#it's nearly Christmas

[spiritualtia]

Christmas is coming up!

Check Out My Christmas Playlist here:

[wandering-pegasus]

christmas time!! 🎄💓

[morganbritton132]

After Eddie’s Tiktok circulates and everybody see Nancy’s text about Steve staying at her house, people start (jokingly, mostly) calling her a harlot for trying to steal his husband.

Nancy responds by tweeting a picture of her, Steve, and (surprise!) Jonathan since Jon’s in town for work. They’re all in her bed and in their pajamas. There are snacks and they’re getting ready to watch a movie. All three of them are doing peace signs because they are bisexuals.

She captions the picture with “Ms Steal-yo-man” and tags Corroded Coffin and Argyle.

Eddie responds with a tweet from the Official Corroded Coffin twitter account like, “This is exactly what everybody thought was going on in high school.”

[munsonfamilyband]

Slick Sunday post for @lexirosewrites !! I decided to just post it like this since this is probably going to be long. I do promise it has christmas in it but there’s a build up to that. Also very minor TW for child abuse. It’s less than a sentence but still. And also, this is canon up till s4, I don’t really know how different it is, the important thing is that Chrissy lived and Eddie didn’t get eaten as much as he does in canon.

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It starts in 1987. It’s late November, Steve has unofficially taken over his house since he hasn’t spoken to his parents in so long he doesn’t even remember. Eddie and Robin are over helping him decorate their tree. They’re all wearing ugly sweaters and pajamas. Steve and Eddie had just started officially courting, while Robin and Chrissy were still dancing around each other. She was in the middle of lamenting her latest failed attempt to ask her out when the front door opens and the Harringtons enter. A fight breaks out pretty quickly and it culminates in a few smashed ornaments, Steve getting slapped, Eddie being literally sat on by Robin to keep him calm, and Steve being told his things needed to be gone by the next day. He’s told that his behavior is not that of a Harrington.

And then they’re gone.

Eddie forces Robin off of him so he can hold Steve, and she goes to call Hopper. He and Steve had been close before Starcourt and since he came back last year they’re reconnected. (Steve calls him dad behind his back, he’s too scared to say it to Hop’s face yet.)

Hop shows up a few minutes later, only to be followed by one very angry Claudia Henderson. She explains that El had called Dustin on the walkie about the phone call she overheard and Claudia left right away.

They both start helping him pack once they know he’s okay and they all go to Hop’s cabin for dinner. While they’re eating Steve casually mentions that he wants to change his name. What he thought would be a casual comment with little fanfare resulted in Claudia baring her teeth at Hop as they argued over who got to bring Steve into their family officially. It would be scarier if Steve wasn’t ready to cry from how loved it makes him feel. He does eventually have to burst their bubble and tell them he wants to be a Buckley. This does get Hop and Claudia to calm down but it also gets Steve tackled off his chair by Robin in a hug.

Fast forward, it’s now the mid 90s. Chrissy and Robin live in the brownstone next to Eddie and Steve in Chicago. Steve and Eddie got married two years ago and earlier that fall they had learned Steve was pregnant. They had so far only told Robin and Chrissy, but that was because Steve was at home while Eddie was at work and he begged Robin to come with him to buy tests. Both Eddie and Steve knew it was time to tell everyone else, since he had just finished the first trimester and with christmas coming up they decided to go with the most cliche announcement possible.

The four of them go back to Hawkins for the holidays. Robin and Chrissy are staying at the Buckley’s and Eddie and Steve are staying at Hop’s cabin.

The first person they tell is Wayne. They have dinner with him for christmas eve and then over dessert exchange presents. Eddie gets a new set of steel toed boots and Steve gets a new coat. Then they hand Wayne his gift and Eddie grabs their camcorder to record his reaction. Inside is a new baseball hat placed upside down with something balled up inside it. Wayne takes the cloth out and flips the hat around, freezing as he reads it, then quickly dropping it and picking up what is now clearly a onesie. In bold letters the onesie says ‘Grandpa’s Fishin’ Buddy’. The hat says ‘Grandpa is my name, Fishing is my game’. Wayne, still gripping the onesie in his hands looks up at them with wet eyes.

“Is this… I’m gonna be a grandpa?”

Eddie can’t stop smiling behind the camera and he turns it slightly to catch Steve as he smiles at Wayne, giving little jazz hands as he says, “surprise.”

Eddie just barely pans back to Wayne to catch him standing up to pull Steve into a hug.

“I’m so happy for you two. Ed, you better put that thing down and get in here.”

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The next people they tell are the Henderson’s. While Dustin will also be at Hop’s that night, Steve had wanted to be able to see his mom for christmas so for years they had been doing brunch at the Henderson’s before the three guys go to Hop’s and Claudia goes to get some extra hours working at the hospital.

They show up right on time with their gifts and enjoy breakfast before it’s present time. Dustin gets the new Dungeons and Dragons book that had just come out and a new set of dice that looked like the night sky. Steve gets a new cookbook and a scarf. Eddie gets a scarf as well as a new toolbox for work. Then Steve hands over the gift bag to Claudia, but before she opens it he turns to Dustin while Eddie gets the camcorder again.

“Dustin, I need you to promise me, right now, that what you see right now will not be told to anyone today. Got it?”

Dustin rolls his eyes as he responds, “Dude, it’s just a gift-“

“Dustin. Promise me,” Steve interjects.

After they stare at each other for another 30 seconds Dustin gives a dramatic sigh and promises. With that done Steve gives Claudia the okay to open her gift. She takes out the tissue paper and pulls a folded up sweatshirt and a folded canvas bag out. The bag is unfolded first and Claudia gasps, quickly unfolding the sweater and then dropping them both to rush over to hug Steve.

“Oh, I’m so happy for you! My baby!” Claudia is crying as she and Steve hold each other tight, Steve laughing with pure joy. Eddie catches Dustin standing up out of the corner of his eye and refocuses the camera on him, following him as he goes over and picks up the items his mom dropped. The bag says ‘Grandma’s Magic Bag’ and the sweatshirt says ‘World’s Best Grandma’. Dustin stares at them and then he’s shouting.

“You guys are having a pup?!”

Eddie just grins at him over the camera as he asks, “You ready to be Uncle Dustin?” Eddie then barely keeps the camera from breaking as Dustin rushes him in a hug.

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Their final present is that evening at Hop’s. Steve is drinking hot cider and curled into Eddie’s side on the couch, Robin right next to him with a hand on his ankle, Chrissy on her other side laughing as Max shares a story about college. Steve looks around the room and sees Dustin already staring at him, practically vibrating in his seat. It’s clear that he’s doing his best to not spill the beans so Steve huffs a laugh and claps to get everyone’s attention.

“Alright, present time?”

The next minute or so is a rush of movement as everyone finds a spot and grabs their gifts, Steve holding tight to his gift for Hop. Eddie had El help him hide the camera earlier so she can turn it on without giving anything away.

Presents are passed around and opened. Max gave Steve a new poster for his classroom, and Robin got him the fancy desk organizer set he had been looking at for months. Mike got Eddie new patches for his work coveralls and Will gave them a beautiful painted version of their wedding photo. (Steve does tear up over it but tries to cover up as best he can, stupid pup hormones).

Then Steve stands and hands Hop his bag, giving El a wink as he walks past her and he sees her squint her eyes for a breath before giving him a wink back. Steve settles back in to Eddie’s side and gives Hop the go ahead. He pulls out what is clearly a mug wrapped in tissue paper with a hat stuffed into it. Hop takes the hat out first and looks at it, his face unreadable, before he sets it down with the words hidden. He quickly takes off the tissue paper and reads the mug. His face is still blank but everyone can see his eyes filling with tears as he makes eye contact with Steve.

Eddie gives Steve a little nudge and that’s all it takes for him to get up and go hug his dad, being wrapped up in his arms as Hop cries. After a beat where it’s still silent Hop speaks, looking over at Eddie. “Years ago, I thought I would never get to be a grandpa.” Steve just hugs him tighter and the room around them erupts as everyone starts screaming. Eddie gets dog piled by the boys, excluding Dustin who has collapsed on the floor from the relief of not having to hide that anymore. Steve feels two people wrap around him from behind and glancing at their arms he sees that it’s El and Max, both hugging him. When everyone has calmed more Steve goes back to sit with Eddie, who can now place his hand on Steve’s stomach. Hop sits down and finally shows everyone his gifts. The mug has a sheriff’s badge and it says ‘Chief Gramps’ and the hat says ‘Professional Grandpop’. Hop puts it on his head that night and refuses to take it off.

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Et viola. Also, this is Wayne’s hat because I love it so much:

[ravenbronze]

Christmas in the Undercroft

Trying something a bit different! And thought I’d get festive with it since it’s December 🎄

[brain-deadx0]

I love the show The Librarians but I never can forgive the writers for making an entire episode about Ezekiel Jones going through trauma after trauma, learning so many things and growing so much as a person as he fights through a time loop looking for some way to save everyone, having him succeed in saving everyone but himself, and for his fellow Librarians who only know the last loop to bring him back BUT HE HAS NO MEMORIES FROM HIS TIME IN THE TIME LOOP!

Just a character reset and I was so pissed. They didn't even allude to him actually remembering but pretending not to!

[demonic0angel]

Violent Violet with Steph attending some Jewish holiday things with Sam.

“What’re you doing?” Stephanie asked, leaning over Sam’s shoulder. Sam had several pots on the stove, some with oil and others with soup or brisket, and she watched them carefully with thermometers in each pot as they cooked various things inside.

“Preparing for Hanukkah. Danny, Tucker, and the others are also going to come by later when it gets darker. Want to try a piece?” Sam asked.

Stephanie nodded. She eyed the finished products on the counter nearby with greed in her eyes and Sam chuckled before waving a hand and giving silent permission. Stephanie was immediately drawn to one particular, tasty looking treat that had a sort of jelly filling inside.

“What’s this?” Stephanie asked, not even waiting for an answer before putting the donut-like treat into her mouth.

“That’s pontshke. They’re like donuts. Pretty good, right?” Sam smiled as Stephanie moaned in delight from the taste, nodding enthusiastically. She wiped away the powdered sugar from her cheek and chuckled as Stephanie blushed.

Stephanie pointed to a fried piece of something, licking her lips. “So what’s this?”

“Latkes. They’re sort of like potato pancakes. They’re savory though, not sweet,” she explained and fed a piece to Stephanie, who hummed happily from the food.

“They’re good too! You’re baking something in the oven?”

“Koylitsh bread and rugelach,” Sam said. “I’m still making more stuff.”

Stephanie whistled, before stuffing her mouth with another piece of latke. She chewed and then wrapped her arms around Sam, nuzzling her since she was very warm from all of the cooking. “You’re making a lot of food. You’ve worked hard.”

Sam smiled and said, “Yeah. It’s my first Hanukkah without my family. It’s also my first with you after all. I want to make sure it’s special.”

Stephanie grinned. “It’s already special if we’re together.”

They both beamed and then shared a kiss. This was their first Hanukkah together, but definitely not their last, as they would share many, many holidays together in the future.

[avionvadion]

The way Leona treats Sally confirms I wrote him properly in the Once Upon A Dream prologue. Mwehehehehehehhe~! VICTORY. Also the fact that he views "strength" as something that's also mental, and not just physical??? Like??? That's... so satisfying.

It's not just muscle, it's not just physical prowess; strength- or what determines someone as strong- is also their mental fortitude and determination do what it takes to reach their goal and the dedication to follow through with it. Sally is constantly fighting for her freedom and he recognizes that, and is such a freaking gentleman to her oh my gods.

Leona supports women's rights and women's wrong, and canonically drinks respect women juice for breakfast. Hot damn.

He's jumped up so high on my list now, like WOWZA. Also he's treating Sally like the queen she absolutely freaking is and for that I may just properly level up the few cards of his that I actually have. HUZZAH. Writing his interactions with El was already going to be interesting, but now it's gonna be doubly interesting because his gentlemanly behavior is actually canon and not just an assumption based off of one vignette- and El has a grudge.

Like, he's gonna give her the same level of respect Jack does but the acknowledge Lilia does of her fighting to survive despite her condition and lack of magic, but gonna be so pissed she's getting in the way of his scheme.

Awwwwww maaaaaaaaaaan ya'll, this is exciting.

(...Turns out, I have exactly three Leona cards. His lab, robes, and Scary Monsters. Pffft.)

[duckbunny]

important alcohol safety information:

Coffee will not sober you up.

Alcohol does not have an antidote. You can't drink coffee to counteract the alcohol. You can have caffeine and alcohol effects at the same time, but that just makes you drunk and awake, it doesn't make you sober. The alcohol is still in your system. It is still in your inner ear, fucking up your balance, it is still slowing down your reactions, and it is still impairing your judgement. There is nothing you can do about this. All drugs and medications (same thing, different reasons for use) have a natural clearing time in your body. The average for alcohol is one hour per unit of alcohol consumed. There is no short-cut for this.

Coffee will not sober you up. Cold will not sober you up. Exercise will not sober you up. Nothing can make you sober except time and your liver.

Don't drink and drive even if you feel fine.

[sleepyc63]

CRITTERS ACQUIRED! i can sleep peacefully now

[asktheremnantsaskblog]

The Reveal

How can something so small hurt so much after all you've been through?

@dxrksong @connectionterminated13 @rainbowthewolf13

(Merry Christmas :3)

[tethered-heartstrings]

search function for "gifts for mothers you don't really have a relationship with or talk to unless required but feel obligated to buy a gift for due to Circumstances"

[boonsandwhatever]

I rewatched Klaus, y'all

[gomzdrawfr]

Bam bing bong, summary of my doodles in 2024

[paper-beats-writers-block]

if die hard is a Christmas movie then carry on is a Christmas book

[aelaer]

The worst part about diving into a new fandom is that even after you've read like hundreds of fics there's one concept you haven't really seen fleshed out and you have no idea who to ask for a bulletpoint fic or small prompt fill on tumblr. Woe is me.