Auroradannon

This is what's so fucked up about "nothing that requires the labor of others is a human right".

The labor is already being done under capitalism. The laborers are already being underpaid under capitalism.

When you propose removing the greedy profiteers and paying the workers a reasonable wage, people call that "slavery" while they have no problem with the current system.

you could say this WIP is really......cumming along well

eddie spends weeks thinking he made steve cry that one time he snapped at him and feels sick about it. then one day he watches steve turn the shiny eyes + single tear on some random authority figure to get out of trouble and realizes it’s a BIT. meanwhile steve’s over there like 🙂 and eddie is reevaluating his entire life and relationship choices.

eddie: “dude, I’m not mad, I just said you were being annoying.”

steve, eyes going glassy immediately: “no, it’s fine, I get it.”

eddie: “wait, hey, I didn’t— are you seriously crying?”

steve, one single tear: “just… give me a second.”

Eddie, guilt ridden, thinks about this for weeks.

Months later…

cop: “you were going fifteen over, son.”

steve, same exact shiny eyes + lone tear: “I’m so sorry, officer, it’s just been a really hard week—”

eddie watching from the passenger seat, connecting the dots in real time: “…”

cop: “I’ll let you off with a warning.”

eddie, as they drive away: you manipulative little theater kid, I cannot believe I FELL FOR THAT.

Later that night

eddie: “no. uh-uh. do it again.”

steve: “do what again?”

eddie: “the thing. the eyes. I watched you with your little Bambi routine, Harrington. You’re not slick.”

steve: “it’s not a routine, I’m just sensitive🥺”

eddie: “you turned them on like a faucet.”

steve, already dialing up the shine: “eddie, that really hurts my feelings—”

And then Steve just starts to break the fuck down because Eddie doesn't get it. Now Eddie is concerned as fuck while Steve is just sobbing and yelling about the fact that maybe it WAS Russians or the Upside Down.

Only for Dustin to round a corner outside of like- the arcade. Steve looks up and sees him and wanders over to hug him whilst Eddie stands awkwardly and concerned to the side. Dustin is lost for a few moments before he hears a few words from Steve about how he couldn't find him and then royalbard comfort yippee.