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[riality-check]

Things you said through someone else -- steddie! For the ask thingy 😄💛

(This is so old but I finally have the energy and the idea for it, so here we go!)

Steve cheers every time it starts raining. He's not a fan of getting rained on, and lightning makes him uneasy after a few too many trips to the Upside Down, but rain means people stay inside, and when people stay inside, they're not at Family Video.

It is dead, and it is glorious.

Robin amuses herself by stacking as many tapes as she can on the front counter. She's up to twenty seven and has climbed onto the counter to keep the tower going. Steve occasionally blows on it , just to see the tower shake and laugh as Robin frantically tries to stabilize it.

He bets she'll make it to thirty six before it falls. There's no way she'll make it all the way to the ceiling.

While Robin stacks the tapes, Steve relays the story Dustin told him, in typical dramatic Dustin fashion, about Eddie cancelling Hellfire last night in favor of going to see a local band they really like at a bar a few towns over. He's almost at the point where he has to do an impression of Dustin doing an impression of Eddie, which is as ridiculous as it sounds, when the bell on the front door rings.

Rather than groan aloud, Steve and Robin send each other matching help me looks.

Robin hops down from the counter but makes no move to dismantle her teetering tower of tapes. Steve looks around them to see Eddie and the guys from his band walking in and brushing the rain off their jackets.

"Hey guys," he says because he knows them, he's been to a few band practices. "What's up?"

Eddie beams at the sound of Steve's voice and waves very dramatically, but he doesn't say anything. Instead, he writes something down in red crayon on what has to be an absolutely drenched notepad. He passes it to Gareth, who rolls his eyes.

"Eddie lost his voice last night at the show, but that didn't stop him from dragging us here," he says. His own voice is scratchy, and Eddie elbows him for his dead tone.

Robin rolls her eyes, amused.

"Okay, but why come here?" Steve says. "If you're not feeling well-"

Jeff pokes Eddie. "Come on. You're the one who dragged us here because you can't talk."

"Well, all of us didn't need to be here," Archie adds.

"All of us have to witness this," Jeff says, and Archie nods, satisfied.

Eddie waves his hands frantically in an unmistakable stop talking gesture before he keeps writing on his notepad.

Steve tries valiantly not to laugh. One look at Robin's matching expression of these guys are ridiculous ruins it instantly.

Eddie makes eye contact with him, and Steve watches as he turns bright red as he keeps writing.

That totally doesn't do anything to Steve. Nope. Not at all. Because he totally didn't realize that he might not have completely heterosexual feelings for Eddie as of... last week.

Okay, they've been around for longer, a lot longer, but Steve wasn't able to catch on to that until very recently.

Other people's emotions? Easy, very clear. His own? No thank you.

Eddie tears off the top sheet of the notepad and hands it to Gareth.

"Jesus, Eddie, I can't read this," he says, and he passes it to Archie.

He takes it, squints, and says, "I refuse to read this."

Steve has never seen Eddie look more embarrassed. It shouldn't be as cute as it is.

Jeff snatches the note out of Archie's hand, and reads, out loud, "I was out last night and all I could think of was how much better of a time I would have had if you were there. Date, Saturday, 7:00, I'll pick you up, yes/no?"

Everyone freezes. Gareth and Archie stare at Eddie incredulously, Jeff holds the note far away from him, like it'll give him cooties, Eddie has his head in both of his hands, Robin looks one stiff breeze away from a laughing fit, and Steve-

Wait. Eddie feels the same way?

And then Robin's tape tower clatters to the floor, breaking the silence.

"Eddie, that's some middle school shi-"

"Damn, okay, guess we weren't enough fun for you, I'm joking, I promise-"

"Oh my god you couldn't even wait-"

"Yeah," Steve says.

Everyone stops and looks at him. Eddie takes his head out of his hands, big eyes hopeful.

"It's a date," Steve says. "But I'm driving, maniac."

Eddie's smile is blinding, and then, all at once, his friends pile on him.

"Let's go!" Jeff yells.

"I can't believe that shit work- ouch, Archie."

Robin laughs with them and gives Steve a hug of her own.

"You're never letting him live this down, are you?" she whispers.

"Absolutely not," Steve says.

"Alright, get out of here!" Robin says when she pulls back. "Get some vocal rest and find someplace dry that isn't here. You'll attract customers if you stay, and God knows we don't want that."

The guys laugh, high-fiving Steve and Robin on the way out.

Eddie is the last to leave. Steve can tell he wants to talk, can see how he opens his mouth before he remembers that no sound will come out.

"See you Saturday," he says for him.

Eddie nods and leaves when Archie yells at him to unlock the van.

Steve watches them pull out of the lot as Robin starts reassembling her tape stack.

When a car pulls into the lot and out comes a mother and her two kids who will definitely take every tape off the shelf and definitely ask too many questions and actually will make them work, Steve and Robin look at each other and say, in unison:

"Goddammit."

There are some people even the rain won't stop.

Though, Steve supposes as the bell on the front door rings, maybe that's a good thing.

Prompts here.

#ria writes #asked and answered #legitcookie #thanks for asking!! #steddie #steddie ficlet #steve harrington #eddie munson #robin buckley #stobin #platonic with a capital p #corroded coffin #jeff stranger things #gareth stranger things #stranger things #stranger things ficlet #st #st ficlet #fluff

[scoops-stevie-archive]

OMG YOU HAVE ORANGE BOYS TOO????

I DO!!!!!!! we got loki

and then pippin

and side by sides of pippin and loki, and pippin and their sister inej

#i love them #answered #legitcookie

[snowangeldotmp3]

Haunted Hawkins for wip weekend!!! I need more of that kind of fic in my life 👻

JEN!!<3 some haunted hawkins just for you!! totally not inspired (re: totally inspired) by the x-files pilot.

“I thought you didn’t believe in all of this, Wheeler,” Robin grins, trying to keep at least some of her composure. Nancy huffs, pulling wet hair over to one side and exposing her neck to Robin. “Just…check. Please.” Robin fingers trace the skin of Nancy’s neck. She doesn’t even realize she’s holding her breath until Nancy speaks. “So?” “Well, good news,” she says after remembering to breathe. “I don’t think you’ll develop a craving for blood or turning into a bat anytime soon.”

wip weekend <3

#got mail! 📩 #legitcookie #ronance #haunted hawkins au #nancy: vampires don't exist they literally can't exist. *remembers everything she's seen* nvm ROBINNNNN

[yournowheregirl]

Andante andante?? 👀👀👀👀👀👀

also asked by @scarcrossdlvrs & @legitcookie <3

andante, andante is my entry for lex' spicy six summer challenge! my prompt is blue and my pairing is ronance and i had a hard time figuring out what to write for it. a few ideas ping-ponged around in my head (one of which included robin owning a pick up truck. might need to remember that for later) but then i watched the 2008 masterpiece mamma mia and i realized how fucking blue that movie is. hence, this fic was born

the fic is basically robin and nancy meet on the greek island of kalokairi (yes, i stole the name from mamma mia and no, i don't care), become friends and fall in love. simple as that. the girls deserve some fun time in the sun.

and here's an extra long snippet for you guys:

Robin has somehow managed to become captain of the ship, steering and controlling the motorboat as the ocean passes them by. She’s not sure if she’s the most equipped person for the job, but with this view, she can hardly complain. Nancy has made herself comfortable on the bow of the boat, lounging against the worn wood and one hand hanging overboard, her fingers occasionally skimming the surface. Robin can’t tear her eyes away from her. “Rob! Cut the engine! Quick!” Nancy says suddenly, her hand excitedly waving in the air. Robin does as she asks and climbs over to where Nancy’s sitting, careful not to rock the boat too much. There she sees what has gotten Nancy so excited: a bale of small sea turtles swimming in the deep blue sea below them. “Oh shit, Kostas was right.” Robin says breathlessly. “They’re so cute!” Nancy coos. Her blue eyes sparkle in the sunlight, mirroring the glimmering ocean surface that surrounds them, and Robin has never wanted to kiss her more. The sea turtles swim away as soon as they came and Robin waits until Nancy gives her the go-ahead to continue sailing towards the island. But if she’s being honest, she could stay like this for a while, just her and Nancy, floating at sea without a care in the world.

#wip title tag game #my writing #ronance #unclewaynemunson #legitcookie #scarcrossdlvrs

[stevethehairington]

More big bang for wip Wednesday!!! I'm already HOOKED MACK!!! 💛

jen jen jen!!! ahh thank youuuu!! 💕

here is the next lil bit i have written for it!! directly follows this snip!

Steve tucks the dry end of the hanger under his arm and cocks a hip, sticking the flat of his hand against it. “The windows in this building are pretty shit. Most of them are broken, all old and rusted and they don’t latch properly. So, that means that all we have to do is climb up onto the roof — there’s a ladder on my fire escape — and cross over to the other side, then use the Sinclair’s fire escape to get in through their faulty window.” Objectively, it is a completely batshit idea. High rise acrobatics and balancing acts in the icy, wet snow followed by some light breaking and entering? It’s insane. It’s a disaster waiting to happen. It should be something that makes Eddie say no immediately. It should be something he doesn’t even consider considering. Instead, Eddie scoots forward and asks, “How do you know theirs is faulty?” “Erica always complains about it. Says her window doesn’t shut right so it always lets in a draft at night. Her mom even had me come try to fix it once, but I couldn’t get it to work either. It’s totally fucked.” That does work in their favor. And, well, desperate times call for desperate measures, right? That’s what Eddie tells himself, anyway, as he throws caution to the window and tells Steve, “Fuck it, let’s try it.”

wip wednesday

#asks #legitcookie #wip wednesday #macks bang journey #mack writes #hehehehe

[starrystevie]

Hi bee!!! Very curious about the fic called infidelity 👀

hi hi jen! i haven't written much on this fic even though i have so many ideas for it, so i'm glad you asked about it. thanks for sending this in! <3

“I got us a room at that place off Davenport,” Eddie says with his voice low, eyes still locked on his vodka soda. He has a hand fiddling in his jacket pocket to mess with the pack of Marlboro’s that are bound to be in there and it has Steve itching for one, too. “It has that pool that you liked last time.” Steve thinks back to last time. It was 2004 and they had gotten away from the real world for over a week. Melissa had taken the kids to see her parents when Steve said he had a business trip and it made it too easy to slip into the person he becomes around Eddie. He talked to the girls a few times over the trip, but claimed jet lag and timezones to ease the guilt of leaving the motel phone off the hook. They got to play pretend again for a whole week and live in a world where Steve wasn’t a coward who ran away from what should have beens. The pool is nice, though. The feeling of being pushed against the side of it with Eddie’s lips hungry on his own is even better.

wip weekend: accepting!

#tw: mentions of cheating #yeah this one is gonna be....... not happy to say the least #steddie #my writing #wip weekend #ask meme #legitcookie

[sidekick-hero]

Day by day for wip Wednesday 😘💛

MWAH 😘😘

Life with Steve is good, but life in Hawkins is not.

It's small things, sometimes. Dirty looks when people pass him on the sidewalk. Whispered conversations behind his back, just loud enough for him to hear.

Other times it's bigger. Like the 35 unanswered job applications, on top of the 17 that came back to him with some kind of rude remarks or even slurs written on them.

WIP Wednesday! Make me write! 🫶

#mail #legitcookie #my writing #thank you love! #wip wednesday

[starryeyedjanai]

Ok so I saw your tags on the glass jar post, and those glass yogurt jars are really fun to paint and use as tea light holders! We have a bunch for different holidays!

(not mine, but did something similar!)

!!! i love this!!! that is such a cute idea! and those glasses are the perfect size for tea light holders

i am so gonna do this!!

#asks #legitcookie #thanks for sharing!!! #i do love a good craft

[kkpwnall]

Referring to the empathy S2 Steve post:

No, but keep going in the tags!! Like, I feel like this is the moment where Nancy's bullshit speech might have sunk in a bit more, showing it outside of himself? He's had all these social norms ingrained in him for years, what to do, how to do it, etc, and relaying what he's been taught to do to this kid. Seeing Dustin's reaction to it, I feel like he maybe had a bit of an "oh shit" moment. He went to Nancy's house with roses to apologize, not knowing why he had to apologize, but this is the moment I think it sunk in. Ok I'm done 🙃

hey hi, first of all, thank you so so much for sending me this!! second of all, i know we just met so please forgive me for going ham on a biscuit all over this ask. my response is way too long and definitely way more than you asked for...

((i just have a lot of thoughts and feelings about steve and trying, and characters that try over and over and over again but it’s not good enough, it’s never good enough, they’re never good enough))

you're so right that this scene in s2 is definitely one of those “oh shit” moments where nancy's bullshit speech comes up and slaps him in the face again. "oh shit, this is exactly what she meant, isn't it? this is the bullshit." it's a lesson he's forced to keep learning over and over, and one he feels like he has to keep learning over and over again, that it's what he deserves.

i think his first "oh shit" moment starts sooner than that though, even before nancy called him bullshit. after the fight with jonathan when steve's nursing his busted face with a can of coke, he tells tommy and carol that they're both assholes, and they just don't like nancy because she's not miserable like they both are. like he's realizing he is too. that he doesn’t like being the mean asshole jock everyone expects him to be, that it doesn't make him feel good, that taking out his feelings on other people just makes those people feel like crap, and he doesn't like hurting people.

i think it takes him a lot longer to realize exactly why he's miserable though, but he starts trying to make amends. he starts trying to be a better person. maybe if he tries to fix things, he'll feel a little less miserable. he helps clean off the marquee, he goes to apologize to jonathan, he buys him a new camera, and he and nancy get back together (presumably after he apologized to her too). everything's fine, right?

nancy’s bullshit speech has knock-on effects in steve’s life for years to come and i think that’s the point he really starts questioning why he’s been trying to fit himself in the box of societal norms and who benefits from him doing that, because it’s certainly not him. in the scene where he goes to the wheeler’s with the roses, steve's hyping himself up, “i love you, i’m sorry,” literally rehearsing the script he’s been told he needs to say to fix this and get her back. this is how you apologize, with a dozen roses (probably not even nancy's favorite flower, just what the societal script calls for (but he's not ready to question that part yet)). it also makes me wonder just how many times he's done this exact same apology for her over the course of their relationship...

anyway when he says “what the hell am i sorry for?” it’s not because he doesn’t know what to apologize for. he's frustrated because he thought everything was fine when it clearly wasn't, that the way he's been trying to be a good boyfriend isn't working, but he wants to keep trying, he wants to fix it. he's clearly at the end of his rope and he’s convinced he has to apologize, but i think he’s really questioning why nancy doesn’t have to apologize. why she hasn’t been putting any effort into their relationship (that, with hindsight, is pretty obvious has been in a bad way for a long time), why she hasn't been trying too.

she broke his heart with that speech, cracked it wide open and shattered the pieces, and it seems like it truly came out of nowhere to him. so he’s recognizing what a one-way street their relationship has become, that he’s been asking her to show up for him how he wants but he hasn’t been doing the same for her. and he probably feels really guilty that the ways he was trying weren't working and he didn't know until it was too late. he knows he needs to apologize if he wants their relationship to continue, but he’s bitter that just because he’s the man, he has to apologize first. that he has to be the one fighting for their relationship. and if nancy was invested in them, shouldn’t she be doing the same thing? shouldn't she show up at his house with a dozen roses and an apology too? probably he's also questioning if he even wants to keep trying with this relationship, after he had to beg her to say "i love you" and she wouldn't, but that's an essay for another time! (alexa play comfortable by john mayer)

but! this ties back into the dustin of it all. steve shows up at nancy's house with a dozen roses because he's trying to fix their relationship. and i think we see throughout the seasons that it takes him some time between acting like a jerk and apologizing for it, but the time between the two events gets shorter and shorter, like in s4 when dustin calls him on it and he immediately agrees that was uncalled for and apologizes.

in the s2 scene, it takes him a minute, but just like you said, he realizes he's doing the same shit to dustin that society has done to him, saying this is how a man acts in a relationship, this is how you get the girl: just treat 'em like crap, get what you want, and don't fall in love. and like op said "realizing that his 'advice' only upset dustin and probably wasn't that helpful." maybe he's also thinking about just how miserable he's been following that societal norms playbook and that he doesn't want other people to feel that way. dustin has an unconventional approach, but that doesn't mean it's wrong, and steve feels kinda bad that he shut him down so fast. he doesn't apologize, but he does give dustin some actual advice and shares his hair secrets with him to try and make up for it.

throughout the show, steve's still a sarcastic little shit. he's still bitchy and cutting, but it becomes less and less at anyone's expense. core to steve's character is that he's trying, and he keeps trying. he wants to be better. and because his words aren't enough, he makes sure he's the first one in and the last one out when there's even a hint of danger. he stands between all of them and danger because if he can't say it, at least he can show it. he's convinced that he's this asshole bully jock because everyone keeps telling him that he is. and he keeps taking that hit on the chin over and over again, never correcting anyone on it or pushing back against it, because he feels like he has to atone for this sin everyone else has hung around his neck.

steve's internalized it to such an extent that when eddie is the first person to tell him he's "actually a good dude" in probably the past four years, of course he can't help but latch onto that. finally here's validation that someone sees that he's trying. and that maybe all that trying will finally be worth something to his friends too.

it’s been a minute since i watched s2, so please forgive me if i get the timeline wrong

#again thank you so so much for telling me to keep going i hope this isn't too much #please tell me all your thoughts and feelings #am i way off base here? #ooh boy this got away from me #this was meant to be a short little brain break from writing on #untitled ghost hunter steddie wip #but uuuh #whoops #we’re not even going to get into the eddie if it all or we’ll truly be here all day #steve harrington #stranger things #asks from the ask box #legitcookie #kk rants #kk writes

[tangerinesteve]

I MISSED YOUR BIRTHDAY POST NOOOOOO!!!!

I hope you had an INCREDIBLE birthday bc you are incredible and very much deserve it 👏 Thank you for being here and always making me smile whenever you post or we talk 💛💛💛💛

AAAHHHH IT'S OKAY!!!

i had a VERY NICE birthday!!!! So thank you thank you thank you thank you!!! And oh gosh! You're welcome!!! Thank you for doing the same!!!! 💙💚💙💚💙💚💙💚💙

#legitcookie #asks #ask #birthday posts

[steddieasitgoes]

Drive Thru Thing for wip weekend!!! 💛

Still not sure where I'm going with this silly fic, but here you go Jen!

“So, what can I get started for you?” 

Steve squints up at the giant light up menu. The possibilities seam endless with the $10 burning a hole in his wallet and the haze of 3 am making everything sound delicious. Not to mention the fact that he hasn’t let himself indulge in shitty fast food since last fall when he made the swim team. 

“What do you suggest?” 

This time a gruff laugh echos into Steve’s beamer. “It’s McDonald's, dude, not some steak place or some shit.” 

“Yeah, but you work here. You have to have some recommendations. Come on, help a starving guy out, would ya.” 

💜 WIP WEEKEND 💜

#wip weekend #drive thru thing #dani writes #legitcookie #answered #ask

[riality-check]

For wip weekend, I can never say no to space buns!!! 💛

Trying to finish this one up!

It’s courtesy of the Harrington name. Wealthy, godly, and the envy - well, no, that’s unbecoming - of the entire congregation.

Steve just wishes their pew was across from the Wheelers instead of in front of them so he can meet her pretty blue eyes without getting rapped on the wrist for turning away from the pastor.

Make me write more!!

#wip wednesday #thanks for asking!! #legitcookie #asked and answered

[snowangeldotmp3]

Omg I want snippets of everything (including Xena. I see you, tag lol), but I'm going to say dealer's choice! Whichever you feel most inspired to write 💛

jen i need you to know that i opened up a doc just for u to write a tiny xena au snippet.

“You don’t want to travel with me.” “And why not?” Robin crosses her arms. “You know, I’m fluent in a few languages. I could be useful!” The woman—Nancy—doesn’t stop polishing her weapon. She doesn’t even look up. “No.” “Please. You don’t even have to talk to me, I’m just bored. There’s nothing to do here.”

wip weekend ✨

#got mail! 📩 #legitcookie #ronance #xena ronance au #watching s1 of xena and going 'oh this is a perfect ronance moment'

[yournowheregirl]

Ooooo your reputation is my favorite big brain, vibe-ball having, musical loving, cheerleading, Ronance truther, Elle Woods coded baby 💛😘 that's the info I will share with the public, but you know the love rage is strong 🥰

Jennnnnn my dear!!! Vibe-ball is gonna be my new favorite word omg hahaha and thank youuuu 💖💖💖 Sending you the biggest hug

what's my reputation?

#legitcookie #asks

[stevethehairington]

Ooo Mack, of all the gin joints for WIP Wednesday please!!! 💛

hiiiii jen!! ty very much for this, friend!! 💕

from of all the gin joints, a little more than three sentences bc i'm vibing lol:

“What are you drinking?” The man asks right back, eyes flickering towards Steve’s glass briefly. “Gin and tonic,” Steve answers, pinching the skinny black straw between his fingers to give it a stir. The man’s nose scrunches. “Boring,” he declares. Steve scoffs. “Classic, you mean,” he corrects. “Boring,” the man reiterates, flashing a dazzling set of teeth before his mouth twists wryly at the corners and hides them away.

wip wednesday

#asks #legitcookie #mack writes #wip wednesday #of all the gin joints

[delta-piscium]

(regarding your tags about scenes in your wips) I have a specific file just for cut scenes or dialogue bits!!! I used a scene that I really liked, but literally had zero plot for, in another fic like a month later. Better to get it out of your brain and it's time to shine will come 💛💛💛

(about my tags here)

oh yeah I have something similar, just a whole doc with so much miscellaneous stuff but I always get so impatient and don’t want to move stuff there even when they clearly don’t fit what I wrote them for, but you’re so right, it’s better to save it for when it’s actually useful then to force it because you like it, thank you <3

#me when I know I should cut things from my wips ‘but what if I hurt it’s feelings? what if she gets sad? what if she wants to stay?’ #and then I’m in this predicament and any writing I do is just me banging a square peg into a round hole with a hammer wondering why I’m not #getting anywhere #ur right ur right I’m gonna go move things into another file and see if they fit for later or they’ll just end up somewhere else #like just move all my future scenes from the fic im struggling with and then see if they still fit/if it gets to that point yeah yeah #also when i get to a new wip im like 'i can't waste all this random stuff i have i need to find a way to fit it in' like ?? no literally no #just not to self: stop trying to force and puzzle together things ur literally self sabotaging for no reason #legitcookie #ask