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25/09/----

Sorry I missed you, but stay out of my goddamn head.

— JH

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Rubilykskoye

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[otherbitches]

once, when i was a little kid.

i'd go surfing. eat on the boardwalk.

[verbol]

Yeah? Sounds nice. Not much surfing in Hawkins unless a storm rolls through Lovers Lake.

Can't promise surfing here, either, but I can grill a decent fish.

[otherbitches]

i noticed. there wasn't shit to do in Hawkins except smoke at the quarry.

you never caught me on the pool roof. i used to take heather up there.

[verbol]

There something wrong with the tanning beds?

[otherbitches]

a little too obvious at 2 AM

[verbol]

Kid, why the hell were you on the pool roof at 2am?

[otherbitches]

getting blitzed. it was 'romantic.'

[verbol]

I don’t wanna hear anymore about your senior year glory days, christ.

You can have some beer for your trouble, while I grill us up dinner.

[otherbitches]

why not? 'best years of my life.'

okay.
yarmila will pack us something too. she says you 'look strong.'

but scrawny.

[verbol]

You’re 18, you gotta plenty years left.

Jesus. Even the natives are talking about it? Not like I didn’t need to lose some pounds!

cw: period typical anti-russian language

[otherbitches]

i already died once.

and sure. maybe a few, but pretty sure the ruskies halved your bmi.
she says you should gain it back.

[ She says. ]

[verbol]

You make a habit of gossiping about me to the locals, Billy?

[otherbitches]

it's not gossiping. yarmila talks about you like she talks about the weather.
cold, dreary, lacking warmth.

we're making a pie.
dont get excited, big guy. I think its goat.

[verbol]

Oh, I'm real sure Yarmila brought me up on her own.

[otherbitches]

[ Shut up, Hopper. ]

what? if you're that excited she brought you up, i can introduce you.
you want to fuck her too?

[verbol]

[WORLDS LONGEST SIGH 10 HOUR EDITION]

Billy. Do you even want to - with me?

[otherbitches]

[ Literal screaming. This dough is going to be overworked. It's going to taste like sand. ]

why else

would i

GO FISHING?

[verbol]

[oh

NO]

Oh. Huh.

[otherbitches]

WHAT? Spit it out.

[verbol]

[god forgive him, he did noT MEAN FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. ]

I thought you'd be

The opposite. After everything. I don't get you kids, I'm just - not exactly the prize stallion at the line up. I'm old, kid.

[otherbitches]

[ It's been a long month since the stocks. A long month and half since Hopper's khaki's scratched against Billy's thighs. ]

holy shit, you're old?
who knew?

[verbol]

Why?

[otherbitches]

[ A long pause, maybe long enough to save over-worked dough with lard. ]

it wasn't all bullshit. if it was then— [ then the others, like Murphy, like— ]

it just wasn't all bullshit. okay?

[verbol]

It wasn’t bullshit. I just think - we should talk about it. Because, let’s be honest kid, I’ve crossed a lot of lines here. Between us.

[otherbitches]

I don't want to talk about it.

I want to do it again.