#if a bit.. nauseating

[mark-the-snark]

The reward for the quickest a media made me do fanart goes to these guys ☝️☝️☝️

Also if it's hard to tell what's happening, the kitty made him a new tail. U may not believe it, but I almost cried drawing this 😔

[dailygihun]

day 26 || he is like lily of the valley to me

[raven-cl]

For day 9's prompt for @stmarchmm, fake dating/courting!

You Wanna Piss Off Your Parents (Date Me to Scare Them)

WC: 3,201 | CW: none | Rating General Audience | Read on AO3

Eddie stared at the amount of money left in his account, finding it to be way too short of all the presents he was about to have to get in the incoming month. He hummed to himself thinking when Dustin threw his head over his shoulder, pausing his reading of the latest X-Men comic.

"What're you humming about?" he asked.

Sighing, the alpha just shook his head, "nothin, I'm just looking at my account right now. It's a little low for Christmas."

Dustin nodded his head in understanding, staring off in thought before brimming a bright smile, chirping, "why don't you do that boyfriend for his thing, but like if you wanna piss off your parents?"

Eddie looked at him with annoyed belief at the suggestion. "What?"

"You know how people will post up flyers saying they'll be a bad boyfriend for hire for a day at Thanksgiving when people are with their families? You should do that," the beta elaborated.

Scoffing, the alpha said, "that's stupid, I'm not gonna do something like that," moving to put his money related items away.

"Suit yourself, I'm telling you, you'll knock it out of the park with just your looks alone," Dustin sighed, closing his comic. Eddie threw him a glare, about to say something before the beta interrupted him to say, "I gotta go now though, I told the guys I'd go to the arcade with them."

And with that Dustin made his way out of the trailer, comic book in hand leaving Eddie alone with his thoughts.

Even though the beta had already left, and he was doing other things, the alpha couldn't get the suggestion out of his head, finally he decided that it was worth a shot, heading towards the library to go get his flyer printed out.

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Steve walked on the sidewalk stewing, having left the house when his parents showed up, particularly pissed off at the way they started picking apart his appearance and life choices again. He hated having to spend Thanksgiving with them, having to deal with them for a whole week and he was still a few days away from being free of them.

He paced while he waited for the crossing sign, wondering what the hell to do to get back at them, to do anything to annoy them as much as they annoyed him when a piece of paper stuck to the walkway caught his eye.

The title of the paper read "Mad at your parents? Hire me as your alpha to ruin Thanksgiving by being obnoxious!"and it immediately piqued his interest. The omega read it over, checking out everything the alpha said he'd do and his prices, noting the tier system he had for what he'd do for what price.

The most expensive package was set to 200 where'd be willing to be overbearing at dinner, act incredibly unsavory towards the customer in front of their parents and be an overall annoyance as much as they could. There was a number listed at the bottom that he assumed had to be the alpha and decided that he'd give him a call, that this would be the way he'd get back at his parents.

Choosing to let off some more steam before he went home, he walked around for a little while more, finally choosing to go home when his feet started to hurt and luckily managed to go back just as his parents were leaving.

Immediately he headed straight for the phones, picking it up and dialing the number that was written on the flyer that he'd seen. He listened to the dial tone, waiting for it to switch to a voice when someone finally picked up and answered, "'Munson residence."

"Hey, is this uh, the piss off your parents alpha?" Steve started, his voice unsure.

Quickly the voice confirmed, "oh yeah, that's me. You inviting me out?"

"Yeah, yeah I do, I wanna get the full package, the most expensive one," the omega told him.

"Okay, can do. I accept cash payment up front before we hangout with your parents," the alpha said. Continuing on his sentence, "are there anything specific you want or need when I show up?"

Shaking his head as if the man on the other end could see, he answered, "no not really, just don't dress like you're some super rich pretentious asshole."

The alpha hummed into the phone then asked, "m'kay sweetheart, what's the address I'm showing up to?"

Steve rattled off his address to him and they worked out the little details of the alpha coming, like time and parking. Once they were finished, the omega hung up and began counting the seconds until Thanksgiving came.

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Eddie drove his van up the street of Loch Nora, looking for the house number that he was told over the phone. When he finally found it, he pulled in to their driveway, parking right where he was told to. He looked around, slightly nervous but powering through it, opening his door and stepping out.

Swiftly though the front door opened and closed and he heard footsteps jogging against the concrete towards him. The alpha was greeted by a rather cute omega nearly as tall as he was, with fluffied brown hair and matching brown eyes, wearing a long sleeved polo with a button up underneath and jeans.

"Hey, so you're Eddie right?" the omega asked, looking at him up and down.

Nodding his head, "yup, that's me. You're Steve?"

Steve confirmed his name, checking him out from head to toe again stating, "wow, yeah you look great, they'll hate you."

The omega chuckled as he gawked at him, the alpha giving him a humored huff, glad Steve was apparently happy with the fact Eddie wore something he'd wear anywhere else. "Anything's okay? Nothing you want me to specifically not do?" he asked, checking one more time for good measure.

"Everything's fine, just nothing too over the top I guess? Be obnoxious, not too crass," Steve clarified before reaching into his pocket. "Oh, here you go by the way, before I forget," stretching out his hand for the alpha to take his money.

With a smile the alpha pocketed it, saying, "okay let's go then," and placed a hand on the omega's hip, right by his ass as they made their way up the steps.

On they way up the steps, he began scenting Steve enough that he had a faint scent of the alpha on him. Once they passed the threshold, he subtly took in the house, amazed at just how large it was inside and how much free space was inside. When they entered there was a couple walking around the house, an older male alpha and an equally as old female omega, who he assumed were the parents he was there to piss off.

"Hey so this is my alpha Eddie that I was telling you about," the omega said, ushering Eddie to shake their hands. "Eddie, these are my parents."

He could see the way both of his parents, breath stilled as they looked at him, the father staring intently for a second at the hand on his son's hip, but still reached both their hands out to shake his.

"Hey it's nice to meet you guys," Eddie said with a smile, choosing to go a rather casual way of getting them but nothing too informal.

He could see the way the mother had a bit of a strained smile and thought about what a joy it was gonna be to mess with them. They greeted him back and they stood there rather awkwardly for a moment before the older omega broke the tension by suggesting they head over to the dinner table.

"So… Eddie," the older alpha started with an emphasize on his name, "what do you do for a living?" he asked as they all got seated, the parents sitting next to each other while Steve sat next to Eddie.

"I work as a mechanic," he lied, answering him with a warm smile as he accepted his plate from the omega. The table was already set and he immediately began scooping mashed potatoes onto his plate before the omega's father could get a chance to.

He purposefully ignored the subtle incredulous stare he got from the older couple, although he did notice the way Steve was biting his cheek to keep from smiling. From the moment they met, the omega's scent was sweet, blooming happy vanilla sweet pheromones as he had gotten closer to the alpha.

It was cute and smelled delicious, and Eddie couldn't help but keep his scent matching his, even with the way he was purposefully getting on Steve's parents nerves.

After blinking away the shock at the sheer audacity and reaching for the spoons, the father asked, "are you in school?

"Nope, I'm just mainly working for right now," the alpha answered easily, carefully peering out the side of his eye to not make it obvious, watching as Steve was hiding his face while he served his own plate.

Not skipping a beat, the older omega asked, "do you ever plan on going to school for something, I don't know," taking a breath and looking around as if she was figuring out how to phrase her words, "for a grander job?"

"Maybe at some point, not right now for sure though," Eddie said, getting a quick glance from the both of them.

It was quiet for a while, neither parent apparently knowing what to say before Steve's mother quipped up, "so, where did you guys meet?"

"At the mechanic shop actually, I was the one working on his car," Eddie said, organizing the his plate to have a spot for the turkey.

"Oh, was there something wrong with his car that he just… hadn't told us about?" She questioned.

"No, nothin' like that, just getting a check up is all," he finished, looking up towards the turkey once he felt he had sufficient space.

Sighing, his mother huffed, "Steve, why don't you have some peas, they're not there for just decoration."

Taking a deep exasperated breath, the omega said back, "I've said I don't like them."

Rolling her eyes she meanly pointed out, "well at least your boyfriend isn't a picky eater," looking down at his plate that had a little bit of everything on it. From this close, he could smell the way Steve's scent slightly faltered. Hoping to cheer him up just a bit, he brushed their ankles together, sneaking in a look at him.

The older alpha held out his hand stopping Eddie even though he hadn't made a move at all, saying out loud to everyone although he knew he was specifically talking to him, "I'll be carving the turkey for us." The young alpha shared a small glance with the omega, a grin blooming on his face once he saw Steve was smiling about how his parents were clearly bothered.

As the omega's father started cutting into turkey, plating his wife's plate, Steve's mother asked the pair, "so how long have you two been going out?"

A smile still plastered on his face, he turned to look at the omega, not knowing how long they were supposed to be dating when Steve swiftly spoke up, answering, "just for a couple months."

"A couple months? And we're only hearing and meeting him now?" his father asked incredulous.

"Well it just never came up and I didn't know when to introduce you guys. Thanksgiving seemed as good of a time as any," the omega told him. That earned him an unapproving look from the older alpha but that was the last of it. Steve reached his plate over, letting his father plate it with the turkey. Once his was done, Eddie mimicked the motion, letting himself be served as well.

When everything was set, Eddie immediately began eating alongside Steve, shoving the food into his mouth without being too messy.

The mother looked at him for a minute with her brow furrowed before she began eating herself. She tried making conversation again, referring to the alpha, "so did you grow up around here?"

Eddie hummed an affirmative, "yeah I've been in Hawkins my whole life."

"So you went to the same school and everything as Steve here?" the older alpha quipped.

Nodding his head, "yup, I was just two years above him."

"Oh so you're older than he is?" she asked, looking over at him.

Once again he just hummed a confirmation, not answering them properly and he could see out the corner of his eye the way they were becoming more agitated with him.

"Are you planning on staying in Hawkins or do you plan on trying to move to a new city at some point?" his father asked, though with his tone it was starting to be more of an interrogation.

Casually, like he had no idea that he was annoying them, "uh, I'm just going with the wind y'know, going wherever it wants to take me." He could practically see the gears turning in the older alpha's head, forming a highly negative opinion about Eddie.

They ate in an awkward silence for a little bit, Steve and Eddie occasionally bumping their feet together want sharing pleased glances. After awhile, his parents foolishly tried again to make small talk. "Do you ever plan on courting of having children with our little Steve?" his father asked, gesturing towards the omega as he spoke.

"Oh I hope to pup your son someday," Eddie said with a smug grin, putting a hand that was clearly high up on the omega's thigh even from their obscured view on the other side of the table.

Nervously chuckling the older omega said, "don't do anything too hasty," shifting her eyes back and forth from Eddie and her son's now flushed face.

"Don't worry I won't do anything too untoward until I've courted him proper and we're together" and it was obvious that his mother did not like that, not with the way her eye slightly twitched at his implication that they'd still be doing things before being tied down together. The older alpha also gave him a disapproving look, lightly tapping his fork against his plate.

They left it at that, finally deciding that it just wasn't worth it trying to talk to him anymore, eating in silence. Soon after they finished their meal, all of them getting up once everyone was done. Eddie grabbed his plate, planning on taking it to the sink only to have it taken from him by Steve's mother.

He put his hand back on Steve's waist, watching as the omega's parents walked around. Steve guided him back into the main room where they stood, waiting for his parents to finish up so the alpha could leave as per their agreement.

It didn't take long for the married couple to come meet them, both of their postures tense as they stared the alpha down.

"Okay, well I think I gotta get out of here, gotta making stuff everything's alright at home with my uncle y'know?" the alpha said with a grin, stroking Steve's side before giving it a few pats.

His parents nodded and Eddie reached out his hand towards them to shake it, waiting for one of them to take it up before he said, "it was nice to meet the both of you."

"Same to you," the older alpha gritted out, settinghis hands on his hips as he waited for the Eddie to leave.

Looking over to Steve who was glancing at the three of them, he finally spoke up, "I'm gonna walk him out," pulling at him. The pair turned on their heel and walked out the door, strolling down the driveway.

"Oh my god, did you see they faces?" Steve giggled, "man they couldn't stand you, I'm sure they're glad the both of us are outside right now."

The alpha laughed with him, letting his touch linger longer than he needed to on his waist, still keeping a warm hand on it. The alpha moved to stand in front of him, about to make his way to the driver's side when he noticed a movement in the window.

"By the way, Steve, don't look now but your parents are standing right in the window staring at us," he told him, keeping a subtle eye on what they were doing.

"Holy shit, no way they're watching us right now," the omega huffed, rolling his eyes though he was still smiling.

Giving him an amused look Eddie asked, "you wanna seal the deal? Make em really think we're together?"

A blush spread brightly across the omega's cheek and he thought he was the cutest thing, happy when Steve agreed to it. The alpha cradled the omega's face before leaning in to kiss him, checking to make sure his parents were still watching when they pulled back. Sure enough they were though they quickly left and he smirked, finally bidding Steve goodbye and driving all the way home, slightly mourning the fact that he'd probably never get to see Steve again.

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"Who was the person you went out with anyways?" Dustin asked, as he watched Eddie sew on a patch on his jacket.

"Some little rich omega named Steve," Eddie answered, focused on pulling the needle through the denim material.

"Steve?"

"Yeah, he lives on Loch Nora," the alpha replied, holding back the jacket to check how much he had left to do.

You went out with my fucking babysitter?!" that caused the alpha to look up from his planning, staring at him with wide eyes, the beta staring at him with an equal expression.

"Steve?? Steve is your babysitter? Tall, brown hair, lotta moles?" Eddie asked, gesturing to his body.

"Yes, that's him!" the beta exclaimed, pausing and squinting his eyes before asking, "did you like him?

His tongue got stuck in his throat before he managed to cough out, "yeah I thought he was really cute."

"Do you wanna date him? He's looking for an alpha he's just bad at flirting," Dustin said bluntly, watching the alpha for an answer.

"I mean- yeah, okay sure. I'd love to take him on a date, a proper one this time. Where I'm not… Trying to just upset his parents," Eddie replied honestly.

Nodding his head, he replied, "okay it's settled then, you guys are going out then."

"Hold on, how do you even know he wants to go out with me?" the alpha asked puzzled, looking up with a confused look on his face.

Shrugging like it was nothing, the beta told him, "well he mentioned that he met an alpha he likes but doubts he'll meet again and you're the only alpha he was with recently so. It has to be you."

At those words, the small grin began spreading on the alpha's face, Steve liked him and liked him enough to hangout again but didn't want to ask. Knowing that the beta was not going to let this go, Eddie continued sewing patches on his jacket, knowing soon enough he'd be meeting the omega again to have a date proper.

[omegalerc]

catching up on yesterday and ohmygerddddd what in the choscar occurred ...

[i-am-the-midnight-sun]

Kate: Hey guys!

Colin: Oh, good! There you are. You’ll tell me the truth. Anthony says that you two never fight.

Kate: Huh, I guess that’s true.

Anthony: Told you!

Colin: No way. I love you both, but you are the two most emotionally ill-equipped individuals in the history of relationships. You two must’ve had at least one fight.

Kate: You know what? We did.

Colin: Aha!

Kate: There was one small dispute about which one of us was more awesome. We just called it a tie and had sex.

*Anthony & Kate high five*

[yonemurishiroku]

something something the ghosts don’t just fear Nico. They love him. Love him.

[epersonae]

I have a bunch of receng genAI-related links that I want to store somewhere other than browser tabs, so here, have some mostly depressing reading

As I said in chat, it's giving Star Trek TOS "The Ultimate Computer":

The report from MIT Technology Review is worth clicking through to:

Some musings from a college-level writing instructor:

Some thoughts on financialization and futurity from a guy writing a book on sort of the "history of the future" (iirc mostly by way of old Wired magazines)

A polemic on management, business culture, and genAI (and I mean polemic in the best way)

And then a little dark humor

[prettyboykatsuki-moved]

i am so MISERABLE please free me

[spellsparkler]

writing elias is fun for, i expect, the same reason a lot of people find the dark urge fun: I know more or less what's going on with her and she's got no fucking clue. she's a very information-driven person, and as soon as she realises that there is some largely indefinable difference between her and the rest of them she immediately starts trying to catalogue it and narrow it down. it's interesting to write someone who is so deliberately aware of themself and observing themself all the time

[gilderoylockhart]

looks at you like this . . . . / silly

also you sound like this song i was listening to it and i thought of you ! ! ! !

That is such a sily sonf

[pey-up]

I ate a chunk of reheated meat from a ziplock bag from my fridge and i feel ILL

[fictional-worlds-are-exquisite]

Im so glad that Google AI keeps the spirit of telling you your symptoms could be death approaching

[trashogram]

Thank you Striker for stabbing Stolas

Man I can't stand the damn bird

I hear that sister!

“Oh shit, am I in danger?”

Oh shit, Stolas? More like NO SHIT. Dude was running scared when Striker shot at him in public then suddenly doesn’t remember how he himself fled?? He’s got worse memory issues than me.

[tinygayproductions]

i cant wait for this fucking appointment

i just wanna know whats wrong LMAO

knowing stress exacerbates it can only go so far when i dont know what im dealing with

[meteoritesystem]

the thing about mothers is if you show joy around them they will be mean to you and then you gotta drag The Shame around forever every time u express happiness or excitement

[emerald-oceans]

I’m sorry I’m getting so worked up over this. I see myself and a prior relationship when I see Ford being shipped with Bill. It hits too close to home.