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how?? just how?

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Stranger Things Book Bargain

Was rather chuffed at my luck this week. Managed to get a secondhand copy of

Stranger Things: Worlds Turned Upside Down: The Official Behind-The-Scenes Companion

for 60p this week - well £3.40 with P&P, but it's in perfect condition.

Was just pootling around Amazon looking for things to add to my wishlist to purchase at a later date, thinking about adding the new version and there it was in the other buying options section.

Just checked on Amazon and anyone in the UK - there are other copies available for 60p too. Sorry, don't know about the US, although the seller is called World of Books.

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Joe Keery as STEVE HARRINGTON STRANGER THINGS 4 4x01 "Chapter One: The Hellfire Club"

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A little story about ghosts, and roommates, and getting to know each other.

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JOSEPH QUINN as EDDIE MUNSON STRANGER THINGS 4, VOL. 1 (2022) 4x01, “Chapter One: The Hellfire Club”

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Eddie surviving and going to see The Princess Bride when it comes out in 1987—and it’s a tentative thing, still, between him and Steve; they haven’t named it, but their hands still brush in the space between their seats, and really if Eddie were pushed, he’d say that they both know exactly what they’re heading towards, that they’re just floating between the end of one chapter and the beginning of another. That’s fine by him; they have time now, so much of it.

And the movie is charming and funny, but it’s not the romance or adventure that hits Eddie in the chest. It comes on unexpectedly, every time there’s a scene with the man reading to his grandson who’s sick in bed: suddenly Eddie can feel the softness of the bedsheets he had when he was young, when the move to Wayne’s was still raw and difficult, and it’s Wayne who’s reading to him softly, back when stories of things turning out fine were all Eddie had.

“Let’s see… where were we?” the grandfather mutters, and Eddie laughs because he can hear so much of Wayne in it, that gentle, wry humour. “Oh, yes. In the Pit of Despair.”

Eddie laughs again, choked. He’s clawed his way out of that damned pit so many times. His breathing catches at the thought that it’s been over a year since the deepest pit of them all, when Eddie once thought that the walls were far too high to climb.

“Woah, hey,” Steve whispers, “what’s wrong?”

Eddie shakes his head, smiling. “N-nothing.”

Their row is empty, and in the dark Steve reaches out, fingertips gently brushing underneath Eddie’s eye. They come away wet.

And Steve gives a little shushing noise, so that only they can hear, and it’s him who makes the leap, easily turning the page into the new chapter.

To some people Eddie’s first kiss would mean nothing at all—in their eyes, a chaste peck of comfort in a movie theatre would be just a speck in the grand history of the kiss itself. But for Eddie, it leaves them all behind.

“Farm boy,” he murmurs, when the movie’s over, smiling because the great, terrible story is done, and he is here; he is here. “Take me home?”

Steve smiles back, winks out the corner of his eye. “As you wish.”

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Reckless abandon, Like no one's watching you

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I was inspired

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Game Night(s)

for Stobin Month prompt: Punk

Thank you @oh-stars for betaing this!

WC: 309 | Rating: G

ao3 link

Robin groans, grabbing up all the notebooks and pieces of paper scattered across the dining table and piling them on one corner, pushing a bunch of little figurines across the table, grumbling under her breath. Steve comes in with a cheery smile before he glances across the table and his face drops. 

“Rob! What did you do?” Steve rushes over and tries to put things back on the table. 

Robin gestures in front of her. “This stuff has been taking up the whole table for like two weeks! I want to sit down and eat at my table! I can’t even set my own shit down! Your gremlin boyfriend and punkass kids are taking over the whole place with their nerd game!” 

Steve sighs, putting his hands on his hips. “They have one night left before the campaign is finished, Rob.” 

Robin groans, “Then let them do it at Eddie’s apartment!” 

Steve pouts. “I like having everyone here, though.” 

Robins sighs, her heart dropping a little. She knows how important being in the middle of everything is to Steve. “I know. I’m sorry just–” She gestures at the mess piled on the table. “It’s a little overwhelming. Can we just–”

The front door opens and Eddie strides in with a cocky grin, freezing when he realizes he just walked in on something, and his eyes flick to the table, going wide. “What happened to my map?” 

Robin rolls her eyes. “I moved it.” 

Eddie’s mouth drops open. “The kids are going to be here in like an hour! I would have cleaned it up after tonight!”

Robin sighs. “I DIDN’T KNOW!”

The door opens again and Dustin walks in, immediately squawking when he sees the table, turning to Steve in shock. “STEVE!” He points to the table. 

Robin shakes her head, walking out of the room. “You’re all crazy.

Stobin month prompt list by @lavendersto

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Dune, David Lynch, 1984

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scoops troop! ⚓

unfortunately i have been too busy to draw lately, so here's some stobin art i made back in october!

likes and reblogs are appreciated!!!! 💙💙

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part one -> 📱💞🚙

The first video goes viral. They get a lot of new traffic on their page, and half of it gets curious about their music, and half of the curious ones even become fans. So the series is already a success with only one video out. 

In the second video, Eddie, still blushing but smiling cheekily introduces Steve, who is all smiles and sunshine wrapped up in muscle and tan skin and people eat it up.

Then the actual process begins, and it's genuinely informative and quite good, Steve really knows what he's doing and he seems to have a passion for it that makes his eyes shine whenever he's explaining to Eddie what they are doing and what for.

It’s also fairly comedic, the series. Eddie keeps tripping all over his own feet making funny remarks to make Steve laugh. They both work on the van, because Eddie wants to get his hands dirty too, so Steve stays close behind, whispering instructions and murmuring praises while he works that have Eddie sweating and blushing from things that are completely unrelated to the manual labor and looking at the camera like he’s in the office.

It becomes kind of a thing because Eddie knows Steve doesn't watch the videos and everyone already knows from the first video that Eddie has a little crush on him. So he thinks it is just innocent fun that when Steve is working and Eddie has the phone in his hands instead of the tripod, he sometimes zooms on his back, his arms, the sweat on his neck, and then back to his face, sighing and shaking his head slowly.

TikTokers even start shipping them, saying Eddie has very clear cat energy and Steve is the most golden retriever boyfriend-coded man on the planet.

But something shifts as the videos go on, Eddie’s quips are less jokey and more just pure admiration for Steve’s work. When they film a time-lapse the audience can see them working together, bumping shoulders, Steve looking at Eddie and looking away when Eddie looks at him. And when Eddie is filming there are no more jokes about him pining on camera. It is just scenes of Steve laughing, or just smiling, working while he whistles. Zooms of his eyes, his nose, the highlights on his hair, the way the moles on his cheek move when he smiles crookedly at something dumb Eddie says.

The whole series becomes a documentary about how Eddie fell in love with Steve and then… it's complete. It's done. The van is finished. Eddie films one last video thanking Steve for everything, and making one last flirty joke about taking him for a ride. Steve laughs and runs a hand through his hair, telling Eddie he’s welcome. And that is it. The series is done. 

It drives everyone insane because they love it of course, but also. Because it seems… unfinished. It's kind of a mess, Corroded fans are fighting the shippers and the shippers are accusing Eddie of queer bating, which he thinks it's fuckin hilarious and sad because it's his literal life they are talking about. 

But the truth is, there’s nothing more to tell. They had a real conversation after Eddie stopped filming, a proper thanks and hug goodbye. And then Steve just left. He never made a move. And Eddie tried, he really tried. He insinuated, flirted, complimented. But Steve was either not interested or completely clueless (probably because of how uninterested he was).

And now Eddie has a beautiful van, completely equipped for two people to travel in style. And no one to share it with. So he stays at home, wrapped up in a blanket and watching the comments on his tiktoks, laughing and then crying with the way people describe how palpable their chemistry is. And he misses Steve. He keens, he pins, he craves.

part three ->📱💞🚙

☕🥐💕 coffee? by the side of the road?

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"I dreamt we had sex" Steve says out of nowhere, making Eddie choke and cough up a cloud of smoke from the joint that had just been handed to him.

"Wh- Huh?" is all he manages to say.

"It's stupid," Steve laughs not looking at him. Eddie deflates a little, but Steve keeps going, "Just as I was about to cum, I woke up," he says and then looks up at Eddie.

Who is blushing, very confused, and very horny.

"Do you know what that means?" Steve asks with a crooked smile.

Eddie shakes his head and sits up straight, dying to know the answer.

Steve's smile grows, "It means you are attracted to me" he declares.

And Eddie feels his blush intensify, he feels like he's been caught. Like he's being made fun of. He looks at his knees, where his hands are twisting the fabric of his sweats, and then looks up at Steve.

"It doesn't" he whispers in vain because it's obvious and too late to lie about now.

"Yes, yes, it does mean that," Steve whispers back, scooting closer on the couch they are sharing. His smile looks less amused and more kind now, soft and careful.

"I'm attracted to you," he says and Eddie's eyes go wide. He feels the heat coming off his face as Steve moves a little closer, hand going up to touch Eddie's red and hot cheek but stops a breath away, "And you are attracted to me but since you don't want to tell me," he pauses to smile because Eddie moves his face closer to Steve's hands, finally making contact and nuzzling into it, "You come into my dreams to tell me anyways."

☕🥐💕 coffee? dream stories?

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biologist here! why are plants green? well they suck up air from the sky (blue) and mix it with the sunlight (yellow) i fucking love science.