#And the cover is them smiling at each other and holding hands 😀

[will80sbyers]

Ok I have officially learned that when the book has those goofy but cute drawings as a cover and it's supposedly about a queer romance in reality it will be a book about trauma and heavy topics like abuse and worse

[honeysuckleharringtons]

"Love and Pumpkin War" ~ S. Harrington

Summary: Steve and Reader have themselves a little pumpkin carving competition and it takes a much different turn than expected. All's fair in love and pumpkin carving, right?

Pairing: Steve Harrington x GN!Reader

Word Count: 1,102

Content Warning: mild sexual humor, mild swearing, food talk sorta (lots of pumpkin references), pumpkin guts are mentioned approximately 145294629452946 times, lmk if i missed anything!

Extra Notes: i also hate the summary yay! 😀

Originally Written: 10/26/2023

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"Okay, how'd I do?" Steve asked, showing off his newly carved pumpkin.

You nearly dropped your knife in exasperation. "How are you already finished?" you grumbled, a sense of defeat coming over you.

He started to say something, then snickered at himself. You raised an eyebrow at him as if to ask, What's so funny?

"I almost said, 'When I do something, I do it hard and fast,' but I don't think that's exactly how I should say it," he laughed, resulting in you tossing a couple of pumpkin seeds at his head.

"Never mind how fast you are," you said sarcastically, "How are you already finished when I've barely scraped all the insides out of mine?"

"Dunno. But seriously, how'd I do?" he asked, holding up his pumpkin.

The pumpkin was supposed to be a regular Jack-O-Lantern, save for heart shaped eyes instead of triangles. Steve claimed the heart eyes would send off the right signal to any 'hot chicks' passing by his house, which gained him a sarcastic laugh from you. However, the hearts came out closer to ovals, the smile was almost perfectly horizontal, and he'd forgotten to give it a nose.

Still, in the spirit of wanting to win, you told him, "It looks pretty good, Steve."

"Why do I get the feeling you're lying to me?" he asked, hands on his hips. Of course, you were lying, but he didn't have to know that.

Soon enough, you were finished with your own carving, showing off your creation to the brunette across from you. Yours was a perfectly carved moon, surrounded by dainty little stars. Sure, you'd used a stencil while Steve was busy at work on his own pumpkin, but he didn't have to know that either.

"How the hell did yours come out perfect and mine looks like a five-year-old did it?" Steve complained.

A smug smile tugged at the corners of your lips. "I'll take my five dollars now."

His mouth flew open in shock. In one swift motion, he was tossing a handful of pumpkin guts, as he'd been calling them, directly at you. "I know you cheated somehow!"

In rebuttal, you were tossing pumpkin goo in his direction, a loud smack! sounding through the room as it hit his hard chest. You knew his mother would kill you both when she came home to see her kitchen covered in orange gunk, but neither of you seemed to care.

Seeds and slime flew back and forth like bullets on a battlefield, squeals and laughs filling the air as the two of you chased each other around the kitchen. At one point, you'd pretended to go one way just so you could sneak around him and dump a handful of pumpkin seeds and goo right into his hair, earning you a loud noise of aggravation from the man.

You'd gotten a bit carried away, almost forgetting about the gunk that now covered the floor. In an instant, your foot was slipping in a small pile of pumpkin, and you braced yourself for contact with the floor. But a loud smack against the floor never came, and instead, Steve's hand was wrapping around your wrist and pulling you back up.

You swore a jolt of electricity shot through you at his touch, his fingertips wrapped almost too tightly around your skin as he held you up. Laughter ceased from both of you, being replaced instead by heavy breaths and deep eye contact. It never really occurred to you just how pretty his eyes were. Sure, he was your best friend and you'd looked into his eyes countless times. But you'd never stopped to admire the tiny swirls of green mixed in with the deep brown that colored Steve's irises.

Butterflies floated around in your tummy as he still held your wrist, a look of concern prominent in his features. Steve might as well have been staring a hole straight through you, his eyes filled with worry from your slipping.

As if he could hear your thoughts, Steve was stuttering some form of inquiry about your current state as he looked over you. "A-Are you okay?" he managed, still not having released your arm from his grip.

You nodded, though between the seriousness swirling in his eyes and his electric touch on your skin, you were feeling quite the opposite of okay.

You'd never really thought about Steve like this. Having a crush on him was strictly off the table, considering you definitely weren't his type. And you certainly didn't want to cross any boundaries and ruin your nearly lifelong friendship with him. But when you stopped to consider all the little glances he'd shot your way in high school, all the little acts of kindness he'd done for you over the years, it was hard not to consider the idea of having crushes on each other.

As if once again reading your thoughts, he was finally removing his hand from your wrist, his finger moving up to a lock of loose hair and sliding it behind your ear. His look of worry had changed to one you couldn't quite recognize. But when his lips landed on yours, you recognized the look as one of want, a craving for you.

His kiss sent little jolts shooting through your veins, the scent of pumpkin and cologne filling your senses as you kissed him back. The butterflies from before had returned, dancing and floating around in your belly at the way he tasted, the way he felt.

Embarrassment heated up his cheeks as he pulled away, his face turning cherry red as he realized what he'd done. "I'm sorry," he apologized, suddenly looking anywhere but at you.

This time, your fingers shot out and wrapped around his wrist, catching him before he had the chance to run away. "Don't be. I didn't mind it."

His brows furrowed at your words. "You didn't?"

You shook your head, leaning up to place a soft kiss on his cheek. "Between you and me, I kinda liked it."

A smirk came to his lips as he glanced around the room, taking in the sight of the mess you both had made. "Just between you and me," he paused, lips coming close to your mouth, though never making contact. Unbeknownst to you, he'd reached around you and grabbed a certain piece of paper, before holding it up in front of you. "I knew about the stencil."

This time, his lips were met with a big scoop of pumpkin guts. And so the battle continued on, the Harrington kitchen being filled with kisses and slime.

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[supermaks]

daniel subtly letting max know it’s ok to like guys…. that nothing is gonna change bw them by continuing to make dick jokes and innuendos (max’s favorite humor) constantly. & no daniel won’t be doing soul searching about his own sexuality 😀 BUT daniel WILL bring up guys casually in a romantic setting to try and make max feel seen bc he appreciates max trusting him… in that unhinged grindr interview where they talk about dating apps & daniel says “i think max is experimenting more than me” with a laugh & max is like 🫢 what do you mean by that, daniel 🤨

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Daniel sees max leave the club with the 4th curly haired hunk of the week and thinks ‘shit here we go again’ spends the rest of the night annoyed and worried because what if that’s the guy who outs max, blackmails him with pictures or something and ruins max’s whole life and it’s so annoying how max acts he doesn’t care like it’s normal, he just lets guys chat him up and take him wherever and fuck him and he could literally mess everything up over cock that’s ridiculous he’s way too young for any of that he shouldn’t be letting so many men fuck him. And no it’s not same as Daniel picking up girls because Daniel isn’t gay like it’s just not the same stop being dense. Max argues that Daniel is just being ‘an asshole’ which is so unfair because Daniel has been super supportive and done nothing but hype max up and his apparently endless fucking libido and even though he hates the type of guys max leaves with and he hates their cheesy grins and how they look at his mouth he’s never stopped it from happening. He could have. But he never does. Because he’s a nice guy. And eventually they run into each other outside their hotel rooms at some ungodly hour in the morning and they’re both coming back from a nightout but Max is covered in glitter and smiling all lazy and his lips are red and bitten and when he says ‘hi Daniel’ his voice is really hoarse and Daniel is like ‘you need to start being more careful mate’. Max just shrugs and tries to find his room key in his jacket and Daniel kind of wants to throttle him but he also knows max always shoves the key in the back pocket of his jeans and then forgets because he’s a fucking child so he gets max’s stupid fucking key, ignores how warm max is, ignores how still he goes, ignores the sudden staccato of his own pulse, the pit in the bottom of his stomach, just takes the key and opens the hotel room door for him. Max smells like tobacco and weed and a whole lot of trouble. And then he turns his head into Daniel’s neck a little bit and says ‘It could be just you, if you wanted. If it was you I wouldn’t need anyone else’. He tries to snatch his card from Daniels hand but Daniel holds it out of reach, enough for max to stumble against him. He’s all fucked up. He’s different when he’s fucked up. He’s easy. His pupils are so blown there’s no blue left around the brim, but when he looks at Daniel, he’s serious as ever. Daniel asks, ‘just me?’ And max nods. ‘Yes. If you wanted.’ Daniel looks at Max’s mouth and thinks ‘just me. Just me. Just me. Just me’. That’s insane. That’s crazy. He’s not. He’d never. He says, ‘maybe. I’ll think about it.’ and Max sighs, says ‘alright, Daniel’. He slams the door in Daniels face and Daniel stumbles back to his room feeling lighter than he has in months. He finds glitter all over his fingers when he washes them and it makes him smile. Just me. Maybe. Daniel is a nice guy.

[astranva]

Leaked: Fan Reactions | Backstage Girlfriend

Backstage Girlfriend Pt. 1

Leaked

Backstage Girlfriend!Universe tag

Word Count: 1.1k

Category: Angst-ish, chaotic fan energy

Summary: The online reaction of bsgf!yn and harry’s leaked pictures from when they were together.

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Instagram 

108,284 likes

harryupdatesacccouunt: UNSEENS OF HARRY AND Y/N IN 2020-2022 via unknown 

user “unseens” um bestie you shared leaked pics without their consent lmfao

user I FUCKING CALLED IT!!!!

user I FUCKING CALLED IT!!!!

user I FUCKING CALLED IT!!!!

user did he cheat on olivia? or did he cheat on y/n? did he even cheat? wtf is going on

user they literally played us. 

user but isn’t y/n with joe keery now???? 😭 

user HELP THIS IS SO MESSY

user istg if any of you send y/n any hate i will fight every single one of you

user save us y/n 😔

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Twitter

@usertwitterhandle 

@yourtwitterhandle hey bestie, ummm….what’s going on? 😘😀

12,734 Retweets   274 Quote Tweets   46.8k Likes

@usertwitterhandle

these photos were leaked, they weren’t posted by either of them. respect their privacy. 

36.8k Retweets   301 Quote Tweets   73.3k Likes

@usertwitterhandle

what if they’re secretly together and now we blew their cover

8,973 Retweets   29 Quote Tweets   15,383 Likes

user @usertwitterhandle

Replying to @usertwitterhandle

meanwhile y/n and joe lol 

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TikTok

The app was having a field day the moment the pictures were leaked.

Hundreds and hundreds of people were recording themselves, and even more making edits of the pictures.

The sound of Memories by Conan Gray began playing as he sang:

“I promise that the ending always stays the same,” he sang as the lyrics were written on a black screen “So there's no good reason in make believing that we could ever exist again.”

“I can't be your friend,” was written on a picture of you and Harry hugging that the fans had always loved. 

“Can't be your lover” was written on one of the leaked pictures of you and Harry, you looking up at him as he had a hand hovering over your shoulder, “Can't be the reason we hold back each other

“From falling in love” was then written on another one of the leaked pictures, this one of the both of you kissing.

“With somebody other than me” was written on a paparazzi photo of you and Joe.

“I wish that you would stay in my memories” was lastly written on the last leaked picture of you and Harry, your faces close to one another as you both smiled, looking as you were obviously about to kiss.

(video)

Comments

user YOU DID THIS FOR WHAT

user the fact that this can also have a pic of harry and olivia as well…

user we don’t know any details but i just know harry broke y/n’s heart and joe mended it.

user i wish either of them tell us what happened 

user YOU’RE INSANE FOR THAT

user SHUT UP BECAUSE THAT’S DEFINITELY THEIR SONG

Fans were also making theories and sharing them as they always did. 

One TikTok video was of a girl looking comfortable in a hoodie, beaded necklace showing as she began talking to the screen. 

“You don’t have to agree with me but this is my theory about Harry and Y/N,” she said before the video cut to her in the same position, sitting against the headrest of a bed, “We’ve always seen them so supportive of each other. Like, Y/N’s Instagram is private her Twitter isn’t and she always tweeted out for his shows and nominations and all that. Also whenever he posted on Instagram, she was, like, always one of the first people to comment so it’s obvious that she supported him so much,” she said, “Y/N works as an art director on films and shows, but she’s like–she’s like normal, right? She’s not someone the paps run after like Harry or,” she held a finger up, “Olivia,” she said, “So what if Harry and Y/N were actually dating but were private and Harry and Olivia were just a publicity stunt?”

Comments

user glad to see we share the same brain cell

user they definitely have been dating for years and the pics are proof of that. i think holivia is a stunt too

user you’re making sense but then…why do you think they broke up?

The girl replied to the last comment with another viral video, this time in a yellow crewneck.

“Alright, I didn’t expect that video to blow up but my theory,” she pointed at herself, “Is that Y/N was asked to, like, be okay with Holivia but it got too much and they broke up. And like, if my math adds up, I feel like it happened right after Harry’s One Night Only in London because we’re literally so used to seeing Y/N at his shows, especially since fans said that they actually saw her before the show and she talked with them and got them pizza and stuff–but she wasn’t seen at the show. You know who was?” She stayed quiet for a second before nodding, “Olivia. Y/N wasn’t standing with Anne and Gemma, and we know from a tweet that Y/N hates backstage view, so,” she gave a shrug, “This is just my theory.”

Both videos had millions of views, with fans dueting each and talking about them on all social media platforms.

In response to the second video, another girl made one as well.

The video began with the girl at the bottom, a green screen behind her of the former girl talking about her theory before the video cut to the new girl.

“I wanted to say my take on this real quick,” she said in a heavy British accent, “I was at the ONO in London and I did see Y/N in the morning. She looked really happy, she was smiling, she was taking pictures, everything,” she said, “Y/N didn’t actually watch the show. Like, Harry usually looks at where she’s at but he didn’t during the show so it was like, obvious that she wasn’t there. So my friend was feeling lightheaded and stuff and actually decided to leave and we didn’t really want to share this but she met Y/N outside the arena,” she enunciated, “And said that Y/N was, like, full on crying and waiting for a car to come. My friend asked her if she was okay and Y/N just told her that she was fine and thanked her for asking then, she literally asked my friend if she was okay because–my friend was wearing the Fine Line outfit so it was obvious she was in there.”

Comments

user this is so sad. she’s been with him for so much and she loves him so much 

user knowing that it’s harry who probably made y/n cry makes me so mad

user the fact that SHE asked your friend if she was okay when she was breaking down says so much about her. i can’t believe harry let her go

user reminding you all that y/n is now in a happy relationship :)) 

user thinking about y/n seeing olivia’s head on anne’s shoulder during matilda…