inspired by this tweet, and here’s part 1 if you haven’t seen it yet!
Sure enough, Eddie lets the door slam against the wall an hour later. "Wayne, I'm home!"
"Hi, kid," Wayne says, much calmer.
Steve doesn't say anything. Just sits on the couch and waits, his eyes boring a hole into the floor.
"I finally got the solo down for the song I was telling you about." Eddie lets his bag drop on to the table with a loud thud. Wayne doesn't miss how Steve jolts. "So once we sort out the bassline, we'll be-"
Eddie turns around and sees Steve on the couch.
"-fine," Eddie finishes, letting his hands fall to his sides. "Steve, how long have you been here?"
"An hour."
"Oh." Eddie looks at Wayne, confusion plain on his face.
Wayne raises his eyebrows. Talk to him. He wanted you, not me.
Eddie nods. "What do you need?"
Steve looks up for the first time. Wayne fought the kid to get him cleaned up, so the split lip looks better. Couldn't do much about the black eye, though.
Wayne watches the color drain out of Eddie's face.
"Shit, Stevie-"
Wayne shoots Eddie a look, a mix of Careful and Stevie?
Eddie glances back at him. I know and later.
He slows down and sits next to Steve, keeping his hands on his lap. "Did they-"
"I go back for the rest of it in the morning," Steve says blankly, like he's reciting something.
"Okay," Eddie says. He looks back at Wayne.
What do I do?
Wayne glances at Eddie's hands, then at Steve. What do you think?
Eddie puts an arm around Steve and lets him bury his head into his shoulder.
Wayne looks between the two of them. What's the deal?
Eddie stares back. I think you know.
Wayne has to agree. He thinks he knows a few things between the way Steve is so comfortable in Eddie's arms and the way Steve hasn't mentioned going home once tonight.
A glance between Eddie and Steve's black eye. How long have you known?
Eddie won't meet Wayne's eyes. Wayne knows what that means.
Too long.
They'll talk about it in the morning. They'll talk about all of it in the morning.
But for now? Wayne just has to be here for both of these boys. Both of his boys, now, it seems.
That episode is still engraved in my head with how much the game MK was playing looked like an actual game one could play irl, and I'm still salty about how it's not an actual game.
Also my hyperfixation picked these three for these headcanons- And I'm aware about how the game is implied to have been created by Wukong himself, but we shall ignore that fact for a sec-
☆ ~ Headcanons ~ ☆
☆ Sun Wukong
>His ego just skyrocketed and won't be coming back to earth for a long time; may Buddha have mercy on your poor soul
>Expect him to watch you play everytime with a smug grin
>You can clearly see his tail swish around happily whenever he sees you react to one of the Sun Wukong character sprites (Especially towards the images of him being buffer than usual)
>You know how the game's Wukong would keep stopping the game's MK just to give him a bunch of tips and tutorials? He's actually doing that to you while you're playing, but with a lot more telling on what exactly he wants you to do (Backseat gamer smh)
>"Go back! Go back! You ran past an important quest item for the endgame!"
>Will distract you a lot by leaning into you from the side or from behind, or wrapping his tail around you in the middle of a battle
>You're struggling with a boss (cuz of him distracting you lmao)? Hand him your controller, right fucking now, he'll use his knowledge to beat the shit out of them for you
>Don't get your hopes up of him doing minigames and puzzles for you however, he absolutely sucks at even those easy-level ones
>If the game has a PvP mode and you have a second controller, expect him to want to duel you just to show off
>You can distract him by scratching his fur or touching his tail in the middle of it as revenge though
☆ Macaque
>Bro would be so salty if he sees you play this game it's not even funny
>He was actually thinking you were talking to the actual Sun Wukong when he heard his voice coming from your living room
>Once you give him a description of the game, it doesn't exactly lower his saltiness over you playing a game based on his nemesis and his successor
>"Why do you not have the option to fight Wukong?"
>"Be happy this isn't a dating sim, Mac..."
>"...The fuck is that supposed to mean"
>I would highly suggest playing whenever your monkey's out of house just to avoid the risk of him deleting the game from your console- It was a paid game after all with roughly 10 hours of playtime on your save file
>You can't tell me he isn't a master at any puzzle at any given difficulty. He could do all puzzles for you!
>Doesn't mean he would
>Jk, he would solve them when you're not looking or when he's bored- or even reluctantly with you if you beg enough cuz he loves you too much
>That doesn't stop him from either leaving you with a clone or spy at your gameplay as a shadow when he got time
>Unironically enjoys watching you play and beat up all those enemies with a smile
>Will deny it if you ask him if he's been watching you play from the shadows
☆ MK
>Excited noodle boy
>Would try to figure out if there's a way to co-op the story quest part
>ABSOLUTELY will play it himself when you introduce the game to him; I mean, it's about Monkey King??
>WILL gush about his hero, Monkey King, despite being his successor
>Will be lowkey annoyed if you refuse to skip cutscenes and are actually listening in on the tutorials and stories- It's evident by his constant whining and groaning
>But it's all good, he could never stay mad at you over it!
>You actually have to pry the controller away from his grasp from time to time- He will not stop to take a break until this boss is down!
>Dear gods, he's been playing for like 12 hours straight now, please knock him out and get him to bed- He won't be beating the boss like this
>Has a lot of fun doing easy-level minigames and puzzles, but does struggle with puzzles later on so you better help him
>"I'm getting the hang of this! But why isn't the strongest skill in the game working on this guy??"
>"The tutorial literally tells you to counter him, dummy"
>"Ugh! Why does it keep healing itself?? It should've died like half an hour ago!"
>"If only you read the boss description at the start of the battle..."
Posting these separately from my Mogus Spam to make sure these horrible wonderful things get seen. Maybe. If anyone cares. And you should, because transparency is included so you can use them to upset your friends! 8D
Aside from Doge, the Emergency Button, and the Very Wonky One Piece (which is like that On Purpose, Actually), all of these were designed from the ground up by me. For very nefarious purposes, too, I can assure you.
And speaking of nefarious, no, I'm not explaining Pupknot. You just get to live with the knowledge that it exists now. In fact, I'm not going to explain any of these. If you want to know what the fuck these things are and why, you can go hunt down the reblog I initially posted them in like ten minutes ago. >:p