#this was gonna be just about but nanc but then as i got these caps i was like o ..

[putawayurhalo]

Out For Blood | Chapter 8: Sugar Coated

Pairing: Steve Harrington x Fem!Munson!Reader ; Eddie Munson x Fem!Henderson!O.C.

Warnings:  Strong language, season 4 vol. 1 (NONE FOR VOL. 2 YET) spoilers, angst, SLIGHT mention of abuse no heavy details and I don’t plan on going into super heavy details and if I do I will put a warning in all caps before the chapter

Word Count: 2k

Author’s  Note: so volume 2 happened... so for those who want to know i’m team FUCK THE CANON so yeah anyways this was a fun one to write because a certain scene I imagined I was yelling at my old guidance counselor who did jack shit to help me.

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“Steve, hand me your keys.” (Y/N) put her hand out.

“What? No, you’re not driving my car.”

“I’m not driving your car, just hand me the keys. It will only be believable that I brought Max here if I have some form of keys with me.” She looked at him, “Trust me on this.”

Steve reluctantly gave her the keys, “When did we decide you were also going in?”

“We didn’t decide anything…” She trailed off. “But if anything goes south I can be a distraction for Max to get what we need.”

Steve looked at her for a minute as if he was trying to read her mind, he sighed, “Fine. Be careful.”

“When am I not?” She asked him sarcastically as she exited the car, Max following behind her as they went up the driveway. “If there’s anything you don’t want to talk about with her, tap your foot three times, I’ll figure out how to get you out of there.” She whispered to Max as Max rang the doorbell.

“Max, (Y/N), hi.” Ms. Kelley opened the door, greeting the two girls.

“Hi, we’re so sorry to bother you over break but… do you have a minute to talk?” Max placed her hands in her jacket pockets, (Y/N) put hers in the back pockets of her jeans. 

Ms. Kelley looked between them for a moment, “Um, yeah, of course. Of course.” The girls entered the house, (Y/N) looking over her shoulder and nodding her head as she made eye contact with Steve and Dustin.

“Okay. They’re in.”

“I’m missing collarbones, not eyes.” Dustin hopped in the front seat, “So… we gonna talk about it?” 

“Sorry, talk about what?” Steve stopped looking at the door of the house and turned to Dustin.

“Your temporary insanity earlier today when you defended Nancy against (Y/N).” Dustin raised an eyebrow at him.

“First of all that's not what happened.” Steve rolled his eyes

“Pretty sure that's what happened. It was pretty public and there were a lot of witnesses.” Dustin smirked at his older friend.

“Are you implying I still have a thing for Nance?” 

“No, we all know you have a thing for (Y/N), but defending your ex-girlfriend isn’t going to get her to like you again, trust me.” Dustin said matter-of-factly. 

“I was just trying to protect a friend.” 

“Hmmm sure, because (Y/N) isn’t your friend and Nancy was the one who needed to be protected at that moment?”

“That’s not what I said.”

“You implied it and now I know why (Y/N) got mad.” 

“I don’t want to talk about it, I’ll punch you so hard your teeth will fall back out.” Steve looked over at Dustin, frustrated. 

“Whoa too far.” Dustin glared at Steve.

“Not cool, sorry.” Steve shook his head.

“Not cool… it’s okay.”

“You sure you want (Y/N) in the room while we speak.” Ms. Kelley asked Max as Max sat down. (Y/N) placed the car keys on the counter next to the bowl filled with other keys.

“Positive, she’s the one who suggested I should visit.” Ms. Kelley raised an eyebrow at the older girl who just shrugged and stood next to the bookcase in the corner looking over the books as Max spoke. 

“It’s just with everything that’s happening with all the murders it’s… it’s making everything worse again.” Max began, nervously fiddling with the zipper on her jacket.

“You’ve experienced trauma, Max, and when you keep your feelings, your pain bottled up the way you do,” Ms. Kelley looked over at (Y/N) for a brief second, “it doesn’t take much to trigger them again so now when it rains it storms.”

“Yeah I know…” Max trailed off. (Y/N) picked up a book and started reading the back of it.

“Do you think you’re ready to talk more about that night?” (Y/N) turned her head to look at the two of them. She watched Max for a second and saw Max tap her foot three times.

“I live where it happened.” (Y/N) spoke as she set a book down and pulled the keys from her pocket.

“I’m sorry?” Ms. Kelley turned to look at her.

“Where Chrissy’s body was found, I live in that trailer with my brother and my uncle, you should know that right?” (Y/N) walked over and stood next to Max’s seat.  “The cops asked me a bunch of questions when I got home this morning, they even asked Max a bunch of questions too…” (Y/N) set her hand on the back of the chair. “Did they talk to you? I mean, I know you were seeing Chrissy.”

“(Y/N), you know I can’t talk about Chrissy or any other student.” Ms. Kelley shook her head.

“Yeah, but, I mean what if she was being stalked by someone… did Chrissy mention anything…?” (Y/N) trailed off,

“... Or who might have done this?” Max asked.

“I’m… I’m sorry, I… I really can’t discuss this. You wouldn’t want me to talk about you to other students right?” Ms. Kelley waved her hands around.

“You know, if I were dead and it would help catch the killer, then yeah, I most definitely would.” Max said, (Y/N) tried to hold in her laughter.

“Well, let’s leave that up to the police, shall we?” Ms. Kelley responded.

“Yeah, you’re right, the police who barely let me into my home, you know I wasn’t even allowed to grab more than a change of clothes? They totally have this under control.” (Y/N) said sarcastically and rolled her eyes.

“Can I use the bathroom?” Max asked suddenly.

“Sure. Up the stairs, to the left.”

“Thanks.” Max got up out of the seat, walking up the three steps.

“(Y/N)... do you want to talk?” Ms. Kelley asked the older teen.

“No, not really.” She scoffed, glancing over to see Max with the keys in her head, she gave her a slight nod before making her exit.

“Here she comes, here she comes.” Steve tells Dustin as they see Max.

Max entered the vehicle, “Where’s (Y/N)?” Steve asked her.

“(Y/N) you really should talk to someone.” Ms. Kelley began.

“And talk to who exactly? Max? She’s dealing with her own trauma and I don’t need to dump mine onto her.” (Y/N) crossed her arms over her chest, “Or better yet, I should call up my father in prison and tell him ‘Hey what’s up? I hate your guts’? Or should I go visit my mother’s grave and tell her I hope she’s getting her ass kicked in whatever afterlife there is and that I hope she’s suffering the way she made Eddie and I suffer for several years before our uncle got us out of that house.” (Y/N) vented, waving her arms around as she talked. 

“(Y/N), that’s not what I meant and you know that. Have you tried talking to your brother, your uncle, Jennifer?” Ms. Kelley asked concerned.

(Y/N) scoffed at the mention of Jenny, “Jennifer and I aren’t exactly talking at the moment.”

“And why’s that?” Ms. Kelley turned around and pulled out a notebook and pencil. 

Fuck, (Y/N) thought, she fell right into the trap Ms. Kelley had put out. (Y/N) bit the inside of her cheek and thought for a second fine I’ll play into it, “You know, Ms. Kelley,” She tilted her head to the side, “There are some friends who turn to strangers right?” Ms. Kelley nodded her head, unsure of where this was going, “Well, some friends turn to targets. Especially friends who promise to not keep secrets or tell lies.” She laughed slightly, “You know I never once kept a secret from her, and yet here she was for months fucking my brother behind my back… and look mercy is virtue and all but all I want to do is hurt her.” (Y/N) was lying through her teeth, of course she was hurt because it was kept a secret from her for who knows how long, but she didn’t want to hurt Jenny, she’d never want anything bad to happen to her - that’s her best friend for life.

“(Y/N), don’t say that. You don’t mean that and you’re going to regret saying that.” Ms. Kelley stopped writing and looked up at her.

“The only thing I regret is everything I wish I had said to you yesterday.” This was it, this was her ticket out of this house and as far away from Ms. Kelley as possible, “I hate everything about you. You think you’re helping us kids, you’re not, in fact you’ve made me a hell of a lot worse than I was, and honestly every conversation I have with you makes me feel like you’re going to take me behind the shed old yeller style to see what’s going on inside my head.”

(Y/N) smirked slightly as she finished, Ms. Kelley was unable to speak or move, “Did you want that sugar coated? Because honestly this is the most cathartic feeling I’ve ever experienced. Besides, what do you want me to say? I can’t help it that I feel so heartless.” (Y/N) smirked fully now, and turned to walk away, “Bye Ms. Kelley, have a nice life!”

“(Y/N) hold on we need to talk about this!”

“No we don’t!” She shouted as she turned the corner.

“Yes, we do, (Y/N) these outbursts aren’t normal.” Ms. Kelley followed her. 

“You see, that's the beauty of us only having conversations once a week about my past trauma… you don’t know what my normal is.” (Y/N) opened the door and closed it running across the street towards Steve’s car.

“There she is.” Dustin pointed at (Y/N) as she got to the car, opening the door and jumping into the back.

“What did she say?” Steve asked her.

“Nothing, just drive.” She slammed the door closed.

“Nothing?” 

“Steve! I said drive!” She shouted at him and he hit the gas.

Max and (Y/N) sat in the back seat of Steve’s car, looking at each other and having a silent conversation with their facial expressions. Max lifted her eyebrows up and down twice before nodding her head towards Steve, (Y/N) tilted her head in response and furrowed her eyebrows. Max glared ever so slightly before nodding her head toward the older girl and then towards Steve.

(Y/N)’s eyes widened slightly and her lips slightly opened in an ‘o’ shape, she looked at the back of Steve’s seat and then shook her head before making a ‘holding a shotgun’ gesture followed by a fake gesture of love, and then stuck her tongue out and pointed at her mouth like she was going to vomit. Max giggled at the gestures catching the attention of both Steve and Dustin.

“What are you two laughing at back there?” Steve asked them, looking at them through the rear view mirror.

Max rolled her eyes, “Boys.”

“Us?” Dustin turned around in his seat to look at them.

“If the shoe fits.” Max responded, causing (Y/N) to laugh. Steve smiled at the sound, having missed it and still missing when it was him who would make her laugh. 

“Dustin, do you copy?” Dustin’s walkie talkie sounded.

“Lucas? Where the hell have you been?” Dustin responded.

“Just listen. Are you guys looking for Eddie?” Lucas asked frantically.

“Yes! We found him, no thanks to you.” Dustin rolled his eyes.

“You found him?”

“A boathouse on Coal Mill Road. Don’t worry, he’s safe.” 

“You guys know he killed Chrissy, right?”

(Y/N) scoffed before leaning over the center console and grabbing the walkie.”Hand me that, that’s bullshit Sinclair and you know that! Eddie tried to save Chrissy!” 

“Then why do all the cops say he did it?” 

Max grabbed the walkie from (Y/N), “Lucas, you’re so behind it’s ridiculous, okay? Just meet us at the school. We’ll explain later.”

“I…I can't. I think some real bad shit’s about to go down.”

“What are you talking about? What bad shit?” Dustin took the walkie talkie back from the girls.

They all sat only hearing static for a minute, “Lucas? Lucas?!”

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[just-jordie-things]

The Crown - Steve Harrington

word count: 4462 warnings: dedicated to @high-functioning-fangirl02 <3

You’d give your life to protect these kids.  

These kids you’ve known since you started babysitting them in the sixth grade.  Back when Mrs Henderson hired you to watch Dustin.  Which essentially meant that you’d watch all of them.  But that was alright, over the past seven years of being their designated babysitter, you’d grown to love them all.

Mike Wheeler, the snarky little love-struck shit that you spent grieving with since losing Eleven.  Lucas Sinclair, the sweet boy with the occasional attitude whom you helped construct his Ghostbusters costume. Will Byers, the full time sweetheart that made you cookies for Valentine’s Day after hearing you complain about being dateless.  And of course Dustin, cute little button nosed Dusty with a trash mouthing tendency, whom looked up to you like a role model.

Hell, you were their role model.  Driving them to and from school, covering for them on late nights so they could finish their D&D tournaments.  Fiercely protecting them a year ago when Hawkins was Demogorgon infested.  Standing up for them when you’d see some upperclassmen picking on them.

Those who dared glance the wrong way towards The Party in your presence, were rumored to run home crying with a bleeding nose and terrified shriek.  You never put down the rumors… because maybe it had happened once or twice…

Over time The Party was no longer just a band of middle schoolers.  It had opened up to their babysitter, being you, a senior girl who had not many other friends.  Nancy Wheeler, Jonathan Byers, which the boys always claimed was strictly because of family relations.  Not because Dustin was still harbouring a crush for Mike’s older sister.  The town Sheriff, Jim Hopper, who’d proved himself not to be an asshole, and turned out an alright guy.  Joyce Byers, whom you loved like a mother and whom treated you like her own daughter.  You’d frequently been titled ‘the daughter she wished to have had’ which always raised a snarky response from her sons.  Maxine (just Max.  Never Maxine) Hargrove, a high spirited and not your typical girl that you grew fond of easily.  Especially since she was nothing like her big brother.

And then there was Steve Harrington.  Who… really just was at the wrong place at the wrong time and ended up getting roped into the mess that Hawkins Lab had created.  King Steve, as you’d known him before you’d officially met last year by fluke accident, was always the popular boy that had a pretty girl hanging off his arm.  You weren’t sure why that changed so quickly, why he didn’t put himself out there as much as he used to, didn’t party hard anymore, wasn’t bragging about the new girl he was with that week like he was known for.  Maybe that day, when he walked into the Wheeler’s house right as you Nancy and Jonathan were awaiting the Demogorgon’s arrival, maybe he changed then.

Or maybe it was after he’d been sucked into… whatever this all was… and he changed to keep the secret.  Or maybe it was after Nancy had broken up with him, around the same time he started growing closer to Dustin.

But right now as you watched him directing the kids, you were more aware that he wasn’t King Steve anymore, that you had been before.  Sure, you’d realized somewhere along the way he was different.  But it wasn’t until now that you noticed it completely as it was.

“No listen you little shits, no one, is going anywhere” Steve ordered, holding a wash rag in his hand and pointing it between each of the boys, and girl, that stood in front of him.

“Friggin’ pointless just staying here” Dustin grumbled, walking out of the room whilst still muttering.  Mike groaned loudly, dramatically, and left to the living room with Max and Lucas.  You knew that he was still plotting you get out there tonight.  Consequences and dangers be damned.

You looked to Steve with a sigh, a lazy smile on your lips as you walked past him to go after Dustin.  He watched you go, letting out a breath as well as he put his hands on his hips and standing alone in the hall with his thoughts.

He’d give his life to protect these kids.

“Dusty?” You called gently as you walked into the kitchen, seeing Dustin sitting on the floor against the dishwasher.  Your brows furrowed as you sat across from him by the cabinets.  “You alright kiddo?”

“Would I be sitting in here brooding if I was?” He quipped, though you knew he meant well.

“Sweetheart you’re too adorable to be a brooder” You laughed softly, pulling your knees up slightly.  “A pouter maybe, but not a brooder”

“Thanks y/n” He responded dryly.  You rolled your eyes in response to his sarcasm.

“Come on kid, open up a little.  It’s me” Your words were soft, which did prompt Dustin to consider explaining to you his thoughts.  “Please? If we make it out of this alive I’ll take you to the arcade.  I’ve got a big jar full of quarters I’ve saved up-”

“Okay okay I’ll take the bribe” Dustin caved with a laugh that made your mood lighten.  “Look it’s gonna sound lame and cheesy but… everyone else is helping.  Jonathan and Nance and Mrs Byers and Hopper and Elle, but what am I doing?”

“You’re staying safe” Your answer came out instantly, but it didn’t seem to be the one the boy was looking for.

“No I’m not, I’m sitting on the sidelines, watching everyone else go be heroes and getting hurt.  I’m not doing a damn thing!”

“Hey” You hummed softly, and scooted over closer to put your head on his shoulder.  “You’re a hero Dustin.  Don’t tell yourself any differently.  All of you are, Mike too, and Lucas, and Max, and-”

“Steve?” Dustin offered, and you nodded, looking at him confusedly by the strange tone of voice he used.

“Of course, why’re you looking at me like that?”

“No reason” Dustin shrugged nonchalantly, brushing off the uncomfortable air between you both.

“Alright well, you should believe me” You continued.  “Even if you don’t think so, you’re all my heroes, got it Henderson?” The boy smiled and nodded, prompting you to push the cap of his hat down playfully before he could get up and leave the room.

“Mike’s probably still planning his attack” He told you, but you shrugged and waved a hand.

“Let him plot and brood” You said, and Dustin’s mouth fell open.

“How come Mike can brood but I can’t?” You rolled your eyes, still waving your hand for him to get out of here.

“Just go plot with him, I know you’re itching to” You said, and he grinned wide at you, glad you were letting him go plan their escape and attack.

“Thanks y/n!” He called, already racing out of the room.  “You’re the best!” You laughed, shaking your head as you stood back up and dusted off the pants of your overalls.  Steve came in a few moments later, watching you almost suspiciously.

“What?” You questioned, and he shrugged, shaking his head.

“Nothing.  Just wondering why you’re permitting them to conspire against us” He said.

“They’re not conspiring, they’re just discussing.  No harm in that”

“Um, every harm in that.  As in all of us, being harmed, because of that” He said, but you didn’t really seem to care what he thought about it.

“They’re fine, we’re all fine, don’t freak out so much mom” You said, walking out towards the kids and seeing them all circled up and discussing their big plan.

“I’m not a mom” Steve argued, and you chuckled, turning to see him, his dish rag on his shoulder, hands on hips.  It only made you laugh more.

“Mhm, alright.  Well then what would you call yourself?” You replied sarcastically, nodding towards his own stance, and making Steve second guess himself.

“This- you-! Alright whatever just stay away from the windows and go be safe somewhere” He muttered, walking into the living room where the kids were.  You rolled your eyes again, but couldn’t help the smile on your lips.

Perhaps, you thought, King Steve was the king of something else now.

You watched as he was waving his rag at the kids again, yelling at them for plotting behind his back, and reminding them that no one was going anywhere.  But even as Dustin pouted, Steve was rubbing his hand over the thirteen year old’s head.  Almost soothingly, like he felt bad for ending their little meeting.

“What a mom” You mumbled, and headed back into the kitchen for something to eat.

You used to resent Steve, back when he was the king of school and didn’t care about anything more than he cared about his popularity and his hair.  Back when he didn’t give a shit about pretty much anything.  And looking at him now and seeing him watch over these kids, you could physically feel your heart swelling.  If that isn’t character development, you weren’t sure what was.

You weren’t sure why it made you feel so bubbly either.

“Listen runts, we’re staying here, we’re staying safe, and we’re not dying!” Steve said, for what felt like the fifth time.  But Mike kept arguing back at him.

“Everyone else is out there!”

“Everyone else knows how to fight all that shit!” Steve retorted.  “We are staying, here” He repeated slowly, waving his rag between each word.  “You got that?”

“You’re just saying that cause y/n’s here.  If she wasn’t here, we’d all be getting in your car and going!” Lucas spoke up.  Your brows furrowed at that.

“What’s that supposed to mean?” You asked, ignoring your search for food and now strutting into the room where everyone else was.  “Am I dragging you down?” You asked, almost sarcastic, but wondering what he’d actually meant by his announcement.  Were you dragging them down?

“No, Steve would just protect your ass over our asses” Max shrugged, and the others nodded.

“What the hell? Everyone here is protecting their own asses, I’m not getting killed for a bunch of kids!” Steve said, making flustered and jerky movements.  You brushed off their newly sprung argument over where Steve’s bat is swinging and who it’s swinging for.

Apparently, The Party was certain that he’d die for you, rather die for them.  But you didn’t care much about what they thought.  They’d always thought that you and Steve were meant to be some power couple, but you supposed it was just cause you were the same age and the kids only ever saw you two together.  There was no real evidence (as far as they showed) towards the ‘chemistry’ you and Steve supposedly had.

You wandered to the window, curiously looking out it with your arms wrapped around yourself.

“Will you just shut up?” Mike’s yelling made you jump a little, and you turned to see your friends all still arguing with each other.  You smiled slightly, meeting Steve’s eyes as he gave you a bored look.  You just laughed a little bit back at him.  Steve’s expression softened into a small smile.  Your face flushed with heat, and you nervously turned away from him to look back out the window again.

A light blinded you almost instantly, making you squint your eyes and put a hand over them to try and clear your vision.

“What the hell?” You muttered, leaning closer to the glass to see what was going on.  Headlights, there was a car here.  Someone was here.  “Steve?” You called, not turning away from the window.  He came over right away, looking outside to see a familiar Camaro parked in the driveway.

“Shit” He grumbled, walking towards the front door.

“What- where are you going? Who is it?” You asked, following quickly after him, but Steve quickly turned to make you stay back.

“Just stay in here-”

“Sinclair!” A voice hollered from outside, and you jumped, eyes widening as you recognized it.  “I know you’re in there!”

“Billy?” You whispered to Steve, who nodded.  You stepped backwards, eyes never leaving Steve’s.  “What’s he doing here?” Your voice was quiet.

Billy Hargrove, was the most vile, horrible person you’d ever met.  And his wicked ways of bending people to his will, shook you intensely to your core.  It was no secret to the others that Billy not only terrified you, but would seductively torture you every day.  Sure, you’d been picked on before, but this was different.  Every day he’d come to you, hoping to get something out of you, just to mess with you.

“Come on babe, a little kiss, just a little one, we can discuss the rest later”

“You don’t want to get a ride home with me and have some fun?”

“When’re you finally gonna give this up and just put out?”

You shuddered slightly, practically feeling his hot breath against your skin just thinking about the things he’s said to you.  Stopping you in the hallways, finding you at your locker, approaching you while you waited at Steve’s car for a ride home.

“I know you’re in there you little pig! Come out here or I’ll have to go in!” His voice was dangerous, threatening.  And you felt a legitimate fear for your life, and the kids’.

“It’s fine, you’re fine, I promise” Steve said quietly, out of earshot of the others.  “All of you stay here, stay away from the windows” He ordered, giving you one last look before you turned and went to The Party.  They needed you right now, all huddled around Lucas and Max to make sure if Billy were to look inside, he wouldn’t see them.

“Come on guys” You said softly, ushering them as far away from the window as you could.  Steve, on the other hand, opened the door and stepped outside.

Instead of hiding in a room, completely out of sight of the maniac, you all ducked under the windowsill to see what was happening.

“Am I dreaming or is that really you Harrington?” You felt your entire body quivering upon hearing Billy’s voice.  Dustin, who was crouched next to you, turned and gave you a worried look, but your eyes were dead set on the outside.

“Yeah it’s me, don’t cream your pants” Steve responded, walking out towards him as he pulled off his leather jacket.

“What’re you doing here amigo?” Billy asked, the cigarette hanging off his lips moving as he spoke.

“I could ask you the same thing” Steve responded, void of emotion.  “Amigo”

“Lookin’ for my step sister.  Little birdie told me she was here”

“Huh, that’s weird I don’t know her” Steve lied easily, and convincingly.  You prayed to God that Billy believed him.

“Small? Redhead?” Billy replied disbelievingly.  “Bit of a bitch?”

“Ashole” Max muttered to herself inside.

“Doesn’t ring a bell, sorry buddy” Steve replied, still not sounding like he cared even an inkling.  Billy nodded, taking out his cigarette.

“You know… I don’t how this, this whole situation Harrington is um.., it’s giving me the heebie jeebies” Billy said, looking at Steve a little more threateningly.

“Oh yeah? Why’s that?”

“My thirteen year old sister goes missing all day, and then I find her with you” Billy pointed accusatory hands towards Steve, giving him a disgusted look.  “In a strangers house” He continued.  “And you lie to me about it” Steve chuckled bitterly, shaking his head and looking away for a moment.

“Yeah, maybe you were dropped too much as a child or what” Steve said snarkily.  But Billy just grinned his twisted grin and licked his tongue over the front of his teeth.  “I don’t know what you don’t understand about what I just said”

You felt a chill go down your spine as Steve’s protectiveness took over his tone.  Dustin beside you mumbling a quiet, “Holy shit”

“She’s not here” Steve said carefully.  Billy nodded, looking pointedly towards the window where you and The Party were all huddled and looking out of.

“Then who’s that?” He asked, pointing his cigarette towards his sister.

“Down!” You hissed, and the five of you dropped to the floor so fast you all groaned from the impact of the floor.

“Shit!” Dustin cursed.  “Did he see us?”

“Oh shit” Steve grumbled.  “Okay listen-” Billy pushed him to the ground before he could explain anything.  The boy kicked him, before storming up into the house.

“Well well well” Billy smirked, seeing you and The Party standing there together, you in front of all of them.  “y/n l/n, what a lovely little surprise” You grimaced, but he didn’t seem to care.  “And Lucas Sinclair, not so much a surprise at all” You moved over more in front of Lucas, who’s hands grabbed onto your arm out of fear.  “I thought I told you to stay away from him Max”

“Billy, go away” Max retorted, but her voice wavered.

“You disobeyed me” Billy leaned over his step sister tauntingly.  “And you know what happens when you disobey me” He added in a hushed, volatile voice.

“Billy-”

“I break things” He uttered, before pushing you aside, crashing your body into the wall.  Before slamming Lucas up against the cupboards.

“Billy stop!” Max and the others began to yell, Dustin rushing over to help you up, but you were already standing up on your own.

“Get off of me!” Lucas cried.

“Since Maxine won’t listen to me, maybe you will” Billy muttered.  “You stay away from her.  Stay-! Away from her” He yelled awkwardly.  “Do you hear me?”

“I said get off me!” Lucas screamed again, followed by a knee between Billy’s legs.  You gasped, feeling a moment of pride as Billy stumbled back and released him.

“You are so dead Sinclair!” Billy hollered.  “You’re dead-”

“No” Steve grabbed Billy by the shoulder, spinning him around roughly.  “You are” And with that he swung his fist and planted it hard enough against Billy’s jaw to make him topple over.

“Steve!” You yelped out of surprise.  He looked at you for a moment, nodding in reassurance as he shook out his hand.  It’d been a while since he’d hit anybody.  Billy stood back up, laughing menacingly.  “You’re a fucking psycho!” You screeched before you could stop yourself.

“Looks like you got some fire in you after all huh!?” He yelled at Steve.  “I’ve been waiting to meet this King Steve everybody’s been telling me so much about” He stepped closer to Steve, glaring at him.

“Get out” Steve muttered, pushing Billy’s chest lightly to move him away from him.  Billy stepped back and stood there for a moment.  And after a few seconds passed you were certain that he was going to stay back.

Until he swung swiftly at Steve, but missed as Steve ducked just in time.  You gasped, clapping your hands over your mouth in terror.  Steve stood back up and swung his fist again, hitting Billy and making him stumble again.

“Yes! Get him Steve!” Dustin cheered, and the others began to as well.  You couldn’t find yourself to say anything, just wince every time a punch was made.  Steve hit him two more times, and Billy ran into the kitchen sink.  Leaning back and wincing in pain.

“Kill him! Kill him!” Mike was yelling.  But Billy grabbed a plate of the counter, smashing it over Steve’s head, and making him fall to the ground.

“Steve!” You screamed now, taking long strides to get over to him, only to be pushed away by Billy.  Who hit Steve as soon as he stood up again.  He grabbed Steve by the shoulders, staring him down.

“No one.  Tells me what to do” He muttered angrily, and threw his head forward hard into Steve’s knocking him down again.

“Fucking hell” You mumbled, tears beginning to prick your eyes in fear that Billy was actually going to kill Steve.  The mullet wearing psycho leapt onto Steve, pinning him down and swinging punch after punch against his face.

“Stop it!” Mike yelled at the top of his lungs, but it did nothing to end Billy’s attack.

“Steve!” Dustin hollered.

You stood frozen, every scene in front of you soundless, and moving slowly.  You could only feel your heart in your chest, sending you into an anxiety attack, you were sure.  But it barely mattered to you in that moment.  You turned away, and your eyes landed on something.

The syringe used on Will earlier.

Sleep… put him to sleep… your thoughts were broken as you reached for it, looking at it in your hands for a few seconds, before stepping forward and slamming the needle into Billy’s neck without a hesitation.  Mike and Dustin gasped, standing back.  Everyone’s eyes stuck on the syringe hanging out of BIlly’s neck now.  A disgust filling them up at the sight.

“Shit y/n” Dustin mumbled, his hand covering his mouth to stop vomit from flowing.

Billy stood up, wobbling slightly as he turned to look at you.  He pulled the needle out of his neck, vision beginning to fail.  “The hell is this?” He asked, trying to step towards you threateningly, but he was wobbling so much you didn’t even move.  No longer afraid of him.

“You’re fucking done Hargrove” You muttered, and before thinking twice to second guess yourself, punching him across the jaw, and sending him back on his ass.  Billy groaned, staying down where he’d fallen against the couch.

“Shit what did you do” He mumbled, growing dizzy from the mix of drug and pain.

A few moments later he completely passed out.

“Fuck” You hissed in pain, putting your bruising knuckles against your mouth.  You didn’t think punching someone would hurt so damn much.

“y/n holy shit”

“Are you okay?”

“That was badass!”

The Party was fussing and cheering for you, but you didn’t respond, kneeling down by Steve next and counting up all the cuts and bruises he was beginning to sport.  He was unconscious, that was for sure.  But he’d be in for a world of hurt when he woke up.

“Come on, help me get him back to Jon’s bed” You called to the kids.

It was difficult moving him, but after ten minutes you’d managed to get him into Jonathan’s room to lie on the bed there.  You were sat next to him, a cold wet rag in your hand, and the open first aid kit on the ground.  It took you awhile to clean off all the blood and apply bandages where you thought they were necessary.  There was a frozen bag of peas you’d put over one of his eyes to stop the swelling, but so far it still looked pretty bad.

The Party had sat with you for what felt like a long time before you told them to go back to the living room and wait for the others to return home.  Dustin put up a small fight about it, but eventually gave in and listened to your order.  And now it was just you kneeling on the ground by Steve, watching over him carefully.  Making sure he was breathing okay, and that nothing would begin to bleed again.

“Well King Steve, you got quite the ass kicking” You mumbled, just to yourself.  Your fingers placed a few stray hairs on his forehead back into place.  “But your crown is still there” You smiled to yourself, fingertips gently brushing his hair.

“y/n?” Your eyes looked back at him as he mumbled, almost incoherently.  “What happened?” The poor boy’s eyes weren’t even open.

“You put up a really good fight” You told him softly.  He winced, the pain probably beginning to settle in.

“Did I win?” He groaned, eyes clenching shut momentarily.  You bit down on your lip and shook your head, even though he couldn’t see you.

“You put up a really good fight” You repeated yourself, playing with his hair again.  Steve sighed, knowing the answer.

“Is he gone?” He asked, eyes finally beginning to flutter open.

“Yeah… yeah he won’t be back any time soon, I’m sure” You answered.  Steve looked up at you, smiling down gently at him.  He smiled back instantly, and moved his arm to push your hair back, but even at it’s slight movement you winced in pain.  “You’re in pretty bad shape” You told him quietly.  “But you’ll heal up alright”

“Are you okay?” He asked, and you nodded.

“Yeah, yeah I’m fine” You shrugged slightly.  “We’re all really worried about you.  Dustin thought you were dead” Steve chuckled painfully, shaking his head a little bit.

“Are they alright? Max and Lucas?”

“Yeah, we’re all good Steve” You hummed with a slight nod.  You leaned forward, a little closer to him to check on the eye swelled under the bag of peas.  You frowned, seeing the black and blue bruise that only seemed to be spreading.

“I’m alright, don’t fuss so much” Steve said, putting his hand over the bag and pushing it back against his face.  Your eyes met his for a moment.

“You’re pretty bruised up Harrington” You sighed, taking the wet rag in your hand and dabbing it gently on his bruised cheek.  “There’s not an inch of your face spared”

“It’ll be fine, I’ll heal up”

“Years from now, maybe” You replied sarcastically, and he smiled at you while you carefully pressed the cold cloth to his face.

“You’re beautiful, you know that?” He murmured, and you looked at him for the briefest of seconds before going back to work.  Now is not the time to talk about feelings, you thought to yourself.

“Yeah? Go play hero some more and you’ll never see anything again” You told him, and he shrugged slightly, not having a response to that.

“I just wanted to remind you.  In case you haven’t been told in a while” He said.  You bit on the inside of your cheek to keep from smiling too much.  You looked down at him, your eyes softening slightly.

You leaned over closer to him, pausing for a moment before pressing your lips lightly against his.  It was a chaste kiss, only lasting a few seconds as you didn’t want to hurt him anymore than he already was.  When you pulled back, you smiled nervously at him, and he only smiled back at you.

“You’re lucky you didn’t die Harrington” You said, and got right back to work on pressing the rag to his wounds.

“That I am” He replied cheekily.

You giggled softly, smiling down at him and wondering just when he’d changed so much.

You knew he’d give his life for these kids too, just like you would.

love me some babysitter steve

xoxo ~ jordie

[maybe-theres-hope]

Tarlos Fic - Dinner Date

3.2k | T | Warnings: Blood, Injuries (mostly minor) | Contains: Judd/Carlos friendship, Tarlos being perfect, blue Camaro (rip)

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“So, what are your plans for the night?” Nancy asked as they exited the ambulance, their shift nearly over as long as the bell didn’t go off in the next ten minutes. 

TK smiled to himself for a moment before he spoke. “Well, Carlos is taking me to Jeffrey’s, so…”

“Holy mother,” Nancy breathed, looking at him with obvious envy. “Do you guys have a ten year anniversary or something coming up? Did he get some kind of commendation at work? Because I know your last one was like a month ago, so.”

“No, no anniversary, that’s in a couple of months. And its three years, Nance.” He chose to ignore her muttering about their mushiness ‘aging me ten years’. “And nothing from work that I know of. Maybe he just loves me?” TK couldn’t stop grinning while they stocked the bus and readied for the handover. 

“He loves you crap ton! Their wagyu strip steak is a hundred and twenty-five dollars!” Nancy had her phone out, obviously googling the menu. 

“Well at least we’ll save money on wine,” TK said with a chuckle.

“I’ve heard of the place by reputation but like, dude, who ever gets the chance to actually go there?”

“TK it seems,” Tommy cut in. “Why don’t you go on? We got it here and you’re gonna need at least an hour to pick out an outfit.”

“And gel your hair. You and your dad are way more alike than you want to admit,” Nancy added with a roll of her eyes.

“Yeah, yeah. You sure, Cap? I can stay and help?”

“I’m sure, kiddo. Go get dolled up for your man. Eat a few bites for us, yeah?” Tommy yelled at his retreating figure. She and Nancy looked at each other with grins as they caught the little skip in his step. 

“So, what do you think the occasion is?”

Tommy looked back at Nancy with a gleam in her eye. “I can wager a guess, but I don’t want to jinx it.” Nancy just gave her a look and went back to restocking.

--

Around 8 p.m., Owen was sitting in his office toying with his phone in his hand, smiling at his last text exchange. 

we’re just leaving the house now, wish me luck!

you’re not gonna need it, kid :)

“Not if I know my son anyway,” Owen said aloud to the empty room. He wondered if it’d happened yet. No incoherent string of emoji’s from TK yet, so he doubted it. 

He was shoving the phone back into his pocket with the bell went off. 

--

“Alright guys,” Owen said into the mic from the Captain’s chair. “Dispatch says three vehicles involved, two still on the road and one went over the side into the ravine. Police are on their way but we’ll probably beat ‘em there. Strickland, Marwani, soon as we get there I want you to harness up and get down in that ravine. Judd, you too. You’ll be in command down there and I’ll stay up top with the other two vehicles. Everybody else you’re with me, got it?”

A chorus of “Copy that, Cap,” and suddenly they were on the scene. 

--

“Marjan, Paul, we’re goin’ down!” Judd called to them as the rest of the crew went over to the silver Prius and black Mazda that were crumpled in the middle of the two-lane highway. Judd wasn’t a prayin’ man, but he sent up a little something to the man upstairs that this went their way. It looked bad. 

Paul arrived at his side first, strapped into his gear. “Marjan’s grabbing the bag from the truck, she’s coming.” 

“Alright. We’ll go down this way,” Judd said, pointing to a safe-ish stretch of hillside. “Can’t see the other car from here but dispatch said bystanders saw it go over. Probably just hidden in the trees.”

“Okay guys, let’s do this!” Marjan called, harnessed and carrying the medical bag and a backboard. “TK’s gonna be sad he missed this. Medical doesn’t get to harness up a lot and I know he loved it. He coulda helped.”

“Nah, he’s got better things tonight. Carlos was takin’ him to Jeffrey’s,” Paul said with a waggle of his eyebrows.

“Ohh, fancy,” Marjan said with a smile. “What’s the occasion?”

They’d reached the bottom and were starting to look through the brush and low-hanging trees for a vehicle. 

“Don’t know,” Paul answered. “But I think Cap’s in on it somehow.”

“What?”

“Yeah,” Judd cut in as he whacked a few branches out of his way. “Carlos came by the station a few weeks ago, and they sat up in Cap’s office for an hour before he left grinnin’ like a possum eatin’ a sweet tater.” 

“I have no idea what that means,” Paul said with a laugh. 

“Hey guys, look!” Marjan called from a few yards to the left. The other two went to her position and saw what she’d found. A track in the underbrush where it had been torn at and flattened. “Think this is the place.”

“Let’s go,” said Judd. They followed the path through the brush for a couple of yards before they caught sight of it: taillights. “Alright, Marjan you go on the passenger side, I got the driver. Paul you see if you can clear some of that brush off the back in case the doors are jammed and we gotta get ‘em out that’a way.”

Visibility was still low despite the lights of the car and their flashlights, but as they approached they saw the car wrapped around the trunk of a tree on the passenger side. “I don’t know if I can get in there, Judd, but I’ll try,” Marjan said as she broke out into a jog.

“Wait!” Paul cried. Judd looked over at him, and he would have said such a thing couldn’t happen to a calm and collected person like Paul, but his face had gone ashen. “That’s Carlos’s car,” he said on a breath. 

“What?” In the dark, now that he was really looking, he could see they were coming up on—what used to be—a blue Camaro. 

“I’m sure of it. TK bullied him into putting that sticker on the back because he said it was too pristine and it needed personality.” He shone his flashlight at the rear bumper and sure enough, there was a SXSW sticker half ripped off from the path the car had taken to get there. 

“Come on,” Judd said, heart rate kicking up.

“Should we call Cap?” Paul asked.

“No, we stay down here and do our jobs, and he stays up there and does his. We’ll get ‘em.” His voice sounded numb even to his own ears, but he was determined. 

“They were on their way to dinner,” Paul said lowly.

“Yeah, probably takin’ the backroads to avoid traffic,” Judd said, shaking his head. Fate was hell sometimes.

When they reached the car, Marjan was yelling. “TK! TK can you hear me?” She turned to Judd. “I can’t get in there. The tree trunk is halfway into the car, probably pinning him to the console. He’s unresponsive.” Her face was also pale, but determined. 

Judd went to the driver’s side and saw Carlos, head hanging to the side facing the broken window. He tried the door as he called out. “Carlos? Hey Carlos, come on buddy. Can you hear me?” The door wouldn’t budge; Judd figured the car had rolled a couple of times coming down the hill, crumpling it like a tin can. Then he heard a soft groan.

He looked up, and one of Carlos’s eyes was trying to open. The other was swollen shut, where he’d probably hit his head on the steering wheel before the airbag deployed. Half his face had burn marks from it. 

“Hey, hey Carlos, look at me, that’s it.” That one eye tracked around before it landed on Judd, drawn to the light of the flashlight on his helmet. “Hey man. We’re gonna get you out okay? Now, can you move your fingers and toes for me?” Judd stuck his head into the window to see down in the floor boards. “Alright, likely no spinal damage. How’s your head?”

“Hurts. Shoulder, too.” His voice was barely audible. 

“Okay, it looks like you dislocated it,” Judd said as he prodded his left shoulder. “I don’t see anything broken but we’ll have to get you out to determine that.”

“TK—“ a wheeze, “TK…first. Been out…a while.”

Judd peered over to the passenger side, where TK was shoved almost fully into the center console, head laid back on the headrest and his face covered in blood. Marjan and Paul were still hard at work outside trying to clear a path into the car. 

“We can’t get to his side just yet, but we can get you out first and then we’ll be able to pull him out this way, okay? We wanna focus on you right now.”

“Alive.”

“Yeah, you’re alive, Carlos. You’re not gonna leave us yet,” he said as he assessed the door panels where they could cut through with the saws they brought. 

“No. TK. Weak, but…alive,” Carlos breathed out, coughing through the end.

“We’ll make sure he’s alive, okay?” Judd said, trying not to lose his professionalism at this whole messed up situation.

“He is.” Judd stopped looking around and looked back at Carlos. The man raised his right hand just as much as he was able, showing where he had two fingers on TK’s radial pulse. 

“Good, that’s good Carlos,” Judd assured him. That meant Carlos had had some minutes of consciousness after the accident before they showed up. “Was he talking at all? After you hit the tree?”

“Little. Minutes, maybe.”

“That’s good, that’ll help. Alright Carlos, we’re gonna get this door off so I’m gonna cover you with this while we do okay?” Judd waited for a small nod before he covered Carlos’s face and torso with his own turnout coat. 

After an agonizing four minutes, the door popped off in a shower of metal and broken glass. Judd removed the coat and went back in to assess. “Carlos? How you doin’?”

“Tired. But won’t…sleep. Promise. That’s bad.”

“You learn a few things from your Paramedic boyfriend?” Judd said with a watery smile.

“Mmm.”

“Judd, I got the back cleared. Maybe we can get in there to at least check TK’s vitals,” Paul informed them. 

“Get on it, I’ma try to get Carlos here out onto this backboard. Marjan, radio for another backboard and have two RA’s ready to go topside!”

“Copy that!” Judd had to admire those two. They never let their professionalism slip too far, though he could see they were worried sick. He could relate. He wouldn’t relax until both of the boys were back up the hill and on the way to the hospital.

From the looks of things, maybe not even then. But he had hope.

“Alright, Carlos, I’m gonna grab your legs and behind your shoulders here and pull you out, okay? It’s gonna hurt like hell, but it’ll be quick.”

“Wait.”

Judd stopped cold.

“Left…pocket. Please.”

“You want me to get at your left pocket?” A nod. “Alright, hang on.”

Judd carefully shifted Carlos’s leg so he could reach into his slacks, which had probably been part of a very nice suit at the beginning of the night. His fingers searched until they hit a small bump, an object no bigger than a baseball, soft velvet over a hard shell. He sucked his lips between his teeth and squeezed his eyes shut for a moment as he pulled it free in his hand. 

“Keep it…safe…for me?”

Judd looked down at the little black box for a moment, then clutched it tight in his hand before transferring it one of the innermost pockets of his turnout. 

“Of course, man. I will guard this with my life.” He looked up and saw Marjan coming back with another backboard. “Alright, buddy. It’s go time.”

Carlos gave a weak nod and winced when Judd started to pull. 

--

“Welcome back, man. You had us worried there for a bit.”

Carlos opened his good eye to see Judd sitting at his bedside, smiling softly. It took a moment to remember where he was. Hospital. Accident. Tree.

“TK—“

“Is fine. Banged up and will need crutches for a few weeks, not to mention a killer headache with no meds, but he’s fine. All things considered.”

“Where is he?”

“On his way, so you just stay put, okay? You’re pretty banged up, too, ya’know.”

Carlos shifted a bit and winced. His left arm was in a sling, his head bandaged over his left eye, and his right side hurt like hell.

“Broken rib when the tree went into TK’s door, door went into TK, TK went into the console, then the console went into you. He’s got a femoral fracture in his right leg but like I said, all things considered, you’re both pretty well off for how far you fell and probably rolled.” 

“Yeah, he said his leg had gone numb but he could still move his toes. He made sense for about five minutes, then started talking all jumbled, then went quiet. I uh…freaked out a bit after that. I thought he had…” Carlos trailed off, looking haunted. 

“Yeah, and you kept your fingers on his pulse that whole time. What you were able to tell us at the scene helped us treat him. You did good, Carlos.”

“Not good enough to swerve in time,” he said.

“Not your fault. And don’t you dare go thinkin’ it is. I don’t wanna hear it, Carlos,” Judd said in what TK called his Dad Voice. Stern and no room for argument. Carlos just nodded. 

“And uh, hey. I been waitin’ to give this back to you.” Judd stood and walked over to the bed, holding out a tiny black box. Carlos took it and cradled it against his chest. “It better be a nice one, cuz I about had a heart attack while I was showerin’ thinkin’ someone was gonna come get my pile a’clothes and take ‘em to the laundry while I was gone.”

“You didn’t open it?”

“Nah, I figure the big reveal? TK deserves that all to himself.” 

“Owen’s seen it,” Carlos countered, smirking.

“Uh huh. He approve?”

Carlos laughed. “He whistled and said I spent too much.”

“To impress the Cap it must be a lot,” Judd said with a small whistle of his own.

“Well, what was it Michael Scott said? Three years’ salary?”

Judd’s eyes almost popped out of his head, and Carlos laughed harder before wincing again at his broken rib. “I’m kidding, Judd. But I can tell you, no matter the cost, TK deserves the best and that’s what I hope I got.”

“You gonna make another reservation? Soon as y’all get back into fightin’ shape?”

Carlos looked down at the box again for a moment, contemplating. “I…don’t think so.”

Judd had a confused expression on his face but at that moment, a nurse was wheeling TK into the room, followed by most of the 126. Carlos’s face lit up like starlight at the sight of him.

“Hey, babe,” TK said with a smile. His leg was in a full cast, so the nurse was careful in maneuvering him around to Carlos’s bedside. 

“Hey, I feel like you should be the one in bed! Why are you out and about?”

“Because you were still asleep and he’s an absolute menace. We made multiple apologies to the staff on his behalf for the last hour,” Owen said as he walked into the room behind his crew. “He’s a stubborn little shit. Always has been, always will be. You sure you’re up for that?” He asked knowingly. TK was still looking at Carlos, blushing at his dad’s ribbing. Carlos met his eyes and said, “Yes.” He blushed more. 

“In fact,” Carlos continued. “I’m ready to get started. I’ve waited too long anyway. I mean, how many times do you and I have to beat death before I get the nerve to do this?” He said, looking into TK’s beautiful eyes which were looking confused. 

“What are you talking about, babe?”

“Look, I’m sorry this didn’t go how I planned. And I’m sorry I can’t get down on one knee right now, but. I hope you love me enough not to mind.” He lifted his good arm, his hand holding out the box. “A little help, Judd?”

“It’d be an honor,” the man said before leaning in and opening the box, since Carlos only had one good arm. 

At the sight of the contents of the box, TK’s eyes went as big as saucers. Surprise was written clearly over every inch of his features, which were all still beautiful even scarred and stitched up as they were at the moment. God, Carlos loved this man so much. 

“Tyler Kennedy Strand, you are the love of my life. I tried so many different scenarios in my head of how this speech would go, before I just said screw it, I’ll speak from the heart. You’re kind, funny, sexy, sweet, and everything in between. You can’t boil water and you absolutely can’t properly separate laundry. I have a dozen pink shirts as proof of that.” At this, the gathered group chuckled and TK went bright red. “Ah, but you also know just how to ease the tension from a long day just by hugging me on the doorstep. And I can always count on you to be there for me when the world gets too much, when what we see out there creeps in too far. And I want you to know, that I want to be that for you too, for the rest of our lives. So, TK. Will you marry me?”

The room was silent, apart from the hum and beeps of the machines. Everyone on the edge of their proverbial seats, but no one having any doubt to the outcome. 

“Oh, my God! Of course I’ll marry you! Yes, yes! Yes!” The last was said through TK’s fingers covering his red face, hiding the few tears that had started to fall. He held out his left hand to Carlos, who Judd had kindly helped by removing the ring from its box and handing it back to him. He slid it over TK’s finger, smiling like an idiot the whole time, barely registering the whoops and hollers of the 126 throughout the room. 

He only had eyes for TK. 

“I love you,” TK breathed through his happy tears.

“I love you too, baby. Always.”

“Oh, my God, dude, were you seriously surprised?” Nancy asked incredulously once the commotion had died down.

“Well…yeah? I didn’t expect this at all,” TK said, looking sheepish. 

“TK…my dude…he was taking you to Jeffrey’s! How could you not know?”

Once again, the room erupted in laughter and TK ducked his head again. Carlos reached out and touched his chin, catching his eyes again.

There was nothing but love there. 

CLEARLY every Tarlos fic I write has to have a proposal in it *shrug emoji* 

Also I wrote this in like an hour after I had a dream so please excuse any typos I didn’t catch!

Please reblog if you liked it! I would really really appreciate it :) Thank you for reading!

[onceuponamirror]

ghosts

Faintly, Nancy can hear the waves crashing into the shoreline down the road. A buoy rings against the water. She takes a breath. “So…you don’t regret not leaving?”

“Do you?” He counters, as if knowing she wasn’t just talking about him anymore.

[set between 2x05-2x06] [read on ao3!]

“What’re you thinking about?”

Nancy turns to look over her shoulder, surprised to see Ace standing there, hands in the pockets of his puffer. He has a smile emerging from the corner of his mouth, which broadens slightly after a moment. “You look super serious. Am I interrupting something heavy?”

“What? No,” she says, clearing her thoughts, and echoes his grin. “I just thinking about…ghosts.”

“Ghosts,” Ace repeats, and drops into the seat beside her. She’s sitting on the table, whereas he’s planted on the bench, and yet they’re still at eye-level.

She blows out a breath and shakes her head slightly. “Yeah, ghosts. With everything happening so fast last month, I feel like…I didn’t fully process…” She pauses, and waves her hands for exaggeration, “Ghosts. They’re real.”

He furrows his brow, as if waiting for her to continue, or to finish her thought.

Nancy falls back on her palms, glancing up briefly at the darkened sky. “It’s just—I’m supposed to be this…Hero of Horseshoe Bay, or whatever they want to call me in the papers. I don’t really care about that but—solving mysteries is the only thing I’ve been good at, and…”

Ace passes her a slightly mischievous smile. “Is this about me coming for your title? I’m a ‘Hero’ too.”

She rolls her eyes and bumps his shoulder with her own. “No, it’s…I make logical leaps. That’s all it is. How can you make logical leaps with supernatural stuff?”

“Ah,” Ace says.

“If ghosts are real, what else is? And what won’t I be able to solve because I didn’t think to consider…Bigfoot, or something? I don’t know if I’ll be any good at this when the rules of physics don’t apply.”

“Nancy,” Ace says slowly, “all due respect, but that’s super dumb. You’ve already solved like, three ghosts mysteries by now.” She opens her mouth with mock offense, but he just grins at her, and she’s unable to stop herself from matching it again. “You’re good at this. Dead or undead. Besides—people always say stuff about physics as if it just relates to gravity. It’s a lot more flexible than that.”

She cocks her neck. “What do you mean?”

Ace shrugs. “Like, I went down a Wikipedia rabbit hole one night. A lot of physics is about theorizing about other dimensions and energy, and matter. Like—there’s that rule, that matter can neither be created nor destroyed. I think it’s mostly about decay or whatever, like how when we die we go back to the ground, but maybe there’s another part, like with our soul, that sticks around. Who’s to say that doesn’t encompass ghosts?”

Nancy just stares at him, dumbfounded. When she first met Ace, he’d struck her as a quiet slacker; another fellow high school burnout. It’s almost upsetting how much she’d misjudged him. “How the hell do you know that?”

As if slightly embarrassed, Ace ducks his face down, but she can still see his smile. He shrugs again. “Like I said, I love a good Wikipedia black hole. Which, coincidentally, has a great article on black holes.” They meet each other’s eyes, and Nancy feels something sputter against her chest, suddenly deeply aware of their proximity. She wonders if he feels it too, because he clears his throat. “Anyway, I don’t sleep super well. So it gives me a lot of time to collect increasingly random knowledge.” He taps his temple. “It’s a steel trap of trivia.”

She raises her eyebrows, still taking him in. He never seems to stop surprising her. “How did we not know each other in high school? You would’ve been super helpful on some of my earlier cases, you know.”

“I thought you worked alone then,” he says, somewhat teasingly, but like he’s avoiding her question. After a moment, he sighs. “I knew you, you just didn’t know me. We actually had art together, I think.”

“No way,” she says at once, before she can think on it. “I would’ve noticed you.”

It’s his turn for his eyebrows to jump on his forehead. Her neck flushes hotly, but mercifully, he looks away from her. “Nah. I was barely there. I was kind of a big stoner in high school.”

“I’m shocked,” she says dully, and he laughs. At the sound, her chest tightens again.

“I know. It really plays against type,” he counters, smirking.

She laughs, and a silence falls over them gently. She’s still surprised they had a class together and she didn’t even know him—even if they didn’t run in the same circles, he was still Ace. If she wracks her brain, she has a vague memory of a skinny kid in a backwards baseball cap and an oversized plaid shirt, but it’s hard to reckon that with the long-haired, soft-eyed, much more muscled boy who sits beside her.

When her thoughts finally return to the present, she finds him watching her. She turns slowly to face him, breath catching against her chest. Her eyes dart down to his mouth, and he does the same. Anxiously, she pushes her hair behind her ears, unwilling to let this moment last. This is Ace. Get it together.

“What?” He asks, his tone something low and velvety.

She laces her fingers together and tips her chin up, wistfully watching a faint star. “What are you still doing here?” She asks, and he meets her eye again, confused this time. “I mean, you’re smart. You never wanted to get out of Horseshoe Bay? Go to college?”

Ace leans back on his elbows. “Nah,” he says, but something in his voice betrays his attempt at casualness. “I didn’t have the grades, even if I wanted to.” Nancy purses her lips, not sure she believes him. He shifts uncomfortably, like he can tell. “Pothead,” he adds, impishly. “I took a couple of classes at the community college, but…I dunno, I got bored. I’ve had pretty much every job in town, at this point. Never really held anything down, ‘til now.”

“Yeah?” She asks, breathily.

“Worked on a lobster fishing boat for a summer. That was really hard,” he supplies, and Nancy wonders if that was the cause of his transformation from skinny kid in art class to the surprisingly toned boy beside her. “Worked at the video store, until they went out of business. Worked at the library for a bit. That didn’t work out, for obvious reasons.”

“Obviously,” she echoes, grinning at him. He rolls his eyes playfully.

“Last year I even worked at the yacht club,” he adds, glancing away from her. “That’s where I met Laura Tandy.”

At the mention of his ex, Nancy straightens. She tries not to put too much thought into the strange reaction her body has, deciding instead to dig at the larger thought that still nags. “Do you ever wish you’d gone with her? To Paris, I mean. Had adventures…left Maine?”

“Nance, I’m pretty sure adventure isn’t geography-specific at this point,” he sighs, throwing her a knowing look. There’s a slight thrill at him calling her ‘Nance’, and she tries to push it down. “But no,” he sighs. “My dad…I still think he needs me. He keeps trying to go back to work, as if he doesn’t remember why he left in the first place. Someone has to remind him.”

A soft hum escapes from the back of her throat. Privately, she thinks there’s something loaded there, something buried. A lie to himself, maybe. From her observation, Ace and his father are very much alike, but she doesn’t think he’d want to hear that.

Faintly, Nancy can hear the waves crashing into the shoreline down the road. A buoy rings against the water. She takes a breath. “So…you don’t regret not leaving?”

“Do you?” He counters, as if knowing she wasn’t just talking about him anymore. She levels him with a warning look, but he doesn’t back down, just piques an eyebrow.

“I don’t know,” she says, honestly. “Right now, no.” She bumps him with her shoulder again. “Look at us. A couple of townie burnouts.”

He grins. “Somebody’s gotta do it.”

Another blanket of silence settles between them, but gentle this time. Again, the waves lap against the shore.

“I still can’t believe I didn’t know you,” she says quietly, perhaps not meaning to say it aloud. Somewhere along the way, he became such a fixture. But she supposes that goes for all of her friends—she was so different in high school. She’s not sure she’s someone she would’ve liked now. She realizes Ace is looking at her again. “I just mean, it’s such a small town. Like, I don’t even know your last name,” she adds.

He still hasn’t budged, soft smile and all. “Oh, it’s—”

“Yo! Lazy Drew! Are we gonna Boggle or what?” George’s voice floats across The Claw’s back deck, and they both turn around to see her at the back exit, her hands on her hips, lit warmly from behind. “Ace, you said you were gonna go get her and come right back.”

“My bad,” he says, getting to his feet. He offers her his hand down, even though it’s barely a jump to the ground. She takes it anyway, but it hits her with a shock of static so strong that she drops it like a hot potato. His eyes are anywhere but on her.

“Game night waits for no man,” George says drolly, holding the door open for them.

“Fine, fine,” she mutters, passing through the doorway. She spins around and points at George. “Tonight, we Boggle, but tomorrow—trivia night. Teams.”

“I’m game,” Ace pips up, as George only rolls her eyes and nods as she struts past them, towards the booth where Bess and Nick wait.

“Tomorrow, you’re on my team, Mr. Steel Trap,” Nancy whispers to him, leaning in conspiratorially. His body heat warms against her skin, even through her light sweater.

His smile is soft. “Any time.”

[theonewiththefanfics]

Hawkins’ Charm (Part 9)

Synopsys: They had gotten out of Hawkins. After all the shit that had happened, all the heartache and pain, Billy and the Reader had gotten away from that hellhole, building their life in California as he had dreamed. But when Max’s graduation rolls around and they go to celebrate, it’s as if the Upside Down was just waiting for all of them to return. And it has a bone to pick.

Pairing: Billy Hargrove x f!Reader; platonic!Steve Harrington x f!Reader

Genre: angst, bit of fluff

Warnings: blood, mentions of injuries and death, fighting, swearing, mentions of smut, but not full-on

Word count: 2120 (I’m sorry if there are any mistakes :D )

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT CONDONE BILLY’S ACTIONS AND THE THINGS HE’S DONE! THIS IS BASICALLY AN AU, WHEN REALLY LOOKING AT IT! SPOILERS FOR S3! READ AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION!

Italics are flashbacks

“Billy, stop!” she screamed at the top of her lungs, throat burning with every uttered syllable, but no sound came out. When Y/N had come to and seen the bruises he’d left around her neck, she had almost passed out again, but had to remind herself – this was not Billy, this wasn’t her caring sometimes hot-headed boyfriend that had wrapped his palms around her neck and tried to squeeze the life out of her. This was a monster using him as a servant to do its bidding. 

           For a second, their eyes met as she stood at the other side of the mall, the Mind Flayer’s attention on El who laid on the ground before it. And there it was – recognition in Billy's eyes. If only for a moment, he remembered who she was, who he was to her.

           As quickly as that had happened, it was gone, and Billy turned around grabbing a screaming El who had woken up and skidded away by her ankle and dragging her towards the monster. No, Y/N thought to herself, that’s not gonna happen, and rushed to the side where a discarded shotgun laid on the ground. She checked its ammo, loaded and aimed. 

***

           “You,” Y/N pointed at Hopper as they jumped out of the van, “stay in the car and stay low. We don’t need someone to see your face and freak and call the cops.”

           “I am the cops,” he grunted but slid lower onto the seat, masking his face with a baseball cap.

           “No,” El butted in, “keyword – were. You’re technically still dead. At least as far as Hawkins is concerned. And the rest of the world.”

           Like a child, Hop grunted our a ‘whatever’ and watched as the group entered the store, the little ‘DING!’ ringing sharply through the air. “Stay low my ass,” he muttered and slid down the chair to vanish from view.

*

           Y/N tapped her foot against the tiled floor, and each little movement of the muscles tightened the feeling in her back where the salve had seeped into her skin and had lost the cooling effect, making her grit her teeth to keep the whimpers of pain at bay.

           Each beep as the items were scanned amped up her anxiety, and she started chewing on the tip on her thumb which Steve promptly slapped away from her mouth.

           “If your boy sees you without a finger, it’ll be my head he’ll come after,” he grumbled and crossed his arms mimicking Y/N’s stance and tapped his foot at the same time.

           “Oh please,” she rolled her eyes. “Haven’t you two already gone through your dick-measuring phase?”

           “When are boys ever?” Robin snarked from where she stood behind Y/N, and the two fist-bumped at that.

           “Hey, don’t I know you?” the clerk squinted his eyes at Y/N with a pointed finger in her direction. “Aren’t you that chick that ran off with Hargrove?”

           “If by that chick that ran off with Hargrove you mean his girlfriend throughout the senior year and decided to move to California with him then yeah, I guess so.” She was really over all of the judgement from others.

           Her mom hadn’t been too pleased when she’d announced that she’d be going to San Diego with Billy. Especially given how Y/N had planned on returning to New York and going to NYU at the start of the last semester. 

           Sure, it hadn’t been the most pleasant of stays, but the Big Apple had grown on her. She’d found some peace and had been able to collect her mind after everything Hawkins had put her through. That is until the tanned Cali boy slammed his way into her world.

           He completely shook everything up, from what Y/N wanted in life to what she thought she deserved. There’d been a tremendous amount of guilt that plagued her heart since Barb, and once returning to Hawkins it got bad again. 

           She hadn’t been there to help and look for her, she hadn’t stayed and brought justice to one of her best friends, instead, she'd opted to run away. Y/N felt like she’d been selfish and a horrible person. Until Billy helped her understand it wasn’t her fault. And he made sure she knew it.

           “You couldn’t have done anything,” he’d muttered in her hair one night after the boy had climbed through his window seeking solace from his dad, only to find Y/N dry heaving over her toilet seat. “Fuck, sweetheart, it wasn’t your fault, you gotta understand.”

He hadn’t known the real circumstances then, but it didn’t matter 'cause the words hit their mark either way. “That fucking lab and those people were a messed-up bunch, and there’s nothing wrong with wanting to take care of yourself.”

           Y/N had shaken her head. “I-I should’ve stayed. I should’ve helped Nance and Steve. I-I sh-should’ve fought for her.”

           A hand wove into her hair and made her rest her cheek against his chest. “How can you fight for someone else when you can’t even fight for yourself?”

           “So, what do you need all this stuff for?” the cashier asked taking Y/N out from her thoughts and making small talk while scanning the copious amounts of rope and batteries. “Infiltrating the CIA?” Oh, if only he knew how close he was.

           “Going on a camping trip,” Y/N gave him a tight-lipped smile. They seriously didn’t have time for this shit.

           He pulled up the two barrels of gasoline and shrugged. “Must be some trip if you need all this stuff.”

           “You never know,” Robin said curtly hoping he’d just hurry up, “maybe a bear blocks our way back to civilization, and we have to fight it off.”

           “With what? Ropes and walkie talkies?”

           “Exactly,” she gave him a sarcastic smile, and he finally rung up the total.

***

           Billy couldn’t breathe. He felt like his lungs had collapsed and a boulder sat on his chest, pressing down on him. His vision swam, bright lights merging in a sickening dance turning his head dizzy.

           Pain. That’s all he felt. But maybe that’s what he deserved. He’d been an asshole, a major one at that. Maybe this was his way of repenting. Spending his last moments alive in unbearable agony for all the hurt he’d caused while he was alive. Especially to those he loved. 

           His eyes dripped close, but then two hands planted themselves on his shoulders.

           “Max,” he gurgled out, pain shooting through his body right down to the very tips of his toes.

           “Hold on,” the redhead sobbed. Fuck, is she crying? Over me? “Don’t you dare die on me, or I swear I’ll dig up your grave, zap you back to life and skin you alive.”

           “ ‘M sorry,” he choked. “ ‘M sorry.”

           And he knew he was gone when an angel came into view. A beautiful gorgeous angel.

           “Billy,” she called his name. “Billy, please.”

           Fuck, she sounded so much like Y/N. His Y/N. A small smile came over his face. Maybe death wasn’t that bad when it took the form of the only person that had every truly, really loved him. Not even his mom had loved him as much as his girl did. 

           Sure, he missed her like crazy every day of his damned life, but she had left him with that bastard that was nothing more than a sperm donor to him. A little kid on his own to live with a monster. Billy wasn’t afraid of the dark or what hid in it. He was afraid of the person in the next room with a beer bottle in his hand.

           But Y/N… he’d been so shitty to her in the beginning, to her friends. But somehow, she saw through it, saw through the tall and dense walls he’d built around himself and had fallen for the man hiding inside the fortress. 

           “Billy, stay with me,” the angled pleaded. Of course, he would. He could never say no to her.

***

           Once they got to Joyce’s, they split up in groups, Billy taking his sister, Mike and Nancy back to their places while Joyce stayed with Will, and Johnathan took Dustin and Lucas back to theirs.

           “Have you talked with Lucas?” Billy looked over to Max and saw her visibly shrink. She folded her arms and slid down the seat a bit more as if trying to minimize her existence, and it worked as even sitting down he towered over her like a tree

           “About what?”

           “You know what,” he gave her pointed look before returning his gaze back to the road.

           For a moment, silence settled between them, but then Max sighed and groaned out “No. In fact, I actually tried to do that before everything with Y/N went down, but he just waved me off. Said it wasn’t a big deal.”

           Max’s ginger eyebrows were pulled together in a frown of hurt and confusion. “And I know I haven’t been the most understanding and was giving him the silent treatment, but I just… I don’t know what to do… I don’t know how to make it better.”

           Billy sighed, looking at how the trees zoomed past them on both sides before carefully replying. “You love him, don’t you?”

           “Yeah,” she said throwing her head back against the seat surprising him with her blatant honesty. “I mean we’ve been together, on and off, since like being thirteen… kinda hard not to.”

           As Neil’s house slowly started to come in view, Max asked him to stop on the curb.

           “Drop me off here. I’ll just sneak around the house and climb in through the window,” she said and turned to look at Billy grimacing. “Neil doesn’t really let me stay over if there are boys around.” She let out a sneer. 

           Her brother just shook his head and smirked ruffling her head. “You’re trouble, you know that, Maxine?”

           A scoff got stuck in her throat. “Me? Have you met yourself? You snuck out so many times during your senior year just to go to Y/N’s, I’m surprised Neil didn’t pick up on your routine and put bars on your windows.”

           Billy sorted. “If he’d even tried, I would’ve found a way to get to her.”

           “Sentimental asshole,” she rolled her eyes, but he could see that there was nothing malicious behind the gesture. “See you in a few hours.”

           “Stay safe,” he said, and Max nodded, quickly leaning over and pulling Billy in a tight hug. “Everything’s gonna work out. With Lucas, this whole shitshow. I promise.”

           “Do you think Y/N's gonna be okay?” Max mumbled in his ear and opened the door, her muddied up sneakers getting even dirtier.

           "She's the strongest person I know. She'll be just fine,” he looked to his lap and his heart clenched. She was, without a question, but that didn’t make him feel any less worried. Rather it terrified him to the core because who knows what situations awaited them. Billy wasn’t ready to let go of his life just yet, and he knew she'd do anything for those she loved. 

           His knuckles tightened around the wheel.

They’d make it out. No matter what. Or he’d burn everything in its wake. 

***

           A miracle the doctors had said. Not only that vital organs hadn’t been punctured, but that the chemicals Billy had downed a week ago hadn’t fully burned his insides apart. When Y/N heard this from the nurse, she had to rush away from her boyfriend’s side by the bed into the attached bathroom and throw up.

           Her throat burned like ten thousand hot pokers were being pushed down it. Her hands shook as she opened up the faucet and splashed ice-cold water against her face. Y/E/C eyes looked up to see the blue-black bruises littering her neck, Billy’s two handprints like tattoos against her skin. 

           No, she shook her head, not his, but that monster’s that used him as a puppet. Her Billy would never hurt her. 

           “Is he gonna recover?” Y/N asked glancing at the nurse when she reentered the room assuming her previous position. He was the same nurse that had looked at her neck and she had blatantly disobeyed his pleas for her to rest. She had to be with Billy.

           “Physically, yes… Psychologically is a different kind of story,” the nurse said. “But the doctor thinks he’s gonna be just fine. He’ll need a lot of help, but we're optimistic."

           Y/N nodded looking away from the nurse and back to her boyfriend. With shaky fingers, she took ahold of his palm and brought his fingers to her lips. “It’s gonna be okay, baby. I’ll be here for you… We’re gonna be just fine… we’ll make it…”

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A/N: soooo.... it’s been a while.... a lot of things have happened and continue happening, but I hope you can forgive me for posting an update so late. Life just gets hectic and I do this for fun, so when pressing matters come up, I have to focus on them :D

I’ve started my last year of uni and I’m shitting bricks, but other than that I’m immensely enjoying everything I'm doing, mum’s visiting me next week, so that’s a plus, but also my first assignment is in less than two weeks, so yay me! :D

P.S. my tags are always open :)

[punkscowardschampions]

Ava & Buster

Ava: Are you lot en-route? Buster: 'Course Buster: But we've had one foot out the door for like half an hour, honestly Ava: Good, 'cos I have presents Buster: Yeah? Buster: Pot of gold or what, like Ava: Hardly appropriate for a two-year-old Ava: None for you, soz 💔 Buster: I'd argue it's very appropriate Buster: All the shit he needs haemorrhages cash Ava: You were warned Ava: Extensively Buster: And I ain't sorry I didn't listen Buster: They can all try and sue me Ava: Enter an arena where they aren't the experts? Ava: Doesn't sound like mum and dad Buster: No such arena exists, clearly Buster: Know it all, have done it all Ava: Your degree must be a waste of time then Buster: You'd have to ask 'em what they reckon Buster: But I'd wait til they've got a few more drinks down 'em first, get closer to the truth Ava: Ugh, shut up Ava: You know they're proud of you Buster: Yeah yeah, blah blah Buster: But are you proud of me? Real MVP and everything Ava: When you get your cap and gown Ava: Funny wig, even better Ava: I still only got stuff for the kids and Ri though Ava: I'll chase a 🌈 down ASAP Buster: You're alright Buster: Already got a girlfriend, don't you? Buster: No need to get gayer just to wind me up, Nance has got that covered Ava: Ha, don't even chat to me about annoying Buster: I won't Ava: 😏 Ava: No, you're meant to ask, idiot Ava: You're so lucky you only have a son Buster: Tell me then Buster: I want a girl next Ava: Well she's not coming back, not that I'm surprised Buster: What bullshit excuse did she go with this time? She's got too much work on, girlfriend drama or she just hates fam functions SO MUCH Ava: It was column A presented but 1000% came across as column C Ava: She can be so Buster: I know Buster: Did she try and buy you off with an NYC trip that ain't gonna happen just like the last one didn't? Ava: Twin telepathy is real, yeah? Ava: 🙄 Buster: Fuck that and her Buster: I told you before, when you actually wanna go I'll take you Buster: Then you only have to see her a bearable amount Ava: I know Ava: It'd be interesting to see how long she could hold a conversation with me but yeah Ava: won't happen so Buster: Longer than she can with me or dad, probably slightly less time than she can with mum, depending what mood they are both in Buster: That'd be my bet Buster: Chin up, the good twin is finally on his fucking way Ava: Sounds about right Ava: Good time to tell you to call her yourself later or do you want a drink before you process that? Buster: Bad time to be forced to remember that I told Rio right at the start I wouldn't drink when she couldn't Ava: Honestly, I thought this kid was PLANNED Ava: She couldn't Christmas or New Year either Buster: She was planned, just not by me Ava: 'Course, you would've factored in drinking Ava: Must be their gay agenda Buster: There's loads of shit I'd have factored in Ava: That's your upbringing talking Buster: Shut up Ava: It is though Ava: Personally, I agree its better than the more the merrier approach too Buster: You'll personally be waiting a load more years before you make me play uncle then, yeah? Buster: Good Ava: Ugh Ava: Don't be making me 🤢 just because green is the colour today Buster: Gotta Buster: Who the fuck is there to be jealous of when we're us? Ava: You couldn't go the more traditional routes, no? 🍾🥂 Ava: Seeing as I'm NOT pregnant or being a very supportive partner to someone who is Buster: Come on, who am I? Buster: And you can leave me out of your rites of passage, I've cleaned up enough sick in the name of being a supportive partner Buster: Grace'll hold your hair back for you Ava: There's no need to be old AND boring 😏 Buster: Fuck off Buster: Counting down the days til I can drink you under the table Ava: Dad lets me Buster: There's nothing dad won't let you do Buster: Got him well wrapped around your finger, like Ava: It's not my fault I'm the most lovable Ava: Do better 😋 Buster: That's the one title you can keep Buster: Got all the love I need, cheers Ava: 🤢🥰 Ava: N'awh Buster: Lyla didn't wanna come and hang with the extended fam then? Ava: Wouldn't do that to someone I liked, would I? Buster: Depends how much you like her Ava: Nah Ava: That's all a bit heavy Buster: Well yeah Buster: It would be a trial by fire Ava: Then pissed on Ava: then set on fire again Ava: I like having time away when I come here, you know Ava: Not attached at the hip Buster: I know Ava: I'll send her a hilarious postcard or something Buster: You sounded like Nance there Buster: No need to miss her at all Ava: Fuck off Buster: You're right she'd never write it Buster: Half her holiday would be over before she got the words down Ava: 😂 Ava: Rude Buster: It's fuck all I wouldn't say to her face if she ever bothered to show it Ava: Can no one in this family be nice Ava: Honestly Buster: Come on Buster: I'm nice to you Buster: You ain't even bought me a present Ava: I know, I'm very lovable Ava: Have you got me one? Buster: Yeah but you ain't having it now Ava: Yeah right Ava: I know who gets last word in your house Ava: and Rio is nice to everyone Buster: She's nicest to me and she always does what I say Buster: So you might wanna think again Ava: That's entirely too much information, thank you Ava: you owe me double as compensation Buster: You ain't having two bottles Buster: Keep the first one down and then we'll talk Ava: Challenge accepted Buster: Good Buster: Don't really wanna have to disown you before the day's out Ava: Least there's enough of 'em to fall back on should you get the urge Ava: I'll survive Buster: Keep that quiet around mum, it's still them and us with her Ava: Sounds familiar 🙄 Buster: You're bound to hear it yet again by the time she's had a few Ava: Not if I have anything to do with it Buster: Sounds like you've got a plan Ava: As planned as a party should ever be Buster: Yeah Ava: 💃🎉 Ava: Hurry up Buster: Traffic's worse than London at its finest right now Buster: Everyone on the road's either already wasted or angry they ain't Ava: Stay safe Buster: 'Course Buster: Speaking of, where you staying tonight? Ava: Tipsy childcare is better than no childcare Ava: No need to beg Buster: Shut up, I'll drive you is all I'm saying Ava: Cheers 💙 Buster: I'll cash the IOU when you're sober, like Ava: Better cash it before I cash my 2nd present then Buster: Forget it for now, it's a holiday Ava: That's what I've been saying Buster: You ain't gotta tell me, even if today I can't play as hard as I work Buster: Still not a fucking amateur Ava: Still a McKenna Buster: First and best Ava: Hardly Buster: If we're going by mum's them and us viewpoint, there's hardly any competition Buster: Just you and me, kid Ava: Well I'm just saying, Granddad is gonna be fuming Buster: Everything you learned about wrapping dad round your little finger you got from watching me with him Buster: I ain't worried Ava: Pfft Ava: My baby blues are bluer and my pout is poutier Ava: I'm the new model, boy Buster: 'Cause you need 'em to fall back on Buster: I'm just that good Buster: you're the youngest model that's all Buster: Due a spectacular fuck up about now Ava: You wish Ava: On all counts Buster: Nah, I'm rooting for you Buster: 'Course I am Ava: Mhmm Ava: Dead convincing 😏 Buster: I always am Buster: Wig or no wig Ava: So soppy, you Ava: Have title of my best big brother Buster: That's a copout but whatever Ava: And fussy Ava: Alright best sibling but that isn't much more of an achievement really Buster: Don't worry about it Buster: I know how great I am Ava: Yeah yeah, blah blah Buster: Get me the least shit sounding soft drink and I'll believe you Ava: If there's anything being tragically underage has taught me Ava: 👍 Buster: Cheers Buster: See you in 5 Ava: Bring your cute kid Buster: I taught him how to say “Sláinte” earlier so you'll be able to rate my achievements for yourself Buster: He ain't just a pretty face Ava: 🥺🥰 Ava: What a face though Buster: I can't take all the credit Buster: He takes after his mother Buster: Tell her how good she looks when we get in, yeah? I'm living a nightmare Ava: 'Course Ava: I've got a girlfriend, remember Ava: I know the drill, just amp up period level love 1000% for a pregnant bitch Buster: My wife ain't a insecure teenager Buster: But I appreciate the sentiment Buster: Just don't call her a bitch ever again Ava: I say it with love Ava: from one to another Ava: but got it, I'll remind her she's old Buster: Don't Buster: It'll be your funeral Ava: 😂 I only like winding you u Ava: p Ava: Don't need anyone crying on me Buster: Good Buster: I don't need to be breaking up any girl fights Buster: Especially when I've taught you both everything I know Ava: Even if me hitting a girl is more acceptable than you, I think everyone draws the line at a pregnant one Buster: Fine, I don't wanna pick you up off the floor once she's knocked you out and do a concussion test after someone pours a pint over you to bring you round Buster: I was trying to soften the blow of how it'll play out since I'd be powerless to stop the actual Ava: And I thought you were in the festive spirit Ava: 🙄 Ava: I'll take back this virgin cocktail, like 😏 Buster: Not without any spirits in me Buster: You'll have to take what you can get Ava: Few folk songs and you'll be well into it Buster: Voice of an angel, obviously Buster: Could've been a choir boy if not for everything else Ava: You took living vicariously a wee bit hard with the name already Buster: You'd have preferred me to name him after a silent film star, yeah? Ava: That was pure wishful thinking 🙊🤐🤫 Buster: Fucked over as my boy's been by not being named Rudolph Valentino or Roscoe Arbuckle, I reckon he'll be alright Buster: Cheers though Ava: I think Fatty murdered someone Ava: so as far as aspirations go, you're in the right direction Buster: I always am Buster: Never a misstep made, no matter what mum and dad say Ava: Alright 👼 its St Paddy's not confessional Ava: and the priest would be rare pissed off if you waltzed in and said you'd never done anything wrong 😂 Buster: He'd be a fine one to talk Ava: The drama of it all Buster: Again, I don't need to be told Buster: There's a kid here asking for you, except shouting's more the word Ava: He gets it 👏 Ava: 💃 Buster: Come out before he legs it in

[koganphrancis]

WE ARE FINALLY, TRULY CAMLESS!

Season 9 Episode 6 Recap

First and foremost, I want to single out Noel Fisher for being a truly class act and returning to this demon show to give fans what happiness he could-the ONLY happiness a lot of fans have found here, myself included, in a very long time.

Next a serious piece of appreciation to Cameron Monaghan.  I know he worked hard on what little they gave him to do in the past few years, and I’m thankful he had Gotham to work on to actually use his talent while mired down in the stinky swamp this show has become.  In another actor’s hands, I don’t know that Gallavich would’ve been as captivating as it was-without Noel I know it wouldn’t have been, but Cam does deserve credit for bringing the other half of the couple to life-when they were on screen together, they had an undeniable magic happening.

Finally to any of the “fans” that are thinking or posting that we got this actually pretty shitty prison endgame because people pestered the show producers, writers, and actors too much to “bring Mickey back” may I please direct you to watch the early episode (I believe it was in Season 1, but certainly no later than S2) where Lip tells Ian prison must be a gay man’s dream with all the tattoos and unlimited sex partners.  THAT is John Wells’ perception of gay men and it has been since long before he even thought of breaking Ian and Mickey up, let alone bringing Mickey back.  

Personally I’m supremely disappointed this gay couple, like so many others, did not get a free and truly happy ending in canon, even though my friends know I predicted this could very well be all we got in the end.  FFS it’s the year twenty gayteen-couldn’t ONE iconic gay couple be given a nice, normal happy ending?  John Wells is a fucking dinosaur.  He needs to go to a sensitivity training camp run by Dan Levy, Emily Andras, and Ryan Murphy.  

Anyway-my last recap (baring a miracle) of this shit show is under the cut

(screen cap credit: justmikhailothings)

This episode was brought to us by White Castle.�� I’d like to think they gave every dime they got from them to pay Noel, but I’m sure it went to the other “big name” guest stars.

Also the show was (disappointingly) written by Nancy “Ratfucker” Pimental, so you know it’s gonna be bad.

The show begins with Ian putting his stuff away up in the attic and claiming he wants to eat a shitload of White Castle.  Sure, whatever.  Everyone is trying to offer ideas of what they should all do on his last day of freedom, but suddenly THIS Ian is talking and making decisions for himself.  WHERE HAS HE BEEN THE PAST 4 SEASONS?  He only appears when Mickey’s about...

Debbie offers to bring him to a gay bar to “get laid” (flashing back to Monica in S3, ugh-it was a bad idea then, it’s a bad idea now), Ian says, “Pretty sure I’ll get laid a lot in prison.”  He says it with a grim expression, but considering how they end the show/who his cellmate is, he should be so lucky.  

Frank pretty much ignores Ian in the scene, and they certainly don’t interact.  Frank recommends Ian should read James Joyce’s Ulysses in prison, but other than the fact that it’s by an Irish writer and it’s extremely long and dense to get through (aka it’ll take Ian some time to do it), I don’t know if there’s any significance to his suggesting it.  

This scene with just a throwaway send off from Macy seems to be in line with John Wells’ vision to have the series fade away with the characters going about their daily lives rather than end, but I really think both Cam and WHM were screwed out of not having a final scene together with just the two of them.  Their comedy timing was always the best out of Macy and all the Gallagher kids.  The lack of respect is just astounding-especially since the show wasted so much time on rando actors/characters we’re never going to see again.

The rest of Frank’s story this week takes place with Liam in tow again and it’s just dumb and boring.

The next scene shows Fiona and Bored looking at an apartment-they’re going to move in together (why?  And when was this decided?  Not that I care, but they could’ve cut a scene of them bickering to show a scene where they arrived at a decision together for once).  It makes absolutely no sense-they have Fiona’s whole place to themselves, why waste $3000 a month living in some other apartment all to themselves?  Just because it has two bathrooms?  Do they shit that much?

And then, ooh, bad news for Fiona-her business partners require her to kick in another 25 grand or their investment will be dead in the water.  I still don’t know how she went from having $50K to invest to $100K, so this new twist is just more bullshit that I can’t care about.  

Then there’s a scene where we have to see Carl’s new girlfriend’s head in Ian’s lap.  WTF.  We need to see Mickey’s head there-or better yet, Ian using Mickey’s perfect thighs as a pillow.  

There’s a couple of boring, unfunny bits of the nun and then the priest (is it supposed to be hilarious that the dad from Full House is spewing out sex scenario names Nancy must’ve googled?) from Kev and Vee’s kids’ preschool with a dildo.  Seriously, Nance, not even close to funny, probably time to put yourself out to pasture, old girl.  This show has used dildos as a sight gag so many times at this point there’s just nothing more to do with them except maybe shove them up the writers’ asses.

Lip’s storyline this week is something out of very, very bad fan fiction: A movie star comes to their house!  Cuz, that happens, okay?  I’m sure studios and billion dollar make up companies don’t run any kind of background check on people they hire to babysit their clients-why would they?  It’s not like a crazed fan would rape/maim/kill the object of their obsession or anything.  ANYONE can be a star minder for one day, surely.  

BORING ALERT: Lip has a couple more running scenes this week, because no one got enough of that last episode.  This week the least they could’ve done was play the Friends theme song over the endless footage where he’s chasing Courtney Cox around on location in Chicago.  

While watching, I was wondering if Courtney’s role was written for her or they just settled for her when Roseanne Barr was suddenly unavailable-the stuff they had her say and do (except for the sprinting) seemed like it was written for a more jaded motherly type-but I’m jumping ahead.  Since we DID get CC, here’s a couple of stray observations.  1. She looks like a rich man’s Emmy Rossum, and 2. was part of the purpose of her storyline to throw shade at Jennifer Aniston?  Her character is named Jen Wagner, and there’s this whole dumb thing where Nancy’s trying to make, “Face it, you’re gorgeous” happen as her make up commercials’ tag line-which was reminiscent of Aniston’s ads for L’Oreal that stated “I’m/you’re worth it”.  

Meanwhile, after Fi gets the devastating news that she needs to come up with more money she tries to get out of taking the new apartment with Bored by lying to him and telling him she smelled mold there-HE RESTORES OLD HOUSES/BUILDINGS FOR A LIVING why does Nancy think that was a clever lie for Fiona to come up with?  How stupid is Fi supposed to be?

Back at the Gallaghers, Ian is practicing self defense moves with Carl and Kelly to prevent someone from raping him at knife point.  Everyone’s flipping each other in these scenes and it just felt like they wanted to give their stunt coordinator (and Cam’s double) a lot of (boring) shit to do this week...Ian’s final scenes being played out with this meaningless newbie (who Carl will probably wind up killing or dumping or both) made me very sad.  I guess maybe it was to build dramatic tension for when Ian’s in his cell later and the door slides open before he turns around.  But it’s lame because the scenes play like he’s JUST realizing prison’s rapey.  

Someone knocks at the door-my heart started racing but it wasn’t Mickey.  A guy who wasn’t in the jail scenes tells Ian Joselito sent him.  Ian starts asking him about the guys he was in county lock up with-WHO CARES.  The guy tells him the couple he’s asking about broke up when one of them got out and Nancy throws in a line about long distance relationships not working.  Joselito sent this Antonio guy to give Ian an “in-depth safety orientation about Beckman Correctional” before they send him up.   

Antonio draws Ian a map of the facility and tells him the areas to avoid, then draws a big circle with Mickey Mouse ears on it and tells him that’s “Disneyland” and he can get all good things there-smooth blowies, weed, Snickers...I’m sure ol’ Nancy thought she was being clever, but it just took me out of the scene hearing Antonio say “Disney” at least three times-reminded me of Cam’s publicity stunt “coming out date” there last year.  

Fi comes in and asks if anyone has any money (shades of S4 when Ian gave her his Fairy Tail tips) and that she needs 25 grand.  She’s so stupid.  And she’s honestly that out of touch with the family that she thinks maybe one of them has thousands of dollars they could give her?  (although, if she had only gotten to Lip before he tried to buy Xan...)

Fiona tells Ian, “Don’t forget, I’m driving you to prison tomorrow.”  And that’s the last time they see each other.  So much for family, eh, Nance?

A huge time waster of a scene where Kev and Vee pack up all their sex toys and then another drawn out scene of them throwing the stuff off a bridge happen.  Seriously, these are Cameron’s final moments on this shit show-they couldn’t think of anything for him to do?  This was all screen time Cam and Noel could have had, SHOULD have had!

I have to recap this next bit because it was beyond belief unrealistic-Frank steals a bicycle and goes following Katey Sagal and her ex-husband when they leave the hospital in an Audi-and Frank manages to keep up with them all the way to their nice neighborhood that must be some distance away since it was daylight when they left and dark when they get to their door.  Frank.  On a bicycle.  Kept up.  YOU’RE SUCH A DUMB FUCK, NANCY.

Then there’s more White Castle with the money shot of the food and packaging all over the Gallagher kitchen table.  Courtney gets to make a bulimia joke Nancy wrote into the scene.  Hope you weren’t looking for a Guest Starring Emmy, CC.  

Ian tells a “Carl story” about him puncturing his scrotum (on purpose) with a screwdriver when he was a kid.  Carl must have the most mangled dick and scrotum on the planet between his several botched circumcisions and now this.  Kelly asks him if that’s why he has “that scar”.  You know what, Nance?  While some people do in fact find scars sexy, self inflicted ones on scrotums don’t make that list.  

Debbie comes in, recognizes “the chick from the make up ads” having dinner with them.  I’m sorry-having WHITE CASTLE with them.  Now everyone else sees it too, and Kelly insists that CC says “the” line that Nancy made up to make happen-why do they keep trying to make meaningless things A Thing?  

After dinner, Jen is giving Ian advice about prison: “Find a hobby, it makes time go so much faster.”  Ian asks, “Did you learn that from one of your movies?” and she says she did 48 hours for DUI (hey, just like Ethan, Nancy!).  Jen really needed to get into making TP paper mache to get through 2 days?  

Debbie, desperate to make shit about her says, “Maybe I should go to prison too.  It seems like the only way I’ll find a real relationship.”  WHY are they acting like Ian’s going away on a single’s cruise?

Jen says to Debs that’s not true and Debbie says it is, that she’s unlucky in love (when the fuck has she ever been “in love”?)...”men, women...”  

Jen tells her she’s a special woman (how the fuck does she know?) and that she doesn’t want just anyone, she wants somebody “who gets you” and then for the second time in two weeks an older woman, without determining if Debbie is of age, pulls her into a kiss and the others (Ian, Lip, Carl, Kelly) stare like, “WTF?”  The kiss ends and Debbie looks all amazed like she did after the Mel kiss, but then Jen looks at everyone and says, “I played a lesbian once in a movie.”  And that’s what your research into that role led you to believe lesbians do?  Kiss random teens when they’re whining?  Lip starts the “Face it” line and everyone else chips in with “you’re gorgeous” and everyone laughs and I don’t get why it’s funny or even why it’s supposed to be funny.  Seemed like they were trying to drive home the point that ACTORS only PLAY gay characters, but no matter how convincing they seem, they are in reality the much more “preferable” heterosexuals we can feel safe with and really want them to be.  Fuck you, Shameless.

Also, Courtney/Jen is three times older than Debbie-CC is 54 irl and Debs is forever 17 now, so more Kash vibes for anyone who was missing those.  Also perpetuates the writer room’s fantasy that hot young actors would find middle and past middle age folks suitable sex partners.

Fi goes to Patsy’s Pies and there’s another hysterically lame scene where she opens the office safe and is counting out money-I don’t know how much a place like Patsy’s rakes in (or keeps in their safe) but I would think it would take a long time to accumulate 25K in CASH in this day and age of debit and credit cards.  She abandons that bad idea and winds up going down to the docks and drinking with a Patsy’s employee and reciting all her “mo money” problems while he counters with the facts that his car’s been repossessed and that he and his moms are being evicted from the projects.  Then the guy kisses drunk Fi but she tells him she has a boyfriend and that she has to apologize for lying to him (although, really, the underlying implication is she has to apologizing for never seeing that he’s always right about her being a dumb woman who has no head for business decisions).  

Lip and Ian have their last one on one scene.  After the movie star mom for a day leaves, Ian’s fake smoking on the front steps and Lip joins him.  Lip gives him money for his commissary account and Ian says, “I’ll pay you back,” (but not thank you) and Lip says, “No you won’t,” and I’m at home saying, “Lip, why are you being such a dick?”  Ian goes to hand him the lit cigarette, but pulls it away when Lip reaches for it, but then gives it to him and rubs his shoulder.  I guess this is supposed to signal to us that they’ve said everything that’s needed to be said?  Except we’ve been watching and we know Lip is supposed to be a mouthy motherfucker and in the old days they would’ve had actual conversations that they DID NOT have at all-all their conversations this season have been short and awkward.  Ian’s been made into a fucking mute now, even in these final moments.

Their last scene should’ve been in their room, in their beds-Ian can’t sleep and they talk things out in the dark like the brothers they used to be, but no.  Can’t have that.  

The Fiona drama finding out Bored has a wife, kid, and house and then drunkenly smashing up her leased vehicle is so “bad soap opera” I can’t believe this show is still on the air.  If we were supposed to cry for Fiona as her make up  and fake blood ran down her face after her millionth time of being let down by a guy everyone else could see was an ass from the start-well, we just didn’t.  

Next day the Gallaghers are waiting in the living room for Fiona to take Ian to prison.  Kev steps up to drive them all in his truck.

They get there, get out, and Ian looks around, then says to his family, “All right.  I thought Geneva and some of the others would be here but...”  Thank christ they weren’t!!!  The show/Ian wasted too much time on those randos as it was.  However, credit where credit is due-the show got us all the way through this swan song arc without bringing up Terror once!  But I digress, back to our scene.  Carl says, “You can only count on family, dude.”  I scream BULLSHIT at my TV screen.  

Debbie says, “I’m gonna miss you.” 

Group hug.  Kev says, “Don’t get too raped in there, aight?”  Everybody breaks apart, the moment ruined.  Kev says he doesn’t know what to say in these situations (and clearly no one can improvise but Noel).  Vee says, “How about goodbye and I love you?”  

Kev says, “Goodbye, man. I love you.”  

Ian says, “I love you guys too.”  Wasting it on the wrong fucking people!  All of them-except Kev and Vee who never voiced an opinion-didn’t care if went to prison!  

Ian looks at Lip, walks over to him.  “Hey, uh, thanks for being my brother.”

Lip, still a dick, says, “Never had a choice.”  That’s right, bitch-you didn’t get to choose to play the interesting gay brother, you got cast as the dick know-it-all who never cared about anyone but himself.  

During this entire farewell scene I was sitting at home, strangely unmoved.  I felt nothing watching it, probably because everyone was such an asshole about Ian going to prison all season, plus never caring about what he was doing all last season, plus the fact that none of these characters are the characters we first got to know.  It hasn’t been a case of character growth and development, it’s been character assassination and retconning.  

Ian breaks the hug.  “All right.  See you guys.”  He goes to the gate, shows his papers, gets let in through the gate, waves to his family as he walks past the fence, walks into the prison, slaps his phone (wouldn’t he just give that to Lip to hold on to?  Battery’s gonna be dead by the time he gets out) and watch (probably ditto on the watch battery) onto a counter, strips down so we see one last quick shot of his naked ass (what, no cavity search?  And just how long has it been since we’ve seen his unclothed ass anyway?), and a glimpse of the boob tattoo.  

Next we see him in his yellow “I Love You, Philip Morris” jumpsuit, carrying his bedding through the GP.  He’s attracting “fresh meat” attention and Cam actually does a really good job of looking a bit scared while trying to look tough and “don’t fuck with me”-there’s a vulnerability there, but he’s not overplaying it, and he’s certainly not overplaying the fronting.  His acting was really powerful in that scene.  

They put him in his cell and slam the door and he winces a little at the sound, then he sadly looks at his 6X8 foot (or whatever the dimensions are) room, puts his bedding pile on the top bunk and leaves his hands up there and lets his head hang down.  He hears the door slide open behind him again and gets this, “Ugh, here we go,” expression on his face and turns around to see it’s Mickey standing there.

Me at home: Not what I wanted for end game but I’m still thrilled to see the man, the myth, the legend again anyway.  He’s all beefy still from when he was shooting Fonzo and looking good.  

Ian’s looking at him like he’s not sure he’s really there.

Mickey mildly says, “I rolled on the cartel I was working for and in exchange guess who gets to pick where he gets locked up?”  

Ian’s got tears in his eyes now and says, “Holy fuck.”

“Oh hey-I got bottom,” Mickey says as he points to the lower bunk.  Then he walks past Ian and says, “So...you’re on top,” in a bit of a sing-songy voice. 

He flops down onto the bunk, puts his hand behind his head-and check out the gifs closely, especially on Twitter-in the jumpsuit you can see the outline of his dick and it “twitches in interest” as the fan fics say (don’t know if Noel did it by adjusting his thigh, don’t know if it was intentional or what-but it was a sight to see whatever the case).  He does a lip lick/bite combination, Ian’s face lights up a bit and he gives a smile, he crawls onto the bunk on top of Mickey, pinning his hand down while Mickey smiles softly, they gaze at each other a beat, Ian gently strokes Mickey’s cheek, Mickey wraps his free hand behind Ian’s neck, their noses boop, and Ian sort of gently thrusts into a kiss (it was good-definitely had a bit of a sexual vibe to it), which Mickey expertly returns.  It was a very good kiss, tender and loving, but that scene needed words, needed Ian to say SOMETHING to Mickey-needed an “I’m sorry” and a “thank you for always being here for me” and exchanged I love yous.  Neither of these boys are ever told they’re loved!  JFC, nine seasons and the show couldn’t manage to work mutual ILYs in ONCE?  Fuck you, Shameless.  They didn’t even say each other’s NAMES!  

Mickey (and Noel) looked so fucking good lying there-relaxed and happy, finally back with his love where he’s always belonged.  Even when his eyes are closed, they’re perfect.  The angle the scene was shot at, we see more of Mickey’s microexpressions than Ian’s.  

An after the credits began scene of them lying in an afterglow embrace would’ve been nice.  Mickey could’ve mocked Ian’s hair (give us one last “Fire Crotch” you cowards!) and boob tattoo (or offered to fix that for him while they’re in the joint).  

Mickey’s got new ink on his forearm we never see clearly.  Until and unless we’re told otherwise, I’m saying it’s a big ginger root ;)  Bam.  

On a personal note, and not to rain on anybody’s parade, while I believe 100% in Drunk Crew Guy and what he said, I really don’t see us getting another scene in the finale.  This show’s attention span is down to nothing now, and I can’t see them dragging these guys back out now that they’ve given us (shitty) endgame. I don’t think enough time will have passed to let them out of prison by then, I think those final episodes are going to be about Fiona leaving and not Ian and Mickey getting to Mexico-and I can’t really see Mickey being able to go back there now that he’s crossed a cartel.  My feeling is the show filmed 2 possible endings using Noel to choose from-one ending with them in Mexico and the other being the one we got.  They probably ripped off The Shawshank Redemption too much with a Mexico ending and decided to go with this “original” idea instead.  I’d love nothing more than to be wrong, and to get one more scene of these two free and happy.  Cam’s question mark at the end of his farewell post and the fact that I do trust everything DCG said leaves a spark of hope burning in my heart, but hopefully I can back away from endless online speculation and theories about it over the next 5 months.  If it happens, beautiful.  If it doesn’t, at least we got one last look at Mickey and he’s getting dicked down and the love he’s always deserved, even if I hate the fact they’re locked up and will be in danger whenever they’re not in their cell-not to mention this is the shitty way gay love stories get handled in general, but I must not go down that path again in this recap.  

I want to add that Mickey didn’t sound all that “Mickey” in his scene, but maybe he didn’t need his swagger and was being more “real” to let Ian know he had a choice (as always, Mickey didn’t force himself on Ian-he let him come to him).  And kudos to Cam for not doing his hideous Chicago accent for most of the episode.  

There WAS love and chemistry in that final scene.  Just sucks that we don’t get it anywhere else in the show and they wasted so much time last night that could’ve been given to Cameron and Noel.  

But hey, I’m finally free of recapping ;)  While I’m sorry the Gallavich parts are now over, I’m not sorry I can finally quit missing what we used to get while watching what the show now does.  Mickey and Ian are back together now, so, fuck you, Shameless.  

[god-hunter]

X-Men: Gold #1

This was very good.  Maybe not quite as groundbreaking as Prime, but for a new direction, I can definitely say that Guggenheim has got it covered.

[Spoilers and thoughts]

Right off the bat, you’re not gonna like what I’m gonna say.

I was so annoyed to see that Kitty cut her hair.  Why?  What’s the point??

Less hair does not equal strength.  At this point it’s a really stupid cliched trope that nearly EVERY female character falls into and I’m kinda sick of it.  And before anyone goes off toting that I’m a misogynist prick, let it be known that I only bring this up because Kitty’s always had an iconic look with her long hair in a ponytail.  And we were JUST re-introduced to her as such in Prime.  If they really wanted to take this new direction with her look, they could’ve made a point of her doing that in the Prime issue.  They showed just about every other transitional aspect in that regard...

But anyway.  That’s a minor annoyance.

This issue starts with Kitty, Old Man Logan, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Storm and “Prestige” investigating an issue with Terrax right at the heart of New York City.

[...Prestige?  The name threw me off on the character re-cap page, but it’s explained later that it’s Rachel Grey, which made me feel better.  Because at first I was hoping and expecting Rachel Grey.  Then they throw a new name at us, and I got scared, because you never know with Marvel.]

So.  Terrax is terrorizing the city for reasons unknown to us.  I should’ve said that the very first thing we see before this, is someone toting Mutant Hate on the news.  Someone who seems important.  A Ms. Lydia Nance.  I’m sure we’ll be hearing and seeing that name more in this book.

But back to Terrax.  Its unexplained why or how he got there, but the action is pretty great.  Storm tornadoes him away, clashes him with a bolt, but damage was done to a nearby building, which is about to fall and crash onto another building, hurting hundreds of innocents.

Kitty makes an impressive call to have Kurt teleport her up to the top of the building, where she can phase the entire place [and presumptively its inhabitants], so that when the building crashes down to the ground, it actually goes THROUGH the building and no one is hurt.

Logan and Colossus aided in this process too.  Logan taking on Terrax in mid-air and Colosses helping to hold the building from falling, probably softening the landing.

A whole crowd of people are now outside and staring at them in fear.

“You know, if the Avengers or the Champions were here, they’d be cheering right now.” Rachel throws in her 2 cents.

Kitty addresses the crowd and asks if everyone is okay.  A little girl speaks up, and the mother immediately says, “Don’t talk to it, dear.”

I loved Kitty’s reaction.  “’It’? Really?”

Then she tells all of them, “I think the word you’re searching for is ‘Person.’  ‘Human being,’ even. If you’re feeling charitable.”  ��...You’ve never exactly trusted us... and I know that to the extent you ever [had], we have a long way to go to rebuild that trust.  But we’re starting today.”

I really appreciated that.  And I love that back-sass.  Definitely missed that.

[Now... I would be remiss not to mention something shitty in the art, done by Ardian Syaf, since its all over Tumblr today.  But apparently Kitty’s head was placed very close to the word Jewelry, which kind of only looks like the word “Jew” is prominently featured.  Also the number 212 on the store seems to take significance.

[Neither are things I noticed, but this is where I will sign on to something being amiss, for real.]

In the very next scene, the X-Men are once again playing Baseball, only this time it’s at Central Park, and I’m beginning to realize that maybe this is a thing the X-Men do in their downtime after all.  So maybe there was something to that last game in Limbo after all...

But Piotr is up at bat and wearing a very strange white shirt that reads QS 5:51. I didn’t understand it at first, and Tumblr blew up about it today, mentioning that this, and the 212 and the Jew thing are all references to the Quran.  That all of this is some sort of Muslim warning or something.

[I’ll be honest.  I didn’t read the post.  I was disgusted that a Muslim Artist would do such a thing in the first place, and I just kinda... don’t need to read on any of the hate.  Marvel apparently made a public statement saying that this artist is receiving disciplinary action and that future prints of the book will not feature this at all.]  - But holy shit man.  How crafty do you have to be to get passed the editors in the first place?  That’s fucked up man.  These guys are giving you work.  Don’t be subtley passive aggressively political.  What the fuck is that???  I just want to read an X-Men comic and enjoy it.

And of all issues, it had to be the most important Restart Issue??  ...This guy’s an asshole.  And his art is good.  [I never mention artwork in reviews unless I really don’t like it.]

So...  after/during the Baseball game, some lawyer guy comes looking for Katherine Pryde, and he slams her with legal paperwork, regarding their communities relocation to Central Park.

[Logan was being really annoying here btw.  I kind of hope Guggenheim fixes his voice for Logan.]

“I signed about a Phone book’s worth when the Mayor agreed to let us relocate here.” Kitty said.  Oh good.  So they didn’t just teleport in and expect to just.. inherit the territory.

So she reads the booklet and asks what it is.

“Just an invoice.  For the first, six months’ lease payments as well as property taxes for the parcel you’re occupying.”

She frowns.  “This is for Eighteen Million Dollars.”

“This is Central Park.” He smiles.  “Arguably, the most valuable residential real estate in the entire World.”

Her eyes widen with fear and shock.  [I kind of liked this realism a lot actually.  But I have no idea how they’re gonna get that kind of money or funding.  They’re gonna have to do a really good job with the public or something.  We’ll see.]

I did enjoy Logan’s quick, “Want me to claw him?” to her.  It added much-needed levity to the moment.

That night, Storm and Nightcrawler have a nice bit of downtime.  They’re watching that asshole Lydia so-and-so taut off her mutant anti-trust.

“The more things change, the more they stay the same...” Kurt says.

Storm decides to quote Magneto and says that, “The past is prologue.”

Kurt corrects her and says that it’s Shakespeare.  Then he asks what she means.

“That, perhaps we’re returning to our roots...  Perhaps, after all the trials and tragedies, we are returning to what we were.”

“Outcasts?”

“Heroes.”

I enjoyed that.  There was a little bit of her getting down on herself about IvX.  As Lydia brings up the fact that the world is unsure of the long-term effects of their war against the Inhumans, Storm feels like they’ve not only lost the war, but they’ve lost any sort of good reputation they might have had.

It was refreshing to see Rachel train with newer students, Armor and.. a stone guy. [I forgot his name.]   She explained why she’s going by “Prestige” now, which I really appreciated.  And it seems that they will go by new code names too.  Kitty wants everyone to move forward, not backward.  That’s pretty cool.

Kitty has a moment in her office, where she’s trying to go through files and work.  Narrative moments of self-doubt or just being in awe of it all occur.  I appreciate this.  Then Piotr walks in and asks her to have dinner.  I love that she worries about this internally and then tells him that she doesn’t want to eat with him.

“I mean, as friends sure. Always. No problem.  But you didn’t mean as friends, right?”

[Yes!  Thank you.]

She tells him she moved on, but she’ll always love him.  [The difference here than with Jean and Scott, is that Piotr and her HAD their past.  Multiple times.  And they’re both adults.  Jean... just knows a past that occurred between them.  And she’s fucking young and all over him.  Then saying, not interested when Scott makes a move?  That’s bullshit man.  It’s very Teenager.  And that’s why I reacted the opposite way, when this same exact thing happened between her and scott in the last issue of All-New X-Men.]

Thankfully, this awkward moment gets interrupted by Rachel, who tells them that someone’s attacking the city.  

Kitty feels both relieved and like the worst person ever for hoping for that sort of out.

They take the Blackbird Jet over to the UN Headquarters in Manhattan, and teleport directly to whoever is causing the problem.  It turns out to be a 5-person team, in which I only recognize Pyro and Avalanche.  And a fire-woman tells them, “We’re the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.”

-To Be Continued-

Aw man.  Well, here we go.

Thrust into a new thing.

I like it.  I wouldn’t say any of the outlying conflicts are groundbreaking.  We’ve seen this kind of politics before in Fraction and Gillen’s run a lot.  Probably Bendis’ too.

I do like the newness of Kitty making a conceited effort to have the Public know and Trust them though.  And I’m definitely looking forward to a day where this public looks to the X-Men and actually asks for their help and appreciates them!

We saw it in San Francisco very early in Fraction’s run.  So much that it almost didn’t make sense at first.

I’d kind of like to see that level of respect happen in New York.  But I would appreciate if it was gradual, if Guggenheim took it in that direction.

Looking forward to X-Men: Gold #2.

But I’m looking forward to X-Men: Blue #1 more.  That’s coming out this next week.

[jeffrmayhugh]

Cryptocurrency is About To EXPLODE As Reddit Releases the Crypto Bulls! [AMAZING]

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT

All right. Welcome back, everybody. Mine is Austin Read it is finally adding a cryptocurrency. We have leaked screenshots and leaked video to prove it. So in what way will this crypto be integrated into Reddit? Well, read. It already has a point system, meaning you like posts, you like content and that content that you like flows to the top. So what that video and what these screenshots show is a new design implementation from Reddit of a blockchain-based point system. That’s huge because Reddit is not only the third most popular, the third most trafficked Web site in the United States, but also Reddit pulls over eleven million active users per day. So if what we’re seeing is true, which it has to be, this is a direct screenshot video from a recently updated Reddit app on the Android showing a wallet which now has a recovery phrase, meaning for Reddit users. Your information, your tokens are now stored on the blockchain. This is huge. This was originally broken by Reddit or Magoo Crypto, which appears to show a beta implementation of the system. If this goes past Beda, this will introduce so many more people into cryptocurrency. Now my question is, yes, Reddit appears to be implementing a blockchain, but really, why does Reddit need a blockchain? What advantages to a blockchain bring? That’s the big question. Is this just a buzz word? Will we be getting mutable karma? Now, there are so many more questions I have. Like, will there be an old coin? If so, Reddit will have to register that old coin with the SCC. Or maybe this will be closer to 49 bucks, meaning that they’ll stay on the platform. There’s no offramp. You can never really cash out. Time will tell. All we know right now is that they are testing it. It appears to be in beta in a direct quote from that red. I open my app up yesterday morning and sell the wallet menu option, went through it, saw blockchain and got super excited to share with the rest of you all from guy crypto. Let me know what you think. Down below in the comments section. Huge news coming out of REPL. Coming out of Catano, coming out of Beinart’s huge news. Watch today’s entire video. But next piece of news, we retweeted this foaled announcing the first-ever bitcoin rewards card from foaled and Visa. So what does this mean for you? Well, this is the first-ever credit card where you can earn bitcoin, not points every time you swipe the folded card. You get a percentage of your purchase back in Bitcoin. It’s a real bitcoin that goes right into your fold account. Watch this. A brave new world deserves a brave new card. Introducing the world’s first bitcoin rewards card from full spend dollars earned bitcoin on every purchase. Tear the folded card of the full path to super taxi experience. Protect your privacy and keep your personal data safe. Toll puts you in control, not the things. Welcome to the Bitcoin Privacy-Preserving Card of the future. Welcome to fold. I love it. I mean, I use a credit card almost every day. Credit cards are not going away anytime soon. And if I’m going to use a credit card, which I do. I would much rather earn some bitcoin back on each purchase. I have joined the waitlist if you want to join the waitlist. I put a link down below in the description. Check it out. Now, keep in mind, foaled did choose to support today’s video, but I already use fold. There’s a referral link in every single one of our videos because we actually use it. You know, I’m buying you play. I’m using Uber anyway. Mei’s will earn bitcoin with every single purchase I can if I can. Links down below. Check it out. Next piece of news before we get to Cardno. A ripple partnership is being discussed by a Bank of America. Exact. Keep in mind right now this is ripple to company. This has nothing to do with SRP at the moment, but this is all coming from an interview. In an interview discussing emerging digital payments technology, a lead executive at the Bank of America praised REPL as a partner. Well, what exactly did she say? Julie Harris, head of Global Banking Digital Strategy, made the comments on a podcast published by the Bank of America. The conversation centred around the emerging payment options available for businesses and the increasing need for faster, more efficient methods. Here is the direct quote. It’s not about our platform or our capabilities, meaning it’s not about the Bank of America’s capabilities. It’s about you. If you own a small business, it’s about you as a client and infrastructure that you have and the ability for us to integrate with you. Now, where does REPL come into this? Whether that’s with platforms and capabilities that we built, meaning the Bank of America is built or partnerships that we have with the likes of REPL or Swift. These are FinTechs that we’re partnering with. They’ve come through all of our rigour of legal compliance and we’re able to leverage our banking as a platform to deliver that to you. So this is. A little bit of praise for our Swift and REPL coming out of the Bank of America. Keep in mind this statement adds to the rumour that their software REPL software REPL Net maybe used REPL is being praised for its potential to integrate with bank services. So right now this is just a mention, but this does bode well for using ripple software from Bank of America. Let me know what you think. Is this the big deal? Is this no big deal? Comment below. Next up, we have major news involving finance being charged with embezzlement. Before that, just something personal I want to share with you about me and Aaron. We have officially signed on to participate in a covered 19 at a charity poker tournament. Now, what are the details? This is tonight. Aaron and I will be there playing. Hopefully, you can play with us, but the event will be capped at two thousand players with 50 percent of all proceeds being donated to the participating non-profits for COVA 19 relief and 50 percent of the winnings being split at the final table. This is really the crypto community coming together to support relief for Koven, 19. Now, Aaron and I were gonna be a featured player. We just signed on today. We’re not listed on the picture as yet, but we will be there. I want to invite you to play with us. Now does cost one hundred dollars per ticket. Again, this goes to charity. So it’s your call. Either keep it for you, invest in bitcoin or good cause. Good event. See if you can bust me or my brother out. But I plan to win. There’s a link down below. The Cardno Foundation has endorsed the South African Blockchain Alliance establishment to boost adoption so big collaboration between Catano and South African Blockchain Alliance, the Cardona Foundation praised the establishment of the South African National Blockchain Alliance Essay NBA on April 7th, and this cooperation endeavours to explore further ways to strengthen technology’s adoption through South Africa. So this is a little insight on where Cano is setting their sights for the adoption of Catano. Why did they choose South Africa? Well, according to the official announcement, the Cardenal Foundation praised the use of blockchain technology to boost socio-economic growth. They also have a goal of increasing blockchain adoption in that region. So, again, to me, this just kind of shows Cardno is playing the long game, setting up their roots in poorer socioeconomic areas like South Africa. In a direct quote from the announcement, Cardon’s believes in empowering individuals and enterprises by putting them in direct control of their information, wealth and value. Blockchain technology lets developing nations break ties with legacy banking systems, costly middlemen and entrenched political structures. So this quite possibly could be South Africa’s way to opt-out of corruption and centralization. Next piece of news finance has been charged with embezzling almost a million dollars worth of crypto. What are the details? Well, actually, in November of 2018, finance blocked an account that had almost a million eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars worth of crypto funds. Now, the owner of that account claims that the exchange led by Ceecee stole his money. And this money, it wasn’t just Bitcoin. There was a bitcoin. And a theory, M-theory classic like one iota yo’s Tauron. The point is, it wasn’t a single transaction. His account got shut down and finance is being charged with embezzlement. Now we’ll see. This is just the accusation. Innocent until proven guilty. In my opinion. But Sisi has clapped back and said Sisi says that because by NANS requires KYC AML, which is knowing your customer anti-money-laundering verification from each person, that they had a right to seize that guy’s money because there was a question regarding the origins of that guy’s funds. Wow. Huge invasion of privacy, in my opinion. Although I guess it is in the terms of service. They have a right to know the origin of your funds. And according to finance, the exchange said that the account was blocked at the request of the South Korean police, though the user claims that he had not received any complaints from the South Korean authorities himself. Take your money off the exchange. Keep it for yourself. Not your keys, not your coins. I’ll keep you updated on how this turns out. But again, by NANCE. Just like a bank, they could seize it if they want to. That is the video for today. My name’s Austin again. If it intrigues you, defers to a bitcoin rewards card. Join the waitlist. I did hop on the card, earn some bitcoin back on daily purchases, and if you had the means and you wanna give back, donate to a good cause. Come play poker with us again. If the first two thousand people. I would love to see the altcoin daily army represent next to me, next to Aaron. Let’s bust some people out for charity. That’s the video like always. See you tomorrow.

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Cryptocurrency is About To EXPLODE As Reddit Releases the Crypto Bulls! [AMAZING]

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT

All right. Welcome back, everybody. Mine is Austin Read it is finally adding a cryptocurrency. We have leaked screenshots and leaked video to prove it. So in what way will this crypto be integrated into Reddit? Well, read. It already has a point system, meaning you like posts, you like content and that content that you like flows to the top. So what that video and what these screenshots show is a new design implementation from Reddit of a blockchain-based point system. That’s huge because Reddit is not only the third most popular, the third most trafficked Web site in the United States, but also Reddit pulls over eleven million active users per day. So if what we’re seeing is true, which it has to be, this is a direct screenshot video from a recently updated Reddit app on the Android showing a wallet which now has a recovery phrase, meaning for Reddit users. Your information, your tokens are now stored on the blockchain. This is huge. This was originally broken by Reddit or Magoo Crypto, which appears to show a beta implementation of the system. If this goes past Beda, this will introduce so many more people into cryptocurrency. Now my question is, yes, Reddit appears to be implementing a blockchain, but really, why does Reddit need a blockchain? What advantages to a blockchain bring? That’s the big question. Is this just a buzz word? Will we be getting mutable karma? Now, there are so many more questions I have. Like, will there be an old coin? If so, Reddit will have to register that old coin with the SCC. Or maybe this will be closer to 49 bucks, meaning that they’ll stay on the platform. There’s no offramp. You can never really cash out. Time will tell. All we know right now is that they are testing it. It appears to be in beta in a direct quote from that red. I open my app up yesterday morning and sell the wallet menu option, went through it, saw blockchain and got super excited to share with the rest of you all from guy crypto. Let me know what you think. Down below in the comments section. Huge news coming out of REPL. Coming out of Catano, coming out of Beinart’s huge news. Watch today’s entire video. But next piece of news, we retweeted this foaled announcing the first-ever bitcoin rewards card from foaled and Visa. So what does this mean for you? Well, this is the first-ever credit card where you can earn bitcoin, not points every time you swipe the folded card. You get a percentage of your purchase back in Bitcoin. It’s a real bitcoin that goes right into your fold account. Watch this. A brave new world deserves a brave new card. Introducing the world’s first bitcoin rewards card from full spend dollars earned bitcoin on every purchase. Tear the folded card of the full path to super taxi experience. Protect your privacy and keep your personal data safe. Toll puts you in control, not the things. Welcome to the Bitcoin Privacy-Preserving Card of the future. Welcome to fold. I love it. I mean, I use a credit card almost every day. Credit cards are not going away anytime soon. And if I’m going to use a credit card, which I do. I would much rather earn some bitcoin back on each purchase. I have joined the waitlist if you want to join the waitlist. I put a link down below in the description. Check it out. Now, keep in mind, foaled did choose to support today’s video, but I already use fold. There’s a referral link in every single one of our videos because we actually use it. You know, I’m buying you play. I’m using Uber anyway. Mei’s will earn bitcoin with every single purchase I can if I can. Links down below. Check it out. Next piece of news before we get to Cardno. A ripple partnership is being discussed by a Bank of America. Exact. Keep in mind right now this is ripple to company. This has nothing to do with SRP at the moment, but this is all coming from an interview. In an interview discussing emerging digital payments technology, a lead executive at the Bank of America praised REPL as a partner. Well, what exactly did she say? Julie Harris, head of Global Banking Digital Strategy, made the comments on a podcast published by the Bank of America. The conversation centred around the emerging payment options available for businesses and the increasing need for faster, more efficient methods. Here is the direct quote. It’s not about our platform or our capabilities, meaning it’s not about the Bank of America’s capabilities. It’s about you. If you own a small business, it’s about you as a client and infrastructure that you have and the ability for us to integrate with you. Now, where does REPL come into this? Whether that’s with platforms and capabilities that we built, meaning the Bank of America is built or partnerships that we have with the likes of REPL or Swift. These are FinTechs that we’re partnering with. They’ve come through all of our rigour of legal compliance and we’re able to leverage our banking as a platform to deliver that to you. So this is. A little bit of praise for our Swift and REPL coming out of the Bank of America. Keep in mind this statement adds to the rumour that their software REPL software REPL Net maybe used REPL is being praised for its potential to integrate with bank services. So right now this is just a mention, but this does bode well for using ripple software from Bank of America. Let me know what you think. Is this the big deal? Is this no big deal? Comment below. Next up, we have major news involving finance being charged with embezzlement. Before that, just something personal I want to share with you about me and Aaron. We have officially signed on to participate in a covered 19 at a charity poker tournament. Now, what are the details? This is tonight. Aaron and I will be there playing. Hopefully, you can play with us, but the event will be capped at two thousand players with 50 percent of all proceeds being donated to the participating non-profits for COVA 19 relief and 50 percent of the winnings being split at the final table. This is really the crypto community coming together to support relief for Koven, 19. Now, Aaron and I were gonna be a featured player. We just signed on today. We’re not listed on the picture as yet, but we will be there. I want to invite you to play with us. Now does cost one hundred dollars per ticket. Again, this goes to charity. So it’s your call. Either keep it for you, invest in bitcoin or good cause. Good event. See if you can bust me or my brother out. But I plan to win. There’s a link down below. The Cardno Foundation has endorsed the South African Blockchain Alliance establishment to boost adoption so big collaboration between Catano and South African Blockchain Alliance, the Cardona Foundation praised the establishment of the South African National Blockchain Alliance Essay NBA on April 7th, and this cooperation endeavours to explore further ways to strengthen technology’s adoption through South Africa. So this is a little insight on where Cano is setting their sights for the adoption of Catano. Why did they choose South Africa? Well, according to the official announcement, the Cardenal Foundation praised the use of blockchain technology to boost socio-economic growth. They also have a goal of increasing blockchain adoption in that region. So, again, to me, this just kind of shows Cardno is playing the long game, setting up their roots in poorer socioeconomic areas like South Africa. In a direct quote from the announcement, Cardon’s believes in empowering individuals and enterprises by putting them in direct control of their information, wealth and value. Blockchain technology lets developing nations break ties with legacy banking systems, costly middlemen and entrenched political structures. So this quite possibly could be South Africa’s way to opt-out of corruption and centralization. Next piece of news finance has been charged with embezzling almost a million dollars worth of crypto. What are the details? Well, actually, in November of 2018, finance blocked an account that had almost a million eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars worth of crypto funds. Now, the owner of that account claims that the exchange led by Ceecee stole his money. And this money, it wasn’t just Bitcoin. There was a bitcoin. And a theory, M-theory classic like one iota yo’s Tauron. The point is, it wasn’t a single transaction. His account got shut down and finance is being charged with embezzlement. Now we’ll see. This is just the accusation. Innocent until proven guilty. In my opinion. But Sisi has clapped back and said Sisi says that because by NANS requires KYC AML, which is knowing your customer anti-money-laundering verification from each person, that they had a right to seize that guy’s money because there was a question regarding the origins of that guy’s funds. Wow. Huge invasion of privacy, in my opinion. Although I guess it is in the terms of service. They have a right to know the origin of your funds. And according to finance, the exchange said that the account was blocked at the request of the South Korean police, though the user claims that he had not received any complaints from the South Korean authorities himself. Take your money off the exchange. Keep it for yourself. Not your keys, not your coins. I’ll keep you updated on how this turns out. But again, by NANCE. Just like a bank, they could seize it if they want to. That is the video for today. My name’s Austin again. If it intrigues you, defers to a bitcoin rewards card. Join the waitlist. I did hop on the card, earn some bitcoin back on daily purchases, and if you had the means and you wanna give back, donate to a good cause. Come play poker with us again. If the first two thousand people. I would love to see the altcoin daily army represent next to me, next to Aaron. Let’s bust some people out for charity. That’s the video like always. See you tomorrow.

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Cryptocurrency is About To EXPLODE As Reddit Releases the Crypto Bulls! [AMAZING]

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT

All right. Welcome back, everybody. Mine is Austin Read it is finally adding a cryptocurrency. We have leaked screenshots and leaked video to prove it. So in what way will this crypto be integrated into Reddit? Well, read. It already has a point system, meaning you like posts, you like content and that content that you like flows to the top. So what that video and what these screenshots show is a new design implementation from Reddit of a blockchain-based point system. That’s huge because Reddit is not only the third most popular, the third most trafficked Web site in the United States, but also Reddit pulls over eleven million active users per day. So if what we’re seeing is true, which it has to be, this is a direct screenshot video from a recently updated Reddit app on the Android showing a wallet which now has a recovery phrase, meaning for Reddit users. Your information, your tokens are now stored on the blockchain. This is huge. This was originally broken by Reddit or Magoo Crypto, which appears to show a beta implementation of the system. If this goes past Beda, this will introduce so many more people into cryptocurrency. Now my question is, yes, Reddit appears to be implementing a blockchain, but really, why does Reddit need a blockchain? What advantages to a blockchain bring? That’s the big question. Is this just a buzz word? Will we be getting mutable karma? Now, there are so many more questions I have. Like, will there be an old coin? If so, Reddit will have to register that old coin with the SCC. Or maybe this will be closer to 49 bucks, meaning that they’ll stay on the platform. There’s no offramp. You can never really cash out. Time will tell. All we know right now is that they are testing it. It appears to be in beta in a direct quote from that red. I open my app up yesterday morning and sell the wallet menu option, went through it, saw blockchain and got super excited to share with the rest of you all from guy crypto. Let me know what you think. Down below in the comments section. Huge news coming out of REPL. Coming out of Catano, coming out of Beinart’s huge news. Watch today’s entire video. But next piece of news, we retweeted this foaled announcing the first-ever bitcoin rewards card from foaled and Visa. So what does this mean for you? Well, this is the first-ever credit card where you can earn bitcoin, not points every time you swipe the folded card. You get a percentage of your purchase back in Bitcoin. It’s a real bitcoin that goes right into your fold account. Watch this. A brave new world deserves a brave new card. Introducing the world’s first bitcoin rewards card from full spend dollars earned bitcoin on every purchase. Tear the folded card of the full path to super taxi experience. Protect your privacy and keep your personal data safe. Toll puts you in control, not the things. Welcome to the Bitcoin Privacy-Preserving Card of the future. Welcome to fold. I love it. I mean, I use a credit card almost every day. Credit cards are not going away anytime soon. And if I’m going to use a credit card, which I do. I would much rather earn some bitcoin back on each purchase. I have joined the waitlist if you want to join the waitlist. I put a link down below in the description. Check it out. Now, keep in mind, foaled did choose to support today’s video, but I already use fold. There’s a referral link in every single one of our videos because we actually use it. You know, I’m buying you play. I’m using Uber anyway. Mei’s will earn bitcoin with every single purchase I can if I can. Links down below. Check it out. Next piece of news before we get to Cardno. A ripple partnership is being discussed by a Bank of America. Exact. Keep in mind right now this is ripple to company. This has nothing to do with SRP at the moment, but this is all coming from an interview. In an interview discussing emerging digital payments technology, a lead executive at the Bank of America praised REPL as a partner. Well, what exactly did she say? Julie Harris, head of Global Banking Digital Strategy, made the comments on a podcast published by the Bank of America. The conversation centred around the emerging payment options available for businesses and the increasing need for faster, more efficient methods. Here is the direct quote. It’s not about our platform or our capabilities, meaning it’s not about the Bank of America’s capabilities. It’s about you. If you own a small business, it’s about you as a client and infrastructure that you have and the ability for us to integrate with you. Now, where does REPL come into this? Whether that’s with platforms and capabilities that we built, meaning the Bank of America is built or partnerships that we have with the likes of REPL or Swift. These are FinTechs that we’re partnering with. They’ve come through all of our rigour of legal compliance and we’re able to leverage our banking as a platform to deliver that to you. So this is. A little bit of praise for our Swift and REPL coming out of the Bank of America. Keep in mind this statement adds to the rumour that their software REPL software REPL Net maybe used REPL is being praised for its potential to integrate with bank services. So right now this is just a mention, but this does bode well for using ripple software from Bank of America. Let me know what you think. Is this the big deal? Is this no big deal? Comment below. Next up, we have major news involving finance being charged with embezzlement. Before that, just something personal I want to share with you about me and Aaron. We have officially signed on to participate in a covered 19 at a charity poker tournament. Now, what are the details? This is tonight. Aaron and I will be there playing. Hopefully, you can play with us, but the event will be capped at two thousand players with 50 percent of all proceeds being donated to the participating non-profits for COVA 19 relief and 50 percent of the winnings being split at the final table. This is really the crypto community coming together to support relief for Koven, 19. Now, Aaron and I were gonna be a featured player. We just signed on today. We’re not listed on the picture as yet, but we will be there. I want to invite you to play with us. Now does cost one hundred dollars per ticket. Again, this goes to charity. So it’s your call. Either keep it for you, invest in bitcoin or good cause. Good event. See if you can bust me or my brother out. But I plan to win. There’s a link down below. The Cardno Foundation has endorsed the South African Blockchain Alliance establishment to boost adoption so big collaboration between Catano and South African Blockchain Alliance, the Cardona Foundation praised the establishment of the South African National Blockchain Alliance Essay NBA on April 7th, and this cooperation endeavours to explore further ways to strengthen technology’s adoption through South Africa. So this is a little insight on where Cano is setting their sights for the adoption of Catano. Why did they choose South Africa? Well, according to the official announcement, the Cardenal Foundation praised the use of blockchain technology to boost socio-economic growth. They also have a goal of increasing blockchain adoption in that region. So, again, to me, this just kind of shows Cardno is playing the long game, setting up their roots in poorer socioeconomic areas like South Africa. In a direct quote from the announcement, Cardon’s believes in empowering individuals and enterprises by putting them in direct control of their information, wealth and value. Blockchain technology lets developing nations break ties with legacy banking systems, costly middlemen and entrenched political structures. So this quite possibly could be South Africa’s way to opt-out of corruption and centralization. Next piece of news finance has been charged with embezzling almost a million dollars worth of crypto. What are the details? Well, actually, in November of 2018, finance blocked an account that had almost a million eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars worth of crypto funds. Now, the owner of that account claims that the exchange led by Ceecee stole his money. And this money, it wasn’t just Bitcoin. There was a bitcoin. And a theory, M-theory classic like one iota yo’s Tauron. The point is, it wasn’t a single transaction. His account got shut down and finance is being charged with embezzlement. Now we’ll see. This is just the accusation. Innocent until proven guilty. In my opinion. But Sisi has clapped back and said Sisi says that because by NANS requires KYC AML, which is knowing your customer anti-money-laundering verification from each person, that they had a right to seize that guy’s money because there was a question regarding the origins of that guy’s funds. Wow. Huge invasion of privacy, in my opinion. Although I guess it is in the terms of service. They have a right to know the origin of your funds. And according to finance, the exchange said that the account was blocked at the request of the South Korean police, though the user claims that he had not received any complaints from the South Korean authorities himself. Take your money off the exchange. Keep it for yourself. Not your keys, not your coins. I’ll keep you updated on how this turns out. But again, by NANCE. Just like a bank, they could seize it if they want to. That is the video for today. My name’s Austin again. If it intrigues you, defers to a bitcoin rewards card. Join the waitlist. I did hop on the card, earn some bitcoin back on daily purchases, and if you had the means and you wanna give back, donate to a good cause. Come play poker with us again. If the first two thousand people. I would love to see the altcoin daily army represent next to me, next to Aaron. Let’s bust some people out for charity. That’s the video like always. See you tomorrow.

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Cryptocurrency is About To EXPLODE As Reddit Releases the Crypto Bulls! [AMAZING]

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT

All right. Welcome back, everybody. Mine is Austin Read it is finally adding a cryptocurrency. We have leaked screenshots and leaked video to prove it. So in what way will this crypto be integrated into Reddit? Well, read. It already has a point system, meaning you like posts, you like content and that content that you like flows to the top. So what that video and what these screenshots show is a new design implementation from Reddit of a blockchain-based point system. That’s huge because Reddit is not only the third most popular, the third most trafficked Web site in the United States, but also Reddit pulls over eleven million active users per day. So if what we’re seeing is true, which it has to be, this is a direct screenshot video from a recently updated Reddit app on the Android showing a wallet which now has a recovery phrase, meaning for Reddit users. Your information, your tokens are now stored on the blockchain. This is huge. This was originally broken by Reddit or Magoo Crypto, which appears to show a beta implementation of the system. If this goes past Beda, this will introduce so many more people into cryptocurrency. Now my question is, yes, Reddit appears to be implementing a blockchain, but really, why does Reddit need a blockchain? What advantages to a blockchain bring? That’s the big question. Is this just a buzz word? Will we be getting mutable karma? Now, there are so many more questions I have. Like, will there be an old coin? If so, Reddit will have to register that old coin with the SCC. Or maybe this will be closer to 49 bucks, meaning that they’ll stay on the platform. There’s no offramp. You can never really cash out. Time will tell. All we know right now is that they are testing it. It appears to be in beta in a direct quote from that red. I open my app up yesterday morning and sell the wallet menu option, went through it, saw blockchain and got super excited to share with the rest of you all from guy crypto. Let me know what you think. Down below in the comments section. Huge news coming out of REPL. Coming out of Catano, coming out of Beinart’s huge news. Watch today’s entire video. But next piece of news, we retweeted this foaled announcing the first-ever bitcoin rewards card from foaled and Visa. So what does this mean for you? Well, this is the first-ever credit card where you can earn bitcoin, not points every time you swipe the folded card. You get a percentage of your purchase back in Bitcoin. It’s a real bitcoin that goes right into your fold account. Watch this. A brave new world deserves a brave new card. Introducing the world’s first bitcoin rewards card from full spend dollars earned bitcoin on every purchase. Tear the folded card of the full path to super taxi experience. Protect your privacy and keep your personal data safe. Toll puts you in control, not the things. Welcome to the Bitcoin Privacy-Preserving Card of the future. Welcome to fold. I love it. I mean, I use a credit card almost every day. Credit cards are not going away anytime soon. And if I’m going to use a credit card, which I do. I would much rather earn some bitcoin back on each purchase. I have joined the waitlist if you want to join the waitlist. I put a link down below in the description. Check it out. Now, keep in mind, foaled did choose to support today’s video, but I already use fold. There’s a referral link in every single one of our videos because we actually use it. You know, I’m buying you play. I’m using Uber anyway. Mei’s will earn bitcoin with every single purchase I can if I can. Links down below. Check it out. Next piece of news before we get to Cardno. A ripple partnership is being discussed by a Bank of America. Exact. Keep in mind right now this is ripple to company. This has nothing to do with SRP at the moment, but this is all coming from an interview. In an interview discussing emerging digital payments technology, a lead executive at the Bank of America praised REPL as a partner. Well, what exactly did she say? Julie Harris, head of Global Banking Digital Strategy, made the comments on a podcast published by the Bank of America. The conversation centred around the emerging payment options available for businesses and the increasing need for faster, more efficient methods. Here is the direct quote. It’s not about our platform or our capabilities, meaning it’s not about the Bank of America’s capabilities. It’s about you. If you own a small business, it’s about you as a client and infrastructure that you have and the ability for us to integrate with you. Now, where does REPL come into this? Whether that’s with platforms and capabilities that we built, meaning the Bank of America is built or partnerships that we have with the likes of REPL or Swift. These are FinTechs that we’re partnering with. They’ve come through all of our rigour of legal compliance and we’re able to leverage our banking as a platform to deliver that to you. So this is. A little bit of praise for our Swift and REPL coming out of the Bank of America. Keep in mind this statement adds to the rumour that their software REPL software REPL Net maybe used REPL is being praised for its potential to integrate with bank services. So right now this is just a mention, but this does bode well for using ripple software from Bank of America. Let me know what you think. Is this the big deal? Is this no big deal? Comment below. Next up, we have major news involving finance being charged with embezzlement. Before that, just something personal I want to share with you about me and Aaron. We have officially signed on to participate in a covered 19 at a charity poker tournament. Now, what are the details? This is tonight. Aaron and I will be there playing. Hopefully, you can play with us, but the event will be capped at two thousand players with 50 percent of all proceeds being donated to the participating non-profits for COVA 19 relief and 50 percent of the winnings being split at the final table. This is really the crypto community coming together to support relief for Koven, 19. Now, Aaron and I were gonna be a featured player. We just signed on today. We’re not listed on the picture as yet, but we will be there. I want to invite you to play with us. Now does cost one hundred dollars per ticket. Again, this goes to charity. So it’s your call. Either keep it for you, invest in bitcoin or good cause. Good event. See if you can bust me or my brother out. But I plan to win. There’s a link down below. The Cardno Foundation has endorsed the South African Blockchain Alliance establishment to boost adoption so big collaboration between Catano and South African Blockchain Alliance, the Cardona Foundation praised the establishment of the South African National Blockchain Alliance Essay NBA on April 7th, and this cooperation endeavours to explore further ways to strengthen technology’s adoption through South Africa. So this is a little insight on where Cano is setting their sights for the adoption of Catano. Why did they choose South Africa? Well, according to the official announcement, the Cardenal Foundation praised the use of blockchain technology to boost socio-economic growth. They also have a goal of increasing blockchain adoption in that region. So, again, to me, this just kind of shows Cardno is playing the long game, setting up their roots in poorer socioeconomic areas like South Africa. In a direct quote from the announcement, Cardon’s believes in empowering individuals and enterprises by putting them in direct control of their information, wealth and value. Blockchain technology lets developing nations break ties with legacy banking systems, costly middlemen and entrenched political structures. So this quite possibly could be South Africa’s way to opt-out of corruption and centralization. Next piece of news finance has been charged with embezzling almost a million dollars worth of crypto. What are the details? Well, actually, in November of 2018, finance blocked an account that had almost a million eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars worth of crypto funds. Now, the owner of that account claims that the exchange led by Ceecee stole his money. And this money, it wasn’t just Bitcoin. There was a bitcoin. And a theory, M-theory classic like one iota yo’s Tauron. The point is, it wasn’t a single transaction. His account got shut down and finance is being charged with embezzlement. Now we’ll see. This is just the accusation. Innocent until proven guilty. In my opinion. But Sisi has clapped back and said Sisi says that because by NANS requires KYC AML, which is knowing your customer anti-money-laundering verification from each person, that they had a right to seize that guy’s money because there was a question regarding the origins of that guy’s funds. Wow. Huge invasion of privacy, in my opinion. Although I guess it is in the terms of service. They have a right to know the origin of your funds. And according to finance, the exchange said that the account was blocked at the request of the South Korean police, though the user claims that he had not received any complaints from the South Korean authorities himself. Take your money off the exchange. Keep it for yourself. Not your keys, not your coins. I’ll keep you updated on how this turns out. But again, by NANCE. Just like a bank, they could seize it if they want to. That is the video for today. My name’s Austin again. If it intrigues you, defers to a bitcoin rewards card. Join the waitlist. I did hop on the card, earn some bitcoin back on daily purchases, and if you had the means and you wanna give back, donate to a good cause. Come play poker with us again. If the first two thousand people. I would love to see the altcoin daily army represent next to me, next to Aaron. Let’s bust some people out for charity. That’s the video like always. See you tomorrow.

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Was That The Bottom For Ethereum the crypto updates

Hi guys thanks for tuning in to another episode of Nuggets news what a week for a theorem it's been and some interesting action across the market so a lot of green although it's been a bit of a you know week finish over the weekend here the last few hours we're gonna go over all the news dive in and check it out and let you know fantastic trade that on  the crypto updates we put on in the exact thought process behind it so on this day in history 2015 mount Cox founder mark Capella's was charged with embezzlement a lot of you know that story and it's been a year since Jamie Dimon called Bitcoin a fraud and since China and now it's they're gonna close all those exchanges a couple of weeks after they'd been died ce o--'s and this was crazy I was live streaming at the time check that out the thought process at the time because Bitcoin bottomed half an hour after when we were buying it around that three thousand dollar mark so be sure to check that that little clip out and ten years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers and thanks to thanks to the banks and the GFC I guess because personally 

I would have never gone down the rabbit hole in 2009 and thereafter watching all those documentaries if that had not have happened the banks seem to be in the headlines every week in Australia this class action against the big banks basically anyone's money they are looking after that should have been in cash earning a pretty high interest rate in a savings account they were undercutting them and ripping them off you know a billion dollars nothing ceases to amaze me now I guess and what onto those people that have taken control of their own super you know some people with as little as fifty thousand dollars have made that switch through New Brighton capital that we've partnered with in just a few clicks to look after their own super and they're not putting it all in crypto guys and a lot of people have been a bit freaked out you can put as much or as little as you want put the rest in shares ETFs diversify all that sort of thing but chat to the guys there if you're interested so coinbase this week and a few other of the big players in this space pantera capital a few others here you're gonna recognize poly chain capital sorry and digital currency group but basically lobbying and we know how 

Wall Street works government's work so this is a you know has got a lot of people a little bit about is this a good thing that they're gonna be lobbying and paying officials to get where we want making roads in the space who knows guys let us know your thoughts about what we think about crypto stone to lobby the US government now this is a great tweet here from crypto koala so we've been speaking for a while about how that mining got really centralized in bit Maine through this three subsidiaries basically had well over fifty percent at one point I think most go up to is fifty three percent but here they are now you know that's cut right back to about thirty percent so well done to the competition that are bringing out other chips the cost has come down some people are selling secondhand so we really are becoming more decentralized away from being so reliant on China which really was the case and a bit of fear in the market about this time last year when they did have such a high percentage what would happen if they ever got mining down as well as all the exchanges and so on news this week France getting that ICO framework 

so we've been talking about this again about look at the the headline guys attract innovators globally this is exactly that sentence I've been using every country that pushes back there's gonna be another country France is one again a lot of debt you know in the EU there's friction between who's doing what with a central bank buying bonds interest rates and so on one country is gonna say look we want these innovators and it's happening exactly as we expect it so one by one expect that to continue safety sea check so crypto needs this do not do no harm approach you know let's let's take our hands off a little bit here just like we did with the internet and me in the early stages and once again it's the hero that we all love chairman Giancarlo that's come out and said this so let's watch what they do not what they say and hopefully that gets me to follow through overstock letting customers buy Bitcoin via their 

crypto wallet again guys one by one biggest companies in the world starting to get their foot in the door working with blockchain or working directly with Bitcoin and crypto customers want this you know don't listen to what the guys on Wall Street is saying I you know there's no interest from our clients we're not pursuing that anymore watch what these companies you know these tech companies that are open to this technology watch what they're doing it as soon as they start to get those customers watch the banksters and Wall Street comes squirming back to try and get those fees in market share again Malta Stock Exchange signing a memorandum of understanding with by enhance so this is the new hot space guys I am working on the top 10 security tokens projects video which I think is going to be very popular with you guys we want to see these in some big jurisdictions and that's who's gonna win you know once we get an actual security token exchange you know queen bus coinbase start trading or let's see if we get one in Australia or Europe or China 

you know that is going to be huge when we start to move away from these so the smaller countries and that's when it's really gonna blow up so yeah be be selective don't just throw money we don't want to know the security token bubble like I cos last year but the good projects if you can get on board those and I spoke about that in a lot more detail in this week's ask a nugget show if you want to check out more about security tokens Winklevoss brothers launching their stable coin we've seen a couple of stable coins this week on top of the etherium network which is really interesting there's no shortage of stable coins now guys you know that fear about tether really shouldn't worry you anymore there's so many other good ones out there maker and die still my personal favorite i can store that on my ledger i can train and all of those smaller exchanges now raid i really take profits into stable coins and you know you're never touching any traditional financial systems anymore if you want i've continued to talk about that because there's a lot of good 

projects coming up where we can take profits into gold and silver tokens as well again i touched on that a bit in that ask nugget show so great questions from you guys following up on stuff that we've spoken about recently now last week Vitalik came out and said that thousand x growth is behind us and i said yeah that's kind of pretty common sense guys if bitcoin does a thousand x from here it's a two hundred trillion dollar ridiculously high market cap so CCE came out I'm a huge fan of bye Nance I hope they continue to innovate and he said yes the next growth is possible so the truth is somewhere in the middle yes if we in 10 or 20 years time there's probably going to be a handful of projects the YouTube Facebook googles and Amazon's that do a thousand decks but the hard part is speaking what those they're going to be that's why I do so much fundamental research that's why we do it 24/7 in our group hopefully we're picking a couple of those hopefully we're picking a few of the ones that do 100x over the next five years but it's certainly not the entire space and every you know little I'll point out there that's just gonna do a hundred X like some people are promising it's not gonna be that easy investing is not that easy so I think there's definitely arguments on both sides but this wasn't the only big claim this week so we saw a bit pay come out and predict that old coins will never come back so Bitcoin will rebound next year and I think you know definitely that's on the cards and I also agree that some old coins will never recover it's definitely gonna be the good ones I've spoken about it before there's five thousand ten thousand icos whatever it is guys it really is gonna be 99.9% of those are gonna fail but if you do the math that still means that there can be a hundred project succeed and as I say the best 20 the best 10 the best five can still produce huge returns that's why we continually do our fundamentals and stay on top of the news might Novogratz he's been pretty accurate with these predictions and that's kind of wire listen to these guys more than just just randoms I guess Mike's been in aetherium since you know $2 he basically and came out the other day and called the but what he thinks is a bottom they didn't say the bottom he said a bottom so he's you know he wants some sort of bounce in the coming weeks or months and I'll talk about that when we get to the technicals Tim Draper coming out probably the biggest prediction you know 80 trillion in 15 years you know who knows if crypto takes over security tokens take over it's a new stock market of sorts Bitcoin becomes any sort of financial system any of the infrastructure players become a new Internet of sorts then yeah I think we are looking at a number that starts with the T there in the trillions guys at some point in the distant future I've touched on that already for talax hundred ex gains but as he said here it's the adoption and real-world use case which we need to be excited about because if we get a thousand ex adoption people in Africa using Bitcoin on a smartphone and and so on guys price will take care of itself so again be a philanthropist don't just go out there I'm telling everyone that they should download this app and buy and get rich become part of the moment explain to ten people how Bitcoin works and they're more likely to really get involved in the space okay so this is the big story of the week the price action and the theorem and the headlines so you know we saw all sorts of headlines from a theorems dead - you know I cos are dumping and the truth is guys I've sold two hundred thousand eighth in the past month you know some headlines saying bigger and smaller the truth is that is just a fraction of all the eighth out there so you know that can be a good or a bad thing the point I want to highlight is that that's it's not every ico dumping a heap of a theorem that has driven the price down it is like everything it's the fear and the sentiment and a lot of other people probably selling and you know people using margin on bit mix has been in the news so there's so many contributing factors you can't just say it's i co selling when the numbers say that they've sold less than five percent of all their etherium now this numbers wrong here guys that's got one nine too many dgx have not sold a million theorem that would be two hundred million dollars so they've sold you know maybe about twenty million or so we knew that vote was coming if you follow digits and their dow and how that governance work but this presents opportunity have a look at the projects that have got a lot of a theorem and a lot of runway now it's different to stocks good comments from you guys it doesn't mean that it's a guaranteed thing it doesn't necessarily put value in the shares or the token but it gives you an idea of how much runway that I've got left how much are they spending you know did they sell no ask questions jump in the telegram and I've heard some pretty horror stories from some projects and even a couple of Australian ones that are smaller that raised you know tens of millions of dollars six months ago and I've already run out of money guys you've got to be asking the hard questions looking at the Matt put it to the team and you've got that power to do it and the more that projects are transparent you know the better in this space demand that of them a lot of great articles on medium checkout reddit with a lot of them are posted there guys but all the scaling solutions that are coming I've spoken about this a lot but we had a new one this week so mosaics I'm not going to dive into it too much guys but another layer to solution for sharding the actual tokens themselves and again a lot of these projects that claiming all these things in white papers theorem gets you know bashed for you know a lot of this not happening for another year or 2020 or whatever but the fact these guys they are doing just about everything that a lot of other projects have promised but everything takes time now during all these saw these headlines yes there was a bloodbath so a bit of tongue-in-cheek there guys you know I was just so sick of reading blood in the street so blood on a theory I'm Esplanade that to me is when you want to be starting to look the other way as I said guys when there is blood and everyone's fearful and did the ephyra Network get hacked or is you know is there a bug or anything like that guys no this is all just price action White's down 90% and that's what presents opportunity so that's why I put this tweet out guys about scaling you know DEFCON fours a month way now tickets already selling out fast theorem futures you know you can argue if that's good or bad you know Bitcoin ran up in anticipation of that happening and then it's gone down ever since look I think Bitcoin was overvalued I don't think it was the futures and the volumes on those futures aren't enough to affect price they're not even trading real bitcoins again I'm gonna explore that the topic of rehypothecation and derivatives versus actual Bitcoin and how the more I think about it guys the more Wall Street does not matter one iota sorry pardon the pun I really think that people are riding off a theorem too quickly look at the stats we know how many projects are either directly or indirectly working with a theorem or a RC 20 and their projects I SEOs are still gonna raise money in some capacity in the future and etherium has the most notes 14,000 decentralised Vita

[punkscowardschampions]

Buster & Rio

Buster: Distract me Rio: ? Rio: As much as it's one of my favourite things to do Buster: Please Rio: Okay Rio: I can catch you up on what's happened since you left if you like Rio: Never a dull moment Buster: Go on Buster: Tell me Rio: Well, Indie got caught riding her dirtbike again so the garda took it off her Rio: cue the phonecall that she's kicking off and me having to go down there and basically beg for it back/them not to actually charge her Rio: got away with a warning and not inducing Ro into labour by keeping it hush hush Buster: Bet Drew was really helpful over the whole thing Rio: As if he's voluntarily going anywhere near the station Rio: or Indie would bell him Buster: Sure she will after the fact to show him what a rudegirl she is, like Buster: 😂 Rio: 🙄 Not wrong Rio: the things she's gotta do to make her Da proud Rio: let's not Buster: Agreed, let's not Rio: I'm thinking if there's been much else drama Rio: aside from the obvious Rio: Everyone kinda letting Nance have her moment, idk if that's a good thing Rio: tell 'em to up their game Rio: So, what's wrong? Buster: I can't talk about Nance right now, okay? Buster: I've had a shit enough day as is Rio: 'Course Rio: She's alright, though, don't worry Rio: What can I do? Buster: Tell me I can get on a plane right now and not have to come back here until I want Rio: I mean Rio: You can do whatever you want, yeah? Buster: Until I miss too much school and my grades drop, like Buster: End of the world as the fam knows it Rio: Not naming names but you're probably good for a minor blip right about now due to, like Rio: That bad? Buster: Nah, gotta hang onto that golden boy tag for as long as, you know Buster: It's standard. That's what makes it bad. Does that even make any sense? Rio: Don't blame you, babe Rio: Completely Rio: Fuck the cunts, do something selfish, that's what you'd tell me Buster: Yeah Buster: But you're the only thing I want and I can't come and get you Rio: I can come and be with you Buster: I can't ask for you to just drop everything for me Rio: You don't have to Rio: Still coming Buster: What about Indie? Buster: Plus work Rio: She's got School too, like Rio: What's one more for Ma to drag in by her hair? Rio: I'll worry about work later Buster: Babe Buster: You don't need to worry about me Rio: Who else is gonna if not me? Rio: And I wanna, so let me Buster: Well, I want you here so I'm not gonna argue any more Rio: If I could make time go faster I would Rio: fuck this year Buster: You do Buster: That sounds really stupid but like Rio: Babe Rio: You know you deserve to be happy, yeah Buster: Shh Buster: You make me happy Rio: Good Rio: S'a start for sure Buster: Are you serious about coming here just 'cause I'm being a mopey cunt? Rio: Yeah Rio: like I need much of an excuse Rio: completely selfish, naturally 😉 Buster: 'Course Buster: Speaking of, we should probably start planning my birthday Buster: Get your lies and excuses ready for that at least Rio: I've literally been pondering on your gift so hard Rio: You're hard to buy for Rio: What do you want, baby? Buster: You do reckon you're gift enough? Rio: For every day? Obviously Rio: but it's your special day Rio: you get whatever you want Buster: Yeah but it's not like its an important one, what am I gonna do, go vote? Buster: Everything else I can do already Rio: I know you wanna be in charge always but like, yeah, do your civic duty, boy 😜 Rio: but now you can do it legally, fun fun fun right? Rio: adulthood, babe Rio: we'll make it important Buster: 😂 Buster: Let's go somewhere Buster: Not be surrounded by cunts for a change Rio: You wanna be surprised or you wanna look together Buster: Surprise me Buster: Anywhere but Skerries, like Rio: Damn Rio: 😂 Rio: I'm on it forreal, no caravans or fam in sight Buster: One of many reasons I love you Rio: If you get stuck for ideas for my upcoming Rio: just write that list, babe Rio: not that i'm already making this about me Buster: 'Course not 😇 Buster: Only room for one selfish cunt Rio: Already competing with Halloween Rio: how many costume parties can one boy have Buster: Good thing blind folds and ball gags aren't technically costumes so you can still wear them for me without me wasting a wish Rio: 😳 Rio: Okay, and you're acting like you don't have plans Rio: Damn Buster: No plans yet Buster: Just thinking Buster: Like I said, shit day Rio: Well, feel free to take it all out on me Rio: just keep me in the loop 'cos I wanna know Rio: Who's got you so mad though? Buster: You don't wanna know, babe Buster: I'm not trying to get you mad too Rio: I do but I dont need many guesses now Rio: What the fuck's she been saying Buster: Just ignore any screenshots you see 'cause you know the context isn't there Buster: Depends if you wanna be mad on my behalf or my sister's Rio: I'm sure I can manage both Buster: You and me both, babe Rio: Not amatuers Rio: She's a bitch on such a ridiculous level it should be comical Rio: but it ain't Buster: Yeah Buster: At least I as good as told her I have a girlfriend so hopefully that's the last time she'll find her way into my inbox Rio: Be nice but wouldn't put money on her being the respectful type Rio: See if she's got as much staying power as Ryan, ha Rio: I'm sorry Buster: Hardly respectful at the party from what I remember. And what I don't Buster: So I'm sorry too, like Rio: Don't apologise Rio: It's fucked up, she is Buster: Yeah Buster: She's so smug about it that's what's fucked Rio: That's gross Rio: Does she not realise what she's done or like? Rio: fucked up power trip, okay bitch Buster: [sends own screenshots because you suck Chlo] Rio: I hate her Rio: I'm gonna fuck her up Buster: You can't Buster: She's the exact type to get you in trouble if you tried Rio: Give a shit Rio: Who does she think she is Buster: You do give a shit though Buster: And so do I Buster: She's already fucked everything up, there's no way it's happening again Rio: Okay Rio: I'll get Billie to throw some bad juju her way then Rio: Oh, babe, now I know what you mean Rio: Fuming Buster: Same Buster: Like what can I actually do? Rio: Fuck her Rio: like, don't, ew Rio: but Rio: she's seriously not worth the aggro, avoid at all costs 'cos I weren't joking that she gives me those Ryan vibes Rio: you don't need that Rio: it's hard when she's winding you up like that but try not to engage unless you have to now Buster: Right pair me and you are Buster: How do we attract these types? Buster: Fucking hell Rio: Who don't we attract Rio: so irresistible, right? Buster: True Buster: I miss you Rio: I miss you too Rio: not for long, like Rio: just sorting shit here Buster: How long can you stay? Rio: I dunno, baby Rio: As long as I can, that's for sure Buster: I love you Rio: I love you Rio: She don't know shit, yeah, remember that Buster: I just wish she knew some shit Buster: It'd make things easier Rio: Who said that Rio: Can't argue with idiots, get you down to their level and win by experience, yeah? Rio: the lawyer in you gotta stay out of it babe Buster: Okay, you're right Buster: Just this once, obviously Rio: 😏 Rio: Won't even gloat Rio: 'cos I want you to feel like a winner too Buster: 👑 always Buster: Pormise Rio: Good Buster: What's Nance doing for Halloween, do you know? Rio: I've not heard yet Rio: Some cute nerdy goodness with June, no doubt Rio: I'll put the feelers out Buster: Like, can I be that selfish? You can't be in two places at once Rio: I'm sure I ain't all her plans hinge on Buster: Not with that attitude, babe Rio: 😂 Rio: Who's bday is it again, Nance? Rio: Do you want me to stay here? Buster: Don't be an idiot Buster: I just Buster: Feel like more of a cunt than usual today, that's all Rio: Don't let her do you like that Rio: She seriously doesn't know you Rio: and she can't chat about doing Nance wrong Rio: trust me, I know who she actually hates, and it ain't you babe, promise Buster: Nance still ain't gonna forgive me though Rio: She will Rio: it'll take a lot Rio: and time, lots of probably too but Rio: even if you were a total cunt Rio: she ain't, yeah? Buster: Such a know-it-all Buster: Christ Rio: Don't act like you don't love it Rio: 😏 Buster: I can't Buster: I can imagine how buzzing you are right now at being so smart Buster: so cute Rio: 😋 Rio: Fun being a nerd, I see why you rep so hard Buster: You wish, babe Buster: If that's what you're after you're gonna have to trade me in when we go check out Harvard Rio: That's the plan isn't it Rio: if I don't hook me a prof for the daddy vibes Imma get me a future billionaire Buster: Well, my plan was to see how far around Campus we could get before I got you too turned on to resist me Buster: Standard Rio: Well that sounds like more fun Rio: you've got to focus though, so serious Buster: I'll focus on you Buster: that sounds more fun to me Rio: 😒 boy Rio: catch me packing nothing but turtlenecks and floor-length skirts Buster: 😂 Buster: Catch me planning the trip for summer then Rio: You're mean Rio: play fair Buster: I could say the same to you Buster: Denying a whole university campus that body Buster: So selfish, babe Rio: Right? Aren't you proud of me, daddy? Buster: You're learning Buster: Very appropriate considering where we're going, like Rio: Not got the cap and gown but Rio: you're a pretty good teacher, babe Buster: You can borrow mine Buster: I reckon you'll look pretty good in it Rio: Reckon I can borrow something of yours forreal Rio: not a label whore just miss you Buster: 'Course baby Buster: Whatever you want Rio: better stick to a plan tee, like Rio: could be anyone's Rio: long as it smells like my baby Buster: So smart Buster: And cute Rio: 😻 Rio: I just like the idea of having you wrapped around my body even when you're not Buster: Well now that's all I can think about Rio: Good Rio: You wanted distraction, right? Buster: Now all I want is you Rio: I'm going to be there so soon Rio: Should I get a hotel or am I making up an excuse for being in LDN again? Buster: I'll book you a room Buster: You deserve it for being so nice to me Rio: Buster Buster: Yeah, babe? Rio: If you ain't gonna let me give you at least half, make sure it's cheap and cheerful yeah Buster: Not gonna happen Rio: It's not worth fighting you on this, is it? Buster: I mean, you can, and I'd enjoy it but I promise you'll enjoy the hotel more Rio: You're bad Buster: You love it Rio: All I know I love is that I can do whatever I want to you and not be disturbed Buster: You're not the only one with good ideas, babe Rio: I know Rio: tell me more about that blindfold and ball gag, like Buster: Thinking I need some silk scarves added to that list Rio: Yeah? Buster: I know you're gonna be here soon but I'm already thinking that I don't want you to leave Buster: It's one solution, like Rio: 🤤 Rio: Won't be complaining Rio: I don't wanna leave Buster: If you think that now, wait until you check in Buster: [sends fancy af hotel deets] Rio: Okay know I'm still mad but you spoil me so well Buster: Don't be mad I just want you close to me Buster: I can walk there if I need to Rio: I'm not Rio: I like it when you look after me but shh Rio: reputation already there without proving it Buster: I haven't even started to take care of you yet Rio: I'm meant to be looking after you Buster: I only asked you to distract me and you are Buster: I'm so fucking distracted right now Rio: My specialty Buster: Is everything you're packing a surprise or do I get to hear about what you're gonna wear for me 'cause that's part of your specialty Rio: I guess you gave me some spoilers to prepare me Rio: Only fair Buster: If you wanna play fair, yeah Rio: Decisions decisions Rio: Oh, I have some cute pjs Rio: wanna see? Buster: You know I do Rio: [Snap] Rio: Adorable, yeah? Buster: Babe Buster: Adorable ain't the word Rio: Give me the words Buster: I'll try, seeing as it's so unfair that you couldn't hear the sound I made when I opened that Buster: Fuck Buster: How do you keep doing this to me? Rio: Seriously unfair Rio: Your noises are my favourite thing Rio: Just doing what you asked me to do, babe Buster: You'll just have to get me to make them again Buster: Or others Rio: I want to so bad Rio: I want YOU so bad Buster: How bad? Buster: Show me Rio: I'm so wet it's embarrassing baby Rio: you should see my knickers then you'd know just how much I need you Buster: Embarrassing isn't the word, babe Rio: I've got no shame Rio: I'm your dirty slut, and I want you to know it Buster: Good Buster: You're perfect, I need you to know that Rio: Shh Buster: I'm trying to be quiet but you keep getting me to make all those noises you like so Rio: You better be recording yourself Rio: Or I'm gonna need you on the phone right now, like Buster: [Sends video] Buster: I know what you like, don't worry Rio: Yes, you really fucking do Rio: Fuck me Buster: I want to so badly Rio: I'm coming in the AM Rio: Flight booked, shit sorted Buster: I'll get you early check in so we can go straight there Rio: Good Rio: No better way to spend a Sunday Buster: It's gonna be the best, baby Rio: Yeah it is Rio: If you decide to go to School the next day though, I don't mind Rio: I can find plenty to do Buster: I'll mind Buster: Do me Rio: 😂 Rio: Just trying to make you behave Buster: That isn't what you really want Rio: No, but I only want to get you into fun trouble Buster: My attendance ain't nothing for you to worry about Buster: I'm a nerd, remember Buster: I'm not usually missing that many days Rio: Okay, cutie Rio: Stay with me then Buster: You ain't getting rid of me easy Rio: Not even gotta tie you up, yeah? Buster: I won't be mad if you want to but Rio: Hmm Rio: Might be fun to play look but don't touch with you Buster: Aren't we already playing that right now? Rio: Too true Rio: Didn't say it'd last long before I needed your hands all over me Buster: I know Buster: I need my mouth on you too so again, not mad about it Rio: Well, you can do that with you hands behind your back Rio: I believe in you, babe Buster: Yeah Rio: Indie is roasting me 😖 Buster: Dare I ask Rio: Thinks it's jokes how whipped I am Rio: no point trying to fool her these days Buster: As long as you don't tell her I am Rio: This is where the heroics stop then, yeah? Rio: Charming 🙄 Buster: If you need a hero tell her she's gotta shut and go so you can fuck yourself for me 'cause I need to cum for you Rio: BABY Rio: You can't just say things like that 😩 Buster: I just did Rio: The sound I just made was unholy and is so not helping my case Rio: Are you close? Buster: I'm gonna need you to make that sound for me right now Buster: Please Rio: Buster you're so fucking hot do you have any idea Rio: No one has ever turned me on as much as you, or as hard as you do Buster: I feel it too Buster: Like I said, you're perfect Rio: Maybe this is why we weren't meant to do this Rio: can't stop Buster: I don't care Buster: I don't wanna stop Rio: Me either Buster: I love you so much Rio: I love you too Rio: One day, we can let people know Rio: can't we Buster: Of course we can, babe Rio: It's not just that sneaking around is hard Rio: I want to too, you know Buster: I know Buster: Me too Buster: Even telling Chlo about you, sort of, was kinda nice in a way Rio: Yeah? Bet she was gutted Rio: Should be, bitch 🖕 Rio: Mine Buster: She just thinks I'm lying Buster: Give a shit Rio: Can see why but yeah, not gonna rush it just to wipe the smug off her face Rio: though it will be a nice bonus Buster: 😏 Buster: One day I'll be able to claim you properly, but for now I'll just have to settle with continuing to leave marks that only you can see Buster: As far as consolation prizes go, it could be worse Rio: I like 'em Rio: I'll put pictures up Rio: Gonna know I'm not just letting anyone do that, even if they don't know it's you, yet Buster: I know you do Buster: It's killing me to think about how much you like it Buster: And what seeing those pics is gonna do to me Rio: Hopefully wanna mark me some more Rio: Otherwise I've really fucked the shot Buster: That's what I always want Rio: Good Rio: I like your bruises 'cos I can see and feel how much you want me Buster: Good Buster: I've never wanted anyone as much as you Rio: Me either Rio: even before I'd ever had you Buster: I know Buster: And I can't act like it wasn't exactly the same for me Rio: Even the bad kiss was good, somehow Buster: 'Cause you loved me Buster: I could get away with anything back then Rio: Oh hush 😂 Buster: You so did though Buster: Take that mum and dad with your childhood love story, like Rio: 😩😬😶 Rio: How embarrassing, lil bitch Rio: you were cute Buster: You were beautiful and you ain't outgrown it Rio: Awh, bringing all the old feelings back here 😜 Buster: You're gonna have to wait until tomorrow for a kiss but at least this one actually will be worth the wait Rio: Looking forward to it, babe Buster: Bit rude if you ain't Rio: 😂 Rio: Bit weird too Rio: in it for the hotel room or? i'm not that desperate Buster: Glad to hear it Buster: Like I've gone whole nights without kissing girls on the mouth but I'm not trying to remember that right now Rio: How do you even... Rio: Never mind Rio: not remembering, I've got you Buster: I can show you if you're that curious Buster: But it's not rocket science Rio: I don't wanna Buster: Baby Rio: It'd make me sad Buster: I told you before, you don't have to worry about me Buster: Same goes for being sad Rio: I know, I know Rio: but I still do Buster: 'Cause you're perfect Buster: How many times am I gonna have to say this Rio: Erm, I ain't making you 😂 Buster: Yeah you are Rio: Babe Buster: Babe? Rio: You're a nerd Rio: and I love you Buster: Yeah, yeah Rio: 😠 Buster: What's that face for? Rio: You didn't say it back 😥 Buster: Well, you ain't a nerd really Buster: But of course I love you Rio: Ha ha Rio: 👀 you boy Buster: Good Buster: I love the way you look at me too so Rio: Who doesn't love 😻 Buster: Normally me but you make it work somehow Rio: 'Cos I'm actually seeing you Rio: not just your abs, though appreciating that too, of course Buster: Shhh Buster: You gotta keep my secrets, babe Rio: Yeah, that was way too close to sincerity Rio: Shut me up, babe Buster: I can't Buster: I need to hear every sound from you Rio: Well Indie's packed and gone so Rio: Call me Buster: Thank Christ Buster: I thought you'd never ask Rio: I know, poor baby Rio: Practically torture Buster: I'm not trying to cum when all you've done is breathe into the phone Buster: Who am I? Rio: Who am I breathing down the phone Rio: old school pervert in the phonebox, like Buster: 😂 Rio: not the sexy vibe i'm going for, babe Rio: can ask you what colour your undies are if that'll get you going Buster: Hurry up and show me your actual vibe then is all I'm saying Buster: Killing me here Rio: I know, soz, spend too much time with that one now I think I got jokes too 😏 Buster: We both know you've got jokes, babe Buster: But there's a time and place, like Rio: That's me told Rio: Gonna be good now, promise 😇 Buster: Not too good though, yeah? Rio: Duh, I already told you, slut for you always Buster: Good