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apomaro-mellow · 1 year

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Inspired by this post where the older kids get walkie-talkies

“Hey Birdie, is the Master with you?”

Steve’s call got no response, even though he knew Robin never went far without her walkie-talkie.

“Birdie? Is the Master with you?”

Steve was about to get irate until he realize why she wasn’t responding and let out the biggest sigh and eye roll.

“Is the Master with you? Over.”

Finally a crackle came on. “He is indeed. Over.”

“Can you tell him to bring some chocolate chips when you guys come over? ....Over.”

“Can do! Over.”

“Excuse me”, Eddie’s voice came on the line. “Why doesn’t Birdie get the shopping list? Over.”

“Because she’ll either forget to go to the store, or go and get distracted and buy everything except what I asked for. Over.”

“You know me so well~ Over.”

“This is blatant favoritism. Over.”

“I’ll give you the first pick of cookies for your troubles. Over.”

“Complain rescinded.”

Steve smiled. “What was that?”

“Complaint rescinded. Over.”

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It had started with Nancy giving them the walkie-talkies, which seemed out of character for her until she gave the reason. They were only able to save Max because they had instant communication. And when they couldn’t reach the gang in California, it felt hopeless. So it had been a precaution. If anything happened, they’d have these. Spring Break came and went. As did the rest of spring. And their purpose quickly went from emergency communication to anything that came to their minds. The first time the kids found out about it, they decried copying.

Nancy was quick to say theirs was more serious. And it was true to an extent. They had codenames, they had protocols they followed. No one ever said Code Red without meaning it. The one time it had been used, Steve called on it after Robin got hit by a car trying to save a kid. If you asked anyone else, they would’ve said he was hysterical. If you asked Steve, he was appropriately concerned for his friend who was hanging by a thread. She walked away with a bruised rib and a couple of stitches.

“This is Wave Rider, asking for permission to land. Over”, Argyle said.

“This is the Master, you are granted. Over.”

Both boys gave each other goofy grins as they stood across from each other in front of Eddie’s trailer.

“Nancy would kill you two if she saw you using them in close proximity”, Jonathan said.

“What she won’t know won’t kill her, right?”, Eddie said.

“You don’t need to tell him twice”, Argyle grinned.

Jonathan gave him a good-natured nudge while the three of them went inside.

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Steve and Robin had left Family Video and now worked at a nearby convenience store. The You Suck/Rule board had returned. Dustin vaguely remembered it. When he saw all the You Suck tallies, he figured Steve was repeatedly striking out with girls again.

“Maybe you should give up on chicks for a while”, he said one day, when he came for a slushie. “Doesn’t seem like it’s your forte nowadays.”

Steve slumping onto the counter made sense. But Robin’s raucous laughter, not so much.

“This is Birdie to Jonner-Than-You, come in. Over.”

“Jonner-Than-You here, Birdie. What’s your status? Over.”

“Apparently Loverboy here needs to give up on women. Dusty Buns says they’re not his forte.”

Dustin was about to argue that call sign when he heard Jonathan laugh the loudest he had ever heard.

Unbeknownst to him, the board wasn’t for whenever Steve struck out with girls. It was specifically when he struck out with Eddie whenever he came into their little corner of 7-11 heaven.

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“Big Wheel to the Master. Come in. Over.”

“The Master reporting. What’s up? Over.”

“Is Mini Wheels with you? Over?”

There was what could only be described as indignant squawking on the other end of the line. That confirmed her brother was indeed on the other end of the call.

“That’s a roger on that. Over.”

“Tell him that even if he’s in high school, he still has a curfew. And I’m not covering for him again. Over.”

“I’ll make sure he gets the message. Over.” Eddie looked over to Mike. “Hey Mini Wheels!”

“Stop calling me that!”

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The six of them had gotten together for an afternoon hangout that slowly trickled down. Nancy had to get home, Jonathan left to meet up with a study group, and as day turned to night, Argyle drove Robin to her shift at the store. Which left Eddie and Steve alone at the Harrington Residence to finish off the movie they’d started.

Steve could do this. He could be smooth. He’d been striking out because the fact it was Eddie and not just some random girl made the stakes higher. Made him doubt himself. But the King Steve shit hadn’t been totally a lie. He could bring back just a bit. Enough to get Eddie to melt in his hands.

It started with playing with his hair and giving him meaningful looks. He’d made out with girls while a movie was on a bunch of times. Depending on how ready they were, it could be easy to pull them out of it.

When Eddie looked for too long at his lips, Steve knew he had him.

“Can I try something?”, Steve asked while curling a long lock around his finger.

Eddie nodded hesitantly before swallowing. “Y-yeah, go for it, dude.”

Steve leaned in slow, giving Eddie a chance to back out. He didn’t. The kiss was slow and warm and Steve’s hand went deeper into his hair. When he pulled away, Eddie came with him for a second kiss. This one went deeper and had Eddie pushing Steve back against the couch. When they parted this time, Steve felt like he was in a daze, when a realization came to him.

He jolted up, nearly knocking Eddie off the couch as he reached for the walkie-talkie. “This is Loverboy to Birdie. Put a point down for I rule cause Harrington’s still got it baby!”, he said, snapping excitedly.

“Bullshit”, Robin replied.

Eddie took the device from Steve. “This is the Master, confirming the Harrington does in fact, still have it. Over.” He then dropped the walkie-talkie onto the floor and went back to kissing Steve.

Argyle had made the astute observation that Robin had put down a tally right after he’d done a transaction with Steve, but Eddie hadn’t wanted to believe he had anything to do with that scoreboard.

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“This is Jonner-Than-You, confirming the retrieval and delivery of five nuggets and a tall drink. Over.”

“Loverboy responding, it’s supposed to be six nuggets, a tall drink, and three sides. Over.”

“Mad Max went off to have dinner with Lucky Number and the sides are not cooperating. Over.”

“You tell the rest of that club that they better get their asses in that van. Nancy, Argyle, and I didn’t slave over a hot stove just for them to-”

Jonathan held up the walkie to the rest of the Hellfire club to hear all of Steve’s tirade. No one turned down an invitation to Sunday dinner. No one.

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The six of them laid out in the middle of a field, blissed out. For once, none of them had anywhere to be or anything to do. A perfect opportunity to waste time by passing a joint and watching the sky.

Jonathan picked up his walkie-talkie. “This is Jonner-Than-You reporting in. I love you guys.”

“Birdie to Jonner-Than-You, I love you too.”

“Um, Loverboy to Birdie. You’re supposed to love me best. Over.”

“Wave Rider responding. There’s enough love to go around. You should know that Loverboy.”

“You guys are high as fuck. Over”, Eddie said.

“Big Wheel to the group. Quit wasting your batteries. Over.”

“Birdie to Big Wheel. Not until you admit you love us. Over.”

That started a chant of “Love us. Love us.” through the walkie-talkies which made it reverberate even more until Nancy was covering her ears and everyone ditched the walkie-talkies to dog pile on top of her. Only then did she admit she loved these idiots.

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badaziraphaletakes · 2 months

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Yes!

Physics! (Or something.)

#good omens #goodomens #good omens 2 #aziraphale #badaziraphaletakes #ineffable husbands #goodomens2 #crowley #they are a set #do not separate

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neamh-in-heaven · 11 months

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Crowley is so incredibly beautiful, what the hell

#good omens #good omens 2 #what #they are a set #do not separate #aziraphale #crowley

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stinkysstuff · 4 months

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I drew them as creatures. Glen n Caroline are autism creatures and charles is a audhd creature. My lil weird family ugh i love them ssm

#chucky #charles lee ray #horror #childs play #chucky series #chucky tv series #glen ray #caroline and glen #caroline ray #caroline cross #silly #:3 #they are a set

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cononeillbreastingboobily · 1 year

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#steddyhands #i continue to have correct opinions it's true it's true #they are a set #do NOT separate them #stede bonnet #edward teach #blackbeard #izzy hands #our flag means death #ofmd #real talk tho this is the first time I've felt this intensely about a poly ship #but THEM???#girl-#like I've been working my way to it all spring #and now we're here #sigh #i just. i love them #<3

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goatbeard-goatbeard · 1 month

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“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand.

Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it?

On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone — while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?

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Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will it stay by your manger at night?

Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness?

Will it till the valleys behind you?

Will you rely on it for its great strength?

Will you leave your heavy work to it?

Can you trust it to haul in your grain

and bring it to your threshing floor?”

Job 38:4-7, 39:9-12 (NIV)

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It feels like such a Choice to have the Job episode right before the one about resurrectionists. The one that shows even angels failing to bring back the dead, when human doctors are juuuuust about to learn how to do it.

The central question of Job’s story is “why do bad things happen to good people?” And one answer is: do enough science, and we can stop God from fucking with them.

Domesticate the ox to fill Job’s herd. Study different animals to heal Job’s disease. Count the clouds, find the storehouses of snow, and plug them into our weather models so we can evacuate Job’s children before the mighty wind.

Can Crowley call lightning and have it report back to him? Sure. But so can all the electronic doors and lights and phones that he zaps. All the technology that’s so mundane to us that it doesn’t even register as an answer to God’s challenge. Crowley is doing flashier versions of our miracles — the serpent of Eden standing in for all human science. He’s the shiny car, he’s the astrophysics, he’s the lightning in the wires.

He’s also the low-grade evil of car-based infrastructure, the glitchy cell towers, and the one that officially set armageddon in motion. Technology is tricky like that. Will the wild ox consent to serve you?

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xray-vex · 1 year

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they're soulmates

#ofmd #our flag means death #edward teach #stede bonnet #gentlebeard #blackbonnet #they are a set #do not seperate

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bongwateriero · 1 year

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these three have been up to something (gay sex)

#they are a set #i guess #ls dunes #dunes #rat posts #i’m sorry i cut tim out i fixed it #trav is still cut out but that’s because the focus is rlly tuckers arm around frank

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sin-scribbles · 1 year

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DO NOT SEPARATE!!!!!

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smithology · 2 years

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#they are a SET #do not leave any of them on their own !!!#ofmd #ofmd fanart #our flag means death #our flag means death fanart #izzy hands #stede bonnet #edward teach #gentlehands #blackbonnet #gentlebeard #blackhands #steddyhands #smith draws #izzy didn't want to smile but maybe i'll make another doodle of him smiling real quick bc. yeah

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pocharimochi · 2 years

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Take my hand…

Take my whole heart too…

But I can’t help, falling in love, with you…

#pocharimochi draws #digital sketch #digital doodle #digital lineart #original character #oc luka #oc lily #they are a set #please do not separate

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highdio · 2 years

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JOJO: The Animation 10th Anniversary Jojos 1-6 by Shunichi Ishimoto (transparent).

#jjba #jojo's bizarre adventure #giorno giovanna #jotaro kujo #josuke higashikata #jonathan joestar #joseph joestar #mp #jojo no kimyou na bouken #jojo #they are a set

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the-bi-space-ace · 4 months

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I'm writing some cute shit rn and it is Echo and Fives related and that is all that is the update

#arc trooper fives #arc trooper echo #let these two be happy #they are a set #do not separate

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byler-4-life · 2 years

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Look, if you asked Mike or Will to their face, they might say that the Party is all best friends with each other. But they both know that what they have between the two of them is different than with their other friends. Just a little more special. Their connection just runs deeper. Will says it without saying it in the first ep of Season 2.

Mom, Dustin, Lucas. Everyone treats him like there's something wrong with him. One name is conveniently missing from this list. Mike never makes him feel that way.

That's also why he tells Mike what's happening with him in the next ep. Confides in him. Tells him not to tell the others. He knows Mike won't judge him or look at him funny for it.

And of course, we know it's the same for Mike. I mean, he actually out and out said it in S4.

But, even though they both know it deep down, you think that maybe this is the first time Mike actually said it out loud, that directly, that Will was maybe more special to him than the others? That maybe that's why Will looked so absolutely gobsmacked in this scene? That maybe....just maybe...he thought he might have a little bit of a chance? Remember he grabbed the painting right after this, deciding to give it to Mike. I bet at this point though, he didn't think he was going to have to use it to help Malt-o-Meal's ship get back together.

Ugh, I begging you both...figure your shit out! You've done the hard part, the foundation is laid and it's perfect. Just take the last step for the love of god.

#byler #they are a set #do not separate them #idk what this post is #it started as one thing and morphed into another lol

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ladyzerodark · 2 months

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Love how these two appear together in every world ❤️💙

#things dark does #never separate dante and vergil #they are a set #dark plays iron saga #unfortunately i do not own either #yet

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spectraltenkai · 2 years

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“Be careful! The three brains of the planet-eating Guhnash-- Guhvorn, Guhlith, and Guhweep-- are a deadly team when put together! They have peak abilities that make them almost impossible to beat with brute force; do your best to stop them, hero!”

Yes I played Fossil Fighters. Guh Trio epic

#boss rushtober #fossil fighters #classic games #nintendo #guhnash #guhvorn #guhlith #guhweep #smol me went nuts over these three #giant alien brains in my dino game? HELL YEAH #do not separate #they are a set #funky lads #love em #please tell me someone knows this game exists #an oldie but a goodie #aliens

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