#wt snacks

[pixxietart]

[apocolyptick]

Old Wip (　・ω・)🍀

[pissgrl]

around snacks never relax..

[doomedcatsyndrome]

Idk man

[randomrichards]

THE ANTISOCIAL NETWORK: MEMES TO MAYHEM

Merry web pranksters

Sparked a series of movements

Till it turned toxic

[rainyfestivalsweets]

2/11/25 Wt 195.

It is my lunchtime. The scale was high again and I am trying so hard not to reactively restrict more. Trying to stay high protein but manage calories.

So far:

Breakfast: grapefruit, 1 egg, 1 egg wh & a turkey link

Snack: banana & protein powder in coffee.

Lunch: soup, tuna melts on lc street tortillas.

A pot of coffee and a cup of this 5 mushroom brew.

It doesn't matter, just keep moving forward.

Keep going, keep going keep going.

KEEP GOING

We don't stop. We don't stop. We don't stop.

[medusapelagia]

And I left you alone in a house, not a home

@steddiemicrofic

Prompt: Pool. WC: 442

Rating: Mature WT: none

Title from Madds Buckley song “Brother”

It was the same old pool. The water was blue, the missing tile on the side where someone threw a bottle on his first party still missing, the same springboard from which Tommy made him fall almost killing him in the process. It was the same. But somehow. It wasn’t. He couldn’t hide the shivers down his shoulders every time the kids were playing at his home, especially when they got closer to the pool that now brings him bad memories and feelings of guilt. “This is so cool Steve!” Dustin says, before running toward the pool and cannonball dive. “Don’t run!” He scolds him, even if the boy is still underwater. His breath quicken, and he quickly got up, ready to jump in the pool and save the kid from any monstrous thing that could have come to get him. A hand on his shoulders stops him for a moment, he turns, ready to yell, and finds Eddie’s eyes smiling back at him. At the same time, he hears the sound of a resurfacing Dustin who is screaming something at Lucas. “It’s ok, big boy. Why don’t you sit with me for a little while?” He suggests, but Steve has to keep an eye on the kids. He has to keep an eye on the pool. He has to! Eddie lets him turn around, still smiling, then takes some sunscreen “With all your moles you should take better care of your skin.” He scolds him while rubbing the lotion on his back. He nods, eyes pinned on the pool. Eddie sighs, starting to work on the stiffened muscle on his back. “This would work better if you were lying down on a bed. Maybe with some candles and some music.” He whispers “After a hot bath. Me and you in your stupidly big bathtub with all your mum's bubbles. The good ones, with the fancy names.” He continues working knots by knots on his stiffened back. Eddie’s breath on his neck makes him shiver. They are not out, at least he is not, and Eddie respects that, but they are closer than anyone. “Steve! I’m hungry! Weren’t you supposed to buy us snacks? What kind of pool party is this?” Erica Sinclair complains, and he would get up and bring the snacks, he really would if he wasn’t hiding his erection under the towel on his lap. “Lady Applejack, our kind lord provides you with more than enough. If you want something else you ask politely and we will see.” Erica grumbles, offended, and Steve tries to relax in Eddie’s arms. “Thank you for saving me.” “You are welcome, big boy.”

[hostilemuppet]

we do need more silly poppy antics!!! if anything we need like. an episode where poppy and branch are both getting caught up in a scheme of theirs and it's the snack pack who have to play straightman. maybe if we're lucky we'll get some silly broppy eps in the tbt cartoon, and maybe even some poppy & viva zany teamups!!

poppy NEEEEEEEEEDS to be sillier in the next cartoon, and if shes not ill be SO mad! ik the cartoon focuses more on her being queen than the movies do (even though wt was all about her struggling adjusting to queenhood and not knowing what to do but 😊) and tends to make her more "responsible" to fit, but........ she can be responsible AND silly 🥺 why would you... fucking... neuter her 😭

[imafatmannnnnnnn]

I am going to try to eat as "normal" as I possible can. I can't eat "normal" as bed is a huge fucking problem for me but my gi and gallbladder are not liking the long fasts. So my goal is lunch, dinner, no snacks and within calorie limits bc I still want to loose wt. Please be kind.

[pixxietart]

[atplblog]

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[tricklucky]

finn did not know wt snacks im gonna get him

[108diary]

2.2.24 - Wt: 202.0

I'm recovering from yesterday's binge. I wanted to start a diary to help me keep my anxiety down. Life is good but hard. I don't want to be sad or upset. But some days are really hard.

Today I felt happy.

B - iced coffee

L - snack platter: baby carrots, hummus, red seedless grapes, cheese and spicy salami. & Celsius

D - beans and rice with a stuffed bell pepper. & Sprite Zero

I know that my mom knows that stuff bell pepper are my favorite. I realize she likes to make them when I'm sad and not eating as much. I love her lot so I ate with my family to make her happy. I wasn't really hungry.

I was planning to skip dinner. But that's ok. I won't purge. I just excerise later tonight to burn some of it off.

[waterfire1848]

@stardust948

Part 2!

In the time of Aang and Sokka being knocked out, the Water Tribe completely takes over the Fire Nation, drowning most of the small islands and taking control of all their factories to make themselves weapons. Azula and Zuko get word a couple weeks after the WT takes control about what happened and it causes them to go to Kuei and demand that something needs to be done. Knowing now that they are literally the last stand against the WT, Kuei agrees to stage one final desperate attack. The day after he agrees to this, Sokka and Aang both wake up. Zuko takes Aang aside and tells him about what happened but this is also the time when Aang realizes that he no longer has his bending. Meanwhile, Sokka and Azula talk because Sokka saved her life. (Azula: Why? Why not join your sister and go home. Sokka: My dad...he isn't the best guy and I figured that out too late. Now my grandmother has been taken prisoner and my nation has conquered yours. Azula: There was nothing you could have done to stop the Fire Nation from being conquered. It's not your fault. Sokka: Thank you. Azula: But don't think that means we're all going to suddenly accept you with open arms. You have a LOT to make up for. Sokka: I know. All I ask is the chance to make up for it. Azula: Well, I guess throwing yourself in front of an attack to save me from getting stabbed by your sister is a good start towards getting that chance. Sokka: Start? Azula, smirking: Fine. You can have a chance. Sokka: Thank you. Azula: Not that it'll matter. Sokka: Why wouldn't it matter?) Azula tells Sokka about Aang and Sokka goes running off towards Aang, yelling and asking if he ever learned waterbending. Aang says no and Sokka reveals that since he never did he can still waterbend because that chi path was never unlocked (I don't know).

Sokka starts teaching Aang what little waterbending he knows (which isn't a ton being a non bender and all but some)(he’s also taking it easy because that’s what you do after you’ve been stabbed). While they do that, the Gaang also tries to figure out the best time to attack the WT. Sokka suggests going after them during the winter solstice. Since it's such a huge celebration and the one time they bring out Tui and La, all eyes will be on them and there will be fewer soldiers guarding the nation and the royal family. Sokka also provides them with information for how to go around the soldiers and get to the royal palace from behind. No one guards there because it's all just a giant frozen tundra, unless you have amazing equipment and are okay with the very real possibility of starving, freezing or being eaten then no one is going to get through that. The Council of Five takes the information and uses it to plan for an attack during the winter solstice. Since it's better for them to be there during the attack, the Gaang decide to fly over and stay in the WT until it's time for the attack.

They arrive in the North Pole (which is where everything is located for the WT) and start hiding out in different location, slowly getting closer and closer to the tundra while the EK comes up from behind, ready to meet them so that Sokka can guide them through the tundra. While in the North Pole, Sokka and Azula grow closer and closer especially when Sokka continues to show how trustworthy he is. (Sokka: Look! Look! You guys have to try this! Toph: What is it? Sokka: Seal jerky! It’s delicious. Aang: Ummm….maybe I’ll sit this one out. Sokka: Right. Uh-Oh! Try this. It’s called Mooncake. Aang: Mmm!! This is amazing. Sokka: I told you. Azula: You eat this? Sokka: Yeah? Why wouldn’t I? It’s delicious. Azula: I figured a prince would have more of a….fine dining experience. Sokka: Well, I did, but I also just ate regular snacks whenever I could. This was one of my favorites. My mom used to bring us down here and she’d….uh…. Azula: And she’d? Sokka: Sorry, I forgot.) Sokka and Azula bond over their love of WT food and Azula grows to really enjoy some WT activities such as penguin sledding, hunting and seeing the animals (despite what she says Azula find the orcas and leopard caribou so cute and loves listening to Sokka info dump about them). The two are also there for each other when it becomes too much to be in the WT (for Azula because she’s literally in the nation that killed her mom and for Sokka because he misses his home but know he’s not coming back anytime soon). (And yes both Sokka and Azula suck at flirting).

Throughout this time, the Gaang is also able to see more of the WT and come to understand why the war was starting and continued. It was started because the WT didn’t believe they could fully live off the land, at least to the same degree people did in the FN and EK, and when no one helped them, they grew angry and attacked. It was then continued because of Kya’s death and the inability of the royal family to process that grief. Despite what Katara and Hakoda have done, Aang does understand what grief can do to a person and is inclined to at least talk to them to see if there’s a chance they can end this without anyone getting hurt. Sokka doesn’t think there’s a chance of that but be also doesn’t want to hurt his sister and father (he’s split). Eventually, they arrive at the spot and meet the EK army.

Sokka guides the EK through the tundra, facing only a few bumps in the roads, edited they arrive at the royal palace just as the ceremony begins. Realizing that they’re being attacked, the tribe’s main focus is protecting Tui and La so there’s less defense surrounding Katara and Hakoda. Katara instantly runs off to attack the incoming invaders and begins bloodbending them without wasting a second. A blast from Azula forces Katara to release her hold and a rock over her eyes from Toph keeps Katara from bending. She can still waterbend, and does, but she can’t aim anymore and ends up hitting a few of her own people. (Azula: Did you mean to stab your own people? I wouldn’t be shocked. I mean you did stab your own brother. Katara: It was meant for you! I won’t miss this time, ashmaker!) Sokka joins the battle with Azula against Katara while Aang, Toph and Zuko go after Hakoda. The WT army, being in their native element, is a good match against the EK but they were also very much caught off guard and it allows the EK to take advantage of that surprise.

(Split into two) With Hakoda, Aang is trying to convince him to end the war and to stop the fighting, arguing that Kya wouldn’t have wanted this to happen. Hakoda refuses to listen to Aang and says that the world needs the pay for her death. Meanwhile, Azula and Sokka are fighting Katara and doing a better job of stopping her. Katara does get the rock off her eyes but Azula and Sokka are moving too fast and hitting her with too many attacks for her to bloodbend. Katara gets the chance to attack Sokka again but when she does all she can see is her mother and can’t bring herself to hurt him again. (Katara: Get out of here, Sokka. I’m giving you a chance. If you leave now and don’t return then I won’t look for you. Sokka: You know I can’t do that, Kat. Katara: Sokka, please, I can’t-…..we have to do this. Sokka: No, you don’t!) Azula also steps in with her own advice about her mother’s death. Together, they’re able to convince Katara to stand down and the three go after Hakoda. All together, the Gaang defeat him and his soldiers and bring the war to an end. Because of her role in the war, Katara is put under palace arrest (get it🥲) and Sokka takes over as ruler in the WT with Azula going between the FN (which has been…un-flooded) and the North Pole.

Sokkla Opposite AU, where Sokka is the banished Water Empire Prince looking for the Avatar and Azula is the last firebender of Hira'a who just found a boy inside a volcano.

Hello, @stardust948 !!! (BTW Love this reverse AU!)

1. Azula grew up in Hira’a because that’s where Ursa took the children and fled to when the Water Tribe attacking (very big mistake making your main city basically in a bowl). Iroh, Ozai, Lu Ten, Azula and Zuko were living their lives in the royal palace when the WT attacked and Ursa took the kids and fled to Hira’a which is where they’ve spent most of their lives (13 years). Ursa never stopped telling her children stories about Caldera and a time before the Water Tribe attacked and the Avatar which Azula rejected by Zuko was mesmerized by. Azula never really thought the Avatar could be alive and instead wanted to focus on defeating the Water Tribe so that they could go home. Iroh, Ozai and Lu Ten all never come to Hira’a so Ursa has no clue what happened to them but, shortly before Aang comes, she’s killed by the Water Tribe (who are looking for any remaining members of the Royal Family). Azula is the last firebender left in the area and feels the weight of this everyday. One day, she and Zuko are by the volcano (Zuko: Yeah. The Water Tribe would never look for two firebenders near a volcano. What a crazy idea. Azula: Zuzu. Zuko: Yes? Azula: I will know you into the active volcano. Please shut up. I’m trying to focus.) Of course he doesn’t shut up, Azula gets made and a familiar airbender pops out.

2. Sokka was banished by his father because he’s a nonbender. (Kinda hypocritical since Hakoda’s a nonbender too but…) Basically, Sokka was scarred and banished because Hakoda wanted Katara to take charge. He believed that she, being a girl in the Water Tribe, would be far more easy to control when she was on the throne as opposed to Sokka. So, Hakoda tricks Sokka so that when he goes on a traditional hunt, Sokka is attacked by a polar bear dog and blinded in one eye and returns home empty handed. Hakoda regards this as Sokka’s failure to show he can’t lead (he can’t even catch some food for a family. How is he expected to lead a nation?) and banishes him to find the Avatar. When Sokka sees the light coming from the Fire Nation island, he knows that this is his moment. (Sokka: Gran Gran, do you know what this means?!?! Kanna: That we have to go to the land where 80 degrees is their record low temperature?). Sokka’s scar is three long scratches over his eye and he can’t see out of it, so he relies on his other eye and good hearing to detect things. Also, because of his lack of bending, he’s become an expert in weapons and hand to hand combat which aids him greatly in an initial fight against Zuko (which he wins easily) and he doesn’t get to fight Aang because the airbender goes with him without issue (Aang: I bet none of you Water Tribe soldiers have ever fought an airbender before…)

3. When the Fire Nation was attacked, firebenders fled all over the planet and were hunted down by the Water Empire. Realizing they were weak, a good number of firebenders took whatever resources they could find and fled to the old Sun Warriors civilization. Azula and Zuko, being former royalty, were able to get that information and tell Aang about it so he can learn firebending (I changed the cycle. It’s now air, fire, earth and water). However, to throw Sokka off their trial they have to make a couple stops in the Earth Kingdom first. (Azula: I’m telling you, based on how Aang flies that water prince won’t be able to track us. Aang: What do you mean how I fly? Azula: We literally flew across two islands then flew back to both of those islands. Aang: Seems normal to me Azula: Yeah, no one is figuring out our pattern.) In the Earth Kingdom, they find Mai, who also fled with her family but they went to the Earth Kingdom. Mai is still trained as a markswoman but now she’s also helping the Yuyan archers. (Zuko: MAI! Azula: Your girlfriend is alive after all. Aang: Girlfriend? Azula: Mai and Zuko were inseparable before the Water Tribe attacked Caldera. They literally did everything together. Zuko: What?! No, we didn’t. Azula: Okay, we’ll pretend. Maybe we can also pretend the sky isn’t blue, Appa isn’t big and the Water Tribe doesn’t suck too. Zuko: 😡 Azula: This is only proving my point). Mai agrees to join after realizing where they’re going and what they’re trying to do.

4. Bato is a bit different from Zhao. He’s a family friend, but also Bato doesn’t just tell Sokka not to try and capture Aang. He gives him a chance but when Sokka can’t, he steps in and tells Sokka to remain put while he handles it. (Kind of in a…. ‘You’re my kinda sorta nephew’ way). Would you believe that Sokka doesn’t listen? Bato figures out where they’re going and that that’s the hiding place of the firebenders. The Water Tribe empire sends as many ships as possible and attacks while Azula, Zuko and Aang are there. When they arrived to the Sun Warrior’s home, they met Ty Lee who became a sort of spiritual person since her time in Caldera and is very closely connected to the dragons. When the city is attacked, she and the dragons emerge to protect the people and one of the dragons is shot down. The Water Tribe has GREAT respect for the spirits but they don’t really care for the first benders of other nations so killing a dragon is not a big deal to them. You know who it is a big deal for? Aang. While Aang attacks the Water Tribe, Ty Lee sacrifices herself to become the second dragon and maintain balance. (Sokka: Bato! Bato! Bato, hardly breathing because the dragon drove its claws into his chest: Hey, Sokka. Sokka: BATO! Bato, don’t worry. We’ll get a healer and- Bato: Don’t. I’m okay. Sokka: The blood coming out of your body would say otherwise. Bato: Sokka, I don’t know what you know about your father’s plan but promise me you’ll stay safe. Sokka: I- Bato: Promise me. Sokka: I promise. Bato: Good. Good….Sokka: Bato?…Bato…😭) (Hakoda: Ugh! Advisor: Sir, I- Hakoda: Get Katara! Advisor: But the princess- Hakoda: Get her! Tell her that she has her first mission. Bringing her brother back and killing Team Avatar. I have a feeling her newest skill will be very useless for that.)

5. Katara in canon was incredibly strong on just a couple weeks of training. Now imagine her with years of training and being okay with bloodbending (yeah....not good). As the princess of the Water Empire, Katara has a military force behind her but chooses not to use it because she wants to move swiftly. To do so, she uses Yue and Suki to help her. Yue isn’t exactly a princess (since only Katara can fulfill that role) but because the Water Tribe is incredibly spiritual, she is held in high esteem for having some of Tui’s life force. Unlike Azula and Zuko in canon, Katara and Sokka get along great. The second Sokka sees Katara he runs over to hug her and ask her how she’s been. Katara really doesn’t have any bad intentions so she tells Sokka about the mission their father has given her and if he wants to help. Sokka grows worried though because he doesn’t have Aang and wonders why his father could want him back without the Avatar. (Katara: He wants you back. What’s the problem? Sokka: I just….I don’t know. It feels weird. Katara: He’s our father. Sokka: I know and I know he just wants what’s best for us both but- Katara: He probably wants you back now because the Avatar is back. Hope will return to the Earth Kingdom and whatever’s left of those ashmakers may come together again. We need our Prince. Sokka: You’re right. Katara: I always am. Sokka: Spirits, I forgot how annoying you are when you’re right. Katara: I’d like to think of it as more….announcing to the world that I’m smarter than you. Sokka: You were right in this one argument. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves). The first time the four meet the Gaang, Katara goes right for bloodbending and bloodbends them all. (Katara: You’re not living up to the legend, Avatar). She only losses because Azula hits her with enough fire that Katara has to back up and they escape on Appa. (Sokka: You learned to bloodbend during the day?!?! Katara: That’s not all I learned. Sokka: What do you mean? Katara: Let’s just say I have a very…creative way to make sure that little firebender and the Avatar never bend a single element again).

(Plus one) 6. In Ba Sing Se, Sokka realizes the truth: that Hakoda doesn’t want him to return and grows terrified of going back with Katara. With very limited options, since Katara is seconds from taking over the city, he decides to switch sides and make a desperate jump to Aang’s team (Azula: Why would you join us? Sokka:….The good of the world? Azula: 😑). Of course, no one on the team trusts him but they’re a little occupied with fighting Katara to really worry about that. While fighting in the final battle, it’s Katara vs Sokka, Azula and Aang and Katara is very angry that Sokka changed sides. She’s angry enough that it throws her off her game and she ends up at Azula’s mercy with a flame to her throat. (Aang: Azula, no! Azula: We have to! If we don’t kill her now then she’ll kill us later! Aang: No! We can’t kill her. Azula, taking her eyes off of Katara: Aang- Sokka, noticing what Katara is about to do: Azula, watch out! *He pushes her out of the way of one of Katara’s attacks and Katara sends an ice blade past Azula and straight into Sokka’s chest. Sokka: AHHHH!! Azula: Sokka!) Katara takes the moment of panic to attack Aang, bloodbending him and Azula down and removing Aang’s bending but being forced to flee (cause….the Earth King has guards) before she can remove Azula’s. Azula, Zuko and the guards get Aang and Sokka to a healer’s room while Katara, Yue and Suki flee the city without being detected. Azula remains with Sokka and Aang while they heal, staying with Sokka until he actually wakes up. (Azula: He saved my life. Zuko: He did. Maybe he has changed. Azula: Zuko: Azula? Azula: No one’s ever….Zuzu? Zuko: Yes? Azula: Nevermind. It’s not important. I’ll talk to Sokka when he wakes up.)

[starswirly]

🍄 for!! Whoever u want!! Maybe that one oc u ship wt nightmare (I can't remember their name :((( ) and the trader!!

🍄 What are your OCs favourite snacks? Their favourite comfort food which always cheers them up when they’re down? Favourite meal to make? Do they enjoy baking and cooking and are they any good in the kitchen?

(The one who gets shipped with the gooper is Saucer!)

Saucer: Before the Apple Incident, their favorite foods were cider made during a festival in the village as well as the baking their mentor would make! They regret not saving or finding the recipe she used to use, but circumstances weren’t fantastic so that can be excused. Saucer nowadays doesn’t really have a favorite food, but a good homemade berry pie is always appreciated :] (They’re better when making things needed for magical/fantastical healing than actual cooking/baking)

Trader/Trinket(?): The butterscotch cinnamon pie from some obscure AU they would never tell you the name of, no matter how much you try to get them to say. Given their traveling lifestyle, they don’t settle down much to really cook or bake, but they could probably make a good camping meal!

[medusapelagia]

04 AU-gust: Runaway

Rating: Teen and up Relationship: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson WT: mention of blood, Vampire Eddie Munson WC: 1370

When Steve answered the phone, the last thing he thought was that he was going to have a very difficult conversation with Mrs. Henderson.

“What does it mean that he ran away?”

“He left a note on his bed, his backpack is nowhere to be found and all the chocolate and snacks in the house have disappeared!”

Fuck! Ok, ok, no need to panic.

“Did he take his walkie?”

“I don’t know! I think he did!” the woman squeals in a high-pitched voice.

Steve really hopes that he did.

“Should I call the police?” she asks anxiously.

No, no, no. No fucking police. Not since Hopper…

“Don’t worry Mrs Henderson, I’ll search for him and I’ll let you know as soon as I find him.”

The woman sighs, not convinced “But in the movies, they always say that the first hours are the most important.”

“That’s true but I think I might know where he might have gone.”

He is almost sure that he does and if he is right god help him! Dustin is going to get grounded for the rest of his stupid life!

“Do you know where Dusty might be? Please tell me!”

“Let me see if I’m right. I’ll look in a couple of places where he might have gone, ok? Give me… a couple of hours, before calling the police, ok?”

“Ok. You will bring him back, right Steve?”

Steve freezes.

In his mind Dustin is still screaming “We must bring him back, Steve! We can’t abandon him here! We have to bring him back!” but this time he does not hesitate.

“I will.”

***

Three days ago they left the trailer park by sheer luck, and now he is back to the very same place he told himself he would have never come back to.

He can still hear Eddie babble something about the stains on his mattress, or his own voice screaming for help when Nancy got Vecnad.

And now here he is.

In front of a huge crack in the ground that connects their world with the Upside Down.

He has hoped to be wrong during the journey to the trailer park, but when he sees Dustin’s bicycle a few feet away he knows that he is definitely right.

“I’m going to save him, and then I’ll fucking kill him!” he murmurs, while he tries to understand what is the easiest way to get to the other side.

He hopes that Dustin took care of his injured leg, even if he is not so sure, the boy is fucking reckless.

He has his nailed bat and a lighter and he hopes not to find any fucking monster while he searches for the kid.

He moves around the trailer, trying really hard not to look at the place where Eddie felt, and, when he does, he sees that the ground is still soaked with blood but there is no body.

He thinks about Barbara and how her body was never recovered.

Maybe a demogorgon ate him. Maybe he is rotting somewhere… maybe…

“Did you miss me?”

Steve turns around abruptly but no one is there.

He is sure he heard a voice.

A deeply familiar voice.

A voice he dreamed about for the last three days.

“Eddie?” he calls hesitantly.

With a thump, something lands just behind him.

“It’s me. Don’t cream your pants, big boy.”

He is so close to him that he can feel his breath on the back of his neck.

But he wasn’t breathing when they left.

He wasn’t fucking breathing!

He even tried CPR!

“You… you are dead.” he whispers in disbelief.

“Am I? Or did you think I was and you left me here to die?”

No, no, he didn’t! He did all he could! He tried his best! And he had to carry Dustin, he couldn’t carry Eddie as well.

Dustin!

The thought of the boy makes his mind clearer for a moment.

He is here for Dustin.

He has to find him!

He would like to ask Eddie if he saw him and if he can help him find him and bring him back, but he doesn’t trust the creature that is at his back. He is not Eddie. He is a fucking cat toying with a mouse. And he is the mouse.

“Steve, Steve, Steve… even if I wasn’t able to read minds, yours is too easy to read. You wear your heart on your sleeve. You always did. I never understood how your little minions could have thought that you were one of them. The best of them to be more precise.” he laughs, it’s a sardonic laugh.

“What do you want?” he asks, trembling.

“It’s quite boring being here all alone for eternity, so I’ll make you a proposition: you stay and the kid goes back.”

“Dustin?”

“That one.”

“What have you done to him?”

A hand grasps his waist and Steve’s shoulders collide with Eddie’s chest.

The other boy is so cold that he shivers at the touch.

“He is good. I brought him to my nest, no one of the creatures that live in this dimension will ever get close to my nest so he is definitely safer than you are. But I don’t want to make things too easy for you.” a cold finger tilts his chin “Find my nest and he will be free.”

And then the pressure around Steve disappears and he falls to the ground.

How the fuck is he supposed to find Eddie’s fucking nest?

He starts to run, not caring about the vines, or the creatures hiding almost everywhere.

He runs toward Dustin’s house, then toward the high school, but he only finds demobats, and for what feels like hours he is forced to hide in the locker, how ironic.

When he finally gets out he is bleeding from the numerous wounds, he is tired and doesn’t have a fucking idea of where Eddie’s nest might be.

He sees his house in the distance, and wonders if his parents will search for him. If he will be counted as one of the victims of the earthquake or if they will just assume that he ran away.

And Mrs. Henderson?

She will be so disappointed when he will not come back with Dustin at his side.

Maybe he should have asked for help. 

If only Hopper was there. He would have known what to do!

He slowly walks toward his home, one step at a time bleeding and hurt.

When he finally gets to his house the door is ajar.

The house carpets are still the old ones, and the television is smaller than the one he uses to watch movies with the kids.

God. Dustin.

He failed him too.

The only person in the world who trusted him.

And now he is lost in this crazy dimension.

His knees are weak and he falls on the carpet, watching his blood dripping.

“You made. Just in time for our movie night!” Eddie’s voice says and when he lifts his gaze he sees the boy on the stairs.

He is wearing some of Steve’s clothes, but the unnatural pallor says too much.

“Dustin?”

Eddie gets closer, lifting him like he weighs nothing.

“I sent him back home. I’m sure he will not search for me anymore.” he replies, lying Steve on the couch.

“What about me? I didn’t find your nest.”

“You did, dummy. This is my nest.”

“But it’s my home.”

“It’s the perfect nest for me and my mate.” he replies with a grin “Don’t you think so?”

“Your mate?”

“Oh baby, you already lost so much blood… my little bats know how you taste and they are eager to see you join the family.”

“And Dustin?”

“You know how these kids are. They run away searching for adventures and then they get back to their home with the tail in their legs.”

Steve is too tired and confused to say something when Eddie’s lips get closer to his neck.

“I’ll be very gentle with you, baby.” he whispers.

When Steve wakes up later on he feels tired and hungry.

Eddie is at his side, looking at him with affection.

“Let’s go hunting, love.”