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Febuwhump day 2: Flinching with Stucky
For @febuwhump âs challenge! Day 2: Flinching
Ao3 stand alone: https://archiveofourown.org/works/44733166
Ao3 as chapter:Â https://archiveofourown.org/works/44655928/chapters/112345108#workskinÂ
Timeline: Sometime after Bucky gets rescued and before Civil War
TW: Nightmares, brief descriptions of violenceÂ
It was so strange, to suddenly have someone else in the apartment. Steve had grown used to being alone, to eating dinner by himself, to reading a book before climbing into bed and whispering a goodnight to the world. It was odd, but Steve was grateful for the change.
Bucky had been hesitant in Steveâs offer, but he was persistent. After all, so many people were looking for the Winter Solider, it wouldnât be wise to leave him alone. Or so Steve argued. And so Bucky relented, following him to his corner of town. They stopped by a tiny grocery store where the old woman behind the counter gave Bucky a once over. She squinted at him, then turned to Steve.
âWhy does this kid look like those old photos you showed me?â she asked in a heavy Irish accent.
âGuess I got a type,â Steve laughed as Bucky flushed red.
Bucky wandered around the tiny shop as Steve slowly filled his basket. It was remarkably full for being so small, with everything from sugar to thread. To his delight, he found plums. Bucky picked out a few and shyly walked over to Steve, where he was grabbing some creme.
âUm, Steve?â he asked. âDo you think we could get these?â
Steve glanced over at him, then down to the plums. He immediately nodded and gestured for Bucky to place them in the basket. âIs there anything else you want? Iâm making soup tonight, but if you want to go look at their chocolate or something,â he offered, nodding at an aisle.
Bucky smiled softly, and walked over. Immediately, he froze. There were so many different sweets, all with different colours and flavours. It was overwhelming, to say the least. And then Steve was there, hooking his arm in his, and walking him over to the chocolates. Steve handed him two different bars, each with different words. One read seaclĂĄid le blas sĂș craobh , while the other said seaclĂĄid bhainne .
âChocolate⊠with something flavour?â Bucky read from the first one. Steve beamed at him. âAnd milk chocolate?â
âYou remember,â Steve said, placing the chocolates in the basket. âThese ones taste most like what we used to eat when we could find the cash.â
With their basket full, they walked over to the counter.
â Tabhair neart bia don ghasĂșr seo, tĂĄ sĂ© rĂł-tanaĂ,â the woman said to Steve, half sternly and half kindly. She threw in some extra chocolates, saying, âfree.â
âBeidh mĂ©,â Steve grinned, paying her and taking the bags. âShe was saying youâre too thin,â he added as they walked out.
Bucky grinned and scratched the back of his neck. He followed Steve back to his little apartment, and once they got there, he helped him unpack the groceries. Steve took out the parsnips and a knife, and set a pot of water to boil.
âWhat can I do to help?â Bucky asked, taking a seat at the counter. He was suddenly nervous.
âWhy donât you cut the parsnips?â Steve offered, handing him the knife. And Bucky understood. Steve trusted him.
That afternoon passed wonderfully. They made a soup that Steveâs mom made, sipping hot tea. They are the chocolates on the couch, telling each other fun stories or jokes. They stayed up late into the night, laughing once more.
Eventually, they grew tired, and Bucky insisted on taking the couch. Steve sighed amicably and brought him some pillows and blankets, getting him a glass of water.
âNight, Buck,â he grinned, giving his friend a hug.
âNight, Steve,â Bucky smiled, hugging back.
Steve patted his shoulder, then walked into his bedroom. He climbed into bed and thought of how grateful he was that his best friend was back. Bucky was back.
ĐĐ”Đ»Đ°ĐœĐžĐ”. Bucky was falling through the air, Steve was shrinking into a speck. He hit the ground, and struggled for air.
РжаĐČŃĐč Figures haloed by lights above him, the sound of metal clinking, excruciating pain, and then he had two arms. ĐĄĐ”ĐŒĐœĐ°ĐŽŃĐ°ŃŃ He stood in a line with other soldiers, while an officer barked commands. They sparred. He snapped a neck with his metal fist. The Winter Soldier grew stronger.
Đ Đ°ŃŃĐČĐ”Ń. A mission. He was clad in all black, sneaking across buildings. There was a man in the apartment across from him, eating dinner while watching TV. The Winter Solider assembled his rifle, aimed briefly, and took the shot. It was muffled, and there was only a faint tinkering of glass. The man collapsed.
ĐĐ”ŃŃ The Winter Soldier kneeled in front of a man tied to a chair, various torture devices around them. He picked up a knife and drew a little star on the manâs chest. He started to peel back the skin, and relished in the manâs screams.
ĐĐ”ĐČŃŃŃ. Someone was punching him, he was down on the ground, covered in mud. The Winter Soldier threw off his attacker, kipping up to his feet. He knocked ouut the attackerâs feet from under them, and punched them squarely in the head with his left hand. Their skull was dented.
ĐĐŸĐ±ŃĐŸĐșĐ°ŃĐ”ŃŃĐČĐ”ĐœĐœŃĐč. The Winter Soldier had a knife sticking out of his leg. He ripped it out, ignoring the pain, and threw it back at the attacker. It was a teenager. His aim was perfect, as always, and the knife hit them in the chest. He stepped over their dying body as he went to murder the parents.
ĐĐŸĐ·ĐČŃĐ°Ń-
âWAKE UP!â
Bucky jolted upright and immediately lashed an arm out to the side, where someone was. He was immediately in fight mode.
âBUCKY, STOP! ITâS ME!â
Bucky froze, and everything came back. He was in Steveâs apartment. Steve was in front of him. He was safe.
â...Bucky?â
He turned to look at Steve, who was kneeling beside him on the floor. Too much information was coming in. Steve was wearing pyjamas, and his hair was a mess. His eyes were wide with panic. Their soup bowls from last night were still sitting at the table. Street lamps outside flickered.
Steve moved his hand and Bucky flinched violently, shielding his head with both arms, curling up into a tight ball.
âIâm sorry, Iâm sorry, I wonât do it again, Iâll be good,â he whimpered. âIâm so sorry, please donât reset me.â
âOh, BuckâŠâ Steve whispered. âBucky, itâs me, youâre safe.â
Bucky slowly lifted his head, trembling. He scanned Steveâs face for any sign of betrayal, peering into his eyes. All he could think was will he leave me too? Â
âBucky, youâre safe. Your name is James Buchanan Barnes, born March 10, 1917. Youâre my best friend. And youâre safe.â
Finally, it sunk in. Bucky let go of a breath he didnât know heâd been holding. He slowly sat up and faced Steve - and then burst out crying. Steve tried to reach out a hand again but Bucky winced and Steve froze. Then Bucky leaned forward and collapsed into Steveâs shoulder.
They stayed like that for a moment, and then, slowly, Steve lifted his arms and wrapped them around Bucky.
âYouâre safe,â he whispered into his ears. Even after everything, Bucky still smelled like Bucky. âYouâre safe.â
Safe.
#febuwhump#febuwhump 2023#flinching#bucky barnes#steve rogers#stucky#if you want it to be there#i mean it could be platonic#but youd be wrong#so anyway#bucky has ptsd#nightmares#hurt/comfort#panic
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Supervised Machine Learning
#tadc#the amazing digital circus#tadc pomni#tadc caine#tadc ragatha#tadc kinger#tadc zooble#tadc gangle#tadc jax#tadc bubble#gooseworx#tadc fanart#showtime#pomni x caine#caine x pomni#if you squint#I mean. This can be read as strictly platonic and it could be further developed platonically#but the Potential is there. Do you see my vision#Schrodinger's Showtime#ANYWAY#âCaine is not evil he's just oblivious to the suffering his antics causeâ well I think someone should give him a heads up.#I am assigning Pomni because I am so normal about them#long post#my art#Please look at it. Scrutinize it. This took a while lol
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I am incredibly serious right now when I beg you all, please, and if you have Twitter or Tiktok or whatever to please spread the word: click on an author's profile on Ao3.
You want to know if an author has written more? Want to know if they're still writing? Want to see more from them? Want to know if they've written a trope or kink or sex scenario you enjoy?
Click on their name. And look at their profile.
I cannot tell you how many times in the last six months someone has read a new or newer fic of mine and said they (a new reader who has read nothing else I've done) "can't wait to see what you do next!" I've written 50+ fics and over a million words already.
"I don't know if you're still writing..." click on my profile. I am. I literally wrote a 128k+ fic for that ship last month.
"Would you ever do X?" "Please do Y!" I already did. Click on my name and look at my works.
Archive of our Own is a library. It's an archive. Not social media. It is your responsibility to fight back against the laziness that corporate algorithms have trained into you.
Click my author name. Just click it. Just click it.
Before you demand more, or ask if a writer will do XYZ, or wonder if the author still writing, or anything - click on their profile. Click on the author's profile.
I'm not trying to be mean or condescending or anything like that. I'm just exhausted. It's disheartening and frustrating to repeat myself ad nauseam, because someone couldn't take thirty seconds to do the tiniest bit of work to see if I've written lately, if I've written more for their ship, or scan my works to see if I've written what they're asking for. Please. Please. I'm begging.
Click the author's name, and explore before you ask.
#lincoln rants#I'm sorry but I'm at the end of my rope#I got a LOT of these comments on my Buddie Platonic Sugar Baby AU#acting like I was some new writer to the fandom#babes I've been here since the dawn of 2020 where the fuck have YOU been?#I am happy to answer questions! I love responding to reader comments!#but it is beyond frustrating to answer a question that if they'd literally just clicked on my author name#they would have gotten the answer to themselves#yes I have written more yes I am still writing yes I've been here longer than you have#and I don't mean that in a pulling rank/seniority way I just mean that in a could you please just CLICK ON MY NAME???#INSTEAD OF MAKING ASSUMPTIONS??? way#I'VE DONE MY TIME! FOUR AND A HALF YEARS! IN THE CIRCUS!#I'm sorry but sometimes I have to yell publicly a little#and I really do suspect this is people who are not on tumblr#so I am genuinely begging you#if you are on other social media platforms#PLEASE feel free to repeat what I have said#PLEASE I AM SO TIRED!!!
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have i mentioned that iâm a red team locus truther
(this is old art. earliest is from 2020)
#locus red team âŠ..#locus is so transgender to me btw ⊠in a she/they/he way#i like logrif mostly platonically but i think itâs funny if grif and simmons r both like yeah. locus is attractive.#then they both decide to do absolutely nothing about that information and mutual understanding.#anyways logrif besties yipeee! grif and locus besties !!!#i mean grif and simmons r best friends also but in a different way. there is something wrong with them (romantically)#grif and locus i have a few thoughts on how their friendship could be. i wonât get into it rn there isnât enough room here#rvb#red vs blue#dexter grif#grimmons#dick simmons#my art#richard simmons#rvb locus#samuel ortez
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objects loving objects baby!!!!
#inanimate insanity#ii#bfdi#battle for dream island#bfb#potatart#penraser#payjay#fantube#ii fan#ii test tube#ii orange juice#ii paper#bfb pen#bfb eraser#oh lord. theres so many#hi i like penraser but whenever i envisiom any sort of fanart its always just eraser standing near pen with that#shit eating grin he always has and its so funny#whats his problem#i rewatched ii season 1 today and i plan on watching season 2 tomorrow#i literally took notes on s1 so i wouldnt forget some things#anyways payjay so real and true#i am excited. i like fan and test tube <|:)#(update i wrote these tags yesterday im going to watch s2 today if possible)#third image could b interpreted platonically or romantically yes yes#i dont know how to accurately describe erasers expression in the first picture.#he has a âbucket of wet slop grinsâ face about him#i dont think its a smug smile there is no meaning behind it i think. i think he just looks like that#i cant draw eraser with any other expression help help help
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He deserves a breakdown it would be good for him
#sth#sonic the hedgehog#sonic prime#sonic prime season 3#sonic prime s3#sonic prime spoilers#sonadow#<- if u want this could also be platonic lol#I mean shadow is only mentioned once so#sonic fanart#my art#mstormcloud#if you give a mouse a pencil
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I have finally finished 2.4 and oh my GOD watching Dan Heng be so protective of his friends nearly killed me, MY HEART.
And yes, the cutscene where he pushes the trailblazer out of the way and even cushions their fall with his own body, but I mean even before that! When he was already trying to protect them and March 7th from Feixiao and Lingsha!!
Because if you watch the dango trio throughout the main quest, you'll notice that they often position themselves in the same way, which is a detail that makes me super happy that Hoyo thought to include- when the three of them aren't evenly spaced, March 7th and the trailblazer tend to gravitate towards each other and stand very close together, frequently side-by-side. And by comparison, Dan Heng usually stands slightly away, and often even slightly behind them, where he can pull on their leashes to wrangle them keep an eye on them.
This is probably a habit learned through experience, since March 7th said during Belobog she is the "queen of unannounced disappearances" fjdksajfkldjsak
And of course at least a little bit of it is just done for like, aesthetic purposes. It's a video game. Things have to look nice for the player. The trailblazer and Dan Heng are the same height, March 7th is a bit shorter, and Yanqing is even smaller. It makes sense to have the trailblazer and Dan Heng stand on the ends, with March 7th and Yanqing in the middle, it just looks nicer and more balanced that way. But still! Even when they're accommodating for Yanqing in this quest, they still all arrange themselves the same way, almost every time!
But this changes after Dan Heng and Yanqing become suspicious of the visitors from the Yaoqing.
The dango trio still stand around relaxed and in their usual manner when they go to the artisanship delve and meet Skott,
but Dan Heng takes notice of Lingsha when she arrives, and he and Yanqing mentioned her specifically when discussing their worries.
Yanqing worrying so much about Jing Yuan got me right in the heart, he's such a good boy WEH
And when the four of them go out to the alchemy delve to meet Lingsha for tea, the pattern breaks. Suddenly Dan Heng is standing right up front, and even walks in and enters the scene before March 7th and the trailblazer to get to Lingsha before them. He stays a step in front of them the whole time, too.
And then when Dan Heng and the trailblazer have to go be interrogated by Feixiao! The same deal! Dan Heng walks in ahead of them and stays in front of them! Noticeably so! Enough that even Feixiao takes note and voices it!
Dan Heng is so so fiercely protective of his companions, and I love it, I adore hyper vigilance in the wake of trauma like this, I'm so excited to see what else he does in 2.5, I hope we either get to see him get fucked up or the trailblazer gets fucked up in his place, I wanna see them run through the meat grinder!!!
#honkai star rail#hsr#hsr dan heng#dan heng#dancae#danstelle#he loves them so much wehhhhhh#(I know I threw in the ship tags but I mean that love romantically or platonically. tag this either way as you please)#but anyway not to mention the whole cutscene part and Dan Heng promising he wouldn't let them die before him#I could have screamed when I read that oh my GOD#Dan Heng. baby. honey. sweetiepie.#I am going to squish him#I wanna see him get a little freaked out about being stuck in the Shackling Prison again heehee#I hope we get to see his old cell at some point#looking at all this though like yeah no wonder Dan Heng immediately doesn't like Moze haha#Moze is capable of the bigger picture and of being objective. Dan Heng loses that ability when his friends are in danger.#It's just not something they can see eye-to-eye on.#Dan Heng and even the trailblazer both immediately see it as being cold and uncaring.#Moze: *breathes*#Dan Heng: I'm no cactus expert but this guy's a prick.#I love them both I hope they butt heads again later fjkldjaklfd#dango trio#Nameless trio#trailblazer trio#caelus#stelle#hsr caelus#hsr stelle#march 7th
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Sorting the archives and a particularly cheesy dancing song comes on
#platonic soulmates#sasha james#tim stoker#timothy stoker#magnus archives#the magnus archive fanart#the magnus archives#fanart#tma fanart#so when i die which I must do could it shine down here with you#are the vibes here#i mean#that's not what they're dancing to#but thats the song i used to make myself sad enough to finish this piece lol
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It means I love you.
#my art#isat spoilers#in stars and time#isat#isat mirabelle#I love the idea of platonic earrings. I think Sif would pin them to the inside their cloak. keep them as close as they can to their heart#I think Siffrin would carve Boniface's by hand. Isabeau takes charge with most of the other ones#Odile won't admit just how much it means to her but its okay because they all know anyhow#Mirabelle loved by Change and all of her friends.#what else could any of them ask for?
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Arthur and Bella as young parents in an au where nothing very bad ever happens cause i just want them to be happy :(
#malevolent#arthur lester#bella saltzman#my art#i just widh they got to be happy and realized they just werent mean to be romaticlly together but still raised faroe together as platonic#co parents i just think modern medicine and divorce could have saved them :(#its been thinking about Bella hours lately#shes gorgeous and Arthur does have a type lol (or maybe i just do lol)#malevolent podcast
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Iâm a firm platonic stonathan believer (and romantic but thatâs not what this post is about).
And I love Steve and Jonathan being really friendly albeit awkward with each other.
But you know what I absolutely LOVE?
Stonathan who canât STAND each other.
But would also go to fucking war for each other.
Some asshole is being a prick to Jonathan in school? The dudes suddenly thrown off of every sports team heâs on and the principal is fully aware of every time he cheated on a test. Steve just so happens to be at the high school that day to pick up the kids.
Thereâs some dickwad giving Steve a hard time at work every day? The guys windshield is busted in and carâs been keyed. Jonathan was totally just stopping by Family Video for a movie at the same time.
Itâs just so funny to me. The idea of them both putting on this kind of mask around the whole group where everyone thinks theyâre at least friendly with each otherâ the awkwardness is a given, honestly.
But then when itâs just themâ getting high together or smth idkâ they trade insults that would have anyone else in a ball crying.
And then them both slowly coming out of their shells around the whole group.
And the first time it happens Steve had called Jonathan a home wrecker and in turn Jonathan called Steve a whore.
Everyone was flipping shit trying to make them both apologize to each other before another fight broke out. But Jonathan and Steve sat and laughed at them.
Nobody ever gets used to their bitter teasing towards each other (nobodyâs ever heard Jonathan use such foul language) but they learn to accept that thatâs just how they are with each other.
This is kinda like a begrudging sibling-bonded stonathan.
This is also how I imagine madwheeler being btw. But Iâll make them their own post eventually.
#stranger things#steve harrington#jonathan byers#stonathan#but platonic#sibling bonds#they trade insults more creative then a middle schooler with a ban on swearing#and thatâs saying something because theyâre friends with mike wheeler#and eddie munson#but eddieâs allowed to swear#will is shook to his very core to hear jonathan say some of the stuff he says#nobody knew steve could be so mean#eddie finds it hot#nancy id attracted to jonathan in a whole new light#as is argyle#cause I like jargyle and jancy both
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shrieking i want to post more pkciv shit on here but two very specific people that i respect and admire and look up to follow this blog and i think i would walk into the sun if either of them got the slightest glimpse of what the hell goes on inside my head so. hand comparison
#i yap too much sorry#parkour civilization#parkour civilisation#pkciv#parkciv#pkciv fanart#parkciv fanart#seawatt#evbo#seavbo#could be romantic or platonic#not fully colored cause this is part of a uh.. âdoodleâ page#meaning i have one fully shaded drawing in the corner#and the rest is just a mess of sketch and flat color#yeah anyway doodle me a cat and i'll send you the mildly suggestive stuff or smth idfk
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Based off this post by @cheer-nympho
I thought it would be a silly drabble, but I made the mistake of sleeping on it and, well, here have some very nearly canon compliant demon Steve
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Eddie woke up to pain.
âWhat happened?â he asked, not opening his eyes. If no one answered, he could go back to sleep.
âSteveâs a demon.â It was Hendersonâs voice. Fuck, it was good to hear the kidâs voice. If Dustin was here, talking to him, it meant the kid was okay. It meant theyâd made it.
âNo shit,â Eddie answered, and then slipped back into unconsciousness.
It had been a joke, the summoning spell. Eddie had been bored, maybe a little high, and hadnât believed any of that bullshit, anyway. Not demons, or satan. He hadnât even been particularly confident in god.
âOh, itâs real. All of it,â Harrington had confirmed, sitting cross legged in the chalk circle on Eddieâs bedroom floor. Only the red flames where his eyes should be differentiated him from the archetypal teenage jock. Well, the flames and the fact that he was in Eddieâs room to begin with. Eddieâs room was generally reserved for fellow freaks and nerds. âTimeâs ticking on this summoning, Munson. Do you want to deal or not?â
The next time Eddie surfaced the pain was less intense. He was able to peel open his eyes. Wayne was there.
âWhat happened?â Eddie asked again. Wayne smiled, and squeezed Eddieâs hand.
âThink youâre gonna remember it this time?â he asked instead of answering.
âNo idea. Tell me anyway?â
âYou said that last time, too.â Wayne chuckled.
What Wayne told him didnât match what Eddie did remember; obviously the mysterious government suits had provided a cover story. A shitty, ridiculous cover story that was only slightly more plausible than the truth. Still, one that cleared his name, so Eddie probably should be grateful. And, cover story or not it was good to know Henderson was fine aside from a mildly twisted ankle. Sinclair and Lady Applejack had gotten a few bruises. Red had a way too many broken bones for anyoneâs liking. Something had happened to Robin and Wheeler the Elder, though neither girl would say what. HarringtonâŠ
Harrington had fucking vanished.
âWhatâll it cost me?â Eddieâd asked. He wasnât normally a cautious guy, but heâd read enough stories about deals with the devil to know they were tricky.
âDepends on what you ask. I mostly deal in small favors. You know, a girl who turned you down gets her period early and bleeds through her pants in class. A fire alarm goes off just when you were about to take a pop quiz. And I take something of similar value in return.â Harrington had frowned at him then. âShit like making sure I end up team captain, or always get the good drinks at parties. Itâll be a little harder to get something useful from you.â
âRunning the DnD club doesnât count as recruiting souls?â
Harringtonâs laugh could only be described as a cackle.
âWhat makes you think I care about recruiting souls?â heâd asked. âBut no, it doesnât. If I wanted souls, Iâd do better with basketball. One soul per college scout.â
âWhat if I want something big?â
âWhat happened to Harrington?â Eddie asked Dustin the next time the kid visited him.
âI donât know.â The others all said that, too. Swore up and down they hadnât seen him since theyâd split the party to fight Venca on multiple fronts. Henderson was the only one Eddie didnât believe.
âTell me what you do know.â It was a demand more than a request, and Eddie felt guilty making it. Dustin had to be missing his surrogate brother.
âAfter the gates joined, Nancy went through at the Creel House, but Steve and Robin came back for us. You wereâŠumâŠI asked Steve to save you. He said he would. Then he went all demon-y, and asked Robin if she wanted anything while he was at it. She asked him to get Vecna. He must have. Because weâre all alive, and when El got here she said that One had been killed.â
âBut how?â
âI donât know! Demon stuff, probably,â Dustin snapped. âSteve carried you and me out of the gate, he put us in a car and told Robin not to worry about being a bad driver, just to head towards Hawkins Memorial and weâd get there safely. I didnât see him after that.â
A deal with Dustin to save Eddie. And a deal with Robin to save them all.
âYou and Nancy Wheeler, trying to shoot for the moon.â Harrington had shaken his head almost sadly. âShe couldnât meet my price. Tried her hardest for nearly a year. But even the hope of bringing Barb back wasnât enough.â
âI donât want anything as big as a resurrection.â Eddie had been thinking more along the lines of getting the house back. Or freeing Wayne from his fatherâs debts.
âOnce weâre talking about anything of real significance, the exact size doesnât matter. You see,â Steve had leaned to the edge of the summoning circle, like he was inviting Eddie into a confidence. âIâm not exactly supposed to be here. If I do anything too obvious, something that couldnât happen without demonic intervention, I get dragged back to hell. So the price is the same regardless.â
âAnd that is?â Eddie had been through a lot more in his life than prissy Nancy Wheeler. He could stomach what she couldnât.
âLove me.â
Robin didnât visit Eddie in the hospital. She didnât visit him at his uncleâs new trailer when he got out. Eddie had to track her down at work, pretending to need help finding a horror movie to watch on the VCR he didnât own.
âI need to know what the terms of the deal were,â he whispered, leaning close as Robin tried to push him back with a copy of The Exorcist. The power of VHS compels you. âThe one Dustin made with Steve, and the one you did. What was the price?â
Robin relented.
âSteve told Dustin the price of saving you was losing him as an older brother.â Damn. That was harsh.
âAnd Dustin agreed to that?â The kid looked up to him, sure, but Harrington had been his hero.
âDustin thinks heâs smarter than he is. And he didnât know about the whole-â Robin made devil horns with her left hand â-thing. He probably figured Steve was just being a jealous bitch, and heâd talk him around once you were stable.â
That made more sense. But, âHenderson never tried to make a bargain before? Even by accident?â
âYou have to ask to make a bargain,â Robin pointed out. Which, fair enough. Dustin did tend to give orders where other people would ask politely. Harrington might never have had an opportunity to offer Dustin a deal. âI donât think it was really a deal. Steve was just telling Dustin the truth; that once he knew he wouldnât be able to see Steve the same way.â
Eddie wasnât sure he bought that. Steve wouldnât have saved Eddie for his own sake. It was a nice thought, though, that Harrington was capable of caring about Dustin enough to do real magic for free.
âWhat about your deal?â
âPaid in advance.â She scowled at him; if Eddie hadnât already known the price, heâd have been afraid to ask. âHow did you know about-?â
She made the devil horns again.
âI, uh, accidentally summoned him once.â
Robin lit up.
âYou know how to summon him?â she asked, bouncing on her toes. Eddie nodded. âI know his name. His real name. After Starcourt, the Russians, when I - I can bind him. Eddie, we can bring him back.â
âYour price is sex and youâre trying to tell me Wheeler didnât pay?â Gossip put Wheeler and Harrington in bed together a full year prior. Even if word of mouth had run a little ahead of reality, âI call bullsh-â
âMy price isnât sex,â Harrington had interrupted. âSex is cheap. There for the taking whether I want it or not. Fun but worthless. My price is love. Romantic. Platonic. Familial. Doesnât matter. But it has to be love. Do you know how valuable that is?â
Eddie hadnât.
âItâs almost time for me to leave, Munson. Is it going to be a small favor? Or do you want to try to earn something big?â
The summoning went a lot easier with Robinâs help. Or maybe it was being sober when he set it up. Either way, the candles flickered and inside the once empty circle stood Steve Harrington. A little less human looking: tattered wings, blood stained claws, and just barely noticeable fangs were added to the flaming eyes. But he was still recognizable to Eddie. And to Robin, who threw herself across the lines of protection theyâd carefully drawn less than an hour ago - smearing them into uselessness - for a hug.
âI missed you, too, Rob.â The voice was the same.
âOh, right, quick, put this on.â She handed him a ring. One of Eddieâs - she hadnât wanted to wait until they could find something a little more fitting of Steveâs image. âI bound you to the ring. I figured itâs portable, so you can take it with you if you want to leave Hawkins. You can wear it on your hand, or on a chain if you donât want it visible. Just donât lose it. If someone else takes it, theyâll be able to drag you around places. But I thought that was less of a risk than binding you to something you couldnât move-â
âBreathe, Rob,â Steve reassured her, hugging her tightly. âItâs fine. Better than fine. I didnât thinkâŠI never expected to see you again. Either of you.â
âWell, that was real dumb of you, Harrington.â Eddie grinned at the demon. The boy. His savior and possible friend.
It wasnât possible to look intimidating with Robin Buckley clinging to him, but Steve gave it a good shot.
âYou looking for another dirty magazine, Munson?â
âUh, I guess I could use a new skin mag? The one Iâve got is starting to fall apart.â
âCheck your mail tomorrow. Oneâs going to get misdelivered. You owe me one.â Harrington had smiled, smooth and perfect. Heâd disappeared when Eddieâd blinked.
The next afternoon, Eddieâd found the newest issue of Blueboy, meant for delivery in Chicago. Pretty impressive; Eddie hadnât even told Steve heâd needed gay porn. A week and a half later there was a note in his locker, telling him to pull the fire alarm at the beginning of third period.
And that was the end of it.
âNot this time.â That had been the end of it, until Eddieâs freshmen sheep turned out to be demon worshipers. Until Chrissyâd been murdered, and Steve had jumped in to help without asking anything of Eddie in return. âThat used to be my ring.â
âI figured.â Harrington glanced down at the snake now wrapped around his middle finger. âIâm not giving it back.â
âGuess youâll owe me one.â
âGuess I will.â Steve stepped out of the circle, out of Robinâs arms. âAre you doing Friday night? Come to mine. Iâll make you dinner.â
âYou asking me on a date, Harrington?â Eddie was pretty sure thatâs what Steve was doing. âItâs going to take more than one date to pay me back for that ring.â
Crazy how fun it was to tease a demon.
âI sure hope so.â
#hahaha i did not mean to do that#between trying to picture how canon could stay similar while steve was a demon#and the idea that hell was simply the absence of love (kind of perfect for steve's motivation)#i accidentally fic'ed#platonic stobin#steddie#(though i think it's a bit more stobin than steddie)#eddie munson#steve harrington#robin buckley#stranger things#if i post this to ao3 too i'll have to figure out something with formatting#color and tense should do for here#my fic
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Headcanon: Ramon is actually really intelligent, it's just a little surprising
#arthrobug#bugbrain#art#captain laserhawk#clh#bullfrog#rayman#ramon#assassins creed#clh ramon#clh bullfrog#fanart#does this count as rayfrog#i mean it does i guess but non-romantic#more platonic lmao#rayfrog#doodle#I could color this if someone wants me to btw pff#okay gn#shitpost
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@radioroseweek day 6, on which I spent more time than intended:
Date
Sugar, spice and everything nice
Stupid ideas go brrr in my mind
#my art stuff#radiorose#radioroseweek2024#radioroseweek#hazbin hotel#fanart#fan art#fan comic#alastor#hazbin hotel rosie#alastor radio demon#alastor and rosie#cannibal besties#platonic in my mind#could be read as romantic#threw in some huskerdust#the date was obviously just a fancy excuse to go full cannibal mode#and well at least they're having veggies#I mean technically
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was it casual when i had a panic attack at the thought of you dying was it casual when you risked your entire carrier just to feed me lunch was it casual when you were willing to die protecting me even though you wouldn't accomplish any of the goals you devoted yourself to was it casual when i spent so many nights rolling around in deep thought about whether you think of me like i do about you was it casual when i wished for you upon a shooting star was it casual when i refused to let you continue your way down a path of self-destructive loneliness even though you wanted me to was it casual when you needed to kill me and only me to grow stronger and be entirely untethered from your past but you just couldn't was it casual when i preferred to bear your pain and hatred and die fighting you as opposed to giving up on you was it casual when i could trade blows with you (read your heart) even though your supposed wife couldn't was it casual when i was your one and only was it casual when the hands that we blew off of each other bore the evidence of our cosmic connection was it casual when you cried your first tears of relief and happiness after you lost to me was it casual when you kept in touch with me but not with your wife was it casual when we fought and laughed and became inseparable was it casual when i can't exist without you was it casual when i put all my goals on hold because how could i focus on them when i can't even save you was it casual when you were my main motivation for training to become infinitely stronger was it casual when i'd remain a fool my entire life if being smart meant that i had to give up on you was it casual when you know my heart i yours was it casual when
#which could mean nothing#nah the way i could've kept going for so long#this is ridiculous#they're actually insane#characters be doing all that and y'all still insist on calling them straight đźâđš#naruto was the og yearner. bro redefined what it means to be a pining teenager#you know it's bomb when the haters pull out âthey see each other as brothersâ#âthey're marriedâ actually the rainbow is so blatant it's blinding#ain't no way you watch five hundred episodes of these fools acting like this and your main takeaway is that they're platonic soulmates#i fear your gaydar is non-existent#âi had another dream about sasukeâ girl ik what you are#only people who love naruto and sasuke more than i do are each other#they make me sick#im afraid i would not be doing all that for a friend or a person i consider a brother and yall wouldn't either#ânaruto would do this for any of his friendsâ hm no.#how did that boy kisser megumi put it? something something personal feelings?#jokes aside i genuinely don't think naruto would go to such lengths for anyone other than sasuke at all#uzumaki naruto#uchiha sasuke#sns#sasunaru#narusasu#naruto#naruto shippunden#naruto uzumaki#sasuke uchiha#naruto and sasuke#naruto ramblings#it was never casual
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