#devon's steve henderson au

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FINALLY

after NINE. HOURS. (NOT including meals and sleep) ITS FUCKING DONE.

A complete floorplan of the entire Harrington house. Including too much thought about random, throw-away lines from characters and squint-to-see-it background glimpses inside.

plently of stuff in the actual house is altered or straight up ignored in favor of following the fiction logic and because I Wanted To. A lot of this is motivated by my headcanons for the Harringtons and how I'm writing them in my fic, but I'm also certainly not an architect so it's by no means perfect. It is, however, unreasonably canon compliant in the few bits we do see.

Thought Process (for context):

the darker shaded floor areas are lower than the rest, some bits like the garages having stairs and some areas like the sun and dining rooms list being like a step lower. Windows are marked with dashes along the outside, sliding doors are two thin lines slightly overlapping, stairs change color as they diverge from the level we're looking at, and furniture is eyeballed so don't look to closely a the scale.

not all closets are labeled, just the ones i figured could be confusing. Steve and the guest rooms have closets i promise.

the laundry room and pantry are not the same size but by the time i noticed i was exhausted. so pretend they're both more reasonably sized.

i don't know what the floorplan symbol for garage door is and then i forgot to look so the headlights point to where the doors are and you can see them clearly in photos so yeah.

The general layout is based on the idea that the Harringtons are or were into hosting dinner parties and business meetings in their home, especially as a young rich couple looking for respect in their circles (Mr. Harrington taking on his father's business and reinforcing that power, Mrs. Harrington climbing her own social ladder and building an image).

So the house is laid out with hosting areas towards the right with the office big and near the dining room because it's more than just a workplace, it represents him as a businessman. In canon the entryway and living room both have very high ceilings and no second-floor above them, so I'd imagine they're also aware of how the top floor looks from below, hence the fancy double/french doors to the master bedroom which is in plain view from below. Steve's room and the guest room are's nearly as visible.

As for the kitchen and sun/pool rooms, I see them more as secondary hosting areas that aren't used as the main location most of the time and are more this background setting to these events that still feel rich. The kitchen is massive and mostly for dinner-parties and Mrs. Harrington's social events.

The kitchen and main bathroom's placement is based on a line Steve said to Barb giving her directions to the bathroom: "down past the kitchen, to the left". With the massive living room on the left and wanting to keep the dining and office close by, i interpreted the "to the left" part being like "find the kitchen, then turn left". And with the rest of the area being open-concept, the bathroom would be the only normal door over there and easy to find. it's a bit of a stretch with just that line, but it makes sense to me with the rest of the context for the layout.

the basement is similar to this, though not as openly displayed so I imagine its for slightly closer friends. Theres a garage door down there so I figured Mr. Harrington might have a cool car he shows off, like he's letting people in on a personal detail about himself. There's also a guest room down there (the only one still considered 100% for guests, more on that later) for those people.

beside the basement garage, there was originally one main garage that holds two cars, obvious Mr. and Mrs. Harrington's cars. I imagine they bought the house before having kids, so a third one wasn't on the mind but after having Steve they added the front one (either turning the carport into a closed garage or they never had a carport and added a whole new addition, up to you)

Both garages lead to the same part of the house, and that area is the only one besides the water heater room that is purely function over effect. It still looks good like the rest of the house but it's not made to be fancy because guests would rarely need to be over there if at all and it's not noteworthy from other parts of the house.

In my headcanon, Steve's room used to be a guest room, staying his room from nursery to present with Mrs. Harrington renovating every now and then. Its one of those places in the house that doesn't have to look perfect for all to see, so she gets creative and has fun with it.

The upstairs guest room is also unofficially Mrs. Harrington's room, based on a line where Tommy mentions a fireplace in "his mom's room" instead of "guest room" or "parent's room" or "master bedroom". I belatedly realized this could be a solidarity thing with Steve hating his dad and calling the master bedroom his mom's room, but that was after 9 hours of this and im not changing it but there you go. In this version, I imagine she leaves the master some nights because her marriage with Mr. Harrington is failing (cheating and all, I wouldn't want to be in the same bed with someone who cheated either)

the master bathroom was an executive decision, just looking at the house in canon and not having enough space in my first attempts, i decided the triangle roof part above the dining and office could fit a master bathroom.

Feel free to use or reference this in your own fics! Feel free to block out my furniture or walls and make your own version. If you share my image please credit with an @ mention!! (again, 9 hours) (thank you fhalsfhd)

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Mobile Muse List

The activity of each muse will vary depending on my mood. I get obsessed. I'm human. You get it 💕

Canon Characters

Dean Winchester, 26 - ??, Jensen Ackles

Jo Harvelle, 24 - ??, Alona Tal

Meg Masters, ageless, Rachel Miner

Rowena Macleod, 300+, Ruth Connell

Steve Harrington, 19, Joe Keery

Max Mayfield, 15, Sadie Sink

Eddie Munson, 20, Joseph Quinn

Jim Hopper, 47, David Harbour

Dustin Henderson, 15, Gaten Matarazzo

Alex Chen, 21, Lana Condor

Chloe Price, 19, Emma Mackey

Kate Marsh, 18, Eliza Scanlen

Courtney Wagner, 18, Malese Jow

JJ Maybank, 19, Rudy Pankow

Rafe Cameron, 21, Drew Starkey

Wheezie Cameron, 14, Ciara Bravo

Pamela Isley, 28, Bridgit Regan

Bruce Wayne, 30, Robert Pattinson

Kara Danvers, 27, Melissa Benoist

Tony Stark, 35, Robert Downey Jr

Peter Parker, 21, Tom Holland

Frank Castle, 33, Jon Bernthal

Cassandra, 21, Adelaide Kane or Emma Appleton

Elsa, 25, Ginny Gardner

Peter Pan, Ageless, Robbie Kay

Fawn, Ageless, Emma Stone

Korra, 23, K. Devery Jacobs

Zuko, 25, Ryan Potter

Adora, 23, Florence Pugh

Catra, 23, Lulu Antariksa

Noah Flynn, 23, Jacob Elordi

Maya Hart, 15 - 20s, Sabrina Carpenter

Joel Miller, 40, Pedro Pascal

Nathan Scott, 20s, Felix Mallard

Noah Foster, 19 - 20s, John Karna

Emma Duval, 19 - 20s, Willa Fitzgerald

Billy Loomis, 19 - 20s, Skeet Ulrich - AU

Jakob Toretto, Verse dependent,

Letty Ortiz, Verse dependent, Michelle Rodriguez

Suki, 20s, Devon Aoki & Hayley Kiyoko

Bella Swan, 18 - 20s, Diana Silvers

Emmett Cullen, ageless, Cody Christian

Leah Clearwater, 20s, Julia Jones

Billy Hope, 30, Jake Gyllenhaal

Rick Grimes, 30s, Andrew Lincoln

Glenn Rhee, late 20s, Steven Yuen

Rosita Espinosa, 29, Christian Serratos

Penelope Featherington, 18, Nicola Coughlan

Anthony Bridgerton, 31, Jonathan Bailey

Simon Bassett, 29, Regé-Jean Page

Stiles Stilinski, 19 - 20s, Dylan Obrien

Scott McCall, 19 - 20s, Tyler Posey

Liam Dunbar, 20, Dylan Sprayberry

Stu Macher, 20 - ??, Matthew Lillard

Fezco, 20, Angus Cloud

OC Characters

Allison Roe, 17 - 27, Leighton Meester - one tree hill

Joshua Scott, 15 - 21, Peyton Meyer - one tree hill

Grace Scott, 18 - 20, Sara Weisglass - one tree hill

Princess Bean, 15, Georgie Henley - Fandomless

Tessa Cameron, 23, Madison Bailey - Fandomless

Finnegan Cunningham, 30, Sam Heughan - Fandomless

Noah Wolffe, 23, Nick Robinson - Incredibles universe

Lexi Oneill, 25, India Isley - Fandomless

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writing my silly little fic and again im struck with how much opportunities they missed by pretending the s2 stancy breakup wasn't messy, specifically for Nancy's guilt about barb and forcing herself to grow up too fast

like s1 Nancy spends one night being a stupid teenager goofing off at her boyfriend's party and staying over to get spicy while Barb goes home. then she later realizes Barb disappeared and died that one night she was letting go and having fun. this is widely recognized trauma for her and informs a lot if not most of her actions through the rest of the show

in season 2 she's feeling the weight of it more around the first year anniversary. steve trys to help by taking her to a party to forget for a little while and 'be stupid teenagers' for a night. a perfectly set up parallel already

the way the show wants it to go, we get the bullshit argument, they fight, allegedly break up at some point, and nancy sleeps with Jonathan. later steve tells her to go with him and we're supposed to read it as Steve stepping back so jancy can happen. we're supposed to be seeing this as a happy ending.

but with the material we're given this would have been the perfect place for an emotional repeat of season 1 for nancy. she and steve go to the party and pretend to be stupid teenagers for the night. but oh no! nancy lets lose too much, lets herself relax and drink and dance, and the next day her boyfriend's pissed. hes saying she said things she never remembered saying and its hurt him and she doesn't know what to do. and kids around school are talking about them breaking up at the party, and that fits with Steve's anger she saw, so they must've broken up right? it sucks, even if she wasn't in love with him, that'd be the worst way to break up with someone (especially if she's confusing platonic and romantic feelings or convincing herself it has to be romantic when she really just values him as a friend)

and then she doesn't have time to work it out, she needs to go with Jonathan to avenge barbs 'disappearance' to give her family closure. She's got a lot of conspiracy shit to do and its stressful. so when murray starts going off about how she's not really in love with steve, how she actually likes Jonathan and he seems to like her back. they finished a lot of the hard work with the conspiracy stuff, she can let her guard down and have a quick good night.

then the next day is chaos. demodogs and labs and will being possessed. It a rough fucking day. Steve tells her to go with Jonathan while they get the mindflayer out of Will, civil like they're on good terms so she does (and thank god she did because that was rough and they needed all the help they could get)

and then everything's fine again, with the upside down. and it looks like she handled things better this time, was about to relax occasionally and still made it through.

except apparently she and steve didn't break up. he thought it was just a few fights, that they put their shit aside for the apocalypse and now they can work things out.

and it could ruin nancy. a year later and she's still hasn't learned her lesson, that letting her guard down hurts the people she cares about, that relaxing and having fun makes her lose people. its her fault for the messy breakup with Steve and its her fault that barb is gone. she's the reason she's lost friends close to her, 2 for 2, and now she only has Jonathan left (and what do you know, season 3 has her conflict with Jonathan and in season 4 she's not let anyone else get truly close to her and fred still dies)

you see what i mean?? by having conflict magical resolve itself in the background we loose so much powerful, painful character drama for her. our girl who thinks she has to keep the world around her up solely on her shoulders because she can't handle the loss of her best friend in season 1. Nancy who desperately wants to be normal and have people she loves but keeps losing them, through factors both in and out of her control, but feels like everything has to be her fault just because some things were.

and to be fair, that story is still present in the show. its there and definitely compelling, but it could've been even more so. i feel like if maybe there was less 'nancy has to be a strong independent girlboss' in there (abd it's definitely there, they want to make a point of making her a Strong Woman Character so bad) and she was allowed to have mistakes acknowledged by the narrative, this is the direction it would've gone. She could've been an excellent example of well written women who are strong and awesome through their own right instead of the narrative trying to make us like her

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Breaking down in the club (house)!!!! Your file names are so intriguing

fkdlafjld thank youuu!! this section took some more time because its one of those you have to get fully immersed in to actually write it, and for a first draft im really happy with it!

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He kept his face hidden, eyes shut as if that’d make him invisible, and felt more than heard Dustin sit down again.

“You want to just sit here?”

He stopped some burst of air that wanted out, whether it was meant to be a laugh or a sob he couldn’t tell. He just held the breath, then let it out slowly.

“I want to disappear.”

There was silence -and fuck, that was the one thing not to say, wasn’t it?

“Not disappear, really,” He corrected, sitting up with his head back and the hand still over his eyes, “I'm not going anywhere. What I want- I don’t want to feel it. That’s all I mean.”

“Yeah, yeah, I understand. I- It sucks.”

“Yeah-” Another burst of air, this time he didn't stop it. A cynical laugh. “Yeah, it does.”

Dustin hummed an agreement and leaned against his side. Head resting against his shoulder, but light, no weight like the times before. Just presence. 

A third burst of air, more vicious than the last. A suffocating sob. The hand over his eyes flew down to cover his mouth, head curling back in towards his knees to hide again.

Dustin jumped away, like he’d been electrocuted. 

Steve swallowed and dropped the hand covering his mouth so he could control his breathing.

“Sorry,”

“It's okay, I can- do you want me to go?”

Steve shook his head immediately.

“Okay. Okay…”

Steve took a breath in and sat back up, bringing the hand over his eyes again. 

“You’re helping. A lot.” He added, voice scratchy and hollow without the whisper.

“That’s good.” He sighed, leaning back against him. Steve sighed, too.

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totally not rewatching star wars and taking notes on jokes Steve and Dustin would make. definitely not writing down comments they'd make and how they'd relate themselves to characters.

Dustin definitely doesn't read out subtitles to Steve while he has a concussion and struggles with words on a screen. And he definitely didn't pick up saying 'buddy' because Han does

And im absolutely not noticing more and more parallels between Steve and han and starcourt and leia and robin (not romantic stobin but like shes so sassy in the beginning and and her bitching matches with Han are so fun)

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Find the Word Tag Game!!

tagged by @lingeringmirth and my words are: beloved, insipient, clever, diverse and pervasive

unfortunately, my vocabulary hasn't extended to any of these, outside of one joke use of "my beloved" in the planning notes of my doc, and since i see no rules I'm making my own and stealing (oh so evil) lingeringmirth's words (because i already know i use them all the time)

Tear, Frown, Skin, Heard, and Lean

Tear -

Steve shook his head, finally sitting up and breathing. “No, sorry I– hey, what’s wrong?” He leaned forward to get a better look at Dustin's face, and as his mind woke up he finally heard the shakiness of his breath and saw light reflecting off tears falling just below his eyes. Steve dropped his feet to the ground and gave Dustin the space to sit.

Frown -

The sound of scattered clinks came from behind them, stopping just as sudden as it started. Steve turned around and saw Mrs. Henderson paused after pouring cat food in a dish. She put the box down, opening the bag inside to put the food back. Steve turned back around quickly. He chanced a glance at Dustin, who was still looking back over his shoulder, eyes shiny and mouth hanging in a small frown. After a moment he turned back around, busying himself with spreading jelly but blinking too much to be really over it.

Skin - (the most painful one to just choose one from, so we picked my favouite from the Dustin pov chapter)

Dustin had to take another breath. At least he was getting it out of the way. Better now in the house with clean supplies than in the car, or the tunnels, where Upside Down stuff could get in and make him sick. He took the wet side again, trying to scrub the dried blood off while being gentle, using a different spot on the towel every time it got too dark. The dry blood was stubborn, sticking to the skin like a scab and he couldn’t be sure how hard he could scrub without hurting Steve more. Not that Steve could feel it right now.

Heard -

Steve huffed a laugh before pressing the button.  “Well right now I'm sitting in Dustin’s room talking to nerds on a walkie.” “You’re so funny, Harrington, now why are you at Dustin's?” Steve laughed again, this time letting it be heard, and leaned back against the dresser. “Hopper freaked when he heard my parents are out of town and can’t check to make sure I don't die in my sleep. Dustin volunteered his couch till they're back.”

Lean - (also difficult to choose, but mostly becuase it's apparently all i write with 84 appearances in my document, so heres the most recent one)

He turned back around to the house, looking just as he left it. He walked around to the back of the patio to grab the slipper that he dropped, but turning the corner he found the area empty. Steve tiptoed up to the sliding door, opening it just enough to slip inside. The house looked empty with one glance around. He slid the door shut behind him, intending to go upstairs, but a few steps into the room and he made eye-contact with his mom. Leaning against the kitchen wall, arms folded with the missing slipper in hand, watching and waiting for him to notice.

and im tagging @marvel-ous-m @eriquin @roguenancy @sharpbutsoft @itsthestrangestthings @findafight

and your words are: strange, shaking, smile, scratch, and still.

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WIP Wednesday!! (it totally still counts after midnight!)

tagged by @eriquin

i've been in a lull lately with writing mostly because the h in The Holidays stand for Hell! But this week i thought id try something similar to @just-my-latest-hyperfixation 's recent wip wednesdays

Rules

send an ask with any word and if that word is in my fic (the Steve Henderson AU) i'll post a snippet it came from, and if it isnt i have to write something new and post that!

alternatively just send an ask requesting a snippet and ill post a snippet from the last few days!

With how long its taking me to feel like chapters are ready to be posted, I've started really looking forward to sharing bits and pieces on here, like the vibe of "unofficial" writing takes away some of the pressure of sharing. so thanks so much to everyone doing these wip games with me 💕💕

Snippet (and tags under the cut)

Steve woke up slowly to a dim, but not dark, room. All the lights were off and curtains were closed, but light leaked in anyway. Steve sat up and stretched his neck, hurting less than earlier. He grabbed the glass of water from the table nearby and took a sip, looking around.

It was quiet. Perfectly quiet, like the middle of the night despite definitely being morning, maybe even mid-day. He stood, looking for a note or something, but everything looked normal. Or as close to normal as he could remember. He wandered over to glance at the kitchen, checked down the hall, listened for any sounds from the individual rooms, but there was nothing.

“Hello?”

More nothing.

He rushed to the door, slamming it open to check for-

Movement in the corner of his eye. He looked over and found Mrs. Henderson, sitting on the bench with a death-grip on the arm rest and a hand to her chest, calming her breathing.

“Oh god, I’m so sorry-”

“It’s alright.” she laughed, despite still not breathing better, “What’s got you in a rush?”

“...I just forgot, y’know.” He glanced over at the yellow Volvo, still in the driveway. “That I’m not supposed to be at school today.” He closed the door behind him, realizing he shouldn't be letting the heat out.

Tags (no pressure 💕) (also sorry if i tagged you and youre not a writer i forget fhalhfd)

@stobinesque @marvel-ous-m @thegoblinboy @arom-com @museumgiftshoperaser @momotonescreaming @findafight @fag4dykestobin @itsthestrangestthings @itswhatyougive @skepsiss @gleek4twd @sharpbutsoft @alexcharmsyou @steves-strapcollection @blushweddinggowns

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Wip Whatever-day-it-is-idk-man

tagged by @stobinesque @eriquin and @blushweddinggowns ! 💃🪩🕺 Thank you guys so much my brains exploding with happy chemicals from you guys

Rules

ok so i haven't done wip wednesdays/weekends in a bit because i wasn't sure how I wanted to do the wip options since i only have one wip i keep going back and editing instead of writing whats next. SO i figured I'll make a little version where you guys make me to put the gists of things down just to have something to work with and stop just editing my old shit

In a poll I have a handful of different scene ideas I know will happen relatively soon in my fic We'll Be Alright (The Steve Henderson Au)

You guys can vote for one in the poll and I'll share a snippet from my most recently added scene (actually new stuff and not me editing my old stuff!! wahoo!!)

each vote will be 1 paragraph (so like could be a chunk of text could be a dialogue line) i'll spend putting that idea into words and each ask will be 3 paragraphs plus a little snippet from what I got down (much shorter than my normal, sorry guys i've belatedly realized i've shared a lot more than i thought of my earlier chapters lol

Snippet

Since all these are kinda serious plot moments I figured I'd share a moment of silliness

Steve stood there for a few seconds, water running and holding a tortoise in someone else’s bathroom. 

And to think, this isn't even the weirdest thing to happen in the past few days.

"Back." Dustin announced, running back in with a thermometer he stuck right under the water.

"Why the thermometer?"

"He's ectothermic so he needs a very specific temperature range."

Steve nodded, just going with it.

"You should call him Yortoise."

"Yortoise?"

"Yeah, Yurtle is 'turtle' with a 'Y' so since he's a tortoise… Yortoise."

"He's named after the book though." he said, closing the sink drain and letting water fill the bottom. 

"He won't mind, he can't read."

Dustin burst out in a laugh.

"I'll just stick with Yurtle."

"Can I still call him Yortoise?"

"Sure, it'll be your special nickname for him."

"Hell yeah"

tagging @marvel-ous-m @wuffgang-ameowdeus-moozart @scoopertroopers @spicysix @thegoblinboy and anyone else that wants to join! (no pressure💕)

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for wip wensie (even tho its thursday lol)

- pillow >:)

Original Post + Snippet | Scratch | Snippet pt 1 | Snippet pt 2 (Unearth) | Actually | Six | Pillow (you are here!)

I have a feeling I know exactly what snippet you were looking for with this (thats what I get for giving you unlimited access to my document fhdaldjklfjd) (i say as if your comments arent the highlight of my week)

technically there are 19 uses of the word "pillow" in my doc, but a whopping 10 to them belong to the scene, so here it is!

From Chapter 12 (?? subject to change later): Kidnapping? No. Surprise Adoption

Steve plopped his bag on the other end of the couch and collapsed into it with a heavy sigh.

Dustin snorted.

“What?”

“You look like Ted Wheeler.”

“How fucking dare you." he smiled, staying leaned back where he was and swatting at Dustin.

Dustin flopped onto the other side of the couch, just out of reach, and gave an overdramatic sigh.

"I'm Steve and I'm so tired that suddenly I'm 40 years old with three kids and a house to pay off."

Steve huffed, pretending to resituate as he reached for a pillow on the floor, …

"Mhm, well I'm Dustin and I host business meetings about dragons."

…grabbed the pillow…

"Business meet- first of all, Mikes the one 'host-'"

…and threw it at Dustin, hitting right to his chest.

"How dare you!" he laughed, grabbing the pillow to throw back, but Steve grabbed another, holding it up like a shield. Dustin tried to overpower, shoving the pillow against Steve’s shield with all his might. Steve angled his pillow-sheild, letting Dustin's pillow slip to the side and sending him crashing into the cushion. Steve landed his pillow on top of him in victory, and laid back on it for good measure.

“Yeah, you’re right, I’m sooo tired. I think I’ll take a nap right here.”

“Get off! Asshole!” he laughed.

“What’s that? It sounds like my pillows talking to me?”

“Move! You stink!” Dustin poked his side hard and Steve shot up to get away.

“Dusty,” Mrs. Henderson called from the kitchen, “You better not be rough-housing over there.”

“It’s fine, Steve cheated anyway!” Dustin yelled as he sat up, volume hitting Steve’s headache for a moment. Then he finally managed to land the pillow straight to Steve's back. 

“Little shit.” he laughed, quietly, grabbing the pillow and setting it behind him to lay on properly, then collapsed back onto the cushions.

“You started it.”

“Nah, pretty sure that was you.”

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Sadly all the wips I have atm are ones I'm not allowed to share because they're part of a bang :'0 but I'll send you some stuff! Unearth Actually Six

Original Post + Snippet | Scratch | Snippet pt 1 | Snippet pt 2 (Unearth) | Actually | Six (you are here!) | Pillow

Ok so im very bad about using number words and number letters(?? like 123) interchangeably in my drafts, so we have exactly one with "six" in the fic itself and two "6"s in other stuff, but ones an infodump so i wanna share it too fhdjkalfhdls

From Chapter 3: Mommy Issues (still yet to be renamed, maybe it never will)

(buying all the raw meat they toss around while pretending to be normal grocery shopping)

“Alright, how many of you guys are there again?” he asked, looking at the pasta aisle. Dustin raised an eyebrow, probably asking to clarify if there was a secret question in that. Steve shook his head, “How many people do we need pasta for?”

“Oh uh.. 5? Or, six in case Mike's cousin comes over.” Steve raised his eyebrows at ‘Mike’s cousin’ but nodded and grabbed 8 boxes, “One for each of you, plus me, plus extra in case someone messes up.” he stated, mostly just maximizing the number to allow them to reasonably take more from the deli.

Then they went straight to the deli, dodging an aisle where Mrs. Hagan was trying to calm her youngest kid down. Steve pretended to look over the options before loading the cart with as much cheat meat as they could get away with.

Plus bonus infodump about rope climbing from Chapter 9: Steve Are You Okay? Are You Okay, Steve?

(First image: height reference for the tunnels, they’re pretty massive and Steve would probably barely be able to touch the ceiling if he jumped, and the hole is at least 6 inches deep before entering the cavern, probably more so since even with him lifting the kids up they still had to climb out. So he basically had no choice but to climb)(Second Image: reference for how tiny the rope is. This is Steve right after jumping straight down and standing directly next to the rope with it in the foreground. In gyms (and most likely the hawkins high gym as well) ropes for climbing are twice as thick or more, and braided or some other type of large weaving that lets you get a better grip (Third image))(He also takes his gloves off because they have upside down gunk on them so his hands would have slightly better grip)

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Make Me Write!

Scratch | Snippet Part 1 | Snippet Part 2 (you are here!) | Actually | Six | Pillow

Thank you so much for the ask @skepsiss 💕💕 I'm gonna be splitting this into three posts, one for each word, starting with "unearth" which doesn't appear anywhere in my doc, so here's a new snippet!

“–you got a lamp or something? The lights are killing me.” “Yeah,” Dustin flicked on a nearby lamp, “Don’t we need good lighting though?” “Nah, we’re not actually doing anything with it now.” He flicked the light and joined Dustin in looking at the mirror. “You could straighten it if you wanted to, but it’ll be way longer. It’s why Nance used to straighten her hair. Most of what I do is to get it to kinda– defy gravity, I guess,” He pulled his wet hair up to mimic it’s normal look, before letting it flop back down. “but you’ve already got that covered, so it’s just shaping.” “Shaping?”  “Yeah, here– you mind?”  “Go for it.” “So this part is up,” He loosened up the hair on top, previously squished down by his hat, “back here comes down, and the sides stay in, kinda like…” he tried flattening down the hair by his ears, needing to hold it in place to get the picture. “Like that.” Dustin smiled at the mirror. “And it’ll stay like that?” “I don’t know about an every-day thing, and it’d take a little more than four puffs, but yeah.” “So a special occasion? The Snowball?” “Yeah totally.” Steve ruffled his hair again and started back towards the living room. “I’ll lend you a can of mine.”

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Last Sentence Tag Game!

tagged by @bifuriouswaterbender and dude i was SO excited to fo this because the last sentence i remembered writing was short and angsty. keyword: remembered. because apparently i wrote one more line after that.

The hand over his eyes flew down to cover his mouth, head curling back in towards his knees to hide again.

21 words oh golly ok. (no pressure) tags: @marvel-ous-m @eriquin @stobinesque @findafight @fag4dykestobin @itsthestrangestthings @alexcharmsyou @momotonescreaming @flowercrowngods @spicysix @jackiemonroe5512 @wuffgang-ameowdeus-moozart @lets-try-to-be-normal-otakus @steves-strapcollection @ilovetwig @itswhatyougive @gleek4twd @thegoblinboy @arom-com @skepsiss @fandomlover1992

since i was working on an ask for wip weekend ("breaking down in the club(house)") I'll probably post more from this spot later, tonight or tomorrow depending on how tired i am

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my favorite headcanons are the accidental ones, when you're writing something small and fun and you wonder when this has happened to this character before, with who, when, and why.

One second Steve is winning a pillow fight with Dustin and the next I just know about Carol's 10th birthday party where she started the first of many pillows fights with Tommy and Steve, playing dirty and using pure strategy to win, despite both her opponents being sporty prepubescent boys. Steve and Carol used to get into little showdowns, trying to outsmart the other one on one, and occasionally Tommy and Steve would team up to try and figure out a counter to Carol's latest trick. To Carol it was living her teen movie dream, to Tommy it was an outlet, and to Steve it was a confirmation of friendship.

(no clue if ill ever find a seamless way to incorporate this into the fic, but i love it regardless)

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WIP WhhhMonday Nightish

Once upon a time Devon was tagged in a wip wednesday by @eriquin and meant to do it but missed both wednesday and the weekend before remembering again. totally unrelated, Devon is working on getting their official adhd diagnosis.

i also noticed that the past snippets shared in wip-whatever posts have been purposefully the least interesting parts because i was worried about spoilers, which is dumb because that's created the unintended consequence of my tag is full of everything i don't like as much and a very different impression of what my fic is (as seen by most of these snippets being my rewritten scenes despite the actual fic being mostly new in-between scenes)

TLDR: WIP Whatever-day-it-is: But Actually For Fun This Time

The Rules

Post the file names of up to 5 of your WIPs for people to send you asks

Post a snippet of one of those WIPs

When people send you an ask with the name of one of your WIPs, write 3 lines of that WIP.

(Optional) Post the lines you wrote.

You can send multiple requests especially since this is going on through the weekend!

The WIPs

we're doing bulleted chapter titles to share from since that was my favorite and genuinely most productive format I've used. Feel free to ask for as many as you want, I plan on working on this basically all week

Karen Wheeler POV Bonus Chapter (Prologue kinda? side story in the same universe?? Bonus chapter set after season 1 and way before ch 1)

Steve, are you okay? Are you okay, Steve? (ch 9)

What's this? The consequences of my actions? (Is that a motherfucking Lovejoy reference?) (ch 10)

Kidnapping? no. surprise adoption. (lol get taken care of BITCH) (ch 11)

NEXT CHAPTER BC IDK HOW TO TRANSITION (ch 12) (a very tentative title for the next chapter to be written)

The Snippet

here is my favorite and most recent scene I've written, which takes place before they junkyard where Steve and Dustin are at the grocery store to get that ungodly amount of raw meat they have to toss around (also i've split chapters up a bit in the name of structure so the third chapter is now called "Mommy Issues Central". Lemme know any goofy vine reference ideas you guys have or if it should stay like that) (fear not, Get Yo Fucking Dog Bitch lives on still as chapter 4)

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They turned down the next aisle, lining the edges of the cart with some other pasta-related shit that he could still probably use. They heard someone coming over from the next aisle and before he could turn the cart around Mrs Wheeler pulled up.

"Oh, Steve ...and Dustin. What're you boys up to?"

He took a short breath to work their story into something without Mike, but Dustin beat him to it.

"He's teaching me stuff." 

He was imitating the tone Steve used but still way too vague. Mrs Wheeler held up a smile, her brows slightly lifted.

"Y'know, like cooking-" Steve said, throwing in a little gesture to the cart.

"And cars, changing oil and things. Y'know just.. dad stuff."

Dustin's part convinced her, Mrs Wheeler's expression softening into a real smile.

"Well I won't keep you long," 

She nodded off to the side to talk to Steve one-on-one.

Great.

“Are you and Nancy okay?”

“Wh- we’re- Why? Did she say something?”

“No, no, she’s just been… closed off, lately. And I drove her to school the other day, she didn’t say why.”

“Sh- yeah, that- that’s on me. Sorry.”

“Did you break up?”

“No no, definitely not. We’re kinda… we’re working on it. I’m going to try and make it better, after y’know..” he gestured to Dustin behind him.

“Right.” she smiled again, “Let Nancy know she can talk to me about any of this? Please? I tell her but- I don't know, maybe it’d be different coming from you.”

He held up a smile for her.

“Yeah, sure. Mind if we..” he jutted a thumb towards the end of the aisle.

“Yes, go ahead.”

He gave her a short wave and turned back to Dustin, who studied random shit in the aisle like Steve would believe his sudden fascination with olive oil outweighed childish curiosity.

“Steve-”

He turned back around, seeing Mrs Wheeler coming back up to him and whispering again.

“I know I’m not your mother, but you can talk to me, too. Both of you, okay?”

He kept the smile in place and nodded again, and she finally went back to her cart.

Dustin “Definitely-Not-Eavesdropping” Henderson followed him out of the aisle, thankfully waiting until they were out of earshot to ask.

“What's going on with you and Nancy?”

“Thought we had ‘much bigger problems than my love life’?”

He pulled up to the deli, stopping to pretend to look at the options.

“We’re not dropping everything for it but we can still talk.” he groaned.

“I’ll tell you later, kay? Not exactly the best place to talk.''

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"The Old Office" for WIP Weekend!

Not a lot needed to be added here because this one is more of a transitional scene, one third of a scene, so we're going ahead and sharing the whole damn bit (plus a few paragraphs above for context)

"Here, my room's this way." Dustin said as he rushed in and through the room to a hall on the left. Steve followed behind him slowly, eyes catching on all the different colors and patterns around him, finding the bright yellow patterned wallpaper in the formal entryway especially hard to ignore. 

"Earth to Steveee"

"Shut up, this is different." he bitched with no real aggression, still looking at the wallpaper.

"Is it though?"

"You guys have yellow wallpaper,” he said with an incredulous smile, “Like crayon yellow, right next to your front door."

“Didn’t know you fancied interior design.” he said, fucking mused like an elderly fashion critique.

“Oh my god.” 

“Oh my,” he continued, the impression getting worse, “the wallpaper is such a bold statement.”

"Shut up," Steve smiled, and swatted Dustin's hat. He leaned against the hallway’s opening while Dustin fixed his hat, then gestured at the door next to him, "This one?"

Dustin took a moment to figure out what he was saying.

"Oh, no, that's the old office. Mr.- My dad’s." 

Mr.?

“He doesn’t live here.” Dustin threw in, awkwardly, like listing off facts would answer questions before they’re asked.

“Yeah, yeah.” he rushed out with a casual shrug, not sure what words to use but needing to say something.

His shitty attempt worked well enough, as Dustin relaxed enough to drop it and led him down the hall. He stopped at the very end, gestured to the pocket door on the left before sending it disappearing into the wall with a dramatic flair.

Make me write, or more specifically, make me share my writing

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writing how Dustin talks is so much fun. likep he's got the general sentence structure appropriate for his age but slightly wordier and he fuckin loves throwing in big words like they're nothing

like i just wrote a dialogue scene where Dustin's explaining d'art and hes so dramatic because its not 'a new lizard i trapped in the cellar' its 'a terrestrial pollywog thats gone through an expedited metamorphosis and gotten so big I had to hide him in the cellar'

and steves just like. cool. sorry i asked. 😐