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#and steve calls eddie pretty boy it’s tru its tru
hotluncheddie · 2 years
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steve and robin are drunk. it’s about 6pm, they started at 3 and they’re having a blast! upside down shit is over! they’re best friends! young, dumb and having fun baby!!
'this was a great idea, its great, i love being drunk' steve's listening to robin's rambling, nodding and smiling. she's so funny and cool, god he loves her so much!
there's a knock at the door and steve rolls off of the couch, stumbling to his feet, very very elegantly thank you. 'steve steeeeeve no this is the best part, watch steve. watch look how hot she is!' robin is pointing at the screen but steve has no idea what film is on... the actress does look kind of hot tho. 'you're so right.' he tells her and she just nods over and over, eyes not leaving the screen.
steve rips the door open, ‘eddie!! hey robin eddies here how cool is that?’ god this is great! eddies here! steve loves eddie! well you know not like that... not yet...
‘let’s goooooo’ robin shouts from the lounge.
‘party time is it stevie?’ eddie smiles rocking back and forward a little on his heels, steve can't stop staring at him. wow. eddie!
'...can i come in or.. or is it steve and robin only time?' gasping steve processes what eddie is saying. reaching to grip him by the wrist, pulling him inside 'of course you can come in eddie! robin put some weird movie on i don't understand so you have to come save me'
steve doesn't spot the surprised smile that brightens eddies face at the contact. or the way his heart is squeezing at the free sort of happiness emanating from definitely wasted steve harrington. 'of course your highness'
steve giggles at that, dragging eddie to where robin is now sprawled over the recliner, her glass of wine back in hand. steve picks up his own glass and offers it to eddie. 'were drinking wine to be classy and because robin likes vampires now.'
'interview with a vampire read very gay steve' robin has her eyes on the movie still, lips staines red.
'i'm good, angel, i gotta drive back in a bit' eddie pushes the glass back towards steve who blushes and drops on the sofa. 'and i couldn't agree more buckley. now, not judging, but is there a reason you've gone on this very classy bender on a thursday?' eddie takes in the couple wine bottles on the table, sitting next to steve, close enough for their knees to brush.
'we work retail. this is basically saturday. we don't get weekends. time isn't real.' robin states pointing an accusing finger at eddie, her hair totally flat on one side and cheeks rosy.
they go on but steve has lost track of the conversation, he only knows it's happening because he can see eddies lips moving. they're nice lips, eddie likes to say nice things to steve. steve likes that. he likes eddie. he drains his glass, leaning forward to refill it and slumping back to look at eddie again. he's a little closer now, his brain points out. nice.
'you gonna be okay stevie? i gotta go have dinner with wayne, i only came by to drop you this.' eddie pulls a tape from inside his jacket and holds it up, tapping steve in the nose with it. steve giggles again.
'mmm yeah we'll be okay, off tomorrow, couch is comfy to sleep on.' steve wiggles his eyebrows and snuggles down more into the sofa, as if to prove his point. he beams as eddie laughs at him.
'metal?' steve asks, drinking more and holding the tape up close to his face. why are the words blurry? ah! wine! that's why. yes.
'some, not all. mostly just songs i think you'll like' eddie is looking at him and if steve was more sober he might see how nervous eddie is.
mostly steve just sees how pink his lips are as his tongue swipes over them and how big and sparkly his eyes are. always so sparkly, how does he do that?!
'you’re so pretty eddie' steve can't help it. eddie has to know, its, its important. so important that eddie munson knows just how pretty he is. how pretty steve thinks he is.
'pretty eddie. pretty hair, pretty eyes.' steve looks all over eddies face, trying to take it all in.
eddies eyes widen and his cheeks dust pink. there he goes again, steve thinks, being pretty! he can't take it!
'god, harrington you can't just say that' eddie looks at him incredulous, but smiling.
'ugh don't call me that, and i can say whatever i want. its my house and my wine party, thank you very much.' steve sips his drink, going for huffy but he's too drunk to really care, quickly going back to looking at eddie from his slumped position in the couch.
'apologies princess. how about this? call me tomorrow and if you still think I'm pretty we can talk about it then, kay?' eddie eyes are soft, if a little guarded not quite as sparkly.
'mkay, dunno why i'd stop just because it's tomorrow tho.' steve frowns a little, looking into his glass. eddies always been pretty.
'i see. well, i gotta go now stevie but i'll see you soon yeah? you'll look after robin and get some sleep?' eddie tucks some hair behind steves ear and oh. oh. that's nice. sleeve preens, blinking slowly, nodding.
he twists on the sofa, watching as eddie leaves with a little wave. listens as the rev of his engine grows faint into the distance. leaving the room quiet apart from robin's soft snores.
'tomorrow' steve whispers, before he goes to get glasses of water ready for them both and promptly passes out onto the sofa. face smushed into the pillow that smells most like eddie.
...
woken abruptly by the shrill ring of the phone, eddie stumbles into the living room, noting that the clock reads 9am. who the fuck would ring at 9 in the fucking morning?
he rips the phone away from the receiver. 'yes?'
'hey pretty boy.'
‘oh.’
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MERLEFEST WEEK BEGINS
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Mike Rominger and Christine Hammel played an eclectic mixture of music and songs, ending with Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman" which the entire crowd seemed to be singing along with.
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 On hand to enjoy a beautiful Easter Sunday of music were, Ed Sturdivant, his wife Tricia, and their son Carter.
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 The tent was eerily quiet as Benjamin Barker played "The Old Rugged Cross" on his harp.
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 Dr. Bryan's daughter, Pam Terrell, emceed most of the event.
 The annual event is hosted by the Wilkes Acoustic Folk    Society, and is always held the Sunday prior to MerleFest on the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro.
MerleFest begins Thursday and will run through Sunday.
 Bryan passed    away in 2011. He was a well-loved physician, who delivered thousands of    babies, as well as an avid fan of Americana    music. He was also a supporter of the musicians who performed this genre,    particularly those from the area.
Bryan hosted    these jams for years, and since his death they have been continued as a    tribute to his memory.
Performers at the tribute included: Mill Road, Ernest Johnson    and Ralph Clanton, Catawba Bluegrass Boys, David Russell and Benjamin    Barker, Horseplay, R.G. Absher and Friends, Christine Hammel, Mike    Rominger, The Ya-Ya's, The Trailblazers, Backporch Bluegrass and The Kruger    Brothers.
The concert, which will end after the last group performs, is    free to the public.
The Wilkes Acoustic Folk Society (WAFS) will also host free    jams, which began during their monthly meeting on Monday.
Pre-MerleFest Jams were set to be held from Monday through    Wednesday evening, starting at 6 p.m., at the Wilkesboro campus. Various    tents will also be set up for the jams. The jams prior to the festival are    free and no wristbands are required.
During MerleFest anyone with an admittance wristband can bring    instruments and participate in the various jams that are hosted by WAFS,    which will be held throughout festival hours.
This year’s MerleFest lineup includes: American Aquarium, Andy    May, Ana Egge & The Sentimentals, Ashley Heath and Her Heathens, AZTEC    SUN, Banknotes, Bob Hill, Cane Mill Road, Carol Rifkin, Carolina Blue,    Casey Kristofferson Band, Catfish Keith, Charles Welch, Chris Rodrigues    with Abby the Spoonlady, David LaMotte, Dirk Powell Band, Donna the    Buffalo, Driftwood, Elephant Sessions, Elizabeth Cook, Ellis Dyson &    The Shambles, Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys, Happy Traum, Irish    Mythen, Jack Lawrence, Jeff Little Trio, Jim Avett, Jim Lauderdale, Joe    Smothers, Jontavious Willis and Andrew Alli, Josh Goforth, Junior Brown,    Junior Sisk, Larry Stephenson Band, Laura Boosinger, Lindi Ortega, Mark    Bumgarner, Mark & Maggie O’Connor, Maybe April, Michaela Anne, Mile    Twelve, The Milk Carton Kids, Mitch Greenhill and String Madness, Molly    Tuttle, Nixon, Blevins, & Gage, Pete & Joan Wernick and FLEXIGRASS,    Presley Barker, Professor Whizzpop!, Radney Foster, Roy Book Binder, Salt    & Light, Scythian, Sean McConnell, Shane Hennessy, Si Kahn & The    Looping Brothers, Steep Canyon Rangers, Steve Poltz, T. Michael Coleman,    The Black Lillies, The Brother Brothers, The Gibson Brothers, The Harris    Brothers, The InterACTive Theatre of Jeff, The Kruger Brothers, The Local    Boys, The Trailblazers, The Waybacks, Todd Albright, Tom Feldmann, Tony    Williamson, Uncle Joe and The Shady Rest, Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike,    Wayne Henderson, Webb Wilder, and Yarn. The lineup and performance    schedules are accessible viaMerleFest.org/lineup.
 MerleFest is pleased to partner with Come Hear NC, a    promotional campaign of the North Carolina Department of Natural &    Cultural Resources and the North Carolina Arts Council, to celebrate 2019    as “The Year of Music,” a    designation Governor Roy Cooper announced in November of last year.    MerleFest, honoring its locale, has programmed over 40 artists who currently    call North Carolina    home, each artist representing a different aspect of the state’s great    musical history. Come Hear NC was designed to celebrate North Carolinians’    groundbreaking contributions to many of America’s most important musical    genres — blues, bluegrass, jazz, country, gospel, Americana, rock and    everything in-between. It’s fitting then, with 2019 as “The Year of Music,”    that the Steep Canyon Rangers, also proud North     Carolinians, would debut their North Carolina Songbook set at    MerleFest.
 About MerleFest
MerleFest was founded in 1988 in memory of the son of the late    American music legend Doc Watson, renowned guitarist Eddy Merle Watson.    MerleFest is a celebration of "traditional plus" music, a unique    mix of traditional, roots-oriented sounds of the Appalachian region,    including old-time, classic country, bluegrass, folk and gospel and blues,    and expanded to include Americana, classic rock and many other styles. The    festival hosts a diverse mix of artists on its 13 stages during the course of    the four-day event. MerleFest has become the primary fundraiser for the WCC    Foundation, funding scholarships, capital projects and other educational    needs.
 About Window World
Window World®, headquartered in North Wilkesboro, N.C., is America’s    largest replacement window and exterior remodeling company, with more than    200 locally owned offices nationwide. Founded in 1995, the company sells    and installs windows, siding, doors and other exterior products, with over    15 million windows sold to date. Window World is an ENERGY STAR® partner    and its windows, vinyl siding and Therma-Tru doors have all earned the Good    Housekeeping Seal. Through its charitable foundation, Window World Cares®, the    Window World family provides funding for St. Jude Children’s Research    Hospital®, which honored the foundation with its Organizational Support    Award in 2017. Since its inception in 2008, the foundation has raised over    $8 million for St. Jude. Window World also supports the Veterans Airlift    Command, a nonprofit organization that facilitates free air transportation    to wounded veterans and their families. Window World has flown over 100    missions and surpassed $1 million in flights and in-kind donations since it    began its partnership with the VAC in 2008. For more information, visitwww.WindowWorld.com or    call 1-800 NEXTWINDOW. For home improvement and energy efficiency tips,    décor ideas and more, follow Window World on Facebookand Twitter.
 About the North Carolina Department    of Natural and Cultural Resources
The N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (NCDNCR)    is the state agency with a vision to be the leader in using the state's    natural and cultural resources to build the social, cultural, educational    and economic future of North      Carolina. NCDNCR's mission is to improve the    quality of life in our state by creating opportunities to experience    excellence in the arts, history, libraries and nature in North Carolina by    stimulating learning, inspiring creativity, preserving the state's history,    conserving the state's natural heritage, encouraging recreation and    cultural tourism, and promoting economic development.
 NCDNCR includes 27 historic sites, seven history museums, two    art museums, two science museums, three aquariums and Jennette's Pier, 39    state parks and recreation areas, the N.C. Zoo, the nation's first    state-supported Symphony Orchestra, the State Library, the State Archives,    the N.C. Arts Council, State Preservation Office and the Office of State    Archaeology, along with the Division of Land and Water Stewardship. For    more information, please call (919) 807-7300 or visit www.ncdcr.gov.
 About the North Carolina Arts Council
The North Carolina Arts Council builds on our state’s    long-standing love of the arts, leading the way to a more vibrant future.    The Arts Council is an economic catalyst, fueling a thriving nonprofit    creative sector that generates $2.12 billion in annual direct economic    activity. The Arts Council also sustains diverse arts expression and    traditions while investing in innovative approaches to art-making. The    North Carolina Arts Council has proven to be a champion for youth by    cultivating tomorrow’s creative citizens through arts education. http://www.NCArts.org
 For more information,    visit www.MerleFest.org.
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the-record-briefs · 5 years
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April 10, 2019: In other news
Wilkes-based group to compete in MeleFest
 band competition
The Wilkes County-based band, Alex Key and the Locksmiths, will    participate in the MerleFest Band Competition.
The event will be held on the Plaza Stage    on Saturday the April 27 from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Judged by members of The Local Boys and emceed by Mark Bumgarner, the    competition’s winners will be announced at 4 p.m. on the Plaza Stage. The winning band will head over to the Cabin Stage, where    they will perform to an enthusiastic MerleFest audience from 6:35 to 7    p.m. 
This year’s    band competition finalists also include Shay Martin Lovette (Boone), Pretty Little Goat (Brevard), None of the Above (Piedmont Triad), Brooks Forsyth (Boone), Massive Grass (Wilmington), Redleg Husky (Asheville),    and The Mike Mitchell Band (Floyd,    Va.).
MerleFest has    also announced the winners of the 2019 Chris Austin Songwriting    Competition.
From its first    incarnation in 1993, MerleFest’s annual Chris Austin    Songwriting Competition has seen    the likes of Gillian Welch, Tift Merritt, and Martha Scanlan rise to the    top of an always competitive field of up-and-coming    songwriters. Legendary songwriters have presided over the competition    from the start as judges, too. Darrell Scott, Hayes Carll, and the late,    great Guy Clark have all taken a turn at judging the CASC. This year,    the event will be judged byJoey    Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale, better known as The Milk Carton Kids, Cruz Contreras of    The Black Lillies, and Texas-troubadour    Radney Foster. Mr. Americana Jim Lauderdale will host the competition and Mark Bumgarner will return as emcee for    the finalist contest taking place at MerleFest’s Austin Stage on Friday,    April 26th at 2:00 p.m.
This year’s    Chris Austin Songwriting Competition Finalists each fall into one of four    categories:
Bluegrass:
Wyatt Espalin (Hiawassee, Ga.):    “Light Coming Through”
Anya Hinkle (Asheville): “Ballad Of Zona Abston”
James Woolsey (Petersburg,    Ind.) and David Foster (Petersburg,     IN): “Sugar Ridge Road”
Country:
Hannah Kaminer (Asheville): “Don’t Open Your Heart”
Andrew Millsaps (Ararat): “Ain’t No Genie (In    A Bottle Of Jack)”
Shannon Wurst (Fayetteville, Ark.):    “Better Than Bourbon”
General:
Wright Gatewood (Chicago, Ill.):    “First”
Alexa Rose (Asheville): “Medicine For Living”
Bryan Elijah Smith (Dayton, Va.):    “In Through The Dark”
Gospel/Inspirational:
Ashleigh Caudill (Nashville, Tenn.)    and Jon Weisberger (Cottontown, Tenn.):    “Walkin’ Into Gloryland”
Kevin T. Hale (Brentwood, Tenn.):    “We All Die To Live Again”
Russ Parrish (Burnsville,    Minn.) and Topher King (Savage, Minn.): “Washed By The Water”
All three    finalists in each category will have the chance to perform their songs for    the judges on MerleFest’s Austin Stage before category winners are    ultimately decided on Friday.
Net proceeds    from the Chris Austin Songwriting Contest support the Wilkes Community    College Chris Austin Memorial Scholarship. Since its inception, the    scholarship has been awarded to 91 deserving students.
Tickets for    this year’s festival, backstage tours, as well as the Late Night Jam    sponsored by The Bluegrass    Situation, may be purchased at www.MerleFest.org or by calling 1-800-343-7857. MerleFest offers a    three-tiered pricing structure and encourages fans to take advantage of the    extended early bird discount. Early Bird Tier 2 tickets will be    available through April 24th. Remaining tickets will be sold at the gate    during the festival. Headliners    include The Avett Brothers, Brandi Carlile, Amos Lee, Wynonna & the Big    Noise, Del McCoury Band, Dailey & Vincent, Tyler Childers, Keb’ Mo’,    Sam Bush, The Earls of Leicester, and Peter Rowan and The Free Mexican Air    Force. The Late Night Jam sponsored by The Bluegrass Situation    will be hosted by Chatham County Line. In addition to the above-mentioned    artists, the following will be performing at MerleFest ‘19:
American    Aquarium, Andy May, Ana Egge & The Sentimentals, Ashley Heath and Her    Heathens, AZTEC SUN, Banknotes, Bob Hill, Cane Mill Road, Carol Rifkin,    Carolina Blue, Casey Kristofferson Band, Catfish Keith, Charles Welch,    Chris Rodrigues with Abby the Spoonlady, David LaMotte, Dirk Powell Band,    Donna the Buffalo, Driftwood, Elephant Sessions, Elizabeth Cook, Ellis    Dyson & The Shambles, Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys, Happy    Traum, Irish Mythen, Jack Lawrence, Jeff Little Trio, Jim Avett, Jim    Lauderdale, Joe Smothers, Jontavious Willis and Andrew Alli, Josh Goforth,    Junior Brown, Junior Sisk, Larry Stephenson Band, Laura Boosinger, Lindi    Ortega, Mark Bumgarner, Mark & Maggie O’Connor, Maybe April, Michaela    Anne, Mile Twelve, The Milk Carton Kids, Mitch Greenhill and String    Madness, Molly Tuttle, Nixon, Blevins, & Gage, Pete & Joan Wernick    and FLEXIGRASS, Presley Barker, Professor Whizzpop!, Radney Foster, Roy    Book Binder, Salt & Light, Scythian, Sean McConnell, Shane Hennessy, Si    Kahn & The Looping Brothers, Steep Canyon Rangers, Steve Poltz, T.    Michael Coleman, The Black Lillies, The Brother Brothers, The Gibson    Brothers, The Harris Brothers, The InterACTive Theatre of Jeff, The Kruger    Brothers, The Local Boys, The Trailblazers, The Waybacks, Todd Albright,    Tom Feldmann, Tony Williamson, Uncle Joe and The Shady Rest, Valerie Smith    & Liberty Pike, Wayne Henderson, Webb Wilder, and Yarn. The lineup and performance    schedules are accessible viaMerleFest.org/lineup.
MerleFest is    pleased to partner with Come    Hear NC, a promotional campaign of the North Carolina Department of    Natural & Cultural Resources and the North Carolina Arts Council, to    celebrate 2019 as “The Year of Music,” a designation Governor Roy Cooper announced in November    of last year. MerleFest, honoring its locale, has programmed over 40    artists who currently call North      Carolina home, each artist representing a    different aspect of the state’s great musical history. Come Hear NC was    designed to celebrate North Carolinians’ groundbreaking contributions to    many of America’s most important musical genres — blues, bluegrass, jazz,    country, gospel, Americana, rock and everything in-between. It’s fitting    then, with 2019 as “The Year of Music,” that the Steep Canyon Rangers, also    proud North Carolinians, would debut their    North Carolina Songbook set at MerleFest.
About MerleFest:
MerleFest was    founded in 1988 in memory of the son of the late American music legend Doc    Watson, renowned guitarist Eddy Merle Watson. MerleFest is a celebration of    "traditional plus" music, a unique mix of traditional,    roots-oriented sounds of the Appalachian region, including old-time,    classic country, bluegrass, folk and gospel and blues, and expanded to    include Americana, classic rock and many other styles. The festival hosts a    diverse mix of artists on its 13 stages during the course of the four-day    event. MerleFest has become the primary fundraiser for the WCC Foundation,    funding scholarships, capital projects and other educational needs.
About Window World:
Window World,    headquartered in North Wilkesboro, N.C., is America’s largest replacement    window and exterior remodeling company, with more than 200 locally owned    offices nationwide. Founded in 1995, the company sells and installs    windows, siding, doors and other exterior products, with over 15 million    windows sold to date. Window World is an ENERGY STAR partner and its    windows, vinyl siding and Therma-Tru doors have all earned the Good    Housekeeping Seal. Through its charitable foundation, Window World Cares, the Window World family provides funding for St. Jude    Children’s Research Hospital, which honored the foundation with its    Organizational Support Award in 2017. Since its inception in 2008, the    foundation has raised over $8 million for St. Jude. Window World also    supports the Veterans Airlift Command, a nonprofit organization that    facilitates free air transportation to wounded veterans and their families.    Window World has flown over 100 missions and surpassed $1 million in    flights and in-kind donations since it began its partnership with the VAC    in 2008. For more information, visit www.WindowWorld.com or call 1-800 NEXTWINDOW. For home improvement and    energy efficiency tips, décor ideas and more, follow Window World on Facebookand Twitter.
About the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural    Resources:
The N.C.    Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (NCDNCR) is the state agency    with a vision to be the leader in using the state's natural and cultural    resources to build the social, cultural, educational and economic future of    North Carolina.    NCDNCR's mission is to improve the quality of life in our state by creating    opportunities to experience excellence in the arts, history, libraries and    nature in North Carolina by stimulating learning, inspiring creativity,    preserving the state's history, conserving the state's natural heritage,    encouraging recreation and cultural tourism, and promoting economic    development.
NCDNCR includes    27 historic sites, seven history museums, two art museums, two science    museums, three aquariums and Jennette's Pier, 39 state parks and recreation    areas, the N.C. Zoo, the nation's first state-supported Symphony Orchestra,    the State Library, the State Archives, the N.C. Arts Council, State    Preservation Office and the Office of State Archaeology, along with the    Division of Land and Water Stewardship. For more information, please call    (919) 807-7300 or visit www.ncdcr.gov.
About the North Carolina    Arts Council
The North    Carolina Arts Council builds on our state’s long-standing love of the arts,    leading the way to a more vibrant future. The Arts Council is an economic    catalyst, fueling a thriving nonprofit creative sector that generates $2.12    billion in annual direct economic activity. The Arts Council also sustains    diverse arts expression and traditions while investing in innovative    approaches to art-making. The North Carolina Arts Council has proven to be    a champion for youth by cultivating tomorrow’s creative citizens through    arts education. http://www.NCArts.org
 For more information, visit www.MerleFest.org.
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