#c dustin

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💵🚫 broke trailer renovation

the original broke trailer was kinda drab, right? so i decided to make it cuter!

watch the speedbuild here

[bigmack2go]

Projecting onto my second favourite characters bc i dont wanna hurt my favourites like my life depends on it.

[dustydahorse]

Got back into Star Wars so of course I'm gonna self ship (as I used to of course)

Oc: Dustin Ryder, Ex-Stormtrooper turned mechanic helping the Rebellion. Bit banged up but nothing can phase him. Would fight a Starweird in hand to hand combat for Threepio. Also a droid advocate, believing droids are sentient beings deserving rights and protections. Good with a blaster and his own two hands in fights.

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On one hand, there's definitely more of this to be written, and possibly even more of this scene.

On the other hand, posting now means it gets posted at all, and I also happen to think that the place where it ends is very, very funny.

In short: Dustin is a smart kid with a lot of good ideas. Unfortunately, he knows this about himself, which is also his greatest flaw. Set somewhere between Stranger Things S3 and S4.

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Dustin shows up at Family Video on a Wednesday night. Steve never works Wednesday nights -- slow enough that Keith can spare him, late enough in the week that most girls are actually wiling to consider it a date night. He's seeing the second Nightmare on Elm Street movie, which Dustin is maybe a little annoyed about because it's only been out for a week and the Party needs Steve to get them into R-rated movies, he knows that. But Steve just said something about horror movies being essential opportunities for girls to cuddle in close so you can protect them, and completely ignored Dustin's totally reasonable comments about how Steve is the one to freak out at jumpscares most of the time when he watches horror movies with them, and went anyway.

Which is so stupid, because there's literally nothing real to protect a girl from in a horror movie. Steve has literally protected Robin from actual Soviet torture, with his actual face. Dustin saw him through that concussion! Dustin knows perfectly well that Steve probably drew the Russians' attention on purpose the whole time he and Robin were in there!

And somehow, he and Robin still aren't dating. If that isn't enough, then Dustin really doesn't see how putting an arm around a girl to save her from Freddy Krueger is going to do any better.

So Dustin bikes his way to Family Video, in the dark because it's November in Indiana, and when he gets there he folds his arms on the counter and gives Robin his brightest, most patient smile. She takes one look at him and rolls her eyes.

"He's not here right now," she informs him. "So if you want to badger him into renting you an R-rated movie, you're going to have to come back tomorrow, I'm not your babysitter and I'm not doing it."

Dustin just keeps grinning at her. Broadly.

"You know, Robin, we never talk," he says. Robin groans.

"Oh god, what now?" she asks. "And get off the counter, Keith's in the back and if he sees you he'll throw a fit."

"Keith is taking a nap back there and we both know it," Dustin scoffs. As if he doesn't know Keith's habits. "He only ever comes out of the back when Steve's working because he likes to make Steve do menial tasks while Keith hits on the hot girls that he thinks come in here because Steve's working."

"Fine, whatever, it's creepy that you know that," Robin sighs. "What do you want?"

"So I've been talking to Steve," Dustin says. "You know, our friend Steve. Pretty face, good hair, excellent reviews on the kissing front."

"Ew," says Robin. "Ew, no, you're twelve, don't talk about Steve kissing. Don't talk about Steve kissing at all!"

"Excuse me, one, I'm fourteen years old, I am in high school, where I just saw you earlier today, so it's not like you're that much older than me," Dustin says. "Two, if we don't talk about kissing Steve, how are we going to get you two over this weird little speedbump you're having where you're somehow not dating yet?"

Robin groans again. It's louder this time, and she also tips her head back to the sky while she does it. Dustin waits patiently.

"I'm not going to date Steve," she says. "Please stop bugging him about this, it's not going to happen. I don't want to talk about it, he doesn't want to talk about it, can you please just let this goooooo." She groans the last word, drawing it out like Mike when his mom tries to make him clean his room.

"Not until I see you two happy," Dustin says firmly, unmoved thanks to many years of being friends with Mike. "Steve is one of my best friends, and not only are you his other best friend, we've been through the heat of battle together, which means you're my friend too. I want both of you to be happy, and clearly there's nothing you like more than spending time together--"

"Yeah, because we're friends, Dustin, that's what friends do," she says, but Dustin has proof.

"Friends don't have to get jobs working at the same retail store even after their old one burned down," he begins.

"We're good coworkers and otherwise he'd have to break in a whole new set of coworkers who haven't had to deal with Dustin Henderson already for months," she says.

"You work well together, you compliment each other, you already get along with his other friends..."

"Not sure if 'getting along' is the right phrase right now," Robin mutters. Dustin ignores her.

"He's always giving you rides places, he's literally left a date to give you rides on multiple occasions --"

"Like he doesn't do the same for you!"

"Robin," Dustin says pityingly. "Leaving a date? When it's not the end of the world?" It's so obvious how much Steve likes her. Dustin's never seen him act like this with anybody since Nancy. Not that it's exactly the same as Steve used to act with Nancy, but clearly that's just because he's had time to grow and mature, and Robin's better than Nancy for him anyway. She keeps him from stressing out too much. "Driving you to school every morning even though he couldn't even get there on time most days when he was a student himself?"

"I don't have a license!"

"You really don't have to worry about it," Dustin says. "I happen to know for a fact that Steve would date you in an instant if you said yes."

Well. A strongly-supported scientific theory, anyway, which is basically the same thing. Anyway, it should be enough to get Robin spilling whatever self-doubt she's bottling up -- she's too nerdy, Steve only dates slutty cheerleader girls, whatever -- so Dustin can explain to her all the ways she's wrong, and they'll finally be taken care of.

"And I happen to know for a fact that he wouldn't, so how about you take the word of the person he's actually not dating and drop it?" Robin demands. She sounds on the verge of actually upset with him.

"But why?" Dustin demands right back. Which is really the crux of it, isn't it? Dustin has been asking the world why at every turn for fourteen solid years, and he has never let it back down without a fight.

"Steve likes you! You're at least as pretty as all those other girls, and it can't just be that you don't think you're cool enough for him, because lest we forget, the last time he was actually in love instead of just being kind of easy for any girl to look his way twice was with Nancy Wheeler, who is by definition a nerd!" Dustin lays his most damning evidence out rapid-fire, taking down Robin's arguments even if she hasn't made them yet. "He's a hot guy! He's kind of a catch! You're a cool girl! You actually like him back! What is the problem here!"

"Not every guy likes every girl just because they're a girl!" Robin fires back at him. "Not every girl is attracted to every guy! And you know, the fact that you think that is insulting and reductive, when some guys and girls don't even like girls or guys at all, and what would Suzie think, Dustin? What would Suzie think if she heard that you think every guy should date every girl he's friends with just because he's friends with her?"

"First of all, Suzie thinks you and Steve are destined to live happily ever after once he saves you in another bold act of heroism," Dustin informs her. Obviously. "Second of all, what do you mean, some guys don't like girls and girls don't like guys?"

And then Robin gets a look on her face. Dustin might have let it go, if Robin hadn't gotten that look on her face.

It's a split second of sheer panic. Robin ducks away from him, turns back to the Family Video checkout computer like she's trying to be casual, but her hands are anxious, picking up a stack of videos just to put them down, and she's not looking at him, and Dustin saw it. Dustin saw.

"It's just a thing, that happens sometimes, right?" Robin asks. "You can't just assume you know what somebody wants, that just because two people are both attractive they're going to want each other. You don't want to date Max, right?"

"Actually, yeah, I had a crush on Max when we first met, and I reconciled myself to her choice of Lucas in favor of slightly strained friendship until I discovered the love of my life in Suzie," Dustin informed her. "Much like Steve reconciled himself to Nancy's choice of Jonathan, until he met you and suddenly started spending all of his time with you. And anyway that's not what you said, you said that some guys don't like girls at all, which sounds like you're talking about gay people, which doesn't even..." Except that Dustin's thoughts are starting to catch up with his words, and he's trailing off, because. Because holy shit.

Steve dates so many girls. So many! He's constantly hitting on them and striking out, almost like he's just going through the motions, like he's not even trying except for appearances' sake. Even when he goes on actual dates they never last more than once or twice. And he's been doing it like that since high school, exactly like that. He's blown off dates to give Robin rides places. He's blown off dates to give Dustin rides places. He once blew off a date to sit in Mike Wheeler's basement and doze off on the couch while the Party spent three hours building D&D characters for their first-ever Hellfire Club campaign.

And Nancy? Nancy Wheeler, who Steve was totally in love with, except that according to Mike they started having problems basically as soon as the very first demogorgon fight was over and didn't stop for the next full year? Nancy who left him for Jonathan, who Steve is still friends with. Steve and Jonathan are better friends now than they were before he and Nancy broke up. Or at least they were before the Byers left for California, anyway, and that's basically the same thing, Jonathan was probably Steve's best friend actually his own age before he met Robin which was really sad, actually, but--

Steve getting super close with Robin after getting dosed with Russian drugs that were meant to make them tell the truth! Robin and Steve acting like they knew a secret that they couldn't tell anybody else or else!! Robin swearing up and down to the ends of the earth that she knows Steve doesn't want to date her for a mysterious reason she can't and won't explain!!!

"What, no, who said anything about gay people?" Robin is babbling, collecting more and more videos in her hands like a nervous D&D player who thinks hoarding dice is going to save them from a red dragon, but Dustin ignores her. "I just meant that attraction is complicated, and--"

"Holy shit," Dustin breathes. "Holy shit, is Steve Harrington gay?"

Robin drops the tapes.

[evcrlasting]

Closed starter for @fadinglights

"If you asked me to help you hide a body, I would." Murder wasn't on the table and had they gotten to that point, Dustin would actually do anything to protect her but that wasn't the point right now. "I would have, I mean but I cannot keep doing this with you Heejin. We're either together or not, there's no in between for me." He stepped away from her, to prove a point. "I'm too old to act like a 20 something year old running around."

[lonelyheartedheathens]

@slvttybvys | Cont.

Even Dusty couldn’t guarantee if he’d been kidding or not when he made the offer. He hadn’t thought too much about it before the words had come out of his mouth. But then his cousin was all but challenging him to follow through, and…who was he to back down from a challenge?

“All right. Whip it out then,” he countered, taking a few steps closer to Bryce, looking him over. And in to the game of chicken they had entered.

[demobatman]

everyone always wants to pair the spares with henderhop but WHERE are my henderclairs. divorced since middle school, but middle age now, they are twice (two times (2) divorced but get caught smoochin in the closet every family get together. theyre divorced and have a joint bank account. they have five kids. theyve been parent trapped six (6) times. it worked every time. married twice, renew their vows every six months. They Are Divorced. they have separate houses. they are both at one of these given houses together at Least (least) once a day. They Are Not Legally Marri

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🩷💛Understand My Ship💛🩷

Lil basic something for my Goldtrooper ship!

[gethxme]

muse: dustin michaels, 26-28, nepo baby/retired actor

connection: former high school sweethearts, broke up after senior year, they're now talking again following his return to town after his retirement from acting

open to: anyone!

"i know it may not seem like it, but i missed you when i was gone."

[wackywriterwhowriteswhenever]

Hey y’all!

Here’s the next chapter of Stranger Wars! This one takes place during the Battle of Hoth and features El leading the aerial defense against the Empire while the Byers family coordinates the evacuation from Echo Base. It also features lots of Wheeler sibling bickering between Mike and Nancy, which will become more pronounced in the next few chapters.

Enjoy!

Tagging some friends: @poweredbycreativityandcake @willthecleric @byliever @wylanvannecks @jesper-faheyss @general-kj @estelinhabb @w1llb7ers @dany-is-bored

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OPEN TO: f

MUSE: dustin wallace / 23 / dj / heterosexual

based on THIS image

sober dustin knew this was a stupid idea and was only going to get him into trouble, but he wasn't around. drunk dustin was in full control, he fished out his mobile phone from his pocket, pulling up the text thread he had with the other. "full disclosure, i'm pretty drunk" his fingers fumble as he types, "but i think about kissing you all the time" dustin hits send.

[existingonthisplane]

A glimpse into some of the stuff I’ve been writing for our weekly miwip wednesday!!!

This is another fake dating au that I’m writing dkshsg. It’s essentially Karen gets invited to a function where it’s p common for the attendees to show off/brag about their children. She convinces Nancy’s and Mike to go and they bring their own dates.

In this scene specifically, Karen is speaking/introducing byler to someone she’s been talking a lot with. Probably someone of high status that she really wants to impress.

This is the Byler dnd au! I’ve taken to calling it Like Sun and Moon. This takes place in chapter 1 and is El’s first encounter with the Wheelers.

And finally a look “I don’t think I’m faking anymore” chapter 3

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HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL Dustin Ferguson's reimagining of the horror classic

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"I know I'm not perfect, but I didn't deserve to be treated the way you treated me."

Dustin's fingers twisted and pulled on the loose string that had started unraveling from his sleeve's hem. It was easier to focus on that than it was to look his father in the eyes. Father. It was hard to look at Bubba and think of him like that. He hadn't been around much growing up. In his child's mind, Bubba was nothing but a man who'd abandoned him and his mom. Though his mom had sworn that it was because he didn't want to, Dustin knew better now. It was hard to reconcile the truth with the lies his mom had force-fed him his entire life. Finding out that he'd wanted nothing more than to be there had been a hard pill to swallow, one that'd gotten stuck in his throat on the way down. His mother's selfishness had robbed them both, and he was still dealing with the aftermath of it. He could look at it logically and recognize that Bubba wanted to be a father to him, but that little boy who'd spent his nights crying about the dad he'd never have was still a part of him. When his mother died, he couldn't get away from Bubba fast enough. He was saving up for his own place before he'd even fully moved in with him and Brandi. With Nasrin's life on the line? He'd all but begged him to take him back. She hadn't been happy about it, but he knew well enough that they had been as good as dead without Bubba. They weren't speaking now, which left Dustin alone with a bunch of sick fucks and his father. It was awkward, and they could both feel the tension. It was strange how much harder it was to talk now that he and Nasrin were safe, but it was. He couldn't find the words to say, and when he tried, they got trapped in his throat. It was Bubba who cut the silence like a hot knife through butter. "I know I'm not perfect, but I didn't deserve to be treated the way you treated me," he said, voice clear and unwavering. Dustin's instinct was to deny it. He so desperately wanted to evade any responsibility for the pain that he'd caused Bubba. He'd say that he was a child, that he couldn't be blamed for anything, but the man had been a child, too. He could still remember his sixteenth birthday and the sickening realization that his father had been the same age when he was born. Dustin could admit he was a victim in all of this, but it was much harder to acknowledge that Bubba was, too. "I know," Dustin finally responded, "I know you didn't." He really meant it, too. It wasn't easy to say, and he wished he didn't have to, but he also knew nothing would ever get better if he couldn't admit to his own faults. "I'm sorry. For what it's worth. Ma...She put all these ideas in my head, and it was fucked, and how I treated you because of it was fucked...And I'm sorry," he sighed, still unable to look away from that damn string on his sleeve. The quiet that permeated between the two of them felt like suffocation. Dustin had never been good with words or apologies. His mother had made a habit of speaking for him, telling him what to say when she couldn't. The string he'd been tugging at finally came loose in his fingers, and Dustin tilted his palm to allow it to float down to the dirty floor of the building. He finally found the strength to look at his father and god; he wished he hadn't. The sadness in his eyes was one that had been building for well over a decade. It was so deeply ingrained in him, something that had changed him on a fundamental level. They both felt it, and it terrified him to think they might never heal from the pain his mother had inflicted on them. She'd managed to control him all his life, and even beyond the grave he couldn't escape her manipulation.

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Oooh ok lets see

5 Favourite Characters Poll (Tag Game)

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