cool story, bro

Thanks, Beans! This is what came to mind for this. We're calling it an AU, okay? A wipe-away-season-nine AU. <3

“We’re here,” Tommy said as he cut the engine. Evan hadn’t been asleep but he hadn’t exactly been present, either. Which was why Tommy had driven him home. From Tommy’s passenger seat, he stirred. “Hmm?” He sat up and looked out the windshield, seeming not to recognize Eddie’s place. Or, well, his own place. He blinked a few times. “Oh. Uh. Yeah. Okay. Thanks.”

“Would you rather-?” Tommy hadn’t wanted to assume he should take Evan to his place and Evan hadn’t offered up any suggestions.

“No. This is fine. Thank you.” Evan unbuckled his belt and reached for one of the hats sitting between them. “Which…?”

“Um… Well, we both have pretty big heads…” Tommy put one one then the other. “This one, I think.” He passed one of the formal uniform hats over and Evan held it in his lap, not moving.

“Come on. Let’s get you inside and you can change into something…” ‘more comfortable’ felt wrong to say but ‘less funereal’ was definitely not the right thing to say.

“Uh… Can I…” Evan sighed, turning the hat around and around in his hands. “Would you…”

“Anything you need,” Tommy answered immediately.

“It’s just… Eddie’s staying here and…”

“Where do you want to go? Maddie’s…? Or…?” 

“Can I…” Evan ducked his head. “I just… I don’t want to… talk to anyone.”

“Evan? Can I take you back to my place?”

The tension bled out of Evan’s frame. “Thanks. I just…”

“Do you want to grab clothes or anything?”

Evan studied the house for a moment then shook his head. “No. I… don’t really feel like going in.”

Tommy started the car again. “Okay, but no complaints about cold ankles when you borrow my sweats.”

Tilting his head Evan asked, “You won’t loan me socks?”

“I could be persuaded,” Tommy said, putting the truck into reverse.

Half an hour later they pulled up to Tommy’s place with a bag of burgers and fries.

Inside, they both stripped away pieces of their dress uniform and dumped them in a heap. 

“I’ll grab drinks,” Tommy said. “You know where my stuff is. Grab whatever you want.”

Tommy stayed in the kitchen longer than necessary, putting ice in glasses, getting paper towels and folding them into napkins despite the fact there was a stack of them in the bag of fast food. 

“I helped myself to your socks, too,” Evan said. 

“Good.” Tommy studied him, trying not to smile at seeing Evan in his sweats. “Here. Take the drinks in and I’ll go change.”

Leaving Evan with the drinks and food and remote control, Tommy called, “Find something to watch, be right back.” 

In his room he found the rest of Evan’s dress uniform folded on his dresser. Tommy ran his hand over the fabric before turning to find his own clothes to change into. He hung his uniform pants and dress shirt, mostly just to make it easier for Evan to find his own items later.

Then he pulled sheets and blankets out and set them next to Evan’s clothes. He’d offer him the bed with fresh linens and he’d sleep on the couch. Or…

Tommy shook his head. This wasn’t the day to think about that. 

He returned to the living room and found Evan curled on the couch under the blanket he must have remembered Tommy kept in the ottoman. The remote was in his hand, nothing yet selected.

And he was asleep. 

Tommy watched him, his chest feeling both too full and desiccated at the same time. He had everything. And nothing.

But today wasn’t the day to think about that.

He gently pulled the remote from Evan’s hand and turned off the television. He’d take the food to the kitchen, eat his own burger, and then go to his room and maybe leave the door open in case Evan woke up later.

But first.

He made sure the blanket was covering Evan’s legs well enough - his injured leg seemed to run a little colder - and then, unable to stop himself, leaned in and brushed a kiss on Evan’s forehead. Evan stirred slightly then settled again.

"Surprised kiss"

of course! <3 ✨ Kiss prompts ✨

Tommy snuck into the kitchen, Evan’s music blaring as he iced cupcakes, his back towards the door. He was singing along tunelessly, one foot tapping as he moved between trays. Tommy watched and waited until he had put his icing bag down before sneaking up behind up, hands on his waist to whirl him around.

Evan opened his mouth in surprise, but before he could say anything, Tommy had covered his mouth with his own, one hand pulling him close as the other reached behind them.

Evan sank into the kiss, the way he always did, and Tommy grinned into the kiss, loving how well he could read Evan now.

“What was that for?” Evan asked when they pulled apart, one hand reaching up almost as a reflex to press his thumb into Tommy’s cleft.

“Nothing. Everything.” Tommy grinned, eyes crinkling. “I’ll let you get back to it.”

“Okay,” Evan said, still a little dazed as Tommy let his hand drop, turning and heading back out of the kitchen.

Tommy knew exactly when he looked at the trays again.

“THIEF!” Evan yelled from the kitchen.

welcome! here are what you need to know about ao3 and how it’s the complete opposite of wattpad

trigger warning for the mention of contents that are allowed on ao3 that can be triggering to some.

ao3 is a non-profit organization. it’s run by fans (people like you and me), for fans.

fans donate to the site on their own free will to keep the site up and running smoothly.

ao3 is not a social media. it is an archive.

ao3 doesn’t have ads. it doesn’t have algorithms. it doesn’t have “going viral.”

everything is endlessly free on ao3. there is no “ao3 premium.” you will never see a single ad on ao3, and you can download as many fics as you want to read offline for free.

ao3 doesn’t have an app. and ao3 doesn’t need an app. any “ao3 apps” you see are third-party apps and are not affiliated with ao3, so be careful giving these shady apps your login infos or other personal information.

ao3 was built with the main purpose to 1.) be completely against censorship and 2.) host fics that are banned on other platforms like wattpad.

the reason ao3 doesn’t have an app is because for it to have its own app, appstore and google play store will have to approve it first. and due to the contents ao3 allow, chances are that it won’t get approved. which is actually a good thing. it doesn’t need an app. it works more than fine without an app.

on ao3, every single thing is allowed as long as it is fanfic or fan work (original works, fan art and video edits count as fan works, but if you want to post a video edits on ao3, you will have to post it elsewhere and then link it back to ao3 — ao3 cannot host video edits on its platform due to copyright issues)

by every single thing that is fanfic, I mean every single thing:

the filthiest smut without plot that is written purely for sexual pleasure is allowed. it has its own canonical tag called “plot what plot, porn without plot.”

fics that focus on non-consensual sexual intercourse are allowed, doesn’t matter if the fics glorify or romanticize the act, doesn’t matter if they’re written as kinks. they have their own canonical tag called “rape/non-con.”

fics about characters who are minors are allowed, even if they’re portrayed in a sexual manner, even if they’re non-consensual sexual intercourse. even if the minor characters are romantically and/or sexually involved with characters who are adults. even if they fics are written in ways that glorify and/or romanticize the thing. they have their own canonical tag called “underage sex.”

fics about incest are allowed. doesn’t matter if they glorify or romanticize the relationship. they have their own canonically tag called “incest.” fun fact: the first ever fic that was posted on ao3 was a fic about an incest ship from supernatural.

fics about self-harm and suicide are allowed. doesn’t matter if they glorify or romanticize the act. they have their own canonical tags called “self-harm” and “suicide” also “suicidal ideation”, “suicide attempt”, “implied/referenced suicide”, etc.

fics about violence and gore are allowed, even if they were written for the sake of shock value. they have their own canonical tag called “violence”, “blood and gore”, “blood and injuries”, etc.

rpf is also allowed. doesn’t matter if the content of the fics are dark and taboo. they’re treated the same way as any other fics.

every single dark and taboo fic you can think of is allowed. and it has its own canonical tag. because it is the main reason why ao3 was created in the first place.

“but what do I do if I don’t wanna see fics about xyz?” you can filter out any specific tag, character and/or pairing you want.

“what do I do if I wanna find fics about xyz?” you can search for any specific tag, character and/or pairing you want.

a lot of ao3 users rely on tags to search for specific tags, pairings, characters they want. they also rely on tags to filter out and exclude specific tags, pairings, and characters that they don’t want to see.

ao3’s tagging system is by far the most efficient one I’ve ever seen.

on ao3, our main principles are “don’t like don’t read” — which means YOU have a responsibility to curate your own internet experience. yes, ao3 allows all kind of messed up fics, but they also allow you the ability to NOT see anything you don’t want to see, by filtering out specific fics, pairings and/or characters.

no. you cannot harass authors who write about things that disgust you. you can and will be reported for harassment, and ao3 takes harassment very seriously. they will not take your side. because fucked up fics are allowed on ao3—fucked up fics are the main reason ao3 was created—whereas harassment is a direct violation of their terms of service.

ao3 is a house of the freaks and the perverts (affectionate). you ARE in the house of the freaks and the perverts. so don’t think about harassing or being rude to the freaks and the perverts who built this anti-censorship house and are kind enough to let you in.

ao3 is proship, profic, and anti-censorship.

any writer can write whatever they want, however they want. the only etiquette is that you tag your stuff properly and accurately

mistagging for visibility is heavily frowned upon here, and it won’t get your works more views. people will either block or report you if you deliberately mistag things with the purpose of getting your fic more views. as I’ve said before, ao3 is an archive. it’s not a social media. it doesn’t have algorithms or going viral.

if you come across a fic that has the tag “creator chose not to use archive warnings” it means the fic may or may not contain topics that can be triggering, but the author won’t tell you what these topics are, or if there are any at all. so proceed at your own risk.

that said, because ao3 is a non-profit site that hosts millions of works about others’ copyrighted characters, you CANNOT link a monetization platform anywhere on ao3, you CANNOT mention any donation, commission—or anything that involves money—anywhere on ao3. no, you cannot imply donation, commission, or anything that involves money either. that is against their terms of service.

and because ao3 is a place for fanworks, the “work section” of your post has to actually be fanwork (fanfic, original work, fan art, link to a video edit count as fanwork). anything that isn’t fanwork is not allowed.

you cannot post something on ao3 that is not fanwork. so no political statement, no call-out post, no “I’m looking for fics about xyz”.

ao3 is anti censorship as long as what your post is actually fanwork and as long as you don’t violate their terms of service that I’ve mentioned above.

ao3 has their own team of lawyers to protect them, their users, and every fanwork that is posted on their platform.

last but not least, don’t write directly onto ao3. write and store your works elsewhere before copy and paste them onto ao3 once they’re ready to post!! because ao3 does NOT autosave drafts for you, you risk losing everything you’ve typed if there’s a glitch, if the site crashes or if your device unexpectedly shuts down for whatever reason.

For the time being it is TOGGLEABLE and you can TURN IT OFF!

However, we do not know if Twitch will force this to be on at all times like some other platforms, like X/Twitter, have previously done.

Regardless of IF YOU STREAM OR NOT you should TURN THIS "TRAINING FOR GENERATIVE AI" SETTING OFF IMMEDIATELY!

To do so you must go to: https://www.twitch.tv/settings/security

And then scroll all the way down near the bottom.

There you'll find the "Training for Generative Ai" setting, toggle it to OFF!

Be sure to keep sending messages to Twitch that you do NOT want this to exist.

have some "buck goes to tommy post drug addiction (except i started writing this before the episode aired, so we didn't know it was oxy yet (would you give benzos to an addict? who knows))" wip

He told Tommy everything. He'd told the story a couple of times now, but different people got different details. No one had gotten the whole story, all at once.

His throat wouldn't cooporate, when he attempted to swallow. Lately, his body forgot how to swallow sometimes. Like the connection was severed and his brain no longer knew what muscles to use. The spit sat on his tongue, until the connection came back.

Tommy wasn't saying anything. He was upset, but he wasn't saying anything. He was sitting there, tears in his eyes, just looking.