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Rating: mature
Pairing: Steve Rogers/ Bucky Barnes
Bucky thought the war was easier. He was made of war; down to the marrow of his bones — he and Steve both. Borne and died of it. Peacetime didn’t stand to reason. Maybe it had, long ago — not anymore.
He’d been only just stumbling into adulthood on gangly legs when he’d gotten that conscription notice. Playground to battleground, and he’d never made it home from the fight.
"A tribe of villagers are under threat from an evil force."
STRANGER THINGS 3.03 "The Case of the Missing Lifeguard" | 5.04 "Sorcerer"
Will really did see into the future.
Rated: M
Hawkins, Indiana is not the place for open wounds.
Steve knows, better than most, that this is stupid. Sitting alone on the hood of his bimmer at the quarry, back against the windshield, staring out at the tree line—it’s stupid. It’s a dumb fucking decision. Whatever’s in the woods can probably smell the still-healing gash in his hairline from a dinner plate, the last of a yellowing bruise under his eye. It can probably smell weakness, too, in the raw, jagged crack Nancy had punched through his chest. (It’s a metaphor. Or some shit.)
But Steve doesn’t want to go home. And all the kids are at the dance. So.
He’s here. For the fourth night this week, he’s got a bat in his hand, pretending like it doesn’t scare the shit out of him—like his heart’s not rattling out of his ribs. Better than feeling powerless, he guesses. (And better him than one of the younger kids.)
Or; Steve goes looking for fights he can’t win. Set after the events of season 2.
he haunts the narrative. he is the narrative. he's a dnd nerd. he's an artist. he's sensitive and quiet. he's strong and brave. he can shoot a gun. he's a romantic. he wants to rob a vegas casino. he football tackled a child to the ground with zero hesitation. he calls out his friends. he doesn't take shit from mike wheeler. he loves mike wheeler. he has powers. he's a yearner. he's a fighter. he likes rock music. he's the character of all time.
Robin Buckley did not save everyone’s asses on countless occasions just for you to call her dumb…So here’s a list of things she’s done without which everyone would’ve died:
- Cracked the Russian code
- Found Reefer Rick’s location
- Found the article with the Creel murders in The Weekly Watcher
- Helped get a meeting with Victor Creel at the asylum
- Found out that music is the key to escaping Vecna which in turn saved Max
- Literally helped Will accept himself and discover his powers
I love Jacob Tierney!!
i gotta remember this
Be prepared to get comments like "Your hair is so pretty. You wrote her hair so pretty. Why is she so pretty?" And "Your writing is so good. I can really tell what he's saying and oh he smells so nice. That's a cool looking bag. Your beta has awesome shoes I bet. What's her name?"
Let the endless compliment cycle begin.
I’m so into this
It's five years later, I just saw this pop up on my feed, and I'm still so into this
Dustin is deliberately self-sabotaging. He’s not being mean to Steve bc he hates him. He’s being mean to Steve bc he hates himself and he wants Steve to hate him too. He’s being a total asshole and he should apologize but apologizing would defeat the purpose of his plan. He doesn’t want Steve to sacrifice himself for him like Eddie did - Dustin doesn’t want his life to be worth that much to Steve. He’s trying to make sure Steve doesn’t care about him anymore. That way he won’t want to die for him and he won’t care if Dustin decides to do a little self-sacrifice himself
Rated: M
Hawkins, Indiana is not the place for open wounds.
Steve knows, better than most, that this is stupid. Sitting alone on the hood of his bimmer at the quarry, back against the windshield, staring out at the tree line—it’s stupid. It’s a dumb fucking decision. Whatever’s in the woods can probably smell the still-healing gash in his hairline from a dinner plate, the last of a yellowing bruise under his eye. It can probably smell weakness, too, in the raw, jagged crack Nancy had punched through his chest. (It’s a metaphor. Or some shit.)
But Steve doesn’t want to go home. And all the kids are at the dance. So.
He’s here. For the fourth night this week, he’s got a bat in his hand, pretending like it doesn’t scare the shit out of him—like his heart’s not rattling out of his ribs. Better than feeling powerless, he guesses. (And better him than one of the younger kids.)
Or; Steve goes looking for fights he can’t win. Set after the events of season 2.
my favorite detail in ca:tws is when Sam is like "my gear is in a guarded government vault" and Steve and Natasha are like yeah that's fine. we can get that easy. and then they just retrieve it off screen. literally no scene or sequence not a single shot, within like an hour they just have his wings and that's that. like yeah why waste time showing us, they said it would be easy. Natasha shrugged. they could've just had Sam have it in his shed but no. fucking hilarious no notes 10/10 cinema and I'm not joking
It's a classic moment. The shrug. The reveal. The knowledge that it was so easy it wasn't even worth showing us what should be a god-tier heist, because for those who missed it the first time, this "guarded government vault" is at fucking Fort Meade.... where the NSA lives... and it's said to be "behind three guarded gates and a twelve-inch steel wall"
CATWS doesn't get enough credit.
as per my last straw,
ilya rozanov voice sorry i wept into the soft cradle of your body do you still think i'm a top
who gives a shit if the heated rivalry actors are queer or not. if they're queer then good for them for getting to play queer roles and if they're straight but this cheerfully willing to have hot sweaty gay sex with other men on television for our entertainment then more power to them too. other straight men should take notes. whats the issue here again
