inspired by what literally Just happened to me twenty minutes ago
Eddie is strapped for cash, and he spots a blood drive happening down the street. He knows that they always give out $20 gift cards after you donate, so he signs himself up. Sure, all he's eaten today is a bowl of instant mac and cheese for breakfast, but they have snacks there if he really needs something.
He's getting called up to have his blood pressure and heart rate checked, when he sees him: an Adonis. The man is gorgeous, tan skin that's slightly flushed, with just a faint sheen of sweat on his face. He's practically glowing.
The phlebotomist is giggling at something he just said, and she turns one of the little portable fans to face him. His hair starts billowing in the breeze, and he looks like he belongs on the cover of one of those bodice ripper novels Eddie rags on but secretly loves
The person doing Eddie's intake procedure says his pulse is a little high, so they need to wait a couple minutes and check again.
"Who is that?" Eddie asks, pointing at the other man.
"Oh, Steve? He's one of our regulars. Him and his girlfriend always come in and donate together every chance they get. Real sweet guy, everyone here loves him. Super funny, too."
It's then that Steve seems to notice Eddie staring, because he smiles and waves with the arm that doesn't currently have a needle stuck in it. Damn. Even his smile is perfect.
"So it looks like you can't donate today." Eddie turns once he realizes he's being spoken to. "Your pulse rate actually got higher; it was 109 and now it's 116."
"What? But isn't that a good thing? My body is pumping more blood, right? That means more for you guys to take?"
"Well we can only take a pint at a time, but even so, you're not supposed to donate if your heart rate is above 100 BPM because you might faint or get sick. Your blood pressure is fine, only slightly elevated, so it's probably nothing, but you should still go see a doctor anyway to get checked for a heart condition."
Eddie is shocked. He doesn't know what to say. For the first time in his life, he is rendered speechless. Munson men don't have heart problems. Liver damage, sure, but that's from all the booze, and he hasn't had a drop since he moved out of Hawkins.
Not like he could afford to, anyway. Shit's expensive.
"Does this mean I won't get the gift card?" he asks.
"Sorry, sweetie. Maybe next month."
He walks away, too stunned to respond, drifting over to the snack table. He grabs one of everything: pretzels, cookies, cheese crackers, a juice box. If he can't get that money, at least he can get some food.
He glances one last look at the beautiful boy before he goes. Maybe he'll get to talk to him next time.
Oh, well. He can get the cash somewhere else. There's always Onlyfans.
bonus: me explaining what happened to my Ma (except in this case pretend it's Eddie and Wayne lol)
Hey folks so I know this is a little unorthodox but ever since I donated platelets, I've been getting emails from the Red Cross, and thought "well if anyone is strapped for cash like Eddie was in this fic, this might be able to help somebody out"
There is always a shortage of blood, but platelets are even less frequently donated, and right now there is an Emergency shortage of platelets (which are used for chemotherapy and emergency care) so the Red Cross is giving away up to $55 in gift cards to people who donate platelets, AND you'll be entered into a giveaway for a chance to win a $7,500 gift card
This cause is very near and dear to my heart (as I was typing this, I realized I am currently wearing my "Life is good, give blood" shirt, i feel like a walking advertisement LMAO) so I figured I'd use my platform of 500 followers (wow!) for a good causee
Here is the link to schedule a platelet donation today
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The fourth of six 666-word ficlets to celebrate my 666 subscribers on AO3. @spectrum-spectre , completely unsurprisingly, asked for merperson porn, so here's the Just Add Water boys getting it on.
Rated: E
Tags: Established relationship; mer!Steve; Pool sex; Mermaid anatomy
“Honey, I’m home!” Eddie hollers.
Silence follows, and he cringes.
It’s not technically his home, but ever since Mrs. Harrington figured out that Steve and him were more than a summer fling, and that Eddie could be trusted with the family secret, he has been coming and going as he pleases. And besides, it’s not like Steve’s parents are even home. They’re on a yacht in the Mediterranean sea, looking into some aquatic issue that went right over Eddie’s head when Steve explained it. Because, as it turns out, their random trips to beautiful and exotic locations are not so much vacations as missions to protect the world’s oceans and their watery secrets from harm.
Maybe Steve had to join them?
Maybe they’re back early and he brought himself into one hell of an awkward situation?
Maybe he should back out and try again - deny any of this ever happened.
“Outside.”
Eddie wrinkles his brow and follows the voice. The patio doors are open. He steps outside, shivering and drawing his flannel tighter around himself. The wind has got a mean, cold bite to it, and the leaves are turning brown.
Something splashes.
He turns just in time to see a huge tail fin dip under the surface of the pool.
“Jesus Christ,” he mutters. “Hey, fish boy! What are you doing?”
Steve emerges, propping his arms up on the edge. The scales scattered all over his naked skin glisten green and gold in the setting sun. The fish tail moves in the water, fins like so many layers of tulle.
“Swimming? What does it look like?”
“Now?” Eddie scowls. “I thought we said movies and cuddles on the couch.”
“I had an urge." Steve lazily floats backwards. “It's been too long. Join me?”
“The fuck?” Eddie sputters. “What urge? You spent an entire day at the lake like two weeks ago. And I sure as hell am not coming in there with you. I'm freezing my ass off as it is, there's no way I'm-”
Steve looks at him through his lashes.
His fins quiver.
“Oh,” Eddie breathes. “That urge.”
Steve smiles. “You coming in?”
Eddie has never stripped faster in his life.
The nose-dive is a bad idea - he's a clumsy swimmer and an even clumsier diver. The water is so cold he sees stars, leaving him disoriented and panicked, but only for a second. Then, a pair of strong arms wraps around his shoulders, and that long, muscular tail presses in between his legs, and he knows he's safe.
By the time they emerge, kissing and gasping for air (well, in Eddie’s case, because unlike certain people, he can't breathe underwater), he's fully hard, and that warm, slick fold between the fins on Steve's hips welcomes him in.
“Damn, sweetheart,” Eddie gasps as they find their rhythm in the water. Steve effortlessly keeps both of them afloat, even with his eyes rapidly clouding over with pleasure. “You were right. It really has been too long.”
Don't get him wrong, they do their fair share of messing around, in all possible locations and positions, but this? The sensation of that tail twitching under him as Steve clenches around his cock? His boyfriend is a goddamn miracle, and he's one lucky guy for getting to experience it.
*
“Well?” Steve asks, a while later, when they're both floating on the surface - Steve with slow, lazy strokes of his fins and Eddie lying across his chest and tail in a boneless heap. “Aren't you glad you came in?”
“Glad I came in you,” Eddie snickers. Steve pulls the tail out from under him and he yelps, struggling to stay afloat. “The fuck? You trying to drown me?”
Steve laughs, catching him and lifting him out of the pool like he weighs nothing.
“Never,” he winks, while Eddie gapes and shivers. “I like you too much. Now dry off and go inside. I'd love a second round on the couch, but with different parts.”
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This is my online accessibility (especially image description) masterpost, which I update periodically whenever I find a new resource or guide. I worry this has the side effect of looking overwhelming in scope, so if you're learning about IDs and/or Tumblr-specific accessibility for the first time, I recommend you start with the first six posts, under "The Basics". All post titles are clickable links!
The Basics
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Why and how to write image descriptions
Accessibility on Tumblr for new users (has templates, also talks about how to tag for flashing lights to accommodate photosensitive folks)
I see an image and want to describe it: a step by step guide
Fanart-specific and Tumblr-specific advice for image descriptions
How to describe screenshots of tags
IDs versus Alt Text, from a visually impaired Tumblr user (spoiler alert: sometimes it makes sense to use both)
Level of Detail
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Why a short ID is always better than no ID
Blind people discuss the level of detail to include in IDs
The key word for writing IDs: "Relevancy"
Helpful Communities, Tips, and Tools
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I want to make my posts more accessible, but can’t write IDs myself: a guide
The People's Accessibility Discord sever (also mentioned in the previous link. It's a friendly server for crowdsourcing image descriptions, with description requests and feedback requests both welcomed)
Google Doc full of template descriptions for memes
Online image to text converter
Describing skin tone and describing hair (heads up that the posts themselves are undescribed and were written with fiction writers in mind; potentially still very useful)
How to remember to write descriptions (spoiler: by putting yourself in situations where you see descriptions more often)
Related, a Google doc of described blogs (almost all the blogs linked earlier in this post have tons of described posts and resources too)
(In my opinion, writing IDs is easiest to learn by doing — but especially if combined with watching other people do so. So follow some described blogs!)
Miscellaneous
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Alt text vs IDs vs Captions with examples
Why not to put image descriptions in small fonts/italics (also, some non-definitive thoughts on IDs vs alt text)
Special characters read by all screen readers
Brief Intro to Transcripts/Video Descriptions
Myths That Harm Blind People
How to make your blog's colors visually accessible - one of the easiest thing on this list!
Other easy things: show love to artists who describe their work, edit descriptions into your original post when someone provides one in the notes, and copy-paste inaccessible (eg, small text or italicized) descriptions as plain text when you reblog!
Lastly, and maybe most importantly, how to continue writing image descriptions while avoiding burnout.
Let me know if any of these links break! I personally don't describe nearly as much audio/video (got those audio processing issues), so this list is sparse on those resources, but if anyone has good guides/blog recommendations for that too, feel free to add on!
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Steve who hates bothering people so he doesn't tell any of his friends that he's finally having his appendix removed.
The only problem is that the hospital refuses to go on with the surgery without someone there to accompany Steve.
It's a Wednesday afternoon. Everyone Steve knows is busy.
Dustin is in college in another state. Robin is working and Nancy is on a business trip. Joyce and Hopper are out of town visiting Will and Mike, and Lucas, Jane and Max have yet to come back from their road trip.
Technically, Steve could call Robin and ask if she could come to the hospital but, again, he just doesn't want to disturb his best friend when she's at work.
"I'm really sorry, Mr. Harrington," the receptionist says for the fifth time. "But you need someone here with you, or else you can't have your surgery."
"Fine, I'll find someone."
And Steve does find someone.
Ten minutes later, he comes back to the front desk with the guy who usually plays the guitar at the park in front of the hospital.
The guy is not well known among the hospital staff, a lot of nurses go out on their lunch breaks to listen to the guy play as they eat, so is not really a surprise when the receptionist recognizes him right away.
"Eddie? What are you doing here?"
Eddie shrugs, pointing at Steve. "This guy said he's gonna give me fifty bucks if I wait for him while he's in surgery."
"See? I'm not alone anymore," Steve huffs. "Can you take my appendix out now?"
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