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the-one-who-rises · 2 years
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Nothing but respect for our troops
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gillianthecat · 6 months
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USA Protests for Palestine This Weekend
List from the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights
https://uscpr.org/oct-2023-protests/
Thursday, November 2
ST PAUL, MN | Thursday, November 2nd at 12PM at St. Kate’s O’Shaughnessy Auditorium
PORTLAND, OR | Thursday, November 2nd at 3PM at 911 NE 11th Avenue
BOSTON, MA | Thursday, November 2nd at 4PM at Brewer Fountain, Boston Commons
YPSILANTI, MI | Thursday, November 2nd at 4PM at Eastern Michigan University Student Center
CLEVELAND, OH | Thursday, November 2nd at 6:30PM at Beit Hanina Cultural Center
Friday, November 3
ST PAUL, MN | Friday, November 3rd at 4PM at Snelling & Summit Ave
BROOKLYN, NY | Friday, November 3rd at 4:30PM at Brooklyn District 10 Office 340A 9th Street
MENLO PARK, CA | Friday, November 3rd at 5PM at Meta HQ 1 Hacker Way
Saturday, November 4
NATIONAL MARCH ON WASHINGTON | Washington DC, November 4th, 2 PM. Freedom Plaza. Cosponsored by USCPR and other organizations.
OLYMPIA, WA | Saturday, November 4th at 12PM at City Hall
CINCINNATI, OH | Saturday, November 4th at 12PM at Ziegler Park
RICHLAND, WA | Saturday, November 4th at 12PM at John Dam Plaza
ORONO, ME | Saturday, November 4th at 12PM at UMaine Folger Library
NASHVILLE, TN | Saturday, November 4th at 1PM at Centennial Park
SAN FRANCISCO, CA | Saturday, November 4th at 1PM at Civic Center
SACRAMENTO, CA | Saturday, November 4th at 1PM at Arden Fair Mall
BURLINGTON, VT | Saturday, November 4th at 1PM at Battery Park
PROVO, UT | Saturday, November 4th at 1PM at 550 N University Ave
JUNEAU, AK | Saturday, November 4th at 2PM at Marine Park
LAKEWOOD, OH | Saturday, November 4th at 2PM at City Center Park
SEATTLE, WA | Saturday, November 4th at 3PM at 400 Pine St
TUSCON, AZ | Saturday, November 4th at 3PM at Catalina Park
Sunday, November 5
DENVER, CO | Sunday, November 5th at 12PM at 200 E Colfax Ave
DALLAS, TX | Sunday, November 5th at 2PM at 3333 Turtle Creek Blvd
ROCKVILLE, MD | Sunday, November 5th at 2PM at 101 Monroe St
SAN CARLOS, CA | Sunday, November 5th at 6:15PM at Hiller Aviation Museum
poster art by Shreya Shah from a publicly available collection of free art for Palestine
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chain-link-smut · 8 months
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Hello Beautiful Beasties!
Smut-tember 23, Day 24: Dark x Reader(Fem) - Arrested and Nearly Caught
Summary: Dating Dark came with risks, but you never thought that one of those risks was his parole officer, your big brother, would nearly catch you in the act. Dark was asking for trouble when he just continued to fuck you while you identity stayed hidden.
Word count: 1,422
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Walking into Dark's apartment after a long overnight shift you kicked off your boots and hung up your keys. The smell in the air was amazing! Following the smell, it led you to the kitchen where Dark was cooking. Of course the rescue kitten and puppy, Jeff and Rolo were happily standing by to help and have scraps. Jeff liked to give "instructions" on stirring and flipping and Rolo was being a sleepy speed bump in Dark's path to the sink per usual, at least that was until they saw you.
After being greeted warmly by the fur babies, you wrapped your arms around Dark from behind. You took a deep breath and let the stresses of work roll right off.
Dark chuckled, rubbing your hand that was on his ribs. "Is that your gun digging into my ass or are you just happy to see me?"
"Ha ha very funny." You giggled even though he used that joke more times than it should be. "What are you making?"
"Pancakes and they are just now ready. Go sit and eat, then shower. You smell like Folgers coffee and stale doughnuts."
"Did you just stereotype me?" You gawked at him playfully. When he turned and looked at you with one eyebrow up, you whispered, "Community Coffee and a chocolate Croissant."
"You cops are all the same." He kissed your lips as he placed the plate on the table.
"It's the only place open at 3AM!"
"I could just bring you breakfast."
You glared at him only for the reason that it was too good to be true. "Mhm, and how do you plan on doing that if you are on house arrest from 10:00 PM - 9:00 AM?"
"I have my ways that you don't need to know of." He winked at you. That was one thing he did make sure of. If he was going to do anything 'stupid' he left you out so it wouldn't jeopardize your career as an officer.
Breakfast and a hot shower later, you felt refreshed and ready for whatever the day brought, even if it was just sleep for the next 24hrs. Tossing the towel into the dirty clothes and adjusting the oversized hoodie, you see Dark’s backside. He was in nothing but a fitted pair of briefs and the tattoos along his back.
Your eyes slowly went from his silver and white hair, his traps, his long and toned back muscles to his hips. The man had a perfect ass. A thought sparked! Tip toeing to your tactical belt in the kitchen (Dark insisted on double checking your weapon every day and cleaning it if it was shot) and grabbed the cuffs, then snuck behind him again in the small living room. "Well, aren't you a tall drink of water?"
Dark had his phone in hand when he turned around, both wrists at perfect height. You slapped the cuffs around his wrist, keeping them decently loose. He seemed a little startled at first, but he gave that devilish grin and his ruby red eyes darkened. "Oh? What am I being arrested for, officer?" He closed the gap some as he jingled the metal.
"For being too damn sexy." You took a few steps backwards, him following.
"Is that so? Are you going to read me my rights?"
You were pressed against the wall, his hands just inches away from you. You giggled for what seemed to be the tenth time since you showed up. "You have the right to remain silent-"
"I can find a way to do that." He knelt down in front of you, cuffed hands pulling up the hoodie so he could see what he wanted.
"- anything you say can and will… be… used against... you… Oh sweet Hylia! "
Dark had lifted one of your legs and placed it over his shoulder before he began lightly sucking on your clit. He used his fingers to massage just outside of your folds and up into your hood. One of his thumbs slipped inside you, just past the rim and began teasing you. Grabbing his bangs drew out a hungry growl. Not able to get to where he wanted to be, he lifted you up with the help of the wall for support. Both legs over his shoulder, he finally was able to lap at the slick area he wanted. His overly talented tongue moved in ways that had you shivering in his hold.
Dark, with you still on his shoulders, carries you to the bed, tossing you down. He eagerly kissed you, letting you taste yourself, then was back to having his face between your legs. He lapped at the wetness you were producing for him, because of him. Taking a breath, he asked, “Now what can I do to have these removed?” He shook the cuffs.
“B-bribing an officer now? That will cost you extra time with them on.”
“How long?” He kissed your inner thigh.
“All day, as a start.”
“Mmm, then I guess I better get started with serving my time.” Dark openly tongue fucked and fingered you into oblivion, coaxing you to cum over and over again. That was until the puppy, Rolo, began barking in the living room and the front door was flung open.
“Who the-” You startled, but Dark placed a hand over your mouth.
“Dark, you home?”
You ripped Dark’s hand from your mouth, harshly whispering, “Why the fuck is my brother here?!”
“Your brother? You’re Time’s sister?”
“Little sister.”
“Oh this is going to go really bad or really good.” You didn’t like that tone, he was planning something. He pulled the hood of your hoodie up to cover your hair and face, then the sleeves to cover your hands. He pulled the blankets back at the foot of the bed, moving you himself to get under them. The footboard and the sheets were going to conceal you completely. He took off his briefs and slid into the covers with you, hovering over you. “In here!”
“What are you-”
“Shh, stay quiet for me darling. Let’s have some fun.” This shithead!!
You could hear Time’s heavy boots scuff the floor then halt at the door that was on the other side of the room. You stayed as quiet as you could. “I have a job for- what the hell are you doing?”
“Fucking your sister.” As he said it, he inserted himself and it took everything you had not to moan.
“My sister wouldn’t sink so low as to be with you. Cuffs for foreplay or did you get arrested today and escape… again?”
Dark rolled his hips, making you bite down on the thick hoodie. “I don’t know. Does your sister like this kind of thing?” Oooh he was asking for it!
“Gross… I have a job for you.”
With Dark still keeping a steady pace thrusting into you, you tried to focus on what was said, but it proved to be too difficult. You tried to keep the noises down, though a few slipped out. Dark softly hushed you, nicely telling you to stay quiet for him. He chuckled at your glare.
The two kept talking over a case, some operation and how there needed to be an inside man, but all you could do was pay attention to how thick Dark was and how close you were getting to another orgasm despite Time being in the room. This was so wrong, but you were nearly there! You just needed that last push over the edge and you could relax again. You snuck your hand under the sheets and rubbed at your clit, catching Dark’s darkened by lust eyes. He kept his eyes on you as he sped up, matching the vigorous speed you set. He slipped three fingers into your mouth right before you came to keep you silent.
“He’s gone.” He removed his fingers, stroking your lips with wet fingers. “You dirty little thing. You enjoyed the thrill and anxiety of potentially getting caught, didn’t you?”
You smiled up at him sleepily, eyes half lidded. “Would have preferred it not be him that could have caught us, still, yes.”
“I guess we will see if he noticed your badge on the dresser.” Said dresser was right at the bedroom door.
“He is going to kick your ass.” You had the giggles now, lack of sleep catching up.
“We can worry about that tomorrow. For now, I’m not finished serving my sentence, Ma’am.” He began fucking you again in earnest.
Keep it Naughty you Beautiful Beasties!🖤
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piratefalls · 18 days
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thanks @jmagnabo92 @kiwiana-writes and @magicandarchery for the tags! I've been struggling with psych au for a hot minute, but keep coming up with random, contextless bits and pieces that make me laugh, so i thought for today, i'd pull some fun quotes from my notes app. one of these is a nod to a running gag in the show, so let me know if you spot it! (tags under the cut.)
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And Henry? Henry actually looks offended. "I am begging your finest pardon?"
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"Nora, you got caught in the middle of a bank robbery last month."
"See, that the difference, Alex. I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. When we get in trouble doing this job it is very rarely under those circumstances, and it's almost always your fault."
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"So how'd an attractive Brit like yourself wind up going from redcoat to turncoat?"
"Spite, mostly."
4.
Alex is a "zig when you zag" kind of guy. Mostly with the intention of being petty.
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"Don't be a Surprised Pikachu, Zahra. I can know things, too."
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"Am I the only one who thinks this feels a little off?"
"No, you're right," Nora hums, head cocked to the side as though she's studying them. "It's very...Folgers commercial."
Henry spits out his tea.
+ 1 I shared a while ago but love so much I'm doing it again.
"And now here I am," Alex says, arms wide as he gestures at the cluttered office space around him. "The funny bone in the long arm of the law."
tagging @ninzied @alasse9 @onthewaytosomewhere @iboatedhere @priincebutt
@forever-fixating @firenati0n @duchessdepolignaca03 @taste-thewaste @jellibuns
@nocoastposts + an open tag!
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ruthiesrambles2 · 5 months
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It didn't take long for the passage of time to change.
It has been 28 days since departure.
Seasons replicated artificially in the greenhouse cars, but otherwise hours rolled into hours, days into days. Every morning, a voice from above, from ahead: Wilford Industries wishes you good morning, and the sun creeping in if you were blessed with a window. Otherwise the long night: the belly of the train, the storage cars, sanitation. Every evening the same: Wilford Industries wishes you good night.
It has been 109 days since departure.
A calendar was hardly an essential item, nor a sentimental one.
And so, weeks, months, years ceased to exist.
It has been 431 days since departure.
And so it was, in third class, amongst the working folk. Dates were like a distant memory. Some family heirloom in the attic that you know you'll probably never touch or use or think of. But you hold onto it. For posterity.
It has been 796 days since departure.
The doctor knows her wedding anniversary is soon. But she's skipped a day, she thinks, somewhere in her calculations. She tries to work it out again, presses the heel of her hand into her eyes. She's tired. Everyone is tired.
It has been 1126 days since departure.
Ruth knows the days of the week by their menu. Coq au vin, she writes in neat script. Tuesday, she thinks. And she knows - or at least, she's read in the event planner - that it is Tuesday the 12th July. The birthday celebration has been planned for 60 days or more. A cake, abhorrent in its splendour, waits at the bakery (she'll collect it herself, and take some brakemen with her, she thinks).
It has been 1126 days since departure.
There's a part of her that hates this. The part that knows half the world starves so this 13 year old rich girl gets to eat cake with mummy and daddy. Ruth works hard to squash that part.
It has been 1126 days since departure.
The room is resplendent, cherry blossom branches adorn the tables and Ruth sighs as she smells them. Some childhood dream flits vaguely in and out of her conscious mind.
It has been 1126 days since departure.
The party goes off without a hitch. Wilford sends his regards by way of a note in Melanie's hand. The Folgers show their gratitude by barely complaining when the champagne limit is reached.
It has been 1126 days since departure.
Ruth slips off her heels as the office door closes behind her. She doesn't bother with a light; the full moon illuminates her footsteps through the wide window. Wilford would be proud, she thinks.
The reflection of the moonlight on a plate catches her eye. A slice of cake, left on her desk. And that squashed part threatens to become unsquashed - a single tear wiped swiftly away. A peak at an heirloom left in an attic.
It is 12th July.
Happy birthday Ruth, the note reads, and Ruth stares at it.
Behind her, on the panelled wall, the clock hand passes midnight.
It has been 1127 days since departure.
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the-tenth-arcanum · 2 months
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Queen Margaret's monologue from Henry VI Part 3, Act 1, Scene 4, played by Kelly Hunter in the Arkangel Shakespeare audio dramatisation of the play.
[text below]
QUEEN MARGARET
Brave warriors, Clifford and Northumberland,
Come, make him stand upon this molehill here,
That raught at mountains with outstretched arms,
Yet parted but the shadow with his hand.
What! was it you that would be England's king?
Was't you that revell'd in our parliament,
And made a preachment of your high descent?
Where are your mess of sons to back you now?
The wanton Edward, and the lusty George?
And where's that valiant crook-back prodigy,
Dicky your boy, that with his grumbling voice
Was wont to cheer his dad in mutinies?
Or, with the rest, where is your darling Rutland?
Look, York: I stain'd this napkin with the blood
That valiant Clifford, with his rapier's point,
Made issue from the bosom of the boy;
And if thine eyes can water for his death,
I give thee this to dry thy cheeks withal.
Alas poor York! but that I hate thee deadly,
I should lament thy miserable state.
I prithee, grieve, to make me merry, York.
What, hath thy fiery heart so parch'd thine entrails
That not a tear can fall for Rutland's death?
Why art thou patient, man? thou shouldst be mad;
And I, to make thee mad, do mock thee thus.
Stamp, rave, and fret, that I may sing and dance.
Thou wouldst be fee'd, I see, to make me sport:
York cannot speak, unless he wear a crown.
A crown for York! and, lords, bow low to him:
Hold you his hands, whilst I do set it on.
(Putting a paper crown on his head)
Ay, marry, sir, now looks he like a king!
Ay, this is he that took King Henry's chair,
And this is he was his adopted heir.
But how is it that great Plantagenet
Is crown'd so soon, and broke his solemn oath?
As I bethink me, you should not be king
Till our King Henry had shook hands with death.
And will you pale your head in Henry's glory,
And rob his temples of the diadem,
Now in his life, against your holy oath?
O, 'tis a fault too too unpardonable!
Off with the crown, and with the crown his head;
And, whilst we breathe, take time to do him dead.
CLIFFORD
That is my office, for my father's sake.
QUEEN MARGARET
Nay, stay; lets hear the orisons he makes.
[ Read the complete scene on the Folger Library website ]
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socialshakespeare · 6 months
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Reading 2: Saturday November 18
The second read-through of The Winter's Tale.
(Most of you are double or triple cast, so double check which lines you have to read.) You can look up the lines of the characters here. The names listed below all go with the Folger Edition.
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tigirl-and-co · 4 days
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Also when I was little nobody explained to me that you gotta boil eggs to get hard boiled eggs so sometimes I would feel like having one and I would just break every egg in the carton and get sad when none of them were boiled. -folgers-offical
LMAO i *knew* none of the eggs could hatch but i would still sometimes take out an egg and hold it and warm it in the hopes that this one would be different
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honeyoru · 1 year
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resonance (steve harrington x superpower! reader) chapter four
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Thursday, November 1
You weren’t surprised to find Hopper gone when you padded out of the bedroom much later than usual the next afternoon.
The panic from the night before kept you awake until you heard him rustling around early this morning, and it was only after a moment of bleary confusion that you noticed El wasn’t home either. Yawning, you assumed she was out back and went to make a pot of coffee. 
I need to leave today. Sipping the steaming mug of Folgers, (you really missed Starbucks most days), nothing but the crisp air greeted you when you stepped outside. But I need to say goodbye to El first.
“El?” you called when you stepped onto the grass, the boots you’d shoved your feet into crunching on fallen leaves. Peering around the cabin, you didn’t see the girl, and that’s when your panic began. 
Calling her name again, you cursed at the silence that followed, hurriedly going back inside. Where could she be? You bit your lip. There was no way she would’ve gone outside alone, right? She wouldn’t.
You thought they liked you, too. That little bitter voice inside of you taunted. What makes you think you really know them?
Setting your mug down on the dining table, you went to the phone on the wall, dialing Joyce’s phone number. 
“Come on!” A beeping tone answered you on the fourth try before you looked at the clock, noting that she was probably picking Will up from school. 
Could she be with Hopper? You ran a hand through your hair, pushing it out of your face frantically. Deciding to deal with the consequences later, you punched in the Hawkins Police Station’s number, clearing your throat when you heard a woman answer the phone. 
“Hi. Can I speak with Chief Hopper?” 
“Sorry hon,” the woman responded. “Chief’s been out since this morning. He should be back in the office tomorrow morning.”
Fuck. You sighed and politely hung up, cursing at the empty cabin loudly. 
“Where the fuck is she?” you groaned. After having a mini-meltdown thinking back to the creature you saw last night, afraid she might have gone on a run alone this morning and ran into it, you went to sit on the floor. You hadn’t visited your void in a while but reached it easily, aimlessly walking around the vast darkness while focusing on finding El. 
A swirl appeared around you, and you heard two voices unfamiliar to you talking. 
“Okay, you're making me dizzy!” a boy’s voice said, laughing. “Please just stop.”
A redheaded girl, skating around a sullen boy in what looked like a school gym, was talking. 
Christ, is that Hawkins High School? You wanted to scoff. It looked practically the same as when you attended it. 
“I'll stop when I join your party!” 
Walking towards them in an inch or so of water, you scoped out the gym for El, knowing she had to be here somewhere. 
“Come on, just stop,” the boy laughed a little. 
“No way,” the girl replied. “It's a simple question. Am I in or out?” 
Suddenly she was yanked off the skateboard with enough force that had you narrowing your eyes. “El!” you yelled, still looking for her while the kids’ conversation continued in the background. “You little shit! I know you’re here!” 
 “Jesus! Are you alright?” the boy asked, his previously snarky behavior vanished completely.
“Yeah,” she winced, standing up with his help. “Yeah, I think so. It was like a magnet or
something pulled on my board,” she laughed. “I know, I sound crazy.” 
You noticed the boy’s face shift, and he looked around towards the door leading outside. 
A door that had a window. 
“El?” he whispered, making you gasp. Was this Mike?
“Guys…” A static-filled voice echoed throughout the gym. “I found him.” 
That was your cue to leave, irritation prickling through you when you abruptly left the void. Opening your eyes, you saw Hopper standing in front of you with his hands on his hips. 
“Fucking hell, Hopper!” you jerked back. 
“Sorry,” he muttered. “El, do you know where she’s at?” 
Rubbing your eyes, you snorted at the man, knowing he was about to be royally pissed off. “I know where she just was, I think. Hawkins High School.” 
He inhaled, the shade of red his face was accustomed to darkening just a tad. “Amazing. And you, what?” he waved his hand around. “Just let her waltz out the front door?”
Indignation filled you.  
“Are you joking?” you laughed without humor. “She wasn’t here when I woke up. I just assumed she was with you or Joyce. I tried calling both of you and was just hunting the kid down in my mind before you came in.”
“Why weren’t you awake when I left?” he barked, shuffling around anxiously. “You’re always up early, and she was still here when I checked on you both before I went to work this morning.”
You inhaled, trying to push down your anger, knowing he was just lashing out. “I’m allowed to sleep in every once and a while, Hopper. It was a late night for me.”
“Oh!” he exclaimed sarcastically. “What were you doing?”
“What does it matter to you?” Making an indiscernible noise, you shot up to your feet and threw your hands up. “I’m just a stranger anyways, it’s not something you need to worry about, right?” 
He groaned, looking genuinely remorseful. “Kid, listen, I’m really sorry for that shit. I didn’t mean it, and I was planning on apologizing to you both today before the younger kid decided to go into town and undo most of the work I’ve done in hiding her the past year in just a couple of hours.”
You looked at him, clocking just how exhausted he seemed. There was a subtle tremor in his hands as well. 
He’s scared. 
Hating that you had to be the mature one in this situation, you rolled your eyes, trying to play off your emotion at his sort-of apology. “We’ll deal with this later, we need to find her first.”
The front door getting thrown open was perfectly timed, actually. 
A very pissed-off El stomped inside, pausing at the sight of you two. 
After subtly scanning to make sure she wasn’t hurt, Hopper pointed at the girl, his previous fear evaporating completely. You braced yourself.
“Friends don't lie,” he yelled. “Isn't that your bullshit saying?” 
Looking like the very definition of a pissy teenager, El ignored him completely, choosing instead to walk past you towards your room. 
Hopper’s eyes bulged out of his head. “Hey! Don't walk away from me! How’d you like your little field trip today?” He followed her, continuing to pester her in a way that you knew would only end badly. “Did you go see Mike?” 
She stopped, tension radiating off of her rigid posture. “He didn’t see me.”
The man scoffed. “Yeah, well, that mother and her daughter did and they called the cops, who, NEWSFLASH!” he stated loudly. “Now think we have a Russian spy running around town. Did anyone else see you?”
She groaned. “No!” 
“Do you realize how stupid that was? We were worried about you. You put us all in danger!” 
El let out a scream. “It’s not fair!” she yelled. “I never leave. My life is boring!”
“Yes, but you stay safe!” Hopper yelled back. 
You were wildly unsure of what to do in this situation, an intruder for a conversation that really should’ve happened without you here. 
“You’re lying!” she spat. 
His eyebrows raised incredulously. “I don’t lie! I do everything for you, and all I ask is that you follow my rules. Which,” he scoffed. “You can’t even do! So you know what?” 
She glared at him. “What?” 
"You're grounded!” he pointed at her, walking to the kitchen to grab the boxes of frozen waffles out of the fridge. “That means no Eggos,” he said, throwing the boxes you had just bought into the trash. 
Rude.
“...and no TV for a week!” He went to unplug the television, tugging at the set that didn’t seem to budge.
You shifted, clocking El’s focused stare at the TV. Oh shit. “All right, knock it off. Let go.” 
She shook her head, a trail of red dripping from her nose. 
Bending over to yank at the furniture again, Hopper groaned. “Okay,” he huffed. “Two weeks.”
At her refusal, he went to try yet again. “Fine! A month, then.”
“No,” she replied. 
He unplugged the television. “Well, congratulations! You just graduated from no TV for a month to no TV at all!”
“NO!” she screamed, frantically hurrying to the TV to try and turn it back on. 
Should I just… go to my room?
“El,” he said tiredly. “You have got to understand that there are consequences to your actions.” 
Yelling in frustration, she spun around to him. “You are like Papa!” 
Oh, you were very uncomfortable. You began inching towards the bedroom.
“Really? I’m like that psychotic son of a bitch?” he scoffed, masking his genuine hurt at the comment. “What, you wanna go back to the lab? One phone call, and I can make it happen.” 
Nearly there.
She sniffed, tears finally streaming down her face. “I hate you!” 
“I’m not too crazy about you either, kid. You know why?” he asked, grabbing the dictionary you used for El’s lessons off the coffee table. “Cause you’re acting like a toddler. T-O-D-D-L-E-R. Why don’t you look it up? I bet the definition is just a picture of you.” He tossed it at her, stilling when she used her powers to freeze it in mid-air.
Pausing in your escape effort, you knew you had to say something.  “El!” you stated calmly, hoping this wouldn’t escalate further. “Don’t.” 
Her face was tense, and the glare she managed to send back at you before chucking the book at Hopper was even harsher. 
“What the hell is wrong with you?” the man screamed after dodging it.
You didn’t know what to do. 
El wasn’t used to being yelled at by her guardian, that was obvious by the way she folded in on herself. You knew Hopper couldn’t convey his emotions properly and was covering up his fear with anger. 
Wincing as El slammed your bedroom door shut, you realized there wasn’t much you could do. While your presence certainly helped El quell some of the loneliness being stuck in the cabin caused, she had still been alone for most of the days for the past year. 
And while your heart squeezed at the emotion you knew she had to be feeling as you protected yourself and Hopper from the glass that erupted when she shattered all the windows from one scream, you couldn’t help but be reminded of just how young the girl really was. 
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Friday, November 2
The next morning you found yourself staring down at your sad excuse of coffee, once again reminiscing on the delicious, sugar-filled concoctions you had in the future. Liquid coffee creamer wasn’t invented yet, it seemed, and you didn’t know when you’d be reunited with the sweet taste of artificial hazelnut. 
“Pour enough sugar in there?” Hopper mumbled as he stepped over broken glass to the front door, a considerable lack of bite in his tone. He had just finished boarding up the windows where the cool air was seeping inside.
You didn’t help him, still hurt over the words he’d said.“You look like shit.”
“Yeah,” he agreed, pausing to walk back towards your room where you knew El was listening. 
Clearing his throat, he leaned his hand against the wall. “Hey kid, listen,” he began. You hoped he could at least muster a sincere apology to the girl, maybe then El would think about apologizing too. “Um, about last night… I uh,” he paused, throwing a helpless look back at you. 
Raising your mug to take a sip, you gestured for him to continue. 
He scratched his neck. “I want this place cleaned up by the time I get back,” he said, dropping his head. “Then maybe I’ll think about fixing the TV, you hear me?” 
Ignoring your disapproving glance, he sighed, grabbed his hat, and left.
Shaking your head, you took another sip with a grimace. Shitty ass coffee. “He’s gone.” 
The door creaked open, El’s curls popping out as she carefully peered at you through swollen eyes. 
“There,” you pointed at the shoes next to her. “Put them on so your feet don’t get cut.” 
She thanked you quietly, shuffling over to get the broom and begin cleaning. You stood, deciding to abandon your coffee to help her. Tilting your head at the fallen bookshelf, it rose with ease, sliding back to its place against the wall. “It’s easier than lifting it,” you defended yourself when El rose an eyebrow at you. “Work smarter, not harder.” 
She cracked a smile, continuing to sweep the broken shards. 
You sighed, unsure of what to say. Choosing instead to use your powers to clean as quickly as possible, you remained silent. 
El’s gasp broke the internal monologue you were having, reminiscing on an old episode of SpongeBob you had suddenly remembered. “You good?” 
“There’s… a door.” 
Puzzled, you turned around, finding the girl crouched down fixated on, sure enough, a handle on the ground that the couch had previously been covering. “That’s weird.” 
You squatted next to her, sharing a look before you both stood up to move the box that covered it. She raised a hand to the door, sending it flying open. 
After tossing a flashlight down into the hole, the two of you leaned in, hanging upside down to get a better look.  Both of you ignored the phone ringing.  
“Whoa,” you shone the light on a handful of dusty boxes. “Did you know these were down here?” 
“No,” El replied, staring hard at a particular box in the corner. You squinted at it, reading the faded “HAWKINS LAB” label upside down. Nodding when she asked you to pull it towards you, you handed the flashlight to her before quickly summoning it into your hands. Swinging back up, you tossed it on the ground and clapped the dust off. 
She wasted no time in throwing off the lid, eagerly rummaging through the papers until she froze, staring at a particular headline. You looked through the box too, stealing a glance at what she was reading. The headline: “TERRY IVES CLAIMS CHILD WAS STOLEN” wasn’t hard to miss, and with El’s wobbly lip you’d hazard a guess that this was someone close to her. “El?” you gently nudged her. “What is it?” 
“Papa.” She had a faraway gaze about her, and you realized she was holding a photo of two people. “The void,” she said faintly. “I-I need to see something.” 
“Want me to come with you?” 
Shaking her head, she gripped the photo tightly and marched over to get her blindfold. She looked at the television set remorsefully. It was always easier for her to enter her void with white noise. 
“Do you want to enter mine and then jump from there?” you asked, knowing it’d be easier for her.  “Like a piggyback?”
“Piggyback?” she repeated. 
“It’s like when you ride on someone’s back,” you explained. “You could enter my void, and then hop to yours.”
She nodded. You crossed your legs, holding your hands out for her to grasp. “Ready?”
“Yes.”
And with that, you closed your eyes. 
You opened them when you felt the familiar thin layer of water beneath your bare feet, bidding El farewell as she disappeared just as quickly as you’d arrived. After you exited your void you stood up, choosing to continue cleaning while El did whatever she was doing. You also continued to ignore the phone, which had rang two more times since you started.
She was silent for about ten minutes before she started to cry, screaming the word “Mama!” twice. Ripping the blindfold off with a gasp, she heaved, sobbing harshly into your arms when you threw yourself back onto the floor. “El, what happened?” 
“He lied!” she cried. “About Mama! I saw her,” she pointed at the article, which had a grainy photo of a woman printed. “That’s her,” she wailed. “I know it’s her. And she’s… alive. She saw me.” 
“She saw you?” You squeezed her tightly. 
After a few minutes of crying, she settled down, mumbling against your shirt. “I want to go see her. I need to.”  
“Um, El,” you said. “I’m not sure how. Do you know where she lives?” 
“I have powers,” El sassed you, her curls bouncing on her head. “And not ‘we,’ I want to go alone.”
“I’m sorry,” you laughed disbelievingly, pushing her back to look into her big brown eyes. “No way, dude! You think I’m just gonna let you go off alone to find her? Hopper would actually kill me!” 
“I don’t care about him, he lied to me!” She scowled. “I’m going.” Straightening her spine, she held her head up. “And you won’t stop me.”
You raised an eyebrow. “What, you think I’m gonna fight you or something?”
She clenched her jaw. Jesus. 
“El, I’m not gonna fight you!” you yelled. “Fuck, well, at least let me take a shower first.” 
Blinking, she nodded. “Before… we fight?” 
You rolled your eyes. “I wanna look my best when I meet your mom, silly.” At her surprised face, you laughed. “I still think we should tell Hopper, but,” you added when she glared again. “I get it. And it’s only eight. We have plenty of time to be back before he’s home.” You stood, starting to head to the bathroom. “Get dressed, okay? I’ll be quick.”
“Kay,” she agreed quietly, still looking down. 
“Hey,” you paused and walked back to her, leaning down to her level. “I can’t pretend to know how this feels, but I’m here for you. And Hopper…” she met your concerned gaze with a hard look.  “Well, he cares a lot about you. I don’t think he would’ve hid this to hurt you.” 
“Friends don’t lie.” 
“They shouldn’t,” you agreed. “But he must have had a reason, right?” 
She looked at you sharply. “No. Friends don’t lie. Ever.”
You sighed, choosing to not argue with her. “What if you don’t like what you find?” 
Shrugging, she looked older than she was. “I need to do this.”  
You simply nodded and headed to the bathroom. 
“We need more shampoo” you called as you exited after your shower, towel-drying your hair. “El?”
Silence answered you. 
Immediately you dropped the towel at the sight of a note on the coffee table. 
“God dammit,” you snarled, rushing over to pick it up. 
I need to do this alone. Please don’t try to find me. “Fuck!” you yelled, cursing as you tore through the cabin for your shoes. Don’t try to find me, you scoffed, pulling on your boots. Yeah, right.
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Chapter Twenty: Christmas
Warnings: Not much, mainly just some filler so I can move the story along. Kissing.
AN: 3.7k words. I've really gotten into dating things. So from here on out most things will be dated.
MINORS DNI
December 22, 1985
I was sitting on the floor setting up the Christmas tree in our living room when my dad came out of his room.
“Sweetheart?”
I turned my head to look at him.
“Yeah?”
He walked up to me and offered his hand. I took it and got up.
“I think we should talk.” he told me as he walked me over to the couch.
He sat down first and I sat next to him.
“I’m sorry I lied to you.” he said.
I clenched my jaw and looked down to my hands in my lap.
“I don’t expect you to forgive me, but I did ask you to go. I know I wasn’t clear with what I was doing and that’s why you didn’t want to go. But you could’ve come. I know you would have loved to see your mother, and I’m so sorry that I took that opportunity from you. I swear I didn’t do it out of spite. I swear. I love you hun, and I never meant to make you upset.”
I looked up at him as I felt the tears well up in my eyes. I practically leapt into his arms and hugged him. I pulled away and looked at him.
“Promise me that you’ll tell me if you go to see her again.”
He cupped my face in his hands and smiled as a stray tear fell down his face.
“I promise.”
I pulled myself back in and hugged him as tight as I could.
“I hate arguing with you. I hate being mad at you” I said.
There was a comfortable silence in the air for a moment.
“I know, I hate it too.” he said.
Time Skip
The living had been fully decorated by 3 with the help from my dad. We had decked the whole living room and a little bit of the kitchen. When we were done my dad decided to make dinner. During that time I went up to my room.
I put the radio on and started to paint my nails. I was working on my left hand when Talking in your sleep by The Romantics came on. All I could think about was Eddie. I royally fucked up that night. He probably hates me. All he wanted was to fix everything and yet I ignored him for someone who was an absolute prick.
I missed him.
And then it hit me. I had his fucking Christmas gift sitting in my closet. I got up, not even worrying about my nails and went to the closet.
I kneeled down on the floor and grabbed the box I had put it in. I grabbed the bag and pulled it out. It was a jet black bag with red tissue paper sticking out of the bag. It screamed Eddie. I had picked out one of the things before Thanksgiving, when I was at the mall with Robin one day.
I put the bag into the box and pushed it back into the corner.
I wanted to give it to him. I mean I bought it for him. It’s his.
I walked back out into my bedroom and went to the nightstand on the side of the bed I slept on. I opened the drawer and took out the Folgers coffee can that Eddie had given me. There was still some weed left so I decided to roll a joint and smoke. Once I finished the joint, I laid down on my bed and let my mind wonder. The only thing that pulled me out of the nothingness was my dad calling me down for dinner.
December 24, 1985
The past few days have been filled with me and my dad hanging out, watching Christmas movies, listening to music and just bonding in general. And I loved it.
I was sitting in the living room when my dad called out to me from his office. I walked down the hall to his office and stood at the door.
“Yea?”
He looked over to me and gave me a light smile.
“I never wanted to bring it up, but I gotta know. Why hasn’t Eddie been around?”
I sighed and looked down to my feet.
“We kinda had a falling out.” I said with a shrug.
“Well, I think,” he said as he got up from his chair and walked over to me, “I think you should try to talk to him. I saw how happy he made you, and even though Christmas is putting you in a good mood, I can tell you miss him. And to be honest with you, I miss seeing the kid.” he said with a smile.
“I miss seeing him too.” I said quietly.
“Well, I know you’ll come up with a way to make things better.”
I nodded and went up to my room.
I went into my closet and grabbed Eddie's gift, then grabbed my keys and headed over to his place.
When I pulled up to his trailer there were no cars out front. I got out of my car with his gift and walked up to the door. I knocked and waited. I didn’t hear any rustling or mumbling. I turned around and looked out to the trailer park. I sat down on the steps and waited.
A few hours had passed and the sun was already down when a pair of headlights came down the road. I stood up when I noticed that it was Eddie's van. He pulled up a little too close to the trailer and got out.
“Ed?”
He whipped his head up at me and smiled.
“Hey baby.” he said, all slurred.
I walked up to him and was welcomed with the smell of alcohol.
“Hey Eds. You okay?”
I put my hands on his shoulders to stable him because he was starting to sway a bit.
He wrapped his hands around my waist and pulled me in, “Way better now that you’re here.” He put his face into my neck and inhaled deeply, “I missed you.”
I pulled back from him and smiled, “I missed you too. How about we get you inside huh?”
He nodded and grabbed my hand and led me to the door.
We got inside and I helped him to his room and laid him down on the bed. I sat his gift in between his bed and nightstand. Then I went to walk out the room when he shot up and grabbed my arm.
“Where ya goin?”
I smiled down at him and chuckled, “To get you some water. Is that okay with you?”
He flopped back down and took a deep breath, “Yea, that’s okay.”
I walked out of his room and went into the kitchen to get the water. On my way back I stopped in the bathroom to grab some Advil. When I walked back into Eddie’s room, he had discarded his shirt somewhere on the floor.
 I sat on the edge of his bed and tapped him. He popped up and looked at me with a smile. I held out the water and Advil. He took the Advil out of my hand with his mouth and then grabbed the water from me. He chugged the entire cup and handed it back to me.
“Thank you.” he said with a smile as he laid back down.
“Mhm.” I replied.
As he laid there I looked around his room and noticed it was messier than usual. I sighed and looked back at him. I propped myself up on my elbows in between Eddie’s legs and stared up at the ceiling.
I noticed that Eddie was starting to shuffle so I looked to him as he plummeted his head into my lap. He looked up at me and smiled that big goofy grin.
“What?” I said with my head cocked to the side.
“I really missed you.”
“I missed you too, but,” I grabbed his face and looked him in his eyes, “I’d rather talk about all of that when you’re sober. I bet you would think differently.”
He shook his head vigorously.
“Nope, I won’t. Cause I do miss you. I cried when you left with Billy. Like a lot.”
“I’m sorry.” I said quietly.
The room was filled with an awkward silence. Eddie sat up and sat next to me. He grabbed my hand and I looked over to him.
“Why did you pick him?”
“I-I….I don’t know. I guess I was scared.” I said as I looked down at his hand holding mine.
“Scared of what? Of me?”
I looked up and saw the hurt in his eyes, so I quickly looked away.
“Not necessarily, I was scared of not being able to fix what has happened.”
“So, you were just going to ignore it?”
I nodded and kept looking at his hand.
He let go of my hand and flopped back onto the bed with his hands over his face.
“Sorry, but that’s dumb.” he said.
“I know.” I said quietly. “I fucked up. Royally.”
More silence.
“Ed? What if you wake up tomorrow and try to kick me out?”
He waved his hand in the air, “Don’t listen to me. Just tell me about what happened tonight. Cause I definitely want you here doll. I fucking hate not having you around. I almost lost my mind, I think.” he sat up and grabbed my face, “Also, if you’re here and I try to kick you out, that makes me stupid as hell. I’m not going to lose my girl. Not again.”
I nodded as I looked into his eyes.
“I do have a question though.” he said as he put his hands down by his sides.
“Anything.” I said.
“Did you sleep with Billy that night?”
I felt my eyes go wide. “God no!”
A light smile spread across Eddie’s face.
“I actually kicked him out. He wanted to stay. But he was getting on my nerves with how cocky he was. So I kicked him out.”
Eddie clicked his tongue, “Too bad you didn’t kick his ass.” he said as he fell back onto the bed.
“Well….I almost did.” I said as I looked back at Eddie.
He looked at me with raised eyebrows, “What’s that supposed to mean?”
“That means, I shoved his face into the carpet and told him to leave.”
A smile spread across his face, “I would’ve loved to see that.”
I smiled and leaned back onto the bed and looked over to him.
“I really missed you Ed.”
He looked over and smiled at me.
“I missed you too doll.”
He leaned over and kissed me on my forehead and everything felt good. Everything felt how it was supposed to. I looked back up to the ceiling and suddenly heard light snores coming from beside me. I smiled and closed my eyes and hoped that everything would be okay when he woke up.
December 25, 1985
I woke up to the feeling of the bed moving and then hearing the slamming of a door. I sat up and rubbed my eyes and looked around. I heard Eddie dry heaving in the bathroom so I got up and went to the door.
“Ed, you okay?”
I was answered with the sound of him throwing up. I winced at the sound and slowly opened the door. I looked down to see Eddie with his head laying on the toilet seat. I grabbed a hand towel and ran some warm water all over it. I knelt down and started to wipe off his mouth and then folded the towel so I could wipe his forehead.
I pulled his hair back and put it up in the scrunchie I had on my wrist. He threw his head back to the toilet and threw up some more. He lifted his head up and I wiped his mouth again.
“Do you need anything?” I asked.
He grabbed my wrist and looked over to me. He looked like he hated me. I fucking hated this. It was coming. He was going to yell at me to get out. He wouldn’t want me here.
He leaned up against the wall and pulled my wrist so I was closer to him. He leaned his head onto my shoulder and let out a long sigh.
“I missed you doll.”
A wave of relief washed over me and a smile spread across my face.
“I missed you too.”
He looked up at me and I looked down at him.
“When did you get here?”
I smiled, “Last night.”
He hummed and looked away.
“I can grab you some water.” I said as I got up.
I helped him get up and he went to brush his teeth.
I walked to the kitchen and made him a glass of water and took it to his room. I sat in his room and waited for him to come in. 
He came in and sat on the bed next to me. He looked at me and smiled then laid his head in my lap. He looked up at me and grabbed my hand.
“I got a gift for you. You know since it’s Christmas and all.”
He popped up and smiled, “I got you something too.”
I smiled and grabbed the bag from the side of his bed.
“Hold on, let me grab yours.” he said as he got up. 
He got up and went to the corner of his room and moved some things around then came back to me with a bright red bag and a smile on his face.
“Open yours first.” he said as he handed it to me.
I smiled and took the bag.
I pulled out the tissue paper and grabbed the first thing.
“I had Wayne wrap them. I’m not good at it.” he said with a chuckle.
I started to unwrap it and when I finally looked at it, it was a clear plastic box with a dying flower in it. I looked up to Eddie and saw a forced smile on his face.
“It was going to be the flower I gave you for the dance. But….you know.”
I looked back down at the flower and smiled weakly at it.
“It was dumb of me to go with him. It was dumb of me to pick him. I’m sorry.”
He shook his head side to side, “It’s fine….I mean it’s not fine, but you’re here now….so.”
I put the flower down next to me and grabbed the next thing out of the bag. I unwrapped it and it was a cassette tape. I flipped it over and it had all the songs written on the outside.
“What’s this?”
“It’s a tape of songs that make me think of you.” Eddie said with a smile on his face.
“This many songs make you think of me?”
He nodded with that goofy grin.
I smiled and looked down at the tape. I put it by my side and leaned in to hug him which he greeted with open arms. It felt good to hug him. I missed it.
“Okay, okay. There’s one more thing in there.”
I leaned back and grabbed the bag and pulled the last thing out. It was an envelope with my name written on the front, in Eddie’s handwriting.
“What’s this?”, I said as I looked up to him.
“Just open it.” he said with a smile.
I opened the envelope and unfolded the papers. It was two sheets of Eddie’s handwriting.
Dec. 21, 1985 It makes no fucking sense to me. How could she pick him over me? Over me?! I’m her fucking boyfriend! She’s MY girlfriend! Not his! I love her so fucking much and she picked him?! I swear to god, if he hurts her in any way, I’ll kill him! She’s everything I want and more, yet she chose him over me! I mean we were both each other’s first time and then she goes off with him? And knowing that fucker, he’s definitely going to try and get with her. And if she’s already fallen for him, which apparently she has, she’ll just fall into his trap. And I swear to fucking go if she doesn’t see this and actually falls for it, maybe it wasn’t meant to be. But it feels like it’s meant to be. I’ve never felt this way about anyone!! I want her! I NEED her in my life! I feel so incomplete without her. She should be here with me. But she’s probably laying in Billy’s arms. When she should be in mine, where she belongs. I don’t care if it seems possessive. I am possessive of her. She’s mine! I took her innocence, and she took mine. It’s only fair that I get to be possessive. I miss the way she always smiled at me. I miss the way she feels. I miss the way she tastes! I miss her eyes. But now all I get are quick glances and stone cold faces, as if I meant nothing? I know for a damn fact that I mean something to her! There’s no way that I couldn’t. Think about it. All the moments we shared. I mean shit, the first time I hung out with her we smoked, and I was a goner for her at that point. And then the night that I got to stay at her house. The first time that I got to kiss her and touched her. Holy Fuck I miss her! Then that night after the Halloween party. Holy Fuck! One of the best nights of my fucking life. That’s all I want. To spend every moment with her, sexual or not. Every moment with her is perfect. Everything about her is perfect. I don’t want anyone else! Ever! EVER!! I wonder if she misses me like I miss her? By the looks of it, she doesn’t. But I know deep down she loves me the way I love her. There’s no way she can’t love me. It wouldn’t make sense if she didn’t. I gotta get her back. If she doesn’t come back on her own time, there’s got to be some way to get her back. Maybe I should just go over to her house and just force her to listen to me. Not like ‘force’ her, but you know, like just talk to her. I can’t live without her. I WON’T live without her. There’s got to be a way. I’ll think of something if she doesn’t come around. Sweetheart, I need you here! I miss you! I love you more than I love myself. I need you in my life. You’re all that matters! I NEED YOU! Please Baby. Come back to me! I can’t fucking stand not having you here. I love you so, so, so much! I might die without you. I need you baby. Please! -Eddie
“You really feel this way Ed?”
He nodded.
“Well, I missed you too. Also, I don’t think I could ever be with anyone else.” I said with a light smile.
“Really?” he said as that goofy grin started to spread across his face.
“Really.” I started to nod.
He immediately jumped in my lap and pulled me down into a hug as he started to kiss my face.
“I love you sweetheart.” He said between kisses.
I pulled away and grabbed his face, “I love you too Eds.”
He sat there smiling for a moment then he went serious.
“You realize I’m not letting you go, ever again right?”
“Yea….I’m okay with that.” and there was the smile again.
He leaned in and kissed me before sitting up.
“Alright, I want my gift.” He said with grabby hands like a toddler.
I sat up and grabbed the bag from the side of the bed and handed it to him. He took the red tissue paper out of the bag and sat it next to him. He grabbed the first box and it was about the size of a floppy disk. It was all black with a red ribbon on top. He undid the ribbon and took the lid off. Inside were three new rings. One of them was a spider and the other two had skulls on them. He looked up to me with a big smile.
“I love them.”
I smiled back at him, “I hope they fit.”
“If they don’t I know what to do with them.”
He took off all his other rings and started placing them on each finger to see what would fit best. After about a minute he placed them on the perfect fitting fingers and put his other ones back on. He lifted his hands up for me to see.
“Whaddya think?”
“Metal.” I said with a smile.
“I’d hope you say something like that.” he said before rummaging in the bag again. He pulled out a black shirt and unfolded it. On the front was an illustration of the upper body as a skeleton.
“I bleached that on there.”
He looked down at it and his eyes went wide. “You did this?”
I nodded with a hum.
“It’s fucking amazing. I’ll wear it to Corroded Coffins next gig. But….can I cut the sleeves off?”
“It’s your shirt, Eds. Do what you want with it.”
“Cool.��� he said before putting it down and reaching into the bag for the last thing I put in there. The last box that was in there was pretty small in size. He took it out and opened the top. He pulled the small chain out and laid it out in his hand.
“You got me something with your initials so I got you something with mine. I didn’t think you would want a necklace so I assumed a bracelet would suffice.”
He looked at me with a smile and grabbed my face and pulled me in and kissed me.
“I love it. I’ll wear it forever.”
I smiled and looked up at him, “Let me put it on you.” I said holding my hand out to take it.
He handed it to me and held out his right arm. I fastened the clasp and let go. He immediately grabbed my hand and lifted it up to kiss.
“I love you. You know that right?” he asked.
I looked up at him and smiled.
“I know.”
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Ben: You wanted to see me, Mr. Wilford? Wilford: Ah, yes. Kenneth Box, our newest employee, do come in. I am of course your intrepid leader, The Joseph Wilford, and I'd like to introduce my brilliant in-house counsel, Ms. Lilah Folger, esquire. Lilah: Nice to meet you. Ben: It's Bennett Knox, actually. Wilford: Pardon? Ben: You called me Kenneth Box. My name is Bennett Knox. But you can call me Ben, that's what most people call me. Ben. Lilah: Wilford: Wilford: Alight, Ben. Have a seat then, Ben. Ben: Okay. Wilford: I called you to my office to discuss a very serious matter. It's come to my attention through no fewer than eight independent sources that you have been granting sexual favors to my chief engineer, Melanie Cavill. Ben: Ben: That's not true. Lilah: We have the tapes. Wilford: Now, rest assured that Wilford Industries isn't a prudish enterprise. The sex isn't the problem, Ben. What troubles me, and what raised red flags with our legal department, is that last week you were paid a substantial amount of money through the company payroll. What was it, dear? Lilah: Almost six thousand dollars. Wilford: Six thousand dollars! That's alot of money, Ben. Alot of money that you did little to earn. We know, we saw the tapes. Lilah: Price gouging is a crime in this country, Mr. Box. Ben: Now hold on. I was paid six thousand dollars last week, but that was my salary. You know. For... engineering. Wilford: I don't care what you call it, so long as you charge fairly. Lilah: Most employees of your type earn by the hour. Wilford: Might be wiser to go by the minute with this one. Lilah: Hmm. Ben: You don't understand! I am a SYSTEMS ENGINEER! I graduated from CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY! After that, I designed bullet trains in Italy for THREE YEARS! It's on my CV! Lilah: Leave it to Melanie to hire a hooker with a CV. Ben: I AM NOT A HOOKER! Wilford: In Italy they call them gigolos. Ben: AHHHHH! Wilford: You know at first, I didn't see the appeal, but the angrier he gets... Lilah: Like a sputtering, skinny caveman- Wilford: -a caveman who understands drag coefficients. Ben: Ben: You two are fucking with me, aren't you? Wilford: There it is! Lilah: Five minutes and twelve seconds. Wilford: Oh hell, I owe you a drink. Ben: So what is this? Some kind of hazing? Wilford: It's called a Tuesday, Ben, and you're on camera! Lilah: This is being broadcast live, to all breakrooms, company-wide. Ben: But you... you can't... you... that's... Wilford: Welcome to the family, son!
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New Fandom Journey!
Well, friends, we all know I love SoMa to the ends of the earth, but I have to admit that as my baby keeps me up for all hours of the night I've been able to get into Spy x Family and I'm OBSESSED with Twiyor. Since they've been taking up room rent-free in my brain, I've written a quick one-shot in hopes of breaking into the fandom. Please let me know your opinions- the good, the bad, and the ugly. Without further delay, here's:
Trying
Summary: After a failed party, both Loid and Yor have to examine feelings they've always been hesitant to explore. ((Disclaimer: marked not canon compliant because I'm 100000% sure they're not going to give us a romance this easily in the series.))
Read it on AO3, ff.net, or below!
Parties could be broken down into a simple equation that always equaled the upkeep of the mission. Parading in front of Yor's "friends"—if that's what you could call those terrible banshees from her office—added a layer of safety to the act. It was imperative regardless of Loid's personal feelings–though he had to admit the deep loathing was a thick, inky smog that often threatened to strangle him.
"How long have they been married?"
The twitter of an unfamiliar voice had Loid's ear perked, making him tilt his head ever so slightly towards the kitchen.
"Oh, who cares? Regardless of the time, it's strange."
"Strange" was never the word Loid wanted to hear.
"Well, he can't be the problem. He already has a daughter."
Regardless of the calm he tried to exude, Loid prickled, eye twitching momentarily. Yor, his mind whispered protectively.
"She's probably barren. It wouldn't be a surprise. I bet it happened when she was selling–"
This time his neck snapped towards the disgusting voices along with the involuntary stomping step of his foot. He could see his actions easily playing out: busting into the kitchen, parting those venomous harpies, and defending his wife– the woman he chose– the woman he–
Yor's delicate, cool fingers wrapped around his, catching his momentum before it could become a whirlwind. The view as he turned his head was even more infuriating than those creeping words. Yor was smiling softly—knowingly—at him with more a wisp of melancholia than the bitterness she deserved to harbor. Before that could spur his feet again, she squeezed their connection, leaving him with a message he could barely swallow:
Don't.
The taste of bile laced his tongue as he produced a grin in return. Just a loving couple exchanging a glance. Just a happily married pair weaving their fingers together in a sweet exchange. As if to make the moment count, Loid leaned down, his lips lingering closely to her ear. "I want to leave." 
To anyone else those words would be a loving whisper, not a desperate plea. 
To every other partygoer the kiss that he dusted along that elegant cheekbone would be a stereotypical exchange, not an uncalculated, knee-jerk mistake. 
To everyone but Loid Folger that moment would be a sweet interlude, not another wall crumbling.
--
Yor stared at the darkened ceiling, worrying the sheets in her fingers as they rested on her chest. The party had gone much like all the others, but this time a sour air followed them home, wrapping tightly around Loid. There was no mistaking the cause either– it was her.
That wasn't the first time she'd heard the whispers, and the subject matter itself wasn't a surprise. Married women had children. It was a natural order, one that any normal couple would follow. Instead, she was unnatural– as she always was. There was no hope, even if Loid was–
Her eyes snapped shut, desperate and tight against the thoughts and maybe even the threat of tears. In the darkness, a terrible muttering voice hit her:
How long until he realizes how wrong you are?
Yor's breath faltered as she lunged to sit. The sheets crumpled at her waist, her hands now white knuckled fists in her lap.
How long until you lose this place? Anya? Him?
Stumbling steps brought her out of bed and into the hallway as if the whisper could be left behind, escaped from like a monster under the bed. She settled on the hopes of a cool glass of water washing away some of the constriction in her throat and started for the kitchen. As she emerged from the hallway, her feet planted, knees rocking unsteady.
Loid was standing at the window of the terrace, the moonlight painting the exquisite lines of his face as he stared into the night. He'd loosened his tie and pulled up his sleeves, but otherwise had remained unchanged from the party as if still trapped in that moment.
He's upset. Her heart lurched, making her feet follow suit and trespass closer. Graceful steps whispered across the hardwood until they reached the small square of carpet at the armchair.
He jumped, head swiveling as his eyes widened. "Yor? What are you doing awake?"
"Um…" She scooped up her elbows to hug herself around the middle. "Just getting some water."
The soft smile that she would normally enjoy slowly graced his fine lips. "Don't let me keep you. You need your rest." As swiftly as he'd turned, he was back, now only showing the clean lines of hair along his neck.
I can't. Yor's nails pressed crescents into her skin. "Loid?" His name quaked off her tongue but still earned her his gentle gaze again. "I-is something the matter?"
If she had blinked she would have missed the ever so slight shift in his eyebrows or the quick dip in his smile, but she was all too aware of every inch of him. "Why would it be?" While the tone dripped with Loid's usual nonchalant detachment, Yor couldn't shake the surety of the shadow that spread across his features.
She swallowed, mouth dry and heart thundering, but forced the words anyway: "I know what you heard."
Finally, truth came in the set of his jaw and the drop of all pretenses of a smile. "Don't concern yourself with my feelings on that. I'm only bothered that you had to hear it."
"But I'd like to…"
His eyebrows started to rise.
Yor hugged a little tighter, wishing the pleasant pressure of her own arms would bring her comfort. "I'd like to know how you feel."
His fist clenched at his side, relaxed, and then seized again. It was a heart beating in time, working away towards some end that left Yor breathless.
“Loid?” she barely managed through a trembling exhale.
His profile shone again, a moonlight halo as he glanced back at the window. “Yor…” His eyes narrowed at the night, worried lines interrupting the smooth eyebrows. “Have a drink with me?”
--
Loid stared at the deep crimson in the glass, listening to Yor’s breath and the soft clink of her nail against the stem. What was your plan? His throat constricted, his swallow clicking dryly. Your priority is the mission. What you’re thinking– what you’re having the nerve to contemplate puts everything in danger. He raised a hand, letting it settle over his mouth to keep the next volatile thought from exploding over his lips instead. Feeling– the way I feel– what I’ve avoided about her for what seems like the entirety of this ruse. A drive beyond Strix.
“I know what they said must seem cruel…” The softness of Yor’s voice betrayed her trepidation, but it seemed that no matter her fear, she always still found the words to encompass it– something Loid so desperately envied. “But I can see the logic in it. We… Our arrangement…”
A painful breath shook between his fingers before he dropped his palm to his knee. “Our arrangement is fine the way it is. Asking you to shoulder something like that for the sake of appearances would be–”
“I know”—Yor crushed the flimsy words before they could even finish—”that I have struggled to be the best wife and mother, but–”
“There is no one more qualified for either than you, Yor.” That terrifying bit of truth somehow birthed from the deep recesses of his mind, taking Loid by surprise. He floundered, that steady heart of his momentarily trembling offbeat as he risked a glance at her.
The soft blush on her cheeks, the quiver of her lip– these were things he’d produced in women a million times. Manipulation was easy with honeyed words. It was simple to claim that statement as another fabrication meant to solidify the sham, but that line was no longer black. The utterly harrowing realization was all too apparent in the moonlight: This is grey. So grey and muddled that thinking about her, looking at her is making it impossible to hold on.
In all the fluttering of his thoughts, Yor collected her own. “And I’m thankful that it’s you who I have as a, well, a partner.”
Don’t– But no matter the plea, his heart still sang with it. Grappling with that pleasure consumed him, making silence his only answer.
“So I’d never want to make trouble for you.” Her murmur was sweet, soft, and another rush of pink took over her cheeks.
“It’s no trouble, Yor.” The usual cool tempo of his tone strained as he reached for her. Don't, his mind screamed again but all muscles refused to listen. Again, he was no stranger to touching a woman, to running fingers through her hair or caressing down her arm in promises of seduction, but all had been perfunctory. These had not been impulses but categorical steps with dictated goals in mind. This though—the way his fingertips just brushed a tendril of hair along her shoulder—was anything but. This is me being weak– being stupid– being–
“Loid?” Her eyes darted from the connection to his face to her nervous fingers along the stem.
Weak– stupid– “Yor, can I kiss you?”
Ruby eyes became so wide that he could fall into them, those beautiful pink lips parting to tremble. “K-kiss?” She turned to her wine glass again, threatening to bring it up to interrupt any more stuttering.
His fingers caught the base, keeping her from tilting it to her lips. “If I tell you it’s just me asking, then do you really need to do that?”
Her mouth worked over the words silently, eyes darting over the liquid that rippled as Loid’s hand shook. “Y-you want to kiss me?”
Whatever horrific consequences the answer would produce were at least momentarily pushed from his mind. “Yes.” The glass pressed against his hand, moving it out of the way to leave before the drink rested on the coffee table.
After relinquishing it, Yor’s hands fell to her lap. “And it’s– you said ‘just you asking’–”
“This–” He so desperately wanted to reach for her again, but there was still a poisonous fear starting to seep into his veins. I can need her all I want, but if she doesn’t– Loid bit back that possibility as his hand hovered between them. “I haven’t been thinking in terms of our deal for some time now.” In all the time he’d known her, Yor’s face had never been so guarded, unreadable. He had always prided himself on the ability to pick any person apart and usually Yor’s features came just as easily as any other. In that moment—in those utterly terrifying ticking seconds—she was a complete mystery to him.
Her head slowly swiveled, chin tilting slightly as she regarded him with such scrutiny that she was most certainly paying him back tenfold. Silence continued, broken only by the slight strain of the fabric between her fingers as her fists clenched around her dress. "Close your eyes."
"What?" Loid could only do the opposite, staring to take in every inch of her face. Still, there was no discernable message in her features.
"Close your eyes. Please."
Vulnerability was rarely his forte, so accepting her orders came as easily as pulling his own teeth. All the same, he blindly followed her command.
--
As soon as those sparkling blue eyes closed, Yor let her palms cup her cheeks, trying to control the steady burn. It's not about the arrangement! But that means– As her head shook away the reality of that, her hands dropped. It was almost impossible, but she turned her head, gazing at a man that she had never tried to harbor hope for. Except there he was, eyes diligently closed, hands out still frozen in their reach for her. Has he really been waiting?
She extended her arms until her palms pressed to his, fingers lacing together easily. His eyelids twitched but did not open, holding tight to his promise. 
Even with the warm connection that sang sweetly to her heart, her mind bucked. He doesn't know– doesn't realize how different I am. How wrong, so if I–
"Yor?" It wasn't impatience but that dearest warble of concern.
But I want to! The desperate, selfish cry rang up from her bones. It's not about convenience anymore. That's not what keeps me with him and Anya. It's so much more. And he makes it sound like– almost like he could feel the same. Her hands were trembling in his until the delicate swipe of his thumb along her skin started to allow something close to hope to sink in. “Keep”—she pulled in a shaky breath—”keep them closed.”
“Alright,” he murmured.
Yor leaned forward, using his hands as leverage to keep her from pitching forward. He steadied her, letting her shift whatever way she pleased as she inched closer. Loid remained still except for his breath that parted his quaking lips. It was an entirely novel sensation as the warmth of his exhale lit across her own lips as she stopped almost nose to nose. 
Even with his eyes shut, there was no mistaking her closeness and Loid tilted his head, noses now nuzzled ever so slightly. What guide did she have? Her normal was drenched in blood, not drifting through the soft ecstasy of closeness. Saying this was new didn’t encompass the pure bliss of simply sharing his space. While her mind screamed hesitation, her body moved regardless to meet him.
Loid’s fingers squeezed on contact, but the pressure didn’t steal her attention from this unfamiliar euphoria. This can’t be real. His lips lingered on hers. I never left my bed. Another pulse of his palm against hers. I’m dreaming– or is this a nightmare because waking up to life without this–
Separation was anything but sweet, but the beautiful timbre of his voice brought back some of the warmth. “Can I open my eyes?”
No, she wanted to plead. If you do, it’s over, isn’t it? She clutched his hands and nodded.
“Will you open yours?”
Yor shook her head.
“Please.”
All she wanted was to shake her head again, to just live in the moment that had passed and never leave it. Yor forced a breath and tried to pull back her hands but found them stuck, still clasped tightly by his. Her eyes fluttered open only to stretch to their widest.
Loid was flushed—almost feverish—with eyes shining as if on the verge of tears. “Thank you.”
“Loid, I–” He answered her hesitation with a hand hovering by her cheek that after she didn’t pull away made soft contact. “I–"
His thumb rolled over her lip, silencing the stuttering. "I don't know if I can give you more than this, Yor," he murmured as he gently stroked the line of her lips. "But will you accept me if I try?"
That would always be their conundrum; living lives that offered no surety and forever falling away from normal. Nothing would ever be guaranteed, but looking in his eyes, knowing his touch, left Yor only able to nod.
They would both have to try.
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Given that we are now in the latter half of the 25-day Christmas countdown, are there any Christmas movies (or other pieces of media) that you think have good incest shipping potential? I’m actually struggling to come up with many; I prefer sibling/sibling, whereas a lot of Christmas stuff deals with parent and young child dynamics, nonrelated romantic couples, or siblings with age gaps so wide they don’t appeal to me. Is the Folgers commercial all we have?!? Lmao.
Hi Anon,
Apologies for taking so long to answer this, but hopefully it's not too late!
I am an aficionado of Christmas movies and I can confirm that the ratio of really shippable siblings in Christmas movies compared to regular movies is strangely low. You would think a time with families getting together and lots of focus on family would yield more, but no. I can honestly say that the list of Christmas movies I enjoy watching mainly for bro/sis shipping is incredibly short.
I did not include any of the Hallmark-type Christmas romances in this list because the canon love story always totally overshadows everything else, but you do actually see some great bro/sis relationships in the movie, but in the background. It's fairly common for the male romantic lead to be really involved in his sister's life (or she's really involved in his) and be an A+ uncle. It's common enough to be a trope. But those all bleed together so I would never be able to come up with any titles.
Siblings who are young:
All I Want For Christmas
Unaccompanied Minors
The Santa Clause 2
All Mine To Give
There's canon, but not endgame, stepcest in a Christmas movie called Siblings involving teens.
Adult siblings:
The Family Stone
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
Office Christmas Party
A Christmas Carol is worth mentioning. Most versions make it clear how important Fanny is to Ebenezer, though she is dead in the present.
Also, I haven't seen it, but I've heard that the new show The Santa Clauses has shippable siblings.
Also, I'd like to add The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special to this list, though I think it qualifies most closely as an episode of a series rather than a movie. But it has great bro/sis stuff.
You should also take a look at this tag, where I've made similar lists like this in the past. And I drop Christmas stuff into this tag, when I remember. Or you can just use the search, which works well for this query.
Also, checking out Christmas episodes of TV shows with siblings is a great way to get Christmas-y content. There's a big age gap in this one so you probably wouldn't like it, but the iChristmas episode of iCarly has great Carly/Spencer content. The Middle has Christmas episodes, for example. Most sitcoms do. I wish I had a better list of those off the top of my head.
If anyone has suggestions, please reply!
Good luck finding something, Anon!
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socialshakespeare · 1 year
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Reading 1: Saturday, May 13
The first read-through of The Comedy of Errors.
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jarheadcoffee · 2 years
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I ❤️NYC: The little things.
 In the late 80s, I lived with my mother Lygia and stepfather Duffy in Far Rockaway Queens, NY. She worked as a clerk in the New York City Sheriff’s office and Duffy worked for the Department of Corrections.
Every day before going to work downtown my parents would stop at the local bodega and order coffee with a muffin or breakfast sandwich. Duffy’s coffee is black. Lygia’s coffee black, 2 creams, 1 sugar. This was our routine. The funny part is, the coffee served was basic black coffee, black or decaf.
New Yorkers found some comfort in the little cardboard coffee cup. The cup, known as the Anthora, is the blue-and-white drinking vessel that first became an icon of New York City in 1963.
Leslie Buck, a Czech-American immigrant, designed the first-ever to-go coffee cup to appeal to Greek-owned coffee shops and diners. With its customer-friendly “We Are Happy to Serve You” inscription and Greek-style letters, the Anthora has now become an important part of the city’s identity. New Yorkers still use this iconic cup to get their coffee.
In the early 90s, when Lygia’s diabetes to take a turn for the worst, we moved to Pocono Summit, PA. After 25 years of her fight with diabetes, she died at the age of 36. I was 12.
After the passing of my mother, my stepfather and I remained in our little house in PA. Since the bodega was no longer an option for coffee, Mr. Coffee pot was the next best thing. During his retirement years, he enjoyed writing. Part of being a writer required round-the-clock coffee, black. As a young child, I learned to make coffee with three simple items: Folgers grounded beans, freshwater, and 1 white coffee filter. Every morning and evening I made my stepfather a fresh pot.
When launching Jarhead Coffee, I received a common question, what makes your coffee so great?
I would like to take my experience from my coffee upbringing and ensure that our customers get the simplicity of great coffee without the additional add-ons. Coffee has evolved as it should, but Jarhead Coffee is taking it back to the basics. At Jarhead Coffee, it’s the little things that make great coffee without breaking your bank.
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