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Steve Harrington doesn't expect today to be anything special.
His kid, Dustin, is out in the garage hanging out with his friend Lucas. It's a calm spring evening, and there isn't a single call coming from the phone asking for his services. The former handy man turned jack of all trades has a day off, and he's taking the chance to catch up on the fantasy book Dustin picked up for him on his last trip to the library.
He's older than he once thought he could be, he's alive, and he's happy.
He's mid sip of his sweet tea - recipe courtesy of the Byers family - when someone suddenly comes in through the front door. Mr. Harrington jumps, closes the book with a dog-eared page ("Terrible habits, sir, terrible terrible habits," says a voice from the past in his head). But then Dustin walks into view, and while he's not entirely calmed, he's less startled.
"Hey there, big guy," his starts calmly, but his mood quickly sombers when he gets a full look at his son. "Everything okay?"
Something's off. Dustin's coming in through the front door, not the back door that's easier to get to from the garage. Lucas isn't with him, and Mr. Harrington's old acoustic guitar is in his hands ("Be careful, love, you might end up as our backup," says the voice with a wink he can still see). But most importantly, Dustin looks nervous. Sad, even, and Mr. Harrington never lets that kind of face linger long in this household.
"Yeah, I'm okay, dad..." Dustin mumbles, pausing in the front hall, staring down at the guitar. His eyes look far away. "I was just wondering, um... you know that band group that I'm friends with?" Dustin looks up, directing all of that pain right at his father, stabbing at his heart.
"Yeah, your buddies on that forum, right?" Mr. Harrington says cautiously. He's leaning forward on his knees now, book discarded to a side table to give Dustin his full attention. "Were they telling you something? Is Lucas okay?"
"No, yeah, Lucas is fine, his mom called," Dustin quickly mutters, briefly distracting the nervous tension in his face with a shaking head. He takes a deep breath, releasing it in one big huff as he holds the guitar tighter. "So, you remember how I told you we were all helping each other? You know, learning how to write songs?"
"Yeah?" Mr. Harrington affirms, gently encouraging him to go on.
"Well, um..." Dustin looks away again, down at his feet shuffling in the carpet. "The- the lead singer of that band? Said he wanted some feedback on one, so uh..." His eyes glance at the guitar in his arms before meeting his father's eyes again.
Mr. Harrington huffs a small sigh of relief, a smile overtaking him. Nothing's wrong, it's just Dustin wanting to share a song with his dad, and he's nervous. Mr. Harrington has nothing to worry about ("A one man crowd? Gotta make this really memorable then," says the voice, teasing words but a soft, scared, nervous tone). "Yeah yeah, of course, kid, I'd be honored."
But then why is Dustin still so tense when he nods? Why are his eyes still so sad when he sits on the couch opposite Mr. Harrington, while he tunes the guitar? Why does he keep looking at the empty space beside him, growing more anxious each time?
"Take your time buddy, it's okay," Mr. Harrington tries to reassure, but Dustin doesn't look up.
Instead he sits there, breathing deeply a few times. Looks over at the other end of the couch, blinks a few times before nodding to himself, turning back. His left hand runs over the frets a few times, other hand coming up to rub at his eyes-
Oh god, he's crying. And his dad is just sitting there, helpless and useless. Mr. Harrington's heart is impaled once again and he reaches up, wanting to try and fix this, to help.
But then Dustin's hands are settling on the guitar, determination joining the mix of sadness and anxiety, and Mr. Harrington is forced to sit back and watch.
Because Dustin starts playing.
He's heard the music from outside the garage walls. He's bought plenty of guitars for Dustin to play over the years, heard many types of genres coming from under the secrecy of that roof. It's Dustin's thing, his hidden passion outside of science and fantasy, so Mr. Harrington has let him have the privacy, keeping his pride tamed for his son's sake.
So to finally see Dustin playing is like pride tenfold, longing grasping his heart tight when he sees how Dustin leans into the music ("We're the few good ones left, dear... We just feel it differently from others, you know?" bemoans the voice in his head). How his eyes close, the tension in his body loosening as music echoes from the guitar's.
And it's a beautiful melody. Simple, like all good things are, but melancholic. Longing incarnate. Nothing he was expecting from this, but he never wants it to end. It feels like lost love, regrets...
But then the singing starts.
"First things first
We start the scene in reverse
All of the lines rehearsed
Disappear from my mind"
Faint and echoing. Barely audible at first, but steadily growing in sound as Dustin plays. Ethereal, Mr. Harrington remembers from the book. That describes it.
It's not Dustin, he's too focused on the guitar. And his voice cracks on words this quiet, his tone off no matter what genre he's singing along to. Gets it from his dad.
It's almost familiar. Sounds like home.
"When things got loud
One of us running out
I should have turned around
But I had too much pride"
Suddenly, something shifts in the air. It feels cold, like soft wind in a breath, then going tingly. The light pattering of winter's first snow.
There's a window behind Dustin, the evening light shining through the blinds and curtains lighting everything in a warm glow. If he wasn't watching Dustin, he wouldn't have seen it. The beams being cast on the couch beside Dustin are slightly bright... and are swiftly getting brighter.
"No time for goodbyes
Didn't get to apologize
Pieces of a clock that lies broken"
Before his eyes, the sunlight starts moving, swirling and disconnecting into little beads of light. It shifts colors, a gradient of orange and reds, purple and blue, a hazy cloud slowly materializing on the couch.
It's shaping into something, moving into specific sections to the music and words. Changing color all the while, blacks and reds appearing deeper, a figure coming through the shape. The voice keeps getting louder, screaming familiarity at Mr. Harrington-
Then in a flash, it solidifies, and everything else fades away. No room, no weather, no sense.
Just music and singing and... and him.
"If I could take us back
If I could just do that
I'd write in every empty space
The words 'I love you' in replace
And every time would not erase me"
He's sitting on the couch next to Dustin, almost laying down. Leaning back against the arm rest, knees bunched up on the cushion but shoes hanging off the side. His clothes look aged compared to nowadays, but it's the same flannel and black ripped jeans and chains as the faithful day they lost each other.
Oh god, his voice has the same gorgeous vibrato, words flowing from his lips like poetry. His hair has the same soft curly bounce, product keeping it infinitely safe. His face, his hands, his presence remains unchanged.
He's not looking up, doesn't have to for those deep amber doe eyes to be so visible. He's messing with his rings while he sings, watching the silver glint in the light that created him. Doesn't hide how sad, how longing and lonely he looks and sounds here in this place.
A hand is coming up to Mr. Harrington's chest, tears blotting his vision and he's not ashamed of blinking them into reality, can't let himself look away from this.
It's him, it's him, dear god, the man he thought he lost over 30 years ago, the man he thought left behind their love by choice while he had never let it go, who's voice and presence never left his mind, who he thought would come back but never did and couldn't have, he's ghostly and gone, he's gone but it's him, his love, Steve's love, finally here after so long...
"If you could only know
I never let you go
And the words I most regret
Are the ones I never meant to leave..."
His voice starts cracking, that sweet pretty voice breaking. His face crumbles, hands trembling and it breaks Steve in two and he wants to reach out and help, he wants but he can't-
Then he finally looks up. Their eyes meet and there's relief and longing and pain and sorrow in both of their eyes because they're seeing each other, finally finally finally, after so long...
"Unsaid Emily..."
Sung in a whisper to the strumming of his son.
Munson.
Eddie Munson.
Steve's sweet, dear Eddie Munson.
He came back...
He finally came home...
#Julie and the Phantoms Steddie AU anybody? :'D#was thinking about this song again n figured i should make it a full thing#gotta rewatch the show to get the lore right but anyway#steve is dustin's dad in the 20-somethings i dunno when exactly yet#corroded coffin is the ghost band that dustin can see#their unfinished business is eddie's who was dating steve in the 80-90s before they had a fight and eddie left the same night the band died#and cc sticks together even in their lead guitarist's relationship drama#would keep going but later#steve x eddie#steve harrington#eddie munson#steddie#dustin henderson#lil cameo from#lucas sinclair#julie and the phantoms#sorry jatp fans a steddie infiltrated your place
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damian and mary/mar'i: big bro/lil sis //// uncle/niece dynamic. small overprotective gremlin energy. once again, missed out opportunities DC!! :L
(and maybe he's envious of the happy family he sees :L bit of angst whoops)
if y'all got any more funny ideas for kory/starfire and mari with the batfam, lmk! I'm not too familiar with recent batfam changes haha. got a couple more ideas before i go back to tt03 stuff again.
#dc comics#damian wayne#mar'i grayson#batfam#tim drake#jason todd#dick grayson#dickory#robstar#uhh im not adding the lil cameos from the other dc fam bc there in 1 scene lmao#also damian's#BOOTS#are so fun to draw#i can sit and draw those stupid high calf boots all day#ig this is turning into my own AU for robstar ft batfam#did not think to put “get back into batman lore/fandom after 10 years of inactivity” on my 2024 bingo card lmao#punnifulart
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Madness hair club
#madness combat#madnessday#madnessday2024#hank j. wimbleton#sanford madness#madcom#deimos madness#The grunts in the bg are fan characters from a friend doin a lil cameo#Okay why nobody is drawing more long haired hank#like i know they probably canonically bald but damn
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some Friendly Maintenance scribbles i forgot to post!
#(the paint he's touchin up home with is the wrong color <3 neither of them can tell <3)#but yeah yayyyyyy stitchin up friends! woohoo!#i would like to state! in this au the puppets Do Not Feel Pain the way we do!#at worst its like... intense pins & needles + sorta nausea + static but a Physical Feeling etc etc#its deeply uncomfortable and feels really fucking weird! but not painful!#but for a puppet who's never really experienced it... they may react the same as a person would to pain#is this based off of my lil theory that in canon they Do Not Feel Pain At All? yeah lol#but anyway! patchin up friends is a love language!#scribble salad#wh lights out au#tw stitches#tw body horror#(mild but i think it counts)#(also for anyone wondering - howdy had a close call with sally. he got slashed! hes fine!)#(wally just has to kinda... shove the stuffing back in and then sew the gash shut. easy slices!)#(putting the stuffing back in is the worst part. it feels... not great! like i said - not painful - but not great at all!)#(howdy is employing all of his willpower to stay put and not scramble away from the unpleasant sensation!)#i have this whole mental Mechanic for what certain things feel like when it comes to maintenance on the puppets#like reattaching limbs or stuffing falling out etc#ALSO RARE TWO-EYED WALLY CAMEO 🚨#oh and#RARE AWAKE BARNABY CAMEO 🚨🚨#(just his arm but yk. hes up!)#(and they saved a large candle for the occasion of reattaching his arm!)#(wally is so happy...)
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Go work off that debt Xie Lian! ....with an extra babysitting job.
Meme template for y'all under the cut + examples I made.
Anyway hopefully next episodes won't take too long. The thing is. The Ghost Groom arc is a lot longer than I remember. I'm still racking my brain over how the hell I'm gonna summarize it because I am not going every single instance
#poorly drawn tgcf#tgcf#xie lian#mu qing#feng xin#ling wen#Sorry if you didn't know fu yao and nan feng are just fx and mq in disguise#it's painfully obvious these two really only have a single braincell huh#even XL knows almost for certain from the get go but just played along with them#naturally in typical XL fashion he does not tell you this fact until like#book 7 or something. XL honey Ily but you're a little shit#guoshi must have gotten his white hair from raising both the lil shit that is XL and JW#rejoice soon hc will make his first (gay panic) appearance#dw LW and SQH (if u see him u get a cookie) will form a union at some point as they should#I continue to hide silly cameos from the other books in this#congrats to everyone who correctly identified Jiang Cheng in the last one LMAO#He isn't the only one though! there is a svsss character cameo in ep 1 as well#If anyone identifies it correctly and comments or tags it#I'll make a lil extra doodle#inconsistent artstyle??? more likely than you think#I hope I can make it a lil more appealing#idk it just doesnt click with me yet but we'll see#I mainly took inspiration from the manhua designs for MQ and FX#and then complitely pulled the colors out of my arse lmfao
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He's so stupid ♥️
Have the whole of King Dice's centric section of Cuphead Volume 3
#cuphead#king dice#the cuphead show#cuphead comic#cuphead volume 3#ribby and croaks#cuphead casino crew#Also- Some panels have cameos of A LOT of characters- From bosses to lil NPCs and enemies#Look at my silly boy with boxing gloves
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#part 2.#mygif#gif#weird al#middle gif gives off such potent ''*swinging scythe* watch out bitch! watch out bitch!'' energies#dont ask me the context of these videos because i dont rly know beyond knowing its one of his strange lil cameos he does from time to time.#its a... making a viral video training montage? i think.#idk im just making these gifs for yankochick reasons :pensive:
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Silly little comic idea hehehe
#Cameo from lily teeehee#cddwtd#Cddwtd chai#cddwtd mugman#casino cups#casino cups oc#casino cups au#cddwtd lily#lily rose#In reality chai doesn’t give a crap about horror movies#But#she likes watching them when she’s with mugman#He gets a lil clingy when he’s spooked#deviously giggles#Mugchai#Hehehehe
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ive just finished tsc and im crying a lot over one (1) broken french man
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two posts...same day... at the same time?... yeah
oh uh idk blood cw under the cut HAHA
#grian#grianmc#grianfanart#goodtimeswithscar#gtws#gtwscar#goodtimeswithscarfanart#desertduo#scarian#3rd life#3rd life smp#traffic life series#trafficblr#traffic life smp#bdubs cameo in the background hehe im a lil insane (only a lil)#also the second image is literally referenced from a famous sculpture since i was at a museum#fun
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the poison drips through erodes everything.
#deedennis#the reynolds implication#dennis reynolds#dee reynolds#frank reynolds#barbara reynolds#with a lil cameo from mac#iasip#Youtube
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mitch grassi - full moon (brandy cover)
#just a lil clip from our latest#feeling read for filth rn#why doesnt he just come to my house & beat me to death with a hammer#hes why my url is this btw. if u even care. hes gotta pronounce my name portuguese or he'll die dont let him die#mitch grassi#brandy#music#piramiche#mon amour#cameo#mine#pentatonix#superfruit
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Got two Cameos from Joey this year (and one in-character voice memo, lol), and this man really be making something that should be like 1-2 minutes into like 6 minutes minimum. Can't recommend them enough, they cheer me up so much 🐐💛
#starkid#joey richter#not important#idk I just wanted to share#like seriously go get a Cameo from him he puts so much effort into them when he doesn't need to#really been having shitty few days and now it's going into Christmas#but this lil crimus cameo has cheered me up#even if I paid for him to say it (he's still so genuine with his comments)#Ok edit but Joey just revealed some random ass off handed TTO trivia while recommending Chritsmas movies lmao
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Finally, the modern/band AU is more than idle coffee thoughts.
In which Shadowheart is part of a three-piece metal band that gets stuck in a town called Rivington. Where happiness and a much softer life is something that she doesn't think she deserves. Where she's always in danger of falling back into the relationship with her ex, the Avatar of the cult that raised her, who just so happens to be the band's frontwoman.
Featuring a modern version of my primary Tav, Asheera, as a mechanic who's just doing her job working on the band's broken down van when things get a little more complicated. You can peek at in-game shots and art of her here and here.
Rating: E for Eventual Smut
Category: F/F
Ship: Shadowheart/Trans Fem Tav
Tags and AO3 Summary under the break.
Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Band AU, POV Alternating, Romance, Angst, Strangers to Lovers, Religious Imagery & Symbolism, Religious Cults, Abusive Relationships, past abusive relationships, implied/referenced past prostitution, Dissociation, Trans Female Character, Eventual Smut, in which a traumatized metal guitarist finds love in a small town, and searches for her cottagecore fantasy
Summary:
Shadowheart, the guitarist for a small-time metal band on tour, nearly crashes her band's van into an auto body shop in a podunk called Rivington. That's the least of her worries. Every day on the road revolves around the devolving relationship with her ex, the Avatar of her religion and the frontwoman of the band. Everything is Shar, and Shadowheart knows no escape nor if she deserves one. At least until Ash, the head mechanic of that dinky garage, questions everything Shadowheart's ever known, digging into her life until they both bleed. Ash told herself to forget about them. Forget about Shadowheart. She needed to make forgetting easy and turn her heart to stone to the attractive, enigmatic stranger. That’s all Shadowheart was. That's all she should be.
#bg3#baldur's gate 3#bg3 fanfiction#baldur's gate 3 fanfiction#shadowheart#shadowheart x tav#oc: asheera#modern au#band au#nightsongs au#<- that's the tag I'm using for related posts#my fic#I promise there will be fun lil companion/NPC cameos that I couldn't help myself from adding#just because I'm writing this modern au doesn't mean I won't ALSO be writing in-canon stuff as well for the time being :)#if your subscription email shows it as backdated don't worry you didn't miss the post#ao3 was having issues posting the chapter >:(
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Bestie I had a dream that we fought to the death for some reason but I can't remember who won
probably you, my spirit is strong but my body is weak </3
#im honored to have been included in your dream death battle <3#its fascinating that i - in some nebulous form - would make a lil cameo in your brain#or maybe that was on purpose#maybe ive figured out astral projection and im just fighting people to the death in dreams#honestly? sounds On Brand...#rambles from the bog
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toby and andrew’s spider men not being part of the spider society is so funny to me. like they’re not allowed in the club however their most tragic moments WILL be shown to the club several times without their knowledge
#atsv spoilers#like. outside of the movie i know WHY their canon events were such a large focus. fun lil cameo for the fans#but IN UNIVERSE its so fucking funny that miguel has those moments recorded for those two 😭😭#atsv#across the spidervers#to be clear i dont want toby and andrew in spiderverse keep those live action boys AWAY from my baby boy miles#let him have his own thing
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