#soft!dark!steveharrington

[diaryofaprettyprincess]

love your dark!yandere!eddie work BUT let’s talk about dark!yandere!steve for a sec. how would he react if you told him you wanted to take a break ??

"you wanna what?" steve's hands were on his hips, looking down at you on the couch as you inhaled shakily.

"stevie, you never let me do anything, i-i just need to figure some stuff out 'n--"

"hold on, hold on," steve put his palm up, silencing you; his eyes closed tightly before opening. "what do you mean i never let you 'do anything'? sweetheart," he sat down next to you, bringing your hand up in his as he gave your knuckle a soft kiss. you felt your body warm up, and you cursed yourself for feeling so strongly towards him.

truth is: steve was nice and kind and generous...that's what you thought whilst dating him until he manipulated you with his soft voice into doing anything he asked. you were too scared to break up with him, but it was so so hard. he knew exactly how to make you listen to him.

his eyebrows were pulled upwards as he looked at you softly, and you knew by then you were screwed.

"you know that i love you so much, right?"

you nodded, your bottom lip pouted outwards as you tried not to cry. you failed. tears wept from your eyes as steve brought his hand up to your face, wiping away the tears. "i'm just--i just want to make sure you're safe because i love you so much, baby. c'mon, you know that."

you sniffled, and he cooed small, "awh," before bringing your head to him, his lips kissing your cheeks and forehead gently as you whined.

"don't worry, baby, 'm not mad at you..sometimes we make mistakes, 'n that's okay. you just made a small mistake 'n that's alright, yeah?"

he held your chin up to make you look at him with your wet eyes, his thumb stroking your chin as you nodded again, complying with his manipulation.

"yeah." he faux pouted, kissing your lips softly and repeatedly until you giggled wetly.

"'m s-sorry," you whimpered, and he just shook his head, bringing you to his chest.

"'s okay, baby, i know. i know you won't do it again, right?"

his voice was so soft that you just nodded dumbly along with what he was saying.

steve waited forever to have you, and he was never going to let you go.

never going to let you get away.

[itsthenovelteafactor]

End of Year Creator Tag 2020

RULES: it’s time to love yourselves! choose your 5 favourite works you created in the past year (fics, art, edits, etc.) and link them below to reflect on the amazing things you brought into the world in 2020. tag as many writers/artists/etc. as you want (fan or original) so we can spread the love and link each other to awesome works <3

I was tagged by the lovely and talented @midnightseance! Thank you so much 💛

(Low-key cheating because I only published 5 works in 2020 but, you know, here’s to hoping I’ll get more writing done in 2021 😂 )

1. The Cavern and the Koi Pond: (19k, Avatar: The Last Airbender) Zuko gets yanked into the Spirit World with Zhao and goes on a journey of self-discovery in order to escape. Roku and Yue watch with popcorn  and provide commentary, while reflecting. So, this was not only my first ATLA fic, but the first multi-chapter story I’ve published since, like 2013. It was so fun to write a kind of folktale-esque story with the least likely folktale protagonist, Fang Mango providing emotional support, and pretty much everything involving Roku and Yue’s dynamic (underrated duo). Also, the amount of people who found the math-obsessed River Spirit amusing was incredibly validating because I spent the whole drafting process going “please let this not be only funny to me.”  

2. The White Lotus Gambit: (21k, Avatar: The Last Airbender) Following the death of his father, Prince Lu Ten is sent to track down the Avatar to prove he is ready to take the throne. It provides an excellent cover story for his work as a spy for the White Lotus, right up until the Avatar appears for the first time in 100 years. Longest story I’ve published to date! In terms of scope and scale it was a pretty huge diversion from anything I’d written previously. But even still, I was really happy with the relationships and emotional moments I was able to develop, particularly between Lu Ten and Sokka and Lu Ten and Zuko.  

3. Kit-Kats: (1k, Stranger Things) Waiting for Will to wake up, Dustin reflects on his friend group and candy that splits evenly into four pieces. This is kind of cheating because I wrote this in 2019 after s3 came out, but I revised and published it in 2020, so I’m counting it. Dustin as a character is just absolutely delightful to write. I loved being in his head, and getting to explore the somewhat fumbling, but genuine, beginnings of his friendship with Steve. 

4. Soft and Messy Things: (2k, The Umbrella Academy) Following the world’s worst family reunion, Diego and Klaus discuss the terrifying prospect of losing control. I wrote this as a gift for my sister after we binged s2 in, like 3 days, thinking it would be the only TUA fic I ever wrote (oh my sweet summer child). Diego and Klaus’ relationship is one of my favorites in the show, and getting to explore it was such a great time (even if, you know, they weren’t having a great time). I also really loved writing the excepts from Vanya’s book.

5. It’s So Dark Outside Tonight: (4k, The Umbrella Academy) When Ben dies (for the first time) Klaus finds himself struggling to sleep. Thin walls mean Diego is as well (sometimes, it’s easier to say you’re taking care of someone else). One of my favorite things to write (and read) in TUA fics is the massive discrepancy in the ways people perceive the academy, from the marketable kid heroes phenomenon, to Vanya’s understandable but misguided jealousy, to former fans after the fact going “hey...wait a minute,” and getting to explore that here was amazing. These kids and their complicated emotions and inability to communicate. 

Tagging: @steveharrington, @lovesongmp4, @ordinaryfruitpunch, @the-bi-sokka-club and anyone else who wants to!