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helluvaboss98 · 8 months ago
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I would like to kindly remind everyone that this is the little gremlin that the King of Lust fell in love with. Also in love with the new look!❤️
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hellsbeenbettersincehesplit · 10 months ago
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au where the clown pageant that Fizz quits during is about a month after the end of Season 1, and Charlie and Vaggie were in the audience. They saw Fizz quitting, and Charlie definitely took notice of Ozzie protecting Fizz.
(“Why the fuck are you two dressed like clowns?” Angel asks when they got back.
“Everyone else had merch, so I picked the nicest shirt,” responded Vaggie in her Glitz and Glam t-shirt.
“He was so nice to this one kid, and then he had that song!” Charlie responded while wearing a Fizzarolli hat.
“Wait,” Angel said in disbelief. “You two went to a circus for your date?”
“It was Charlie’s turn to pick the place,” was Vaggie’s only defense.
“It was actually a clown pageant!” Charlie clarified. “Vaggie’s missed so much of hell because I thought she was stuck here in Pride. It’s been three years, and she hasn’t even been to the harvest moon festival in Wrath!”)
And. Well. Charlie sees it, and she immediately thinks of Angel Dust. And if Ozzie could get Fizz out of his deal, maybe he could get Angel out of his. She was… pretty sure Lucifer was on good terms with the other deadly sins? Maybe? And she remembers how badly interfering with Angel’s work life without him wanting her too went last time, but she doesn’t want to get Angel’s hopes up for nothing, so she jumps to calling Ozzie anyway.
(“Let me get this straight,” the king of lust said. “You want me to get involved in overlord politics? No. No way. I stay out of pride for a reason.”
“I can pay?” She really couldn’t, honestly.
“Look, I know I’m the sin of lust, but I have a boyfriend.” And wow, Ozzie looked really happy to be saying that last part.
“And I have a girlfriend. I meant money.”
Ozzie sighed. “Look. I don’t know shit about sinner contracts, ok? If he sold his soul, nobody can just overpower their way out of that. If anyone could, it would’ve been Lucifer, and you’d have gone to him if he could, wouldn’t you?”
Charlie nodded, trying fruitlessly not to let her disappointment show.
“That being said, if you can get a copy of the contract, I… know a guy who may be able to find a loophole.”)
And then, somehow, Stolas ends up agreeing to go to the hotel and reads over the contract. You guys remember when Fizz got captured and he thoroughly read all that legal stuff? It’s that scene again, but at the hotel.
He also brings Blitzø for security. Blitzø meets Cherri Bomb at the bar while she’s waiting for Angel to be done with all the contract stuff. This is the start of a ride-or-die and terrifying friendship.
Anyway, I’m not sure if Stolas would find a loophole or not yet, but I do kind of think he would bc this is Val we’re talking about.
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riddle-me-ri · 9 months ago
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I've just found your blog and read just about every penguin x reader I could find man! I gotta ask for more (I'm so sorry if your askbox is closed or anything again so sorry ignore this if it is) how do you think they'd handle a chubby short reader feeling insecure? Since I know you did one for reader comforting the colony on their insecurities
Either way have a good day/night/whenever you read this, take care of yourself, and get hit with the self care and seld love beam or so HELP ME :D
a/n: awww this is so sweet, nothing like reciprocated love and support, cause if there’s any rogue that understands these insecurities it’s definitely a handful of the pengys. I hope you enjoy!
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The Penguins Comforting Reader's Insecurities
Arkhamverse Penguin:
- Oswald understands all too well how you feel…
- He wishes he can just get rid of those thoughts for you.
- Oz mostly uses actions rather than words to try and reassure you.
- He will spoil you with clothes that he knows will compliment your body.
- Oz will wrap his arms around you or squeeze you.
- He will solidify his actions with words if he can tell you’re still not convinced.
Reevesverse/Farrell Penguin:
- Needless to say, this Oswald compliments you…basically daily.
- He does everything he can to put your insecurities at bay.
- Oz will fill your ears with sweet honeyed words about how much he loves to touch and hold your plump skin.
- He will tell you how your chest is his favorite pillow to nestle into.
- As his words get sweeter, his grip around you gets tighter and he pulls himself closer to you to kiss you.
- Just the warmth and sincerity in his voice may just be enough to make you convinced.
Gotham Penguin:
- Oswald hears you out, and it hurts him to hear how you feel about yourself.
- He instantly wants to know if there’s anyone in particular that said something rude or judgemental to you.
- However, even Oswald himself doesn’t know how to take care of an enemy when it’s their own person.
- Oz will want your full attention when he tells you that he wouldn’t change a thing about you.
- A king always knows what he wants, and he only ever wants the best.
BTAS Penguin:
- Oswald wishes he could find the words that could cease your insecurities for good.
- The way he compliments you is like something straight out of a poetry book or romance novel.
- He holds your hands and squeezes them reassuringly before kissing them, just adoring you the only way he knows how.
- He will spend the whole day with you, never letting you out of his sight.
- Oswald assures you that you're just the perfect beautiful dove and that you two were always meant for each other, no matter what others say or feel.
- Pretty soon, your feelings will slowly be replaced with love and contentment.
Telltale Penguin:
- Ozzie's first instinct is to go fists to cuffs with whoever said anything to you or made you feel that way.
- However, when he realizes it's just your mind…he can't help but understand somewhat.
- He knows what it's like when your mind goes out of it's way to make you feel like shit.
- Oz isn't always the most physical when it comes to affection, but in these circumstances, he pulls out all the stops.
- He rests and nestles his head on your thighs or chests, where else would he rest his weary head if you weren't generously chubby there.
- You shouldn't have to worry about your height, he's got all the height you'll ever need.
- And you'll always be the only person he will ever need.
One Bad Day Penguin:
- Oswald can tell you’re feeling insecure by just how hesitant you become.
- You don’t want to go out sporting a new dress, you don’t want to embarrass Oz, or see people judging you.
- Ozzie racks his brain trying to find a way to make you see what he sees.
- He begins flirting with you, teasingly so, not too far off from how he actually first approached you when you first met.
- You can't ignore the butterflies in your stomach or the soft smile stretching across your lips.
- Out of all the beautiful people that were in and out of the Iceberg Lounge…he only had eyes for you.
The Batman (2004) Penguin:
- Ozzie's first remedy for your insecurities is to make you laugh.
- He’ll make fun of conventionally attractive people and/or skinny people (totally not also because he has a grudge against them)
- They aren't as fun as you are, they aren't as amazingly beautiful inside and out as you…
- Before either of you realize it, he somehow goes from joking to sincere-
- He just wanted to see you smile and happy again, but he means everything he says.
- Ozzie wishes he can more, but he always hopes that his words are enough (they are)
Batman Unlimited Penguin:
- Oswald is hesitant and unsure what to do despite desperately wanting to help…
- How does he reassure someone of something he often struggles with that's only left him bitter and resentful.
- It breaks his heart to hear how you dislike your physique.
- He tries to deter them with his own words, how lucky he feels to have you…(especially…given his own appearance and age…)
- Not to make it about him but as a means to let you know he can understand and relate…
- But he has been able to be more secure in himself because someone as beautiful as you loves him for who he is and what he looks like inside and out.
- And he hopes to return the sentiment tenfold with his words and undying devotion to you.
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mousy-nona · 8 months ago
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I feel like a fic potentially focusing on Lucifer’s depression would be really interesting! That is, like.. Alastor can’t let the hotel be seen with a king (who’s a sniffling whiny bitch). Its sadly more beneficial to have him revered in this particular instance, so he’s determined to “fix” it? Idk how in character that prompt is, but I figured sending it to you wouldn’t hurt!!
TW: heavy stuff halfway through -- depression; angst.
There were some days Lucifer couldn’t get out of bed.
There was nothing particularly wrong with him. Which made it all the more embarrassing, which made it harder to explain, which made it easier to stay in bed and hide from the world, and so on and so forth…
Get up, the Stern Lucifer in his head said, sternly. You have the Assembly today. What’ll the Sins think if you don’t show up?
“Don’ wanna,” he groaned and tossed the covers over his head. The darkness was soothing. He let his eyes slip closed. Just one more minute…
“People are beginning to talk.” 
He bolted upright, his eyes growing so wide he was worried they might actually pop out of his skull.
“Alastor? What the Hell are you doing on my bed?”
Because he was. On the far edge. Sitting with his legs crossed. As casually as if this was the kind of thing regular people did every day: break into the King of Hell’s room and sit on his bed.
(Not that Lucifer hadn’t thought about the demon in his bed before, but usually it was in the damn thing and with a lot less clothes and what the actual Hell was he thinking right now?) 
“People are beginning to talk.”
“You’ve said that already.”
“Yes. Because I don’t think you heard me the first time.” Alastor eyed him, clearly unimpressed by what he saw. It had the odd effect of making Lucifer want to punch the demon in the nose and pull the covers over his head at the same time. “If you don’t get up in the next five minutes, you’ll be late for the meeting.”
“Oh, who cares?” Lucifer sighed, rubbing his tired eyes. “It doesn’t matter whether I’m there or not. They’ll squabble and Ozzie will flirt and Beezlebub will try to get everyone drunk and Mammon will drive everyone up the wall with new pyramid schemes.” 
Alastor tilted his head almost a full 45 degrees. It was disconcerting, to say the least. Was the man half-owl? A mean gleam shimmered just below the surface, turning his eyes into bloody rubies. “If you hate ruling so much, why not just give up the crown? Let someone better take it.”
“Oh?” Lucifer snorted. “Sounds like you have someone in mind.” 
Alastor sighed, as melodramatic as a soap opera. “Alas, I would – but I doubt the six Sins would listen to lil’ ol’ me.” His accent slipped from transatlantic to all New Orleans, and Lucifer found himself hanging on every word. Southern suited the demon, was just as much Alastor as the color red and his old fashioned suits.
He shook himself out of it, snorting. “Please. Try the humble pie act somewhere else. You’ve never thought of yourself as little even once in your life.” 
“Caught in the act!” The demon sang.
There was a long moment of silence as Lucifer hugged his blankets to himself and Alastor hummed some blues under his breath.
“How do you do it?” Lucifer said suddenly, and blushed, ducking his head back into his knees.
“Do what?” 
If Alastor had looked even the tiniest bit mocking, or teasing, or annoyed, Lucifer would have dove into his blankets and that would have been that. No meeting, no big Assembly, the entirety of Hell could go to…well, Hell, for all he cared. 
But Alastor seemed honestly curious. Not soft, never that, but he was looking at Lucifer as if he actually cared what he had to say. 
“How do you keep going every day?” 
With anyone else, he would have apologized immediately for worrying them. Charlie would have started crying and immediately urging him to go see someone about his problem. Lilith would have listened, but a part of her would have been writing up her list of to-dos for the day. And anyone else – well. 
He didn’t have anyone else. 
That was part of the problem though, wasn’t it? 
But because Alastor was a cold, callous bastard, he didn’t have to apologize. He could just be honest. Already he was starting to feel some of the weight fall off his shoulders, as if carrying the words around had been half the battle. 
Alastor tapped his cane on the ground. “Because I have half a doe in the fridge, plans with Rosie next Tuesday, and in a few months I fully intend to rule Hell.”
The last one caught Lucifer completely by surprise. He half-snorted, half-coughed into the crook of his arm. “Excuse me?” He squeaked. “Should I be alarmed?” 
“Absolutely not, my dear.” When Alastor grinned, there was something remarkably predator about it. “Didn’t you hear me say the Sins would never listen to me? I couldn't do it alone.”
“But then how do you intend…” Lucifer stopped, and his cheeks turned an absolutely brilliant shade of scarlet. “You– you– you don’t mean?”
“Ah, there we go,” Alastor said. “Took you long enough. It’s a good thing you’ve got a pretty face, hmm?”
“I’m married!” 
Alastor leaned forward. For one brief second Lucifer thought he was going to kiss him – but instead, he pat him on the head, as if he was an overgrown toddler. “My dear…one wedding ring does not a marriage make.”
Lucifer scrambled out of bed and tumbled to the floor in his hurry to get away from the complete and utter madman. 
“Ah, good! You’re up!” Alastor snapped to attention, bustling about as he got Lucifer’s outfit prepared for the day with the grace and ease of a seasoned valet. 
Lucifer took the proffered outfit, gaping up at the demon looming above him like – a nightmare? A dream? You could never tell which was which when it came to the Radio Demon. “Were you trying to get me out of bed this entire time?” 
“Wasn’t it obvious?”
“No!” He spluttered, his cheeks once against stained wine-red. “So all that stuff about – wanting to rule Hell was…?” He would absolutely explode if he had to complete the sentence.
“Perhaps if you get up in the next–” Alastor checked his bare wrist, no watch in sight. “Two minutes, I’ll let you know.” 
The man is absolutely bonkers, Lucifer thought, but he did pick himself up off the ground and start getting ready. For some reason, it wasn’t nearly as hard as it had been earlier this morning – not when Alastor was there to confuse, entice, confuse, ridicule him. 
Alastor walked jauntily towards the door, but paused with his hand on the knob. 
“One step at a time,” he said suddenly. 
“Excuse me?” 
Alastor graced him with his patented I have been saddled with an idiot look. “You asked me how I keep going. I take it one step at a time.” 
Then he was gone. Lucifer stared at the outfit he’d left for him -- it was his favorite suit, with gold accents and ruby highlights. When had Alastor bothered to notice?
Deep breath in. Deep breath out.
One step at a time, huh? He could do that.
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fckinwild-kiwi · 5 months ago
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Our Love Child (Steddie)
Steve Harrington x Eddie Munson Warnings: Cursing (anything else let me know????) Word Count: 7.6k
Author's Note: To be honest, this might not be worth reading? I saw a prompt on Tumblr a few weeks ago and then this started rotting in my mind. I had to write it so that I could finally sleep at night! I cringed writing the kiss scene, that is not what I am good at. I am so sorry in advance :')
“Okay class, I have already paired you up for the next assignment. When I call your name, come up and grab your flour baby and join your partner at their desk.” A collective set of groans echoed around the room. Steve, being the oddball out, sat up straight as he listened for his name. “Munson and Harrington.”
With wide-eyes, Steve stood up to walk to the front of the room to collect his new flour child. “Hey, big boy,” He heard from behind him as he grabbed the sack of flour. 
“Munson,” Steve acknowledged, as he turned towards the metalhead. “You ready to be a dad?”
“I was nervous,” Eddie said, looking at the flour in Steve’s arms before looking up and at Steve. “But I’m less nervous knowing that I’m partnered up with the jock with the most motherly instincts.”
“Thanks, I guess,” Steve mumbled before turning to go back to his desk. Eddie quickly grabbed the baby blanket on the table next to their teacher’s desk.
“I didn’t mean that in a shitty way, Harrington,” Eddie said quickly, taking the seat in front of Steve. “I would much rather do this stupid project with you than anyone else. I mean I have already taken this class, as I’m sure you know. I should have graduated last year but the stupid gym credit, English class, and this stupid baby assignment really fucked me over. I’m trying to turn over a new leaf but at this rate, I’m not even sure it will be enough. It’s just so hard to come to school every day… But you have great motherly instincts. I’ve seen you with those kids you hangout with…not that I watch you all the time. And I know if we were to have our own kids, not that I’m thinking of us having kids , but you know we do share a sack of flour…our kids would be in great hands is what I’m trying to say. Ugh, slap me when you want me to shut up…”
“Nah, I wouldn’t slap you, Eddie,” Steve said, letting a chuckle slip up. The sound of the laugh and his name being said aloud caused Eddie’s eyes to whip up and look at Steve. “In fact, you can keep going if you’re going to continue to say nice things about me...how many kids are you thinking we are going to have? I’ve always wanted a big family.”
“Oh shut up,” Eddie said, barking out a laugh before punching Steve in the shoulder. “So how should we do this?”
Two days later, Steve was both exhausted and exhilarated. He was really starting to get the groove of this whole parenting thing. For one, Steve absolutely loved when he had to hold his flour child. There was something so comforting about keeping something that  you’re supposed to protect close to your chest. “What do you think, sweetheart?”
“Hm?” Steve asked, Eddie startling him from his thoughts. 
“I asked, what do you think we should name our love child? He’s two days old and it’s about time we named him. I was thinking of something metal like Ozzy.”
“We are not naming our love child after a man who bit the head off of a rat.”
“It was a bat and it’s hot that you even knew that,” Eddie said, looking up at Steve with moony eyes. “What name do you suggest then?”
“I was thinking something simple like, James?”
“Boring,” Eddie said with a faux yawn. “But whatever you think is best, sweetheart. I’ll love our little Jimmy regardless. In fact, I love him so much that I think it’s my turn to take him home tonight.”
“Are you sure you want to take him overnight?” Steve questioned, his grip on their love child tightening. He was excited for this project with Eddie, it’s his chance to get to know him better and hopefully curb this crush that has been bubbling for far too long but could he trust Eddie to keep Jimmy alive overnight?
“You don’t trust me to protect JimBo?”
“I don’t particularly like these nicknames you’re coming up with for our son,” Steve grumbled out, putting one hand on his hip as he cradled James in the other. “I don’t doubt your ability to take care of the child though.”
“Good, then it’s my night,” Eddie said, grabbing the bag of flour out of Steve’s arms before pressing a quick kiss to Steve’s forehead and running off.
“What the fuck just happened,” whispered Steve, touching his forehead.
Later that night, Steve was pacing. Why in the fuck is he so stressed about Eddie watching a bag of flour. This “child” of theirs was literally just a pantry staple. It wasn’t a real person! He can leave it on the table all night and it would be fine. The phone ringing at 12:46 a.m. was enough to get him out of his head for a split second. For some reason, the voice he was hoping to hear sent an odd feeling of dread down his spine,“Maybe you should have doubted me.”
“Eddie,” Steve groaned. “What the fuck happened?”
“I can’t explain it over the phone, I am so sorry Stevie,” Eddie whispered, Steve could sense his voice being clogged with emotion but the nickname caught him off guard.
“I’ll pick you up in the morning, Eds, we’ll run to the store and get a new baby. We will have to rename it too,” Steve said, trying to sound reassuring. It was a sack of flour for God’s sake. It’s not like Mr. Jones would know they purchased a new bag of flour.
“I killed our first child,” Eddie choked out. “I’m the worst partner ever, oh fuck. You should tell Mr. Jones that you need a new partner. There’s a reason I couldn’t even pass this last year.”
“Eddie, Eds, stop,” Steve said, as he began to laugh. “It’s a bag of flour. Shit happens, I’m not going to sweat it and you shouldn’t either. And for the record, if you decide you don’t want me as your partner anymore, you can tell Jones yourself. I’m not going to go willingly.”
“Keep talking like that big boy,” Eddie whispered, his voice catching in his throat, trying to play off his earlier emotions. “And I’ll start to think you have a crush on the Freak or something.”
“I’ve had crushes on worse people,” Steve whispered back, a small smile lingering on his lips. “Good night, Eddie. I’ll see you in the morning so we can pick up our new baby.”
Steve was buzzing, which maybe wasn’t the most unusual for him as he was a morning person but it definitely had something to do with this project with a certain metalhead. It was exactly 7:06 in the morning when Steve drove his Beamer up the path of the Forest Hills trailer park. Getting out of the car, he began to walk up the path to Eddie’s trailer. As he took the first step onto the trailer’s porch a voice called out to him, “What are you doing here, boy?”
“Oh,” Steve said, startled. “Um, sorry for the intrusion sir. I’m here to pick up Eddie. We’re doing a project together for health class and he called me last night to tell me he accidentally let our kid die. We’re going to get a new baby— I mean a sack of flour from the store.”
“That damn flour child assignment?” The man questioned.
“That’s the one,” Steve said, shoving his hands in his pockets and rocking on the balls of his feet. 
“Well, I’m about to head in and go to sleep, I’ll holler at Ed for ya. You’re welcome to come inside and wait if you’d like. I’ll be surprised if the boy is already up and at ‘em. Usually takes a miracle to wake him up in the morning.”
Steve nodded, following who he presumed was Eddie’s uncle into the trailer. As they walked through the threshold, Steve could hear whistling and a low humming coming from a different room. “You already awake, son?” Wayne called into the trailer.
“Ah, yes, Uncle Wayne,” Eddie singsonged, still in the other room. “Steve Harrington is supposed to be coming by to pick me up. You see, I might have accidentally let our first child die. And I might have not slept a wink last night after a very pleasant phone call from— AH!”
“Steve’s here already,” Wayne chuckled as Eddie walked into the room, noticing Steve’s figure and cutting himself off from telling his own story. 
“Hey, Eds,” Steve whispered, a small smile forming on his lips. 
“When did you arrive, my liege?”
“I just got here a few minutes ago, I was talking to Mr. Munson out on the porch—”
“Boy, you better call me Wayne,” interrupted the older man.
“Sorry,” Steve said, sheepishly. “Wayne and I were talking outside. He wanted to make sure you were awake.”
“Though this feels like a dream, I can assure you I am most definitely awake. Now that you two are introduced, we need to go pick out our second child and the old man needs to get some sleep, off we go!”
“So,” Steve began as he started backing the car out of Eddie’s driveway. “How did you happen to kill James?”
“It was a most tragic event. I sat him on Gareth’s couch last night, all wrapped up like a bug in a rug. He was sleeping so peacefully, I rocked him and everything,” Eddie assured Steve, his hand reaching out to touch his arm before continuing. “But then, as I was working on my current DnD campaign, I hit a groove that I wasn’t expecting. I mean just going to town and creating scenarios that I know the party is going to be pissed about. As I grabbed the manuals I was looking for, I must have accidentally put them on top of Jimmy and then Gareth was acting like an asshole and began to hit me so I had to take matters into my own hands. Long story short, I threw him onto the couch and he landed on our baby. Good news is, he didn’t feel any pain. The baby, I mean. Gareth definitely felt some pain.”
“Rest assured our child died peacefully,” Steve choked out, in between giggles. “Only you, Eddie Munson, would admit to killing our child, do it with the most earnest story, and not even try to blame the accident on someone else.”
“I’m nothing if not honorable,” Eddie said, lips quirked up. 
“Yeah, you’re honorable alright,” Steve said, rolling his eyes. Steve pulled into a parking spot, put the car in park and looked towards the boy in his passenger seat. “Alright, let’s go pick out our child. You will only have supervised nightly visits from now on. Until you can be deemed trustworthy again.”
“That is fair,” Eddie said, shaking his head before following Steve out of the car. “So what do these supervised visits entail?”
“Shut up, Munson,” He said, punching Eddie in the shoulder.
Side by side, they walked through the supermarket and straight to the baking aisle. As they approached the bags of flour sitting on the bottom row, Eddie grabbed the bag of flour sharing the same branding as their previous child. “I’m thinking we should name our new baby, Aragorn. I’ll probably call him Ari for short.”
“Eddie,” Steve said, releasing a sigh. “That name sounds like something out of DnD. Why that name?”
“You know DnD?”
“Um, yes… but I have no clue how to play it. It’s too much math and random things to remember. The kids I babysit like to play and you were just talking about it. It’s all very fantastical so a name like that would definitely stick out to me as DnD.”
With wide eyes, Eddie continues to stare at Steve, his mouth slightly agape. As the younger boy started to walk towards the cash register, Eddie trailed after him. “You’ve tried to play DnD?”
“A few times. But like I said, it didn’t work out for me.”
“Well, I’m going to try and recruit those pipsqueaks to my club to play with me and my friends. You’re also going to have to attend one of my sessions.”
“I could be persuaded,” Steve said, looking at Eddie before he grabbed the sack of flour he just paid for. “Come on, we’re going to be late for school.”
Eddie trailed after Steve, following him toward the blue BMW. “Lord of the rings.”
“What?”
“The name I picked out, Aragorn. It’s the protagonist of Lord of the Rings.”
“So I was basically right.”
“Yeah, Stevie,” Eddie said, letting out a laugh. “You were basically right.”
Steve had been fulfilling his fatherly duties the whole day. He brought the baby to all of his classes and in HomeEc, Steve passed the baby to his other father so they could “bond.” Those were Eddie’s words, not Steve’s. When the last bell finally rang, his next plan was to take baby Ari to the park and pretend to put the sack of flour in a swing. Even a sack of flour needed fresh air, right?
“Stevie!” 
Hearing the nickname that only Eddie used made his head rush, Steve, willing the blush on his cheeks to down, turned towards the metalhead. “Hey, man, what’s up?”
“I barely got to see you today—I mean you and baby Ari today! Where are you going?”
“Oh,” Steve said, flustered by Eddie’s choice of words. Of course he meant the flour baby. “I was going to take Ari to the park to ride in the swing for the first time! Did you want to come with me?”
“Um, I want to say yes,” Eddie started. “But I can’t, I have band practice tonight. I would like to see our son tonight though.”
“Oh, okay, right. Here—”
“No, Stevie,” Eddie said, putting his hands up to stop Steve from passing the baby over. “I have supervised visits, remember? Do you want to come to band practice with me and bring our baby? To make sure I don’t get into trouble, of course.”
“Of course, I guess I can’t trust you with Aragorn alone yet.” He paused, a smile on his face as he pretended to ponder his decision. “I’d love to watch you and your friends practice your ridiculously loud music.”
“Yes!” Eddie cheered, turning away from Steve and pumping his fist in the air. “Can’t wait to have my two favorite guys there to support me! I’ll even get some headphones out for baby Ari.”
“I drove us to school this morning, can I drive you to Gareth’s?” Steve asked, trying not to think about what Eddie just said about him being one of his favorite guys. There’s no way this man thought about him the same way he did. Steve was definitely going to bring this up to Robin later. 
“I’ve been giving Gareth driving lessons so I’ll ride with him, it’ll be good practice for the young padawan! Just keep our baby safe and I’ll lead the way,” Eddie said, winking at Steve before turning around and walking towards Gareth’s vehicle.
After quickly saluting the metalhead, Steve got in his car and began to follow him. This whole assignment wasn’t meant to make people fall in love but the last few hours had been the most domestic fun Steve has had in years. After Nancy broke his heart and stomped on it in front of the entire school, Steve had struggled with feeling fulfilled or worthy of this kind of attention. Robin would remind him how wonderful and deserving of love he was and that was great. It’s one of the best feelings when you find your best friend in this crazy world but he couldn’t help but ache for something a little more romantic. Eddie being so kind and actively wanting him to be around, when he could easily hate him for Steve’s past King Steve bullshit was not lost on him. He couldn’t help but fester his already pathetic lovesick crush on the boy. 
Three minutes later, Steve pulled in behind Gareth’s car in an unfamiliar driveway. Once the car was safely in park and the car turned off, Eddie jumped out of the passenger side, walking towards Steve’s BMW. 
“So what’s the verdict,” Steve asked, grabbing the flour baby and closing his car door. “Is Gareth a safe driver?”
“He’s got a lot of learning to go,” Eddie began as his friend scoffed in the back. “He’s getting pretty good though!”
Steve let out a laugh at Gareth’s reaction, stepping forward to become shoulder to shoulder with Eddie. A slight touch of someone’s pinky snapped Steve out of his daydream. “Follow me, Stevie,” Eddie said whispering. Glancing down at the metalhead’s pinky touching his hand, Steve felt his whole body catch fire and he did just that. As they walked into the house, Eddie led Steve through the entryway and into a side door leading to the garage. “You assholes are late,” came a voice in the garage, set up as a mini recording studio complete with couches, a full drum kit, rugs, amps, and microphones. 
“Sorry, Gareth was driving and my baby daddy and love child followed us so we couldn’t rush too much,” Eddie responded with a shrug before walking over to the guitar stand to grab his guitar and plug it into the amp. “This is my sweetheart, one of the great loves of my life, next to Ari and you of course,” Eddie said lovingly, petting the instrument as he mumbled out the last part of his sentence. 
With heat rushing to his cheeks, Steve pushed Eddie trying to turn his body away so he would miss the blush. From behind them, someone cleared their throat, making Steve jump away from Eddie.
“Ugh, hi,” Steve said, waving to the group of guys in front of him. 
“Steve Harrington, didn’t expect you to willingly hangout with the likes of us,” a man holding a guitar, who Steve remembered as Jeff, said. 
“I’m sorry for how I acted before in school, Jeff, not only to you but to Eddie, Gareth, and Doug as well” Steve said, hating how he could just never seem to escape the shit past he created. “That’s not who I really am and I’m trying really hard to prove that.”
“Good enough for me, a friend of Eddie’s is a friend of mine,” Gareth said. “Let’s get this show on the road, I have to go inside and babysit my cousin tonight. The parents are all going to Enzo’s to celebrate some big promotion of my Mom’s.”
“Let’s rock! One, two, one, two, three, four!” With a wink pointed towards Steve, Eddie began to play the guitar. Thirty minutes later, the band was taking a five minute water break and Eddie excused himself to the bathroom inside. “How’s the HomeEc assignment going?” 
“It’s going good,” Steve said, shrugging. “Eddie is kinda ridiculously clumsy. Our first bag of flour, named James, was murdered by him last night. That’s why I’m here. He said he wanted to see the baby but I limited him to supervised visits with our new baby Aragorn.”
“Clumsy? Eddie?” Jeff questioned, causing Gareth to let out a chuckle.
“Aragorn?” Doug said, pointedly. “Can’t believe you let him name the bag of flour after a Lord of the Rings character.”
“Yeaaah, he seemed really excited about the name though. It’s kind of growing on me,” Steve drug out, a blush coating his cheeks before looking at the guys skeptically. “Is he not a clumsy guy though? We didn’t even have the bag of flour for 12 hours before he killed it.”
“You see that guitar over there?” Gareth said, pointing at Eddie’s Sweetheart. “Eddie has had that thing for three years, and he has never as much let it get scratched. If that man cares for something, nothing is going to happen to it.”
“Oh, he calls it his sweetheart, right?” Steve asked, Gareth nodding in response. Clearly he didn’t care about their love child as he kept calling it. “Right, I mean it’s a stupid sack of flour so hard to compare them, right?”
“‘Course,” Jeff said, giving Steve a small smile before Eddie bounded back into the garage. 
“Ready to keep rocking?” He asked, walking over to where Steve was sitting and picking up baby Ari. As he scooped up the sack of flour, he began walking back towards his guitar, but as he turned, his foot got caught in the microphone wire. The quick motion caused Eddie to lose his footing and fall forward, the bag of flour falling out and onto the floor where it exploded open. “Stevie, I’m so sorry…”
“Honestly Eds, it’s fine,” Steve whispered as he looked between the pile of flour on the floor and the wide-eyed man in front of him. “I’m going to head home now though. I’m tired and I guess you don’t need supervision anymore if there’s no kid, right? You’ll be fine to get home on your own?”
“What? No, wait!” Eddie called out after him, following him to the front door. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to.” 
“I know, Eddie, I know you didn’t mean to,” Steve said, running his hands through his hair. “But fuck, it’s like you don’t even care!”
“You know that’s not true,” Eddie said, taking a step forward, reaching out towards Steve before dropping his hands. 
“No, no I don’t. You’ve literally ruined two bags of flour in less than 48 hours. I’ll see you tomorrow,” Steve said, walking out the front door and hopping in his car to speed home. 
With tears in his eyes and an empty home in front of him, Steve locked his car door and walked inside. After kicking his sneakers off by the door, Steve picked the phone and called Robin. He felt ridiculous. There was no way Eddie even had a crush on him so taking his lack of caring personal was on him. Robin had spent months reminding Steve that you can’t put expectations on other people…and look at what he did. He expected Eddie to suddenly like boys and care about this stupid classroom assignment. It really was just a bag of flour. What was the big deal?
“I think you’re being too hard on yourself,” Robin said through the phone. “Eddie Munson is a great guy but he’s never been the best at school and he’s not known as some crazy Casanova. Maybe he just has a fatass crush on you and he continues to lose his cool?”
“Yeah right, please don’t put false hope in my head,” Steve grumbled, flinging himself onto his bed. “It’s getting late though and I have a stupid headache forming so I’m going to go to sleep, Robs.”
“Steve, I love you. Please be kind to yourself. Talk to Eddie, he’s a good guy. Honestly, what if he’s afraid of your King Steve persona beating the shit out of him? Like it’s not easy to be a queer person especially in Hellhole, Indiana.”
“I know he’s good, Robin. Trust me… I wouldn’t hit him for anything, what the fuck. Everyone knows my reputation with getting in fights,” Steve said, rolling his eyes. “But you do have a point. I'll talk to him tomorrow. I love you too. Bye.”
— 
Steve woke up with a killer migraine and way too much self-doubt to be considered healthy. Going through the motions, he showered, made a cup of coffee, and laced up his sneakers before slinging his backpack on his back and making his way to the car. He tried to drink some water while driving to school, hoping to ease the migraine. As he pulled into his normal parking space, he spotted Eddie’s rusted van parked a few spots over. The metal head leaning on the front with a baby blanket sitting in his arms.
“What the hell,” Steve whispered before exiting the car.
“Steven Marie Harrington, I am so sorry,” Eddie said loudly to get Steve’s attention.
“Eddie that is not my middle name,” Steve responded back at the same volume as he began walking towards the curly haired boy.
“Well that’s the best I could come up with,” Eddie said, cheeks warming up when Steve nudged his shoulder. “Look I’m—”
“I’m so—” 
“Let me first,” Eddie said, causing Steve to look up at him, wide-eyed. “I am so sorry for last night, Stevie. I was so fucking clumsy and I didn’t mean to kill our second love child. Second. I’m such a fuck up that I’ve killed two sacks of flour.”
“You’re not a fuck up,” Steve whispered, looking at Eddie’s arms where the baby blanket rested. “I also don’t think you’re clumsy. The guys told me that you’ve never even let so much as a scratch on your Sweetheart but you’ve killed two sacks of flour so it has to be that you don’t care or something. Which I get. It’s a stupid school assignment. But I just want to do well, Eds.”
“I want to do well, too,” Eddie said, exasperated. “I went to the store this morning, bought our third baby. This one is going to stick because third times a charm. And I think you should name her.”
“Her?”
“It looks like a pretty princess, right?” Eddie questioned. “She gets it from her Dad.”
“Sure, Eds,” Steve said giggling. “I think we should name her Beth.”
“Princess Beth, has a nice ring to it.” 
“Yeah it does, now hand her over, you’re limited to getting supervised time with her and that means that you can’t even hold her for a bit. We’re working back up on that trust.”
“Fair enough,” Eddie said as he let out a sigh. “Do you want to hang out tonight? Maybe watch a movie at my place? My uncle is going to be at work. We can do homework together too, work on this stupid report?”
“Oh, um…”
“We don’t have to,” Eddie said, backtracking as quickly as he could. “I need to keep working on my next DnD campaign anyway…”
“No!” Steve yelled. “I mean, no. I would love to hangout with you but I actually made plans with Robin and one of the middle schoolers I babysit, Dustin Henderson. We are going to Benny’s for dinner. Do you want to come with us?”
“Actually,” Eddie started before flinging his arm around Steve and guiding him towards the high school. “Benny’s with your girl and middle school bestie sounds fun.”
“Ew,” Steve said, wrapping his fingers around Eddie’s wrist draped over his shoulder. “Rob is not my girl. She is my platonic with a capital P soulmate. And Dustin is a little asshole who is too smart for his own good so don’t let the middle school part fool you, he probably knows more than all three of us combined.”
“I can’t wait, Stevie,” Eddie said smiling at Steve as they came to a stop in front of Steve’s first hour class. “I’ll see you in HomeEc?”
“See you in a few hours,” Steve said untangling himself from Eddie as the older boy began to walk away. Steve looked down at the sack of flour in his hands, “I am diving into deep waters, Bethie girl.”
Steve took a seat next to Robin in their shared U.S. History elective, the smile on his face and the sack of flour in his arms hard to miss. “You’re in a quite a different mood than the one you were in on the phone last night. Did your headache go away?”
“Actually, now that you mention it, I think it is gone,” Steve said, the smile still plastered to his face as he shoved the sack of flour on the table. “Eddie picked up our new child, this is Beth.”
“I think I’m going to drop out so I don’t have to do that stupid assignment next year.”
“Stop being so dramatic,” Steve said, rolling his eyes. “I also invited Eddie to eat with us tonight.”
“Oh?”
“I don’t like your tone,” Steve said, crossing his arms before narrowing his eyes at his best friend. “Why did you say it like that?”
“Last night you were crying about this boy probably not having feelings for you, now you’re giddy because he agreed to eat dinner with you, me, and a fourteen year old. You, my friend, are a dingus.”
“Shut up.”
“You need to either tell him how you feel or just find a way to move on. Do what I do, stare at your crush from afar and know that it’ll never happen. We can’t keep letting these crushes affect our entire mood. It’s not healthy.”
“Maybe you’re right,” Steve sighed, turning his attention to the teacher walking into the room. “I’ll try not to feel so much.”
“Steve, you know that’s not—”
“No, I heard you,” Steve said, cutting her off and effectively ending the conversation. 
Two hours later, Steve was making his way to the HomeEc classroom. As he made the turn into the classroom, he was stopped by Tommy H. An arm wrapping around his shoulders much like Eddie’s this morning but lacking the same warmth and safety as Tommy spoke,“Heard you were partnered with the Freak for your baby project.”
“Eddie Munson is my partner for the Flour Baby project, what is it to you, Tommy?”
“Just don’t want you to get wrapped up in that cult of his. We used to be best friends once, I’m just looking out for you.”
“Get the hell away from me,” Steve said, throwing Tommy’s arm off of his shoulders. “I would much rather be partnered with Eddie in every school project than be forced to talk to you for even a second. He’s awesome and has been a better friend to me in the last five days than you were in our ten years of friendship. So take your energy somewhere else.”
“Whatever,” Tommy scoffed. “You know he’s gay right? It’s written all over the bathroom stalls.”
“I’ve never been one to listen to what the bathroom stalls say about others, but I’d still like him just as much if he was gay. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to get to class,” Steve said, before he mumbled under his breath. “Asshole.”
Steve entered the classroom right as the tardy bell rang. As he walked over to the desk that he and Eddie shared, he noticed that Eddie had not yet arrived. With a sigh, he sat down, placing Beth on the table and getting out his notebook. 
“Miss me, princess?” Eddie asked, scooping up the bag of flour as he plopped down next to Steve.
“Well only a little,” Steve said automatically before he realized what he said. “I mean, Beth. Beth obviously missed her dad, quite a bit. Not me, I just saw you a few hours ago.”
“Aw, sweetheart,” Eddie said. As he watched Steve’s cheeks light up pink, he leaned in and whispered, “I missed you too.”
“Shut up,” Steve said, giggling and nudging Eddie away. 
The rest of the class went without any hiccups. Together they began to write down their experiences and started the report that would be due the following week on Wednesday. Though they still had a few days left of this assignment, Steve was already feeling sad that it was almost over. 
“Do you want to ride to Benny’s together?” Eddie asked, breaking Steve out of his thoughts. 
“I have to pick Dustin up from school and Robin comes with me. She doesn’t have a car. You are more than welcome to join us, though?”
“Oh, um, I don’t want to take up your entire car,” Eddie said, awkwardly chuckling. “I’ll meet you guys there then?”
“Sounds perfect, Eds,” Steve said, eyes shining up at Eddie. He stood up, putting his stuff in his backpack before taking the sack of flour from Eddie right as the bell rang dismissing the class. “See you tonight, then?”
“Wouldn’t miss it!”
“Why did you invite someone else to our weekly Benny’s trip?” Dustin said, crossing his arms in the backseat.
“How do you know Steve invited Eddie, what if I did?” Robin questioned, turning to look at the younger boy. 
“You, Rob? Eddie Munson is so not your type,” Dustin said, tilting his head to challenge the argument. 
“Point taken, Steve did invite Eddie.”
“We are working on a project together,” Steve began. “I hung out with him a few other times this week and he’s been a lot of fun. I want to keep hanging out with him.”
“Are you into him? Like into him into him?”
“What?!” 
“Because it’s okay if you are, you’re getting a weird goo-goo look in your eyes, the same one that I get when I talk about Suzie,” Dustin said, looking at Steve in the rearview mirror. 
“I…I’m not sure,” Steve said, releasing a sigh. “I haven’t fully figured out my feelings” Total lie, I absolutely like Eddie Munson, Steve thought to himself. 
“Well figure it out,” Dustin said as Steve put the car in park at the Diner, spotting Eddie leaning against his van. “That boy is also looking with the goo-goo eyes. Weird star-crossed lovers thing going on here.”
“Shut up, dork,” Robin said, turning towards Dustin and giving him a glare before hopping out of the car. “Eddie! Weird seeing you outside of band. How are you?”
“I’m great, Birdie! Excited to see King Steve in a new environment.”
“Hah!” Dustin barked out. “This man is definitely not a king. He’s the Tweedledum of the duo there.”
“I haven’t been King Steve in a really long time, Eds. I’m not that guy anymore,” Steve said looking down before turning and leaving the other three outside while he made his way into the diner.
“I didn’t mean to—”
“It’s a sensitive subject for him, Eds,” Robin said. “But, he’ll be okay. Let’s go.”
When they approached the table, Steve was sitting on the inside of the booth studying the menu as if he had never been at Benny’s before. “Are you trying something different today?” Dustin questioned as he scooted into the book next to Eddie, who was sitting directly in front of Steve.
“‘Course not,” Steve mumbled. Releasing a sigh, he looked at Eddie, sitting directly in front of him. “Hey, Dust, did you know that Eddie runs the DnD club at school? I bet he could run a campaign that even you couldn’t win.”
Watching the corners of Eddie’s lips twitch up, Steve felt the heat rush into his cheeks and down his neck. There was something so fulfilling about introducing people you knew would just get along so well. 
“Are you a DM?” Dustin questioned, turning his body to fully look at the boy next to him. “Our DM is looking to move so that would honestly be perfect.”
“Yeah, man! I’m ruthless though, don’t think I’d take it easy on you,” Eddie said, looking back at Steve and winking. Grabbing onto their love child tighter, Steve forced himself to look away, choosing to look to Robin instead.
Two hours later, four burgers, three sides of fries, one side of onion rings, and five shakes later (Dustin just had to try two different flavors) the group were heading back to their cars. Robin and Dustin were arguing about who got to sit in the front on the way back to their respective houses but Eddie grabbed Steve’s wrist before Eddie had a chance to speak, Steve cut him off, “I have to drop these assholes off at their houses but would you like to come over? To work on the paper?”
“To work on the paper,” Eddie echoed, a small smile playing on his lips. “I’ll be there shortly, big boy.” 
With his mouth agape and cheeks ablaze, Steve made it back to the BMW, facing a wide-eyed Robin and annoyed Dustin from the backseat. “Not a word, guys, not a word.”
“Thanks for finally introducing me to someone cool,” Dustin said, ignoring Steve’s warning. His comment caused Robin to reach into the backseat and slap the younger boy. Fifteen minutes later, Steve was pulling into his usually empty driveway to see Eddie’s rusted van sitting there, Eddie, once again, leaning against it. For the first time in ages, butterflies were swarming his gut. It’s now or never, he thought. In actuality, it would be smarter to wait until the end of the assignment, that way if Eddie wanted to kill him, they could avoid each other and forget it ever happened. Steve just didn’t think he could wait that long. 
“Sorry it took so long, Dustin wouldn’t shut up about you. He gave me a list of things to tell you about the campaign you guys talked about,” Steve said, locking his car door and walking towards Eddie. 
“He’s a cool kid,” Eddie said, reaching out his hands to take the sack of flour from Steve. “Not as cool as our kid though.”
“Yeah, yeah,” Steve said, rolling his eyes. He walked through the threshold of his front door, quickly ushering Eddie inside and shutting the door before taking off his shoes. Eddie followed suit, switching arms to hold the ‘baby’ as he took them off. 
“You’re being extra gentle with Beth tonight,” Steve said, looking at the sack of flour cradled in Eddie’s arms. Turning around, Steve walked to the couch, nodding to Eddie to follow.  
“I’m trying to prove to you that I care,” Eddie whispered, looking at Steve before taking a few steps to the couch and sitting down. “I care Steve.” 
“Eddie,” Steve breathed out. “I know you care, I want us to do well on this assignment, I want you to do well with this assignment…”
“I’m not talking about the assignment, Stevie.”
“What?”
“I care about you.”
“Eddie,” Steve started, breathing turning heavy. “You know what your band told me the other night? You were the least clumsy person they knew. You were excellent at protecting what you cared about. Ensuring that nothing ever happens to your things.”
“That’s true, I’ve never let my sweetheart get a scratch on her. I’ve also never had a boy I’ve had a crush on not only in the same room as me but watching me play,” Eddie said, scoffing. “You can punch me and kick me out, make me finish the assignment on my own, I don’t care. The reason my friends haven’t been able to see me falling over the place, ruining things, is because I’ve never brought my crush around them!”
“You—”
“Yes! Stevie, I have the biggest, fattest crush on you. It’s absolutely ridiculous.”
“I can’t believe it,” Steve whispered, his hands coming up to rub his neck, a nervous tick he’s had for years. 
“I’m sorry for making it weird, Steve,” Eddie whispered, rising to his feet. “Before I go, I wanted to say thank you.”
“Go? What? Where are you going? And thank you? For what?” Steve said, voice raising before he jumped up and grabbed Eddie’s hand, stopping him in his place. “I have a fat ass crush on you too, ask Robin. I was basically crying about it after your band practice last night.”
“Steve Harrington has a crush on little ole me?” Eddie questioned, turning his body back to face the younger boy and moving the both of them back towards the couch. “I didn’t even know that you were into guys?”
“I’m bisexual, Robin helped me figure it out last year,” Steve affirmed, sitting next to Eddie before turning towards him. “But thank me? For what?”
“I heard you with Tommy this afternoon, before HomeEc,” Eddie started. “No one besides the guys in my band have ever stuck up for me.”
“Eds…”
“It’s crazy because there are a lot of things said about me in this shit hole town, most are untrue. I am not a Satanist and I don’t run a cult,” Eddie said, turning towards Steve. “But I am gay. That part is true.”
‘Thank God for that,” Steve joked, leaning over to Eddie, lifting his head to meet his eyes. “Can I kiss you now?”
“God, yes,” Eddie breathed out. With a rush of adrenaline, Steve leaned up, grabbing the metal head’s cheeks before connecting their lips. “Wait.”
“Huh, what?” Steve said, feeling as though his hands were scalding hot and dropping his hands from Eddie’s face. “I’m sorry, did I misread this?”
“No nothing happened, you’re perfect,” Eddie reassured, rubbing his nose along Steve’s cheek and breathing his scent in. “I can’t kiss you knowing that I upset you earlier. What happened at Benny’s? What did I do or say to make you upset?”
“Oh, it’s nothing,” Steve said, brushing it off.
“Don’t do that,” Eddie said, pulling back just enough to look in Steve’s eyes. 
“You called me King Steve,” Steve whispered.
“Stevie,” Eddie began.
“No, it’s fine. I have to accept that I did shitty things and hurt a lot of people during my reign,” He said, pronouncing reign with as much disdain as he could. “But fuck, it’s like that only thing people can seem to remember me for no matter how much work I do on myself!”
“No that’s not—”
“Eddie, you don’t have to try and make me feel better. I know I was awful. The name haunts me and I know you didn’t mean it in a condescending way. I think it just hurt coming from you, someone I care about,” Steve said, looking down at his fingers intertwined with Eddie’s.
“Baby,” Eddie whispered, causing Steve’s breath to hitch. 
“I like that one.”
“You like being my baby?” Eddie asked, his lips quirking up into a small smile before pulling Steve’s body close.
“Sweetheart, honey, love, Stevie,” Steve whispered, tilting his head up. “But yeah, I think I like being your baby the most.”
“You’re killing me here,” Eddie said, giggling as he tried to pull his hair across his face to hide. Steve reached up, brushing his fingers across Eddie’s cheeks before grabbing the metalhead’s hair from his fingers. Staring up into Eddie’s eyes, Steve found the confidence he had been looking for. Shivers rushed down his spine as their lips finally met, a small groan sounding in the back of Eddie’s throat. 
Steve responded with the same hunger, dropping his hands to Eddie’s nape to pull him closer. His body melting into Eddie’s, Steve couldn’t help but drag his tongue along Eddie’s lip, asking for more, but still fearful that he was asking for too much. Eddie quickly responded, not allowing Steve the time to overthink, opening his mouth to give the younger boy enough space to finally break the barrier, finally taste him. Steve could feel his entire body light up, this is what freedom feels like, he thought to himself. Emotion clogged his head as he pulled away to catch his breath. 
“What’s wrong?” Eddie questioned, his lips following Steve’s as the younger boy pulled away.
“I just—”
“C’mere,” Eddie said, pulling Steve even closer and wrapping his arms around him.
“I didn’t know it could feel like that…”
“Me neither, Stevie baby,” Eddie said, a small smile forming on his lips before pressing a kiss to the top of Steve’s head.
“We’re awful parents,” Steve mumbled into Eddie’s neck. “I think I might have forgotten Beth in the car.”
“No you didn’t, I sat her in the loveseat over there,” Eddie said, motioning to the chair in the far side of the room. “We literally talked about her before you got moony-eyed over me and wanted to eat my face off.”
“Excuse me, that is not how I remember that happening,” Steve scoffed. “If I remember correctly, you were also staring at me moony-eyed. And you’re the one who moaned first!”
“Who can blame me?” Eddie said giggling. “You quite literally kiss like I’m the most special thing you’ve ever touched, it made me feel weightless.”
“You are the most special thing I’ve ever touched,” Steve confirmed, leaning back into Eddie’s space. “Does this mean you’re my boyfriend now?”
“Do you want me to be your boyfriend?” Eddie asked, eyes wide. 
“Never wanted anything more,” Steve responded, pressing kisses down Eddie’s neck.
“God, yes, Stevie, want you to be my boyfriend,” Eddie groaned, hauling Steve back up and bringing their lips back together. “Want you to be my best friend, groupie, boyfriend, baby daddy, want it all with you,” Eddie whispered, against Steve’s lips.
“Kinda soon don’t you think?” Steve asked, pulling back with a smile on his face. 
“Not soon enough if you ask me, I’ve been pining for you since I was sixteen.”
“That’s crazy, I had a crush on you when I first watched you stand on a cafeteria table my freshman year,” Steve said, glancing up at the older boy. “So powerful and commanding but I could tell there was more to you.”
“Are you sure you want to be seen with me?” Eddie asked, getting quiet. “I would understand wanting to keep this between us and our friends for a while. I don’t want to make it harder for you at school.”
“Eddie Munson,” Steve began, face heating up. “I’m not embarrassed of you. In fact, I would shout it to the rooftops right now if it wasn’t ten o’clock at night. I’m lucky to be with you. I’m not embarrassed.”
“Okay, good,” Eddie said, settling back on the couch with Steve in his arms. “When we get married we will have to send Mr. Jones an invitation.”
“What? Why?”
“He single handedly set us up or at least pushed us together and allowed us to admit our feelings,” Eddie said, rubbing his hands up and down Steve’s arms. “If he didn’t do this, we would both pining for God knows how long.”
“Thank god for our love children and the flour assignment” Steve mumbled, turning around in Eddie’s arms before bringing his lips back to Eddie's.
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Now for those not in the know of course, the infernal pit we know as Hell is like an onion, and before anyone comes up with the wise ass remarks? That means that it had layers to it, especially when it comes to what the living world knows of it and what those who live in Hell so here for your education are some basic facts. There is the outer layer most mortals know of approximately as the realm of fire and brimstone, where the most vile and damned face eternal torment and suffering for their sins, from the child molesters to the bigots and the sociopaths who committed heinous atrocities and crimes against humanity. And then there is the inner layers, the 9 circles of which 7 are overseen by the High Demon Lords of sin; Pride, Envy, Greed, Gluttony, Wrath, Lust and Sloth.
Next of course we have the denizens of Hell themselves, the sinners and the hellborn, the former being damned souls who in life had done enough harm to others and or themselves to warrant eternity, at least according to the unknown laws of the afterlife. The latter are the devils themselves, demons such as Imps and Hellhounds who were born and raised within this land of chaos and mayhem throughout its 9 circles. Now one notable detail of course is that Sinners are confined within the circle of Pride, hence why you often find them around locations like Pentagram Town and Imp City but not anywhere in the other circles. The Hellborn meanwhile were free to move about and travel between any of the Circles so yes even Hell had a hierarchy in place, as much as a clusterfuck I could be where murder was as casual as a handshake.
For one of Hell’s Overlords however, this particular rule was an absolute pain in the ass, but ask anyone who at least knew of him well enough? They’d say what else was new with Valentino, one third of the Youngblood Overlords known as the Vees, yes even Velvet and Vox and they were all too familiar and acquainted with the moth pimp and his violent temper. What never seemed to set him off on was a list as short as his temper and those unfortunate enough to get caught in the vicinity had the bruises to prove it. But for Valentino, the pimp and porn magnate felt like he was missing out on business opportunities being confined to just the Pride Circle.
After all, why stick to making and distributing his movies with the scum and whores he could work with in Pentagram when Lust city was a goldmine he could tap more than ass on a daily basis. But the gold toothed moth felt maybe the best way to get his greasy fingers in that pie was to establish a partnership with the a boss of Lust itself, Asmodeus and the scumbag moth figured he just the way to get in touch with ol’ Ozzie himself. All he had to do was send his Hoes Dia and Summer out to take care of the task at hand and the pimp woild soon find himself going up in the underworld, literally and figuratively. Well that’s what he figured was going to happen but you know, best laid plans of mice and men…..
Now the idea you see was for the sweet little feline sinner and her succubus friend(and possibly more) was go find and work their charms on their designated target, one it took Valentino quite a while to settle on. Going for Fizzaroli was a no go, given Ozzie wouldn’t want anyone making moves on his Imp clown and going for that weird Imp who seemed to know Fizzie personally wasn’t worth it either. Apparently the guy was a real pain in the ass to be around within just five minutes of his company so instead their pimp had a different imp in mind, some little dude by the name of Moxxie. Their orders were simple, use their natural charms to get in nis pants and persuade him to b Valentino’s inside guy to get some sway and pull with Ozzie.
So there Dia and Summer found themselves at the local Imp City branch of the Consent club, keeping an eye out for their designated target. Their pimp, boss, it was all the same either way, had gotten word the little dude would be coming around here and lo and behold, there he was in a cozy corner booth with quite an entourage for company. For a plain looking runt even by imp standards, he had women all over him like he was a sweet piece of Candy or a puppy to shower with affection. They had to say, he was more than easy in the eyes especially compared to the clients Valentino has had them entertain or the Johns they’ve had to work with on sets.
It was just a matter of time before the little dude made himself available for their attention, which came when he made his way to the bar to no doubt replenish his party with some drinks. Catching his eye as they seemingly casually sat on either side of him, making him the monkey/piggy in the middle and started to pour on the charm. It was just adorable how flustered he was getting, given the company he had with him which included a few succubi yet somehow the attention of a pair like Dia and Summer made him as awkward as a school boy dealing with puberty and hormones. It was clear the sense of being overwhelmed made him easy to convince him to come with them to on of Consent’s private sex rooms, where of course they aimed to really bring out their A game, which definitely became the case soon as he looked back to his group at the booth, blushing as many of them shot him winks, smiles and thumbs up on getting so lucky, were they used to this kind of thing happening to him?
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But far be it for the cat girl and succubus to look a gift horse in the mouth as they lead the blushing, stammering little imp to one of the nearest available private rooms. It was rather adorable really, any other chump or John that Valentino would set them on would be busy trying to act like they were big time players who were studs in bed. Like this one shark chump, Spaz or Chad or what the fuck ever, who wasn’t all as good as he thought, christ on a stick the guy didn’t even have a penny to his name. But that was then and this is now as they lead Moxxie towards the couch, sitting on either side of them as they started play up and pour on their charm.
it all seemed to be going about as well as expected as they planted kisses here and there, making out with the little possum as they slowly undressed him. Starting off with his shirt and coat as they tossed aside his cute little bow tie and made him feel, like he was the lucky little dude about to be in the middle of a lesbian make-out sandwich. Yet at some point in the midst of their sensual assault, it seemed like the tables had been turned on them as they went from being the predators on the prowl playing with their food to finding themselves the prey. Moxxie showing he gave as good as they were giving, perhaps even better as it was clear he was no stranger to threesomes.
But there just seemed to be something about his actions, the way he was treating them that they found different to the Johns they serviced or worked scenes with. He was no shy, inexperienced virgin cherry boy but not some pretentious conceited blowhard Casanova who could lay and get bitches easily with a wink and a smile, oh no, this was something else entirely. It was if for him, his own pleasure was secondary in terms of priority compared to their own as his attention was focused on making them feel…dare they say it, like women, not simple hoes or sluts to be used and treated as done with once the deed was done. It was so a foreign sensation, so very new to them to feel loved and be showered with affection on a sensual level.
When he’d kiss them, oh sure there was plenty of tongue but it wasn’t like he was trying to force and assert dominance on them, it was more as if he was kissing them like they were each the most important woman in the room. When he stripped them naked, it wasn’t by ripping off their clothes as if they were getting in the way but like he was unwrapping a present or opening a treasure box and admiring their nude forks like they were besitiful works of art. It was surreal for Dia and Summmer to be the centre of attention like this and yet it turned them on so much, to say nothing of his level of skill and experience. Every caress and sweet kiss making them all tingly in the right places, so much unlike every other prior John who’d just whip out their Dick and get right to plowing them.
But oooh how they sang and moaned melodically as he started to eating them, deep pants and gasps escaping their sensual lips as Moxxie’s tongue licked and plunged away into their snatches. It made them feel like they were drowning in ecstasy and only made them want to try harder at accomplishing the task in hand as they soon managed to sandwich the sweet little imp between them and get his pants off. Soon as they got removed the article of clothing, boxers included, their jaws dropped and their eyes widened as they beheld his length and girth in all its stiff, erect glory. If they weren’t feeling so wet and turned on before, the sight of such a cock setting off switches in their brain as they had one thought…..
“TO HELL WITH VALENTINO!!!” Rang thriugh their near telepathic link as they were soon showering that alpha male level dick with lusty devotion. Performing a tandem fellatio as they licked and sucked on thst imp cock, drowning in their saliva while kissing his nalls for good measure. The imp’s pants and groans music to their ears as they too turns deepthroating him, glowing hearts as their compact Casanova too, some initiative in grasping their heads as he pumped his hips. But the only experience even greater for them than this facefucking was the moment they each finally found that cock inside them.
The cat girl and succubus were no stranger to taking their share of dicks, especially tentacles, dildoes or strap-ones but Moxxie was putting plenty of their prior Johns to shame once again. Inches of long, thick and veiny womb hammering, snatch filled slab of fuckmeat heaven not just merely hitting their G spots but the whole entire alphabet. Yet all the while the imp seemed less focused in getting himself off and more about giving attention to their pleasure, how ironic that they had the task of having to seduce his sweet possum but he’d turned the tables on them without even trying. And to be honest, they were loving every god-fuck-damn second of it!!
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If Dia and Summer had ever thought they could feel and find themselves falling in love with each other all over again, they’d have never imagined it’d be seeing one another in the throes of passion and ecstasy with another man fucking them. Yet that was indeed the case whether it was Dia watching her feline lover yeowling sensually as a Moxxie plowed her in a mating press while she played with herself or Summer groping her furry form as she looked on at her succubus girlfriend pinned uo against the wall as their newfound sex god hammered away. But oh to say nothing of when they’d enjoy him together, be it taking doggy style or missionary as they ate the other out or making out as he hammered their pussies in turn, hell they even found themselves glsdly taking it anally and they usually didn’t enjoy taking it uo the ass! That’s just how good the guy was!!
If anything Diamand Summer not only found themselves forgetting about their mission or whatever loyalty they had to Valentino, they found themselves wanting this sweetheart of an imp to claim them like the alpha male he was. “Get pregnant!!” Running through their heads like a primal mantra as they wanted to outright mate and breed with the romantic thespian. Losing track of time as minutes passed into hours before the intense passion finally caught up to them after one last round of climactic orgasms together. Sweet peaceful smiles of content on their faces as the afterglow warmth overcame them, snuggling up to their newfound alpha male like their own personal plush toy.
After that little encounter, it wasn’t long before Millie had the pair up and move into hers and Moxxie’s apartment as their new live-in maids. A role they gladly accepted as much as they had with considering Moxxie the only man in their life they’d ever need to love, having sent their resignations to Valentino in the meantime. In the form of a picture of them hugging a lipstick kiss marked Moxxie being hugged by the duo as they flipped the bird, attached with a note simply stating “WE QUIT!!”. To say he’d been livid was an understatement but the fuck was he going to do about it.
To say Moxxie was going to have get used to having maids as well as another set of kinky girls to satisfy was another understatement of course but by this point he knew to roll with the punches. All the while unaware that Millie had Loona send a copy of the picture along with a video of their alpha male in action with cat girl/succubus pair to the e-mail inbox o the head of Skull-Fuck Productions, the premiere porn studio and publisher outside of those owned under Ozzie. A singular office lit only by the glow of a computer screen and flames coming off of a smartly dressed skull-headed man who saw the latest notification of his inbox. An invisible grin forming as he saw who it was from and have it a read-over, ideas forming in his brain…
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Made For Loving You
Stranger Things Masterlist
Summary: You prepare a surprise for your boyfriend. Lots of fluff ensues. And maybe more…
Pairing: Eddie Munson x Plus size F!reader
Word count: 1770
Warning: lots of fluff, slight sexual tension, teasing, insecurities, self-denigration
Square: Dating for @mfbingo​
A/n: After the finale, I just need some fluff and happiness. So I wrote fluff and happiness. Maybe part 2 will follow… Who knows?
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I saw him dancing there by the record machine
I knew he must have been about seventeen
The beat was going strong
Playing my favorite song
And I could tell it wouldn't be long till he was with me, yeah me
“And I could tell it wouldn't be long till he was with me, yeah me, singing” you sang with Joan Jett as the song played, your mind completely absorbed in what you were doing.
It was Friday night, finally. Quite early in the evening, though, but it was perfect. It gave you enough time to prepare everything for the surprise you were making for your boyfriend. You missed him so much, even if you saw him almost everyday at school. But even if you were with him almost all the time, you were still too embarrassed to accept any kind of affection in public. Not that you were ashamed of him, he didn’t care about what people thought of him and you really loved to be Eddie Munson’s girlfriend. But it… Felt unreal. Like it was only a dream and one wrong move would wake you up. 
When you were out in public, holding his hand was your maximum. It didn’t seem to bother Eddie, even though sometimes, you could feel his hand on your thigh under the table at lunch, meaning if he could, he would gladly take more.
The cafeteria was the place you spent the most time together. It was also the place you met him and… The place he fell for you, and hard.
The first time Eddie saw you sitting alone at your usual table, he knew he found his princess. The person he wanted by his side for the rest of his life. To this day, he was still wondering out loud how he never noticed you before. How he managed to go through all those years locked in this prison that was called school without noticing the lonely princess sitting alone every day at lunch.
You had nothing in particular, you were just a normal girl and you told him quite often. But for him, you were more than that. It was that unique aura you had around you, how you sat alone, your headphones covering your ears from everyone else, stuck in the music you were listening…
You were his princess stuck in a dungeon. But opposite to fairy tales, you didn’t want to be saved. It felt nice, having that protective bubble around you.
So, instead of becoming your prince in shining armor, Eddie turned into your dragon. Protective, he would spit fire at anyone that dared even looking at you the wrong way.
There was something sad in your eyes that only he seemed to notice. Beautiful, precious, but sad. How you could stare at the same spot for hours, not looking at something in particular, but behind those sad eyes, a whole imaginary world unfolded… Created by the music blasting through your ears.
Eddie made his personal quest to get into that world of yours. You didn’t know by then how much you actually needed to be saved by the dragon. From yourself and from the loneliness you forced yourself into, hiding, avoiding people or situations that could hurt you.
The metalhead and Hellfire club leader had then decided he would talk with you. As he walked closer to where you were sitting, he could hear the hubbub escaping your headphones, meaning the volume of the song was quite high. And he recognized immediately what you were listening to. 
Needless to say, he fell in love right there and then.
“Black Sabbath!” 
Even though he had screamed that, loudly enough for everyone in the cafeteria to stop chatting and stare at him, you didn’t hear it above Ozzy’s voice. You only noticed him when he sat down in front of you, the biggest, dorkiest smile on his face.
Of course, you knew who Eddie Munson was. But you had no idea he would notice you, let alone sit with you. Talk with you. Invite you over. Ask you out. You, the nerdy, chubby, loser girl that always sits alone. You were in no group, not the nerds, not the jocks, not the goths. You were just the loser sitting alone in the cafeteria at the table next to the trash cans.
And now, here you were, in his trailer, preparing everything for a surprise. Calling him your boyfriend, sitting with him at lunch, sometimes going with him to the D&D game, walking hand in hand in the hallways, getting lifts from him after school…
Kissing…
It was just so unreal.
Mr.Munson, Eddie’s uncle, completely adored you. So when you showed up asking if you could prepare a surprise for Eddie, he immediately accepted and left early for his night shift to leave the trailer all for you.
It wasn’t really a particular day. Not anniversaries, no holidays, you just wanted to do something for your boyfriend, as a gesture of affection. Since you were still very shy around him, and still had trouble showing him your affection, even when you were alone, you wanted to remind him how much he meant to you. Friday was the best day since he had a campaign at his club and would arrive later.
The table was ready, food was almost done cooking, and you just finished the last details when the door opened. “Uncle! I’m back! Tonight was wild!! You won’t believe what the little squirrels managed to do to defeat the villain-”
Eddie stopped dead in tracks when he entered the kitchen. Since the trailer wasn’t super big, it only took him three steps, but still, the time it took to process what he was seeing was way longer.
“Surprise!” You smiled and gestured towards the table. A white tablecloth was covering its wood, lit candles giving a warm light to the room. Two flowers were resting in front of his seat, one red rose and one black rose, each one representing a side of his person that you loved. The black was for how metal he could be. The red was the softness he had in him.
And finally, his favorite mixtape was playing in the background. “Eddie?” You called after a couple of seconds of him not responding.
Frozen in the last position he took, Eddie had a foot in front of the other, his right hand stuck under his backpack strap while his other hand was outstretched towards the table.
He looked like a statue. Big, wide eyes were the only part of his body moving, from the table, to you, to the oven behind you. His nostril flared as he took a breath, probably smelling the pizza you were cooking.
You took a couple of steps towards him, wondering if perhaps you did something wrong, when he finally got out of his frozen state. “Damn it!” He exclaimed, tapping both his hands in his face. You took a step closer, your heart sinking as you started to think it really wasn’t a good idea. “You stole my idea!”
Tilting your head to the side, you stared blankly at him. “Huh?”
Sighing, Eddie lowered his head and walked to you, taking you in his arms. He squished your body tightly against his and you squeaked at the sudden strong burst of affection.
“I love this, princess, it’s perfect,” he muttered against your neck. “But I wanted to do the exact same thing for you, why do you always have to think exactly like me?”
Relief washed over you and you hugged him back, taking advantage of the closeness to hide your face against his body and say things you would usually be too shy to say while looking him in the eyes. “But you love me like that, right?”
“Pff,” he scoffed and you could imagine him rolling his eyes. “It’s annoying how perfect you are.” You could feel his hands roaming your back, at first making slow circles, they started to explore your body next. “Like you were made for me, everything about you is perfect. Your music taste,” he laughed as a new song started playing in the background, “your patience… your loving heart… Your curves,” he stroked your waist, knowing you didn’t particularly like that part of your body. But he loved it more than anything else, and didn’t wait a single opportunity to show it to you with kisses or… farts. Eddie loved to make little farts with his mouth on your belly, because it made you giggle and wiggle so bad.
“And I was made for loving you,” you muttered still against his chest. You felt his torso vibrate when he hummed in agreement. 
“You were made for loving me…” Eddie sing sang the Kiss song, knowing what you meant by your sentence. A smile lifted up your lips and you giggled at hearing him sing. It was soothing. His voice had the magic in it to calm you in any circumstances, and the number of times you fell asleep to Eddie humming rock was countless.
“So,” he ended up breaking the silence. “What are we eating? I’m starving. And if we don’t get to eat what you cooked, then I would have to eat you all up.” To punctuate his sentence, Eddie’s face snuggled against your throat that he nibbled and gently bit, which got a high pitched whimper out of you. The bastard, you could feel him smile against your neck. You knew how bad Eddie wanted you, he told you quite often, and was absolutely not shy about it, especially when his arousal was forming a lump in his pants. It was proof of the desire he had for you, and he didn’t want to hide that.
You didn’t want to keep telling him you weren’t ready yet. Because fuck, if you didn’t get aroused and drenched whenever he kissed you… It was sometimes even uncomfortable. You desired him as much as he wanted you. But you were scared. Scared of his reaction in front of your body or your lack of experience. Scared, insecure, afraid to not be enough. Afraid of his disappointment.
So it stayed like that, kisses, gestures of affection, cuddles…
And teasing.
“Pizza,” you smiled, finally stepping back to better look at him. In his eyes, you could see hunger. A predator was looking at you, he wanted you more than the pizza, that was for sure. “And maybe… After… You could have a lick at your desert.”
You didn’t let him the time to process your words and ran to the kitchen, your face burning hot with embarrassment.
“Princess… You’re gonna be the death of me.”
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thebunniesgrim · 1 year ago
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Fizz and Blitzo’s Beef doesn’t make any since 
To me
(idk why it says my replies are restricted if you cant reply go ahead and just tag your comments or something I am not sure how to turn it off my reply settings say anyone can reply supes sorry)
In my opinion  
What do you think?
(This isn't really flaw of the ep it's more just... I guess a me thing? I think?)
Is it just me or does Fizz and Blitzo’s Beef build up not have the effect it thinks its does? What I mean is before Oops biltzo and Fizz obviously had some beef with each other because of what Blizto says to robot Fizz, what Fizz says to Blizto in Ozzie's and also when they see each other in Oops for the first half.  
For Fizz it makes some since, but Blizto doesn’t make any what’s so ever because they haven't seen each other since the accident because Biltzo couldn’t visit him, right? Right. So how can this hate be mutual? They were on good terms before the accident as Blizto was going to tell Fizz he liked him but chickened out and it looked like he was mad at Fizz, but he wasn’t.  
Why on earth did Blizto not like him(Fizz)? He calls Fizz an over rated sell out jester. You would think someone who was so overwhelmed by guilt of getting his best friend and crush obliterated on accident that he cried when apologizing. wouldn’t have said something so mean about him. Also why is blizto jealous of Fizz if he left bad about the accident wouldn’t seeing Fizz alive and becoming successful make him feel better like “oh awesome I didn’t ruin his life or anything” You can say its jealousy on Blitzos part, but you literally almost killed him so you can only be mad so much (in my opinion) and he is clearly happy for fizz and his accomplishments  
And if blizto was pretending to hate Fizz because he assumed Fizz hated him and wanted to just go along with it instead of facing the problem. Well, that goes against everything else we’ve seen blizto do! You're telling me he can sneak into Stolas’ castle, the rehab hospital, find Barbie (even when she doesn’t want to found), and will disregard the boundaries of Moxxie to get what he wants but he couldn’t find or sneak into Fizz’s hospital or somewhere he worked to apologize? Sure right, this is Stolas not finding Octavia even though she had the book with her and stolas could've located the book to find her all over again  
also why is blizto so surprised when Fizz tells him he didn’t ruin his life with how well-known and marketed Fizz is obviously you didn’t ruin his life.  
Fizz says Blizto’s love life is bad. How does he know that? If the last time they’ve seen each other was on Fizz’s birthday then how in the world does he know that? all of Bliztos known romantic relationships to us the audience is Verosika and Stolas. Unless verosika told Fizzarolli about their relationship how does he know that? “Some nerve you have to comment on a relationship. Last time I checked your love life is pile of shit” last time you checked? Babes, you haven't seen him in 15 years! How did you check? last time you “checked” anything you needed up an amputee  
Other eps make it seem like Blizto and Fizz had some big falling out, but they didn’t. So how does all this 
“I make more money than you do being a cheap ass robo rip off of an overrated sell out jester” 
“Hey, everyone, this guys a total disgrace” 
“Some nerve you have to comment on a relationship. Last time I checked your love life is pile of shit” 
“I have my own life without you in it” 
“Twice is already way too much” 
“Well at least I'm still actually working for my shit and not getting everything handed to me like some pampered attention whore!”  
“My horns were always bigger than yours” 
Come form not seeing someone for 15 years? 
For Fizz? sure it makes since homeboy blew you up but for blizto to have such a guilty reaction and burst into tear proclaiming about how sorry he was doesn’t make any since. They were so salty towards each other than they haven’t seen each other in 15 years and not having a big fight before they were separated doesn’t make any sense to me. It would be one thing if Blizto was pretending to forget the accident, or keep denying that he started the fire, but he just admits it, and this is obviously something that eats up at him and that he regrets.  
Why does blizto have so much animosity towards Fizz?  Given what all other episodes and the beginning of Oops makes it seem like Fizz and Blizto had some big falling out and maybe had some type of romantic thing going on and know more knowledge about each other than Oops shows us, but there’s nothing!  
thoughts?  
Am I watching the show wrong lol?
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darbyoakana · 3 months ago
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An Overlord's Tail - Chapter 6
An Overlords Tail Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 | Chapter 8 | Chapter 9 | Chapter 10
Summary: Alastor X reader, F/M. The party is quickly approaching. Things with Alastor escalate, violently.
Warnings: Handjob, blood, cannibalism?. This story is 18+, minors can fuck right off.
Other Notes: Song reference - Loneliest Day by System of a Down Movie reference - Tatum's death in Scream (1996)
Darby Link Tree
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Chapter 6: Control
The party was coming up fast and you were diligently planning. Asmodeus was taking a lot off your plate by providing location, security, bar, and food. For that you were grateful. You had collected the guest list and sent out invites. You spent part of the day at Ozzie’s going over the floor plan and working with their stage manager to book some entertainment. Everything seemed to be in order. 
 Due to it being formal attire, you and Angel went shopping. Angel, of course, picked something very revealing that didn’t quite qualify for formal. But he looked great either way. Angel picked out a form-fitting backless red dress for you. 
“Oh my gawwd, that looks amazing on you. Please get this one.” 
“I don’t know, this thigh slit is really high.” 
“Easy access?” 
“Angel…” you scowled. 
“Come on, don’t try to tell me yah couldn’t use a good lay?”
“I admit, I could relax a bit,” you took a breath. “But- that's why I just plan on drinking too much.” 
“Which will make it easier to tap that. Win-win.” 
“You are the wooorrrstttt.” 
“Haha I know babe,” he smiled. “But yah getting this one right?”  
“Fine, yeah,” you turned around to eye the back. “It does make my ass look great.”
“Hell yah it does.”
“The straps are a little loose though, I’ll see if they’ll alter it,” you pulled the strap back up. “Do you have a date?” 
“Nah, I was kinda hopin' Husk would ask me. How about you?” 
“No, I’ve been too busy planning to even think about it.”
“What about Tenticles, huh?,” referring to Alastor. “He’s gonna lurk around you all night anyways,” pausing to think. “I dunno those tentacles could be a lot of fun.” 
“Oh my god Angel,” you laughed. “I am so glad he is too old to know what hentai is.” 
“Ahaha! So you’ve thought about it!” Angel cackled. “You pervvv!” 
In truth, you weren’t really sure if Alastor liked you. On one hand, he didn’t give physical attention to anyone like he did with you, though it was small. You did feel he was different around you, to some degree he could drop his shields. But on the other hand, you didn’t expect anything from him sexually. And you weren’t going to push for it, you wouldn’t enjoy it if he wasn’t enjoying it. Maybe he needed time to become more comfortable in the situation. Maybe this was an old-fashioned type of deal. You really didn’t know and didn’t want to assume either. You also weren’t sure if you wanted to jump into another relationship with another boss. It all made you uneasy. 
You both returned to the hotel feeling accomplished and excited for the party. Your dress would be delivered later after the straps were adjusted. You had already booked a makeup and hair team to service the staff for the party. The florist had confirmed the order was placed. Everything was coming together. 
You headed up to your room for the evening.
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“Hey, Smiles,” Angel called to Alastor who was sitting at the bar. He took a seat. “You gonna ask our girl to be yah date to the party, or what?” 
“Pardon?” 
“Oh come on. I see the way yah look at her.”
“And how’s that exactly?” 
“Like yah want chop her up and put her in a stew. Which I assume is yah idea of romance.” 
“Perhaps you should mind your own business.”
“Alright, but someone else is bound to ask her,” Angel remarked. “In fact, I think Lucifer was lookin’ for her earlier… Just sayin’.” He waved his hand dismissively and walked away. 
Angel was making it up, Lucifer wasn’t looking for you. But he knew the idea of Lucifer taking you on a date would infuriate Alastor and was trying to motivate him. The idea of asking you himself made him choke. You were becoming a weakness and weaknesses get exploited. This was a passing fancy, he lied to himself, and it would fade.  
Tapping his claws on the glass, he grumbled to himself and finished his drink.  
For the next few days, things at the hotel were slow and with the party set you didn’t have much to do. You lay on your bed, relaxing, and shopping on your phone for some shoes to match your dress. Music turned up loud as you sang along.  “And if you goooo, I wanna go with yooou
And if you diiiie, I wanna die with yoooou
Take your hand and walk awaaaaaaaaay”
The music abruptly stopped. 
“A lovely sentiment indeed.” 
You looked towards your CD player, there was Alastor with his finger on the pause button. 
“My apologies, I knocked,” he explained. “This arrived for you, your party dress I assume.” He hung the garment bag off the door of your wardrobe. “A lovely color,” he eyed the dress.
“Oh, thank you, Angel helped me pick it out.”
 “I was wondering. If you aren’t busy, I have an errand to run. I’d like you to accompany me.”
The store was dated and felt like a museum. Smelt like one too. Items from every era cluttered the shelves. You followed him through the store, rows of dimly lit shelves. Despite being cluttered the store was very well organized. Shelves were labeled by decade. Each item had a price tag with a detailed description of its origin. He led you downstairs, the shop seemed to have endless rooms. He paused at a curtained door. 
“Close your eyes, please,” he asked, holding out his hand. You complied. He led you through the doorway. “Alright, you may open them.” 
You were in a large room with wall-to-wall shelves of VHS movies. You were stunned. They had every film you could think of. It looked a lot like an old video store. You were wide-eyed with excitement. Alastor ate up every nuance change in expression, savoring it. 
“This is amaaaazing. Holy shit!” you looked back to Alastor. 
“Well, we only had five movies left,” he said smugly. “Would  be a shame if we ran out.” 
“This is very thoughtful Alastor..” 
“Why the surprise? I am certainly capable of it,” he waved his hand.
“I’m not questioning your ability, more your willingness,” you laughed. 
“Ouch,” he grabbed his chest dramatically. “You wound me.” 
“Uh huh,” you scoffed, laughing. “Where do we even start, there's so many!” 
“The owner has agreed to let us borrow what we please. If there's something you desire, purchasing is an option.” 
“And he’s doing this out of the kindness of his heart? Or is it the fear you instilled in him?”
“How should I know? I am unaware of his ability for kindness or fear, I couldn’t properly measure.” 
“Suuure,” you rolled your eyes. You skimmed the horror section, grabbing a few favorites. Once the stack was too much for you to hold on your own, you called it. “Alright, I think this should suffice. I know it’s not our usual night but we're gonna watch some of these, yah?”
“Of course my dear, I wouldn’t dream of doing otherwise.”
Upon returning to the hotel you were greeted by Angel and Lucifer at the bar. They encouraged you to join them. The four of you enjoyed a few drinks. Angel talked about some nonsense going on at the studio. Lucifer was exhausted by the latest meeting with Heaven. Everyone seemed excited about the upcoming party. 
“So, toots, you got a date yet?” Angel asked you but looked at Alastor. He glared. 
“Hasn’t really been a priority,” you commented, also glaring at Angel, knowing exactly what he was doing. “But thanks for your concern… What about you Husk? Do you have a date?” you asked, staring at Angel. 
“Uh..” Husk looked from Angel to you and back to Angel, your eyes intensely burning into one another. “Yeah, I’m going to say out of whatever this is…” He held his hands up, backing away from the rest of you. 
Lucifer laughed. He’d been enjoying his time at the hotel. Being around so many people was overwhelming. But when it was small groups like this he felt more comfortable. And what was taking place in front of him was too amusing to pass up. Alastor pretending he wasn’t uncomfortable was delectable to Lucifer. He had caught on right away to what the spider was trying to accomplish. 
“Oh, hmm,” Lucifer said. “I didn’t even think about that. Maybe I should get a date for the party!” He winked at Angel. Angel smirked back. 
“Oh absolutely Your Highness, anyone who anyone is gonna have a plus one,” Angel nudged you. “And I don’t want yah to be a loser, babe.” 
“Says he without a date!” you jabbed back. 
“What about you Alastor?” Lucifer asked loudly. “Are you taking anyone?”
“Why? Is His Majesty interested?” he sneered. “That’s too bad, I’m afraid I have height requirements.” 
“Wouldn’t dream of it! You see, I have this rule about not setting myself up for disappointment.”  Lucifer remarked. 
“Then, how pray tell, does His Majesty live with himself?” Alastor snarled. 
You laid your head on the bar top with a groan. You signaled to Husk you needed another drink.
By the end of the evening, everyone at the bar had a few too many. However, everyone else seemed to be handling it better than you were. No real surprise to either you or Alastor. 
You made it up to your floor but tripped getting out of the elevator. The bag of VHSs on your arm clacked as they hit the ground with you. You lay there laughing for a moment until you felt a tug on your hand. Alastor’s shadow wined at you. Alastor was probably already waiting for you in your room. The shadow started to drag you. You couldn’t help but giggle as you were moved down the hall like a sack of laundry. The shadow dropped you in front of your door. 
“Really now, is that any way for a lady to behave?” Alastor said, opening your door and stepping out. 
He chuckled, picking you up over his shoulder and closing the door with his foot. He tossed you on the bed and proceeded to pull a cassette from the stack and placed it into the player. Taking off his jacket and rolling up his sleeves, he then filled the unwatched drawer with the new movies. You tossed your shoes to the floor. 
You enjoyed your secret movie nights with Alastor, it felt like you got to experience a part of him that was just for you. He sat down next to you on the bed, both leaning on the pile of pillows against the headboard.
“Aw man,” you pouted. “I should have made popcorn.”
“Allow me,” he said, snapping his fingers. A bowl appeared in his hand. 
“Ohhh yay!” you reached for the bowl as he pulled away from you. You fell, draped over his lap.  “Heeeyyyyy…” 
“Now now, manners,” he scolded.  
You rolled over onto your back, head still on his lap. You looked up at him with sad puppy eyes. 
“Please Alastor...” 
He shuddered softly. The thought of you begging him sent a chill down his spine. He held his breath and swallowed hard. He resisted the urge to touch you, to see how much more he could make you beg.
“Good girl,” he said, handing you the bowl. 
You didn’t get up, just rolled to the side to see the TV with the bowl in your arm. You shared interesting little tidbits about the movie as it progressed. 
“This part is so stupid,” you laughed. “She could have totally fit through that doggy door.” 
You held up your hand, tilting your arm behind you to offer a few pieces of popcorn to Alastor. He hesitated before eating the kernels from your fingers. Anyone else would be concerned for their phalange's safety, but not you. No one treated Alastor as you did.
Ask her, you ridiculous coward. He fought with himself. He was feeling the stress of his mental dilemma. The fear of having you or not having you. The fear of someone else obtaining you. He glanced at your dress hanging on the wardrobe door.  
“And a standard garage motor is weak as shit. Creative yes, realistic no,” you laughed again. 
He tried to focus on the movie playing, you had said it was your favorite. But every time you laughed or spoke, he could feel the vibrations of your voice on his leg where you lay. Your warm body against his was too distracting. He wasn’t really there for any of the films anyway. His mind wandered, berating himself. The war between what he wanted and what he feared tore him. Could he have such a weakness present in his life? Not only would it put him at risk but you as well. Could he handle something happening to you because of him? 
You adjusted your position. Sitting up, moving from his lap to his chest, leaning more of your body into his. Your head rested below his collarbone. He froze.
“Oh..” you looked up at him, your face close to his. “I’m sorry, I should have asked. Is this okay? Is it too much touching?” 
“No, pet. It’s perfectly fine. Thank you for asking,” he wrapped his arm around you and buried his face in your hair. You let out a soft hum at the sensation. He filled his senses with your scent.
Who were you to treat him the way you did? Pampering him with such gentle kindness. Considering his feelings and needs. Why did he allow it? Why did he endure the attitude and snark you so regularly threw at him? He had killed for far less. But you walk around freely. Wearing his appendage no less. Why did he permit you to continue to exist when you posed such an egregious threat? Alastor demanded control at all times. Nevertheless, you took it out of his hands with such ease. No. He wouldn’t allow it, he told himself. It was time to regain dominion over this situation, he had let it go on long enough. He was the Radio Demon, not some whipped feeble boy. You would do as he wanted, not the other way around. His judgment would not be impaired by anyone, how dare you, he fumed. 
His right hand clutched your hair and bent your head back, left hand at your throat, jerking your face towards his. His stern expression met your startled eyes with determination. But the tender whimper leaving your mouth as you bit your lip dismantled his resolve instantly. Oh fuck, he thought, as he threw caution and control to the wind. His mouth met yours with a ravaging starvation. Your right hand gripped the wrist at your throat, pulling yourself up to straddle him. Harsh breaths and moans pass from his mouth to yours and back again. The hand on your throat drifted down to your hip, wrapping his arm around your waist with a stern tug. He gripped you tightly against him. You moaned. His tongue aggressively dominated your mouth. Your hands gripped his shirt, despite there being no space between you, the distance was unbearable. The hand still in your hair yanked your head to the side, his mouth traveled down your jaw to the crook of your neck. You ground your pelvis into his, and to both your surprise your movements were met with his pulsing erection, bound by his pants. 
Panic started to set in. He felt his self-control slipping. He has had years to master discipline in regards to anger but this was new and uncharted territory. He felt the monster within him stir, craving more. He shoved it down. But with every tilt of your pelvis, the appetite to devour you grew. Desiring to rip the flesh from your bones, savor the taste of your innards sliding down his throat. You ignorant fool, he internally screamed. He had miscalculated once again, of course, you weren’t the threat. He was. 
With a radio static growl, he sank his teeth into your shoulder. You cried out in pain but to his astonishment it only made you grind into him harder. You unbuttoned his pants, freeing his throbbing cock. You curled your fingers around his girth and stroked slowly. His teeth tore into you as his hips bucked. Your screams only fueled the beast lingering inside him. Panting, ragged breaths crept out of his mouth into your ears, spattering blood on your neck. 
“Fu- uuck… Alastor…” you gasped, wanting him to fuck you stupid. “Please…” 
Hearing you plead for him sent him over the edge. A screech of radio static filled the room as he climaxed. His claws cut into your flesh, clawing thick lines of dribbling red across your delicate skin. His neck cracked as his form distorted, eyelids and dial pupils fluttered. Antlers scraped the headboard behind him. Blood dripped from the edges of his mouth, soaking into your shirt, as your palm was filled with warm release.
His back hit the headboard with a thud, breathing hard sharp breaths, and regained clarity. Shaking, he took your face in his hands. Eyes full of trepidation piercing yours. Wanting to say something, anything, but no words came out no matter how hard he tried. He glanced at your gushing wound and with apprehension he watched blood seep out of the puncture marks. Streams of crimson ran down the front of you. 
You heard the bath water start to pour into the tub. Lifting you into his arms, he carried you to the bath, gently lowering you into the tub and removing your shirt. He snapped his fingers and a medical kit appeared. He rummaged through it anxiously while you kept pressure on the injury. You sat in silence as the tub filled with orange and pink swirls; water meeting blood. Alastor sutured your wounds. 
You could hear how uneven his breath was. His mind clearly working overtime. Did you not feel the danger? It wouldn’t have mattered if you tried to escape, it probably would have made things worse. But the fact that you didn’t even try, that you were content in letting him consume you; it frightened him. If you had not brought him to climax and clear mind, would he have sunk deeper into his inner demon and destroyed you? His hand shook as he pulled the nylon thread through your skin. You placed your hand on his. 
“Alastor…” you said gingerly. He didn’t look up. “Alastor, look at me.” 
For a moment his eyes fixated on the wound. But slowly traveled up your bruised neck, over your jawline and up to your eyes. 
“I’m sorry, my darling…” he leaned his forehead against yours. “I didn’t mean to be so rough.” 
“It’s okay,” you squeezed his hand in yours. “Really, it is.”
He washed the blood off you and placed gauze over the stiched-up wound. You changed into fresh clothes while Alastor removed the blood from his hands and face. Usually, when he found himself bloodied, there was a sense of accomplishment and pride. Tonight, however, he felt sick. Exhausted, you laid down in bed. Alastor picked up his coat. 
“Where do you think you are going?” you asked, patting the bed next to you. “I’d like to be held please.” 
You fell asleep in Alastor’s arms, sore and drained. He nuzzled into your hair. How could you still want him after tonight? A twang of inadequacy deflated his confidence. He didn’t understand, the experience wasn’t exactly fulfilling on your end, just abusive. Yet here you were, permitting him to be close, to touch you. 
You awoke in the morning, alone.
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With This Ring (11)
Chapter 10 here, Ao3 here
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They met Dart and Ozzy in front of the Buckley house. The elderly cat just announced that everything was in order, and that he was too old for all this excitement. “I’m going to take a nap home before Dustin organizes a search party for me,” he yawned. “Ozzy will stay with you. I’ll come to check on you around lunchtime, so no more scandals and escapades, please.” 
Eddie crouched to scratch his head as a thank you. “Sleep well, Dart.” He then picked up Ozzy and safely stashed him in his usual pocket. 
Robin’s house was, as always, peaceful. The sight of the imperfect garden made to be used, not just viewed, the peeling window paint, the weird gnome statuettes peeking from random corners, it all made Steve feel more at home than he’d ever been in his own house. The woods by the back window were dark and quiet. If they were careful, they wouldn’t be heard or seen by anyone.
The whole house was dark too. Steve was confused, Robin should have been home, but maybe she had a sleepover with Nancy, you know, to console her friend after the groom had disappeared. He hoped that was the case. 
Eddie was eyeing the colorful front door. “Do you want me to break in? If you have a hairpin or something like that, I’m like ninety percent confident I could pick the lock.”
Steve laughed out loud. “While it sounds absolutely charming, we’re trying to look inconspicous. Let’s go for the boring solution instead.” With that, he reached under the ugliest gnome statuette - it had amanitas growing out of its beard, why? - and produced the key.
“You really know how to show a guy a good time,” grumbled Eddie, but followed him through the door anyway. 
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Not even an hour later, they were ready to start recording. Steve brewed a huge pot of coffee to keep him awake. He didn’t think he could sleep anyway, but Eddie was giving him secret guilty looks at every suppressed yawn, even suggesting Steve could take a nap, that Eddie would keep watch, no worries. “I haven’t slept in a year, so I didn’t realize,” he muttered through a strand of hair he was chewing on. “I don’t want you fainting mid-song, and that couch looks comfy enough, so how about it?” 
Steve just gave him a blank stare and downed a massive mug of coffee in one go, almost burning his tongue on it. As if he’d waste a single second he could spend with Eddie. 
Their setup was small, but Steve thought it didn’t need anything else. The beauty of Eddie’s music was that it didn’t require a huge band or an orchestra to pull on the listener’s heartstrings. Eddie didn’t have any formal musical education, he didn’t know all the fancy words like legato, crescendo or forte. But he had a feel for music so great that even his high school music teacher who otherwise hated his guts had to admit he had potential. 
When they were still allowed to meet, younger, enamored with music and each other’s company, Eddie would hum his melodies, usually choosing the acoustic guitar to carry the main tune. He kept playing them over and over again, giving Steve space to experiment with potential accompaniments. He only occasionally took over the piano and gave instructions such as “I thought this part could use a bit more force, you know. I’ll go quieter on the guitar, and the piano will become the main instrument until the next verse, what do you think? It should be something like a dialogue between the two instruments. Imagine I’m rambling, and you really want to say something, so you start speaking at the same time and going louder and louder, hoping I’ll get the drift and shut up.” 
He trusted Steve with this work, and Steve was so grateful. He vowed never to disappoint Eddie, and to that day he hoped he hadn’t, at least not when it came to music. 
As he sat down at the piano, he gently stroked the familiar keys. His eyes were burning again. He’d prayed for the day when he’d be able to do this with Eddie again, only to realize that this would be the last time they’d ever play together. 
Eddie had just finished tuning the guitar to his liking. He shifted on the stool to face Steve and smiled. “I missed this, you know.” 
Steve returned the smile as well as he could. “Me too. It hadn’t been the same without you.” 
Shrugging, Eddie ran his fingers across the strings, stretching and adjusting his grip. “Eh, I think you were doing just fine without me. I liked your adjustments to the chorus of “Remains of the day”, they make it sound a bit more playful. The original sound was a bit too creepy.” 
His tone was flat, as if it was just a simple observation. But Steve’s hands stilled over the keyboard, staring at Eddie with mouth wide open. “How…” he choked out, “...how do you know? I made them only a few months back. You’ve never...I mean, you were already-” 
“Steve.” There was no malice in Eddie’s words, but his smile faltered. It was still there, yet somehow sad. “Are you telling me you haven’t noticed?” 
“Noticed what?” 
The dead man pointed towards the dark trees behind the window glass. “Where this window leads.” 
Steve’s eyes finally betrayed him. He rapidly blinked, but one tear made it out and rolled down his cheek, between his lips. He tasted the salt as he remembered all the times he’d sat here, playing Eddie’s melodies from memory whenever Nancy and Robin decided to go upstairs to have more privacy. 
There wasn’t a single visit when he wouldn’t play them. Steve felt the constant urge to keep repeating them, committing them to memory. He wanted to burn them into his brain so he could never lose a single detail. Maybe one day, when he’d succeeded begging Eddie for his forgiveness, he’d play them for him. He would show Eddie that he never let himself forget, never stopped thinking about him . 
He pictured himself sitting there, tens, hundreds of times. The window was usually open to sell the illusion that Robin was playing during their visits. And even in the dark, Steve realized where the narrow path between the trees led - to the small clearing in the woods, to the freshly dug hole in the ground where someone had buried Steve’s heart. 
“No way,” he whispered. The taste of salt on his lips didn’t relent, and he didn’t try to control it any longer. “You heard me? You heard me all this time when…?” 
Eddie nodded. For a moment, it seemed like he wanted to get up, maybe join Steve at the piano, but then he changed his mind. Instead, he started fidgeting with his rings again. “Yeah. Not to inflate your ego, Steve, but oh well. We’ve come this far. You were my main reason for not moving on.” 
He huffed a short laugh when Steve gave him a confused, teary-eyed look. “It’s true. I was lying there for a while, and you know how much I hate staying still. I was considering giving up and just moving on for quite a while. But whenever I thought I could give it all up, just forget my dreams and all that was keeping me here, I heard you. It was like a part of me was still up here, waiting to be reclaimed. You were safeguarding my songs, and I of course knew I could never come back, but somehow…I just hoped, Steve. I didn’t think, I just…hope isn’t the correct word. I yearned to come back, that’s it. Because there was someone calling me back every single day.” 
Steve’s eyes didn’t leave him for a second. “But everyone down there said…they said that you were playing all the time. Practicing.” 
“I did. And it drove me crazy that my own songs didn’t sound right anymore. I tried replicating everything I’d heard from you, but…” Fondness crept into Eddie’s voice, as if he was recalling a precious memory. “It never sounded right. I blamed it on the corpse fingers, the stiffness of dead muscles, but I guess I was lying to myself. Playing these songs by myself just wouldn’t do because you became a part of them. They weren’t complete without you.” 
“Eddie…” 
Eddie shushed him. “And if you think that I was listening to you just because I had nothing better to do, well, you might be partially right. But also…I’d known you kept playing my songs long before I died, you know. Why do you think I was in the woods the day I died? It’s not like I’m one of those crazy fans of nature who love walking in the woods, getting all muddy and wet and collecting ticks and other bloodsucking creatures. I’d known about your playing for months, Steve. And I…uh.” He pulled a strand of hair in front of his face, hiding his expression. “I actually kept going there a lot. I sat on that tree stump, listening to my, well, our songs. I still hated your guts, but a part of me felt so happy that you seemed to have as much trouble letting me go as I had you.” 
Steve was hit with a sudden wave of nausea and numbness. His fingers were still laid on the keyboard, but their feel was now uncertain, foreign. “So you're telling me that all this time it was me?” he whispered. It hurt to even voice his thoughts. “It was me who kept you trapped in that grave? Who…who lured you there to be killed?! If I let you go, you could have had peace. You…you could have even lived! Eddie, I don’t even know how to begin to say how sorry I am. Nothing I say will ever be enough.” Steve withdrew his hands from the piano, wrapping them around his body. “You gave me so much and I…I made things worse every single time. I caused this. All of this.” 
He didn’t see it when Eddie set down his guitar, but he heard the hollow thunk of it. The clinking of Eddie’s metal chain, the squeaking of his old sneakers, it used to feel so right. But now…
Eddie nudged his side and squeezed next to him onto the wide stool. “Hey, Steve. Let me say something. Sure, we’ve had our not so great moments, with your dad’s blackmail and stuff like that. But, and get your eyes up here, Harrington, I’m being earnest and I demand an audience for it!” 
When Steve’s wet eyes found his, Eddie snuck his arm around Steve’s shoulders and pulled him close. Steve leaned into the embrace with a quiet sob, clutching Eddie’s band t-shirt. Eddie didn’t seem to mind. “Apart from the whole protecting me and Wayne through being a dick, you didn’t cause me any pain. Really. You have no idea how much our friendship meant to me.” 
Steve’s face was buried in Eddie’s jacket, but he still managed to produce a “huh?” sound. 
“It did. When I moved here, I didn’t know anyone, and Wayne was trying to figure out how to make it work with the plant shifts and stuff. I was bullied all the time, I wasn’t much of a looker without my hair. So I just thought I’d spend all the time until my graduation keeping to myself, which was lonely as hell. The music room helped. And then one day…a pretty boy who had to have tens of friends approached me and asked me to teach him. I felt so lucky.”
Steve still wouldn’t show his face, but his arms around Eddie’s waist tightened. “Pretty sure it was me who was lucky. You changed my life.”
Eddie squeezed his shoulders, cradling Steve close. “Shush. This is my life changing story, get your own. For some reason, that pretty boy chose me. Even though I was mostly flying through the playing and teaching blind, he kept coming back. Not just that - he actually listened to me. He heard my rambling, all those unrealistic plans, dreams, the outrageous ideas, and he believed in me.”
Steve had finally settled against him, his breathing under control again. Eddie continued. “Do you remember when we started playing together, Steve? I was so freaking anxious because I realized I couldn’t possibly play both instruments at the same time when I finally got to record my stuff. And I couldn’t ask anyone because I couldn’t write or read the stupid sheet music. Still can’t, by the way. But you just sat down at the piano and told me: “Tell me what you need me to play. I’ll do it.” You said it as if it was the most natural thing in the world, to spend all your free afternoons playing what I threw at you. As if you didn’t have anything better, more important to do.” 
That finally made Steve stir in Eddie’s arms. He straightened his back and looked Eddie in the eyes, wiping away the rogue tears. “I didn’t. It was the most important thing to me, Eddie. And still is. Likely will always be.”
Eddie wasn’t really thinking, he just reached out and ruffled Steve’s hair. It was so different with all the product in it, but there was a touching familiarity in the gesture. They used to ruffle each other’s hair when Eddie’s finally decided to grow out and looked like a wild nest of curls. “No neat hairstyles in my music class, Harrington! Go wild and go home!” he’d say.
“I’m glad to hear that,” whispered Eddie and god, he wasn’t lying. Being an important part of Steve Harrington’s life was addictive. Intoxicating. “So how about a small practice before we start recording, big boy? I recall you liking that four hand piece we adapted from Back to the Future.” He extended his hand, as if he was asking Steve to dance. “Accompany my beloved nerdy music, my liege?” 
Steve beamed at him. “My pleasure, lord Edward,” he said and took his hand. 
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The night was long and Steve gradually drank the whole pot of coffee. He couldn’t imagine preferring sleep to this. The moment they both sat down at the piano, it was as if they were two puzzle pieces that belonged together. Something clicked, and Steve felt whole again. Compared to that, sleep was ridiculously overrated. 
Not everything went smoothly, of course. Eddie had made some adjustments to the music during their time apart, and it took Steve a while to catch up, to bridge the gaps. They mused and tried out new passages, re-did the old ones, played around with the cassette recorder to get the perfect balance for both instruments. But most of all, they just revisited the past and brought back the best of it. 
The recording was supposed to take long hours, but Steve supposed theirs was an exception. After all, what was there to improve on when all of these songs had been cherished, perfected and preserved over many long years? Eddie’s more recent changes made sense to Steve, it was enough to hear them just once, twice, and then they blended into what he’d already known. His ankle still hurt as he used the pedals, but Bob’s bandage kept it fixed in place well enough. 
Not all of Eddie’s songs had lyrics, but for the ones that had, Steve admired how Eddie’s voice had grown into them. It was more hoarse and less polished than when they’d practiced the last time, but there was emotion and maturity that the sixteen year old Eddie Munson hadn’t possessed. Now, his voice was perfect. 
They only had a few breaks, a bunch for coffee, one for Steve to take a quick shower to make sure he was fully alert, and then one to share a cigarette outside. Eddie complained about not having had a smoke for over a year. Steve got up and reached blindly behind a potted plant to produce a well-concealed pack of cigarettes and a lighter. With an awestruck expression, Eddie grasped his hand and squeezed it. “I could just marry you right here, Steve Harrington. Oh wait!” he laughed and wiggled his ringed finger at him. Steve’s heart didn’t beat faster after that, nope, not at all.
Eventually, they saw the sun rise through the trees. They’d just finished going through their final recording, with Eddie’s comments and introductions before each song. Steve squeezed Eddie’s hand. “If that Craig guy doesn’t love it, he has no taste,” he announced. He felt ridiculously proud. 
“One can only hope.” Eddie shrugged off his jacket and, after an annoyed squeak, removed Ozzy from the comfort of the chest pocket. “Hey, do you think the Buckleys have some fruit they could spare? Ozzy gets really bitchy when he’s hungry.” 
Steve laughed at that and dragged Eddie towards the kitchen. “Don’t we all? Let me just open a window, the air here is horrible.” 
Leaving the living room to breathe a little, they made their way to the kitchen’s fruit bowl. “He likes sweet apples,” muttered Eddie as he dug through the neatly arranged pile of produce. “Does this look sweet to you?” 
Steve took the apple from him and bit into it. “Yep, sweet. Let me cut it for him.” Noticing Eddie’s confused look, he laughed again. “What, you don’t think Ozzy is important enough to have his own taste tester?” 
“I do now.” 
Steve switched the kettle on again. It wasn’t that he needed another cup of coffee, but it was morning, and as they say, old habits die hard. He worked fast with the knife, chopping the apple into small cubes. The sound of water boiling was familiar and comforting, and having Eddie by his side in the kitchen when he was preparing breakfast? It could have been the only thing he needed in his life, he thought. 
There was a quiet sound behind them, but it got drowned out by the kettle. Maybe a draft from the open window rustled the torn plastic wrap of the tape they used. 
“So…” began Eddie, playing with his rings again. “What now? When does the post open?” 
“I took one of those padded envelopes with us, and a bunch of stamps my dad had in his office. So if you know the address, we can just pack it and send it through that collection box we passed yesterday. Do you want to add some sort of an introduction, a letter or something?” 
Eddie rubbed his temples, sighing. “I should. Let me do that. You have a paper and a pen in that magical bag of yours?” 
“Sure do.” 
They made their way back to the living room. While Steve served Ozzy a bowl of neatly cut fruit, Eddie sat down to the decorative table and started writing, his tongue sticking out in concentration. “Dear…Craig. I hope…you didn’t forget about me. Here’s…the demo…I promised. You can…do whatever you want…with it, I don’t think I’ll be able…to work on it again. But…if it makes any money…my part goes to Wayne. You know Wayne. And…you won’t be a dick to Wayne, will you?” He paused, tapping his pen against the paper. Then he added: “Thanks for giving me a chance, I appreciate it. Take care…Eddie Munson.” 
While he was writing, Steve was carefully walking around the room, cleaning the mess they’d made. He was just picking up the torn plastic wrap and got stuck thinking that it seemed too much? They only opened one tape. It was probably normal and he was just tired. He also swept up the dirt and a bunch of small feathers they must have brought from their smoke break. His father called it a stupid itch, but cleaning gave him a purpose and clarity. 
He also tried to nudge Ozzy away from the half-eaten bowl of fruit to clean under him, but the small creature wouldn’t budge. He was splayed on the table and playfully bit into Steve’s finger when he attempted to move him. Message received loud and clear. 
As he finished putting the room to its original state, Eddie was already standing by the door, envelope in hand. “Shall we?” he asked.
Steve wanted nothing less than to walk out of that door. It was yet another step towards losing Eddie forever, but it was the right thing to do. “Sure,” he nodded and grabbed the keys. “Ozzy, are you coming?” 
The small bat squeaked at him, and while Steve still couldn’t understand what he was saying, the tone was clear. Ozzy was still lying on the table, flat as a pancake, and moving him would probably start another world war. 
Eddie patted Steve’s shoulder. “The window is open, he’ll let himself out when he wants to. Plus I’m sure he still has some fruit there. See you later, buddy!” 
With an awkward wave at their winged friend, they left Robin’s house and locked the door. 
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Steve didn’t know what to expect from the rest of his day. Dropping the envelope in the collection box was the only clear point in his future. He remembered staring at the yellow package, at Eddie’s wild handwriting, and he felt an overwhelming urge to tear it out of Eddie’s hands and stomp on it. He wanted to keep Eddie right here with him, tell him that they could actually do better, they could stay for a few days, weeks, months to practice, to improve their work. Maybe people wouldn’t be able to tell Eddie was dead. Maybe he could still achieve his dreams, if only-
But then Eddie dropped the envelope in the box and that potential future, the future where Eddie finally achieved what he’d dreamed of for over a decade, dissolved in front of Steve’s eyes. 
From Eddie’s sad smile, his thoughts followed a similar pattern. “It’s going to be okay,” he told Steve, maybe himself too. 
Just as they were about to walk back and go collect the stuff they had left at the Buckley house, Steve heard a shout. “You! Steve!” 
It wasn’t excited or joyful. Or even angry. Robin’s voice was shaking, and it sounded like she was battling a panic attack. 
Steve turned around and hobbled towards her. She was still wearing yesterday’s clothes and was disheveled, even for her standards. “Robin? What’s wrong?” 
She sprinted to him and hit his chest, again and again, and it took Steve a moment to realize she was crying. “Where…the fuck…have you been?!” she snapped at him with each hit. “We were so worried! I thought…I…”
Eddie quietly joined them. He didn’t say anything, just observed. 
Robin finally stopped hitting him and collapsed against Steve in a forceful hug, burying her face in his chest. “Everything went so wrong, Steve,” she whispered. “So wrong. We weren’t careful enough, Nancy’s dad, he…he found out. He’s furious. He locked Nancy in her room and had his friend’s son keep watch over her window so she wouldn’t escape. He also kept me in their house until he could reach my parents in the morning to tell them how I…” she grimaced, “...how I ruined his daughter.” 
Steve was stroking her back, his thoughts racing. “But your parents know. They don’t care, right?” 
“They don’t. When he couldn’t get them to be angry about it, he kicked me out of his house. Just now. But Ted fucking Wheeler can’t have a queer daughter.” She was crying even harder now, hands grasping at Steve’s t-shirt. “He told her she’ll get married no matter what. But not to you, because he knows how you covered for us. He doesn’t trust you to fix her.” She spat out the last sentence in helpless anger. 
“That guy’s a monster,” Eddie whispered. Steve wholeheartedly agreed. 
Robin kept on rambling, and every word she uttered made Steve’s heart sink even more. “She’s still getting married, he made sure to arrange that, and as soon as possible. It’s today…in an hour. He told her that if she doesn’t comply, she’ll be dead to him and will never be allowed to see her siblings again. She loves Mike and Holly, Steve, she couldn’t live without them. She…I think she’s going to go through with it. Maybe she’ll think of something, but I couldn’t get to her, I couldn’t even talk to her, and there is no time, Steve. Nancy is so smart, but I can’t see a way out of this that won’t destroy her life.” 
“I’m so sorry, Robs. Robin…” Steve squeezed her shoulders and pulled her away, just to see her face. “Robin. This is important. Who is she marrying?” 
Her lip wobbled as she said, “Jason Carver. Apparently his parents are eager to find him a good wife and forget the whole Chrissy fiasco.” 
A loud gasp made both Robin and Steve snap out of their misery. Eddie was staring past them, eyes open wide in his shock. “Not him,” he whispered. “Anyone but him.” 
Steve turned to Eddie, still keeping an arm around Robin. “Have you met him?” he asked. 
“Oh, I have.” Eddie’s mouth pressed into a thin line. “He’s a good Christian boy, that’s for sure. If Wheeler marries him, he’ll never let her go. He knows what life’s supposed to look like, and if she happens to disagree? Tough luck. Especially in Hawkins.” 
Robin stared at Eddie and something dawned behind her eyes. “You…Eddie, right? Are you…okay? You don’t seem okay. When did you even come back to Hawkins?” 
Eddie opened his mouth to answer, but Steve took both of their hands and tugged them forward to get them moving. “Can you give Robin the short version while we’re walking, Eddie? I’m afraid we’re on a tight schedule. We have a wedding to crash.” 
Eddie grinned at him. “I take my sarcasm back, Harrington. You really do know how to show a guy a good time.” 
Chapter 12 here
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luckyqueenreign · 2 years ago
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I won’t survive if another the hottest islander of a season is an ex again. First suresh and now it might be Marshall. Fb why 😫
Soooo as much as I love that theory I can’t actually see it being true that he’s the ex 😭 There’s just too many things that would make me call bs on fb if they went down this path. First if he’s the ex wouldn’t the twins immediately call out Ozzy looks just like Zeph? Second, let’s pretend both twins are dummies lol who don’t notice that Ozzy has Zephs face, Ivy revealed in front of everyone that Zeph was MCs ex. Wouldn’t Ozzy be like Zeph?! That’s my brother/cousin/distant relation whatever.
I doooo have another little theory 🙃
Ok ok… if anyone has ever done the Noah route s2 Ozzys route is giving Noah 2.0. So it got me thinking fb LOVES a recycled storyline {insert someone steals MCs LI on first day here} what if…. They recycled the disaster recoupling 😬 fb has already told us we’re not getting Ozzy right away and this week he said he’s loyal to Grace and is going to see that through 😖 but he’s giving MC a lot of attention and just like Noah he’s already saying if there’s anyone that could turn his head it’s MC. My thinking is maybe there’s an operation nope with a disaster recoupling to follow and then the girlies all go to casa and who do we see there?? MARSHALL!!! And all of the girls are like holy shit he looks just like Ozzy! Maybe we find out they’re twins/ siblings maybe he’s just a vv good looking doppelgänger either way Marshall is going to graft HARD.. Ozzy is going to see this in whatever postcard/video they get sent from casa and obviously couple up with someone else {bc fb can’t just let us win} if Marshall is the twin/sibling like we all think, we might all be thinking why has Ozzy (so far) never mentioned him?? maybeeee his twin has always stolen the girls he likes and they don’t have the best relationship and he wanted to have this experience on his own. 😬😖
I might also be completely projecting because I want this to happen so bad 😭😬 as a Noah girly I love the slow burn and drama his route gave us but adding Marshall in would be *chefs kiss* i guess we’ll see in a few weeks
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viktheviking1 · 1 year ago
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(The drawing is just something I threw together late last night, and the file was too big to transfer so I just had to take a picture of the computer screen with my phone. So yeah, it's kind of terrible and I debated whether to post it or not, but I decided it wouldn't hurt. Yeah, writing is still definitely my artform of choice.)
PSA here, many people without limbs can bathe by themselves, and can live independently for the most part, but I thought it’d be cute to show a little bit more of Ozzie being Fizzarolli’s personal carer as well as boyfriend. I think that even if Fizz’s limbs were waterproof, and if he could bathe himself, that they would still appreciate the time and intimacy of bathing together. That’s just my personal headcanon though.
“You, know. Blitz even said that he wouldn’t mind having a three-some with the both of us.” Fizz was lying next to Ozzy on their bed after a long night catching up with his old friend at a bar.
Asmodeus looked thoughtful, “Hmm . . . I suppose I’m not against the idea. . . but what about him and Stolas? Aren’t they . . . together? At least to some degree?”
“Oh, right. You’ve been too busy to keep up with the news. They broke up. Like, completely.” Fizz spilt the tea.
Asmodeus gasped, “No way! Awe! I was really rooting for them! Do you know why?”
Fizz shrugged, “Beats me, but given that they both are on dating accounts looking for rebounds, I doubt either of them are okay about it.”
“They both are?!” Ozzy’s shocked face turned into a mischievous grin.
“Oh, no. I know that face. You know you’re the Lord of Lust, right? Not cupid.” Fizz shook his head disapprovingly.
“I know~ but that little birdie is so lonely~” Asmodeus said playfully, “And besides, what harm could a little poking around do? Don’t you want your old friend to be happy? Or were you planning on keeping him all to yourself? I can respect that.”
“No, it’s not about that. It’s about you” Fizz booped his nose, “meddling in things you shouldn’t meddle with. All you’ll do is end up causing trouble. So you can go do whatever you want, but leave me out of it.” Fizz crossed his arms stubbornly.
“Awe, but Fizzy~ It won’t be as fun without you. And you know your old friend better than anyone. Won’t you give me a hand~” Ozzy squished his face, “Pwease~”
Fizz laughed heartily, “Alright, alright. Fine! But if this goes sideways, it’s on you!”
“Yay! Now let’s get to sleep for real, else I’m gonna be a zombie all day tomorrow.” Ozzy sat up to go get undressed.
“Aw, but I’m still horny! Can’t we have a little fun before bed?” Fizzy complained like a kid wanting candy.
“It’s 2 in the morning, babe! We have to get up in less than 4 hours!” Oz said, taking off his suit.
Fizz curled into a ball, pouting, “Since when were you so responsible?”
Asmodeus chuckled, “Since I had someone to care about~” his face turned stern, “Now get to the bath and take off your limbs. You reek of alcohol.”
“Oh~, won’t you help me get clean, big daddy~” Fizz posed seductively.
Ozzy snickered, “Like I don’t every time.”
“Come on, Oz. It’s no fun if it’s just a chore!” Fizz said, getting off the bed.
“Oh, baby, it never is. I cherish the private moments with you.” Ozzy switched to a more seductive tone, “Now let me sponge you down so good, you’ll be begging for mercy.”
“That’s more like it.” Fizz snickered, and started doing cartwheels to the bathroom.
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nothoughtsjust-vibes · 1 year ago
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My take on the origins of Fizzmodeus. After Fizz's horrific accident, Ozzie decides to take him under his wing and help him to be able to perform again. And the longer they know each other, the more they're drawn to each other and the more they love each other.
Chapter 1: Turn My Dream Into a Nightmare
“Yeah, what is it?”
Ozzie would have been offended by the way Mammon answered the phone if he hadn’t always opened with that. “I heard there was a fire at that circus you had.”
“Yeah, bloody fuckin’ shame to lose all that money.”
The King of Lust rather thought it was more of a shame that people had lost their lives, but he wasn’t going to mention it. “There was an imp in that circus—Fizzarolli, I believe his name is. How is he? Did he survive?”
“Oh, he survived, but he might as well be dead for all the good he is now. No legs, no arms, almost no horns, most of his body burned to shit. Would’ve been better if he had died ‘cause then I wouldn’t have to pay his fuckin’ hospital bills.”
“Why are you doing that?” Ozzie asked, shifting in his office chair, and watching a silenced video on his computer of Fizzarolli performing. “I’m guessing it’s not out of the goodness of your heart.”
“Oh, fuck no. The rat was so popular that I’d get shit if I didn’t pay for his care. Not like there’s anything in it for me, since the little shit can’t make me money anymore.”
“That’s actually why I called. I was wondering if maybe I could take him off your hands.”
Suspicion crept into Mammon’s voice. “…Why? He’s no use to you—no use to anyone, really. Unless you wanna just turn him into a bloody sex toy.”
“I wanna help him.” Ozzie’s eyes drifted back to the video of the young imp swinging around a tent, a huge grin on his face. “I see potential in him, Mam. I wanna help him perform again.”
“He’s got no legs, Oz. Or arms or horns. He’s all white scar tissue and even his voice is wrecked. How the bloody hell do you think he can perform again when he can’t even wipe his own arse?”
“I can give him new limbs. You know I like a fun engineering challenge. Come on, Mam,” he added when the King of Greed still hesitated, “you just said yourself that he’s not making you money anymore. And I’ll pay to take him off your hands.”
“I’ll have a contract by the end of the day,” Mammon immediately replied. “And the sooner you get him to a hospital in Lust, the better.”
“Sounds good. Thanks, Mam.”
“Whatever. It’s your loss.”
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Fizz was in pain. Understatement, even through the meds and the fog. What was left of his horns burned and stung like when his claws were cut too short. But so much fucking worse. Almost every inch of his skin burned. And his body…
He kept his eyes on the blue ceiling of the Lust hospital, trying not to look down. His arms and legs were gone. Completely gone. But they still burned like they were there. And he could still smell his own flesh burning and dissolving. He could still see the bones in his arm right before he blacked out. The only part that didn’t hurt was his tail, and even that was uncomfortably stiff where he kept it curled against his body. He didn’t wanna let it dangle off the bed, though. He didn’t wanna somehow lose that too.
His mind drifted back to that night. How long ago was it? Long enough for his skin to heal enough that he didn’t need to be covered in bandages anymore. Was it even really his skin, though? He vaguely remembered someone saying something about skin grafts.
That night, though. His birthday, Blitzo, the fire, the explosion. The pain. Had Blitzo started the fire? Had he wanted to hurt Fizz? Why else would he run away? Why else would he never visit him? But why would Blitzo wanna hurt him? He just wanted to see him and get answers. But no one had told him anything about where Blitzo even was. Gritting his teeth, Fizz felt tears leak onto his ruined face. He hadn’t been allowed to see himself, but he could feel that he was ruined.
Ruined. That’s all he was now. He had no legs. No arms. His horns were shattered, his skin was nothing but scarring. He’d never perform again. He’d never be of any use ever again. He couldn’t stand, he couldn’t move except for squirming around like a fucking worm. He couldn’t even feed himself or wipe his own ass.
The tears came faster, and he whimpered, snotting all over the place because he couldn’t even blow his own goddamn nose. He managed to sorta wipe his nose on the light blue blanket, but all he did was get snot all over his face along with the blanket. He sighed and looked up at the ceiling again, sobbing quietly.
At least there was no one to see him be so disgusting. Cash and Barbie had visited him when he was still in Greed, and he’d gotten tons of shitty cards from fans and friends…except for Blitzo. His best friend had never even sent him a card or letter. And now that he was in Lust, no one else visited him, either.
Looking down at his mutilated body, he wished he was dead. Because being dead was better than being some worthless, broken thing who could only lay in bed and cry. And the pain. If it was this bad with meds, he didn’t know if he could survive without them. He was broken. And whoever had paid to have him brought to Lust was gonna regret it as soon as they saw how broken and useless he was.
There was a light knock on the purple door and a familiar succubus nurse came in. Fizz didn’t remember her name, but he remembered that she was nice. She almost didn’t make him feel bad about how disgusting he was.
“Morning,” she greeted with a smile and tone that were cheerful, but not annoyingly cheerful. She was casual and talked to him like he was a person and not a stupid baby. “You in pain?”
He nodded. He didn’t like talking anymore. Aside from the fact that his throat and lungs still felt scorched, his voice sounded like an old man who’d smoked two packs a day for sixty years. He hated it so much and he hated it when the other doctors and nurses made him talk. At least this nurse—Lexa, according to her nametag—didn’t do that.
“Is it bad?” she asked, moving to the bedside table, and using a purple hand towel and a bowl of water to carefully clean off his face. When he nodded at her question, she turned to the IV bag (the needle to which was stuck in his fucking neck) and adjusted the switches. “You hungry?” She nodded to the breakfast tray an orderly left.
Fizz shook his head. Actually, he was really hungry, but he wasn’t up to having someone feed him. That was when nurses were the worst about talking to him like he was a baby.
Lexa adjusted the switch on his nutritional IV bag and smiled at him again. “You wanna sit up and watch some TV?” He nodded, so she pushed the button on his bed to sit him up and went through the channels with him, landing on an adult cartoon.
While he stared at the screen, she changed his bandages and put sweet-smelling ointment on what was left of his horns. He wanted to know what it was and why it smelled like that, but he didn’t feel like putting in the effort of asking.
When she treated his ruined legs and shoulders, he looked in the opposite direction until she was done.
“You want company?” she asked when she took her gloves off.
He nodded again and she sat in the armchair beside him. They watched the cartoon in silence, but that suited Fizz. He didn’t wanna talk and he also didn’t wanna hear someone try to force conversation or tell him it was gonna be okay and that he was so strong. Yeah, so strong that he couldn’t even go to the bathroom on his own.
When Lexa had to leave, she smiled one last time and gave his face a little rub. Since that was about the only place he could be touched. Sighing quietly, he eyed the pitcher of water on the side table and almost wished he’d asked Lexa to give him some. His throat hurt so bad, and his lips were so dry that licking them only worked for about two seconds.
Letting his tail fall off the bed, he moved it around to try to get rid of the stiffness. Slowly, he raised it to the pitcher and wrapped it around the handle. But when he tried lifting it, he barely got it three inches up, shaking the entire time.
“Fuck,” he croaked with fresh sobs, letting the pitcher drop back to the table and curling his tail back against his side. His stupid tail shouldn’t be that weak. He should be able to lift a stupid pitcher to get himself a glass of water. Why the fuck hadn’t he just died? Why did the doctors work so hard to keep him alive when he wasn’t worth the effort? How was he supposed to go through the rest of his life when he was nothing but a pitiful, worthless burden? He couldn’t be of any use to anyone, so he might as well just die. Maybe he could drown himself in a bathtub. If he could get the nurses to actually leave him alone when he was taking a bath.
His tears had stopped, and he was staring numbly at the TV when there was another knock on the door and some incubus nurse opened it.
“Are you up for a visitor?” No greeting, no asking if he was in pain (which he wasn’t anymore, but still).
He nodded. Maybe it was Cash or Babie finally able to get to Lust.
The nurse left and the demon who came in was no one he’d ever seen before. He was a massive chimera with rooster feathers, a blue mane, and a ram and bull face on either side of his main face. His shoulders were wide, and his waist was tiny and if they’d met at any other time, Fizz would’ve thought he was hot.
“Fizzarolli?” The demon’s voice was like warm chocolate as he removed his top hat and took the seat beside Fizz, crossing one leg over the other. “My name is Asmodeus, but you can call me Oz or Ozzie.”
Asmodeus…It hit him suddenly and his eyes widened. Asmodeus, the King of Lust. Why would the King of Lust want anything to do with him? Maybe he wanted to use Fizz as a sex toy. Pretty much the only thing he was good for at that point.
“Um…hi.” He winced as he heard the sound of his voice, all chainsaw and gravel. And it made his throat hurt worse.
“Are you thirsty?” Asmodeus—Ozzie—asked him. Whether it was the king’s comforting energy or just the fact that the dryness and thirst were agonizing, Fizz nodded. Ozzie poured a glass of water and held it up to Fizz’s mouth.
The cool water was so refreshing and so fucking welcome that he downed the glass as fast as he could. When it was empty, he gently leaned back against the pillows, breathing heavily.
“Have they…Have they not been giving you water here?” Ozzie asked, his faces shockingly worried.
Fizz shook his head, wincing at the headache that suddenly bloomed. “They…They’ve been good. I was just thirsty. Everyone’s been fine here.” It was the most he’d talked since before the fire. It still hurt, but the water helped a lot.
Ozzie looked skeptical, but he let it go. “Anyway, I’m here to offer you a position at my club. I’ve been looking for a new emcee and I think you’d be a perfect fit.”
Oh. The king was making fun of him. He wasn’t actually serious. He couldn’t be. That’s all Fizz was now, something to laugh at.
“What’s wrong?” Ozzie asked, all pretend concern. “Was it something I said? Are you in pain?”
“If you’re just gonna make fun of me…please don’t.” Fizz’s voice cracked like kindling, and he looked away, tears in his eyes again.
When the king spoke again, he sounded hurt. “Fizzarolli, I am not making fun of you. I promise.”
“Well, you can’t be serious!” His head whipped over to Asmodeus, the fucking tears pouring again. “You can’t actually expect me to do anything, much less be an emcee. Look at me, I’m useless. I’m so fucking pitiful that I can’t even get myself water. I’m…I’m broken.” His head fell to his chest, sobs wracking his ruined body.
Soft, giant fingers gently tilted his head back up and the way Ozzie was looking at him was unlike anything he’d seen before. It was warmth and compassion and way more care than Fizz had seen even from the nurses.
“I want you to listen to me, Fizzarolli.” His voice was pleading, like he was asking Fizz to listen instead of ordering him to. “You are not useless, you are not pitiful, and you are not broken.”
Fizz wanted to protest, to argue that he obviously was. “But—”
“No. No buts. What happened to you is horrible, but it’s not the end.” He removed his hand and sat back in his chair. “I’ve been working on some prosthetics for you. State-of-the-art cybernetic arms and legs that will allow you to perform like never before. If you want them.”
Hope filled Fizz’s gut and his eyes widened. “I could…I could walk again?”
“And a lot more than that. Here.” Ozzie pulled out his phone and showed him blueprints that he didn’t understand and designs that he understood better. The arms and legs were black metal with blue stripes of light and blue hearts of light on the shoulders. The feet were high heels for some reason, but they were still feet. No matter what they looked like, they were still limbs. And they could be his.
“What do I have to do for them?” he asked with growing eagerness and desperation.
“Nothing.”
That didn’t sound right. “Nothing? Really?”
“Well, like I said, my goal is to convince you to be my new emcee, but if you don’t want to, then I’m not gonna keep them from you. They’re a gift.” Ozzie’s smile was so genuine and sweet that Fizz wanted to do whatever he could to keep seeing it.
“Why me?” His voice trembled as he shifted around a little. “You could easily get someone else who doesn’t need so much effort. Why me?”
“Because you’re you. The one and only Fizzarolli, capturing the attention of everyone who sees you. I’ve been watching videos of you in the circus and you are one of the brightest stars I have seen in a long time. You’re funny, charismatic, and so talented. I’d hate for all that potential to be lost just because of some accident.”
It was like Fizz’s nightmare of a life had turned into a good dream. He really had the King of Lust offering him an amazing job and fancy new limbs for free. He really could perform again. He could live again. He looked up at the Sin with wonder and amazement and gratitude. “Thank you.”
That soothing smile grew and Ozzie gently caressed the side of his face, his touch soft and comforting. “Anything for you, Fizzarolli.”
“You, um, you can call me Fizz. Or Fizzie, I guess.” He shrugged as much as he could and gave Ozzie a tentative smile.
“Anything for you, Fizzie. So,” he removed his hand, but the smile stayed, “does this mean you’d like to be my new emcee?” He pressed his hands together in an adorable pleading gesture.
“Yeah,” Fizz replied, his smile bigger. “I’d love to.”
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rinnysega · 2 years ago
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Broken Glass - A Gus and Andres Drabble
cw: memory loss
Gustavo usually enjoyed his Sunday afternoons. He loved his weekly ritual of spending time with Bruno Madrigal, but on one Sunday in particular, it left a horrible taste in his mouth. It wasn’t Bruno’s company that did it, but rather who approached him after he left. 
After Mass earlier that morning, his day started as it had every week. Ozzy kissed him goodbye on the steps outside the church before escorting his sister and her family home for a visit with them. Gustavo accepted the Eucharist from Padre Flores to take home to his sick mother, and then he and Bruno sat in the garden of the church to talk. It was an all around pleasant day, and when Mirabel arrived to walk Bruno home for lunch, Gustavo stood up to start his own journey toward his mother’s house. 
His steps were careful, his right leg more tender and susceptible to aches in the cooler months. He had to be careful not to slip on a cobblestone, or catch his cane between cracks, or else he’d never hear the end of it from his loved ones.
The last thing he wanted was for his freedoms to be taken from him. He enjoyed the freedom to come and go throughout the Encanto as he pleased, and he feared one mistake could mean Ozzy going overboard in wanting to make sure he was properly cared for with an escort at all times. 
“I promise, I’m fine,” Gustavo would tell him over and over again when he needed to take more frequent stops to sit down. “Just a quick rest that’s all.” 
He could tell Ozzy wasn’t buying it, the way he side-eyed him with such worry, but compromising on using his wheelchair at parties where alcohol flowed like a river was enough for him to feel better. Ozzy loved him after all, and the last thing he wanted was to make Gustavo feel like he was crossing a boundary in his independence. 
Gustavo couldn’t help but smile to himself at the tender care of his amor, and he knew one day he would need Ozzy when his leg was completely stiff and he’d be unable to walk at all. That day would come in due time, but for now, Gustavo would continue to exercise and hope that day would be far off in the distant future. 
Those thoughts were what he focused on when his Sunday took a turn for the worst, and Andres Acosta crossed his path at the intersection of an alley. 
“Pardon, Pinheiro.” He held onto a satchel of empty bottles to keep them from hitting the other. “Almost had ourselves an accident there, eh?”
“Heh, right. You were walking so fast around that corner, I didn’t even hear you coming.” 
So far so good, which was a rarity for Andres, but of course, the next words out of his mouth were akin to the Andres he knew. 
“Would’ve been a shame if I knocked you down and dropped all these bottles around you. Broken glass and all,” he emphasized. 
“Yeah, good thing that didn’t happen then. Excuse me, I have something to bring to my mother.” 
Gustavo struggled to walk as quickly as he could but Andres moved his body slightly to block his way.
“I’ll say,” he continued. “Imagine how that would look for me to have all our friends and neighbors come out and see poor, old Gustavo Pinheiro on the ground covered in broken glass? And me standing over you as if I’d done it on purpose.” 
“I would have assured them it was an accident,” Gustavo said to him. “Please excuse me.” 
Once again he attempted to go around, but Andres only blocked him once more.
“Not like your word or anyone else’s would mean a damn.” He cocked his hip to the side, a stance of arrogance as he asserted himself against him. “I already know the people of this village have it out for me, no thanks to you and the rest of that council. So best be careful to avoid me and avoid any more potential accidents, eh, amigo?” 
“Is that a threat, Senor?” he asked. 
“You would know one, wouldn’t you? You’re no better than me after all.” 
“Excuse me?”
“I don’t know what makes you think you’re so innocent, but you, the Madrigals, you’re all just as sinister as you make an outstanding man as myself out to be.”
“The hell are you talking about?” Gustavo’s grip tightened on his cane, hoping for once he did have someone with him, but it was only the two of them in that alley. His eyebrows must have furrowed deep at those accusations because Andres seemed to take joy in making him mad.
Andres smirked. “Because you’re still just as hot-headed and selfish as you were when you were bullying Bruno Madrigal.” 
“That was a long time ago - before you even showed up around here. Bruno and I are friends now. I don’t care what stories you’ve heard, but I’ve changed.”
“Not from where I’m standing.”
“I changed,” Gustavo reiterated with a heat rising in his voice. “When I go visit my mother, and I see photos of me as a young man, I have no idea who that is.”
“Maybe on the outside, but not the inside.” 
“I don’t have time for this.” Gustavo went to walk away from him, but again, a quick turn of his body, and Andres had stopped him. 
“All you have to look at to know the truth is your relationship with Senor Gomez.” 
At the mention of Ozzy, Gustavo snapped his head up to stare straight into his eyes. “And what’s that supposed to mean?” he asked. 
Andres had a playful smile on his face as he continued his taunting. “A little bird told me that fall in 1930 did a lot more damage to you than just your leg. Word is your mind is slipping.” 
“That’s none of your business.”
“But it’s Oswaldo’s, and you’re not telling him. Why is that?”
“None of your business,” Gustavo repeated. 
“See?” He chuckled. “You’re such a bad guy.” 
“No I’m not!” Gustavo stamped the butt of his cane down on a stone and shook as he did his best to remember how to be intimidating. Like second nature to tower over the man smaller than himself - to forget his cane and broaden his shoulders to seem like the strong, fighting, athletic boy he used to be. Not that it worked - Andres only seemed to take more enjoyment in the show.
“You’re really going to say you’re not a villain the way you willingly let that man fall in love with you? Knowing you’re going to forget him one day soon?”
“You’re crossing a line, Andres.” Gustavo’s voice dipped low.
“So?” Andres stepped forward and pressed his face closer to his. With his own voice dropped low to match he said, “You probably won’t even remember this conversation by morning.” 
Andres then spat on the ground beside them and sauntered off with his bag back to his home. He didn’t even so much look back at the man he left behind.
Gustavo stood there, panting heavily out of anger before taking a seat on a bench nearby. He rested his head on the handle of his cane, gripping it in trying to calm himself down.
He’s wrong, he told himself. 
He’s wrong.
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snappydragonsclaw · 2 years ago
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Birds were flying around, chirping. One then landed on a bullseye board hung up with plenty of gold and red arrows with scorch marks on them when suddenly the bird honked fearfully as an arrow almost hit them. The bird quickly flies away when the camera pans out to reveal a green elf with blue hair tied up into a short ponytail and wearing a bright red blindfold and is aiming their golden bow at the bullseye board. Their arrows are on fire magically. Then the elf grins. “Ready, aim, fire!” he says, and let's go sending the fiery arrow into the center of the board. He chuckles pridefully as he grins. “Another bullseye for me!” he says in a French accent. Another skylander then claps behind him.
“That was awesome! Flameslinger, your ability to do this blindfolded is awe-inspiring.” sprocket says, clapping. Her hair is red and brown since she recently dyed it at the salon. “You have been here watching?” flameslinger asked, turning her direction. “Well, I have been here for at least fifteen minutes watching you train, but I have a feeling that you've been here for much longer than that.’ sprocket responds. “I have been here before sunrise. Sharping my already flame-tasctic skills.” flameslinger adds. “ really? That's relatively early. What's the occasion? Trolls? Doom raiders? Water or fire vipers?” sprocket asked.”nah. Just training.” flameslinger answered. Short-cut then arrives to attend to manage the academy’s community garden but stops when he sees how many bullseyes flameslinger made. “Wowie! Your aiming is so perfect. So precise.” he says in awe. “Merci! I have been practicing all morning.” flameslinger thanked. Rider then rides over on Fright, also known as Ozzy, his skeleton ostrich. Fright pecks Flamslinger on the head mockingly. “Ow! Aie! Regarde ça! Control your bird! Flameslinger hissed, annoyed. Rider laughs, and Ozzy honks mockingly; flameslinger angrily mumbles to himself, crossing his arms defensively and blushing embarrassedly. Chop chop arrives, angry and serious as ever. “ aw, what's the matter, chop chop? Did trigger happy and Camo throw raspberry cake at you again?” rider asked. Chop Chop looks at him seriously. “No. There’s a werewolf on the loose! Eating livestock! Threatening villages!” chop chop answered seriously, making rider fall off fright in shock due to how close he got that fast. “A werewolf? Okay, wolfgang officially lost his mind! Eating livestock-” flamslinger got interrupted by chop chop. “No, it's not wolfgang! It's someone else!” he said. “Really, who is it?” sprocket asked. “ we don't have time to go over that! We need to find them and kill them IMMEDIATELY. Chop chop commanded seriously. “Kill them? Isn't that a bit extreme like sure, we do kinda do that to enemies, but they just kinda turn into a cloud of magical orb-like dust when we do. Why do that when we can just trap them?” short cut asked.” no! We cant! This monster is a blood-thirsty killer! Traping them will do nothing!” chop chop responded. “I don't know… something about this feels… weird.” sprocket noted, feeling hesitant. “Do you want them to eat anymore, people!?” chop chop asked, trying to pressure her into agreeing. “No! Of course, I don't want that!” sprocket responds strongly. “Then agree to take them out!” chop chop said. After a few seconds, sprocket nodded, agreeing but was still hesitant about doing so. “So what about all of you?” chop chop asked. Everyone else seemed reluctant as well. They all seemed to look away awkwardly.” come on, were skylanders! Skylanders protect people at all costs! No matter how we do it.” chop chop said, trying to convince them. “One of those victims could be from your village flameslinger, and we all know how close you are to your family. Wouldn't it be a shame if they got hurt or worse?” flameslinger sighed and said. “since you put it like that…I guess I’ll join your hunt. I don't want anyone else getting hurt.” everyone else then agreed. Chop Chop then leads the group to gear up for their adventure. 
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sevenciircles · 2 years ago
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@dontfearthewolfreaper asked: "Verosika Mayday..." A deep voice spoke the name, a drink in his hand as his lifeless red eyes stared at her. "Didn't know you did concerts at Ozzie's... though heh... that should've been obvious now that I think about." The wolf takes a long sip of his drink.
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Verosika made it a point to not cower in the face of anyone who had power over her. Weakness was easily exploitable, and she knew that if she showed an inch people would give a mile. She had heard rumors of the death wolf making appearances, but she never anticipated that it would be her metaphorical doorstep he graced. Here he was at Ozzie’s, one of her main performance venues, and she realized that even if he did come to her, he was in her playground.
He didn’t seem malicious, rather just pretentious. Verosika had dealt with pompous, philosophical types before. She often found her emotional labor was challenged more than her physical, but she had a feeling he was unlike anything she would ever experience.
She decided to treat him like she would anyone else who came and enjoyed themselves at the crowned jewel of the ring. Every being she had come into contact with, whether the poorest urchin or the richest King, had some type of desire. Verosika was sure that Death was no different. However, she disguised her analyzing mind with a salacious look.
A smirk curled on her lips, as Verosika leaned against the bar. Placing her feet in such a way that complimented her hourglass figure. Her tail swam listlessly in the air, revealing her relaxed nature. Or so it seemed.
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“It is obvious isn’t it?” Verosika said, her tone light. “After all, Ozzie’s is the best. It makes sense they want the best to headline.”
Verosika tail briefly brushed over Death’s arm before retreating, giving a little ghost of a touch.
“I know my trade, I know my talents.” Verosika said, her tone getting more devious as she went on. Her smirk went from relatively lighthearted to full of unspoken promise.
“I also know you wouldn’t come here if you didn’t have a desire.” Verosika didn’t know what desire that was, but she’d find out.
“So, what will it be? Remember, Ozzie’s promises the best. How can I satisfy you?” Her voice was less of speaking tone and had leaned into a purred whisper.
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