#meeting of MPs

[steddielations]

Eddie finally lets Jeff talk him into going on this blind date. It's not like he's against dating, he just doesn't expect fireworks from an hour of small talk over an overpriced dinner, y'know? Jeff swore by this guy, though, assuring Eddie that they would hit it off, but Eddie will never know because the guy doesn't show.

That's right, he gets stood up, Jeff texts him a string of apologies saying the guy chickened out. So Eddie’s just sitting there alone, trying not to sulk when the waitress asks if he's still waiting to order. Fuck it, he refuses to be the most miserable person in the restaurant, looking around to find someone equally as pathetic, and lo and behold:

Three tables away, there's a guy getting dumped.

Eddie eavesdrops because he has nothing better to do. It’s a pretty standard breakup. Sounds like they haven't been together long and things fizzled out. Neither of them seem to be invested enough to try and salvage it.

"Aren't you gonna say anything, Steve?"

No, Steve isn't. He just sits there while his former boyfriend leaves, doesn't try to stop him at all. Not in a hardened douchebag way, but in a dejected 'why do I even bother' way that Eddie knows all about.

And well, Eddie might be a cynic but his curiosity isn't dead. This Steve is far too pretty to be getting dumped in a seafood place and Eddie has to know what the deal is. It leads him right over to Steve's table. He looks up at Eddie, not quite dead behind the eyes yet, but maybe a little lonely. Just needs a spark.

"Alright well, something tells me that a stranger bugging you won't be the worst thing to happen to you tonight, so I'm just gonna take this empty seat and maybe we can help each other figure out why we're both alone on a Friday night. What do you say?"

Steve blinks, a little taken back at first, then he matches the nonchalance that Eddie's so good at faking with a smirk and a shrug, "Depends. Do you have all night?"

Turns out, Jeff was right about one thing, Eddie does hit it off with someone and it doesn't take all night. They leave the restaurant together, spend hours just walking the town and even breaking into a park after hours. It's the most fun Eddie's had in a while, and even though he doesn't get a goodnight kiss just yet, he gets a second date, which is even better.

He walks home with a skip in his step and a fire in his belly that he hasn't felt in years. He never thought he'd be so glad to get stood up before.

[iguessricciardo]

collecting men is his actual job

[itsmariejanel]

the hybrid 🦇

mermay with @castawavy

[evandered]

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[asleepinawell]

the best type of supervision tbh

[ditzyevie]

I think Mob would love meeting Mash

[stari-hun]

I love when people mention characters haven't interacted and I just pull up my insane chart of character interactions. It's so fun getting to be like ermm ashually they were in the same location for months at the very least so ur ship is ex possible

Plus I still need to read the character stories to add them but ehhhhhhhhh

[baronessblixen]

Saw your tags--

I wonder if DD is traveling somewhere to interview his next podcast subject? (If so, crossing my fingers it's GA.) Or maybe like you said, he's on vacation. Curious~.

I think he's on vacation. Would it make sense for him to travel to his guests? I assume he has something set up in his home to do the podcast. So it would make more sense if they visited him. But of course, with technology being what it is these days, you no longer even have to be in the same room.

Gillian could maybe? perhaps? potentially? visit him when she's going to the Emmys? PM is nominated and her own movie is, too, so I'm sure she's going. I just hope they'll do the podcast, no matter where in the world they might be.

[uris9158]

[ORV ch 525 spoilers]

"TELL ME, YOU FOOL. IF I CONTINUE TO REGRESS, WILL I EVER GET TO MEET YOU AGAIN?"

JFC THE LOVE. THE LOVE KDJ HAS FOR YJH. TO WATCH OVER HIM FROM AFAR & DO EVERYTHING JUST TO GIVE AT LEAST ONE(1) VERSION OF YJH LONG, HAPPY LIFE JUST THIS ONCE. SO THAT JUST THIS ONCE, ONE(1) YJH WONT HAVE TO LEAD AN EXISTENCE OF SUFFERING.

JFC THE LOVE. THE LOVE YJH HAS FOR KDJ. TO, EVEN AFTER LIVING A LONG HAPPY LIFE, FEEL THAT SOMETHING (KDJ) IS MISSING WILLINGLY CHOOSE TO GIVE ALL THAT UP TO GO THROUGH 1864 ROUNDS OF PURE HELL JUST FOR ONE(1) TINY CHANCE OF BEING ABLE TO MEET KDJ. AND THAT CHOICE BEING THE VERY REASON WHY EVERYTHING BEGUN. BC YJH WANTED TO MEET KDJ BEHIND THAT WALL.

WHAT THE FUCK.

[hyunpic]

[neverswungonswingingstars]

I love the woman just side-eyeing the guy slapping himself like 'that's odd but damned if I'm going to say anything'

Lestat, Louis and Claudia in The Thing Lay Still

[steddielations]

Part two of this au with actor Steve walking rockstar Eddie on stage, based on the reply from @ghostyneth "Imagine them having a moment like Andrew Garfield and Ryan Reynolds”

It's been a month and the press is still eating up that moment when they walked arm in arm on stage together. Both Steve and Eddie's management think it's good for them to play it up, hang out publicly and be seen as friends, but they genuinely are friends now.

They've hung out a few times since the Grammys. Eddie invited Steve to his show at the Garden and they spent a lot of time backstage, just talking. Their music taste converges at a point. Also, Eddie was a theater kid, of course, the theatrical bastard. The weird gritty roles Steve takes sometimes outside his big box office hits have led him down some rabbit holes. So he likes freaky niche movies that only someone like Eddie would've ever heard of. They never run out of things to talk about.

Steve took Eddie to his movie premiere. They ditched the after party and the press to cruise around with the top down on Steve's old convertible, Eddie standing up blasting Metallica and headbanging along. They tease each other, call each other rockstar and movie star but not in that shallow way that Steve hates. Eddie's just himself, a wildcard, and Steve loves it.

So, when the Golden Globes come around and Steve's nominated, of course he wants Eddie there.

He wasn't expecting to win so when his name is announced, the table erupts into congratulations and he kisses Robin on the cheek first, then goes all around kissing and hugging his friends. Then the circle comes to Eddie, so naturally, they both laugh and throw their arms open, then grab each other’s faces and lean into a big smacking kiss.

The audience is cheering and laughing like crazy, and it was mostly a joke, but the way Eddie strokes his cheek when they pull back and says, "Congratulations, movie star” feels like it was just for Steve, not for any of the cameras or the crowd watching them. Steve can't stop looking at Eddie during his acceptance speech.

[krikeymate]

Here’s an AU I haven’t seen yet: Wednesday and Enid have met once before as infants, when their parents had a school reunion at Nevermore. They imprint on each other and then spend the next 15 years trying to fill a void inside of themselves... until the events of canon happen.

[lovinggreeniehours]

whos the lucky 73 ? 🤔 (@comfortingstars)

instead of deleting this ill just leave random memes from my arte.m folder in place of an infodump HDSFKKFSFJ

ft one that reminded me of arte.mrion specifically

[ailendolin]

Imagine if Kylie had met Jemima, and rather than being scared of her, told her what a beautiful voice she has and sang along with her.

[asleepinawell]

yeah that's the mood