" I'm Batty 4 U "
For the @steddiemicrofic
September Prompt: Charm || 548 Words || Rating: T ||
Warnings: implied verbally absuvie parent, implied period-typical homophobia
It sweeps through the group like wildfire after the whole Vecna ordeal. Something about everyone trying to go back to normal, re-engaging with non-world-ending topics.
Out window shopping, El happens upon a charm bracelet display and within the week convinces Hopper to buy one for her and Max. And who’s to deny the girl that's suffered through so much.
El states it as her “momento of who she is, and those who helped her find that definition.” All while thumbing the rainbow and sunflower charms.
So it’s no surprise when Robin, Nancy, and Erica are seen wearing their own charm bracelet designs after Girl’s Night. Then through a spidering chain of conversations and convincing, the rest of the party soon each have custom bracelets.
For Steve though, the issue is that he’s just not a bracelet sort of guy. The occasional pinching when it doesn’t sit right. Constant jangling and shifting every time you move. It’s not for him.
(Plus he knows his Dad would make him throw it out if he ever saw it. “Jewelry isn’t for men.” and all that. (Of course I don’t agree, Robin. But I still don’t want to risk it getting tossed.))
Until Robin solves the problem for him. Turning his bracelet into a keychain for his car keys. And he didn’t realize just how much he’d come to care for said keychain once it’d stop pinching his wrist.
Exactly as El had painted it from the get-go; a constant reminder that he’s more than the harsh words his dad sneers as “encouragement”.
Of who he matters to and of who matters to him. His family.
But it’s not for another few months that his keychain gains a companion.
“Hey, uh. Hey, Stevie.”
They’d danced around one another for weeks. From exchanged glances at the hospital, to touching under the guise of lending a hand, pulling excuses to spend time together.
“Yea?”
Finally culminating in Steve getting fed up and testing the waters with a kiss ‘hello’.
“I know we’ve only been technically dating for a month now. But I’m pretty sure I remember you being a big relationship guy back in high school, and I figured well ‘Stevie probably never had someone buy him the cheesy anniversary gifts he bought for others’-”
“They weren't cheesy, they were well thought out-”
“And so, I got you something as a faux sort of ‘Happy One Month Anniversary’ gift.”
Eddie shoves the little trinket into Steve’s hands, forcing him to drop his book.
“Small towns, especially Hawkins in particular, suck and so I figured this is as public as we’d be able to be. And I know the bat was maybe a bold choice considering the bites and all that shit but- Actually maybe this was a bad idea- Ya know what, give it back right now, Stevie. This was stupid- I’m gonna do something else.”
Deftly leaning away, Steve hooks his arm around his boyfriend so he can’t lunge for the keychain again.
“Oh hell no. My boyfriend gave this to me, it’s mine now. You can’t take Ozzy from me.”
“Ozzy? What?”
“Yeah, the little bat charm. His name’s Ozzy, he told me so himself.”
“What-?? Shit- Jesus Christ, you’re so lame. Come here so I can kiss your lame, adorable face.”
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Max learns the actor that gave him night terrors as a kid is actually his most favorite fantasy creature from when he was a kid.
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I've spent about a week or so researching Asian roles in Cinema in the early 19th century because I love research and I love learning.
It's actually quite interesting, Asian actors would have to fight tooth and nail to get half decent parts only for the roles to be offensive or derogatory to their culture and heritage-and the reaction from the Asian American Community was so negative that they actually got up and made their OWN film company-Asian films made by Asian people. And it was a MASSIVE success across the board. Really said if you wanna do something right, you gotta do it yourself.
They were called The Great Wall Film Company, if you wanna glance at it's short wikipedia. They also pioneered some interesting animation.
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hi everyone this is my new beloved oc :3
her name is minette (genderfluid, she/him) and she is a sky godling and was set to inherit the throne of a kingdom high in the mountains, alongside the divine powers of her mother the sky goddess. thru a course of events i haven't decided the specifics of yet she's attacked by someone and her ability to wield the divine power is taken from her. as a result her parents revoke her status as heir to the throne and it's given to her sibling instead. she obviously feels betrayed by her family and hates the pitying looks the citizens give her, so she
flees the kingdom and doesn't come back. because her true divinity was taken away she can never feel the warmth of the sun the way a being of the sky should again.
she ventured to a kingdom far away, secluded and very cold (think russia-esque) she can handle the cold well as a nonhuman being, she can weather the snow in bare feet, but she misses the feeling of warmth more than anything. she traveled here because she's heard of the god native to this area, he's a wolf king that's said to hide the
warmth of the sun under his pelt. his gift of the heat made surviving the harsh winters easier for his people, who are the ancestors of people exiled into the cold to die. his people know him as king maksimilian but his given name is mikhail. minette wonders if the flame wolf can rival the warmth of the sun she used to feel, so she seeks him out.
she pesters the absolute fuck out of him. he tries to throw her out but she's ridiculously persistent. she lives in his village for hundreds of years and all the townsfolk grew to love her, thinking that she's just a forest nymph as she hides her true origins. her persistence pays off, after a few hundred years of pestering him he gives up trying to push her away and she finally gets to lounge about on him whenever she wants, and he is in fact very warm and she never wants to leave. queue this poor king trying to get work done with a little girltwink always slung over him. sitting in his lap, on the arm of his chair, on his shoulder, wherever. (he is a Lot bigger than her)
after a few hundred years he grows fond of her, it was a v long journey to weasel her way into his heart but she did it and they're very cute. eventually he wifes her up and is very protective of her.
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