The Harrington mansion is always dark.
Steve never really noticed it when he was growing up, not until he started dropping off Dustin and the kids. No matter how late it is, there's always a light on the porch for them. Like a sign that someone is waiting home for them.
It doesn't matter if his parents are out of town or not, it's always dark in the house. His parents doesn't care enough to leave a light for him. He won't leave it on for himself, because that feels pathetic.
Steve forgets about it, there's so many other things he should worry about.
He forgets about it until he starts dating Eddie Munson the summer of '85. Steve thanks the blue Scoops Ahoy shorts and the Corroded Coffin members for letting Eddie come in to the shop everyday for the whole summer until they finally start dating and making out at the parking lot.
Eddie starts hanging around Steve's house. Every night that Eddie stays at his house, Steve comes home to a house with a light on the porch.
The first time he notices it, he sat on his car crying for 30 minutes before finally caving in and entering the house. When Steve tells Eddie about this, Eddie visibly melts, scooping him into a hug before saying, "Oh sweetheart, as long as I am here, there's always going to be a light left on for you."
It's Eddie that makes the house a home. Steve doesn't care if he's living in a cardboard box, as long as he's with Eddie, it's home.
And that's why Steve's been standing in front of the dark porch for almost an hour now. Nancy's going to pick him up in a few more hours, so they can go back to the hospital and watch Max and Dustin.
But he can't— can't push himself to enter the dark house, knowing that Eddie's light and warmth is never going to touch it again. There's still blood stained on his hands, blood from when he had to leave Eddie's lifeless body in the Upside Down.
Steve wonders— morbidly— if Wayne has a light on in the trailer porch, waiting for a son that's never coming home.
Maybe it's weariness or maybe Steve just wants to peek inside and see if there's still a hint of Eddie floating around the house. Steve lets himself in the dark house, sliding down against the door as he sobs into Eddie's battle vest.
Outside, the porch light flickers. It blinks three times.
Rapidly. Slowly. Rapidly.
The flickering stops and the light stays on.
Because as long as Eddie Munson's alive, there's always going to be a light left on for Steve Harrington.
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yeah okay im doing it
this will be for any choices books, BUT i have not read any of the more recent, vip, or smut-plot books so i won't be drawing characters from those (like tna, cop, etc.)(i genuinely thing foreign affairs is the most recent one ive read so,,) i have read all the classic choices stories though so i am happy to draw any of those!! please make your requests through my ask box, and limit it to ONE CHARACTER. ty!! (i will not be taking requests through rbs/comments)
(also feel free to rb this post!! id love for it to reach some other choices fandoms <3)
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I enjoyed "Unhappy Campers", but I feel like Moxxie's character was inconsistent. For one, Moxxie does have an ego, and he does enjoy having said ego stoked appreciated by others, but he seemed downright obsessed with getting the attention of the humans he was trying to get intel from which seemed very strange for his character. Moxxie is very much a "will tell others about how great he is without caring much about their response unless its a positive one" kind of person; he's never really needed the random people he tells his greatness to to reciprocate those thoughts. But here he seems obsessed with getting that reciprocation. For Moxxie to be so needy for the attention of strangers to the point where he would resent Millie, the person he adores so much he literally sung her praise at Ozzie's, and not support her when she's clearly happy... its completely out of character. Not to say his character couldn't go in that direction, but this episode brought the idea out of nowhere, with no build up that I could see, and had it resolved in minutes which tells me it was a change brought just for this episode to give conflict. Its a move I think everyone can can agree is very... meh.
Which sucks to me because one thing they did well was Millie's character, but she needed more. Millie's feelings of being seen as overly aggressive and never being really appreciated by anyone but her husband make sense for her character, but we've never really seen her have these issues past the Harvest Moon Festival. She needed more buildup for this plot point (aka more screen time in previous episodes that showed off this internal struggle) and way more build up on Moxxie's part to get him to a point where he would actively seek out approval from others, because he just didn't do that before (with exceptions for Blitzo maybe).
Likewise, the entire confrontation between Millie and Moxxie was super rushed. Moxxie getting chewed out by Millie and immediately realizing his mistake is fine, but I feel like we should've had more time to stew in Moxxie's regret and Millie's disappointment, (the moment when she was about to perform and became sad when she realized Moxxie wasn't there to support her was great, but it was instantly resolved, making it feel not very important). The resolution happened way too quickly and it felt hard to get invested in the conflict.
One positive I will give is Millie's reaction to Moxxie's selfishness. She started tearing up and pouring her heart out to him before getting angry and giving him the cold-shoulder. It makes sense, because Moxxie being the person she loves and trusts the most means she would show a side of herself she wouldn't show others, and so her response would be different than her usual reactionary outbursts. But at the same time, she's a Wrath demon with a lot of anger, and her shutting Moxxie down felt very accurate; it fits her take-no-bullshit attitude, and made her feel more like her own unique character. She's still Millie at the end of the day, and her willful attitude won't be clamped down for anyone, not even Moxxie.
Overall, I probably would have pushed the Barbie Wire storyline into another episode and had this one be dedicated solely to Moxxie and Millie's development, especially considering how lacking meaningful screen time has been for Millie. It would've been a change of pace from the usually action-packed episodes (I say this as someone who enjoys the action the most and believes it is Helluva's strong suit) and a good chance for Millie to have her spotlight, as well as to give more attention to MnM's first on-screen conflict.
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if you could request One fic from me, what would it be
jensen centered, bryce centered, the two of them together, canon, au--doesn't matter, but what would it be about
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i noticed that there's never many comments in your fics and i wanted to share that i love them
thx 💜
Hi Anon!! Im sorry I didnt answer you when you sent this in, I was battling Imposter Syndrome and the amazing feeling of writer’s inadequacy.
Thank you for taking the time to say so! 🥺💖
I am very aware that sometimes, many people are too shy to comment, and I totally understand that 💖
Please know that I read every comment, like, kudos and reblog! I adore seeing them and they motivate me to continue writing!
I havent mentioned it before (atleast I dont think I have) but when I had begun my little GHOST Hanahaki fic, I had been so unsure of how people would react to it that I had legitimately been so close to deleting my blog BUT IM SO GLAD I DIDNT!
Ive met so many kind people since becoming a Ghestie!! I should definitely make a shout out post but Im shy as fuck 😔✌🏻 BUT ILL MAKE ONE!! 💖
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