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the sharpest lives are the deadliest to lead. (watch on youtube) (my chemical romance cover by mila marinho)

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Vernal Pool - Dozier Bell , 2024.

American , b. 1957 -

Acrylic on linen , 40 x 32 in.

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this exact scene but it's raining and it's byler

the vision is so clear im shaking i need it so bad

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Happy Wip Wednesday! Here's a bit of chapter 5 of WOYM to tide you over in these trying times.

I'm alive I swear

currently posted fic under the cut:

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he ran out of canvases

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mike wheeler & will byers

stranger things 01x01 // the village - wrabel // stranger things 03x01 // found heaven - conan gray // no place in heaven - mika // sinner - the last dinner party // take me to church - hozier // guilty as sin? - taylor swift // stranger things 03x03 // heaven - troye sivan

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I was born sick...

pearl, mitski // line without a hook, ricky montgomery // (she's) just a phase, puma blue // take me to church, hozier // unknown // bubble gum, clairo // alien blues, vundabar // waiting... P4R1S // she, dodie

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"Despite my urges to put it out, it persists." Day One of @byler-week!! Just some standard, but not-so-standard Will Byers angst (it's devastating) I'll be building upon my submissions for each day so stay tuned ;-) Today's prompts were: Fireworks, Cuddle, Outgoing, Teal/Brown Color Scheme.

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Ahem.

YOU'RE IN A CAR WITH A BEAUTIFUL BOY, AND HE WON'T TELL YOU THAT HE LOVES YOU, BUT HE LOVES YOU. AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING TERRIBLE, LIKE ROBBED A LIQUOR STORE, OR SWALLOWED PILLS, OR SHOVELED YOURSELF A GRAVE IN THE DIRT, AND YOU'RE TIRED. YOU'RE IN A CAR WITH A BEAUTIFUL BOY, AND YOU'RE TRYING NOT TO TELL HIM THAT YOU LOVE HIM, AND YOU'RE TRYING TO CHOKE DOWN THE FEELING, AND YOU'RE TREMBLING, BUT HE REACHES OVER AND HE TOUCHES YOU, LIKE A PRAYER FOR WHICH NO WORDS EXIST, AND YOU FEEL YOUR HEART TAKING ROOT IN YOUR BODY, LIKE YOU'VE DISCOVERED SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A NAME FOR. sorry. rewatching the van scene.

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Thanks for the tag @magentamee my friend!

music tag game rules: put your music on shuffle & list the first 10 songs + tag 10 people

Find My Way by Gabe Dixon

Broadripple is Burning by Margot & The Nuclear So And So's

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

A Burning Hill by Mitski

Tenerife Sea by Ed Sheeran

Under Cover of Darkness by The Strokes

Something Good Can Work by Two Door Cinema Club

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by DEVO

Monswoon by Breakup Shoes

Imagine by Doja Cat

Tagging (no pressure): @oldfashionedmorphine @fireflywitch @starsarefire824 @itsacleanmachine @lilacline001 @strawberrybyers @longtallglasses @pearlypairings @booksandpaperss @design-thoughts

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Mike Wheeler playing DND

STRANGER THINGS Season 4 Episode 1: The Hellfire Club

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They deliberately touch once and they're already ready to maul each other, I STG. So anyways, here's a snippet of ch.5 for wip wednesday!

Posted fic below the break:

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every lucas dynamic ➼ lucas, dustin & max

you broke the rule of law! so did you! what? you told a stranger the truth. a stranger?!

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Chapter 4: What's On Your Mind?

Will's boss hates air conditioning and Mike Wheeler, the OG Party sees The Blob and Will has a bad time, Mike mysteriously appears at Will's house after work one day, Will successfully runs a DnD session while halfway ready to call an Amber Alert for Mike until he arrives an hour late, and Will finally puts the pieces together after a late night conversation in a car.

(all in a nice 10k word package!)

Fic Summary:

Senior year arrives off the back of a wasted summer and brings with it a whole can of worms that Mike has been trying to avoid opening since eighth grade. Left with Will being in his usual DM position in the club that he started, a distant sister he's convinced hates him, parents that can't seem to stop fighting, a burning truth in his heart that he can't stamp out, and a terrifyingly bleak future looming ahead; Mike struggles to navigate the year from hell. But maybe Mike isn't as alone as he thought, and maybe... just maybe, everything has a way of working itself out for the better.

Will's life seems to be changing faster and faster every day. Jonathan leaves after graduating community college and making it into Purdue, Will's mom gets a promotion at work and starts getting more serious with Hopper, and Will ends up in charge of the DnD Club for the first time ever. On top of that, his friendship with Mike is becoming increasingly... odd. Strained. Tense. What starts with a movie night slowly changes their friendship, and with it turns Will's whole world on it's head- Again. But... maybe not everything has to be bad. Maybe change can be good, even. If only it wasn't so damn scary.

(A post-ST2 AU)

Snippet below the cut:

Snippet:

“That sucks,” Will says instead, “I’m sorry.” “It’s fine,” Mike says, shrugging as he meets his eye, “It’s just so stupid, you know.” “Yeah,” Will nods, “Dads suck.” “They do,” Mike says, his face softening into a smile, “Hey. You’re my best friend. You know that, right?” “Yeah, you are too,” Will says, smiling back, and then he swallows when Mike doesn’t look away, his smile falling a little as his eyes do this quick motion down-and-up over his face. The inside of the car is dark, intimate, and Will suddenly feels lightheaded as he looks down at Mike’s hand again, his fingers tapping lightly against the parking brake between them. He looks back up at Mike’s face, and Mike is still staring, his eyes almost black in the low light. And Will thinks about August, about the movie theater, about his voice on the radio saying We can be scared together, if you want. Scared together. Crazy together.  “Are you drunk?”  “A little.” August, Mike’s dark brown eyes, his mouth dry. Mike looked down.  “Yeah, sorry, I was- I wasn’t feeling well that night.” Mike shakes his head after a moment, looking back at Will’s house, “I’ll see you tomorrow?” Will’s mouth is dry as he nods, “Yeah, tomorrow.” 

tagging: @foodiewithdahoodie@sparks-olivarpente@maru-chu@greenfiend@booksandpaperss@magentamee@doriandrifting@itsacleanmachine@moon-and-stars @fireflywitch(if you wanna be added or removed from the tag list lmk!)

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Chapter 4: What's On Your Mind?

Will's boss hates air conditioning and Mike Wheeler, the OG Party sees The Blob and Will has a bad time, Mike mysteriously appears at Will's house after work one day, Will successfully runs a DnD session while halfway ready to call an Amber Alert for Mike until he arrives an hour late, and Will finally puts the pieces together after a late night conversation in a car.

(all in a nice 10k word package!)

Fic Summary:

Senior year arrives off the back of a wasted summer and brings with it a whole can of worms that Mike has been trying to avoid opening since eighth grade. Left with Will being in his usual DM position in the club that he started, a distant sister he's convinced hates him, parents that can't seem to stop fighting, a burning truth in his heart that he can't stamp out, and a terrifyingly bleak future looming ahead; Mike struggles to navigate the year from hell. But maybe Mike isn't as alone as he thought, and maybe... just maybe, everything has a way of working itself out for the better.

Will's life seems to be changing faster and faster every day. Jonathan leaves after graduating community college and making it into Purdue, Will's mom gets a promotion at work and starts getting more serious with Hopper, and Will ends up in charge of the DnD Club for the first time ever. On top of that, his friendship with Mike is becoming increasingly... odd. Strained. Tense. What starts with a movie night slowly changes their friendship, and with it turns Will's whole world on it's head- Again. But... maybe not everything has to be bad. Maybe change can be good, even. If only it wasn't so damn scary.

(A post-ST2 AU)

Snippet below the cut:

Snippet:

“That sucks,” Will says instead, “I’m sorry.” “It’s fine,” Mike says, shrugging as he meets his eye, “It’s just so stupid, you know.” “Yeah,” Will nods, “Dads suck.” “They do,” Mike says, his face softening into a smile, “Hey. You’re my best friend. You know that, right?” “Yeah, you are too,” Will says, smiling back, and then he swallows when Mike doesn’t look away, his smile falling a little as his eyes do this quick motion down-and-up over his face. The inside of the car is dark, intimate, and Will suddenly feels lightheaded as he looks down at Mike’s hand again, his fingers tapping lightly against the parking brake between them. He looks back up at Mike’s face, and Mike is still staring, his eyes almost black in the low light. And Will thinks about August, about the movie theater, about his voice on the radio saying We can be scared together, if you want. Scared together. Crazy together.  “Are you drunk?”  “A little.” August, Mike’s dark brown eyes, his mouth dry. Mike looked down.  “Yeah, sorry, I was- I wasn’t feeling well that night.” Mike shakes his head after a moment, looking back at Will’s house, “I’ll see you tomorrow?” Will’s mouth is dry as he nods, “Yeah, tomorrow.” 

tagging: @foodiewithdahoodie@sparks-olivarpente@maru-chu@greenfiend@booksandpaperss@magentamee@doriandrifting@itsacleanmachine@moon-and-stars @fireflywitch(if you wanna be added or removed from the tag list lmk!)

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I'll never be over the fact that the Hellfire Club was also the name of a gay night club in New York City in the 70s-80s where the movie Cruising (1980) was filmed.