#THE ERICA HELP????

[dwobbitfromtheshire]

Charles and Sue Sinclair, after they find out that Steve took a plate to the head saving Lucas from Bully Hargrove: We're giving Lucas and Erica a brother.

Steve: Congratu-

Sue: *slams adoption papers in front of Steve* It's you. You're our son now. Sign here.

[loppiopio]

in a flash.

[duskbats]

game night w/ the heroes of strangerville.

[kennahjune]

Been having this idea so bare with me while I attempt to explain:

(Note: this isn’t exactly my “usual” content)

No Upside Down AU where like 37% of the human population are some kind of “mythologic” as they call them.

Hawkins is kind of infested with them, despite being— well— Hawkins.

The majority of the Party are mythologics.

Now, Billy and Max move to Hawkins from Cali as per usual in 1984. And they’ve heard of Hawkins. Of how it’s mostly mythologics despite the small human population not being very accepting of them.

So they move to Hawkins and all is well until they start hearing rumors.

Rumors about a werewolf pack that isn’t a werewolf pack. Apparently there’s a werewolf in Hawkins collecting misfits and others and simply— accepting them into his pack.

Billy doesn’t buy it for shit. Werewolves tend to be hella territorial and unwelcoming.

Or that’s what he’s been told by his dad. He’s never actually met a werewolf, being a vampire. Vamps and Wolves don’t really get along.

And so Billy and Max start school and it’s fine. Billy likes fucking with this one guy, Steve. It’s really easy to rile him up and funny to watch him try and rein himself in.

Max is in the middle school, always talking about this one vampire kid and how he’s an asshole but his friends are sweet enough. Billy doesn’t listen too much.

Until he collides into Steve in the high school parking lot. Steve’s in a rush, barely getting an apology out before running (inhumanly fast— Billy notes) down the road where the middle school is.

Billy, thinking “well what the fuck”, follows after him. They arrive at the middle school and there’s a fight going on in the parking lot.

He says “fight” but it’s really a bunch of kids ganging up on one scrawny pale kid and holding back his friends. Steve is rushing in immediately, yelling at the assholes to leave them alone and to scram.

That’s when Billy realizes one of the kids being held back was Max, with a minor busted lip.

He’s immediately at her side, trying to seem angry but not being able to hide the actual concern in his tone.

Billy turns to leave but watches Max run up to the other kids to check on them. That’s when Steve turns to Billy and seems to recognize his presence.

Steve’s pulling the 4 boys behind him immediately, his eyes flashing a bright yellow and he growls and—

Oh.

Steve’s that odd werewolf collecting strays.

.

And idk Billy and Steve go through this whole thing where Billy refuses to be accepted into the pack even tho he basically already is cause no one else in the pack really has a problem with him.

But Max is in the pack (the Party, they call themselves), so Billy sees them all constantly against his will.

And there’s the bit where vampire Eddie also joins the pack eventually, after the kids kind of adopt him in Hellfire and Steve is weak for those kids.

And obviously Billy ends up joining the pack at some point but I haven’t thought that far ahead lmao.

Idk if I want it to be platonic harringrove or romantic harringrove but I’m lowkey leaning towards harringroveson to be honest.

But if you have opinions I’d love to know them!!

I kinda wanna write more for Billy, idk lol I’ve just been in a middle lately

[tinderbox210]

Did you ask about Christine?

She beamed back to the Cayuga.

Gonna be honest. That is not great news.

No. It isn't.

[noyzinerd]

Stiles, opening the pantry: Um, what are you-?

Derek, frantically attempting to scarf down popsicles in the darkness: Stiles, I have three betas and only two popsicles. This has to be done!

[super-oddity]

clark knows how to pick his battles

[devondespresso]

i was reading a scoops era steddie au where eddie visits scoops often and one thing i noticed i alway want but have yet to see (bear in mind my fic pallette is basically just shit i see on Tumblr and occasionally reading every fic a certain author has written) is a specific scene of eddie noticing stobins missing when he goes to visit them at scoops the day theyre stuck in the bunker. cause they entered the bunker after a shift one night and didn't get out until at the soonest the next afternoon right before the mall closes so if either or both of them were scheduled to work then they'd be just... gone.

and how characters around them handle that depends on how soon (if at all) they're declared missing. did robin think they'd be in-and-out in their snooping and tell her parents shes be back a little late or did she think they'd be out kinda late fucking around and just lied to her parents telling them shes sleeping over at a friend's like how we know tina was going to cover for erica? did mrs Henderson freak out when Dustin didn't bike back home (knowing what happened with will) or did she know he was with steve and trusted that they were goofing off or something?

and usually i see Steve's parents not being home but what if they were?? they could panic because steve always has some sort of excuse for why hes gone or maybe just his mom starts worrying because while his dad never really asks about him she does and she knows hes probably not at some girls house right now because he at least would have told her. or maybe mrs harrington doesn't know her son as well as she thinks she does and assumes he is out at some girls house and is relieved hes finally getting to be more like himself.

maybe just one or two people in scoops troop are reported missing that night and maybe the search started for them is enough for the other's parents or friends to realize they're all missing. maybe none of them are because they each already had a coverup with the people who'd notice. maybe they spent a good few hours in that elevator regretting lying about where they'd be because now no one knows they're in danger and by the time they start looking it could be too late (obviously erica didn't seem to grasp this yet but shes literally 10 and it's definitely her fist severely traumatic life or death experience. for the others tho it could definitely be on their minds and i have seen a few fics where robin wonders about how steve and Dustin are reacting like they've done scary shit like this before together)

then morning comes and id give it until lunch with no calls or anything before parents who believed their kids were sleeping over to start worrying seriously. maybe they call the friend their child's supposedly with and get a confused parent saying they haven't seen them or maybe they get the friend picking up and confirming they're fine (like tina). but if Mrs Henderson gets worried and calls steve she'll either get the harringtons saying he isn't home right now or she won't be able to reach him. and knowing steves like a big brother and a best friend to dustin knows that if steve missing too he's probably at least missing with him and goes to the station worried about them both

and then theres the fact that scoops has to open in the morning, probably sometime around 10am. maybe steve and robin were scheduled to both work again and as 10am comes and passes scoops ahoy hasn't been touched. maybe some mall manager calls the scoops manager (forgive me ive never worked in a mall but i do work in a store-within-a-store and we have our own manager plus the big store manager) and asks where their employees are. if missing persons reports were filed that last night then the manager would be really worried while frantically trying to find someone to cover for them. but maybe no one knows they're missing yet and their manager is grumbling about their no-shows, maybe considering firing them for both disappearing without even calling out. depending on how much they know and if the reports were filed, whoever has to cover their shifts is either worried about their coworkers (probably moreso robin than steve because of his reputation) or utterly pissed that they both didn't show and they have to open scoops ahoy with a few hours delay and probably a good few karens bitching about being closed. or maybe one or the other was scheduled and while their no-show is really inconvenient at least someone's there to open and ask for backup

and then theres steves car still parked in the back where it was the day before. a bike left behind at the mall is less eyebrow-raising but a fancy car? Steve Harrington's car? Steve Harrington who was scheduled to work today but somehow isn't in scoops right now? is he skipping work while simultaneously wandering around his workplace? and whats worse is despite evidence being there *no one can find him*. maybe thats what it takes for people to realize hes like actually missing. maybe they think he was kidnapped, hopefully he just went home with some girl and lost track of time.

and then theres eddie. eddie whos been stopping by scoops for a while now. maybe he still doesn't really like Harrington but likes teasing him with Buckley or maybe they've gotten pretty close. maybe they're already dating. maybe eddie walks up to scoops one morning to find it closed or to find that one or the other didn't show up for work this morning. maybe he hears from the worker that ones missing or maybe they get a rant about how pissed the worker is to be opening alone. maybe he's the one to go to a mall manager or security officer worried about scoops being closed because he *knows* the people that are supposed to be there right now and they don't just abandon work at the same time with no explanations.

or maybe eddie visits in the afternoons and learns they're missing from their coworkers or maybe hes there because he saw it on the news and went on his our hunt. either way it'd probably end with Eddie looking around the mall for them because he knows steve isn't going to just abandon his beemer in a busy public parking lot. maybe he finds them high out of their minds while checking the movie theatre (this one i do see a lot and am obsessed with its so good) or maybe he doesn't find them at all (its a big mall and they are actively hiding from Russians who know they escaped. sure stobin are not being very secretive while high but dustin and erica are at least keeping them in less-discoverable locations). maybe he goes home knowing hes looked everywhere in that damn mall and assumes they're probably kidnapped and taken somewhere else (if he did find them tho that opens a whole can of worms for if, how, and how much eddie gets involved and while my brains gone down sone of those rabbit holes i don't think i will today)

and then they see the news about the mall fire. and eddie knows damn well that he looked everywhere in that mall but didn't see a trace of his friends but there they are on the news and apparently in the fire. maybe eddie assumes he didn't look hard enough. but maybe he sees how steves the only one with more than a few bruises on his legs, how despite them claiming he was trapped in rumble that also allegedly killed billy hargrove he looks like hes carrying himself on adrenaline alone and hovering around robin and the kids like something more than falling support beams could get to them. maybe its the fact that he look as shit as he did but wasn't laying down on a hospital stretcher like he would be if he just got those wounds.

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hi if you saw any typos no you didn't UNLESS theyre funny or actually concerning then you should tell me and i can react appropriately

also i swear i feel like doctor strange looking through every possible reality when i go on tangents like this. idk whenever i come up with little fics in my head or come up with different ways my favorite unfinished fics could end im always exploring as many different versions of the same scenario as i can and coming up with as many what-ifs as i can.

also i pressed the poll button by accident while making this and idk how to make it go away to we're trying just ignoring it and not writing anything in it to see if it goes away

actually fuck that it probably wont work so im adding a poll question as a treat for the people who read this far

[deeply-unserious-fellow]

BREAKING NEWS: GAL DISCOVERS A NEW POLYSHIP AND IS ABOUT TO MAKE IT HER ENTIRE PERSONALITY FOR THE NEXT WEEK OF HIS LIFE, MORE AT 11

[myssalyssa101]

A quick question for a story I’m writing. The monster au for stranger things. Would they be born as these monsters, manifest as these monsters at a certain age or become these monsters because of something in the upside down???

[katlandry]

So do y’all think Robin getting on her knee for Nancy and Ronance holding hands was scripted or Maya & Natalia added it themselves?

[gracegrove]

One night the kids decide to oujia board kitty cat Billy

Honestly,

the thought of Little Pretty Kitty becoming a conduit for Billy is just lovely. 😌

Can you imagine? They're all gathered at Lucas' with a scheme to contact Billy. "Billy, are you here?" The planchette slides to YES.

D U M B A S S E S.

The kids start looking around the room.

"Where? Where Billy?!?!?!"

Something falls off the kitchen counter with a soft 'thunk'.

Erica walks in and picks up one of her toys off the floor.

"Why do you idiots have my Little Pretty Kitty?"

Dustin looks at Lucas, "Oh this is gonna be soooo bad."

[navnae]

In my head Erica becomes Steve and Eddie’s favorite child (and biggest shipper).

Eddie already loves her because she’s a pro at dnd and after that one game he was already open to inviting her to play anytime. Both of them have this playful banter from time to time which really shows Erica warming up to him despite her denying anything even close to that. Overall they enjoy each other’s company and their chemistry is unmatched. Steve automatically having a bond with her due to the whole Russian situation, he’s grown to love her just as much as the other kids. Erica would never say it out loud but one day after everything had happened she pulled Steve to the side and thanked him for protecting all of them. She has a lot of respect for the both of them because they’ve looked out for Lucas when things wasn’t looking to good and anyone who cared about him was okay in her book.

As much as we have established that Erica cares about them too she won’t shy away from telling how dumb both of them are. Immediately she notices how they look at each other like their hearts are going to explode, the way Steve’s body tenses up when Eddie’s around, how Eddie purposely leans into Steve’s space. Erica could literally feel the tension in the room whenever they where together. She couldn’t stand how they couldn’t get in their heads that they’ve fallen in love and something had to be said. Steve kept saying that Eddie wouldn’t even give him the time of day if he asked him out or Eddie would say Steve had other options so he wasn’t going to try to be one of them. Erica rolled her eyes every time she heard those words because none of it was true. While both of them are looking at each other like sad puppies and avoiding eye contact when one of them looked in the others direction Erica already made up in her mind that she’s had enough.

“Okay. I think it’s time for both of you to come clean already, this whole Romeo and Juliet bullshit is driving me insane.” Erica blurts out. Steve and Eddie looked at each other with wide eyes.

“What are you talking about?” Eddie asked.

“Yeah.” Steve chimed in.

“Jesus Christ… I’m talking about how you two like each other obviously.” Erica says without any hesitation. Steve was already on the verge of denying her claim even though she was right. Eddie started panicking he didn’t think he was that easy to read.

“Are you crazy? We don’t like each other like that, we’re just friends Erica.” Steve said firmly trying to kill this conversation as fast as possible.

“He’s right. It’s not like that.” Eddie agreed with Steve’s statement. His chest ached knowing that he wasn’t being completely honest and it was killing him.

“Last time I checked friends don’t look at each other like that.” Erica announced with a smirk on her face as the the two boys shared a confused expression.

“Like what?” They asked in unison.

“Like the way Lucas looks at Max and the way Max looks at Lucas.” Erica folded her arms while smiling because for once both of them were speechless. Steve and Eddie were blushing messes at this moment, they didn’t want to look at each other just in case they got the wrong idea but that was far from truth. They met each other’s eyes for a split second before looking at Erica in complete shock. The last thing they expected was for her to read them like books on a shelf, with a laugh coming from her she turned the other way to walk out the room, “idiots.”

[the-writer-mao]

Kings

Kindergarteners ✅ 😭💕

[incorrectsterekquotes]

when a snack is stuck in a vending machine

tries to get the snack by sticking their arm in the slot: isaac lahey, kira yukimura

shakes the vending machine: allison argent, vernon boyd, derek hale, jackson whittemore

punches/kicks glass: malia tate, cora hale, erica reyes

asks someone for help: lydia martin

all the above, in that order: stiles stilinski

[invisible-storyteller]

Derek: So this means "small and fragile"? Erica: Totally (the next day) Stiles: I'm not gonna sit here while you guys are kicking ass out there! I'm a fighter, too! Derek: No, you're a snack. Stiles: *chokes*