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[wwillywonka]

MR. SAAVIK, I LOVE YOU!!!

[riality-check]

Eddie’s got a stutter. It comes out when he’s anxious or stressed, makes him trip over certain syllables and work to get his words out.

Eddie’s got a stutter. Not many people in Hawkins know that, and none of the Party do at all.

Why would they? He trained himself out of it soon after he moved there, way before he met any of them. The only people who know are Wayne (because he's the first person who never rushed Eddie) and the guys in Corroded Coffin (there's one night during Eddie's second senior year that none of them talk about.)

Wayne doesn’t talk to most people, and the Corroded Coffin guys keep Eddie’s secrets, just like he keeps theirs.

(If he thinks about it too long, Eddie gets a little misty-eyed at how lucky he is to have them.)

Eddie's mostly good about the stutter. He's good about realizing which words he'll stutter over and swerving to avoid them. He's good about keeping it under control. He's good about playing it off when it does come up. 

It’s a delicate dance, one that needs a good vocabulary and improv skills. Eddie’s got both in spades.

So, no one knows. Because no one has seen him stressed enough to not pay that constant attention to keeping his words smooth, to grasping for another word if his next one is going to give him trouble.

Until he wakes up in the hospital after the bats attempted to eat him for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and can't get any words out. 

Steve and Dustin, who were sitting in the chairs beside the bed, start freaking out. Eddie's trying to tell them it's not a head injury or any weird Upside Down shit, but he can't get the words out.

Dustin is talking about traumatic brain injuries, and Steve is looking at him with a way too knowing look in his eyes - they should unpack that later - and Eddie is trying to tell them to slow down but nothing is coming out.

Until Wayne comes in, and Eddie just stops trying and looks at him.

It’s like he’s a kid again, freshly new to Hawkins, and Wayne thought he was mute for two weeks because every time Eddie tried to talk, he couldn’t do it right, not really, so he gave up trying at all.

Wayne didn’t. And Wayne waited, which was more than anyone else did.

Now, Wayne just puts his hand on Eddie’s shoulder, just like he used to, and says, "breathe." 

The words come a little easier after that.

[stervrucht]

It's been a hot minute (or years) since I drew anything, but here's a lil' Steve.

[copia]

(provided they keep it on the setlist)

[xawkward-ariesx]

It was common knowledge that if anyone was going to know something about Steve, it would be Robin. Unfortunately, she was highly unlikely to share any of it, unless it was in front of Steve with the sole purpose of winding him up. So in that case, the second best port of call for Steve related info was Dustin.

So that was how the quartet had found themselves crammed into Dustin's bedroom querying about the whereabouts of their wayward babysitter. Jonathan had dropped El and Will off at Mike's this morning before work so they now had no ride to the movies. Dustin's mom had been going to take him but there wasn't enough room in her car for the five of them. So it was imperative that they found their babysitter, as loathe as they usually were to refer to Steve as such when he was worrying about them like a mother hen.

Except Dustin had no clue where he was. And he received no response from him on the walkie either. Which wasn't all that surprising, Loch Nora was just out of range most of the time for it to not even be that convenient that Steve had one. But Dustin wasn't deterred. He tried Robin next. The girl grumbled something about being disturbed by Steve's gremlins while she was working before telling that Steve had been heading to Max's last she knew.

This game of walkie telephone was getting tedious according to Mike, who'd huffed no less than 5 times in the last 2 minutes. He was cut off from a sixth by an elbow to the ribs by Will.

Unfortunately, Max wasn't picking up either which was even less surprising because she had no respect for the walkie decorum Party rules and frequently had hers off. Deciding there was nothing else for it, Dustin convinced his mom to give them a ride to Max's, now concerned that something had happened to either one of them. El happily sat squished on the floor by their feet for the ride over. She'd giggled something about being able to feel the road better that didn't entirely make sense to Lucas and Dustin but the others nodded sagely along to.

They couldn't immediately spot Steve's inconspicuous car when they arrived, so Dustin took it upon himself to hammer on Max's door until she answered with a shout.

"What!?"

"We can't find Steve." Dustin blurted in the face of Max's ire.

Max frowned at them as if they'd said something completely ridiculous. Which in hindsight they realised they had when she spoke again.

"He's at Eddie's." She nodded towards the other trailer where they could now just about see Steve's beamer peeking out from behind Eddie's van.

"Ohh." They spoke in unison.

"Yeah 'oh' dumbasses. Why'd you think he was here anyway?"

"Robin said the last she'd heard he was at yours." Dustin frowned in response.

"Yeah, yesterday when he dropped me off. Why did you immediately assume he was missing?"

"Because neither of you would answer your walkies." Mike exclaimed throwing his hands up in the air in aggravation. "We'd thought a demogorgan had gotten you or something."

Max flinched at the reminder of the Upside Down.

"Well sorry to disappoint but I'm fine." Mike mumbled a barely audible 'sorry' as Max grabbed her crutches. "No Upside Down stuff here so let's just go check on Eddie so you guys can stop annoying me."

The short distance between the two trailers was made longer by Max's hobbling due to her broken leg, curtesy of Vecna, even with Lucas and El helping along on either side. They allowed Max to bang on the door with the end of one of her crutches as she leant back against her two helpers, as compensation for riling her. The door eventually opened to reveal a flustered Eddie.

"What? What is it? Is someone dying? Someone better be dying after all that."

"Steve's missing!" Dustin blurted once more in a panic causing the rest of the Party to turn to look at him with matching incredulous expression, because hadn't they just established that everything was probably fine?

Eddie raised an eyebrow at Dustin before stepping back to point at the figure they hadn't noticed behind Eddie.

"You mean that Steve?"

"Oh thank god you're fin- is that a DnD manual?" Dustin started before cutting himself off as he registered the book Steve was hunched over with a frown.

Steve blinked confusedly at the kids for a moment as his brain rebooted.

"Eddie's trying to teach me." He murmured softly before looking back down at the book all the while Eddie smirked smugly and the boys erupted into shouts around him.

"What? Since when do you care about dungeons and dragons?" - Mike.

"I swear you've called it basements and goblins before." - Will.

"You wouldn't let us teach you." - Lucas.

"Why did you go to Eddie? I've been asking you for two years!" That one was Dustin, sounding particularly upset that it almost drowned out Max's exclaim of 'I didn't know you could read.'

Steve looked up from the book again with tired eyes as he regarded the kids.

"Look you guys have tried to explain it to me and I just don't get it. Even Erica tried to teach me, but she was kinda mean about it. I just wanted to understand what you guys are talking about." He paused to shrug before admitting a little bashfully, "I like the way Eddie explains things."

Eddie's grin only grew wider at that.

But Dustin didn't even seem to notice as he shoved past his friends to crouch between Steve and the manual.

"What has he explained so far? Which bit is your favorite? Does this mean you'll play a campaign with us now?"

Steve looked a little overwhelmed by all the questions.

"Easy Henderson, let the man understand the world he's found himself in before we find out if he can survive in it without immunity." Eddie quickly cut Dustin off as he joined the duo.

Steve was now looking some what concerned at the mischievous grin Eddie was throwing his way. He didn't even understand DnD yet let alone know if he liked it. It was actually part of a deal he and Eddie had. Eddie would teach him DnD that he and the kids were so interested in. And in return, Steve was going to teach him about the sports he, Lucas and Wayne were so interested in. It was also just nice to finally have someone who wasn't a genius, it got a little tiring always being left of the big picture sometimes.

"Let's not get a head of ourselves bud." He told Dustin with a tight smile, reaffirming Eddie's words.

[unusualwhatsits]

Sometimes you just gotta draw a boy staring longingly at his best friend. Ref from the "Cool. Cool." scene™ Used @will80sbyers gif here for ref

Cool. Cool.

[moonhuit]

how do i get her** out of my head now ive seen her again

** mirror janeway

[mrbexwrites]

Happy Storyteller Saturday! Tell me about a victory, either your characters or your own. I wanna hear about some triumphs

Belated (very belated <.<) STS!

I've not been writing much because I have written myself into a corner, and needed time to plot my way out of it- which I have now successfully done!

I was in a bit of a funk recently with my writing, but after having a great chat with @queen-tashie last week, I think I've managed to break through my own blocks and I smashed out a 1k scene!

I've actually been in the mood to not just write, but to also edit- which for me is a massive win!

Thanks for the ask, and I hope you're having an awesome day :)

[kikzz]

[vesselandmoon]

Dear Word,

I'm fully aware of the novel I'm supposed to be rewriting. I know I said I'd have it done by June 30th and it's officially July 1st. I know I'm only 14/32 chapters in and I've spent a week on the same chapter.

But you remember that mega fic for that other fandom? The one I didn't update in almost two years? Well, that's what I want to work on.

So please stop opening the novel thing when I click on your shortcut.

I don't need a reminder that I am the one standing in my own damn way. Kindly fuck off and mind your own business.

Sincerely,

Vaas

[moonchild-in-blue]

Why did I just notice that the piano on Drag Me Under by Sleep Token is pretty much the intro to Fallen Down (Undertale), but slowed down?

[opens-up-4-nobody]

Boruto things that made me lose my mind (ep 25-40):

If I hear "what a drag..." one more time, so help me god, I will lose it

Pointing out clichés in your writing isn't clever, it's still bad writing

Suigetsu @ mitsuki: here's your intel, little gay boy

Boruto: kagura is a good ninja, his ancestry doesn't matter! Bad guy: kagura is a bad ninja, he freaks out and kills everyone when he weilds a sword (if kagura wasn't a ninja he would have nothing to feel bad abt, why is that not an option?)

Naruto 🤝 Boruto making all the boys obsessed with them

Sarada: were u really good friends with lord 7th as a child? Sakrua: ...we were more like family (well... im glad she didnt lie abt being his friend)

Boruto staring up at a beautiful sky: even if I tried, I don't think I could forget this (never say never, kid, ur dad once forgot he had a crow shoved down his throat)

Naruto @ orochimaru: our relationship is one of cooperation (natuto ur past self would beat the piss outta you)

The genin exam in naruto's time looks unhinged in comparison to the boruto extensive testing: if u can shadow clone yourself, u r ready to die in mortal combat (clearly kakashi made sweeping changes in his time as hokage)

Konoha: things have changed in this village, u don't have to be a ninja if u don't wanna :-D But if u do wanna, you make the decision to put ur life on the line at age fucking 12. So, progress but still on the path to dead children. That's our ninja way.

Why does iruka look 20 years older than kakashi when he's like 4 years younger 😭

Wow a sarada/boruto accidental kiss. It's just like the naruto/sasuke kiss, except with 1000% less romantic tension

Orochimaru: I must make sure my beloved synthetic son has free will. Therefore I will lie to his face, force him to confront the horror of his existence and make a high stakes choice about his allegiance, and erase his memory 6 times until I get the result I want

Why are all naruto missions involving bridges cursed?

[thecrusadercomrade]

And maybe when your story is finished you'll write your version of Reasons for Living by Michael7123. Because it would be good to read the story where Andy tries to redeem himself. And how do you think it would look if Danny was also alive but he is on Carver's side but he would never allow anyone to hurt his brother especially Carverm even if they are on the opposite side.

I don't think I'd be interested in a story like that. Not because it's a bad idea, but because I need to have a lot of inspiration to work on a long-form story. That's why I prefer to focus on my own ideas and concepts for longer stories.

It'd be an interesting dichotomy. I can't really see Danny and Andy working against each other since they seem like a very close-knit family, but I guess a lot can change in two years.

[infrogulous]

i do NOT care if a fic is canon compliant, i care if it's compliant with the clusterfuck carefully constructed web of other fics and headcanons that only i could possibly know about