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Oh God the ballpit!
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amazingmrcinema007 · 2 years
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I finished watching a movie called Behemoth. It's about a father who goes toe to toe with a shady organization in order to save his terminally ill daughter. The acting is okayish for the most part, but the story and CGI is pretty ambitious for its low budget. Had the script had more development, this could've been something really special. Definitely keeping my eye on the director in the near future.
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violets-and-books · 9 months
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The Crows watching Horror Films
Kaz:
Loves horror movies
Is basically the perfect horror film watcher
Watches intently
Never jumps at the jump-scares, the most you'll get out of him is a startled 'oh'
Always guesses who the mystery killer is
Always guesses it correctly
Loves slasher films
Inej:
Not a big fan of most horror films
Likes the final girl trope
Prefers sci-fi horror to anything else
Will rant about the pseudo-sadist, purity-obsessed horror films and why they can be better to anyone who'll listen
Won't go out of her way to watch a horror but will make an effort if A) Kaz wants to or B) It's made by a diverse minority of some kind
Jesper:
Hates horror films
Watches them because Kaz and Wylan like them
Loves watching them with Wylan because it gives him an excuse to cuddle up to his boyfriend
"are you scared?" "no" (literally shaking in his seat)
Is that one guy who screams at the screen like a goat
"I wish Milo was here, I wish Milo was here, I WISH MILO WAS HERE, I WISH MILOOOOOOOO-"
"ThAt'S nOt WhErE bLoOd Is MeAnT tO bEeEeEEEEEEE-"
"Wy, hold me, I'm scared" "The film hasn't even started yet-"
Jumps at every jump scare. Every. Single. One.
Wylan:
Likes horror films, especially ghost ones
Finds them cathartic
Has long conversations about themes and analysing horror with Inej and Matthias
Has seen all the classics
Likes gothic horror films
Is the only one who'll put up with Jesper's antics
Can't watch slashers - too violent
If he gets scared, he'll cover his ears and scream in short bursts until he isn't scared anymore
Matthias:
Is that one guy who'll analyse the film while watching it
Points out how scientifically incorrect all the kills are
Has very specific catagories for what counts as a horror film
Loves cult films, especially the Wicker Man
Can't watch haunting films, hates them so, so much
Nina:
Doesn't like horror films
Makes fun of Jesper for being so scared but then screams just as loud as him
Yells and swears at the characters for being so stupid
Ended up practically glued to Matthias' lap, if she didn't start out that way
"NO ONE would be that stupid to actually do [X]"
Quotes Scream at every given opportunity
(whenever someone on screen has sex) "Ooooooooh, you gonna diiiiie"
Kuwei:
Laughs at the jumpscares
Not even like a nervous laugh, plain out, hilarious laughter
Knows everything about how the films were made
Loves horror, possibly even more than Kaz
"Jes, are you scared? You can hold my hand if you want"
Has to sit a safe distance away from Wylan at all times to avoid being murdered
Explains how they did that stunt on screen as the stunt is happening (but will shut up if asked nicely)
Really likes body horror
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lumosatnight · 8 months
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Untagged Fest 2023 favs!
Untagged Fest 2023 just ended, run by the HPFC Discord server! This was my second time participating and I had just as much fun as I did last year. It's always a new experience reading a fic when it's first published with absolutely zero tags. Here are a 10 of my favorites (listed by title)!
💜 hollow hearts by @girl-with-goats [Teddy/Victoire, T, 7.0k] — Fabulous world-building, wonderful imagery, packed full of colorful metaphors and heartfelt emotions.
Surviving in the post-apocalyptic, totalitarian world where emotions are banned from adults is not an easy feat. Victoire Weasley tries to navigate it and not lose herself in the process, all while falling in love with her best friend, Teddy Lupin.
💜 Just a Minerva in Time by @bluestringpudding [Hermione/Minerva, G, 6.4k] — Time travel, BAMF young Minerva, intrigue, romance! This fic has everything!
Hermione is going to need to remember how she got there, if she wants to go back.
💜 Master of None by @nanneramma [Cormac/Severus, G, 5.5k] — Hilarious and made me cry tears of joy. A masterpiece in comedy. Severus has finally met his match in himbo (and buff!) Cormac.
Severus tries new things, and meets someone unexpected.
💜 mephistopheles by @hang-the-deejay [Hermione/Harry, E, 6.4k] — Mind the tags!! Includes rape/non-con!! This is dirty, dark, and CRAZY GOOD. A dead dove fic that had me at the edge of my seat and yelling into the abyss (or in the Discord server).
when i'm at the pearly gates, this'll be on my videotape
💜 of all the gin joints by @northernroyal [Hermione/Dean, E, 2.2k] — HOT SMUT IN YOUR AREA!!! I am in love with this Dean. He is the new loml.
in all the towns in all the world, she walks into his.
💜 Oh, to be alone with you by @min1nova [Bellatrix/Luna, M, 3.3k] — The prose is stunning. Bellaluna is such an underrated ship and the author made me fall in love with them. Such a fantastical fairy tale AU.
Her grey-scale painted lips, darker than the billowing curls and sharper than her teeth, never turn down. They are lighter than the oily drip down her temples, glittering in her hair. She is always smiling. It surely is a marvel, to behold the presence of the Mad Queen. 
💜 Through the Middlegame by @sandervansunshine [Astoria & Peter, T, 6.6k] — One of my absolute favorite portrayals of Peter I have ever read. The dialogue, the characters, the angst. I want to tattoo this fic directly onto my brain. Perhaps my new fav fic of the year!
Two prisoners, both a little broken, set out in pursuit of their survival.
💜 Unspeakable Acts by @ladyvoldywrites [Rufus/Dolores, M, 4.8k]— A wild pairing with a wild premise! The banter is perfect. This fic converted me to a Dolores lover and I didn't think that was possible.
The death of a child. A stolen Time-Turner. In an effort to solve this heinous act, an unlikely duo falsify a betrothal to gain entry into an underground crime ring.
💜 who lives in the castle? by @luxuriousmalfoy [Cho & Harry, M, 2.5k] — The ambience, the vibes!! I loved the mystery and the world-building. And of course, I love my girl Cho.
A century after the abrupt disappearance of magic, they seek out the place they hope to find it again—only to find themselves wondering if it was worth the cost. Cho and Harry have one question. Who lives in the castle?
💜 You're So Vane by @patriceavril [Angelina/Romilda, T, 6.8k] — The perfect romcom fic. Romilda is such a hoot, and her antics are so on brand. If this was turned into a movie, I'd be the first one at the theater.
Romilda is determined to seduce her nephew’s Quidditch instructor, even if she has to get a bit creative.
And my submission for the fest!
💜 Such a Sweetheart by @lumosatnight [Fleur/Bellatrix, T, 2.4k] — a horror coffeshop AU!
Her shift starts like any other.
Read more in the collection on AO3!!
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arwenkenobi48 · 6 months
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My thoughts after seeing Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama
Rama and Lakshman are the best brothers ever (also Rama literally killed multiple demons with divine weapons as a teenager and that’s honestly more than I accomplished at 15)
Sita has Disney Princess powers
“I will cleave your filthy brain in two!” is not a line I expected to hear from a PG rated movie
Bharata is underrated
Surpanakha needs therapy (and a nose job)
Why is Maricha kinda- 😏
Ravana seriously needs to keep it in his pants (I was mentally shaking his shoulders and yelling “when will you learn that your actions have consequences!?” at him the entire time)
Rama furiously declaring he’ll hunt Ravana to the ends of the universe and then Lakshman just casually telling him to calm down was way funnier than it had any right to be
RIP Jatayu
The sentient mountain turning out to be a demigod literally felt like an NPC side quest in a fantasy RPG
Hanuman is the GOAT
I love how Jambavan just randomly drops the bombshell on Hanuman that he has divine powers, also his voice is weirdly amusing
Hanuman gets swallowed by a sea serpent, then promptly chops the thing up into sushi
Ravana’s giving off vaguely yandere vibes and I’m all here for it
Hanuman introducing himself to Sita with a beautiful song legit warmed my heart so much, he’s so wholesome
Ravana filing his nails while listening to Hanuman’s speech only to be like “kill him” was darkly hilarious
“alright, but set fire to his tail first, then let him go home” Ravana WTH-
Then Hanuman subsequently commits arson and burns down half the city of Lanka (cue the theme from It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia)
I have only known Vibhishana for a minute and a half but if anything happened to him I would kill everyone in this room and then myself /j
Bridge building montage woohooo
Why do all the rakshasas sound either animalistic or flamboyant?
Speaking of which, there’s no way Indrajit is straight, no man who wears indigo eyeshadow, a crop top, no trousers and knee high boots isn’t at least a little bit bent
“Oh, what a nuisance! This is bothering me!” Ah yes, just how I’d describe being in the middle of a battle between literal demons and very floofy monkeys
Rama’s speech about respecting life was genuinely one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever heard
Kumbhakarna is the best boi
Kumbhakarna is the best round sleepy boi in the history of everything
His sons were absolute badasses and their deaths made me sad (not at all helped by his heartbroken expression when he found out)
I love how it literally took being waterboarded to wake up this giant
Vibhishana just casually mentioning to Rama that Kumbhakarna would become immortal after sleeping for SIX WHOLE MONTHS
Literally everything about Kumbhakarna is immensely endearing to me in a way I cannot explain, I just wanna smoosh his cheeks and feed him strawberry mochi, also he so ROUND
Kumbhakarna, don’t eat the Vanaras ffs
Kumbhakarna getting increasingly frustrated by the flying demons buzzing around him like mosquitoes should become a meme/reaction gif, purely because of how he yells “yOu ArE aNnOyInG mE!” at them
*two strikes of a divine sword later* NUUUUU MY BABYYYYY 😭
“I wish I’d known him as a friend, Vibhishana” that’s it, happy AU where everybody lives and they’re all besties let’s gooooo *crying inside*
The way Ravana’s voice quakes when he hears he’s now sans a brother 🥺
Indrajit is horrible but I love him
HANUMAN JUST AIRLIFTED A FUCKING MOUNTAIN HOLY SMOKES-
Omgggg an aerial battle this is so cool- INDRAJIT NOOOOO
RAVANA WHERE DID YOU GET AN AEROPLANE???
Yikes, Ravana, you’re really laying on the body horror here 😳
Awww Rama and Sita are together again yayyyy
Yasssss happy ending we love to see it!
Why are they flying to the moon in a glittering gold helicopter???
Basically, I love this movie and everything about it, especially Kumbhakarna 💞
(Also for the record I mean absolutely no disrespect by any of this)
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gracesshelves · 2 months
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Jurassic Park (1993)
            Jurassic Park (1993) was based the book written by Michael Crichton. While this was not my first time watching Jurassic Park, I knew quotes from this movie before I ever saw it. In my opinion, this is the biggest blockbuster we’ve discussed so far. I would rate this four and a half out of five stars. As someone studying the Save the Cat method for my novel, it was so cool to see how clear the beats are in this film. The moments of building and releasing tension were so well crafted. I found myself getting stressed, even though I knew the characters I cared about would live. The characters feel so alive and even those who had smaller arcs, such as Dr. Grant learning to like children, had me emotionally invested. Speaking to the hubris of humanity, I believe Jurassic Park will always be relevant.
            As a new horror writer, I wanted to take notes while watching this movie. This comes as no surprise as the film was directed by Steven Spielberg, who’d already had a massive number of hits under his belt by 1993. The writing, acting, directing, and cinematography work together seamlessly. I particularly enjoyed how we switched between the two main groups in the most dramatic scenes. The camera work during the scene where the visitors are attacked by the T-rex heightens the fear by focusing on different characters' reactions and switching rapidly between them. I felt like we as the audience were looking around frantically with them, unable to see the dinosaur, yet experiencing its impact on the environment. The horror is hidden until we are at the edge of our seats, and then lighting strikes, revealing the dinosaur as it eats the goat. Spielberg maintains our fear by switching between Hammond and his employees in the office, and the people being attacked. We have moments of respite, but during that time we are thinking about what is happening to the kids. He does the same thing later in the film when Dr. Grant climbs over the electric gates with Tim and Lex, as Dr. Sattler turns the power back on. Seeing both perspectives makes it more stressful because we know how close she is to turning it back on, versus how slow the other three are climbing. At one point Dr. Grant told the kids to take their time and I yelled out loud: “No! Go faster!”.
            I admired so much the way this movie was structured, however, there was one thing that bothered me a little bit. You can only do so much character growth in a movie with this big of a cast, but I would have liked to see more from Dr. Sattler, Ian Malcolm, and Tim. I picked up on three arcs of change: Hammond realizing his hubris, Dr. Grant learning to like kids, and Lex being able to face her fear to save her brother. These arcs were done so well and did not take time away from the story to complete, that I wished we had seen growth from the other three. If they’d had less screen time, I would be more okay with them being flat, but they were in so much of the movie that I wanted more. Again, this is a very picky complaint, but I think it would’ve just leveled up this already great movie even higher.
            The whole theme of humans getting their hands on a power they don’t know how to control reminded me of how we treat technology today. We are making progress in so many fields, especially AI, but I don’t think we are spending enough time considering how this will affect our society. Tech companies may have some good intentions, like Hammond did in the film, but ultimately what they are creating has the potential to hurt a lot of people. Already people have used AI to create sexually explicit images of others as a way to harm them. We’ve seen so many cautionary tales, and yet we do not seem to be taking their advice. Hopefully, before anything else happens, we can sit and think about potential consequences. Personally, I do not want to be eaten by the AI “dinosaur”.
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madaboutmunson · 2 years
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The Eddie Munson Tape Dates Venom, 'Welcome to Hell'
A.K.A You Introduce Eddie to The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Warnings: some Rocky Horror Picture show spoilers, swearing, fluff
Note from me: I'm not sure when this move was available for rent but the internet advises that it might have been around 1984, so that's what I'm banking on (This is literally make believe 😂)
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Eddie slams the textbook shut, "That's it, I'm calling it. It's 7pm. It's date night, and we aced four quizzes this week!"
He reaches under, leans backwards off the bed, hanging upside down, retrieves the box of tapes, and shakes them at you.
You playfully roll your eyes at him and look through the box, "Well, this one looks nice. Are we summoning something?" You pick up a black tape with a gold pentacle with what looks like a goat's head in the middle, "Will we need a goat?" You say, laughing.
Eddie purses his lips at you and represses a smile, "No, it's actually much worse than all of that...that tape means...it's your choice this evening...whatever you want."
"Seriously, anything?" You say, narrowing your eyes in disbelief.
"Yup", he nods, his curls bouncing as he does so, "It's Witching Hour," he says, smiling.
"Ok..." You get up from your desk and start to pace the floor, "what is something I'd like for us to do that we haven't already done, and you are unlikely to have picked for the other tape dates..."
You think for a moment, scratching your head. Eddie watches you eagerly, waiting for your decision.
"A movie..." You say excitedly
"Babe...* He starts looking confused because you could go to the movies whenever.
"But not just any movie...a musical"
"What like The Sound of Music or something?" He says his face screwed up in puzzlement
"The Rocky Horror Picture Show," you say matter-of-factly.
"The what now?" He says with more profound bewilderment.
You look at him. Your eyes wide and mouth open, "You don't know it?" You say slowly.
He shakes his head.
"Wow...ok", you get up from your seat, grabbing his hand and pulling him out of the room and down the stairs.
"Mama!!" You yell out, "Did you return the videos yet??"
She floats into the room, her bright kaftan flowing behind her, as she's fixing an earring to her ear, "No, honey, they are still there by the VCR."
She smiles at Eddie, "Hey sweetie, I heard you aced your quizzes this week. I'm so proud."
Eddie uncharacteristically smiles bashfully, "Thanks," he says, glancing at the floor.
You run over to the tapes and check if it's still there. "Got it!" You shout, holding it aloft.
"Which one, honey?" She chirps, looking in the mirror.
"Rocky Horror, Mama. Eddie doesn't know it," you shout over whilst rewinding the video.
Your Mom snaps her head around to look at Eddie and pulls precisely the same face you did, "Out of everyone in this room, Sunbeam, I would have put money on you knowing it. It's even got a character in it with your name."
Eddie tilts his head at your Mom, "Really? "
"Tom!!! Get in here. Eddie doesn't know what Rocky Horror is."
Your Dad walks in, fixing his tie, "Was this one in t' wager ledger?"
She shakes her head.
"Let the lad alone. The poor soul can't ken everything," he says, tutting at her, "You know who Joe Cocker is don' ya lad?"
"Yeah, of course, I do," Eddie says quickly.
Your Dad smiles and puts his hand out towards your Mom. she then walks over to her purse, opens it and gives your Dad $10 begrudgingly.
"Look, you two leave Eddie alone, alright?" You say, walking over and wrapping your arms around Eddie from behind, "I'll find that book and burn it", you joke.
"Wow, overprotective much?" Your Mom says wide-eyed.
"You know what, just get outta my sight! The pair of you!" you say, imitating your best Eddie tantrum.
"Yeah, sure, sure," your Mom says, laughing.
Everyone in the house is very acquainted with Eddie's tantrums by now. No one has ever personally been the target of any. It was mostly inanimate objects or someone at the other end of the phone.
Eddie looks round at you, impressed.
"That's my lady in shining armour. You're getting much better at those, you know. Maybe throw in some blasphemy next time," he says, smiling happily at you. You give him a kiss on the cheek and dash to the kitchen.
You grab some movie snacks and sprint back to Eddie on the sofa, bundling the snacks towards him as you press play on the tape.
"Now, I know I got annoyed with George for asking questions during a movie, but I've seen this movie a bunch of times. So feel free to ask away," you say encouragingly.
"Too many times", your Dad adds.
You roll your eyes, "Just ignore them", you say playfully before leaning over the back of the couch, yelling, "Don't ruin this for Eddie, ok? Keep it down, have a great night!"
You sit next to Eddie, but not too close as you don't want to miss his reactions to the movie.
The red lipstick-coated mouth appears on screen, and Eddie listens intently to the song, "So these are all old B Movies, right?" He asks without turning to you.
"Yeah, exactly, it's kinda setting you up for what to expect," you say excitedly.
With the song over, he grabs a handful of chips and crunches them, "Wait! Go back, go back. Did that car say what I think it said?"
"It did", you laugh.
His brow furrowed as the next song starts up, but it soon disappears, and he gives a few small laughs at the backing singers and Brad's apparent partial regret.
The criminologist lures Eddie in with his monologue, and the thunderclap makes Eddie jump a little, "Police reports? This was not the Mary Poppins I was expecting, and the music is like 50s kind of?" He says, pleasantly surprised.
"You like it already?" You say hopefully
"Um...I wouldn't go that far, but when you said musical, I didn't think it would be like this," he says thoughtfully, concentrating on the screen.
"Oh, you just wait, lad", your Dad booms from the hallway.
You shush your Dad loudly. You can hear your Dad laughing heartily as he walks away.
"Is this guy like the hunchback of Notre dame or something?" He says, taking a swig of his soda, "No, wait...they're going in there? Have they never seen a horror movie before? Idiots!" He tuts.
"Don't wait up!" You Mom calls out as the front door closes behind them.
"Bye!" You both shout in unison without breaking your respective views. Eddie's eyes, on the screen, you watching a mix of emotions on Eddie's face.
His eyes widen, and he almost chokes on his drink. "Is that...er...a french maid outfit she has on?" He manages, clearing his throat a few times.
You smile at his reaction, "Sure is."
"Holy shit, babe," he says, grinning, "What have you gotten me into?" He says, taking off his jacket.
"Oh wait, this sounds familiar...I'm sure I've heard this song before around the drama dept." He says, watching the dance unfold on screen. You just about catch him tapping his fingers on his thigh to the beat, but don't mention it.
Eddie was very particular about music, and while a good beat didn't mean he actually loved the song, it meant that at least he respected it. Much like when you'd played him some of the music you liked.
He laughs, "Ok, this is mad. Well, you know...they all seem insane, but are they giving you dance instructions during the film?"
"Absolutely", you answer happily, "Apparently, public showings of this movie welcome audience participation. I've not been to one myself."
Eddie points his hand towards the scene, exasperated, "Turn around, Jesus Christ guys, there is already someone in that lift."
You see Eddie carefully scan Tim Curry's character: "Why is he in a cloak? Is he like a vampire or something?"
You don't say anything just yet because you already know what's coming. As Dr Frank N. Furter gets to the stage and throws off his cloak and his new outfit is revealed, Eddie loses his grip on the bowl of chips. Which, thankfully, just drops a few centimetres into his lap. His jaw has fallen, and the chips on their way to their demise, in his other hand, were frozen in space and time.
He slowly turns to you and whispers "What the fuck?"
You smile back and maybe get a little worried. Perhaps this was a step too far for Eddie. You knew he was more liberal than most, but maybe you'd hit a line.
"Are you ok? Want me to turn it off, Babe?" You say, motioning to get up.
Eddie's arm flings out, stopping you in your tracks, "Oh no...I have to see what happens now. This is way too...different", he says, still staring at the screen, "Wait...he's a Scientist?" Then, finally, he lets out a laugh, and you can relax again.
"Well, if you want me to turn it off at any point, just say alright? No judgement here. It's not for everyone," you say, gently rubbing the top of his shoulder in reassurance.
"I mean, I doubt it, but I will if I've had enough", he chuckles and says, "I'm currently amazed that your parents are ok with you watching this."
"You've met them", you laugh, "They have strange boundaries. Like me watching this in the house is fine. But, watching this in a public place, in a costume from the movie, would be a big no. It's not the content that is the issue, you know?"
He nods and then processes everything you just said, "Wait, people get dressed up like these characters? In public? Just the girls, right?" He says, with a nervous gulp, trying to compute the scene in his head.
"Oh no, everyone. Lots of guys dress up too," you say matter-of-factly.
"Hmmm," he says thoughtfully but says no more.
As two of the main characters are having their clothes removed, you nearly get slammed back into your seat by Eddie's hand whizzing out at top speed to cover your eyes, "Hey, what's the big idea??" You say playfully, trying to push his hand away.
"You expect me to just sit here and do nothing while you gawk at some other guy in his tighty whities?" He laughs mirthfully.
"You are so silly, Eddie. Besides, I've seen all of this before, many times..." You pretend to sigh in a lovesick way, "and it gets much worse from here on in," you say, craning your neck up and licking the palm of his hand.
"So you think he's hot then?" Eddie says, wiping his hand on your jeans. He sounds like he's joking, but you aren't sure.
"Who, Brad? No, of course not!" You assure him genuinely.
He shuffles back into his comfortable slouch on the sofa and takes your hand in his. A few moments pass as he watches the screen. He then quickly turns to you with a weirded-out frown on his face, "What about the guy in the pearls?" His eyes bore into you, trying to pry out your secrets, you don't say anything, but your face betrays you as it can't hold back a smile.
"Eddie, you're missing the movie" is all you can say and point at the screen.
"Hmmm," he says suspiciously, "I might have missed a few seconds of the movie, but I am still learning an awful lot here."
"Wait...he's flirting with both of them...isn't he?" Eddie says observably.
You nod at the screen, an approving expression on your face.
"Oh!" He says, his eyebrows shoot up on his face, "Oh, I see...Ok then" He gives your hand a little squeeze and continues watching the movie.
"Those might be the smallest, tightest shorts I've seen in my entire life," Eddie says with a comical look.
"You should get some," you say, nudging him gently.
"You think you could handle that? You can barely keep it together when I'm fully dressed. You'd end up in Pennhurst," he giggles.
Eddie tries not to make it too obvious, but he side-eyes you throughout the workout scene of the movie, looking for any tells or reactions of your own. It was such an insight into his mind, what he thought you, or people in general, found attractive.
There was obviously no question in your mind about how physically attractive Eddie was. His face was perfectly formed, with those big beautiful eyes, sculpted jaw, perfect pout, and fantastic physique. However, he was so much more than a photo still could ever capture.
You know, because you'd tried, the pouches full of photos you had of him, the Polaroids and photo booth snaps that consumed the frame of your dresser mirror and were busy crawling up your wall.
It was his moments in motion, the way his eyes expressed things his words wouldn't let himself say sometimes. His little mannerisms. The way he walked and dodged things almost hips first. His thinking noises and how animated his hands and whole body could be when talking. It wasn't enough to say something to Eddie. He had to show you too.
You were obviously biased, but sometimes it boggled your mind how anyone could have passed up a chance to date him.
Eddie hears Columbia squeal his name, and he's on the edge of his seat. His eyes widen as he points at the screen, "That's Meatloaf!! And he's wearing..." Eddie grins hugely and shakes his head, patting your leg "...a vest and rings?" He raises an eyebrow.
You could tell he was enjoying this song but trying to hide it. His fingers drummed on his thigh, and his lips were tucked back into his mouth. You slide over a bit closer and shimmy your shoulders next to his. He looks over at you and joins in a bit more, making you smile so hard your cheeks feel like they are having their own workout.
"I don't think I've seen you dance, like ordinary dance before," you say, pleasantly surprised.
His smile is a little shy, but he looks pleased to have impressed you, "Not to give away the surprise, but I have a fairly good rhythm, as you know", he winks at you. Sending the bashfulness back into your court with a mighty swing.
The look of surprise on your face has rendered you speechless as he leans over to kiss you, but soon enough, the saxophone solo steals his eyes back to the screen.
"Has he got an ice pick? I knew this was gonna go badly. No!! Not my guy!!" He fake pleads with the TV screen.
He watches the next section of the movie with his ringed hand to his mouth, "So like...you know...with everyone?" The variety of coloured lights flickering across his face.
"I think that's what they are implying in his interactions with other characters, sure", you agree.
"Wow, and this is a stage musical?" He says slowly with incredulity.
"Yeah, since the '73 or '74 maybe, I think," you say, shrugging.
"How?" He says in amazement, "Like it's great, but I mean..." He gestures a hand towards the screen, "it's a bit...um...spicy, isn't it?" He laughs
"Yeah, absolutely, sometimes stage is a lot spicier than the movies will allow for. I heard," you don't say anything, but hearing Eddie say 'It's great is all you could have wanted from the viewing, but you don't voice it out loud just yet.
"What is she...wait...she's not...is she?" Eddie looks at you like you've just told him the most scandalous gossip and looks back at the screen with Janet singing. He laughs at the lyrics and reaches over to squeeze your knee, "Oh, busted for sure", pointing at Janet and Rocky.
As Dr Scott makes his way up to the lab, Eddie laughs so much that he's clutching his sides. He can barely get words out, "What...even...Ha...why?" Is all you manage to translate
"Absent friends? A tender subject? And a song for me?" He says, giggling to himself, "Aww, fantastic" he applauds as the scene draws to a close.
When the song in the theatre starts up and takes him entirely by surprise again, a few minor coughs where he'd almost choked on some chips, "What rating is this, again??" He says, laughing.
He doesn't say much for the remainder of the movie. Instead, he drapes his arm around your shoulders and observes the screen, occasionally snacking until the credit roll.
"Well? What is the Eddie Munson verdict on the movie?" You say, smiling up at him.
He turns his body towards you and takes a deep breath, "Hmmm, that might be one of the craziest things I've ever seen in my entire life. I'm not sure if it's for me..." He trails off
"Oh, really?" You pout. You were sure he'd been enjoying it. Maybe you had read him wrong the entire time.
He gets up from his seat and goes over to the VCR, "Yeah...maybe we could watch it once more to help me decide properly", he says, grinning at you with a little wink as he rewinds the tape.
"Oh, Eddie!" You say, throwing a cushion at him, realising you had been got, hook, line and sinker.
He skillfully dodges the cushion, presses play on the tape, pushes the coffee table to the side, flops back down in the seat next to you, and pulls you in towards him.
"So... we'll totally go see this at the theatre, right?" He asks nonchalantly.
"Of course, we can!!" You say excitedly.
"Maybe not in Hawkins, though. Shit...maybe not even in Indiana," he laughs.
You nod, understanding his meaning, and squeeze him tightly, wrapping your arms around his torso excitedly.
"Ok, but why have you moved the snacks so far away?" You say, puzzled.
"Oh, you know...just making some dancing room," he says coyly before grabbing you and pulling you out of your seat with him, and sway dances with you to Science Fiction/Double Feature.
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Discovered Media List (July, 2022)
Hey, mi amigos!!! I had the idea to compile a list of media I discovered in July. I’ll try to keep this going every month. Some lists may be long, others may be short. The list(s) will feature films, books, songs/albums, comics, basically anything. Not all of these will be good, but I’ll still list them and add some notes to them. Hope you find these (or at least something) interesting!
Films
1. House (1977)
Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi
*Horror Film.
This film isn’t incredible, but it’s extremely weird and charming, and I love that. There are definitely flaws, but it’s a fun watch. There are some tropy characters, but at least it’s not like the hellish Boyfriends Webtoon. Some may be seen as somewhat offensive, but we can look at that idea (which was common back in, and sometimes today) and make sure that the controversial trope doesn’t resurface. Still, I recommend this movie. Was a fun watch.
2. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Directed by Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
God. This film. It blew me away. The movie is about a dysfunctional family on their way to California for the Little Miss Sunshine pageant. It’s really, really emotional, and the film does an excellent job at letting you get to know these characters. HIGHLY recommend.
3. Weathering with You (2019)
Directed by Makato Shinkai
I don’t have too much to say about this film, which is a shame, because I had a good time watching it. There were times where I felt the pacing was slow. I found myself checking how much time was left. But that’s just me. The backgrounds and landscapes were amazing. I’d recommend watching!!
4. NOPE (2022)
Directed by Jordan Peele
*Horror film.
I’m someone who actually really enjoyed NOPE. It tackled how far we as humans go to capture something on film (or to achieve something). I thought Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer’s performances were awesome. The film succeeded in scaring me. That one scene (wink wonk) messed me up for a few days and every time I heard the audio of it through an open door at work it really resurfaced that fear. I really recommend this film.
5. Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
Directed by Stephen Chiodo
*CAMPY Horror film.
Ok. Um. This film is definitely a mess. It’s awful. But it’s FUN. I really love the clown (or should I say klown) designs. I liked the fun gadgets and the cotton candy cocoons, the flying popcorn, and the ever so lovely bigtop burger. The editing is atrocious, the acting is garbage, there are points where you want to yell and shake your screen, but I can absolutely see why people love it. It’s campy. We love that. It would be fun to watch with drunk friends.
6. American Psycho (2000)
Directed by Mary Harron
*Horror film.
Oh my god, people. This film is AWESOME. I highly, highly recommend it. Christian Bale’s performance as Patrick Bateman was amazing. There were some aspects to the movie that I really enjoyed, a couple being the displaying of narcissism with the useless business cards and showcasing that some things are all in Patrick’s head with the editing and certain events (such as the overtly theatrical death of an old woman, to a police car exploding magnificently). Seriously, this movie is awesome. Please watch it.
Short Films
1. My Little Goat (2018)
Directed by Tomoki Misato
*Horror film (?). Not sure if I should categorize it as such, but it is very disturbing.
One of my favorite aspects to this film is the animation. Stop motion!! Really awesome. Don’t see too much of that, really. It’s very charming and captivating, almost eerie and disturbing. Speaking of disturbing, the film itself is exactly that. WARNING, for those that need it, the film implies sexual abuse. Please be careful.
2. Fuelled (2021)
Directed by Michelle Hao, Fawn Chan
Technically, I discovered this short film around its release. BUT. I rewatched it this July and I NEED to talk about it, so I added it to this list, anyway. Shh. Fuelled is an animated short film that covers loss of a loved one as well as revenge on the individual responsible for the loss. The music is INCREDIBLE and aids the amazing visuals during emotional moments. The film makes me cry my eyes out every time I watch it. The animation is incredible and stylistic with its colors and textures to certain objects and environments. The lighting is impeccable and marvelous. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE watch it. My favorite short film.
That’s all for this month!! I’ve only really discovered films in July, but I’ve been exploring a variety of things (music, specifically) this August. If you guys like this, please tell me!! Hope you enjoy these films if you decide to check them out. Lots coming for August.
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The Witch is a movie that envelops blackness and zombification in one to get more of a horror effect out of the audience. Throughout the film you will see a character named black phillip, he is a black goat who doesn’t have dialogue until the end of the film which is incredibly terrifying because one of his lines is “I will guide thy hand.” Before this there were children chasing it and making phillip upset by yelling at him. This idea of horror is measured in the unknown of what the entity is thinking at that point and could react violently in any manner towards the children and take over the entire town.
The zombification portrayed in this film takes place where the boy appears to getting possessed. During this scene he is starting to lose control over his body and that is a process of him becoming a zombie. He might not be a flesh eating monster but his body belonged to something else, what happens to his conciseness is unknown but from the outside looking in we can definitely see strange and unholy behavior which could frighten most people.
Black Philip is actually a symbol of Evil which looks like this, most devil worshipers use goats as an example to mock God. During one point in the Old Testament he had people mark their door in lambs blood to save their first born, a Goat is an exact opposite of a lamb so its used as whichcraft
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Alright. I’m calling foul on this girls parents. They set her up for something very VERY bad to happen.
Apparently, her birth father also has schizophrenia. Pretty serious schizophrenia, too. They never told her. Never told her school. Never told anyone. Schizophrenia is hereditary. Not everyone with a family history of it will present with symptoms but its very likely.
Her family sits here and says “we never saw this coming!” Yet they found a massive stash of drawings that clearly showed she was in serious mental distress. “Save me from my mind.” “I just want to die.” “Stop the voices.” Maybe if this was coming from a place of total ignorance of the disease, MAYBE you could say its just childhood angst or something. But these people KNOW what schizophrenia looks like. They KNOW the mentality. This was a clear sign that this girl needed help.
I take back what I said about sociopathy. She wasn’t cold in those interviews, she was numb. She says over and over she didn’t want to do it but she believed 100% that her family would be killed if she didn’t.
I’m not saying she should be of lightly. She literally tried to kill someone.
But, seeing all of this now, I think Geyser got a proper sentence. She was sent to a psychiatric hospital and will be there until shes 53. After that she’ll be under psychiatric care and observation for the rest of her life and if she violates the terms of her release, she’ll be reinstitutionalized. If she so much as misses a dose of her meds, she risks going back into the hospital.
However, I’m not so sure Weier got a proper sentence. She was also sent to a psychiatric hospital but only for 25 years and she’ll only be under serious observation until shes 37. Weier seemed to be held up as a naive innocent who was coerced into this situation but she really wasn’t. She had just as much to do with the planning and carrying out of this stabbing as Geyser did. They didn’t go as much into her issues as they did Geyser but they did say Weier may have bipolar and borderline split personality disorder. She talked about having a good part and bad part to herself but it wasn’t 2 separate people, just two faces that were both her. I think she should be under psychiatric observation for life just as Geyser will be. Bipolar and SPD patients are among the highest risk of stopping their treatment program. There needs to be a consequence if she does that because she’s already proven she is violent and dangerous to others when untreated.
Overall, I’m glad I watched this.
At points it did try too hard to blame everything on the internet or the creepypasta itself, but the documentary itself doesn’t really support that assertion. The story was just a way for two very troubled girls to act on these urges. If it wasn’t Slenderman it would have been something else. But the documentary does a good job of laying out the actual facts instead of framing it in any particular way.
If you’re interested in the case at all, I would recommend watching this.
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Just saw the Lava Scorpion post. Have you ever heard of a movie called Lavalantula?
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Its one of THE best bad movies I've ever seen. The creature models are really neat but they aren't rendered into the world well and the actors dont interact well with them. But overall its a great awful movie. XD
I have not but I'm gonna watch it asap because it looks spectacular
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There is an antique store that recovered a bunch of shit from the Abaddon...
That doesn't sound like a recipe for disaster AT ALL.
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So...what kind of horror movie would you write featuring the Hargrove/ Mayfield family? (That you haven't written already lol)
oh boy, u may regret asking me this bc i am indecisive af and i can’t pick just one!
two that i'm actually writing are max as (g is for) ghostface killer in the abcs of neil’s death and also the max + tory nichols werewolf movie fic outlined here. also some more misc gorror junk bc i’m a demon and esp horny for susan wearing blood splatter. but more ideas commence below:
horror movie #1: another creature feature! awhile back @lucdarling sent me an ask abt max + billy hiding smth from susan and her like, playing along, pretending she doesn't know, and one of the scenarios that popped in my head was them keeping a baby bat as a pet. max finds it and she’s only like six or seven, and she thinks it’s going to turn into a vampire. so here is that scenario except horror edition: baby bat is actually a vampire type creature. not rly a vampire like, what’s prolly popping into ur head, like an undead human like dracula or smth, but like a bat monster that sucks blood.
billy being a lil older doesn’t actually think the bat is going to turn into a vampire. he makes fun of max for believing this, but he helps her take care of it anyway bc he thinks it’s cool. susan, like in the non-horror version, knows abt the bat but plays dumb bc she’s feeling a lot of guilt abt max’s difficulty adjusting to the blended fam (as of rn tho, neil has yet to reveal his abusive nature. the red flags are not yet red, more of a brownish maroon, and he is on his best behavior almost all the time, showering susan + max with affection and keeping the swears out of his mouth when he scolds billy in front of them) and knows the lil furry baby makes her happy. she tacitly cleans up after the bat whenever the kids miss a spot (bats poop a lot, dude) and distracts neil, deterring him from discovering it whenever he gets close.
baby bat gets rly big rly fast. and the older it gets, the more it starts to look monstrous. it still has bat features but it’s just like, different. its fangs grow suspiciously long, its hooks grow suspiciously long. its feet are elongated. a dorsal ridge emerges from its spine, spikes at first just flesh but soft fur rather like peach fuzz eventually sprouting. billy catches on that smth is strange abt this animal when it's as long as his forearm after two wks and still growing. he nearly shits a brick when the bat is clinging to his sweater one day and he steps in front of a mirror and only his reflection looks back at him— no bat.
max laughs at him all like, “stupid brother, ofc there’s no reflection. nosferatu is a vampire, vampires don’t have reflections.” 😂
susan catches a glimpse of the thing when nosferatu crawls out of the home max built it in her closet the same wk billy realizes it doesn’t have a reflection, and also almost shits a brick. she doesn’t know what it is, but it’s NOT a fucking bat. not a normal one, anyway! cue a comedy scene where she’s chasing it around the house with a butterfly net and it’s always one flap *ba dum tss* ahead of her, flying just out of reach. she suddenly regrets not getting rid of it sooner, scolding herself for ever allowing her daughter to keep a wild animal.
she can’t catch it. max comes home, susan tells her she needs to get rid of it. max cries, flips her the bird, refuses. billy tho…billy has mixed feelings. he loves nosferatu but he’s worried it’s going to get dangerous. he loves his dad and his dad is dangerous too. he’s stressed out enough, always on edge, knowing that one way or the other, neil is going to hurt him again. he’s already waiting for his dad to hurt him, he doesn’t need the added stress of waiting for nosferatu to hurt him too. and while max is 100% nosferatu’s favorite, it likes billy too. billy’s been handling it since it could fit in the palm of his hand, it trusts him much more than it trusts susan and doesn’t know any different when billy takes it out of the closet when max isn’t around.
billy frees nosferatu at an abandoned farm. there are always bats flying out of the old silo adjacent to the dilapidated barn. while he knows nosferatu isn’t a *normal* bat, it’s still bat like enough that he thinks it might make friends and be happy here…
yeah, that doesn’t stick. before long, nosferatu is feasting on that colony. leeches the blood out of a couple bats nightly. the number of bats increases with nosferatu’s size. meanwhile, max mourns her missing friend. she’s sullen af and won’t speak to susan at all. she thinks susan is the one who got rid of nosferatu. billy never fesses up and susan doesn’t contradict max’s assumption bc she wants the step-siblings to get along.
neil, meanwhile, is getting more comfortable. those maroon flags are slowly but surely brightening to scarlet. he starts sabotaging susan’s plans with her friends, trying to keep her around the house more and more, quietly but steadily eroding her relationships with other people. he’s getting more visibly aggressive when he disciplines billy. he curses him out with a virulent venom that dunks susan’s stomach in ice water and scares max so badly, she runs to susan and hides behind her even though she’s still so mad that susan got rid of her beloved baby vampire.
nosferatu’s appetite surpasses what the bat colony can offer. it’s like the size of a ten yr old human child now. fucker’s big. it doesn’t just have fangs on top, but tusks on bottom. it can’t go out in the sunlight anymore, the sun sears its flesh. it misses max a lot and before, it wasn’t strong enough to fly back to her house. but now it is. it’s extremely strong, actually.
so bc it's hungry, nosferatu grabs a snack along the way. some nameless rando, it swoops down and sucks dry. nourished and much happier, nosferatu makes its way back home. patiently waits outside of max’s bedroom in the moonlight, tapping its hook against the window until she wakes up. initially max is a lil startled— nosferatu looks so different, there’s a beat before she recognizes it— him?? yk, ig it’s male, the og nosferatu was a guy. sure, why not, nosferatu is a boy now.
once she realizes who it is, she is so! happy! max opens the window and embraces her friend. she isn’t freaked out by the blood on its fangs. she’s always known nosferatu is a vampire, albeit, she was thinking he’d look more like dracula than this bat-monster-thingy.
nosferatu moves back into max’s closet. it hangs upside-down from her rod by its weird, elongated feet. we get more shots of nosferatu sucking rando ppl dry at night, tho he remains gentle with max. when max drags billy in to show her he came back, nosferatu is less friendly with him. he’s not aggressive with billy, but he is standoffish. nosferatu’s thought process is somewhere between human and animal. he doesn’t quite cognitively understand that billy took him to the farm with the intent of getting rid of him, but he does understand that the last time he clung to billy, billy left him alone and never came back. max puts two and two together, and realizes it was billy who “stole” her friend. she yells at him a lot, he yells back, she then ices him out.
billy acts out bc he’s upset. runs away, thinks he’s going to find his mom…the cops find him first and call neil. neil is rly embarrassed and pissed abt the whole thing. he breaks down and beats billy in front of the mayfields for the first time. nosferatu smells the blood and it’s time for the main event! we love dead!neil, yes, we do.
nosferatu flies out the closet and right into the living room where billy’s bleeding and teary but biting his lip so they don’t actually fall. susan’s covering max’s eyes but so shocked and tbh, FRIGHTENED, she doesn’t move a muscle beyond that. neil’s got the belt raised, preparing to bring it down again, and nosferatu smashes right into him. neil stumbles, turns back to see this freaky monster looking thing. proceeds to whip the belt at nosferatu. tries to fight him off with the belt and it doesn’t accomplish much beyond pissing him off more— nosferatu, like most classic vampire types, has a healing factor!
max rips her mom’s hands off her face in time to see her pet sink its fangs into her stepdad’s throat. nosferatu sucks neil dry. billy’s a little dazed, not quite frightened. susan is just dead ass frozen, too scared to scream, even. nosferatu crawls over to billy and nudges at him, making sure he’s in once piece and forgiving him in the same go. max darts over and that snaps susan out of her stupor, but she isn’t as fast as our blood-sucking bat monster.
nosferatu stretches his wings out and with a truly impressive wingspan, hugs both of the kids. <3
horror movie #2: a haunting! this one opens with a bang. it’s a tragic horror, beware. we’re in hawkins post s3. billy died at starcourt mall. neil’s obvi had a longstanding abusive mindset and abusive behavior, but he rly takes his grief out on susan and max. mostly susan. she does her best to protect max however she can, whether that means shielding her w her body, sending her out of the house, getting neil’s goat to inspire his ire in max’s place, etc. but sue simply isn’t around all the time and when she isn’t, but max is, well. yk.
one day neil comes home early (bc he lost his job for a violent outburst, tbh) and discovers susan packing a suitcase.
sue fights hard. she rly does. but neil is bigger, heavier, crueler, and to boot, he caught her completely unawares. he kills her. and no, no it’s not some accidental thing where neil makes one bad move rage-blind. he strangles her with his belt. she’s clawing at his arms and making these horrible choked, trapped animal noises. thrashes and twists her body with everything she has trying to get him off but he’s so strong, his grip is unrelenting, and she's growing weaker, lightheaded with the lack of oxygen. strangulation can induce incontinence and when susan blacks out, her piss streams to the hardwood— neil hears that as much as he felt the clawing and heard the noises, even now he could stop, but he doesn’t. he just. doesn’t think his wife has the right to leave him, esp not after his son just did.
neil burns the body and the suitcase in the woods while max is at school. max has been spending as much time as she can (and often with sue’s prompting) outside of the house, so it actually takes her about two days to realize her mother isn’t around. neil tells a pretty convincing story about how susan abandoned them, voice saturated with apology and sorrow. he takes her out for a fancy dinner and promises he’s going to be a better father-- that being a better father is the least he can do now that her mother abandoned her and they are alone in their grief.
max doesn’t know what to think. she’s been preoccupied with her own grief and pain. she finds it hard to believe her mother would just leave her to neil’s wrath. she has a lot of hangups with susan and anger toward her for marrying neil and not getting them out sooner, but she’s also old enough to realize there would be risks involved with that. it’s hard to reconcile the memory of her mother just last wk pinning max to the wall to protect her from neil’s blows with her own bod just abruptly taking off without a word in the middle of the night. but hey, maybe that’s why susan left. maybe she got sick of protecting her, maybe the pain got to be too much and she turned tail.
but also…it’s early october now, abt three months after billy’s death but still fairly warm outside. yet neil is wearing long sleeves. neil never used to button his collared shirts all the way up, and yet. every collar is buttoned. also, mom’s car is still here. why would mom leave without her car?
that ceramic pelican she loved so much is still here too, on the mantle in the living room. it doesn’t seem like the kind of thing she would leave behind, she's had it since max was a baby.
max almost wants to believe neil because she’d rather her mother abandoned her than be dead somewhere, rotting in a storage locker or a hole in the ground. under the earth with the worms, just like billy. max has the worst feeling low in the pit of her gut. she thinks she knows the truth. she thinks abt going to hopper and hesitates bc she’s not sure she could handle it if he actually found smth. or what would happen to her if he did, where she would be sent, who she would end up with.
this movie would be more on the ambiguous end of things. an arthouse horror, if u will.
the days turn into wks and neil is crawling in his skin. the viewer isn’t sure if the shadows he’s seeing, always, always susan-shaped shadows, are of a ghostly nature or if he’s just hallucinating out of guilt. but the signs gradually point to the former— that smth paranormal is indeed going on. bc those scratches and bite marks susan left in his skin?
they do not heal. they do not get infected. they do not become necrotic. but they do not heal, either. days turn into wks and the wounds still look fresh, like she just left them moments ago. neil can’t wear light colors anymore because his wounds weep red into the fabric. he isn’t just seeing susan’s shadows either, he’s smelling her.
he washes his sheets and pillowcases a dozen times and the scent of her shampoo, her lotion, it’s like it’s woven into the fibers. he walks into the hallway and chokes on the aroma of susan’s perfume. he wonders if max is screwing with him, if max figured it out and she’s trying to torture him into a confession. one day he stomps off to max's bedroom, furious, adamant on confronting her. he grabs her doorknob, prepared to yank it open and then lets out a yelp, jerking his hand back with a sudden sharp pain.
it feels like a bee sting (which would be esp bad for this fucker in anything i write, bc i headcanon him as being allergic). but there’s no stinger. no injury. nothing. neil is freaked out enough that he backs down.
max, on the other hand, is getting gentler signs. when she turns the radio dial in the camaro, it’s somehow always her mom’s favorite songs that come thru the speakers. when she goes to pull clothes out of her drawers in the morning, she discovers that the things she’d just shoved inside in wrinkled balls are perfectly folded, neat as a pin, exactly like how susan always folded. susan was always fond of cardinals and suddenly max is seeing cardinals, pretty red cardinals, in just abt erry tree and shrub.
neil wakes up one night to his wife’s voice whispering “boo” right in his ear. he throws the covers off and discovers ashes in the bed. he doesn’t smell susan’s shampoo or lotion anymore, he smells the kerosine he’d poured all over her body.
his wounds still won’t heal. whenever he looks in the mirror, he catches a glimpse of susan walking past behind him, peering at him from her peripheral. he whips around, heart hammering, but there’s never any tangible person there.
max is almost certain her mother is dead at this point. neil’s been so bizarrely nice to her lately. she never believed in ghosts but her experiences with the upside-down broadened her perception of reality. she doesn’t know how else to explain the songs, the cardinals, the folded clothes. the way that these days, whenever she does feel fear toward neil, it just fades away. her fear melts like popsicles in the sun, immediately replaced by the sensation of a warm, maternal hug, as if arms she can’t see are trying to reassure her she truly doesn’t need to be afraid of him anymore.
in fact, max feels so unafraid of neil and brave, that one night she calls him out on it. he’s grizzled and unshaven in his recliner, beer in hand. she steps in front of the television he’s vacantly fixated on and folds her arms across her chest.
“you killed my mom, didn’t you?”
quick as a flash, neil leaps to his feet. he brings his arm back like he’s going to strike her and susan’s ceramic pelican on the mantle explodes into shards. the lights flicker, the television program cuts to snow with a static roar. every other knickknack on the mantle rattles and framed photos tumble off the wall.
neil very wisely lowers his hand. he slumps, boneless. he doesn’t say a word. max sees the answer in his eyes. it’s the dead of night and she snatches the camaro keys off the hook, marching out of the house, slamming the door behind her. it’s the dead of night and she doesn’t care. she’s going to blow past every stop sign and pound on the chief’s door until he opens up. and fuck, i just realized if this is post s3 he’s supposed to be in russia. shit. i don’t watch this show, but i know abt russia bc i DID watch the clips of that demogorgon that i rly hope isn’t stuck in captivity!! okay, but let’s pretend that didn’t happen?
it’s an au?? i mean, errything i write is always technically an au anyway, bc when i write stuff susan has an actual personality and billy isn’t *completely* abhorrent. okay, so it’s an au and mr. hopper didn’t blow up and un-blow up in russia. he’s still here. so max drives to his house.
she pounds on the door so hard this guy snaps outta bed, thinking someone’s trying to bust it down. she tells him neil confessed to killing her mom. it isn’t true, exactly, but he didn’t have to. so it’s a helluva grim drive back to cherry lane, this time in the cop car.
but when they go inside, chief prepared to arrest neil, no need. neil’s hanging from the belt he strangled susan with, shirtless for the first time since that night, erry seemingly fresh furrow and bite mark on full display. below his dangling feet is a map, the area he burned susan’s corpse in circled in red marker. did he kill himself or did the ghost do it?
up to u, we soundlessly cut to credits without a concrete answer to that question.
horror movie #3: crossover special! stranger things meets the chilling adventures of sabrina. sequel to that fic i wrote where susan makes out with lilith, queen of hell, and lilith kills neil for her. sue officially joins the church of lilith. bc in this ‘verse the church of lilith actually happens after caos s2 instead of the nonsense that was s3 and the inconceivably godawful migraine-inducing shit-fest that was s4.
killing neil was lilith’s only freebee. susan isn’t a witch, she’s a mortal, so in order to reap the other rewards of worshipping the one and only mother of demons, she has to fornicate with the witches and participate in the sacrifices!!!
this is, uh, well. it’s p much a porno, dude, sorry. 😅
this is just an excuse for susan to have sex with lilith, zelda, marie, hilda, big witch orgies + susan. witches bathing in the blood of their sacrifices, susan so nervous and timid but unable to deny her desire. the witch’s dressing her in their gothic garb.
how does the rest of the fam get it on this?
max joins the church too. she has more age-appropriate conduct with sabrina and the weird sisters, and what have you. just smooches and over-the-clothes groping, and whatnot, even tho the weird sisters, at least, would be interested in going further if given the opportunity.
billy dies in starcourt again, so he gets revived in the cain pit! hilda is the one who goes to him after bc she’s been in the cain pit many a time (i am still BIG side-eyeing zelda for repeatedly murdering her sister since childhood). hilda understands how jarring it can be to come back. suddenly alive!billy is freaking tf out but she brings him inside the mortuary, wraps him up in a big blanket burrito and they have a talk. hilda explains that he’s going to be okay and rubs his back while he tentatively sips the hot chocolate she made.
after billy’s calmed down, she brings max and susan in. max and susan can’t do as much magic as the caos witches— they’re mortals, after all, it’s not in their nature —but they’ve gained some abilities thru being in the church, following the rituals, and being carnally involved with the immortal witches. max happily shows him some of her new magic tricks.
horror movie #4: another crossover with caos. heavily inspired by creepshow episode s2e1, model kid (which i already v blatantly referenced in the last axe snafu update and i’m not ashamed, bc it’s a good series i love v much).
billy picks max up from the byers’ place rly late one night. it’s dark and the weather is bad and okay, yeh, he might be a little high. and a little concussed. he pissed neil off pretty bad the other day and okay, actually he’s defo concussed bc he doesn’t even remember what he did wrong!
needless to say, they take a wrong turn somewhere. they end up in greendale. at first max is pissed. she yells at him a lot! yells so loud hilda can hear them thru the walls of dr. cerberus’s comic shop/diner. she goes outside to see what all the fuss is abt, hilda never rly ignores youth in need. we love hilda, she deserved so much better…i’m getting distracted, okay, back to the story.
hilda ushers them inside. max is like, “ooh, comics? horror junk and comics? nvm, i’m not mad anymore.” she pats billy’s arm and wanders away to go check stuff out! hilda makes billy sit down. caos canon established that she’s psychic, at least when she wants to be. she smells the weed but she also sees his life, his trauma. billy doesn’t remember what he did to piss neil off or the abuse that followed, but hilda sees it clear as day.
he’s rude and cranky w her when she probes a little too much for his liking. hilda gently but firmly reprimands him and gets him a milkshake on this house. then she goes to check on max. she steers max to a v particular section of the shop, the one that sells model kits. now, max isn’t *huge* into model kits BUT they are p neat and she enjoys them well enough. more so when the weather is nasty and she can’t go outside. or when she needs smth to do with her hands (a trait she shares w susan) to distract herself and ease some of the anxiety when she hears her brother being beaten or her mother being shouted at.
max is actually rly impressed by the array of models. vintage ones and newer ones. monsters, slashers, final girls, tiny accessories like knives and bloodied heads. but when she gets to the paint-your-own shelf, her jaw drops to the floor.
there’s one that looks just like neil. unpainted, plain gray vinyl, but undoubtedly her stepdad. the expression on the five inch figurine is one frozen in fear.
“i think that one’s calling to you,” hilda prompts her, with the softest smile.
max blinks away her bewilderment altho she still can’t speak. she turns to hilda and turns her empty pockets inside out. hilda just waves her hand. she tells her it’s on the house. that it wouldn’t be fair if she gave billy smth on the house, but not max.
speaking of billy, when he finishes his milkshake, he’s suddenly totally sober and healed!! no more high buzzing in his blood. no more pounding headache or concussion fogging his mind. he doesn’t feel his bruises anymore, rolls his sleeve up, and realizes they simply aren’t there anymore. like they dissolved off his skin.
albeit it’s muttered under his breath, but billy does thank hilda. then he and max are on their way. max shows him the suspiciously familiar figurine in the box. this night cannot get weirder.
max knows what to do with the model kit. she does. she isn’t sure how she knows, but she does. she grapples with it for a long time. neil’s the closest thing she has to a dad these days. and things aren’t bad all the time, ofc.
sometimes neil gives max a ride when mom and billy aren’t available. sometimes he brings her ice cream entirely unprompted. neil’s the one who picks max up off the sidewalk when she wipes out super bad on her skateboard, carries her inside and then later to the car when her cut doesn’t stop bleeding and she ends up needing stitches.
but most of the time he sucks. she can’t rly be herself around him. he's indifferent to her interest at best, scornful at worst. he would hate all her friends. he scares the shit out of her when he’s angry. he doesn’t have a problem belittling her mother in front of her, tearing susan to shreds and making her out like she’s lower than dirt, the most worthless person on the planet. doesn’t have a problem beating billy in front of her or glaring at her with the promise that she’ll be next if she dares to voice her dissent.
max doesn’t always want to do what she knows she’s meant to do with the model. bc she's kind at heart and bc on the good days, she genuinely does have mixed feelings toward neil. never enough to hope he'll be better, he's proven he won't...but maybe enough to hope he won't get worse, either.
then comes the night neil breaks ribs. bad, like we’re talking, a-sharp-spear-of-broken-rib-punctures-billy’s-lung-and-he’s-coughing-up-blood-bad. that’s a trip to the emergency room. in the days that follow, at her next dnd meeting w the party, max places the fully and attentively painted model of her stepdad on the table. normally her pals would protest her derailing the intended game, but they can sense it, yk, that smth is different.
max takes over as dungeon master to the protest of no one, all other mouths sealed as if bewitched and spellbound. she narrators a scene where the demogorgon devours neil and uses the demogorgon piece and the model for demonstration.
when max returns home, neil is strewn across the house in gory chunks and torn wallpaper curls around massive claw marks.
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can you a hc of class e going through a haunted house? like maybe as a big school trip 😂😂 i think this would be a fun scenario! i always rlly love your hcs, ty!!
YES OMG! I LOVE THIS IDEA! And aww thank you!! <3
Class E in a Haunted House 💀🖤
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Kataoka leads the way. Yeah, Isogai and a few others are right behind her but she’s totally in the front before everyone. She’s not even scared lmao, just sighs and accepts that she has to do this. Kayano and Kurahashi are clinging to her as tightly as they can without restricting her movements too much.
Irina, Korosensei, and Karasuma are kinda in the middle. They thought they should spread out more, but Koro insisted on staying there where most of the kids were.
Group 4 is all the way in the very back, a few feet away from the cluster of their classmates. Yeah not good lmao. They’re definitely up to stuff *cough cough Karma*
Karma keeps purposely spooking Sugino and Okuda by messing around with some of the decorations around them. Kayano walks with Nagisa and Kanzaki, and all of three of them aren’t scared at all lol.
The first jump scare, Yoshida literally flies into the air and leaps into Kataoka’s arms. She promptly drops him lmao.
Hazama...is terrifying everyone lmfao. Like she’s right in her element and she makes sure everyone knows.
She also keeps whispering chants to herself the entire time they’re walking and it almost makes Okajima pee his pants.
One of the masked horror people working there directly approaches Terasaka, who doesn’t move a muscle, unimpressed. So the two of them are just standing in a staring contest for like seven minutes while the class watches anxiously 😂
At some point, Group 1 gets separated a bit and they get chased by one scary reaper-style person. And Kurahashi’s legs are so short, she’s last 😭 All you see is Yada turning around to yell at her, “Book it, Hina! Book it!”
Maehara absolutely tries to flirt with the scary masked employees. He tries it with the chainsaw-wielding person and she chases him immediately.
Okajima is FRIGHTENED ok?? The entire time, this kid is clinging into his friends and barely lifting his head up lmaoooo. That makes him even more of a target from the workers.
At some point, they’re waiting outside in line, all anxious. And out of nowhere, Kimura lets out a random squawk that scares everyone, even some other people waiting alongside them.
Gotta love that gremlin, huh?
Okano is literally the worst person to stay close by because she keeps making the funniest blunt comments. Like Nakamura is just tryna hold onto her, not burst out laughing because she compared one of the monsters to Shrek.
Korosensei keeps proudly announcing that he’ll protect everyone, but we all KNOW he’s scared of ghosts and paranormal things.
Every time something comes close to him, he flies up and wraps himself around Karasuma, who is Tired.
Irina keeps pulling her gun out as a reflex, and the class has to all scramble to hide it out of view from the workers.
Takebayashi’s scream is the funniest sound in the world and it’s confirmed from this trip. It’s a literal goat scream and it makes everyone cry from laughter after they hear it.
Also at some point, both Kayano and Okuda are clinging onto Sugino’s arms so he’s basically carrying them. Okuda bc she’s scared, Kayano bc she’s tired of walking lolol.
By the end of this night, they’ve been banned from the haunted house for chaos they caused lmao. Caused a few shenanigans just trying to hide Koro’s identity lmaooo.
Itona blunty suggests that they watch a horror movie in class the next day. Half of them yell “NO!” And the other half is like “HELL YEAH!”
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aesthetic: a halloween carnival with your besties
(may be reposting this from last year cause it needs more love and is still ON MY BRAIN)
👻 👻 👻
Daichi, Suga & Asahi
Asahi’s stomach is in knots as you enter the haunted house. This isn't lost on Suga and for some reason he just can't miss this opportunity. Humming to himself and nonchalantly eating his pink cotton candy, he sneaks up behind the gentle giant and during a quiet moment... screams bloody murder while gripping Asahi’s shoulder hard. Asahi jumps, his hand grasping his heart in terror, panting wildly. Suga doubles over in wild laughter, slapping his back. “Give the poor guy a break, Suga.” Daichi teases as you both are trailing behind the pair. Outwardly he seems unaffected by the eerie attraction, but your arm is linked with his and you can feel his body tense up with each corner you turn. He looks over to check on you and flashes a thin smile, lightly squeezing your arm to reassure you, though you think it might have been more reassuring to him. You also catch him keeping his eyes partially closed for most of the walk, probably to attempt blocking out some of the scares.
Tanaka & Noya
This pair couldn’t act tougher as you enter the haunted house, both puffing out their chests and declaring them as your protectors. After 30 seconds, they’ve already lost their composure and a costumed ghoul sends Noya flying into Tanaka’s arms, your modern day Shaggy and Scooby Doo. Their terror immediately fades off once they exit and spot a BBQ’d meat stand. After sharing multiple orders of skewers, you all proceed to ride every single rollercoaster, front row and screaming your faces off. You stumble upon a crowd of people at the "Test Your Strength" game and notice Yamamoto accepting challengers to beat his score. Tanaka smirks as he steps up.
Iwa & Oikawa 
Half of the night consists of Tooru being a tease to all his fangirls near the kissing booth. You and Iwa roll your eyes and have a blast passing the time playing paintball. You both sneak out of the field with your paintball guns and use them to pelt a few right into Tooru’s ass during a selfie he's taking with a few girls. He lets out a strangled yelp, and upon spotting you, playfully sticks out his tongue and hastily excuses himself from his fans. You and Iwa chase him to the other side of the carnival, straight into a line for ice cream. He buys you both one and you all eat your waffle cones on the ferris wheel. Tooru mentions how he can’t help being so popular and proclaims you both were just jealous everyone else was taking his attention. You and Iwa look at each-other, remembering your earlier conversation and knowing exactly the best way to shut him up. You dare him to volunteer for the Pie-in-the-Face booth. Laughing on the way, his pride accepts the challenge because,” Who would ever want to do such a thing to this beautiful face, Y/N-channnnnnnn?” He chokes immediately on his words once Iwa brings up the first motivated customer, Ushijima. Tendou sticks his head out from behind him and lifts his fingers in a peace sign. “Suuuuup, bitches.”
Kuroo & Kenma
You set up your blanket on the lawn for the horror film marathon. Kenma’s backpack was full of beer and snacks, not to mention the copious amounts of kettle corn you bought at the stand. You and Kuroo cuddle up in a blanket, getting wasted and reciting every line to the movie Scream. A few blankets away, Yaku keeps yelling at you to shut up and you proceed to throw kernels at him throughout the film, ducking under the blanket each time even though he obviously knows it’s you two. Kenma sips on a beer as he plays his nintendo switch, glancing up once in a while during a loud scare scene. When the movies over, you grab churros and Tets gives you a piggyback ride when your feet start to ache. Every girl eyes him down and you playfully smack the back of his head when he decides to make a joke about it. You beg Kenma to play some IRL carnival/arcade games with you and he obliges, winning an abundance of stuffed animals that you both make Tets carry around for you. 
Suna, Atsumu, Osamu 
Tsumu breathes a sigh of relief after finding refuge in the corn maze from his screaming fan club; he admits to be more terrified of them than any of the other haunted attractions. Samu eats his homemade onigiri and bickers back and forth with Tsumu on which direction they should go. You and Rin are very unconcerned as you pass the time smoking a joint he pulled out immediately upon starting the maze. You hang on his arm and play a word association game that Tsumu finds obnoxious because, “it’s not funny at all, yer both just high as a kite,” and you two endlessly snicker at yourselves. A surprising, yet also unsurprising discovery in the middle of the maze is Terushima. He's laying against some hay, tongue deep with some girl who works at the carnival. “Thatta boy, T.” You slap his back as you walk by, Samu’s face wrinkled in disgust and Tsumu laughs, internally cheering about how it’s one less girl for him to worry about.
Bokuto & Akaashi: 
Kou insisted that you all wear costumes. Akaashi went as a zombie and it took you a few hours to help them both apply face make-up, Kou’s skeleton taking the longest. That’s why you immediately face-palmed when he decides to play bobbing for apples about ten minutes upon entering. You and Akaashi couldn’t help but crack up as he had to walk around the rest of the carnival with flat hair and makeup smeared all over his face. You all get your fortunes read but immediately realize it was a bad idea when Kou absolutely freaks out from the ominous reading he received from the fortune teller. He spends a half hour sulking, spitting out incredibly dark ideas of what she might have meant and you and Akaashi scramble to find ways to cheer him up. The remedy? Bumper cars. You leave later that night, a bag of goldfish in tow that he won you at Ring Toss. Kou insists you name them both after him.
Tsukishima & Tadashi:
As much as you hate leaving the petting zoo, it is even more impossible to pull Yamaguchi away. Watching him snuggle the bunnies is making your heart sing, but your moment is quickly interrupted by Tsukki’s signature chuckles. The reason? He’s just witnessed Kageyama get bitten by a goat. You and Yamaguchi get matching face paintings and pick pumpkins in the patch to carve while Tsukki zones out listening to his headphones while chewing on strands of a funnel cake.
ICYMI. Shoyo will not stop freaking out about how much taller he can make himself look in the funhouse mirrors.
FYI, Sakusa left you on read at your invitation. There is not enough Purell to get him to a carnival and how dare you suggest such an idea.
🎃 xo n.pi
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bobateastay · 3 years
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Congratulations - Han Seungwoo (pt. 8)
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Part 1, Part 2, Part  3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Final Part
Congratulations, you’re amazing! Congratulations, how could you be so fine?
Han Seungwoo x fem!Reader
tags -  High School!AU, angst, fluff, slow burn
(requests are always open!)
When you woke up, your phone was buzzing with text messages. It was the fourteenth of August. Now technically, your first date with Seungwoo had been on the fifteenth and technically, you two had only made things official a couple weeks later. But it was easier to count from the fourteenth. Seungwoo had started it, buying you coffee on the fourteenth of March and taking you out to karaoke on the fourteenth of April.
But today was different. The fourteenth of August. Six. Months.
You picked up your phone with a grin, looking through all the notifications. There were text messages from Seungwoo but you checked the post he’d tagged you in first. There were a few pictures, all of them embarrassing. You were asleep in one, in the next your features were scrunched together as you focused on icing a cake. In the last one you were laughing, wearing one of Seungwoo’s hoodies and a few of his rings. You read through the caption carefully, heart beating unreasonably fast. 
‘I know we missed out on a lot of years in between but the past six months made up for it, right? There are so many things to fit in this caption. I love it when you hide your face when we watch horror movies. I love eating lunch with you on the roof, even though your English teacher yelled at us that one time. I love it when we get drunk and you try to copy my goat noises (let’s be honest, I’m the only one who can ace those). I love studying with you, dancing with you, falling asleep with you. I love writing songs about you. Out of all those things though, I love you the most, Woodstock.’
You grinned at your phone like an idiot. As you opened up your text messages you couldn’t help the thought that popped up in your head.
This was main character material.
Your phone buzzed with a call, Seungwoo’s nickname appearing on your screen.
“Hi angel,” you greeted him. “Happy six months.”
“Thank you honey,” he replied. You could hear the smile in his voice. “What do you say we skip school today? I got you a gift and I thought we could go to the park and-”
“Of course! Pick me up soon?” you asked, rushing your words.
“Yeah! Don’t forget your uniform so your parents don’t think I’m turning you into a delinquent.”
You laughed, hanging up and setting your phone aside. You dressed quickly, picking up the gift you’d made for him. It wasn’t all that special but you hoped he would appreciate it all the same. You called out your goodbyes to your parents, running out the front door and slamming directly into Seungwoo.
The two of you swore loudly as you fell back onto your ass in your front hall, Seungwoo tripping and catching himself on the door frame. There was a long silence as the two of you stared at each other. You burst into laughter, getting up and picking up your school bag.
“Don’t laugh! Are you okay?” Seungwoo asked, straightening your shirt carefully. He kissed your forehead as you nodded. “You sure? Your ass-”
“My ass is fine, Seungwoo.”
He grinned, slapping your ass playfully as you shut the front door. “I didn’t say it wasn’t fine. I just don’t want you to get hurt.” You shut him up with a kiss. He smiled down at you - the same smile he’d given you when he asked you out: just a little of his teeth showing, dimples on full display. Your heart leapt out of your chest at the sight. 
The park was empty for the most part, so the two of you climbed up into a small castle in the kids playground, staring down a few concerned parents and their toddlers in the process. It was cramped, especially with how tall Seungwoo was. But he looked like he couldn’t be happier anyway, settling his bag in his lap and grinning at you.
“So I made this sound like a big deal I guess but it’s really not,” he said, cheeks flushing as he pulled out a small box. “But I made it myself and you used to wear these in middle school so I thought you might still like them.”
He opened the box to reveal a pair of small charm bracelets. The beads were black and yellow, small heart and star charms hanging from it. In the middle there was a slightly larger charm. You picked it up to look closer. Woodstock.
“Do you like them? I can get you real bracelets if you don’t-”
You kissed him before he could worry anymore, reaching up to hold his face in your hands. You rubbed circles into his cheek with your thumb, sighing at the feeling of his hand resting on your knee. When you pulled back he looked less nervous, watching intently as you put the bracelets on. 
“Thank you baby. Mine isn’t anywhere near as good, though, so go easy on me.”
He shook his head, hand squeezing your knee gently. You handed him your gift. It was a jar, covered in Snoopy stickers. It seemed the two of you were on the same page.
“It’s�� They’re quotes. There’s some lyrics too. I wrote down a few from your song, Flower. And there’s things you’ve said and pictures of us,” you explained, watching him open the large jar to find pieces of folded paper inside, each labelled with a small heart drawn using a glittery gel pen. He glanced up at you, grinning. “Pick one. Let’s see what your fortune is.”
He laughed softly, shuffling the papers around a little before pulling one out. “‘All you really need is love... But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.’,” he laughed as he put it back in the jar, holding your face with gentle hands. “You’re the best. Thank you for everything.”
You happily leaned into his touch, shutting your eyes as he pressed kisses to your face.
The two of you had boba tea just like on your first date and spent hours wandering through grocery stores, pointing out odd product names and mistakenly scaring a few old people when you begged Seungwoo to do his otter impression. You had lunch at McDonald’s and planned out a party to host at Seungwoo’s house after he complained that nobody had seen the two of you dance together except the one time his dad scolded the two of you for listening to ‘Sexyback’ so late at night.
“Oh! I have to pick up my math textbook,” you mumbled as the two of you paid for ice cream at the local gas station. “Can we stop by school?”
“Yeah, don’t worry about it.”
With your hands linked you walked through the school gates, laughing as you raced each other up the stairs. You whined when Seungwoo beat you, shouting that it was only because his legs were so much longer than yours. You bumped into someone by mistake, looking up to see Seungwoo’s friends. You smiled back at Hanse, waving at the rest of them. Finally, your eyes landed on Chan.
“Y/N,” he greeted you. He looked back and forth between you and Seungwoo, chewing on his bottom lip.
“Guys-” Seungwoo cut himself off with a nervous laugh. When you looked at him he looked like he was about to throw up. “Baby, go ahead. You can meet me back here, yeah?” You spared him one last look before making your way past the group to your locker.
Inside your locker was a small note stuck to the door that Seungwoo had written you once during school, decorated with small hearts around the edges. You pulled out your math textbook, sighing softly as you shut your locker, rushing a little until you heard hushed voices. You paused around the corner, listening even though you knew you probably shouldn’t.
“You haven’t broken up with her yet?”
“Seungwoo, you can’t do this,” Chan whispered. “You can’t not tell her.”
“Everything will go wrong if I tell her-”
“I thought you didn’t like her though.” Subin.
Your heart stopped, hand coming up to cover your mouth.
“That’s not it,” Seungwoo practically whined.
“Well it’s been six months,” you recognised Hanse’s voice. “You don’t have to keep pretending.”
“No, that’s not-”
Your voice trembled when you spoke, stepping around the corner to face the group of boys. Seungwoo’s face fell when he saw you, opening his mouth to speak without any words coming out.
“What’s going on?” you asked, certain that you didn’t really want to hear the answer.
“Woodstock, I-”
“What- you don’t like me?” you managed to get out, breath catching in your throat as tears began to blur your vision. Seungwoo’s hands shook at his side.
“I’m so sorry, Y/N.”
tags: @wooya1224​​
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