secret shape shifter Steve who everyone thinks dies in the upside down, only he doesn't but he's having a fantastically peaceful time shifting into a small brown cat and bugging each of them at their houses.
he keeps it his own little secret until robin and eddie come close to a fist fight over who he belongs to, and the peace he felt once is gone. "he's my cat. buck! his name is oz, and I found him first." Eddie sneers, waving his hands theatrically. "uh, no. he crawled out from under the rubble at my house, his name is rubble, obviously, and he is mine."
their heads turn to the cat that had been resting lazily on the worn couch, as he screamed at them, seeming to want them to stop arguing. "shush, cat. we're trying to argue," Eddie says, swiping a hand over his face, to which he hisses at, rolling his eyes before stalking back to eddies room. he can still hear them arguing, he shakes his head, "dummies," he thinks as he flicks his tail. he flops down, rolling on his back and stretching until his bones pop and snap back into his human form. (he shifted every night after he went home, he had some practice by now). Steve groaned as he stood, ruffling his hair, picking up some clean-ish clothes off of eddies floor, before slipping them on.
"can you guys shut up?" he said, walking into the living room where his two friends were still arguing. "no- steve? are you real?" Eddie whispered, poking his face, "hey!"
"what the fuck Steve, we thought you were dead!" robin cried, tears streaming down her face as she launched herself into his arms. "I've been around, robs."
"what are you talking about?" Eddie whispered, still staring at him as though he's an apparition, and well, he kind of is... "im the cat," Steve said simply, tacking on a 'meow,' for emphasis.
"what cat? my cat? rubble?" robin asked, jaw dropping when Steve nodding. "I changed in front of you! oh my god, Steve."
"prove it," Eddie said, eyeing him carefully.
Steve rolled his eyes, rolling his shoulders before beginning the shift once more. he stared up at his friends for a moment before shifting back into his human form carefully, as to not flash either of them.
"Oh my god. I told you about my crush on- that was private" Eddie cried, scrubbing a hand over his face.
and Steve remembers that night, how he softly curled around Eddie after uttering those words.
"and I hate him," he'd sobbed, "because I never- never got to tell him how I felt," and Steve had never wanted to shift more in a moment, than right then and there.
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You know, I was thinking about under pressure with the context that Buck and Eddie are the same age and my heart kinda broke a little for pre-grenade Eddie. He said during the confrontation at the gym that he's heard Buck is a great guy. So like, he tried to befriend him. Eddie was trying to be helpful. With the comment during the rescue and the tip about the lighting for the photos. He was trying to be helpful in his own way. Like, he saw this dude that was the same age as him and he kept hearing about what a great guy he is and he wanted to befriend him. He keeps trying to find something that worked. The beginning of every interaction that they have that was started by Eddie up until the "you can have my back any day" can be read as an attempt to create a bond. And the way Eddie is a single father and army vet and has been through so much already and he looks at this guy, who was probably described to him as a golden retriever, and thought maybe we can be friends but kept falling short and kept trying anyway is making me emotional. I keep thinking that maybe he thought Buck could help him see what it's like to be in your 20s without feeling the weight of the world on his shoulders. Because Buck was talking about body fat percentages and nicknames and he has a carefree energy to him that Eddie probably wanted to know how it feels like.
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Rules: no cheating! You're starring in a movie with the last person you saved in your camera roll. The last song you've listened to is the title. Who/what is it?
I was tagged by @spotsandsocks Ty 🥰
I’ve decided that this is a rom com in which I’m Eddie’s bestie and this film is about me making sure he gets his happy ending with Buck!!!
Tagging @theladyyavilee @ryderdie @xxfiction-is-my-realityxx @mandzuking17 @copyninjabuckley and anyone else who wants to play!!
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Mass post of Welcome Home art because I've got the brainrots!!!
CSPs colorize is so fun to mess with I forgot that literally it makes the prettiest watercolor looking painting! So take this Watercolor Wally!
Also some practices with drawing Wally spooky and first attempts at Frank, Barnaby, and Julie! The last 2 pages are actually pretty good runs as I love drawing Wally with long eyelashes and at least 1 flower behind his ear.
Also because Nick Nocturne doesn't want to admit it, I figured I'd give a shot at drawing the TV show host, Rick, from the interview. He'd be covered in shadow so that the Hair would look more like ears and glasses would reflect lights so that it looks like he's got 4 eyes.
Eddie's Big Lift is my favorite audio track!!!!
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Karen: We might have gotten into a bar room brawl during Maddie's bachelorette party.
Eddie: Well, that was entirely predictable.
Karen: One of us punched a gang member.
Eddie: Maddie?
Karen: Hen, actually.
Eddie: Oh, that was going to be my second guess.
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When I hear someone argue against buddie: "But-But, what Buck and Eddie have is a great friendship!"
Yes, and how many people do you think marry their best friend? How is this mutually exclusive?
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