#stonathan snippet

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WIP Wednesday Snippet

a lot of you asked for your sweater, so i thought i'd make this easier and just paste the whole thing i was able to draft here, and tag everyone who requested!

it doesn't have like huge spoilers because nothing exactly huge happened, but it does mention what happens at the end of chapter 2, plus this one OC, so i recommend you read the previous chapters before diving into the snippet after the cut ♡ you can find the series masterlist here. also, the snippet is not proofread lol

thank you for requesting! @bifuriouswaterbender @eriquin @starryeyedjanai @stobinesque @inairbinad @roykentt

Steve loses his virginity at a party, second week after the new year’s beginning.

Well, a lot of things lead to that.

After the night he spent with Jonathan, all Steve wanted was to stay with him even more. The whole week he counted the days, hours, minutes until next Friday when they’d get to meet again. They’d see each other on the hallways at school and smile and there was so much in Jonathan’s eyes that Steve felt like the heat of it could keep him warm throughout the whole winter. More often than not he’d have to look down or find excuses to not make Tommy or Bryan suspicious, still trying to steer them away from Jonathan.

Bryan. That was another thing.

Something happened someday between Bryan and another guy after a basketball practice, a week after the last time Steve saw Jonathan. Bryan and the other guy were the only ones there, until coach caught them and brought them to the principal. They were both invited to leave school, which was something Steve never thought he’d see happening, and since they were the only ones there, no one else knew what they did. Bryan’s family actually moved away, and the other guy was sent to a boarding school.

It was the talk of Hawkins High for the last month of the year. Everyone gossiped and theorized on what could’ve been that bad. But no one knew the actual truth.

Tommy, missing the other half of his brain, got grumpy. He wasn’t as physical anymore, not without someone else to help him with the beating, but he’d pick on more people, for reasons more stupid every day. And without his former partner in crime, he started dragging Steve everywhere. And, worst, following Steve everywhere.

Steve couldn’t see Jonathan. Not without the risk of Tommy trying something.

Now, Steve thought things would get better after Bryan left, but they didn’t. And at a party right before Christmas break, Tommy allegedly found the love of his life and if he was insufferable before that, he was actually even worse after. He dragged Steve all across town looking for Carol Perkins, and he wouldn’t rest before he found her.

Christmas came, Steve spent the holiday with his family and the minute it was over, Tommy was all over him again, to another random teenager’s party.

Steve couldn’t see Jonathan. Again. He had already planned the night, separated what he wanted to gift him, bought an extra can of hairspray.

But Tommy was relentless. The weeks followed, and he dragged Steve from the movies to the stores, to parties, to the mall two towns over — everywhere, looking for the girl he was obsessed with. It was the coldest winter Steve had ever gone through in his short life, and he was forcefully glued to Tommy like a teen babysitter. The one person he wanted to see so close and so far. Just a tiny spread of forest and the entire social pyramid separating them.

Two weeks after New Years, at yet another party, Tommy finds Carol Perkins.

She isn’t alone.

And Steve isn’t a virgin anymore.

[jonathanbiers]

sen’s fic rec!

i was going to write an introduction to this but i couldn't think of anything. i just want to show appreciation for a few fics i absolutely loved which in my opinion, haven't got the recognition they deserve. reblogs are encouraged, that's kind of the whole point of this! go and appreciate a writer you love rn.

Hands in your Heart, and Hearts in your Hallway by @sharpbutsoft

stonathan teen & up 3,220 words Jonathan knows, with an aching certainty, that there’s another version of events, another timeline, Will might have said, where this could go differently. Where the first time he straddles another boy, and is forced to face the fact that he likes it more than any boy should, is a tender moment.

my comments: i fully acknowledge that there might be a bias here, as this fic was gifted to me and i got to see it through the various stages of completion, but it’s really something so special. please give it a read if you miss s1 stonathan as much as i do, it does their characters justice in a way that feels so realistic yet hopeful.

how the light gets in by @fastcardotmp3 (series, still in progress)

wheelingham some parts rated m, some rated e 29,427 words Chrissy looks at Nancy Wheeler every day and she knows that this is the good, this girl is the good, with her offerings of sustenance (no matter how limited) and her promises to come back tomorrow again and again and again, never breaking and never missing. And Chrissy would die twice before she hurt the good. That’s the difference, because Chrissy sees blood on her face and in her hair, sees the knots in it and the lack of washing, and all she wants is to create her own pocket of good here.

my comments: the kas!chrissy au i didn't know i needed until it happened, this series is everything. i'm feral about it in a way i can't articulate here without sullying you guys' good image of me (lmfao as if) or getting very, very tmi

Let’s Get Out of This Country by @walkingsaladshooter

surfcheer (argyle/chrissy) teen & up 2,579 words They drive until they find a field of wildflowers. They pick them and weave them into crowns, place them on each other’s heads. The sun is warm and Chrissy asks him if he’s ever read A Wrinkle in Time and he gasps like he just won the lottery. They lie in the sun until her cheeks burn pink and talk about tesseracts and gentle beasts until she nearly feels hoarse.

my comments: this fic was so soft and i still think about it. it captures the vibe i envision them sharing so well. healing to read fr

What Water Gives, It Takes Away by @bitchsteve (saintmares on ao3)

nancy-centric teen & up 3,224 words It’s a strange feeling, the sinking. It’s almost serene, and nothing at all like she had imagined it would be. Not that she had imagined it all that much. Still, as she descends down further and further toward the very bottom of the pool, slipping into a somewhat suspended sitting position, all she feels is calm as all the peace that she had been searching for since they left the Upside Down finally finds her.

my comments: i'm not getting over this fic any time soon. such a spot-on characterization of nancy and all she's been through. getting to see her start down the path of healing and being surrounded by the people she loves (and who love her) it's just...so good.

[jaegerisim]

together, lie, through

for the word game :)

Hiii I don't have my docs here on my phone but all 3 words are part of my wips

Together is part of my elmax post s5 fic!!

The high of having Max all to herself without Lucas or The Party gave El the confidence to ask Max a question.

"Do you ever think of how the word <<together>> could mean so much more than just friends?" El whispered to Max.

For lie is my byler exes fic:

"I'm in deep shit. How am I supposed to tell Sam that the guy we met at the banquet was Mike Wheeler, the guy I dumped 4 years ago?" hissed Will in between drags of his cigarette. "I can't believe you lied to me about this, Jonathan!"

''What choice did I have, Will? Tell you the truth and risk my brother not coming to my fucking wedding 'cause he's a coward who can't face his own goddamn ex?" snapped Jonathan loosening his tie.

For through is my Stonathan and Byler band au called "Did Someone Break Your Heart?"

"This is my boyfriend, Mike. He's a fan of your music and so I invited him over to tonight's gig. That's ok with you right, Will?" smiled El.

Will only nodded as he kept smoking nonchalantly his cigarette, as if he wasn't constantly sneaking glances at Mike.

Of course, Jonathan could see through his act, and he would have teased his younger brother about it if it weren't for the extremely hot guy standing next to Mike.

"This is Steve, by the way. He is an aspiring fashion designer that goes to Mike's university and wanted to tag along." El explained while she pointed to Hot GuyTM.

And that's it!! 🩷✨

[max-mayfield-71]

WIP Wednesday snippet from my High Class Homos AU fic for Stonathan Week Day 4: Fantasy AU

[karadanverss]

omg stonathan ficlets!!

I'm so excited for these little ficlets!

Jonathan inched closer to him.  It wasn’t as though there was much space between them.  They still weren’t touching but they were only millimeters apart.

[faithfulcat111]

I saw an open invite on this and figured I should go for it.

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WIPs :

car crash angst with paul and emma

Cygnus fic

Day 1 - Scoops Ahoy

Day 7 (?) - Forced Proximity

HP time travel fic thingy part 2

Snippet (from the time travel fic) :

“Sure we can,” James waved a hand at him. “Give me one reason why we shouldn’t. Unless you are scared of Professor Sprout? Which, fair, but it will roll over fairly easily.”

“No, I’m scared of Hermione,” Harry said, to which James nodded in concession. “Besides, what even is your plan here? Not like we can do anything right now.”

“Sure we can,” James suddenly turned, ducking behind a tapestry, leaving the other two to scramble after him.

“And we are both just going along with this,” Harry muttered, mostly to himself.

“Sometimes it is for the best,” Remus offered a small smile as they emerged into another hallway that James quickly crossed to enter an empty classroom.

[daintyduck99]

WIP "Wednesday"

All of my WIPs have been for Stranger Things lately (sorry jatp mutuals), and since I only really dabble in that Fandom I don't have anyone specific to share my latest Stonathan WIP with. I really wanted to share though, so a snippet is going to the ship tag:

[fastcardotmp3]

It’s 2002 and Jonathan Byers is back home again in Indiana. It’s 2002 and Steve Harrington hasn’t found a love worth fighting for since the one he lost to the Upside Down in 1986. It’s 2002 and they’ve almost found each other.  stonathan // rated T // 3 chapters // 15K total

read on ao3 // snippet under the cut:

“So you and Argyle, huh? Whatever happened there?” Steve questions bluntly around the lip of his bottle. “I would’ve thought he’d come with you if you were moving for the gig and all.” 

Jonathan makes a face, not sheepish or ashamed, but just a face, and then he breathes out a breath which is almost a laugh. 

Steve is coming to realize that Jonathan is a man of almosts. It’s like everything he does isn’t quite on the nose enough to be considered concise or black-and-white in its existence. He’s on the precipice of vulnerability with every breath he takes while just as much keeping one foot in his own little armored pocket of safety at all times. 

It’s kind of infuriating. 

It kind of feels nice just to recognize it at all. 

“Yeah, uh,” Jonathan clears his throat, leaning back on both elbows now and watching the roiling mass of people in the bar instead of Steve, “that didn’t quite work out.” 

Steve’s eyebrows hop high up towards his hairline. 

“For real?” he balks. “I figured you two were sorta locked in by this point.” 

“You figured, huh?” Jonathan looks at him, just out of the corner of his eye. Almost. 

“Oh, forgive me for being curious, man,” Steve deadpans, and earns a quirk of the lips from Jonathan in response. 

A roll of the eyes and a genuine snort of amusement. 

“We tried opening the relationship,” he shrugs, “he discovered he liked being open and I discovered I’m… not great at, uh, sharing.” 

Steve can’t help himself but laugh. Not maliciously, or at least not intending to be, but just because it will never fail to shock him just how well he gets Jonathan Byers sometimes. For all of their differences, every once in a while the guy will just say something that Steve has never been able to put into words but has felt his entire life to be true. 

“Better man than me for even trying,” he says through his laughter, leaning a forearm onto the bar and letting it hold his listing weight. He can hear the bubble of Robin’s laughter over the music from somewhere on the dance floor, an easing thing to the beat of his heart and making it so he doesn’t need to look to check on her. 

He can stay just like this, watching the deft and practiced way Jonathan holds his bottle by the neck between long fingers, and then getting called out within an inch of his life by the calm and deadpanned tone behind, “oh wow, you a little bit possessive? Never knew that about you, Harrington.” 

[findafight]

Nebs' Stranger Things Fic Masterlist

I'm finally making a masterlist for my fics/headcanons! hazzah! with brief descriptions) Compiling this I have realized I have written a LOT of stuff?? holy doodles. tumblr fics under the readmore (eventually I'll put them on ao3)

My Writing tag: Finda writes stuff

Ao3 Fics

Robin and Steve's Epic Platonic Soulmate Mixtape WIP. Robin and Steve become friends just after s1, friendship shenanigans as wells as Upside Down s2 (so far) ensues. RaSEPSM tag

Tennessee Ham and Strawberry Jam Complete. Sue Sinclair and Claudia Henderson childhood best friends + Goodbye Earl fic. Standalone but in same series/universe as RaSEPSM

You Don't Fool Me Complete. Steddie, Steve thinks they're dating, Eddie is a bit confused.

Visions of the Things to Be Complete Steddie. Eddie loves M*A*S*H. turns out, Steve also loves it. Eddie's a bit pissed about that.

Starfish on the Beach WIP platonic stobin, steddie. Steve dies instead of Eddie s5 fic, based on my own post

Tumblr Fics

Steddie Focused fics

Stobjargyle and Corroded Coffin au (tag)

Steve's mixtape of government banned songs

Demiro Steve

Addams!Steve (I will def continue this one of these days)

Rockstar Eddie and ~homosexual~ rumours

Human Steve and Spn Human Steve (tags)

Miraculous Au (tag)

Eddie Tweets AU (tag, only one post but will have more)

Baby Eddies checklist to get steve to fall in love with him

BNF Steve ramble

Stobin Focused Fics

Studio Era stobin lavender marraige au (lavender's blue au tag )

Upsidedown death Timetravel au (eventually will continue)

demiromantic steve

QPR stobin in their 40's

Best Hugs

Swimmer Steve au (tag) (possibly stonathan? idk yet tho)

Pjo au (tag)

Post Starcourt haha

Venom!Stobin (tag)

Steve is Seven au

Stobin post order66 au original post (that I'll eventually expand) Dustin realizes Robin and Steve are jedi. Stobin help train Dustin and Eddie is here now

Telepathic Stobin concept

Soulmate Words au snippet

Dream team Steve au prologue p1 (Steve is drafted to the NBA fic with qpr lavender marriage stobin

Misc posts

Steve dragging everyone's taste

Gay Jonathan Byers

Big Brother Steve (tag) original post

He picked up the bat

unrequited Byler p1 (part 2 eventually)

Erica Sinclair post StarCourt

Afterschool care steve

One sided ronance (for Nancy)

Steve doesn't want to be his mum

Bad timeline no Upside Down stancy

[lucassinclaer-archive]

STONATHAN WEEK 2023 ➧ DAY 2, AU

Jonathan Byers, Nancy Wheeler and Steve Harrington met as child actors when they scored the three main roles for the nickelodeon show Scoops Ahoy! Years later, old fans of the show were bewildered to learn that while the show consisted of the two male leads both vying for the attention of Wheeler's character, in real life Byers and Harrington begun a romantic relationship while filming the very last season of the show and have been together ever since.

Jonathan has given up acting, which he took up mainly to support his family and break into the creative branch to begin with, for good. Instead, he's taken to directing and photography. Steve now stars in the much grittier, more serious sci-fi mystery series Hawkins Falls and spends far too much time on Instagram.

While Jonathan is famously averse to social media and public life, fans delight in the snippets they get to see whenever he permits his chronically online boyfriend to post about him and their relationship. Also, everyone knows that all of the best photos on Steve's profile feature Jonathan behind the camera.

[clownrosary]

My stonathan fic for @strangerthingsbigbang is up! I was partnered with @karadanverss for this project, who made an incredible moodboard (and the banner above)! Her art is linked both on her blog, and in the fic notes- be sure to check it out!

Tags (and a snippet) below the cut:

Jonathan Byers/Steve Harrington, Steve Harrington & Female OC(s), Past Tommy Hagan/Steve Harrington, Past Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler, Past Steve Harrington/Nancy Wheeler, Jonathan Byers & Joyce Byers & Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper, Jonathan Byers & Female OC(s)

Early 2000s, Light Angst, Slow Burn, Coming Out, Domestic Fluff, Aged-Up Character(s), Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Jonathan Byers-Centric, Parent Steve Harrington

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The next Thursday, there’s a blip in their routine.

Instead of offering the usual coffee and tea, Steve sheepishly brings out a few pints of ice cream. They all sit back and begin to wind down, and he turns to Paloma, fingers drumming anxiously against his bowl.

“Did I ever tell you about how I met your aunt Robin?”

Paloma rapidly shakes her head, eyes shining in anticipation.

He begins telling an abridged version of the story. One without Russian spies, or any mention of the supernatural. Jonathan watches them with quiet satisfaction, smiling around a spoonful of vanilla while Paloma and Joyce listen to the tale. Steve flushes deep red when everyone laughs at the mention of his old sailor uniform.

Jonathan turns to Paloma during Steve’s blushing to reveal, “You know, I think I’ve got a photo of it lying around somewhere.” He adds, “Buckley might be somewhere in the background, too.”

Steve’s head whips around. “Wait, really?”

Paloma squeals with excitement, clasping her hands together. “Oh my god, this is the best news I’ve heard all week- you have to show me!”

Joyce helps him dig through old boxes the next day, sorting through yellowed photographs. An old Beatles record keeps them company in the background, a shared favorite of he and Joyce.

It’s the most normal he’s felt alongside her in a long time.

She coos at the photos of everyone all tiny and baby-faced, especially Will and El. It takes them a while to find what they’re looking for, enough that Jonathan fears he may have made it all up. But there it is, tucked away in an envelope labeled Summer ‘85.

A quick snapshot taken in Starcourt Mall’s food court, focused on Will and Dustin, both doubled over in laughter. Dustin is not-so-discreetly pointing in the direction of Scoops Ahoy, where Steve is attending customers, completely unaware. He’s fully decked out in his sailor uniform, stupid hat and all, leaning over the counter with a charming grin. A group of women are gathered in front of the waffle cone display, unimpressed. Robin stands nearby, out of focus and only halfway in the picture, but she’s somehow glaring directly at the camera.

That Sunday, Jonathan quietly places the photo into Paloma’s unexpecting hands. The gasp she lets out is loud enough to have Steve jumping in his seat, on edge until he sees what she’s holding. Panic fades away into an embarrassed groan, his face once again flushing red at the attention.

“Dad, these shorts are short.” Paloma sticks the photo in his face, tapping at it emphatically. “You’re standing behind the counter and I can still see your thigh- it looks more like you’re selling your body than the ice cream!”

Steve squawks at her comment, and the rest of them fall into laughter. It feels warm, bright. And even through Steve’s embarrassment, Jonathan can see the happiness pouring out of him in waves.

It’s a good look on him.

[kiirotoao]

I keep getting asked what I’d like to see / theories for s5, so I’m listing them here!

(In blurb form because I have too many lol)

MORE. WILLEL. OR. DEATH. I’d particularly love some parallels from s1, maybe Will talking to El in the void or something? Because

Will has powers!! I’d love to see him have some kind of time/energy/electrical/celestial powers to mirror his Will the Wise persona

JOPPER WEDDING OR DEATH ALSO THIS IS A NON NEGOTIABLE DUFFERS

Robin being a BAMF and impressing Vickie or vice versa (I’m currently more sold on Robin being the BAMF because if switched that’s just Ronance. Which also. Ronance endgame please and thank you???)

Stonathan endgame or at least bonding. Can you tell that the CGI snippets made me insane

Flickergate duh

Pocketgate!!! And specifically Mike confessing to Will, Will thinking it’s too good to be true, then Mike pulling out the letter to prove it in dear desperation

Based on the “6 little nuggets” anecdote, I think Steve might unfortunately be toast because he has his dream with The Party, y’know

There will be a dragon of some sort based on Will’s painting? Maybe like Vecna, the Mind Flayer, and the demogorgons will combine into one big ugly creature to defeat? Dramatic but I have no idea

The spores might also be more lethal and infect people? Or maybe cause widespread hallucinations? They were everywhere in that finale and that cannot be healthy. Yes I know that Hopper and Dustin didn’t suffer any side effects of them in s2 but Vecna’s still alive so I think maybe they could become a new force

I believe in the Kas theory! But not for Eddie. I’m between Kas being Will, El, or Mike

I hope that Nancy doesn’t end up with anyone or it’s implied that she, Steve, and Jonathan, are happy being single for that time until they completely understand themselves and what they want

Vecna appearing in nightmares!! I’d love to see the subconscious come into play and it would serve to flesh out our main cast even more than they already are (especially Mike Wheeler and his internal gay crisis)

Jonathan, Mike, Lucas, Erica, and Murray in the Upside Down please!! They have never been that’s why, and no, I don’t count the tunnels in s2 because they didn’t flip upside down to enter those so I don’t think it was quite the Upside Down

Full and integrated Hopper-Byers family scene at the end of the season. Like them playing Monopoly or something or just existing together in the same house. Being happy. Please dear God.

Will coming out to his mom or Jonathan or Dustin or Lucas or anyone, really

EVERYBODY WANT TO RULE THE WORLD BY TEARS FOR FEARS preferably in the ending scene but anywhere would suffice and I’m not saying this just because I love this song but the lyrics literally fit so well I don’t think I’ll recover if his song isn’t in s5

A gate may exist at the library - it’s in the center of the earthquake and it’s where Will was taken in s1. I think Henry may want to destroy it because it contains so much information

I’d love a s2 parallel where Lucas talks to his dad again. Maybe about Max, maybe about all the stress, something. More sweet parent moments

Based off of the Byler fights in episodes 3 (s3) and 2 (s4), I think maybe they’ll fight again in s5e1?

And then resolve by s5e5

Wherein Heros (Bowie’s og version) will play when Mike and Will kiss

I just really really want Dustin being the lord of the demodogs. Like d’Art returns and recognizes Dustin and they help to fight against Vecna like fighting fire with fire it’d be so epic you see the vision right?

I’d love to see a return of Kali!! Either as a friend or villain recruited/controlled by Vecna it’d be pretty cool either way

Max lives. Period

[tellthatbrokebitch]

for wip wednesday, stonathan snippet from the stick season au

Then one day, he gets a call from Jonathan. He’s just arrived back in the country from his work trip, and the first thing he’d done is check his messages.

“Will, oh god, Mom, is she-” is the first thing he says when Will picks up, his voice a jumbled mess as he stumbles over his words. “I didn’t have any service, I didn’t think – oh god-”

“Jonathan! It’s okay, she’s okay, we’re all okay,” he soothes, raising his voice to be heard over his brother’s rambling. “She’s back home, I’m with her right now. Do you want-”

“Yes! I’m buying a ticket right now, can I-”

Will hands his phone to Joyce, and after a few minutes of listening and talking and crying, he puts it on speaker, and they all cry together.

Karen offers to pick Jonathan up from the airport in Indianapolis, and when they arrive at the house, Joyce is napping. It’s one of Steve’s rare days off, so he’d dropped by to check up on them. They were at the kitchen table, going over the next week’s schedule and drinking some truly terrible coffee Steve picked up on his way.

“Okay, so if we shift this back an hour-”

“Yeah, that should work out. Her PT is-”

“Right, so that would give us plenty of time to-”

“Bash our heads against the wall!” Steve finishes cheerfully, startling Will into a rare laugh. “Just in time for lasagna.”

“You’re making lasagna?” Steve was a terrible cook.

“Uh, no, you’re making lasagna.”

“Oh, am I?”

“Yes, so I can sneak over after my shift and eat it cold standing in front of the fridge like a gremlin at three AM.”

“That sounds legitimately disgusting.”

“Hey, I’ll use a fork!”

“Not the problem I was having with all of that.”

The sound of the door opening surprises them both, but when the familiar silhouette of his brother fills the doorway, Will immediately relaxes. “Jonathan!”

Jonathan holds out his arms and Will’s already shooting up out of his chair, crossing the few steps until he can hug his brother, burying his face in the crook of his shoulder. He breathes in the scent of airport that clings to his collar and doesn’t even care. After a long moment, he pulls back and frowns. “You’re like an hour early.”

“Uh, no, it’s after two,” Jonathan points out, and when Will checks his phone, 2:14 flashes mockingly back at him.

“Oh. Shit. Sorry. We were busy-” he waves a hand at the table, to the spread of papers and takeout coffee cups and Steve, “going over some stuff, moving around appointments.”

Steve waves awkwardly. “Hey.”

“Hey,” Jonathan says back, a little confused but too polite to show it. To Will he says, “I didn’t know you were friends.”

“Oh, I just – I work at Hawkins Memorial,” Steve says, looking oddly flushed. “I’m just checking in, making sure everything is going well.”

“Sure, if by checking in you mean demanding I make you lasagna,” Will shoots back.

“Okay, not demanding, just gently requesting.”

“You just called yourself a three AM fridge gremlin-”

“Oh, so now we’re just listening to me when I say things? You should know me well enough by now to know how dangerous that is, man.”

Will turns back to Jonathan and he sighs. “He’s terrible, but the other nurses stopped returning my calls, so we’re stuck with him.”

Jonathan’s eyes slide back to Steve, and there’s something in his gaze now that makes Will feel like he should look away. “Congratulations on your BSN,” he says. “I didn’t expect you to leave Indianapolis, definitely not for Hawkins.”

“You – oh.” Steve seems oddly flustered as he scrambles for something to say to that. “I – you know about-”

“Oh.” As Will watches, with the sort of glee only a younger sibling can feel at an older sibling’s embarrassment, a pink flush settles over Jonathan’s face and he too scrambles, stammering, “Yeah, you, uh, your Instagram is public? Um, I follow Nancy and Robin, so-”

“Oh! Right. Um, you could always… actually follow me. If you wanted… um, sometimes Nancy likes your stuff, too, and… your pictures are always beautiful.” Steve’s eyes widen and he hastens to add, “Your photography! Like, the professional shots you post, not – but – not to say you aren’t – obviously you’re-”

Will decides to put him out of his misery – though judging by the soft look in his brother’s eyes and the fond smile, Steve’s not doing too badly. “Steve’s been a lifesaver these past few weeks,” he says. “And not just with the medical side of things. He’s…” Will blows out an unsteady breath. “He’s been great. I’ve been a wreck.”

“Hey, you’ve been doing just fine,” Steve argues back automatically. “Don’t be so hard on yourself, Will. It’s not an easy situation for anyone. Give yourself a break.”

He sounds so heartfelt and earnest that Will can’t help his answering grin. “Alright, Nurse Harrington. I feel properly validated.”

Steve rolls his eyes and slides Joyce’s calendar back across the table. “Alright, jerk,” he snarks, standing and draining the last of his coffee, wrinkling his nose at the taste. “I’ll clear out so that you can all have family time.”

“Wait, you’re leaving?” Jonathan sounds so honestly disappointed that it stops both Steve and Will in their tracks. His face flushes. “I mean, uh – are you sure you can’t stay for a bit longer? It would really help to, um, have a medical professional here? In case I have any questions, about Mom’s-” He falters, his face shuttering a bit as he remembers. “Mom’s condition,” he finishes after several seconds of subdued silence.

“I…” Steve flounders for a minute before giving in. “Yeah, no, I can – I can stay.” He smiles. “It’s my day off, and it’s not like my social calendar is popping off these days.” He reaches over and ruffles Will’s hair before he can do more than squawk in protest. “Annoyingly, this little butthead’s kind of my best friend right now.”

Jonathan’s face softens back into a smile – and oh god, he all but has literal heart eyes. “Yeah, he’s mine, too,” he says. “We can work out a timeshare.”

“Or just get fucking married,” Will mumbles under his breath, cursing when Steve pokes into his side with what must be his boniest finger.

“I’m just gonna go see Mom and then get washed up. She’s… is she sleeping?”

The tremor in his brother’s voice, the same lost look in his eyes that Will’s seen staring back at himself whenever he’s looked in a mirror in the last six weeks, tug at Will’s heartstrings and he finds himself blinking back tears. “Yeah, but go ahead,” he tells Jonathan, clearing his throat when the words come out as little more than a croak. “It’s almost time for her meds anyway. I’ll be in in a few minutes, okay?”

Jonathan just nods, darting one last look in Steve’s direction before adjusting the strap of his carry-on bag and sliding past them to the hallway. Will watches him go, and when he’s out of sight, he turns to Steve to find him doing the same. Steve is entirely incapable of controlling his face, so Will catches the way his expression changes from a sort of gobsmacked longing to something more neutral in real time, and that’s- “Gross, Steve, that’s my brother!”

[xirayn]

Stonathan Week Day 7: Forced Proximity - One the drive home from university for winter break, Steve and Jonathan get stuck in a snowbank.

written by @xirayn

part 2

This is another 'screenplay wasn't done in time' ficlet that is turning into a whole thing. Here is a snippet so that I (technically) complete the week.

When It's Cold

Jonathan didn't plan on spending his winter vacation in a snowbank, but here he is. He snaps a picture of Steve hitting the steering wheel of the Bimmer in frustration when the squealing and revving stops. It earns him a murderous glare. Jonathan shrugs.

"I'm documenting our final moments," he states flatly before taking another picture of Steve's pursed lips and furrowed brow.

"Do you want me to break your camera again?" Steve practically growls.

Jonathan shrugs. He's still feeling pretty good from the joint he smoked before they left Indianapolis where they are attending university, him for photography and Steve for exercise science. Irritated Steve also does things to high Jonathan - well, sober Jonathan, too, but that guy pushes those thoughts back because of all the what-ifs he buries his trust issues under.

"We could call someone."

The look Steve gives him is not amused and that little bit of bitchy that is actually kind of hot. Jonathan takes another picture.

"Are you kidding me?" Steve snaps. "We're going to freeze to death and you are too high to know there isn't a phone in the damn car!"

Jonathan snorts. "That actually sounds better than the other deaths we've faced. We just fall asleep and drift away."

Steve slumps in his seat, staring blankly up at something Jonathan doesn't see when he looks. The attempt puts his head on Steve's shoulder. It's nice and he doesn't get pushed away, so he decides to stay. A thought strikes him, and he sees no reason to deny it, so he reaches up to comb his fingers through Steve's hair.

"What are you doing?" Steve asks.

"Calming you."

"Sure." He sounds resigned rather than annoyed, which is enough permission for Jonathan to continue. His nails scratch gently against Steve's scalp and watches in fascination as Steve's jaw and throat work.

"I can be your blanket if you get cold," Jonathan suggests.

A frown pulls at the corner of Steve's lips. Jonathan gets momentarily transfixed on their fullness and the bits of chapped skin caused by the dry air.

"We'll share body heat," Jonathan continues when his suggestion is met with silence. "I'll open my coat and you open yours, then I'll sit in your lap and we'll snuggle."

"Snuggle?"

"Yeah. Unless you're afraid of catching my queer," Jonathan responds, feeling clever even though he knows he's not.

Then he realizes he said that aloud and the pleasantness abruptly vanishes from his high. His hand stills in Steve's hair. It's fine. This is fine. He could say it was just a dig at Past Steve. Bringing that up would at least make Steve shy away from the topic

"Hard to catch what I already have."

Oh-

Oh!

To be continued...

[karadanverss]

👁️ 👄 👁️ sirens refrain

Okay, so that is for an event so I cannot share anything quite yet for that. But I did write 3 sentences on it, and I added 3 on TTEOT 2 (Till the End of Time) that I'm sharing below. The 2 in the doc is because the doc was too big and I had to split it.

“Good,” Steve said, rubbing his forehead.  “I’m glad they’re not just sitting around here all day.  Has the doctor been in?”

[messrsbyler]

for wip wednesday i offer you a snippet of this stonathan fic i've been writing for @astrobei since damn forever for that one prompt list i posted years ago. i'm not proud of myself-

anyhow, jonathan sort of comes out to steve as bi and steve sort of almost loses his mind