Yessssss. Will do, but I'm excited.

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I love when it hit 80 all week ... and then the long weekend hits and its 37 degrees and raining. Cool.

But the insufferable, pick-me, female protagonist gets to survive a nuclear explosion point blank because -checks notes- she was so good at hacking that the ship AI fell in love with her and -checks again- controlled the blast to spare the tiny escape pod she was in?

Are you fucking kidding me?

How are you going to make me read the audio log of my favorite character where he apologieses to his mom and explains that he has to kill himself because he's infected with a space zombie virus because he saw a child in the loading bay, crying, alone and he went to help.

Thinking about a book I read over a decade ago that made me so mad I get struck with righteous anger to this day.

I am historically doomed to love characters that will die, but this was like flaying me open, squirting lemon juice in my wounds, then rubbing salt in at the last minute.

They just think he's a major stoner and buys a ton of weed from Eddie. Every time he tries to tell someone, it doesn't work. It's such a great idea and so fucking funny when Steve constantly tries to come out to Robin and she keeps heteronormatizing it. Fucking Keith figures it out before she does!

This universe is sort of like Stephen King's 11/22/63 where time doesn't want to be changed, so things happen to prevent Eddie from meeting the kids early and no matter what they do, no one notices that they are in a relationship. Steve wears Eddie's shirts and no one bats an eye.

Steve having a one night stand and immediately going to Eddie and proposing (when they aren't dating, haven't even kissed) is top tier Harrington bisexuality crisis bs. Anyway, does anyone want a Steddie get thrown back to 1983 fic?
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Catching stays over fiber arts was not on my bingo card for 2026. (My first username was quiltermtr ... so like ... really hitting me at the core of my being. (It's a great hobby to get into if you want or need adoptive grandmas)

Eating chocolate pudding while wearing a migraine ice pack headband thing is great. If it weren't for the fact that lights flashing that aren't real are happening while my head has a steering hot knife through it, I would recommend it to everyone. Cold, darkness, soft melty chocolate goo.

Oh look, a light-hearted Sapphic Western; it's Christo-fascism again!? | Upright Women Wanted Review YouTube video by Betwixt the Books

I've been down in migraine hell (probably because I stayed up all night reading; hoisted by my own petard or what have you) so I'm glad I had this scheduled and ready to go. One of the most fun we've had with a #review in a while I think. #booksky

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It is so worth it.

The fic that had me up until 5am because I could not put it down. Steve waking up in tbe middle of the drunk nancy bathroom scene after dying is cruel amd unusual punishment... but it's okay because he gets an Eddie that adores him in the end.

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When you make the definitely unwise decision to open the time travel fix it tag ... and just read whatever catches your fancy .... but now it's 3am. Fuck.

Hell yeah. Love that for you.

Every time I see gifs of Season 1 Steve I feel like I've been jump scared. That is a baby. I know that he was in his early twenties but as a thirty something... that is still a child. Wee babe. So small. Egg even.

A screen shot of an AO3 Fic's First Page Showing: Rating: Mature Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: M/M Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016) Relationship: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson Characters: Steve Harrington Eddie Munson Original Characters Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence Alternate Universe - Afterlife Soulmates POV Steve Harrington Existentialism Surreal Reunions Pining Unresolved Romantic Tension Regret Grief/Mourning Steve Harrington Has a Bad Time Confused Steve Harrington Soft Eddie Munson Steve Harrington Needs a Hug Steve Harrington Needs Love Eddie Munson Needs a Hug Slow Burn Not Actually Unrequited Love Emotional Hurt/Comfort Death Limbo Fluff Fluff and Humor Tooth-Rotting Fluff Heartache Eddie Munson is a Sweetheart Steve Harrington Loves Eddie Munson Eddie Munson Loves Steve Harrington Hurt Steve Harrington Sad with a Happy Ending Soulmates in Every Universe Funny Angst Angst and Feels Emotional Hurt Hurt No Comfort Past Relationship(s) Past Lives Past Miscommunication Slice of Life Eventual Happy Ending Implied/Referenced Suicide Memory Loss Repressed Memories Recovered Memories Language: English Stats: Published: 2026-03-23 Updated: 2026-04-08 Words: 48,565 Chapters: 4/5 Comments:58 Kudos:59 Bookmarks:13 Hits:597 You Can Be Free (And Still Come Home) ahoysteve Summary: Steve wakes up on a train he doesn’t remember boarding, and somewhere in all of it, he finds someone he never expected to see again. OR: Steve Harrington dies. There are rules, there are options, and there’s a deadline. He just wants to find his wife, but finds Eddie Munson for the first time in sixty years, instead.

This has one chapter left until it's finished, but more people need to be reading this because ow? Oof? Owie? The boys are suffering ... and they are dead... and yet? They can't get out of their own way. But I've been promised a happy ending ☝️

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I know we've all collectively decided Wayne is queer ally #1 but sometimes it's nice to read about a Wayne stumbling through parenthood and getting it wrong at first. He figures it out, but people react poorly to things that they were taught to fear even if you don't fully fear it anymore.

That sounds awful :(. Hopefully it stops soon. I haven't had vertigo at the same time as a migraine but both make you feel like throwing up so I'm sure it's awful.

By the time all the kids have graduated (highschool and college) they have a rainbow of suits. As the years go on they get more elaborate and playful with patterns and style. Everyone takes bets on what the color combos will be. No one has won the pot yet, so they keep adding to it year over year.

Thoughts: Steve and Robin wearing matching suits in complimentary colors to most major events (their tie/bow tie matches the other's suit, obvs). This does not help the dating allegations before Robin comes out to the group. Steve's the one who started it so that they wouldn't clash in photos.

But that sounds cool as hell... difficult... but if you pull it off -chef's kiss-

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Aggressively wiping their mouths after each kiss, Gus might even brush his teeth just to be extra clean. I can see it.

Oh yeah, homoerotic antagonism all day with those two. So much peacocking, posturing, and pig tail pulling.

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People joke about fanfic writers "shipping any men who are friendly" and I'm here to say that is a bold faced lie. I'm in the middle of a Psych rewatch and Shawn and Gus are Platonic Soulmates if I've ever seen them. You 100% can show male friendships and not make it gay (most just choose not to).

I love when Kas Eddie has cat energy. Fear of water makes sense with how dry it is there, but also being covered in upside down goo hides your scent from other creatures. If he smells like begonias then the demodogs will find and eat him.

Not the blep while growling. How is anyone meant to take that seriously? Just gonna reach out and take that tongue hostage.

Historical Woman in Stem but It's Also Gothic Horror| Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher ARC Review YouTube video by Betwixt the Books

Ignore my traumatized stare in the thumbnail; I would classify this as cozy horror. I mean, it has super gross bug stuff... so maybe not for everyone, but if you liked What Moves the Dead or want to try horror (but get spooked easily), try this one.

#booksky #horror #review

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