Hail and Welcome

“I know Eddie and Steve are fucking….i just can’t prove it…”

"Dude, I don't think Harrington's having a hairy chest means he is a werewolf. Can we please talk about something else???"

title: don't write in starlight ('cause the words may come out real)

tags: modern au, magical realism, tattoo artist/florist, shapeshifting

"It's not temporary magic," Eddie explained. "It's going to be as permanent as any tattoo." The potential customer -- Steve -- nodded curtly, perfunctorily. "Yeah, I'd hope so. I want this thing gone, man. Who wants to be a monster once a month?"

"Shapeshifting doesn't make you a mons--" "Oh, fuck off with that! I've been to the mandatory therapy," he scoffed. "No one wants an out of control wolf. I've got a new stepsister now, Max. She came to check on me, and I nearly took the door of the cage off." "Cages don't help," Eddie said. "Cages help me not kill someone," Steve shot back. "Do you know what it's like to wake up not knowing what you've done, if you've hurt someone? You think I want to get this as part of my manslaughter sentencing instead?"

"I get it. Feeling out of control sucks, but--"

"Oh, you 'get it'? I don't *feel* out of control. I *am* out of control--"

"You aren't," Eddie said. "You're trapped. No wolf is sane when they're caged. And yes, I get it. My dad thought a cage would fix me too. When that didn't work, he tried magic." Eddie tugged the neck of his shirt down, showing the scarring where his own tattoo had been burned off a week after he turned eighteen.

"Don't go to therapy," Eddie said. "Come to us."

As for the fic I already had, it was essentially just a rovickie version of Cinderella (I know, before that prompt was even posted here), if you're at all interested in it then here's the link!

(ask sent in reference to this ask/answer about including already-completed fairytale-themed works in the Stranger Tales collection) STEVE HARRINGTON IS A TALKING MOUSE?!

sold :D

🪡 chapter 1 - unattainable 🪡 10.4k - dead dove - 1930s tailor Alastor

tagged by @hbyrde36

rules: send me an emoji in an ask, and I'll write & share a little something for that WIP!

here's what I'm working on this week:

🗒️ get over me (get under me) - in which Eddie confesses to Steve, Steve thinks he's straight, and shenanigans ensue (currently working on chapter 4, posting to ao3)

🏰 out of darkness start - steddie reverse cinderella au (currently working on part 3, posting to tumblr)