15 Works by loopforever
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It isn’t his fault. If he were currently atop his glorious high horse, he’d point out how it almost always isn’t. Issa and Samir are miles ahead of him—and just about anyone else in history—when it comes to creating insanity. Shit-stirriers at their very core.
He did enable it, though. And that mostly came from a selfish place, which obviously makes it worse.
-- Or: What Anton was thinking before, and during, the Thing.
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“Um,” is what comes out of Paul Baker’s mouth. “It’s- I messed up.”
“Oh?” Anton says, suddenly interested. As if he thought Issa’s incessant force must’ve been inspired by something null, but now sees a reason to continue standing there, listening. “Ohkay. That’s rare. Color me curious.”
-- Or: Paul Baker says the wrong name.
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Eddie is in love. Prematurely in love. He paused the video before the man got the chance to speak, before any sound even hit his ears. And yet, here he is. Practically drooling.
It’s a video of this guy. Like, someone else is taking it. Weird. He notes the username, Jeannie Grey, and makes a safe assumption this isn’t the profile of Mr. Darling Face. What a shame. He would’ve earned a thirst follow.
-- Or: Eddie encounters a video of Steve on TikTok.
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“I can’t stay, man, I had to- like, pre-schedule myself to get this slot,” Samir says to a couchbound Paul Baker, shoving his foot into a shoe. “Anton!”
And there it is, the inevitability of facing what you’ve been running from. Anton’s least favorite way that reality bites.
-- Or: Anton takes care of Paul Baker.
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“Tell me to get up and I’ll get up,” Anton says. And he means it. He’d do just that, then apologize before going back upstairs and never bringing it up again. Easily.
Anton watches as Paul Baker leans his head into the back of the couch—which could be interpreted in too many ways. Defeat. And what would that mean? Or irritation. Please don’t be that, anything but that. Maybe worry? Understandable, although so 60 seconds ago since Anton decided to throw that feeling away and no longer wants to examine it until it’s slapping him across the face tomorrow.
-- Or: Anton, somehow, ends up in Paul Baker’s lap.
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“I’m irritated that Anton has become a prude, because I can’t just suggest a threesome and fix everything,” Issa admits. She pops a hip.
Anton’s eyes bug out of his head. Paul Baker’s instinct—after being told countless times he's the slowest mind wiper of the group—is to go through with the implied promise, hand gesture and all. Swooping across the room like a determined bird with a messed up wing, Anton reaches to stop Paul Baker’s wrist mid-air.
"Um, absolutely not, mind wipe paused,” Anton says, standing his ground. Ground Paul Baker didn’t know was allowed.
-- Or: Issa has an idea. It doesn’t go as planned.
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Anton is about to compliment Issa’s makeup when she looks at him with wide eyes. “He's here.”
“Who is he? Not very descriptive for a girl with ‘storyteller’ in her Instagram bio—"
Issa firmly plants her hands on the side of Anton’s arms, preventing him from turning around. Whatever. He’s expecting it to be someone unimportant. Maybe from college, oh, or the guy Issa thought was trying to sex traffic them at the grocery store solely because he wound up in the same aisle as them three separate times.
“It’s… Jacob.”
-- Or: Anton comes face-to-face with his ex. And his feelings.
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Leah softly guffaws. “I’m not suggesting anything,” she retorts, on the defense.
Fatin shrugs one shoulder. Nonchalance is her bitch when she wants it to be. “I wasn’t suggesting that you were suggesting anything.” She swivels her head, makes a few faces at Leah. Mixed signals are delightful.
“Stop wiggling your eyebrows at me, then.”
“Aw, why?” Fatin shoots her a pout. “We have no solid plans. Let's make out.”
-- Or: Fatin loves to tease. Maybe Leah takes the bait, this time.
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“I’ve been thinking—”
“—Whoa, what? No way,” Leah interrupts.
Fatin shoves her shoulder with a free hand. “Shut the fuck up.”
They both laugh a little. It feels like old times, except they’re not on an island, and they’re free, and they won.
-- Or: Leah has no choice but to confront that feeling in her chest.
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Chrissy looks up at him, unimpressed. “You’re annoying.”
Eddie doesn’t care about being annoying. He’s been annoying since he took his first breath—hell, maybe even when he had his first thought, all snuggled up in the womb of his kooky, unhateable mother. Wouldn’t surprise him one bit.
What he does care about, though, is Steve. He wants to see those teeth again, goddammit.
“I’m killing myself if he’s straight. And you’ll be devastated.”
-- Or: Eddie meets Steve, in maybe the weirdest of circumstances.
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“I didn’t even get you anything, oh my god. Mom, why didn’t we get Steve anything?”
Steve opens his mouth, probably ready to defend Claudia’s honor by explaining that he explicitly asked for no gifts, but Eddie nudges the frantic Dustin crawling on the floor with his foot.
“We got Steve something, ‘member?”
-- Or: Eddie and The Party give the best Christmas present ever.
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i want to lock you up inside my heart by layinyourlap (loopforever)
Fandoms: Bottoms (Movie 2023)
26 Sep 2023
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Isabel,
Now that school is back, do you think we could pass notes again? It kept me from bashing my head against the concrete last year.
Please please plz, bitch.
Brittany
-- Or: All the notes they’ve passed since the beginning of the school year.
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dreams (of your hair and your stare and sense of belief) by loopforever
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
20 Jul 2023
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“Hm, really? ‘Cause I was raised by people who didn’t like how many questions I had,” Steve admits.
“You can ask me anything,” Eddie replies without missing a beat.
-- Or: Eddie falls harder. Is it such a bad thing?
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i’d fall to pieces on the floor (if you weren’t around) by loopforever
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
24 May 2023
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“Nobody is as mean to themselves as you are. We all have our evil inner voices taunting us but, holy fuck, Steve. Yours is, like, the devil himself residing in your skull.”
As moments pass, his smile fades more. “I don’t know why I do it.”
-- Or: 5 times Robin and Steve are there for each other, and 1 time they reflect on their friendship.
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you say i choose sadness (maybe you’re right) by loopforever
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
29 Apr 2023
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She's a murderer. A cold-hearted bitch. A probable homosexual. Clenched fists and fiery wanderlust instead of open arms and domestic fawning.
-- Or: Nancy keeps showing her teeth. Eddie Munson, of all people, finds out why.