text — un: harrington ;

[fawcetted]

[ It's the kind of network message that pops up in the quietest, darkest part of the night — when it's just a guy and his thoughts and anxieties in an all-too-silent house. He's surrounded by dumpster-quality furniture and a cat-emblemed pillow that veers on possessing suspicious origins, not that anyone can see any of his living quarters through text. ]

i don't want to panic anyone but it's pretty late and it's been a few days and i don't know, maybe i just need to calm down but

does anyone have an explanation for what happens when your soulmate kinda ... goes missing?

[ Steve really wishes there was a proper instructions manual or something. Not that he'd read through it because who has the time for that, but. It'd be something.

The line goes quiet for a moment, or maybe Steve's said what he's needed to say, before another message pops up from the same username. ]

Honestly, shit's going exactly the way I thought it would. Thought maybe Munson would stick around, thought maybe we were, you know, starting to become friends, and you'd think the soulbond thing would count for something but noooo, he just split. Found a way to get out of here, left his phone, went back to Hawkins and didn't have the decency to leave a goddamned note.

Even he couldn't stand the pathetic loser that Steve Harrington's become.

[ And just like that, the message is sent for all to see before the line really does cut off. Embarrassing. ]




[ ooc: in case it isn't clear, the last bit of text is courtesy of steve's very unpleasant shadow who has adopted an edgelord personality circa livejournal 2001. ]

Comments

text ↪ un: 十五

[zangetsu]

missing how?

[fawcetted]

missing like i have no idea where he went

and he left his phone on the couch so i've got no way to contact him either

[ tRYING NOT TO PANIC ]

[zangetsu]

calm down.

if he's your soulmate and he's still in this realm you should be able to feel him.

find somewhere quiet, sit down, close your eyes. focus on the bond. what do you feel then?

1/2

[fawcetted]

[ Clearly his own Emotional Turmoil is blocking literally everything else out.

It's good advice though. ]

yeah okay

okay one sec

[ This is so stupid. He feels stupid. ]

[fawcetted]

i just feel anxious and kind of panicky

but that might just be me

text — un: grimmjow

[arrancar]

maybe he got taken to the gallows

[fawcetted]

the gallows???

what the hell are the gallows? isn't that like a pirate thing

[arrancar]

it's the place the reapers were dragging restless off to

[fawcetted]

wait and you think maybe someone took him there??

okay that's bad

un: 火

[chokuto]

[The change in tone and style, accompanied by the use of third person...]

You should look at what you wrote again.

1/2

[fawcetted]

huh?

[fawcetted]

shit, not again

okay add that to a growing list of problems i guess

[chokuto]

You should review what you share more thoroughly next time.

How can you tell your soulmate is missing? What is the experience like?

[Anon, your favorite]

[janescayre]

My poor sweet Peevey Stevey!! Who's this Munson chump playing games with your tender heart?

Want me to gut him for you?

[fawcetted]

[ Hoo boy, there really is only one person he knows who speaks like this. Come on, Anon, is there really any point in shrouding yourself at this rate? ]

uhhh no! no that's okay, thanks!

it'd help if i even knew where he was anyway

NOT that i'm saying the gutting thing is an option, like ever

[janescayre]

[She has her Reasons. Which you will discover shortly fear not]

Oh so he's gone out for smokes and a lotto ticket and never returned

for shame

how are you getting along? aside from insulting yourself in the third person

kinda weird lmfao

[redsoil]

— sutekh

Don't take it to heart so soon. You're not the only one he vanished on.

[fawcetted]

do you have any ideas where he could have gone?

i mean if he's still somewhere here ...

[redsoil]

As ever, I am full of ideas. I have no evidence to support any such claim, though.

I could name them all off, however I believe that would not be good for your state of mind.

un: jonas.

[coherer]

Did you guys have a fight or anything?

[fawcetted]

no nothing like that

came back from the marketplace to find the building we've been using empty except that he left his phone-thing on the couch so there was no way to reach him

and then a few days passed and here we are

[ Even repeating the words has him feeling the edges of panic again. Man, if (and when!) he finds Eddie, he is absolutely gonna punch him in the face. Seriously!!! ]

[coherer]

(KICK HIS ASS, STEVE!!!)

No fight, no fault. Kicking yourself when you're down is a coping mechanism we all seem to share rn, but take it easy, okay? You'll find him.

On that front, do you need any help? We could get a boombox and start playing really loud Stygian rock or smth. He'll sprint back like a runaway dog when you aggressively shake a treat bag.

(jonas' first line of attack: crack a joke. then he can proceed from there.)

(text @sunsummoner) i'm sorry this is late, feel free to ignore it!

[sunmon]

Eddie isn't like that.

omg pls i accept and love all tags equally

[fawcetted]

he's not, right?

i don't know why [ He hesitates before he finally types the word out, makes it real what he'd been suspecting since his Soulidarity profile turned a little weird. ] my shadow (???) would say something like that

you know him then?

eddie?

<333

[sunmon]

Yeah.
We met when we arrived.
I didn't know he'd found someone.