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Eddie doesn’t like that he’s into Steve Harrington, so he does what he does best: acts like a dick and annoys Steve into hating him even more than he already did.
But it’s doesn’t even seem to be working. Even when he stands on cafeteria tables and shouts about pompous rich kids and their shiny cars.
Steve just looks up at him, while the others sneer and throw insults and fries at him. He almost smiles a lot of the time, his expression light. Amused. He just watches, eating quietly while Eddie shouts and yells and cackles when Tommy H throws something at him and misses. (Steve covers his mouth. Eddie thinks he’s laughing too.)
When Eddie sits again, Gareth is almost glaring at him, his elbow on the table, his fingers to his forehead, like he’s watching a house fire. He tells Eddie it’s a bad idea. The others don’t know what they’re talking about but they don’t really care.
Eddie knows it’s a bad idea to taunt Steve and his friends. That he’s just painting a bright red target on his own back. But he can’t really help it.
Especially not when Steve starts responding, flipping Eddie the bird while Eddie’s up on a table, tilting his head adorably when Eddie comments that he looks like a Christian summer camp counsellor.
Tommy just comments that at least Steve can buy new clothes. Eddie just fires back that money can’t buy better taste, bitch. Steve snorts even though it’s a dig on him.
It goes on for a while. The teasing. The stares. The suppressed smiles and laughter.
But it actually starts on a Friday.
Eddie has detention. (Shocker.) The only reason he actually goes is because Mr Peterson isn’t an asshole. He’s friendly, even to Eddie.
Greets him as “Mr Munson,” looks at the pink detention slip before raising a single eyebrow at Eddie and tells him to sit with a soft shake of his head and a smile.
And Eddie turns to find Steve sitting in the back, watching him. Eddie’s grin falters and then widens, his head tilting as he raises his eyebrows, and Steve’s face turns red. He looks away. Eddie goes to sit with him, still grinning.
The room is quiet. There aren’t many others here, a few of them doodling on tables or sleeping. Peterson doesn’t care. (Another reason Eddie likes him.)
“What’d you do?” Eddie asks quietly, sitting too close to him.
Steve just looks down at his notebook. It’s closed, a pen laying on top of it. Eddie wants to flip through it.
“Nothing.”
“Steve Harrington is in detention,” Eddie says dryly. “You did something.”
“Nuh-uh.”
Eddie snorts. Steve glances at him. He’s smiling, and his cheeks are still flushed, and Eddie might die.
“What’d you do?”
“Nothing.”
“Ste-e-e-eve, what’d you do?”
“Oh, we’re on a first name basis now?”
Eddie blinks. He’s only called him Harrington. Steve’s never called him anything.
“Yeah, I guess. Tell me what you did.”
“…Called Collins a jackass. In front of him.”
Eddie drops his head to the table.
“Incredible.”
“What did you do?”
“Forgot my homework.” He lifts his head. “Seven times.”
Steve snorts.
“Of course.”
They’re not allowed to talk during detention. It’s too quiet for them to even whisper with Peterson hearing, the room silent except the scratching of someone’s pencil and the occasional cough or sigh.
Eddie lowers his head to the table, ready to take a nap or zone out or something, but Steve opens the notebook. Eddie turns his head to look, his cheek pressing against the cold surface, and Steve doesn’t notice.
Eddie sits up to watch. Steve flips through the pages, and Eddie catches a glimpse of a drawing, so he reaches out and take the notebook wordlessly. Steve makes a small indignant ugh. Eddie shushes him.
Eddie flips through the pages slowly, looking at Steve’s handwriting. It’s pretty. Almost girly. Every page has random, half-understandable notes, without any kind of indicating header that might include the subject or date.
He thinks he’s getting closer to the drawing, because Steve reaches out to take the notebook again. Eddie swats his hand away, and Steve drops his head to the table with soft groan.
Eddie grins.
He finds the drawing. It’s a messy pencil sketch, scratchy snd scribbled and smudged and shitty, but easily recognisable.
His grins falters, and he blinks, his eyes tracing the lines of his own curls, the angle of his own nose, the curve of his eyelashes.
He turns to look at Steve, who’s now hiding his face in his shirt, looking away from Eddie.
Eddie lays back on the table, his chin propped on his arms as he gazes at the drawing again.
Steve lets him keep the notebook until the end of detention.
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> CC: Thank Meenah
Yesterday at 5:07 PM
caepaecaesurae
WVe'vwe split, and the safe-house wvon't be needed anymore, on my end at least. I'vwe left a small thank you present on the kitchen counter.
I'd be in your debt if you could wvipe the coordinates used off of the pad's history list, if and wvhen convwenient.
Thank you again, and havwe a nice night.
Yesterday at 9:38 PM
brackishbarracuda
yeah i can do that
isle head over in an hour oar so
brackishbarracuda
s good to sea u
caepaecaesurae
Good to see you too. I appreciate the neutrality and the assistance.
Havwing somewvhere empty to go helped more than once.
Today at 12:13 AM
brackishbarracuda
ive been fused before an efin when its ppl u give a shit aboat its hard so i mean
some place where u didnt have any extra ppl shoutin at u seemed pike a good idea to me
caepaecaesurae
It wvas.
Did you separate from wvhomevwer it wvas peaceably? Or vwia incompatibility?
brackishbarracuda
peaceably for both thankfully
one was def a hell of a lot rockier than the other one tho
aight the best puns are the ones u didnt mean to make i cannaut believe
caepaecaesurae
I do enjoy those ones.
brackishbarracuda
did u ever get hit w the gem thing
caepaecaesurae
As I am lost, it seems I did not.
brackishbarracuda
lemme find u a picture for full effect aight bc shit is stupid and mine was pike stupid times two
brackishbarracuda
http://imgur.com/sPQFO8t
there we go
rly tho how tf puts that shit on ur foot
caepaecaesurae
WVhat is that?
brackishbarracuda
aight so theres the weird sentient rock aliens who p much project around w/e rock they are an they do the fuse thing on purpose pike thats a thing they can do and a bunch a ppl got hit w it a while back
usually shits pike on ur hand or ur forhead oar ur arm or somefin but no
brackishbarracuda
nah
it was on my cod damn foot
caepaecaesurae
First I'vwe heard about them.
... You havwe my sympathies.
WVhy the foot?
brackishbarracuda
idk
i do naut fuckin no
thats just where it was when i got got
caepaecaesurae
I imagine you sawv the tittastrophe wve had?
brackishbarracuda
yeah
brackishbarracuda
yeah that shore was somefin i saw w my own two eyes
brackishbarracuda
howd that whole thing go efin
caepaecaesurae
It looked rather like wve wvere split dowvn the middle vwertically in a lot of respects.
The side wvith no breast had short hair like mine.
WVe made a falsie so clothes wvould fit.
brackishbarracuda
now sea
i woulda just said fuck it and done the whole half clothes shit pike jacket on one and dress on the other deal
caepaecaesurae
tsk. I should'vwe talked to you more, that'd be a hell of a look.
brackishbarracuda
i mean u aint gotta b fused to pull it off right
caepaecaesurae
True. It wvould complete the look though.
caepaecaesurae
I may try a half-and-half garment of some sort soon.
brackishbarracuda
plz take pictures
i need this shit
caepaecaesurae
I do lovwe my selfie tag.
brackishbarracuda
s cause its good shit
caepaecaesurae
Howv do you feel about breasted, marginally nsfwv pictures of me?
brackishbarracuda
im down
caepaecaesurae
http://caepaecaesurae.tumblr.com/post/130431613390/speaking-of-anons-d
brackishbarracuda
v nice
dam tho where tf did u get half those scars
brackishbarracuda
impressive
caepaecaesurae
I don't normally showv much skin.
The large round ones on the legs are from an air battle invwolvwing laser cannons, during the game.
brackishbarracuda
uh first off fuckin ow
caepaecaesurae
Pff.
Yes, but wve wvon.
brackishbarracuda
secondly i get it if u aint comfy w it oar w/e but u ought show more a it imo
and that right theres why
caepaecaesurae
A good half of the scars you see there are from my first century on Alternia.
...at the end of wvhich, I began wvearing neck to wvrist to ankle bodyarmor, of the sort contained in that package. Havwe you stopped by that hivwe yet, by the by?
brackishbarracuda
shit yeah i did i thought id said
thank u btw
caepaecaesurae
You may havwe, I'm scattered lately.
brackishbarracuda
pike seariously i aint been in a searious scrape in a while but pike
dam
i cant get away from nofin w/o bleedin it feels like
caepaecaesurae
Armor that no one knowvs you're wvearing can be a wvonderful game changer.
It turns a knife in the ribs into an invwitation to play.
brackishbarracuda
as much as i like it
and the apron tbh shit is nice
brackishbarracuda
u probably made clams night more than mine w the armor
caepaecaesurae
I hope it servwes wvell, or entertains. Or that the flavwor vwials do.
brackishbarracuda
hes the one whos gotta stitch me up half the tide
caepaecaesurae
A good role for a quadrant.
If you elect to wvear the vwest, at least he'll only be stitching up limbs.
brackishbarracuda
lmao yeah fair
also i should punch u in the nose for the fuckin shit u sent me pike it was so good that it legit made me mad how tf
caepaecaesurae
... Hope player. "Beyond belief" is my playground.
brackishbarracuda
throws my dam hands
caepaecaesurae
I can make things that I can imagine. Cae*fora* made things that *She* could imagine.
brackishbarracuda
shit is fucked up
caepaecaesurae
A bit. ... I usually try to make things that are slightly less... Intense... than that...
I hope it wvasn't too much?
brackishbarracuda
isle survive but my tongue aint gonna b happy w anyfin ever again
this is me jokin mostly
i aint upset at u oar anyfin
caepaecaesurae
..Still, pardon.
brackishbarracuda
s aight cae ur good
brackishbarracuda
seariously tho why aint u show off ur scars more 38?
caepaecaesurae
Enough of them havwe unfortunate sources for it to be uncomfortable wvhen specific ones are indicated and remarked on, much of the time.
caepaecaesurae
... Mostly, I don't like taking my armor off, evwer.
I'vwe been getting better at removwing it long enough for selfies though.
brackishbarracuda
well dam the one u just showed me took some fuckin guts then didnt it
caepaecaesurae
Heh. It wvas taken during a period of amnesia wvhere I didn't remember wvhere most of them wvere from.
brackishbarracuda
do u think u could do it again
caepaecaesurae
Possibly, though I think my selfie tag could use more less sexual things.
brackishbarracuda
u oughta take a pic w arlequin oar somefin then how tall efin are u btw pike are u taller than he is oar shorter or
caepaecaesurae
I'm a good foot and a half shorter than him, last I checked.
brackishbarracuda
well that makes me feel beta at least
caepaecaesurae
My adult height in sevweral centuries ought to be near wvhere he is nowv.
brackishbarracuda
yall are entirely too fuckin tall u kno that
caepaecaesurae
So I hear.
If it makes you feel any better, all the humans top out somewvhere in the six or sevwen range I think. They all look somewvhere betwveen fivwe and six nowv.
The carapacians are a foot or twvo belowv that.
brackishbarracuda
pike im saury i realize u probably hear that alot but i am half a arlequins now hight an he was talkin pike sixteen feet an im overe here pike dude ur gonna b over three times my size how tf is that gonna efin work
caepaecaesurae
Carefully and wvith gusto.
brackishbarracuda
aight tru tho
caepaecaesurae
Havwe you evwer done the thing wvhere you rest hip to hip wvith a partner and pretend theirs is yours and marvwel at the difference?
Some trolls enjoy that.
I think that one wvill only improvwe as he ages, for you.
caepaecaesurae
"Look wvhat I'm packing nowv"
brackishbarracuda
i havent and now im kinda wonderin wtf ive been doin w my life
caepaecaesurae
You're wvelcome.
.. Then again I'vwe used googly eyes in the bedroom before, so maybe my advwice isn't the best.
brackishbarracuda
bouy nah fuck that im gonna get a pack and use em on dirk that shit is perf
caepaecaesurae
My partner grewv annoyed and ripped them off, wvhich is honestly all I could hope for.
brackishbarracuda
tbh hell probably laugh till he cries which i count as a win
brackishbarracuda
but yeah tbh rippin em off sounds pike a good idea
brackishbarracuda
u kno
me an u oughtta hang out sometide
caepaecaesurae
WVe should, I imagine wve'd get into heaps of trouble if any wvas avwailable.
brackishbarracuda
trouble is kinda my thing yeah
brackishbarracuda
i eel pike youd enjoy some trouble
caepaecaesurae
Once upon a time, maybe. It's been a wvhile, and I might be a bit more boring nowv.
Nice things, good stories, and good laughs? Those are dear to heart.
brackishbarracuda
now sea mr suns out guns out tenta tattoo false boob ampora w the hella scars i aint believe you wouldnt enjoy a little trouble
caepaecaesurae
I'vwe had a vwery interesting life.
I'm relearning howv to enjoy trouble.
brackishbarracuda
isle sea if i cant think of some baby trouble steps
caepaecaesurae
Sounds like a treat to me.
caepaecaesurae
Let me knowv sometime, alright?
brackishbarracuda
yeah def
at the v least ur fun to talk to and anybody i can b a bad influence on is aight by me u feel
caepaecaesurae
Aye, I hear you
It'd be nice to lean back in that direction somenight. I'vwe been sitting around drinking tea a wvhile.
brackishbarracuda
s easy to get restless
i aint efin alternian and sometides i just need to move and tear into somefin before that somefin becomes me
caepaecaesurae
Aye.
...I sail a ship around sometimes. Transport pads to get back to hivwe often.
Plenty of wvild lands out there to explore.
brackishbarracuda
theres plenty a world here to sea if u ever decide u wanna
we aint managed a drone yet be in a week oar so probably
caepaecaesurae
The mile-high deer? Aye I'vwe a curiosity.
I'm relievwed that you're considering the drone.
brackishbarracuda
im uh
considerin more than the drone tbh
caepaecaesurae
Aye?
brackishbarracuda
been thinkin a puttin my crown on and meanin it
caepaecaesurae
Lacking in context, I'm imagining you calling yourself queen of a single hivwe surrounded by largish deer.
brackishbarracuda
i mean in all technicality i earned the fuckin thing i blew up my planet i killed the empress so by right etc etc blah blah blah i just been runnin from it since
brackishbarracuda
no u aint wrong i gotta start somwhere fuckin ridiculous as it is
if they aint anybody else on the planet isle take it
theres a small frozen planet my ex red left me
so thats two off the bat ig
caepaecaesurae
If there's no one else it seems a bit... abrupt.
Then again, givwen a single wvorking mothergrub, one is nevwer far from an empire.
I suspect Arlequin wvould havwe mixed feelings.
brackishbarracuda
ive convinced my spade to let me sit w em and do some political diplomatic shit and i aint lookin to be a bloody conquerer im just lookin to stop runnin from what i was hatched for
mayb do some decent shit w whatever authority i got
somefin betta than home was anyway
caepaecaesurae
I wvish you luck wvith it if you do.
brackishbarracuda
thanks 38/
caepaecaesurae
It's hard to get in trouble wvhen you're in charge.
brackishbarracuda
why u gotta do me like this
caepaecaesurae
WVell... Ask Tyfora howv much fun her powver is.
brackishbarracuda
id rather naut
caepaecaesurae
Ask Arlequin howv much he wvants to strivwe for a newv flag -- at least, this early.
brackishbarracuda
i oughta talk to him aboat it tho yeah
caepaecaesurae
Powver is complicated. That's all.
caepaecaesurae
More so than you might be preparing yourself for.
brackishbarracuda
i aint trynna rush into anyfin aight an isle talk to arlequin i kno shit aint easy it aint somefin im thinkin aboat lightly
caepaecaesurae
Then I wvish you luck. I'm cautious about swvearing loyalties lightly, but you'll likely havwe me on call if emergencies strike.
brackishbarracuda
i dont take that lightly either cae thank u
i afishiate it
caepaecaesurae
WVe'll see wvhat comes. I'm afraid it's late though. Another night?
brackishbarracuda
a course
thanks for talkin at me
caepaecaesurae
Looking forwvard to it. Rest wvell wvhen you go.
brackishbarracuda
yeah
sleep good
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