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Jasmine Amy Rogers as Betty Boop in BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical

(Photos by Mark Seliger)

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love when a mother asks if they have ever done anything to hurt you. ma'am, you will literally never be ready to have this conversation

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any of my musical theatre baddies out there i have some fun news:

my teacher for the musical theatre scene study class im in right now was the original Squip (Eric William Morris) in Be More Chill and i didn’t know that! so i accidentally fan girled about BMC in front of him. When he told me who he was, 13 y/o me suddenly made an appearance and tears just streamed down my face, (out of excitement of course) but the fact that i’m working with someone i’ve looked up to for so long is a really weird and crazy full circle moment.

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brittany broski for people magazine’s creators of the year 2024

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happy birth to me 😈

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The way I would suck the life out of this man then make him a plate of spaghetti..

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Here comes Johnny 🧷......

I rambled about this idea a few months ago on stories so a here's a little backstory:

Eddie can't stand Johnny, apart from the typical rivalry metalheads and punks had back then he also lost to johnny and his punk band on the battle of the bands in highschool. After that they have clashed a few times. Eddie didn't frequent Family Video before but has started going more often for Robin & Steve, specially Steve. Needless to say that seeing this guy coming here often and flirting with his crush makes him want to rip his hair out, too bad he feels he can't do anything about it. (And yeah, this guy is the cameo character Maya Hawke's brother played. I borrowed him for this)

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i think nancy brining eddie to prom to piss of her father is actually very funny. (twitter) [ID IN ALT]

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(Why tf are all my ficlets so chaotic?)

Dustin doesn't really understand why Steve keeps turning girls down. There was the girl at the diner who Steve rejected. There were the girls at Family Video, and the girl at the mall.

And there was... well, you get the point.

Dustin wasn't complaining! Steve's lack of dates meant that he could drive the kids to the arcade more often, and he could stay at Hellfire for longer amounts of time. But it was still weird to see the former king of Hawkins High accepting his role as a babysitter.

So, naturally, Dustin had to ask about it.

And, also naturally, Dustin had to ask about it with Robin and Eddie in the car with him.

"Yeah, I've noticed that too, Steve," Robin said.

Steve sighed, a very, very long sigh. "Let's just say, for the sake of time, that I have a friend."

"Yeah?"

"Robin knows her, too," Steve continued, nodding at Robin.

"Just to be clear, we're talking about, uhm, Dorothy, right?" Robin asked, cocking her head to one side.

Steve nodded some more at Robin, and Robin smiled. Dustin hated the way they communicated without talking, but it was the price he had to pay to get to ride in Steve's car.

"Dorothy?" Dustin questioned, confused.

Eddie piped up. "Yeah, yeah, Dorothy. I know her. She's, uh, she used to be in Hellfire before she graduated."

"Yeah!" Steve and Robin said together, both laughing.

"Know Vickie?" Steve turned to Dustin.

"Vickie who?"

Robin looked confused. "I- I don't actually know. But she knows Dorothy, too! We used to all hang out together, but y'know she graduated before we did. She's super nice! She swung by Family Video the other day-" Robin winked at Steve before continuing- "and we talked for a bit. She's just the best, isn't she?"

Dustin left the conversation being possibly more confused than before. But apparently Steve had a friend. And her name was Dorothy.

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Cheesy romance novels are Eddie's guilty pleasure. He sits up in bed with his dorky glasses on, giggling and kicking his feet whenever the two main characters touch hands or gaze at each other for longer than five seconds. When they finally kiss, he exclaims loudly, which causes Steve to sleepily reach over and smack him.

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😳😳😳

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The comic plot twist potential of the kids going “Wait, where’s Steve? Didn’t he say he would also come?” during a Serious group discussion and either Dustin or Robin making a quip about how he’s been kind of absent-minded and Weird lately. “He’s probably mooning after some girl.” Dustin will say with a roll of his eyes and everyone will agree.

Immediately after we’ll get a shot of Steve, indeed, heavily making out with someone. We don’t see the person’s face at first: all we see is their long bushy hair and how they’re backing Steve up against a wall to deepen the kiss. The hair is almost eerily similar to Nancy’s hairstyle in that episode but within the next few moments, Steve cups their cheek and the camera pans in from the side to reveal one Eddie Munson.

And a very love-drunk Steve looking at him as if he’s the last of his wishes come true.

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“I used to wonder about this place,” Robin tells Eddie as they lounge on the couch, looking up at Steve’s pristine ceiling, not a cobweb in sight. 

“Huh?”

Robin smirks knowingly. “Come on, you must have wondered, too.” She puts on a hushed voice of mock reverence. “The King of Hawkins High roaming these hallowed halls… if walls could speak…”

Eddie snorts. “Those are some pretty words, Buckley,” he says, and he knows that even this tease is pretty much a confession that he’d once thought similar things. 

“I used to imagine his parties,” Robin continues, “and think that he’d no doubt break some priceless heirloom, like…” She nods at a horrendously ugly vase. “And then he’d have to hurry and clean it all up before mom and dad noticed.” She looks at Eddie head-on, all joking dropped, and Eddie suddenly suspects that she has planned this conversation. “I was wrong.”

She’s lowered her voice, and the two of them simultaneously glance over to make sure Steve can’t hear; he’s completely unaware, trying to shove a still chattering Dustin off the kitchen countertop. 

“What part?” Eddie asks quietly.

Robin sighs heavily. “He never needed to hurry, Eddie,” she says slowly, deliberately, like she’s saying something else. Eddie listens close until he can hear it: No-one was ever coming to see the mess. They’re never fucking here.

He looks over at Steve again, smiling brightly in the spotless kitchen; and, unbidden, he thinks of Chrissy, of how loneliness is not always obvious. 

Robin knocks her foot gently against Eddie’s. He had spent arguably the worst and best week of his life being surprised by Steve Harrington, but this feels different, a quieter yet more monumental change: like Robin has trusted him, shared a missing puzzle piece from a darkened corner.

“What should we do?” he whispers.

Robin smiles, bittersweet. “Make a mess?” she says, shrugs. “Not broken vases or anything. It’s… it’s proof, I think.” 

“Of what?” Eddie says. Steve’s laughter travels across—“I swear to God, Henderson, get your nasty shoes off there,”—and Eddie watches as Steve taps at Dustin’s muddy footprints left on the counter, and not even a show of exasperation can hide his fondness.

Eddie can’t help but love him.

“That we’re here,” Robin answers softly. “That we’re staying.”

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teacher!steve, coming into to work so, so, sleepy, bags under his eyes, hair is completely deflated, the biggest thermal he has filled to the brim with coffee, glasses on because he couldn't be bothered to put in contacts.

He couldn't even stand up straight as he greeted his students, yawning as he greeted each student, leaning his entire weight against the door frame, getting a worried look from the English teacher, Nancy, as she caught his eye from down the hall, he gave her a small gesture, and a tired smile, hoping she'd understand it meant they could talk at lunch.

Steve was apologizing for his yawning the entire day, and sure enough come lunch there was rapid knocking just as the last kid had walked out, he was greeted by Nancy, and Robin, the music teacher.

"Steve, you look like death! Nance, you weren't kidding!" The two of them both took seats, in the closest student desks to Steve, who was mumbling out responses as he laid his head on his desk.

"Okay, spiiilllll." Nancy dragged on, drumming against the desk excitedly. Steve sat up, with another yawn, as he took a long sip from his coffee.

"Geez, did Eddie get home from tour, and forget it was a school night, you two must've had fun!" Robin wiggled her eyebrows at Steve, as Nancy giggled behind her hand.

"Ha-Ha, Buckley. But, sort of, NO- Not in the way you two think, get your head out of the gutter, Wheeler!" Steve pointed a stern finger at her, as she gave him a suggestive look. "He greeted me when I got home, we finished our fun pretty early, actually, I was ready to sleep like a baby." Steve recounted, as a blush began to run up his neck, at the thought of Eddie last night.

He cleared his throat as he continued, "Eddie, still jet lagged, got the great idea to invite his old bandmates over, and instead of practicing in the soundproof studio that we recently added, because it "wouldn't be the same, Stevie!", they practiced heavy f-cking metal, until 4 in the morning, in the garage, which is directly under our bedroom.”

The two girls let out laughs, and gave Steve a sympathetic nod. "So, I didn't get a wink of sleep, didn't even have time to pack myself lunch." Steve sighed as he looked at his watch, seeing he wouldn't have enough time to run into town to grab anything either.

The two girls stood, talking at the same time, "I packed some extra lunch," "You can share with me, I can't promise it'll be good, though.”

Steve stood with the girls, nodding along, as they made their way to the door to walk down to the teachers lounge. As Steve opened the classroom door for the girls, he was greeted by none other than the reason for his lack of sleep.

"Hey Sweetheart," Eddie greeted with a sweet smile, Steve groaned playfully, rolling his eyes, as the girls walked past the two of them, whispering to eachother.

"Oh! Don't forget how thin these cheap walls are, Munson!" Robin called over her shoulder, as Nancy let out another laugh. Eddie flipped her off, as he followed closely behind Steve into his classroom.

Steve sat back on his rolling chair, looking up at Eddie as he stood in front of Steve's desk. Eddie swayed back and forth, hands hidden behind his back. "I figured you probably didn't get much sleep last night-"

"Oh really? What gave it away?" Steve scoffed, taking off his round glasses, and setting them to the side.

"Well, you were grumbling all morning and threw all of your discarded outfit choices pretty roughly at my sleeping head today." Eddie listed off. Steve let out a quiet laugh, shaking his head, humming in response. At this, Eddie moved his hands from behind his back, showcasing a brown bag. "So, I thought what better way to repay my honey, than to bring him a greasy lunch full of love."

Steve reached out happily, knowing he couldn't stay grumpy when Eddie was giving him those eyes. Steve began eating, as Eddie moved around Steve's desk, taking a seat on the desk in front of him. He messed with his rings, as he watched Steve hum satisfied as he took his first bite.

"I figured you didn't have time to pack a lunch, and couldn't have you surving on coffee the whole day." Eddie continued, and Steve gave him a fond smile, nodding as he swallowed.

"You saved me from eating whatever leftovers Robin had cooked up, and was going to share with me." Steve laughed, "Last time I ate what she made me, I had to use my precious Sick Days!"

Eddied joined in on the laughter, before hooking his heel around the arm rest of Steves rolling chair, and pulling him closer, so Steve was slotted between Eddies legs, Steve let Eddie pull him, resting his elbows on his thighs, as he continued to eat his burger.

Eddie began combing his fingers through Steves hair, humming along to a instrumental they came up with last night. "Missed you, missed us." Eddie said softly, as Steve finished his burger, throwing the wrapper back in the bag, and moving closer into Eddies touch, snaking his arms around Eddies waist. "Maybe you should've used more of those precious Sick Days, so you coulda stayed in bed with me."

Steve smiled, feeling his cheeks flush. "Couple more days, and then you'll be able to bug me all of Winter break, my love." Eddie sighed, cupping Steve's face, making him look up at him. Steve kept his eyes shut, soft smile on his lips. Eddie kissed both of his eyelids, then his nose, then his cheeks, before placing one lasting kiss on his lips. He pulled away, causing Steve to whine, chasing after his lips. Eddie smiled lovingly, pressing his lips to Steves again.

The two lazily kissed as Eddie sat on Steves desk, until the bell rang, and when Steve stood and tried to pull away, Eddie pulled him closer, bringing Steve's bottom lip into his mouth, Steve giggled, pulling back softly, not being able to fully talk. "Babe- Mph, I- have to open the-mMpH the door."

Eddie shook his head, humming disapprovingly. "Five more minutes", he begged against Steves lips, keeping his arms hooked around Steve’s waist.

"They'll start knocking", Steve protested, once Eddie released his lip, and leaned up to kiss the mole on Steves exposed neck.

"Let them." Eddie mumbled, and Steve realized he wouldn't win this battle, so he stood there, wrapping his arms over Eddies shoulders, as Eddie lazily kissed along his jaw, out of love, not looking to go any further, more of I missed you kind of kisses, because he missed being home, in Steve’s arms.

The knocking started, just as Steve suspected. Only getting louder, as Eddie protested. "Steve! Open up, my sister told me Eddie's here!" Steve could hear Mike yell through the knocking, he sighed, as he pulled away, and went to open the door.

"Michael, we talked about this- It's Mr.Harrington, to you, during school hours!" Steve corrected, Mike rolled his eyes as Steve used his full name. As soon as the door was opened fully, the kids started piling in.

Dustin, and Mike running up to Steve's desk, to bombard Eddie with questions about tour, and if the kids begged Steve to let Eddie talk about tour, instead of prep for their final (Mr.Harrington, this is geography, technically, it would work perfectly! I teach History, Lucas! Are they not the same thing?), no one had to know.

Steve really only gave in, once he finally looked at Eddie (oh, cmon Stevie, you'd get to sit back and rest for a class period). So, Steve sat back, and watched fondly as Eddie talked animatedly to the class, asking Steve to display each city Corroded Coffin played at, as he spoke about it, rating the city on his “Munson Scale”. Was it educational? No. Was it useful information? Also, no. Was it entertaining? Yes.

Steve tried to lay his head on his desk, and get in a quick 30-minute nap, but was too captivated watching his Eddie entertain his students, he couldn't focus on anything, not even feeling tired anymore.

It was as if Eddie had carried the Sun in with him, and brought life back into Steve, and Steve was so thankful to have Eddie back home.

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