#imsociallyanxiousgetoverit

Danny* keeps up a balance of serious tone and humor that keeps a variety of people around. He reminds people at the beginning and end of every video that in an emergency most victims and non-medical will forget all of what he shows and that it’s okay. Medical personnel outside of the situation are the ones responsible for learning and remembering what he talks about.

*(does he use his actual name, his online username, or something else?)

What truly gets him attention, happens during a video a year into the channel’s first video. Just a few minutes in, a girl that looks like a slightly younger version of Danny comes running in excited and then panics. She clearly doesn’t know he’s just demonstrating which makes him have to stop and calm her. Most of the situation is cut out, but after Danny moves on a viewer notices the girl’s voice behind camera calling him “mom”

For Dani, also Ellie, it started as a joke. Soon enough after the reveal to Jazz though, she has the two sit down for a talk about their situation. She makes it clear, gently, how important it is for themselves and the rest of the family to have their feelings out in the open. In a(n at the time) rare moment of seriousness for them both, they actually talk. Danny has always wanted to be a mother, but was afraid of judgement for it as he’s transmasc. Ellie genuinely thinks of him as her mother and really wants to have a mom. She can’t help feeling like Vlad is her father, but she recognizes he’s a bad one. Danny’s been infinitely better so far even when he made mistakes. So, they stick with it. The only noticeable change is their level of affection.

Now, Danny has been blatant about being trans even in public, so it’s honestly unsurprising people start to question the mystery girl’s origins; after the rapid spreading of her address of him, specifically. Surprisingly, the only thing he addresses is that he, his family, and friends deserve privacy. No words to clarify anything beyond a boundary. The discussions of “MG” and Danny’s relationship don’t stop, though they become less prevalent on the platforms he’s active on.

DC crossover below

Yellow Cardigan was an unfinished crossover about children from primarily horror media falling into the underground from Undertale

☂️👶🏻👶🏼 was an unfinished Klaus Hargreeves pregnancy reveal happy ending type fic

Watching/Reacting to Stiles/Thomas was exactly as it says on the tin and unfinished. The characters were separated by glass and amnesia was involved

Very Alternate Universe was an opposites au where Flash is Peter’s best friend and Pepper becomes his mentor etc

Unexpected Duo & Trip WIPs included ideas like Tony Stark and Markiplier interacting

Twitter Fic No.5 was avery fanon and queer Peter Parker focused unfinished social media fic that started by very briefly addressing Oscorp’s experiments and child endangerment

My Poetry 2017 was the poems I created in 2017 during probably the height of my mental illnesses controlling my life

“There was an Eye-dea” was just bullet points about Peter Parker being Percy Jackson etc equivalents

Their Beginning was a finished fic about Loki finding a place among All the Avengers (as of 2021) after Sylvie leaves him behind, but it is a happy ending

The Arachnids System was an unfinished fic with two wips containing OCs acting as alters (as in OSDD1b) in the same system as Peter. Some of the names included were Alexis, Fleur, Jessie, Liam, and James

Synesthedia Ideas & Fics was exactly what it sounded like. It had 8 chapters, was published 2021, and updated 2023

Standing Up Again was a finished short fic about Loki ending up in front of Avengers after Sylvie leaves him. It’s open ended basically

Spiders Are Worth Being Afraid Of was about Peter’s anger and skills being shown off primarily to the Avengers. This was posted in 2019

Small Addition was just that for a fic called Bird Song I loved by a now orphaned account. This featured the taxi driver’s thoughts during Viktor and Klaus Hargreeves’ conversation

Secrets….Shhh was a finished crossover(?) about youtuber RTGame ending up in Kells for a time.

Screw it: Family was a dialogue only fic about Sans being Frisk’s dad

Scared Everyday was a short fic with implied past non-con victim Peter Parker being scared to tie his shoes sometimes

Pre-Planned was an idea about Hiccup offering to marry Merida so she doesn’t have to deal with the suitors. They were never going to become romantic or sexual as far as I know

Pidge is a fic where Spencer Reid is himself, Pidge (voltron), and Spencer Summers (X-men) during various parts of his life

Pain In Silence was a very trigger heavy fic about Peter Parker’s mental illness being a danger to his wellbeing physically. This was stolen from me at least once

Opposite Circumstances was an idea where Anna can only be healed or have her memories taken so they choose the former for her and choose the latter for Elsa

Old Memories was a collection of my FF works from ~2012-15 posted on Ao3 in 2021

No Way Home Fix-Its had 5 unfinished fic wips or ideas, was published 2022, and updated only a day later

No Common Sense was a fic about Dawn Finch being kidnapped by Brenner, becoming Jane’s sister, and then them being taken in by Benny Hammond

Night Valen in New York was a finished fic about Peter as Spider-Man telling people who need escape to go to Nightvale

Mornchild was a finished crossover(?) about youtuber CallMeKevin being a changeling and ending up in Kells as a child. His partner is present when he finds himself called back again. Very minor inspiration from the book i named the fic after

Love Like You was a finished fic about Wild singing and the chain being contemplative about love during the song

Lost in Time was a short finished Spencer Reid is Loki-post-Sylvie fic with an ambiguous happy ending

Loss of the Wild was a fic (posted in 2021 with art) about Wild’s second quest changing him that ended up not very angsty lol. He becomes a king to two kingdoms as the partner of both Zelda and Sidon

정말 너무 혼란스러 (Never leave me alone) was an unfinished fic about 2013 and 2021 Jungkook swapping places. It contained Taekook with an ambiguous relationship

Jarring Job made Jarrier was an unfinished wip about MJ as an EMT who is soulmates with her patient Peter

“I’ve Felt Worse” was a finished short fic about baseball player Lapis Lazuli’s titular line against the bully Jasper

Indulgence was an unfinished fic where Wild is autistic and behaved how I did in 2021. I made updates about the very different version of the fic I hadn’t published yet asked about what fans wanted me to do with both of them. Zelda speaks for Wild a lot in both versions

Ill Are You? is actually one of my FF fics reuploaded alone to Ao3. It was about Septiplier. I acknowledge it exists, but likely won’t be re-uploading this anywhere

Hum was an unfinished and cliff-hangered smut fic between Deadpool and Spider-Man. Wade clocks that Peter has a vibrator in whilst swinging and mentioning it leads to sex. The tags were very explicit about what that meant

HappierTale (Original) was an unfinished au about Sans creates a timeline where he’s forgotten

For a Moment You were the Sun and I was Terrified was an unfinished fic where Spooky!Lad Dan and youtuber RTGame are swapped

Fly to Fire Castle was an unfinished crossover where Malcolm Reynolds, Richard Castle, and Hermes (PJO) are the same man over the period of his life

Father was an unfinished work about Daughter (i renamed her) ending up with Tony Stark after the end of the film Mother

Family Fixes Failure was an unfinished fic about Spencer Reid being a veteran parent balancing work, discipline, and indulgence

Enchanted Guests was an unfinished Disney wip where Belle somewhat becomes Rapunzel, seeks Flynn’s help, both run into Merida, then get separated and Belle meets Hiccup

Drive to Protect was an unfinished crossover about Annabeth Chase going to the same highschool as her brother Peter Parker so she and Percy and be closer together for senior year

Deep Deep Red was a finished fic about Spencer Reid previously being a Black Widow named Angela Abdulova

CinderTale was an unfinished Cinderella (2015) version of Undertale featuring Sans/Grillby with Fuku as the latter’s child

Autistic Character Ideas & Stories was as said on the tin. It had 122 fic wips or ideas, was published in 2021, and was updated 2023

Atlantis: The Lost Wilds was an unfinished speculative BotW 2 fic published in 2021. I imagined what it’d be like if Atlantis (animated film) was beneath the surface of Hyrule

An Unknown Chance was an unfinished fic about Wild having amnesia again after he arrives in MCU New York. He becomes family to the Starks, Parkers, and the Udakus (Shuri, etc)

All Inclusive Twitter Memes was an unfinished social media fic with a huge cast of queer MCU characters and relationships. It included “Spider-Man @theyneverlookup”

A Beauty, A Beast, And Some Princes is an unfinished fic where Belle and Ella are the same person, she meets Kitt and later Adam (Beast), surprise polyamory, then trouble again where Jasmine and Aladdin help

A Little Adventure was a finished fic in a planned series where Peter Parker is disabled (behaves how I did in 2022) and experiencing a period for the first time in-suit around the Avengers (his family)

Note: any title with “Various” is shorthand for something like “Various works for…”, is very difficult to concisely describe, and likely has a very similar dates of uploading

Various Klaus (hargreeves) included 21 different fic wips or ideas, was published 2020, and updated 2023

Various Animated included 119 different fic wips or ideas about animated works, was published 2021, and updated 2023

Various FNAF:SB included 15 different fic wips or ideas for primarily Sun and Moon, was published 2021, and updated 2023

Various Dylan included 88 different fic wips or ideas for media containing Dylan O’Brien, was published 2022, and updated 2023

Various Spooky!Lads included 38 different fic wips or ideas, was published 2021, and updated 2023

Various Sylki (loki x sylvie) included 20 different fic wips or ideas, was published 2021, and updated 2023

Various Wild included 116 different fic wips or ideas for the character from Linked Universe, was published 2020, and updated 2023

Various Spencer included 47 different fic wips or ideas for Spencer Reid, was published 2020, and updated 2023

Various Monsters included 15 fic wips or ideas for Inc or Uni, was published 2020, and updated 2023

Various Peter included 155 fic wips or ideas for MCU Parker, was published 2020, and updated 2023

Various Hogwarts included 36 fic wips or ideas, was published 2022, and updated 2023

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Stelle even got startled by Dan Heng being behind her once, even though he’d been standing there a long time. At some point she started purposefully dissociating to avoid answering any questions. Welt suggested it’s to do with the Stellaron and what happened before. He asks, one day, what exactly Stelle remembers before Dan Heng and March woke her up. She can’t help but answer,

“Nothing”

Because what does it mean that Kafka is who created her? She… feels like a mother… but how can Stelle even know what that means? She knows she was born from a Stelleron, but nobody else seems to realize… except maybe Herta. And- how could Kafka just choose between them like that? She chose Stelle instead of… Caelus. It’s unfair. Where is he? Is is not only unborn and unknowing, left soulless, but vulnerable? Is Kafka keeping him safe?

It’s obvious now, from the outside, that Stelle lies to them sometimes. She often tells the truth, sometimes brutally, but apparently finds lying just as simple- even with other trailblazers. There’s a day where nothing is going on and Stelle can’t get her head to shut up about Caelus. She wants to stop the pain, but doesn’t know how. Why is it so constant?

This was in the earlier days when the Dango trio weren’t as close yet. Stelle didn’t have anywhere to sleep yet and nowhere to hide away specifically from the other train residents. She woke up that morning from a nightmare. Stelle is scrambled and exhausted all day. Eventually, she sits on the floor in the far corner of the Resident car and just- tries to breathe. Focusing on breathing means avoiding thinking about other things and… she’s asleep.

Pom-Pom finds her and doesn’t know what to do except tell Himeko. When Stelle is woken up and asked what’s wrong, the pain comes flaring back. She bursts into tears and accepts the hug Himeko offers. Stelle is inconsolable for a while. It’s a disturbing day for everyone on the train to see someone so quiet, strong, and positive all the time loudly sobbing. Eventually Welt comes over as well in the hopes Himeko can get a break after so long.

The tears kept coming back each time Stelle tried to think of an explanation, finally, to give the others. Some time after Welt replaces Himeko, it’s quieter than it was and Stelle thinks she has a way to get some of the information across to him. She holds out two fingers pointing up beside each other. One of them she brings to her chest and spreads her fingers outward like a bloom. Then she looks at the finger left and tries not to cry again as she sees if Welt understood anything.

“Let me see if I’m understanding correctly. There were two, and one of them was you, but the other is still there. You’re upset because you’re supposed to be together.”

Stelle is actually so relieved and impressed he understood that her head nods strongly.

“I imagine you don’t mean a second Stellaron?”

She shakes her head to confirm, but then realizes how stupid English is that it could also mean yes. She quietly says,

“No, I don’t.”

Just in case it wasn’t clear. Welt looks at her intensely in the eyes for a moment then,

“Well, let’s go rescue them.”

And is suddenly up and around the corner. Stelle rushes, stumbling, to follow and lightly grabs his arm,

“No, wait! I don’t think he even has a soul yet!”

He stops immediately and turns. This was more so an attempt at getting her out of the corner, but now he’s far more intrigued.

“What do you mean, Stelle?”

She looks conflicted,

“I didn’t have one until… I only had just got my soul with the Stellaron before you found me. She didn’t take some random person. We were made for this.”

His eyebrows are raised high and now Stelle notices the doorways of her fellow youngest are occupied.

“Why didn’t you tell us?”

Of course, Dan Heng would be the one to ask. He makes it sound so much worse than it could be. It’s not always rectified whether he does it intentionally or not.

“I… All of you were under the impression I was already on the space station… then March seemed like she knew I was an amnesiac, but said things that just… I adapt well, it’s what- it’s my job. I don’t want to dwell on what hurts so I try not to. I have you all now, so why should I focus on… but it’s hard.”

Her voice wavers a little.

“Saying things I feel inherently should be a secret… It feels like I was programmed to keep them secret. Nothing else about my life since waking up has felt like that, but this…”

Stelle’s voice gets harder again and gains volume,

“…all she says is some words hinting at it and I feel like I’m under some spell. It’s not fair! I don’t want this destiny chosen for me! I want to choose it myself! I will choose it myself, as many times as it’s asked of me. I made this choice; not her.”

By then, Stelle had yelled some and attracted Himeko to hear the end of her venting. In the end, there’s a lot of discussion. March 7th apologizes for how she made Stelle feel. Dan Heng says he understands the compulsions to keep certain secrets. Himeko is on board with all of it. She wants Stelle to be okay. Welt says he stands by what he said about saving him, but clarifies something the others hadn’t asked yet.

“You said ‘she’ created you and that ‘he’ has no soul yet. Are you saying Kafka or Silver Wolf is who not only put the Stelleron inside of you, but your soul as well? That there is another person there, possibly prepared to be used in the same manner as you were released into the world for? I still doubt Elio’s abilities, but… there must be some reason they trust in to have le- let you go with us.”

Stelle is quiet. Kafka being… possibly her mother was the biggest secret. Caelus was- is -too important to hide, but she wasn’t meant to reveal who created her.

“Silver Wolf was there, too. When I first woke up. Kafka was who… she’s who gave me my soul. Who put it in my body, at least.”

She isn’t sure who Elio is, and is scared by what Welt says could happen to Caelus, but is sure she can guarantee one thing.

“I don’t know why I was… I don’t know why she abandoned me. I don’t know why she chose me over him. All I do know, is that they don’t have control over me. Her influence to keep herself a secret… I don’t know if she even realizes the affect she had on me.”

Himeko and March’s faces show doubt, but she continues on.

“She gave me advice before leaving. She said that even after all the hardship I’ll endure during this journey, it will all be okay in the end. Why would she say that, if she knows I believe in trailblazing? She put me here; let me learn that I want to help people.”

Welt nods and Dan Heng looks contemplative.

“I don’t know about anything before the end, but I do believe we can make everything okay again; even if it’s a long time from now.”

After a moment, Stelle suddenly looks exhausted again.

“Sorry. I didn’t mean to say all that. I… I guess I needed a distraction.”

Himeko moves and holds her under her arm. It’s a little awkward since she’s shorter than Stelle, but neither mind.

“I don’t even know how I know he’s out there at all, still. I just do.”

Welt adds a hand to her arm as another form of comfort, since Himeko has most of her covered.

“Well, maybe we can interest Herta in helping us. I’m sure if she finds you so fascinating, having another subject with a similar situation would be just as interesting. Let’s go over all you know about him and then we can present it to her. If I’m right, then we’ll have a lot of resources at our disposal to find him.”

They all enter the Parlor car and take seats on the same side. Himeko returns to the table with her coffee, so they all sit nearby. Welt pulls out a small notebook and pen from his suit.

“Here. Write down all you know about him and we can use that to start off with. Then, if you’re up to it, we can add what you remember of your time with Kafka.”

Stelle writes down his name first. Then what his hair and eyes look like. She mentions he has clothes that look like hers, but that he has pants. He’s taller than her, even though they’re twins, which she finds unfair. He’s just… floating there. There’s a void somewhere, where he’s at. He has no awareness, and yet if he’s given a soul, he’ll wake up knowing he has a sister.

We don’t start out with souls that are filled normally. With a baby, a soul is empty and is built as they grow. She was given a soul and had some things already programmed into her body to make up for the age difference. They needed her to be an adult, so they made one and put in what they thought would be necessary to survive and pass as human.

Stelle knows what a starfish is, in theory, but has no idea more than what most people might know. It isn’t that she’s forgotten; she wasn’t given any more than the most basic knowledge. She’s sure now, that Silver Wolf being there isn’t just because they’re Stellaron hunters. Stelle is one of the vessels created by them specifically to hold one. She was programmed and then somehow materialized as a fully functioning actual human.

What started as a list became a journal entry on accident. Stelle zones back out to realize how much she wrote and is mildly horrified. She’s now fully aware of how much attention she has on her and that this all couldn’t have been easy on them, either.

“I’m sorry.”

What else could she say?

“It’s alright, Stelle. This is all so much. It’s not surprising you’re letting it out now that the floodgates are opened.”

March appears close suddenly,

“I brought you some stuff to draw with! In case you have an artist hidden in there.”

March has a soft smile for her. Stelle looks over to see Dan Heng. His expression is almost as blank as usual, but she gets the feeling he cares somehow. Not that he didn’t before, of course. It’s just not always easy to tell how Dan Heng is feeling. She takes the supplies from March 7th and begins to do her best at drawing what she can see of Caelus. He’s floating, like she was. His eyes are closed. He’s breathing. When she finished drawing what she could of him, the others look at it.

“Such an interesting way of portraying him.”

Stelle looks at Himeko and they think she’s confused despite her lack of change in facial expression.

“That’s just where Caelus is right now.”

Dan Heng looks more serious suddenly.

“You still have a connection with him, even now?”

Stelle nods and holds her hand to her chest.

“We share a heartbeat. Every breath is ours. Though I haven’t noticed any ill effects towards him when I’m hurt.”

—

“And of my love do you know more?” Merida *give look of determination*

“Let the devil’s horn play. Your love is of no acquaintance to mine. Mother and daughter, be Mother and daughter. I can live without mine if so means I be with m’ future wife.” Merida *stands in front her fiancée protectively (for no reason tbh)*

“Oh, Merida. Might my love be still as a lake or raging as the sea when you first born. Now ye’ve grown to have yer own love and its as strong as those Fire Falls. I......cannot give my blessing. However, I will give you my love, for it is mine that sees no end when I am with my daughter’s happiness” Elenor *looks at her with strong emotions* *looks to the ground then raises head in decision* *has a small smile*

“Thank you mother.” Merida *hugs her mother with a sigh*

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Steve is experienced in BDSM. That was the plan for this fic. It derailed into actual plot

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Steve found out he was queer young. Obviously, he hides that fact, but doesn’t hate it about himself. He uses what he learns from the few magazines he manages to get his hands on to learn more about who he is and, once a teenager, what he’s into. Instead of hiding these urges, he tries them out with girls instead. After all, if he’s into them anyway… but it’s been at least a year since he had a serious scene with anybody due to the Upside-Down, etc.

So, when he finds himself meeting Eddie Munson due to the monster bullshit again, seeing the hanky reignites his fire very quickly. He’s never gotten to be with more than two guys and never anything intense enough to warrant a safeword, much less a scene. Steve has to make himself focus back into the fact he has a bottle to his neck to repeat what Dustin’s swearing to. He thanks his instincts for actually following along while he was distracted.

When he’s freed from the man’s grip it takes very little time for him to bounce back to normal. Between choking himself, others doing it, and his ability to stay still during scenes Steve wasn’t in much actual danger as long as Eddie didn’t actually plan to kill him. The shakiness he held the bottle with had really emphasized the fact he didn’t want to. So, despite his friends worries (and internal confusion) Steve was fine to listen to Eddie tell his story right after.

He did get a bit distracted by the fact that the hanky was on the same side he would’ve put it on despite being a switch, but didn’t let himself focus on what that might mean for the future.

‘There’s an accused murderer in front of you, Steve! Stop letting your dick run your brain!’

He thanks his vaguely Nancy sounding internal voice for yelling at him to pay attention. The story is not pretty, but he needed to hear it. There’s something invisible killing people. Or there will be if they’re unlucky. Steve bets this isn’t the last they’ll hear of a body like Chrissy’s. If only they could get ahead of-

“That’s it!”

He realizes he completely interupted the others. He smiles sheepily.

“Sorry, I just thought of an idea! It’s not the best, but it keeps Eddie from an angry mob and will prove his innocence if I’m right about this.”

“Okay, what do you think you’re right about?”

“There’s no way this’ll be the last death, right? None of us are that lucky when it comes to the Upside-Down. If Eddie’s safe in custody, it’ll prove he isn’t the murderer and he’ll be safe from people coming after him once that happens! Plus, no offense at all Eddie, but you look pathetic right now. There’s no way they’ll think you’re just acting to get free.”

Dustin’s eyes had lit up about halfway through his explanation, Robin looking surprised, but Steve watched Eddie instead. He’s the subject of the plan, after all. If he says no, they need a new idea. The man is looking at him in some way he can’t completely decipher before it turns into a shaky grin.

“Well well well, the hair has a brain. Never would have saw that coming.”

Steve rolls his eyes. It does sting again that someone assumes he’s stupid just because he processes things slower, but he has to ignore that for now. It’ll probably happen again, anyway.

“I’m a human, munson. Did you not learn anatomy in class?”

He can see the exact moment Eddie realizes Steve is enjoying the banter as much as he is. They both clearly want a distraction from the serious mood.

“Oh I took it all right. I’d say I’m an expert now, especially since I have 2 years on everybody else.”

There’s a hint of flirting there. It’s probably a joke, since the others are here, but he decides to take the opportunity to tell Eddie now rather than later that he’s queer, too.

“Oh, I’m sure. Got any extra textbooks? Maybe I could borrow ‘em later.”

The look Robin gives him out of the corner of his eye is hilarious, but he has to focus on not laughing to Eddie’s shocked look can turn into understanding he’s serious. Dustin, unaware of the offer happening, interupts them.

“Okay, okay, you guys can have guy talk later. We gotta come up with a plan for Eddie to turn himself in without him getting hurt.”

Said man’s face had turned from shock to a small smile before he turns to look at the kid. When Steve looks at Robin he winks at her to which she glares and throws him the finger. He knows it means,

‘You ass! If you get to kiss him before I kiss Vickie I will end you!’

Which only means he’s absolutely gonna plan for that just to push her to finally talk to the girl. She’s known he’s bisexual since they came out in that bathroom. For her sake, genuinely, he tried to make sure only to flirt with them if they show no interest in Robin. That does mean many girls come his way, but it’s the meaning that counts to her. A Bro code as she called it, jokingly. He eyes Max for a moment and seeing her raised eyebrow at him he puts a finger to his lips and mouths, ‘later’.

They had become closer since last year even if it doesn’t show much. She called him more than they spent time together in person and that was okay. She was talking to someone and that was far better than the alternative. He tunes back in quickly despite his interactions with the girls. Dustin’s plan was to have Eddie call first, tell them that he’ll come in if they promise to keep looking for the man who actually did it.

He has to sound as scared of the man he supposedly saw actually kill Chrissy and want to be held for questioning so he’d be safe from him. It sounded like a great idea. Eddie confirms that he took theatre and comes out with an A every year despite the rest of his grades. Robin throws in the idea of sweetening the deal. They have Eddie call from the house instead of some random payphone.

He claims he saw the man who did it, will come in as a witness, and offers up his dealer’s house as bonus to keep them from arresting him for both accused murder and his own past dealing. It sounds like a well thought out plan. After Max interjects with the idea of hiding his stash so he could actually have it back, even if just for himself later, they decide it’s only fair in this situation.

The poor man witnessed a murder. He deserves the ability to smoke some weed afterwards. Steve will be driving them to the trailer park to sneak in once they make sure there’s nothing they need to handle with Eddie. He’s still shaking even if he adamently assures this is much better than hiding and becoming an official public suspect. The others are sent to the car so Steve and Eddie can do a once-over on both houses.

They meet in the middle to confirm nothing incriminating of Eddie’s is lying around. Steve takes the man’s shoulder in his hand to try steading him.

“It’ll be okay, Eddie. This is gonna work out. It might take a bit longer than we want until we can get you out, but it’ll happen. If I have to, I’ll break you out myself.”

Eddie’s giving him a look that feels more emotional than Steve can handle with other people around. He makes sure to cut this talk short soon.

“I promise. You didn’t do this to Chrissy and no one has any right to blame you for some crazy bullshit happening in front of you. There was nothing you could have done and that’s okay. You’re here now, and we’re grateful for it.”