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ima post it here yayayaa
so i posted it on insta cuz im half active there than tumblr buuuuut i will show you the pain and struggle of me doing all 31 day themes of @ftmultislacker s cogtober thingyyy YIPPIE ight lets see how long tumblrs limit is on a single post lol/hj
fyi a majority of the things i drew are my ocs had to figure out how many r's were in the brrrgh (i literally looked it up, ttcc wiki W) anyways day 1 CHILL-Y (poor seeker out in the cold :<)
day 2 BREW okkkk lemme break down this one here, this is the FIRST EVER TIME I DREW PRESTER, AND I LIKE IT GRGRGRGR also theres a lot too look at kinda (everything is hard to see unless u zoom in IF you have shit eye sight like me :3) sooo lets point out details! bottom right is @creator-indy gushing over prester, on the far left is me, drooling over prester (cuz dilf) theres an advocate in the bg just flying bros damaged, theres a toon in the cauldron w/ paces glasses (fucking hate that guy) theres a low baller in there (o7) and a few rats, also the "stick" is a stick and totallyyy not a toon's arm!
day 3 PUMPKIN ok this one also has ig detail so ima also break it down!! toon is supposed to be my 2nd toon which ing his name is like little pepper or smth but his actual name is Peterson P. Peterson which the P means Peter soooo Peterson Peter Peterson, long name ik anyyyywayyyys!! mans holding small pumpkin HR in the background is saying "long lives the cog" lion king ref but ttcc editted!! and its HR doing that to count eclaim or whatever skinny vampire cog, yea anyways theres a backstabber eating popcorn (greatest thing i drew tbh) duck shuffler's in the bg just being himself yk cra cra in the zy zy oh and karma is in the bg too but no one gives a shit abt him cuz he is evil even tho hes just there W A T C H I N G
day 4 SWITCHED not much to say cuz my head was drawing a blank space for this theme and i didnt know what to do so i did the not original idea, which is clothing swap gl hf yk?
day 5 SHADOW uhh uhh yea me in shadows and and eyes and yea idk it is what it is
day 6 MOON its karma and dan chattin, abt what? who knows karma's probs flirting or some shit idk, dan aint buying it tho cuz he's just in it for the free drinks, i had a nice time drawin this one tho
also im doing parts since i like go to bed at 12:35am and sleep at 1am soooo i'll do a part 2 of this when i wake up
#cogtober 2024#ttcc#karma#toontown corporate clash#dan b. title#dan#errr#it is what it is#my head hurts ow not again#god damn it#firescaped#firescaped au#this was fun but tiring and made my hands hurt when i was rushing#but it was fun none of the less!#me go idk somethin then sleep#good night#and#happy halloween!#even though its now 12am but still!
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I'll make myself look even cuter, so come find me, okay?
#woe. my blood sweat and tears poured into a barely a minute clip be upon ye#duck scribbles#arashi narukami#anzu#naruanzu#naruan#which one was it again ........#enstars#ensemble stars#thank you so so much to my good friend wheeze for editing it OTL ilysm i owe u my life#my neck hurts. my back hurts. my shoulders hurt but at least ive finally finished it after imagining it in my head for so long#you can take me out of my haniwa fixation but you cant take the haniwa out of me#kawaiiku nar[u]tai has played in my mind for over a year now#i think redrawing each background from the mvs took two times longer than actually drawing the characters help me
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Hey y'all! Weird question time again, muscle related this time! I suspect I know the answer to this one, but asking anyway: Do your muscles ever get so tense on one side of your body* that bending your knee is painful because the muscles are so tight they pull across the front of your kneecap? Idk that those even are muscles. Tendons? Ligaments? *not because of injury, just like "woke up and they were this way"
#the person behind the yarn#tj asks weird questions#pretty sure this is just me being sodium Georg again#but ow. like. the pain itself isn't suuuuper bad?#but the tension is currently from my forehead around the back of my head to my neck all the way down to my calf#so like. every way I move hurts at least a little#unpleasant for sure. time for electrolytes and hot water bottles
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until this whole gender crisis thing gets sorted out Iâm just gonna stick with my darling gender ultimax for goofs
i still love this image I made sorry. Iâm gonna use it forever and ever
#yeah I still have a pounding headache how could you tell#heâs amazing he commits attempted vehicular manslaughter and slaps you and then is like âsorryâ#heâs gonna be my placeholder until I can figure this out#fuff my beloved. like what kind of name is that. fuff#anyway ow my head hurts Iâm gonna try to sleep again#may fuff visit me in my dreams đ„°đ„°#that sounds romantic. I do Not mean it like that#I like him in a kitten who fell into its bowl of milk and is now sopping wet kind of way#thatâs something my cat did when he was a wee lad. what a little fool
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gonna be real I am already so over this whole medical issue thing
#I just want to be able to sleep at night and not feel dead all the time#next stop the cardiologist wahoooo maybe I can snag myself a pots diagnosis. hopefully#really hoping it is pots actually because then I wonât keep worrying Iâm just being lazy or whatever#but other than that things are still not poggers#my neurologist is being very unhelpful ima be real#oh you canât fall asleep? try meditating :)#girl I can fall asleep I canât STAY asleep and Iâve TRIED that and it does NOTHING it just makes it harder to sleep actually#one of these days I will be unstoppable. one of these daysâŠâŠ..#itâs okish right now because I really donât have any real responsibilities but VERY SOON I will have to start driving and working and stuff#and I really want to be. you know. not feeling dead when I do those things#anyway ow my head hurts again#which reminds me of something else my neurologist said that pissed me off but Iâm not gonna go into that it ainât worth it
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*deep breath*
*exasperated sigh*
#I do not miss this#thankfully tomorrow Iâm going back so#one more restless night of sleep#ow my head hurts#migraine again? *sigh*#ladyeâs rambles#ladye's rambles
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going over old fic notes and outlines and character talks with friends and it's always really funny when i get to the stuff i was developing early-mid 2019 where bill just literally kept kryptos around to rag on, and he genuinely just. did not like the man. like was just completely annoyed with his general existence. boy have things changed
#for anyone curious: i came to the conclusion that no amount of 'this guy sucks but he's fun to bully' would get bill to keep someone around#for like literal eons. bill gets bored of his toys too quickly. he'd break 'em. plus the fact that bill decided he was worth saving to begi#with. there was at first an element of 'i owe the guy' because [FIC SPOILERS] and a grudging 'if i had a gun to my head i'd say he was my#best friend i GUESS but do not tell him that' but no real genuine friendship or anything more#before realizing that with the specific story i was going to tell it just made the most sense to have these assholes still be like.#bad people for sure but to actually care about each other. it also just felt too easy to write bill off as someone whose cruelty is just#a lack of certain emotions. like that doesn't automatically make a bad person and a bad person doesn't automatically lack emotion#(there's a character that'll be introduced sometime soon who is aroace and doesn't make friends easily and she's lovely because...)#(idk man. i'm aroace and why shouldn't she be. a lack of affection doesn't make you bad and the ability to feel it doens't make you good)#so bill can and does love people-- even if actual vulnerability is near impossible to get from him-- and kryptos is included in that#it's just that he still sucks really bad and hurts and even kills people that he loves because again. bad person who has no idea how to#navigate relationships healthily because of his own baggage and the environment he grew up in#(also in canon he usually does not want to navigate relationships healthily because. again. he sucks!)#so the only lasting relationship he's ever had where he isn't trying to hurt someone is still just... messy as hell#(and to be fair kryptos is also a p. bad person by adulthood it's just that they're pretty young at this point in the fic)#(so there's less avenues to show that)#kryptos being desperate for any scrap of attention and bill providing the only attention he's ever gotten was always the vibe#but it really was much more of a 'bully and bulling victim who he lets hang around him because said victim'#'is like the only one willing to talk to him' dynamic which is... very much not the case anymore#as said in the tags of my fic. these awful shapes care about each other as best they can care about anyone#anyway sorry idk how much anyone really cares about these tag essays but theyre helpful for me to get my thought process like... down#and track how different the story used to be
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Truly one of the most deeply obnoxious things about my body is that its response to basically every kind of pain over a certain severity threshold is 'throw up.' There are literally no situations where this is helpful.
#this brought to you by a 'take painkillers' post#and the fact that the magnitude 8 Fucking Why OW I had on Thursday#felt like I was being wrung out like a dish rag#and absolutely could not keep down the pain killers that might have helped#I have no idea what was even wrong#like#I THINK it was a migraine? maybe? they're sometimes weird?#but EVERYTHING hurt not just my head or eyes#or else it was just so BAD that I couldn't tell where it was localized which is also great#def hit at least an 8 because I was having trouble making the words go#if it WAS a migraine I think this may mean they're increasing in frequency and severity again#which is great :)#last time they got Bad I had to stop eating like 50% of all food#anyway whenever I finally fail my constitution check and get covid#I really hope I don't end up with MCAS#or I am quite comprehensively fucked#because I already don't know what's wrong with me 50% of the time
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why is it so hard to notice things are good and so easy to notice when things are bad
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i have had multiple terrible headaches in the past few weeks and i'm annoyeeeeeed i have things to do. i have homework. i need to clean. wash dishes. but lights and sounds and moving makes my head feel like it's full of knives and hammers. and i have approximately 1/4 of a working braincell and i'm not processing Anything. AUGH.
#i used to have A Lot of headaches but in the last idk year or so they've gotten better and i have them way less often so i really don't#want them to get bad again. like genuinely i can't do Anything when my head hurts esp. when it's this bad its boring and takes up my time#also ow. knives in head OW
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no me importa BAHAHA I love that you learning Spanish
the way i say that like 20 times a day. i have to. it hits so much harder than âi dont careâ bc it feels like im dramatically saying . it matters not. I LOVE IT
for some reason this ask sent me into a monologue both in the below text and the tagsâŠ.. under a read more for your scrolling convenience
i also like saying un poco [insert spanish adjective here or english if i donât know the word for it] whenever i need to describe something. also (im consulting actual/native/fluent spanish speakers now) IS LINDO REALLY THE ONLY WORD FOR CUTE I FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE A CUTER WORD LIKE POCO I LOVE THE WORD POCO đ but not poco bc then i cant say un poco cute >:/ LIKE IT SHOULD BE PICO SO I COULD SAY AY QUE PIQUITO BUT THAT WOULD MEAN LITTLE BEAK?!!!!! I DONT WANT TO SAY THAT!!! but yeah if thereâs a more colloquial word for cute thatâs more fun to say like linguisticallyâŠâŠ.lmk. but so far i quite appreciate the rules of spanish bc i took it when i was in school and did rly well actually . and i still remember a lot of the rules and vocab so talking to random customers in spanish is getting a lot easier!!! and sometimes i just ask ppl how to say a word or if they said a word i didnt understand im like âwhat does that word meanâ then they describe it and im like âsay it againâ then they do and then bam i have learned a new word !! i hate that everyone is right and to improve speaking a language you actually have toâŠ.speakâŠâŠ. the languageâŠ.. and not just learn vocab and rules BUT now that im 90% over my social anxiety sitch itâs a lot easier to ask questions and learn!!!!! also 12/10 they think iâm cute for asking and then they compliment my spanish and say iâm cute and then i get a compliment for wanting to learn :3 excellent positive reinforcement, i am unlearning shame and guilt mhm yes
#answered#anon#my crush likes it when i speak spanish actually i should lean into that#one time he was like âow i hurt myselfâ but in spanish#and i was like *confused head tilt* and he says it again in spanish and#ah fuck it imma just do the bit#him: [slower] me lastimĂ©. i hurt myself.#me: ohhh okay :)#him after looking at me for a second with an expression i still to this day do not understand: say it#me [nervous and giggling]: no? why?#him: no say it. me lastimĂ©.#me: [now overcome with nervousness bc it was so . like . idk intimate? for him to like teach me something in his native tongue]#him: me [looks at me expectantly] repeat after me. me#me: me#him: las (he dropped the s actually so i thought he was saying latime and i had never heard that word so i was lost)#me: la (bc thats what i heard)#him: ti#me: ti#him: mĂ©. me lastimĂ©. say it#me: âŠâŠ..me lastimĂ©#THEN HE SMILED SO BIG AND WAS LIKE âyeah đâ#i was like this is great. im gonna get a good grade in work crush something that is both normal to want and possible to achieve#but yeah a lot of the time when spanish speaking customers come up to us i just stop and blink at him bc im like âballâs in your court babe#yâall i like him so bad actually wtf#not me tag ranting#*syndromeâs (from the incredibles) voice* you sly dogâŠ..you got me monologuing!#okay bye
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Blame It On The Rain [Nicholas Alexander Chavez x reader]
Word count: 855
Warnings: oral (m! receiving), rough sex, shower sex, once again completely self-indulgent
A/N: the obsession is going strong hehehe
Copying or translating my writing is not allowed. If you see my work on another site it is stolen. Reblogs are appreciated and encouraged.
Your boyfriend lay on your bed, scrolling away on his phone. Such a simple task, but he looks so damn good. You lean against the door frame, shamelessly watching your unsuspecting lover.
"Hey, Nick?" You call out innocently.
"Yes, baby?" He looks up from his phone.
"I'm gonna shower."
He looks at you, confused, âoookay..?â
"Join me.â
The corners of his mouth curled up into a mischievous smile, "you askin or tellin?"
You roll your eyes, âMeet me in the bathroom in two minutes!â you turn on your heels and head towards your bathroom.
âOr what?" He shouts, still in your room.
"Or you're not getting head for a month!" You close the bathroom door behind you.
You hastily drop your pants and turn on the warm shower water. You hear Nicholas fumbling around in your bedroom. and you're not surprised when he practically through the door.
"That was like twenty seconds dude,â You feign disappointment.
Nicholas just shrugs, taking off his shirt in one movement.
"The waters not even warm yet!"
"Don't care!" He pulls you in for a rough kiss, tongues fighting for dominanceâ not like you'd ever win.
You waste no time untying his sweatpants and pulling them down haphazardly. You go to pull down his underwear but are met with bare skin. You pause and pull away, you giggle as he chases your lips for more, âNo underwear? what a slut!" You tease.
"Says the one who lured me in here just to fuck me,â he accuses.
You gasp and wrap your nimble fingers around his half-hard cock. "I didn't call you in here just fuck you!" You defend, running your thumb over his slitâ he hisses.
âWhy am I here then?â His voice is strained.
You hum, pretending to think deeply about his question. letting go of him you take a step back. He whines at the loss of contact, eyes trained on you as you remove your shirt and underwear.
Now, just as bare as him you step into the water stream. you sigh in delight as the waterfalls around you.
Nicholas steps in behind you, âBaby this water is boiling!â
You chuckle and turn around to change the water temperature for him. With for back facing him he wastes no time landing a loud âthwackâ on your bare ass.
âOw!! Nick what the hell!â
âI'm sorry I couldn't help myself!!â
âI'll remember that,â you warn as you pull him closer to you by his waist. âYou're so hot,â you playfully bite his chest.
âSo are you~â he runs his fingers into your hair and tugs your face up towards him, capturing you in another breathtaking kiss.
His now fully hard cock pressed in between your torsos. Backing up, he pulls you with him until his back meets the shower wall. You recapture his lips in a searing kiss, your greedy hands roaming and feeling his toned body.
You part briefly for air, the both of you breathing heavily. Nicholasâ eyes are deep with desire as he trails kisses along your jaw down to your neck. A soft moan escapes your lips.
As much as you wanted to lose yourself in the feeling of your boyfriendâ you had brought him here for a reason. âLet me take care of you,â you offerâ pulling back from his grasp.
He looks at you for a momentâ pupils blown out in his eager eyes.
He moans pathetically when you finally sink to your knees. âUse me,â you mutter.
âW-what?â
âI want you,â you wrap your hands around the base of his shaft. âTo use me,â you kiss up the sides until you reach the tip.
âA-Are you sure?? I don't want to hurt you!â
âNicholas,â you state flatly. âI want you to fuck my face. Now.â
He growls, gripping your hair tightly. This is what you've been waiting for!
âTongue. out,â he demands, you stick out your tongue obediently.
He slaps his red leaking tip on it with his free hand before he presses you all the way down his shaft. He throws his head back and it thumps against the wall behind him as a moan rips through him.
âfuckââ he curses, as he begins his steady rhythm fucking into your mouth.
You run your manicured nails along his toned thighs, leaving red scratches in their wake.
You can feel his cock twitch deep in your throat.
You look up at him through your eyelashesâ you moan at his fucked out state. The vibration sends him over the edge as he pulls out of your mouth. The string of saliva connecting your tongue and his tip is downright pornographic. Hot ropes of white cum fall on your face and tongue as your boyfriend shouts obscenities from above you.
You rise from your position on the bathtub floor. You reach up and pull Nicholas down for one final kissâ He whines as he tastes himself on your lips.
You pull away, dopey grin on both of your faces. âSee nowâ that. Is why I called you here.â
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Imagine going on adventures with Logan and Deadpool and youâre the voice of reason behind them đ Deapool the idiot with hot headed Wolverine that reader has to keep in check all the time
Itâs not easy being the only person with common sense in this rag tag trio of yours.
^^ this is literally you babysitting two grown ass men that need to be kept on leashes and separated from one another in case they fight, again.
You are overworked and underpaid to be dealing with this shit, but there was no one else who had the patience for Wade nor the compassion and empathy for Logan as you did.
So unfortunately you were stuck with them for every mission given but despite how vastly different and incompatible some of you were -*cough* Logan and Wade *cough*- you three worked well enough together that you were a force to be reckoned with.
You were forced to face situations where wade would be pissing Logan off to the point his claws were out, and you had to pat the rugged man on his shoulder, wait for him to look at you as you pointed towards his claws;
âThem. Away. Now.â -you.
Wolverine: *grunts*
You: donât give me attitude, put. them. away. Now.
Wade: ohhh Loganâs in trouble!
You would then look at Wade before pointing at him like a disappointed parent: and you, stop pissing him off if you like to keep your dick where it is! Or so help god me Iâll cut it off myself!
Wade: đ¶
Wolverine: *smirks and puts the claws away*
You were their voice of reason, their angel on their shoulder, their peace keeper and confidant and they respect you for keeping up with their shit. However it wouldnât be much like Logan and Wade to make your life easy as you often had to stand between the two as a barrier of sorts to keep them from killing each other.
When in actuality they are flipping each other off behind your back and it wasnât until Logan slapped wades hand away, causing him to say âowâ did you look between the two of them as they acted like they werenât acting like children a few moments ago.
You: Iâm so sorry youâll have to excuse them.
*Meanwhile Wade and Logan fighting, stabbing each other in the balls in the background*
You: WOULD YOU TWO STOP FUCKING FIGHTING FOR FIVE MINUTES!!!
Wade and Logan; *immediately stop and point at each other* he started it!
They were the reason you had grey hairs at an early age you swore this to anyone whoâd listen. They were a pain in your ass, thorn in your side and a headache waiting to happen but the moment you were threatened, Wade and Logan put aside their differences and acted accordingly by standing protectively in front of you.
Logan: I would shut the fuck up if I were you bub.
Wade: oh look what you did, you made daddy angry.
Logan and you looking at Wade: đ€šđ
You: can you not make everything into a sex joke?
Wade, booping you on the nose; it comes with the territory peanut.
Logan: be serious for fucking once, theyâve just got threatened!
Wade: you donât think I want our pookie to get hurt? (why do I think heâd say pookie unironically)
You: kill me now and end my misery. Please someone, anyone. Preferably pyro. (Heâs hot, literally and figuratively)
Being stuck with Logan and wolverine is a curse and a blessing at the same time, which one you want to focus on more is up to you. However you three were incredibly loyal to each other, even if you do piss each other off from time to time, but youâd never betray one another for it wasnât an option.
You were stuck with these two whether you liked it or not.
#mcu x you#mcu x reader#mcu imagines#mcu imagine#mcu x y/n#marvel x you#marvel x reader#marvel imagine#marvel imagines#marvel x y/n#deadpool imagine#deadpool x you#deadpool imagines#deadpool x reader#wade wilson imagines#wade wilson x reader#wade wilson imagine#wolverine imagine#wolverine imagines#wolverine x reader#logan howlett x you#logan howlett x reader#logan howlett imagine#deadpool
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Curse of both autism and joints problems is rolling putty between your fingers till your thumbs feel like they're on fire in such an excruciating way. Literally my least harmful stim what else am i supposed to do
#like??? ok. it hurts. can i stop now? no? ok. sorry for asking brain#literally what else do i do? punch myself in the head? i will be yelled at. rock aggressively? hurts my back. flapping? wrists. ow#i miss the swivel chair i could spin in. and chewlery. i miss chewing on things!!!#now i just bite my self again. fucked up and evil#this is technically.#heart.marceline#but this is a collective thing not just me#actuallyautistic#sure ill add. 1 real tag
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Bully knot bully knot bully knot bully knot-
Jock bully werewolf who catches you standing outside in the rain, he laughs before offering you a ride... for a price of course.
Normally the price for a ride is good old-fashioned road head, but with the heavy rain and slick roads it's a little too risky for you to be leaning over distracting him with your mouth around his cock, so you'll have to make it up to him another way.
the second the car is in park Ceaser jerks his seat back and down and tugs you onto his lap. Don't be so shy, go on and ride him, he knows you want to, a slut like you is always desperate for some good dick and he assures you that with the downpour no one will see the two of you fucking and besides, you owe him for the ride.
you awkwardly strip and try your best to not hit the horn with your ass, before sitting in his lap again. You don't ride him as much as you hover above his lap and let Ceaser snap his hips up driving his big dick into you. just because you're the one on top doesn't mean you get to be in control or set the pace, He doesn't let his fucken fleshlight control the tempo either.
He digs one of his clawed hands into your hip, the other he uses to wrap around your throat squeezing hard enough to let you see stars then releasing again laughing as you gasp for air.
"Beg me to cum inside of you," he growls, the car rocking back and forth with each powerful thrust of his hips. He lets go of your neck making you a little dizzy with the sudden rush of blood back to your head.
"come on you stupid bitch use that air for something useful and beg for my cum," he spits, you can tell he's close to his orgasm, He'll probably cum soon either way but you obey him
"Please Ceaser- please give it to me,"
He snarls in pleasure as he pushes his knot into you and he cums, you whimper at the full feeling. your thighs trembling. he reaches between your legs stroking your clit with the pad of his thumb.
"shhh, you always whine like a bitch when I knot you, you should be used to it by now. my knot isn't that big is it?" he teases, slowly rocking his hips back and forth as he rubs your clit.
"I-It is big it hurts," you whine which only makes him snicker.
"Awe such poor baby. must be hard being a slut who can't even take a knot properly, I'm just going to have to keep fucking you and training that tight cunt." His harsh laugh is cut off and twisted into a moan when you cum, clenching around his already-spent cock.
"fuck pretty, warn me next time," he gasps. "I should beat your ass for cumming without permission."
"Please don't Ceaser," you plead, falling down against his chest, his swollen knot still stuck inside of you. He rolls his eyes and huffs annoyed. Still, he was feeling generous right this second. Maybe he'd let you keep his knot warm for a little while longer and he'd count that as your punishment.
#monster imagine#monster fucker#monster#monster boyfriend#teratophillia#werewolf x reader#werewolf#werewolves#werewolf boyfriend#jock bully werewolf
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Eddie owns a record store, gets to talk about music everyday. Life is good. Great, actually.
He's consolidating the Christian rock section on a quiet Wednesday morning when it happens. A man with swoopy dark hair, tight dark blue jeans, and a plum Member's Only jacket walks in, and doesn't take his Ray Bans off even once he's solidly inside.
Eddie is awestruck. This dude is gorgeous. Heart stopping. He watches him browse in quiet astonishment, unable to say anything until he blurts, "Can I help you find something?"
The man smiles--Eddie's heart stops--and he says, "Nah, just browsing. Your sign caught my eye."
And he's still not quite with the program, the rich honey of the man's voice taking him totally by surprise. "Ah, oh, it did?" He manages after a few long beats. "Painted it myself."
"No shit? It's great."
"Thanks, man. I also think it's some of my finest work."
The guy laughs. "How can I know unless I see some of your other pieces?"
Eddie's face heats, but he's never been known for having good impulse control. "Maybe you'll get lucky."
Spots of pink bloom on the man's cheeks and the tips of his ears. "And here I was, thinking I was getting special treatment."
Eddie cocks his head, smiles big. "Well, the day's still young." It's so risky and stupid; no way this guy is queer, but he grins at Eddie, laughs a little too.
"That right? Well, tell me your latest recommendations."
"For you?" Eddie eyes him up and down. "Wham!"
The guy's laugh is warm and rich and Eddie wants to drown in it. "Big of you to say for a someone who's only listened to Enter Sandman for the last four months."
Eddie cackles, points a be-ringed finger. "It's a good song! A great record."
"Hey, I've got no problem with Metallica. I just don't think you should be casting aspersions on Wham!."
"Casting aspersions, do you have a word of the day calendar or some shit?"
"No! It's toilet paper."
Their snickers grow until they're both hysterical, needing to lean against a display to stay upright.
It's like he's living in a dream, hitting it off with a beautiful man who just happened to stumble into his store. They catch their breath and Eddie uses the time to grab a record off a nearby shelf.
"Here," he says. "Try this."
"Joni Mitchell?"
"Don't tell me, Wham! fan, that you're too cool for Joni."
"Nah, she's my best friend's favorite. How much do I owe you?"
"On the house," Eddie shrugs.
"Shit, that's generous. Thanks, man. Now, about your art--" He glances at the shiny watch on his wrist. "Fuck, is it really 3:15? Goddamnit, I gotta get going."
And Eddie wants to call him back, doesn't want this dream encounter to end, but he's dashing to the door--
And just like that, the man is gone, the only evidence it ever happened the lingering chime of the bell over the door.
The bell clatters again, and his head wrenches up hard enough it hurts his neck.
"Was that Steve Harrington?" the customer shrieks.
"No," he scoffs. Except. Except. The hair and the clothes and sunglasses and the face and his lips--
"No!?" He feels the way his eyes have gone wide with panic. He didn't just flirt with Steve Harrington. Of course not. Not ever. He would've recognized--
He runs to the racks of magazines in front of the register, grabbing the latest issue of People. The cover features a glossy, polished photo of the man who just left the store. The one who had the highest grossing movie of the summer alongside his co-star, Julia Roberts. The one who, according to the article within, is in Chicago right now shooting a new movie. The one who Eddie flirted with. The one who flirted back.
He groans and covers his face with his hands. At least he'll never see Steve Harrington again.
---
Harrington comes back.
The second time, he's wearing a jewel blue polo and fitted slacks, Ray Bans nowhere to be seen.
"Got anymore recommendations?" Steve asks.
"What?" Eddie's still trying to accept that Harrington came back.
"I finished Joni. It was good. Recommend something else for me."
Fully with the program, he reaches to the rack behind him, handing the vinyl to Steve without ever taking his eyes off him.
"Seriously?" Steve deadpans.
"Tell me you don't deserve it after last time."
Steve studies the cover of Metallica, a complicated look on his face. "Fine, but you have to listen to the album George Michael released last year."
He mimics getting shot in the heart. "After my magnanimous first suggestion, you dare to punish me with Freedom?"
"Think of it more as an opportunity."
"To regret every decision I've ever made?"
"To expand your musical horizons."
Eddie rolls his eyes. "Fiiiine. It's a deal."
Steve beams. "Good! Ring me up."
And Eddie, he'd comp it again, but Steve gives him this look that tells him not to try it.
As they pass the magazine racks, Eddie points at one featuring Steve on the cover. "That thing you wore to the Vanity Fair party last month was hideous."
Steve snorts, then laughs. "Thanks. My stylist decided to go for something--"
"--terrible?--"
"Avant garde."
"Oh, is that what they're calling it these days?"
Steve pays, throws Eddie one last smile, "next time?"
Eddie nods, already certain this time is the last one.
---
He keeps coming back.
Eddie tries not to read into it.
Steve is straight, famously has a girlfriend. former horror movie child star turned cinema wunderkind, Nancy Wheeler. They're always on the covers of the tabloids, in ever more improbable stories about affairs and secret babies and french countryside weddings.
But he keeps coming back. And eventually, they grab dinner. And that dinner becomes lunches, movies, clubs, concerts. Eddie's in paparazzi photos, and there's no speculation about their relationship. Steve has a girlfriend.
But sometimes. Sometimes Steve will rest his hand on Eddie's nape, his lower back, let it linger. He'll trace a finger down the tattoos on Eddie's forearms or the patches of his battle vest. He'll lean too close when they talk, unafraid to press their bodies together. And he catches Steve's eyes on his mouth more than once, his pupils wide.
Over the next few weeks, Steve's gaze on Eddie's mouth gets hotter, his looks longer, and it's killing him. All he wants to do, all he ever wants to do, is close the distance between them, appease the gnawing beast of desire in his chest.
But Steve has a girlfriend.
They don't talk about her, not even when he knows all about Steve's best friend, Robin, and the gang of kids who adopted him, or Joyce and Hopper, his surrogate parents. Never Nancy.
He tries not to read into it.
---
They're supposed to meet for dinner. Steve scored reservations at a trendy new restaurant, but Eddie's late. Astronomically, horrifically late. It's pouring rain, it takes fifteen minutes to get a cab, traffic is a nightmare.
Out of patience and time, he decides to run the last few blocks to the restaurant. By the time he reaches the building, he's soaked to the bone, spluttering harsh breaths through mouthfuls of rain.
Steve is walking in the opposite direction, hands stuffed into the pockets of his coat.
"Steve?" He calls.
He turns and this is the first time Eddie's seen him angry. "You're late," Steve's eyes rake over him, and his face softens in an instant. He takes Eddie's wrist, leads him into an alley where the buildings are close enough to block some of the rain.
"What happened?"
"Traffic."
Steve's gaze go all soft and gentle, and Eddie's knees buckle a little. "You look like a drowned rat."
"Yeah, well." Eddie scoffs. "We can't all be beautiful movie stars."
"You're more beautiful than I could ever be, even soaking wet."
He shakes his head, ignoring the cascade of butterflies; Steve shouldn't say things like that. His vigorous movement sends wet strands of hair slapping him in the face.
Steve reaches out, softly brushes it back.
Eddie stops breathing.
Steve closes the distance between them.
What a thing, to be kissed by Steve Harrington. What a terrible, glorious thing.
He breaks it fast, face red, can't catch his breath. "Nancy," is all he can say.
"Nancy?"
"You have a girlfriend."
Steve's face scrunches. "She's not my girlfriend."
Eddie's mouth drops. "Yes, she is." They went to the Oscars together.
"Eddie." Steve takes a few steps back. "Eddie. I'm gay."
He laughs, an ugly honking thing. "C'mon. What could she possibly get out of that?"
Steve's eyes widen, eyebrows reaching his hairline, mouth pursed in a bitchy line. It takes Eddie a minute but, "Ohhhhh. So, it's all--?"
"It was the best way."
"But you're--?"
"I thought you clocked me immediately! Wham!???"
"That was because of the jacket!"
"Have you ever met a straight man who dresses like I do and likes George Michael??"
"That describes five dudes I see a day!"
"And you thought they were straight??"
Eddie stares into the middle distance, replaying some of those interactions, and--"Huh. Okay. I get hit on at work waaay more than I realized."
"For fuck's sake, Eddie!" He's shaking his head, but Eddie sees the way the corners of his mouth shake with suppressed laughter.
"I'm sorry! You have a very public straight relationship!"
Steve giggles, pulls Eddie close. "Is this okay?"
"So okay."
"You do like me back?"
"Are you kidding! Thought I was going insane, how much I want you."
"And now?"
"Come back to my place?"
"Thought you'd never ask."
And Eddie, he's seen Steve playing at love dozens of times, but this--right here, in a soggy, smelly alley where they're both soaking wet--it's more perfect than any movie.
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