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All the Right Reasons (All the Wrong Places)

Author: hilarychuff, @hilarychuff Artist: reena-jenkins (tumblr), reena_jenkins (ao3) Beta reader: mistysharks Characters: Robin Buckley, Chrissy Cunningham, Steve Harrington Relationships: Robin Buckley/Chrissy Cunningham, Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington Rating: Teen and Up Audiences Additional tags: Alternate Universe - The Bachelor Fusion, Alternate Universe - Reality Show, Platonic Soulmates Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington, Past Steve Harrington/Nancy Wheeler, Minor Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler Warnings: none Word count: 19,824

Summary:

Ha! Okay so basically the whole thing came from me being like "but HOW in the 80s do they end up in this situation, since it was pre-internet, and pre a lot of this stuff being easily accessible" and I finally decided that Chrissy and Eddie admit their bisexuality to each other at some point and then realize they both have a thing for Steve. I have very little plot outside of that, but I just have this vision of Steve having these conversations with Robin like, "I think Eddie was flirting with me? But he's with Chrissy. And we both like girls. Right. We both like girls?"

sorry we are moving snails pace lol wont get on a boat until chapter 3/4 oops But here's the bit that I added three sentences to because it didn't feel finished before :)

Hey @hilarychuff! I'm giving you the Classixx remix of Psychic City.

This song has such a west coast vibe to it that reminds me of you, with it's of brand of sardonic art pop....I may or may not be ascribing this vibe to you currently because of your recent Yellowjackets reblogs that prompted me to check out the show...and I'm now obsessed. I love love love the 90s aesthetics, and the casting of former child stars, and the mix of horror tropes and feral teenage girl energy and humor and pop culture references...and somehow those things also remind of me you your very thorough knowledge of pop culture, film, and television. The way you effortlessly remix jonsa into every rom com imaginable is so fun and I love chatting with you about them and the different movies/tv shows we are watching.

a goddamn blaze in the dark (and you started it) by dollfacerobot, a gift for @ladyinasong

a jonsa christmas fic, 9445 words, on AO3.

POV — something that’s already happened, retold from another character’s perspective

writing these on the fly is challenging but also? good! which is why i keep going over two sentences but y’all know i’m no good at rules (originally written in jude’s pov)

Etta takes the proffered cigarette. She was surprised when he said they could share it, because that feels kinda... intimate? Maybe she’s overthinking it, that’s like her whole brand, but then again he’d looked pretty surprised when he said it, too, like he hadn’t thought it through first.

As soon as she took her first drag, though, she was more preoccupied with the taste. Not of the cigarette — hello, all menthols taste about the same — but with whatever Jude’s lips left behind on the filter. It’s just a hint of something sweet, but it’s got her licking her lips to chase it before she realizes how that might look. How it definitely looked, jeez, like she’s trying to get him to look at her mouth in some weirdo effort to, what, proposition him? It’s like ninety degrees and they’re in a parking lot, okay, she expressly does not want to have sex with him in this weather.

Thank you, friend! It's munch like a BDSM munch (for the uninitiated, that's a get-together of kinky folks in a neutral location, meant to welcome the new and the curious to the fold). The fic itself is the 90s Kink fic I may or may not ever post. But here are the three seven sentences I just wrote (context is that Chrissy has found her way to the local munch, where shock! surprise! Eddie is a regular attendee):

“I didn’t know people really…” She reaches for her water. “Sorry. Is that rude?” “No. Although, I’m a little disappointed. All those times we hung out, and you never let on you were a secret freak?”

Thank you, friend!

14. what’s your worst writing habit? 

I spend way too much time worrying about what other people are going to think. Simple, but true. I get in my head about silly things, and then I worry I'm being too weird, or too out there, or too whatever. Don't get me wrong, I usually do the weird thing anyway, but yeah. I second-guess, and I shouldn't.

31. tell us about one of your characters who’s an absolute joy to write

Chrissy, for sure. I have fun with Eddie, but it's harder for me to get into a flow when I'm writing his POV. Chrissy exists as this fully realized little nugget of a person in my head, and she's the same nugget whether she's dealing with a boatload of trauma, or she just wants to get laid. She's my quirky turkey, and I love her oodles.

52. how many unfinished ideas/stories are you working on at the same time?

Too many. It is my curse. Right now for Hellcheer I have Soul, the one-shot for around Valentine's day that's also going to be my @hellcheer-au-week entry. Also the uh... Pegging that was Promised. And last night I had a weird idea for a Munington or Harrunningson or Cunningson or whatever the fuck we're calling Chrissy/Eddie/Steve this week. So that'll probably happen. Plus a dozen other flitting little butterflies of half-baked ideas.