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alright, hear me out. i looked through the prompts list and can we give roommate!steve a little airtime beCAUSE—
trying to not hit anything or each other, when there is a power outage and it’s way too dark
— is SO steve coded. i wanna see this man during a power outage. please and thank you. i love you.
hi baby. here you go. sorry it took so long. it is the first thing i have written in about 6 weeks so apologies for it's roughness. i adore you. thank you for helping me give steve Harrington his triumphant return. | fluff, 1.3k, roommates!au
Summer storms in the Midwest always take you by surprise. The never-ending expanse of blue sky becomes crowded with swirling grey clouds without warning and everything stills, like the very fabric of time is holding its breath. Until the dam bursts and rain pounds on your windows, the roof, the pavement with wild abandon. Deep, rumbling thunder follows bright flashes of lightning.
You find it relaxing. A steady, reliable chaos into which you settle without complaint.
Well, usually. Your roommate, Robin -- a talkative and whip-smart girl who makes you laugh-- enjoys storms just as much as you do. It's one of the only times she settles, so you often read side-by-side in companionable silence. Sometimes, if you're feeling bold, you'll both dance in the rain.
But Robin is on some six-month trip for brilliant people and she's left you with a subletter.
"My best friend Steve," she'd said. "Come on, I talk about him all the time. You basically know him."
It's true. Robin is full of stories and this Steve is in most of them. A funny, brave, well-intentioned guy who is a bit of an idiot and has a great head of hair.
And now he's living in the other bedroom. And he's hot. And he always does his dishes and remembers to put the seat down after you scolded him once for doing otherwise and you have a crush on him.
It's annoying. He's been here for like, three weeks and keeps asking you where the spoons are and you like him.
But Steve? You are learning that Steve does not like summer storms.
In the few you've had since he arrived you've noticed that he paces, or sits in the living room with the television turned up high, or something noisy. You've never asked him about it because honestly, he could be much worse as far as roommates go.
You can hear his radio through the wall and it's making it hard to focus on your book. You should really go to sleep but this chapter is really good and does he have to be so loud? Maybe you should get up and ask him to keep it down --
A flash of lightning makes it seem like daylight in your room for a brief moment and then everything is dark. Everything.
"Fuck," you say. The power must have gone out. A clap of thunder so loud it feels like your building shakes startles you. You hear a shout from the other side of the wall.
It's not as hard as you'd expect to feel your way to your bedroom door in the dark. You manage to do so without injury apart from bumping your hip on your dresser.
But when you open your door you smack into a solid wall of warmth. Your fingers grasp for purchase and find none -- only bare skin.
"Jesus Christ --" Steve says. He manages to prevent you both from falling over and holds you at arm's length in the dark. "What are you doing?" His voice is tight and he squeezes your shoulders once before releasing you.
"Uh," you say. You're certain that he's not wearing a shirt. You can feel that he's not wearing a shirt. "The power went out."
He huffs. "Wow, thank you. I had no idea."
You wish it wasn't dark so you could see his face. Three weeks hasn't been enough time to learn all of his expressions. "Were you sleeping?"
It feels like a dumb question considering how loud his music was.
"Yeah," he says. "Obviously I was sleeping. It's like, 1 am."
"Just go back to sleep. If you can, under the volume of your radio."
You imagine him wincing. "Sorry," he says. "I don't, uh. Sleep well during --"
Lighting illuminates the hall and you see him for one brilliant second, messy hair, bare chest rising and falling, boxers slung low. Boxers with...are those...bananas? Then: darkness, thunder. You sense his flinch.
"That," he says flatly.
A smile creeps its way onto your face and you allow it because he can't see. The fact that this guy, your temporary roommate, your sort-of crush, is afraid of thunderstorms fills your chest with warmth. It's endearing. It's adorable. It makes you like him so much more.
You ease past him and into the dark of the rest of the apartment.
"Woah, woah," Steve says. "Where are you going?" You hear him follow you and immediately run into something. He curses. You keep your hands out to avoid the same fate.
"You okay?" you call back.
"Why do we have so much furniture?" he grumbles. "Fuck, that hurt."
You don't correct him that we actually means you and Robin.
"Watch where you're going," you say lightly.
"Oh, ha, ha."
Careful steps take you closer to your destination. "Go look for candles in the kitchen," you tell him. "They're in the drawer by the trash."
"Uh, okay," Steve says. He bumps into things with quiet curses on his way as you look for the matches that should be in the closet. "Why? You could just go back to bed. I'm fine."
You chew on your lip. He's right. But you want to hang out with him. The dark makes you honest. "The thunder is loud," you say. "I won't be able to sleep. We might as well hang out."
He laughs, the first genuine one all night. "Oh, you want to hang out? In the dark? You know what this sounds like, right?"
Ah, the famous Harrington charm Robin has told you about. It makes your cheeks feel hot and you can't hide a smile. Steve ruins the moment by running into something again.
"Fuck! Jesus --"
"Steve, be careful."
"I can't see anything!"
You sigh and finally find the matches. Box in hand, you carefully make your way to the kitchen, your eyes adjusting just a little and making it easier.
Steve is looking in the wrong drawer. You should just tell him so, but instead you reach for him, fingers circling his wrist and dragging it to the right one. His skin is warm under yours, the back of his hand softer than you'd thought it would be. You open the drawer together and hear the candles roll around inside.
His face is a dark outline but you focus on the dark and think you see his eyes. You wish you could see him.
"Found them," he says. You're much closer than you realized, so close you feel his breath on your cheek. Steve leans in -- or maybe it's you, you have no idea, and your noses brush. He puts a hand on your hip, fingers sliding under the hem of your sleep shirt and burning you like a brand.
Your eyes slide close and you miss the flash but not the boom that follows, sending you both about a foot in the air and away from each other.
"Shit," you gasp. Steve laughs and you join in, giggling in the dark like teenagers.
Maybe this is a one-night thing, the darkness making you both a little lonelier and a little braver. But you've got months more of him and the idea of spending that time being something more than just roommates? It's appealing, to say the least.
You reach for Steve in the dark and he must have been doing the same because your fingers tangle without much effort.
"Come on," you say. "Let's light the candles and sit on the couch. I'm sure the power will come back on eventually."
He squeezes your hand and you squeeze back. "Okay," he says, a smile in his voice. "Don't let me run into anything."
You grin at him in the dark and hope that come morning he'll be familiar with it in the light, as well. "Don't worry, Steve," you tell him. "I've got you."
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#emmas5kgarden#steve harrington x reader#steve harrington x you#steve harrington x y/n#steve harringotn fluff#stranger things fanfic
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5k celebration: emma's garden
THIS IS NOW CLOSED. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED! YOU CAN FIND FINISHED FICS AT THE BOTTOM.
thank you so much for being here. i know this blog has changed a lot since i started it about a year and a half ago, but it means so much to me that even one person wants to hang out, let alone this many. writing is deeply personal and sharing my work with you continues to be both cathartic and also a challenge. i will never stop being grateful. none of this happens without you, so, please celebrate with me! : )
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you do a little bit of work and i'll do the rest! pick a character from my guidelines, an au theme, and a prompt and i'll write a blurb (<1k words) for you. use this post or come up with your own!
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CELEBRATION FICS (coming soon):
roommates!au with steve harrington: trying to not hit anything or each other, when there is a power outage and it’s way too dark | 1.3k
coworkers!au with bradley bradshaw: it's hard to hide your relationship from your coworkers, when your whole team is a tight knit group and basically one big family.
friends with benefits!au with bradley bradshaw: they have been friends long before the benefits came along and they don’t know if they’re ever able to go back to just being friends
#emmas5kgarden#joel miller x reader#steve harrington x reader#eddie munson x reader#james potter x reader#sirius black x reader#remus lupin x reader#rooster bradley bradshaw x reader
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🥕🥕🥕 may i have a moodboard, please ms emma
yes ma'am you may. here is what i think of when i think of you:
love you love you love you !!
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hi lovely em 💛 i am sending you in a 🥕! i’d love to see something from my beloved just and just as 🥹 congrats on the milestone angel! you are so talented and work so hard to give us such gorgeous work. you make me laugh so much and have the sweetest soul. quite simply: i adore u
hi my dearest mimi! i would surely not still be here without you and your friendship and support. i am so thankful for you!!! thank you for being my friend <3
🥕 let's gather some fresh veg from the garden!
send me this and i'll make you a three-pic moodboard (feel free to specify a little theme/aesthetic!)
here is a little vibe for what i think those the just and just as lovebirds are up to as spring trips into summer:
coffee, joel being hot, bathing in the river, etc etc <3
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🌷 picked some flowers wanna gift the bouquet to you, @softlyspector @katsu28 @sunshinesteviee i love love love everything you guys write and i fucking love you all <3
wow huge i love all three of these beautiful people. @softlyspector, @katsu28, and @sunshinesteviee come get your flowers you lovely, lovely humans. <3
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hi emma! congratulations on your milestone! 🤍 i’m dropping in a little bumblebee 🐝 for the just and just as series?
i loved every single work in that series so much!
vee!! hello!! thank you so much, you are so kind!! i am so glad you liked this story, i loved it so much.
i suppose some behind-the-scenes/headcanons about this story are i have two loose drafts of fics i never ended up finishing -- one where ellie and joel talk about r, and one about how r and joel got together.
in the former, i was trying to get a hold of joel's pov and never felt like it was solid enough, but it's basically how r and ellie interact in a few of the fics about joel. teasing, laughter, and tenderness -- ellie expressing in her own way that she's glad joel has someone else to look after him and that he lets her.
in the latter, i was tossing around ideas on how they got together. in my head, r was quite strong-willed about it from the start -- she saw joel and thought, oh, now there's an idea. i couldn't narrow it down, though -- i think joel courted her, as much as you can at the end of the world. i think they took it quite slow, that she lived in her own house for a long time before moving in, that she was probably friendly with ellie first, even (in my head this story takes place after ellie and joel patch things up, had that day in part ii gone differently). so, maybe I'll return to it someday and write these!
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i found this giant carrot in ur garden 🥕, what are ur thoughts :D
THESE ARE MY THOUGHTS (how u make me feel)
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🍇 fmk: 30 year old Joel, 52 year old Joel, and 56 year old Joel
i thought about this for a full day. here we go. i am not taking questions at this time.
f: 52 year old joel
m: 56 year old joel
k: 30 year old joel
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🍇 - ooh ooh cym as things you love about your favorite season
omg a cym i haven't done one of these in ages! my favorite season is fall, so here we go:
leaving the window open and burrowing under the blankets as the air gets colder: @mrsmando
the specific sweatshirt-under-jean-jacket outfit: @macfrog
gorgeous wonderful amazing folk music perfect for fall: @strangerfreaks
hot apple cider!!: you, cause you're sweet like that <3
that intoxicating smell of fall? maybe it's leaves, maybe it's the crisp air, idk but that shit is like a drug: @luveline
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🥕 🥕 let's gather some fresh veg from the garden! - moodboard based on my vibes :)
anything for u my friend!!
you give late summer nights, laughter-filled days, and friendship!! <3
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🐝 i need a look inside your brain while writing NGAW pls pls pls
ah...my darling no good at waiting. this was the first long fic i wrote for this blog! i guess something interesting about the process is i did a lot of background prep -- basically what i do when i write a manuscript. i made character sheets for everyone, not just reader and steve, and i made setting sheets for all of the shops even though we were just seeing the booths at the farmer's market. i wrote out timelines for each character and made sure i understood how they got to where we meet them in the story. i basically wrote little bios for people who only showed up a few times -- nancy, Jonathan, eddie, etc -- which was fun and a lot of work, lol. but it was useful! it really immersed me in the au and made me feel really confident about writing it. i still have all the notes! the prep is often easier than the actual writing and is a great way to procrastinate :)
so, in a way, i have a lot of affection for the story but not all of it is reserved for steve and bee girl! lots of it goes to pieces of the story that no one else ever saw.
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🍇 - fmk hbo!joel, game!joel and pedro pascal ;)
controversial. CONTROVERSIAL. no one come for me. I'm cracking myself up with this one.
f -- game!joel (hit it and quit it is probably best for my mental well-being. unless i can steal him and ride off into the sunset! then we're getting married).
m -- pedro pascal (seems like a nice guy! wears fun socks! can give me paul mescal's phone number!)
k -- hbo!joel (sorry man. i hate golf as much as the next girl, i swear).
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🥕🥕 loml may i please have a moodboard?
hey baby here you GO. think 'bout you, here's what i found. <3
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🌷- first of all YOU are my favorite but i also adore @starryeyedstories and @inkluvs <33
yay!! some flowers!! @starryeyedstories and @inkluvs, this is kait's love letter to u <3
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🐝 look at the beautiful bee hive!send me the title/description of a fic of mine and i'll tell you a little bit about what it was like working on it/a headcanon/behind the scenes moment.
Time you will not spend alone ♡︎
hi alex!!
so time you will not spend alone took ages to write for a few reasons. but the first scene i wrote was the first section with ellie -- i had that done for months before joel even made his way onto the page. that scene where ellie picks dina flowers is actually a reference to another fanfic of mine on ao3 called we'll wait until sunlight, where dina brings ellie flowers and she puts them in a vase of joel's cause she doesn't have one. that fic is the second part in a small series that reimagines part ii of tlou! anyway. just an easter egg for me :)
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hi emma dearest!! i am running so late please forgive me🧍hopefully not too late but if so please feel free to sit a dunce cap on my head-
huge congrats on 5k!!! i am so very proud of you i can’t believe how long it’s been since i first sent you an ask about no good at waiting!! dropping by with a 🍇 and hoping im doing it right just to chat about any current reads or books you’ve enjoyed lately :) or anything at all that’s a current fave!! maybe a song or idk, anything taking up space in your mind rn, let’s yap!! ily my friend 🫂
omg hi my friend so sorry this got lost but here i am. thank you for being here!!! you are the best!!!
current things taking up space in my mind:
music: annika bennett. i saw her open for another favorite band of mine (penny and sparrow) a few years ago and she just did her first solo tour and stopped in my city! so i went to see her by myself in a lovely small venue and we chatted after and she's very wonderful. my favorite songs of hers are "power, sex, dreams" and "scared of getting what i want" and "so munch more than me."
books: i'm reading zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance which is a book from the '70s that i've meant to read since i was a teenager and i finally picked it up for my latest road trip. I'm finally almost done and i've really enjoyed it! it's a bit dense and rambling but interesting and makes me think. my favorite kind of book!
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