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You can find the fic here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/59411215/chapters/151513201

“Human curiosities,” his mother answers, which explains nothing to him.

“Mother Nature’s fuck-ups,” adds his father, making Steve frown. 

Wasn’t nature supposed to be orderly and thought out? Meticulously crafted by evolution or god’s plan, whichever you believed in? (Steve’s teachers had a confusing beef about it.)

Then again, nature invented spiders, which Steve would consider a fuck-up on its part. He remembers Dustin telling him about a comic about a spider-man. The thought of a human-shaped arachnid makes his skin crawl and he loses all his curiosity on the topic. Suddenly the family trip doesn't seem so fun anymore.

The short drive to the empty fields on the outskirts of Hawkins is filled with the Top 40 playing on the radio. His father taps his fingers to the beat of some of them, proving against all odds that he's capable of enjoying trivial human things. Steve loves to sing along and dance in the confines of his room but here, trapped in a car with his parents, he just bops his head slightly, not wanting to disturb the silence.

The freak show is a lot like the circus his uncle took him to once. There is a scattering of tents and trucks in varying sizes, all in a similar, kitschy theme of a fun fair. The air even smells of popcorn and hot dogs.

His mother scrunches her nose as soon she steps out of the car.

“This is not what I expected,” she comments, eyeing the scattering of kids and families running around.

“Well...” His father slams the door shut, pulling out a cigarette even before locking the car. “These things are dying off because of human rights activists,” he says around the cig he's trying to light. “Guess they had to rebrand to keep the business afloat.”

It's Steve’s turn to scrunch his face. His dad makes everything about business and money, even something supposedly fun, like a Sunday family trip to a fair; freak show, circus, whatever this is.

“It used to be a huge tent with displays. Now each of them gets their own? Who do they think they are?” his mother laments while hanging onto her husband’s arm, while Steve tails behind.

They pass a tent with a Siamese Twins sign hanging from the front, with a man at the front of the line, gathering money and letting people in. Nearby is another tent, occupied by a Bearded Lady, then a Half-man Half-wolf behind it. The line to that one is particularly long.

The Harringtons agree to take a walk around and decide which ones they want to spend money on, and whether it's even worth it. They've already paid an entrance fee that gives them access to most of the attractions anyway.

They pass a couple of smaller booths, a face-painting clown, and a juggler, before reaching the biggest tent in the center. In front of it stands a chalkboard with a schedule of main events. According to it the next show, between 1 pm and 2:30 pm, was a music performance, pricing a dollar per song: The Twisted Jukebox. 

[The story 'Storytime Big Bang' has begun to tell its tale.]

Art by: @qsvkp

The secrecy ban is over so I can finally announce to the world that I’m going to collaborate with the super talented @mothellie and the fic I'm writing is…

AN OMEGAVERSE METALSANDWICH PIRATES AU!!!

It was a pleasure to work with @gala0apples on their fic for the @strangerthingsbigbang 😊💕

Banner - We're A Miracle, But Baby, There Are So Many Hands To Hold by gala_apples - 19.07.2024

Done using watercolors, ink pens, colored pencils, graphite pencils, a metallic ink pen, gel pens, acrylic paint pens and Photoshop for the title and credits

AO3 post / DeviantArt post / Instagram post / Pillowfort post / Twitter post

Banner as is - Spicy Six holding hands with red string of fate linking them - We're A Miracle, But Baby, There Are So Many Hands To Hold by gala_apples - 19.07.2024

Done using watercolors, ink pens, colored pencils, graphite pencils, a metallic ink pen, gel pens and acrylic paint pens 

AO3 post / DeviantArt post / Instagram post / Pillowfort post / Twitter post

Header for the days - We're A Miracle, But Baby, There Are So Many Hands To Hold by gala_apples - 19.07.2024

Done on Photoshop by editing the Love String font

AO3 post / DeviantArt post / Instagram post / Pillowfort post / Twitter post

Stargyle Kiss - We're A Miracle, But Baby, There Are So Many Hands To Hold by gala_apples - 19.07.2024

Done using watercolors, ink pens, gel pens, colored pencils, a metallic ink pen, graphite pencils and acrylic paint pens

It was such a blast to work with @mayalaen on his fic for the @strangerthingsbigbang😊💖 I couldn't resist working on this AU ! Here are the more bloody artworks~

Part I

Steve covered in blood smoking a cigarette - InCONsistencies by Mayalaen - 21.07.2024

Done using ink pens, watercolors, alcohol markers and graphite pencils

AO3 post / DeviantArt post / Instagram post / Pillowfort post / Twitter NSFW post

Mungrove knifeplay and bloodplay scene - InCONsistencies by Mayalaen - 21.07.2024

Done using ink pens, alcohol markers, watercolors, a metallic ink pen, graphite pencils and acrylic paint pens