[ it's been months since the trip to the upside down, since vecna went up in flames and hawkins returned to normal. well, hawkins remained as oblivious and normal as it had been before.
it was just that they weren't worried about vecna any more, about the world ending for the fourth time since el stumbled into their lives. she's back in california now that the summer is winding down, gone out west with jonathan, nancy, jocye and hopper this time. everything since that spring break week has been a whirl wind, but things are finally falling into place.
steve's still working at family video with robin, the kids are heading back to school, and eddie's... eddie's a free man and kind of a staple in steve's life. they hang out more nights than not and while steve had been so jealous of the idea of eddie at first (and for a while had then thought eddie hated him), he's pleasantly surprised at how close they've become.
no one's stealing robin's best friend slot or anything but eddie's creeping up there. maybe not totally for best friend reasons. which leaves a mesh of panic and butterflies in his stomach as steve thinks about that, especially when eddie's so close to him.
the whole gang's in his living room, his parents are out of town again, and he's finally been convinced to create a character for eddie's upcoming campaign. steve's sat in on a few sessions, half paying attention, but eddie had managed to somehow pull him in a few times in an unofficial, tie-breaking decision capacity. eddie's sitting next to him on the couch, it's just the two of them, and the rest of the party's occupying the other seats or spread out on the floor.
Dustin and Lucas are arguing over spells, Steve thinks as he looks at the book in his lap that Eddie had handed him about ten minutes ago. ] Okay. I really don't get the difference between a Paladin and a Ranger? Can't you pick for me, man? [ Steve doesn't whine, he doesn't (he totally does), as he passes the book back toward Eddie. ]
@pocketscarf | everyone lives au eyyyyy
it was just that they weren't worried about vecna any more, about the world ending for the fourth time since el stumbled into their lives. she's back in california now that the summer is winding down, gone out west with jonathan, nancy, jocye and hopper this time. everything since that spring break week has been a whirl wind, but things are finally falling into place.
steve's still working at family video with robin, the kids are heading back to school, and eddie's... eddie's a free man and kind of a staple in steve's life. they hang out more nights than not and while steve had been so jealous of the idea of eddie at first (and for a while had then thought eddie hated him), he's pleasantly surprised at how close they've become.
no one's stealing robin's best friend slot or anything but eddie's creeping up there. maybe not totally for best friend reasons. which leaves a mesh of panic and butterflies in his stomach as steve thinks about that, especially when eddie's so close to him.
the whole gang's in his living room, his parents are out of town again, and he's finally been convinced to create a character for eddie's upcoming campaign. steve's sat in on a few sessions, half paying attention, but eddie had managed to somehow pull him in a few times in an unofficial, tie-breaking decision capacity. eddie's sitting next to him on the couch, it's just the two of them, and the rest of the party's occupying the other seats or spread out on the floor.
Dustin and Lucas are arguing over spells, Steve thinks as he looks at the book in his lap that Eddie had handed him about ten minutes ago. ] Okay. I really don't get the difference between a Paladin and a Ranger? Can't you pick for me, man? [ Steve doesn't whine, he doesn't (he totally does), as he passes the book back toward Eddie. ]