Insta are the same outfit.

So I think we are getting old school gangsters, not only for the world tour and the fan meet, but for their next project.

Since the fan meet is "Life is but a Dream," I think it's a front.

Their domestic life is a cover-up!

They have said their next project will not be soon.

But if it is gangstas or spies or some undercover shenanigans, I'm fine waiting as long as needed because I know they will deliver.

Take my money!

[a-land-of-shadow-and-substance]

An interesting thing I've noticed is that now, if you say you grew up going to Disney parks/liking Disney, there's this assumption that you grew up super wealthy. Like, no, my parents weren't rich, Disney parks just used to have more reasonable ticket prices (also, if you lived locally there were chances you knew an employee who could get you entry)

[princemick]

LEWIS HAMILTON THE CHAMPIONSHIP WORLD TOUR Tickets: sold out!

[matchalovertrait]

Off we go ✈️

Start from the beginning (Gen 2)

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Noemí: I can’t believe it’s time already. Do you have everything? Money? Toothpaste? Underwear?

Dulce: Yes, Mami. I have everything that I could fit into my luggage.

[Noemí starts crying.]

Noemí: We’ll miss you so much.

Erick: We will, but she’s got this. She’s better prepared than we ever were.

Erick: Well, Bug. We don’t want you to miss your flight. You’ll call everyday, right?

Dulce: Yes, Dad. I will. You know I’ll miss the both of you too.

[tvmusiclife]

apologies in advance to the world, but i just know Americans are about to be 1000x more insufferable, especially those from LA 😂

[she-posts-nerdy-stuff]

If you see someone online talking about how some weird girl sitting near them properly ran into Hadestown exactly one minute before the show was scheduled to start and sat down panting, then started crying during Road To Hell and pretty much did not stop: that was me. Hi! 👋

In my defence about the timing, I was supposed to have arrived in London like three hours ago but there was a signalling failure before Euston and they sent me all over the damn country. I arrived in London about twenty minutes before the show started, got the tube, and fucking RAN I didn’t even think I’d make it it was a miracle

I don’t have a defence for the crying that was a reasonable reaction.

[acourtofthought]

In this fantasy world, not getting a perfectly matched mating bond would be like watching ever single one of your friends win the lottery in real life while you have to work twice and hard to live a comfortable life.

Sure, you can find happiness in that (it's what most of us have), but I think it's safe to say we'd all love to win the lottery too.

Elucien and Gwynriel would be winning the lottery and e/riel would be the respectable but less wished for option.

[here-comes-the-moose]

When I’m writing my Modern AU but then try to figure out and calculate how the life I gave the Batch is financially possible:

[sidewindes]

OLIVIA RODRIGO ✧ Guts World Tour by Christopher Polk

[xxxfizzarollixxx]

I am a very simple creature. All I want in life is some official skzoo plushes.