#picture fic

[frankenstein-ate-my-left-shoe]

one chance

111 words | T | for @steddiemicrofic's july challenge "one"

here's the text! without the names/usernames, it's 111 words exactly!

Your Local Freak™ @/edmunsn what i would give for one (1) chance with king steve.. pls.. i promise id blow your muind chris c. @/86theham uhmmm.. chris c. @/86theham eddie, sweetie, this isn’t your priv Your Local Freak™ @/edmunsn can you come over and kill me dead? It’ll only take a sec… ok cool. thanks

Your Local Freak™ @/edmunsn what i would give for one (1) chance with king steve.. pls.. i promise id blow your muind Robert M. Buckley III @/bobin 👀 Robert M. Buckley III @/bobin @/steveharrington Your Local Freak™ @/edmunsn i hate you

Your Local Freak™ @/edmunsn what i would give for one (1) chance with king steve.. pls.. i promise id blow your muind steeb @/steveharrington open my dm munson Your Local Freak™ @/edmunsn no steeb @/steveharrington fine. be there in 5 Your Local Freak™ @/edmunsn ???!!!

Your Local Freak™ @/edmunsn what i would give for one (1) chance with king steve.. pls.. i promise id blow your muind Your Local Freak™ @/edmunsn update:

[magicmalcolm]

Sami smirked, waving the chocolate dinosaur in the air, “Betcha I can guess who was responsible for the last supply order.”

Fergal groaned, taking the package from Sami to prepare, “You don’t want to know how much da’s docking my pay for this...”

“I suppose I’m lucky he’s not grounding ya!”

“Believe me, I was sorely tempted...” Mr. Devitt paused to glare at his son, before looking back fondly towards Sami, “But punishing you for his mistake wouldn’t be fair.”

“Much appreciated,” Sami grinned, ignoring the muttered cursing coming from his barista boyfriend, “Can I get extra marshmallows?”

[frankenstein-ate-my-left-shoe]

you're gonna go far

eddie & wayne picture fic based on this post

(long post ahead, but bear with me)

4/10/1984 Eddie,  I’m starting this letter after you came home with the letter from the school saying you’re not graduating this year.  I could tell you didn’t believe me when I told you it’ll be alright, that it’ll all work out in the end. That it did for me when I had the same talk with my pa.. but you eventually stepped back from the edge, I think, you’re in your room now. There was something else there too, which is really why I'm writing this now. You have the same look in your eye that I saw in my own reflection long before I got drafted, the look I saw in your dad’s when Lizzie told us she was pregnant.  You’re already planning your escape.  And I won’t hold it against you when you do kick rocks, I just pray you give me a little warning so I can say goodbye. And I ain’t a praying man. I’m tucking away some cash with this for when you go. Don’t have much, but I have you. And I wanna make sure you have the best start you possibly can.

10/11/1984 It’s been rough for you again. Working at Merrill’s has been good for you. Getting fresh air, sunshine, shit, even your gangly noodles you call arms are looking less noodley. But they just sent you home early today.. something wrong with the crop and they won’t need the extra hands this season. That, starting school again, even Ronnie leaving last week.. I know you two kids were close. You ain’t even getting all excited for halloween! Adding some more cash for you, little more than I could last time.  Just hang in there kiddo. 

6/5/1985 I think you think you don’t know, and I’m willing to let you pretend for a little while longer, but shit, Eddie, you think I wouldn’t know when graduation was supposed to be just because you weren’t the one to tell me? You know I won’t be mad at you. If you don’t say anything for another week, I will. 6/7/1985 - There it is.

7/22/1985 I was able to talk you down again that night, and you ‘re getting back to your old self again. I still can’t believe you had your whole room all packed up like that. I’ll give ya that speech all over again as many times as you need, but I’ll write it down here for you: You’re gonna go far, Eddie. You’re gonna tear outta here next year and you’re gonna knock ‘em all dead. You are so talented, you are much more than any of us Munsons have ever been or will ever be, and you’re gonna be the biggest star in the world. You mark my words. And I know you’re gonna fight leavin’ when the time comes, thinking you need to take care of me or some crap but I promise you: The birds’ll still sing, the trailer will still creak, the leaves will die and fall like they do every year, but I’ll be here whenever you need to come back. I’ll be here as long as you need. If that’s forever, so be it.

8/15/1985 I’m taking you up north this weekend. Just to get away, y’know? Before your LAST senior year starts. Might be cutting it a little close on funds, happens when you’re trying to survive, but we’re overdue for a change of scenery. We ain’t living just to die. Only a little going in this time, but I’ll be damned if I don’t add something along with a new note.

10/5/1986 Been a while since I added to this, huh? Well, it’s finally happening. You are leaving tomorrow and boy did you make a stink before you did. Went on a whole tirade about needing to get out of this damn town, about not being able to get anywhere when everyone except me is against you. I wanted to point out that you’ve got your band guys and that Harrington boy in your corner too, but I didn't think you’d like me interrupting your whole big speech about who it is you love and being queer and all that with a “Yeah. I know. You and Steve make moon-eyes at each other all the damn time.” I’ll make sure to pass on your info to him when I get it. He doesn’t seem like one to hold a grudge (or at least not hold it long), so I'm sure he’ll be the first in line to greet you the next time you find yourself in our neck of the woods. Those kids’ll miss you too y’know. They’ll be college age before you know it. I’m gonna pack up this envelope and stash it in your stuff somewhere I know you’ll find it again. so you can find it when you need it. Can’t believe I managed to save you close to a grand. Not enough by a long shot, but it’ll help ya for a while. Been saving for a years now, y’know..  Now Eddie. I told you all this last year, and just now before you slunk off to bed, but here it is again, just in case you need to hear it: - I’m proud of you. - I love you more than you’ll know. - You love whoever it is you want to love (as long as i’m on that list somewhere) - I’m glad you’re getting out of here when you can. And I’ll continue to be glad that you did even when things get hard. When I’m doing all the chores around here myself, when I go visit Al in county even though I know all we’re gonna do is fight… I’ll be so grateful you’re making your own way in the world far from here. I’m not angry at you, Teddy. But you’ll be the greatest thing I’ve lost. I’ll always be here if you need me. Wayne

some notes!

-i hc wayne as a military man ofc and bc of that, my own sloppy, all caps, post military handwriting is perfect for him!

-i like to think eddie thinks he's slick and wayne didn't know he liked boys until he was about to leave but wayne knows. of course he knows. al told him why he kicked eddie out, wayne just didn't think it was his place to bring it up before eddie did.

-didn't think too much farther after this, but let's just say that steddie happens when eddie comes back to hawkins in a couple years when the shitheads graduate.

[frankenstein-ate-my-left-shoe]

@steddieangstyaugust Day 18 - Sobbing Sunday: Right Person, Wrong Time

i’m challenging myself to keep all these at either 127 or 1,270 words each, see day one for more of an explanation!

Hi. Dustin gave us all your address way back when you first got back to the States. Hope you at least had a say in that. I’ve heard all about your adventures over the last few years, seen you in the checkout aisles too.. Fame looks good on you I never thought I’d ever reach out, but here we are. And it’s for selfish reasons, too. I wanted to apologize first, I shouldn’t have said all those things to you. You didn’t deserve it. I was hurt, I was confused, I was in love didn’t want things to change…. You’ve always deserved more than that. Maybe we could try again sometime, if you’d ever forgive me. I still see us growing old together, do you? Steve 555-1812

the stamp, the circular usps location stamp, and the barcode are all added onto a blank postcard from 1996 (or later) from three different postcards i found for sale on ebay

the blank postcard back i used (also found on ebay) had the back side photocopied instead of photographed so i had to make the stamp i cut in also in B&W

can you believe i found a usps stamp that actually says Chicago?? me either lmao i just copied over a 6 from the 606 to make it seem like it'd been 10 years.

the house eddie "lives in" is a brownstone for sale on Zillow rn for $3.3 million and i liked that it had such a NY sounding address; like, ofc there's a Manhattan Ave and ofc famous eddie lives there 😅

i was going to make this worse by adding a return to sender stamp but i'll leave it up to you if eddie actually gets this/calls steve or just ignores it >:)

[frankenstein-ate-my-left-shoe]

@steddieangstyaugust Day 4 - Sobbing Sunday: Angst with a Happy Ending

i’m challenging myself to keep all these at either 127 or 1,270 words each, see day one for more of an explanation!

It started with a text.

One that Eddie probably hadn’t even meant to send him, but there it was in black and white. Well, grey and white, actually.

‘i wish thgs were differtt. wish i could hav e You.’

It came in late, really late, like 2:43am late. And then Eddie didn’t even ask about it. Hell, Steve doesn’t even know if Eddie even knows he sent it, they’re together so often it’s rare that they even need to text.

There’s been a boulder of butterflies in his gut ever since he woke up that morning and read it. 

Did Eddie have feelings for him?

Did he have feelings for Eddie?

A week after Eddie’s text, Steve decides he definitely does.

Then he sends a response.

and then they make out on steve's couch

see the collection on ao3!

[magicmalcolm]

“Yknow Sami...” Finn waved his dessert spoon in Sami’s general direction, “Just ‘cause there’s a banana in there doesn’t make it healthy.”

“Duly noted and ignored,” Sami grinned, digging into his banana split with gusto, “Besides, at least mine has fruit.  What’s your excuse?”

“Dis is necessary for recoverin’ from my surgery, s’all soft and mushy...” Finn shrugged, “’Sides, it reminds me of you.”

“Aww, because you think I’m soft and mushy too?” Sami asked before taking his first spoonful of heaven disguised as hell.

“Nah, because yer pale as feck,” Finn smirked as Sami nearly snorted his mouthful of ice cream right back out.

“Goddammit Finn.”

[magicmalcolm]

“Chicken It Out” - A Finn Bálor/Sami Zayn Ficlet

“Did we really need another fried chicken place around here, Finn?”

It was always fun to see Sami being indignant at any other target than himself, and Finn was fighting the urge to laugh at the disgruntled expression on his partner’s face.

“Apparently so,” Finn replied jovially, taking a second look at the sign, “At least they do grilled chicken...might be handy in a hurry?”

“I will painstakingly prepare you months worth of grilled chicken before I let you eat here,” Sami grumbled, placing his hand on Finn’s lower back to lead him away, “My hopes of a decent vegan sushi place opening around here remain dashed.”

Sami began to walk off, but paused when Finn didn’t move with him.  Sami looked over at Finn, who had a puzzled expression on his face, “What’s up, Finn?”

“Hmm, oh...it’s silly...just me reading things wrong again,” Finn chuckled to himself, “I t’aught that meant ‘fried chicken desserts’ as an option and was utterfly terrified at the prospect.”

“Eww...yeah...really should be a comma in there somewhere,” Sami stuck his tongue out in mock disgust, “I promise never to serve you any kind of chicken desserts.”

“T’ank Christ for that...” Finn grinned up at Sami, now happy to walk away from the restaurant knowing his appetite was saved for another day.

They began walking away, but stopped as Sami began giggling, “You know who would go for something like that, though?”

Finn thought about the question for a second, “Dean?”

“He absolutely would,” Sami nodded, “Better not tell Reneé about this place...”

“Agreed, Sambo.”