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

[arrancar]

then just cut your losses and find a new soulmate

[fawcetted]

whoa okay

that's not happening

what if

idk you went with me?

[arrancar]

what's in it for me?

[fawcetted]

idk good karma?

and the satisfaction of knowing you possibly saved someone from getting eaten or killed again by some creep in the woods?

[arrancar]

not interested

find someone else

[fawcetted]

oh come on man

you sound like you actually know something about the gallows and how to make it a round trip

[arrancar]

you ain't wrong
but you're still on your own

[fawcetted]

[ uGH u asshole ]

fine

can you at least give me some pointers? hot tips?

i reeeeeeeally don't want a bucket-kicking repeat

[arrancar]

simple

if you don't want to die then don't go

[fawcetted]

dude you don't understand

i can't not go

not if he's been taken there

like, what happens if he dies again? what happens to the soul bond? what if they turn him into some soul ... object thing?

[arrancar]

then it just means that he wasn't cut out to survive here in the first place

[fawcetted]

well that's kinda harsh

[arrancar]

take that up with the reapers

they're the ones who're dragging the weak off to the gallows

[fawcetted]

hey no one said anything about him being weak okay?

i'm sure these reaper guys are probably like stronger than any of us

they've gotta be, the shit they do

[arrancar]

not really
they're stronger than most humans but not all

( they're child's play for humans like kurosaki or the fire boy. )

[fawcetted]

all the more freakin' reason to do a cool thing like help out, man!

[arrancar]

no

[fawcetted]

[ uGH ]

fine

well thanks for not helping