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Pt. 11 epilogue

1987

It took weeks to process their grief. They held a memorial service in Steve's backyard. There was no body to bury. It had faded before them. Something about the rules of time, they weren't listening. They didn't care. She slipped through their fingers forever.

They miss her so much.

----

1989

Robin is standing in front of him and Eddie with a pregnancy test. Her mouth is open, her hands shaking.

Eddie is pacing in a circle.

"Well?! What is Buckley spit it out!" He rips the test out of her hands and stares at it. He wordlessly passes it to Steve.

Steve looks down at the little pink plus sign. A ghost of a smile takes over his face. He looks back up at them.

"Lydia," he whispers.

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1990

She crying. She hasn't stopped crying. Steve has never been so happy to hear a little voice. One week old and she's the best thing that's ever happened to him.

He's rocking her in the chair Joyce got him. His parents completely disowning him when he came out gave him the opportunity to get new parental figures. She has a birthmark where the puncture wounds were. Little freckles in the places she bled the most. A reminder from another life. It wasn't all a dream.

"Hey," Eddie's watching him from the doorway, a tired smile on his face.

"You wanna switch over?" He asks.

"No, not yet." Steve says shaking his head. "I finally get to see her grow up, I know I get to live to see her grow." His breathing quickens.

"We got her back Eds, we finally got her again."

Eddie walks to him, running his hand through Lydia's baby hairs.

"I know Stevie, we're parents." He looks over at Steve.

"I love her so much it hurts. She's never leaving us again. "

-----

2005

"What do you mean you're leaving us!?"

"C'mon Pa it's just summer camp! Plus Uncle Dustin's the main counselor you know he basically runs that camp. Besides whats the worst that can happen?"

----

1 month later

Eddie and Steve rush into the hospital room.

"Oh my god what're you guys doing here?!" Lydia shouts.

"What do you mean! We're your parents! You got hurt. You're in the hospital!"

Lydia rolls her eyes.

"I broke my arm. It's not a big deal kids break bones all the time, plus John's been helping me." She points somewhere behind them. The two spin around, noticing the shy boy sitting in the corner.

Immediately they don't like him.

"Oh?" Eddie's eyebrows raise. A snarl on his face. "And who is this?"

"Well sir I-I'm John...I go to camp with Lydia-"

"Oh!" Steve throws his hands in the air. "And you're the reason our daughter's here??!"

"Dad!"

"What?!"

"No-o sir I-"

"Dad leave him alone! He's just a teenager!"

"Yes Lydia! I was a teenage boy too!"

Eddie gives him a flirtatious grin.

"Yeah you were quite the teenage boy weren't you sweetheart."

"Oh yuck!" Lydia groans. "I'm fine, can you guys leave yet? I'm literally supposed to leave camp in a week. You couldn't wait that long?"

"Of course not!" Both of them grab her cheeks pulling at them. "You're our precious baaaaabbbyyy~"

"Ok! Ok! I love you too!" She giggles. "I'll see you soon."

"See you munchkin, I'm just gonna have John here walk us out so we don't get lost."

She rolls her eyes, "whatever."

When they leave the room the two corner John.

"You will not go near our daughter again you understand?"

"Y-yes sir."

----

2015

"It's the same dress." Steve says staring at Lydia. "The same dress I met her in."

"Should we ever tell her?"

"No, no. El said to keep the lives separate. She's been having dreams though. The other day she remembered you face-planting at the bowling alley. We're supposed to keep the scars a secret too. We got lucky she hasn't really questioned ours too much."

"Well...there's no upside down for her to worry about and that's what's important."

"Do you think she even realizes that she saved millions of lives." They look over at her giggling with her bridesmaids. A smile on their faces.

"I hope she gets everything in this world and more."

"What are you two yapping about?" Lydia's laughing at them.

"Just making fun of John."

She cackles. "How many years has it been? Give him a break, after today he'll be my husbaaannnnd."

"Yuck," Eddie sticks out his tongue disgusted. "That twerp? Still want him huh? Not too late to change your mind munchkin."

She shoves him.

"You think he's ok?" She's biting her lip in worry.

"Sweetie, he loves you, he literally ignored every threat we gave him to love you. This was meant to be."

"You believe all that?" Lydia asks, "fate?"

Steve takes one arm while Eddie takes the other.

"I believe in it all and most of all, I believe in us, in you."

She smiles at them.

"Ok then...let's go"

Together they walk her down the aisle, as a family.

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THE END :D

I hope you didn't cry too much. I got attached to these little suckers.

Whooooo it's been a whole week since I started writing this and now it's done!

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Dangerous as the Left

Let’s stop pretending.

Let’s stop acting like the political Right in the UK is some ticking time bomb when it’s obvious who’s really smashing up cities, threatening democracy, and weaponizing identity.

If the British Right were even half as violent as the Left claims, there’d be no student sit-ins, no Just Stop Oil tantrums, and no screaming mob outside Parliament waving Palestine flags and calling for “resistance.”

Let’s talk facts. Not feelings.

2020s Britain: Riots, Vandalism, and a Spineless Establishment

We watched BLM “protesters” in London deface the Churchill statue, burn Union flags, and clash with police. We saw public monuments boxed up in plywood in our own capital city. We saw war memorials desecrated.

What did politicians say? “Let’s understand their pain.” What did the police do? Took the knee.

Meanwhile, veterans holding a Remembrance service were treated like a threat.

You couldn’t make it up.

Political Violence One-Way Only

Pro-life campaigners get arrested for silently praying outside an abortion clinic.

Antifa-style activists in balaclavas show up to intimidate free speech events no arrests.

Patriotic football fans chant Rule Britannia and the BBC calls it "controversial."

Meanwhile, Extinction Rebellion shuts down entire roads, smashs petrol pumps, and climbs on ambulances and they get invited to the BBC Green Room.

And if you point this out? You’re labelled “far-right.”

It’s not about safety. It’s about silencing dissent.

The Real Right: Not Violent Just Unapologetically British

We don’t riot. We don’t burn down high streets or threaten politicians. We stand in silence at Cenotaphs. We wave flags at Dover, not Molotovs.

We believe in God, tradition, duty, law, and truth the very values that built this country.

And that terrifies the modern Left.

Because we don’t need to shout to be heard. We just need to show up and that’s enough to expose how hollow their ideology really is.

You’re Not Afraid of Our “Violence” You’re Afraid of Our Conviction

Truth doesn’t need a firebomb. Patriotism doesn’t need a protest. Order doesn’t come from chaos it comes from conviction.

That’s why they try to censor, shame, and cancel us. Because when ordinary Brits start remembering who we are proud, principled, and grounded the game is over for them.

They know it.

So they scream “fascist” at anyone to the right of Kier Starmer. They call the Union Jack “problematic.” They want to erase history, not learn from it.

But guess what?

We’re not going anywhere. Not now. Not ever.

🇬🇧 Final Word: We’re Not the Threat We’re the Backbone

We are the people who still believe in family, sovereignty, honour, and God. We don’t wear black hoods. We wear poppies. We don’t block ambulances. We salute service. We don’t silence speech. We demand better speech.

The British Right isn't radical it’s responsible. It’s not dangerous it’s disciplined. And it’s not violent it’s vital.

Stand tall. Hold the line. Be unashamed.

You’re not the problem. You’re the reminder of what Britain used to be and could be again.

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Pt.9

For the first time in her life Lydia shut up.

She was sitting in the middle of the room while everyone else was frantic around her.

"How can this happen? How does he even know she exists!"

"He must be in our minds that's it!"

"He wasn't supposed to come till 1995. We had time!"

"Yeah well obviously we don't!"

"I don't care about the facts I want my daughter safe!"

The room is silent.

"Oh my god." Dustin is the first to start.

"Your daughter?!" Lucas squeaks.

Eddie raises his hand. "Yeah um, mine too."

"WHAT!" Mike roars.

Robin is giggling, Nancy is shaking her head while smiling. Everyone else looks generally unsurprised.

"Relax dipshit," Max says. "People have children all the time, including gay people. No big deal."

"Well it's just-"

"If you think Steve ending up with Eddie is the biggest surprise and not that there's a time traveler in your living room you're even stupider than I thought. I can't be the only one who thought they were already dating." Everyone else nods their head in agreement and that seems to be the end of that.

"Back to planning," Nancy starts. "Lydia knows how the first round went. If Vecna knows everything we've discussed then you can't know anything else. We have to treat this as a two-way camera. Only the bare bones."

"But I can help!" Lydia argues.

"No Lydia, you've already told us everything you know. You are no longer a part in this plan. For your safety and ours."

The two engage in a staring contest. Lydia is the first to break away with a huff. Leaving the room in a flurry.

Eddie trails after her.

"Hey! Wait up!"

He finds her outside on the porch, her face in her knees. He sits next to her giving her room to breathe.

"What's going on munchkin?"

"I'm no use to anyone! I don't even know why I'm here. I'm useless. This is life or death and I'm only in the way, I'm a hazard."

"No babe that's not true. You didn't ask to get possessed by the scary wizard man did you? That stupid bastard. He won't hurt you. I won't let him."

Understanding seems to pass on her face but she doesn't say anything.

"Let's go back inside huh?"

"Yeah."

---

When they go inside Lydia pulls Nancy aside. "Can I talk to you? I know why I was brought here."

---

"Ok so the plan is," Nancy has a large sheet of paper on the table, she has little monopoly pieces representing everyone and a large marked she's drawing little connecting lines with. Lydia and Eddie were sent to do something, anything but be involved. Eddie would get caught up later. He didn't want to miss the chance to babysit his daughter.

"El will be our manpower. The kids will be sent to the Creel house to burn the body like we did." She gestures to Steve and Robin. "This time he won't get a chance to heal."

Robin and Steve are looking at her for their next instructions. "Robin you're with me. Steve, you and Eddie watch over Lydia. All she has to do is stand there and try to summon him."

Steve crosses the room in anger. "My daughter will not be bait!"

"Steve," Robin puts a hand on his chest. "Babe you know as well as I do that it's the only way to get him here."

Steve won't stop. "Why do we have to chase him down?! Huh?! Aren't we speeding up the timeline? Shouldn't we wait for him to find us?"

Nancy shakes her head at him. "Steve. He nearly killed us once on his time. This time we have an upper hand. Do you really want to see what he's like when he's had time to plan? To put Lydia in more danger?"

"You know I'd never-"

"Then trust me...it's the only way."

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All chapters will be posted today!!!! Woo-hoo! Maybe I'll wait till tomorrow to post the epilogue idk.

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#Repost @ukraine.ua with @use.repost . . . 🇺🇦🪖 Today, we honour the courage, bravery, and dedication of the Ukrainian infantry who defend Ukraine in the toughest parts of the frontline.

Our foot soldiers are the first to meet the enemy’s approach, bravely repelling Russian attacks day and night, holding the lines, and conducting offensive operations 💪

We thank our heroes for their unwavering commitment to duty and for their example of true patriotism. May courage and strength always be your partners in all combat missions.

Eternal memory to our fallen defenders who gave their lives for Ukraine 🕯️

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Molly Sprayregen at LGBTQ Nation:

Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against the man whom anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) accused of physically assaulting her while asking her to protect trans people. Prosecutors did not say why they dropped the charges, but Mace has made it clear she’s not happy about it. “When a man can physically assault a woman in the halls of Congress, with impunity, it sends an appalling message to every woman in America,” Mace told News 2. “If it can happen here, it can happen anywhere.” “I was injured, intentionally, and I am still in pain,” she continued. “I filed charges, and they were inexplicably ignored. But I will not be. I will not back down. I will not be intimidated. And I sure as hell won’t stay silent.” In December, Mace claimed foster youth advocate James McIntyre of Illinois injured her arm at an event for the Foster Youth Caucus, of which Mace is a co-chair. “I was physically accosted at the Capitol tonight by a pro-tr*ns man,” Mace wrote on X, inexplicably starring out the word trans. “One new brace for my wrist and some ice for my arm and it’ll heal just fine. The Capitol police arrested the guy. Your tr*ns violence and threats on my life will only make me double down. FAFO. #HoldTheLine.” The charges allege that McIntyre “took her hand with both of his hands and shook her arm up and down in an exaggerated, aggressive hand-shaking motion.” Three eyewitnesses, however, accused Mace of manufacturing the assault, saying Mace and McIntyre, who pleaded not guilty, shared nothing more than a standard handshake while he asked the Congresswoman to protect trans rights.

The frivolous charges against James McIntyre for his handshake against Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) were rightfully dropped.

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The Advocate: Charges dropped against trans advocate falsely accused of assault by Nancy Mace for giving her a firm handshake