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"OH, JESUS!" HOPPER SHOUTED IN FRIGHT, EL AND SEB STOOD BEHIND HIM WITH SHEETS OVER THEIR HEADS. "Ghosts." El spoke, Hopper nodding and plating up breakfast for the three. "I see that." Hopper mumbled, Seb looking at the toast. "Halloween." El continued, Hopper nodding. "Sure is. But right now, it's breakfast, okay? Come on, let's eat." Hopper spoke, Seb nodding quickly and sitting at the table with his orange juice as El stayed put. Seb took the sheet off as he sat comfortably, watching as El stayed where she was. "They wouldn't see us." El spoke, Hopper confused as he put a plate ahead of Seb. "Who wouldn't see you?" Hopper asked as he took El's and his plates to the table. "The bad men." El answered as she followed Hopper. "What are you talking about?" Hopper asked, sitting down himself as Seb started to eat.
"Trick or treat." She spoke slowly, Hopper looking to Seb. "You want to do this too?" He asked, knowing Seb wasn't well with the idea of going out. "If Yoda wants to." He spoke, El smiling under her sheet. "Yoda?" Hopper asked, very confused as Seb smiled. "El's like Yoda." Hopper nodded slowly, Seb eating again. "So you want to go trick or treating?" Hopper asked, El nodding as Hopper stood up again, shaking his head. "You know the rules." He spoke, walking away. "Yes, but-" "Yeah, so you know the answer." Hopper interrupted, Seb not bothered as he focused on his food. "No, but they wouldn't see me." El spoke, Hopper placing her in her seat at the table. "No. Hey. I don't care." Hopper shot back, leaning towards El. "You two go out there, ghosts or not, it's a risk. We don't take risks. All right?" Hopper asked, taking his hands off of El's shoulders.
"They're stupid, and..." Hopper trailed off, both El and Seb rolling their eyes. "We're not stupid!" El shot back, Hopper hitting Seb's shoulder. "Well, I'm not stupid." He spoke, Hopper nodding none-the-less. "Exactly. Now, you take that off, sit down and eat. Your food's getting cold." Hopper spoke, El doing as told with a huff. Seb only seemed to realise that syrup was there as Hopper decorated his and El's with it. Seb only pushed his half eaten plate forward. Hopper looked to him as Seb nodded, Hopper putting syrup on his plate. Both him and Hopper ate without a fuss as El sat there, a sour look on her face. "All right, look..." Hopper sighed, leaning forward. "How about I get off early tonight, and I buy us a bunch of candy, and we can sit around and get fat, and we all watch a scary movie together?" Seb looked up at Hopper's offer, intrigued. "How's that for a compromise?" Hopper continued, El's face scrunching up.
"Compromise?" She asked, Hopper smiling. "It's-" "It's a half promise. Like, we can't do the good thing so we do the thing that could be horrible or somewhat okay." Both El and Hopper looked to Seb shocked. "How-" "Encyclopedia and dictionaries go a long way." He interrupted Hopper again, the man shocked for words. "You need to stop finding a personality." The man advised, Seb eating the rest of his food mindlessly. "Anyway..." Hopper trailed off, El smiling at her brother. "Yeah, it's basically halfway happy." Hopper added, El looking away still. "How about that's your word for the day?" Hopper asked El. She didn't sit and study words like Seb did, she would much rather be watching TV or trying to contact Mike. "Five-One-Five?" El asked, Seb looking back up again. "Five fifteen. Yeah," Hopper nodded, turning to Seb. "Five fifteen." He spoke, Seb sighing before finishing his food and getting up to put his plate in the sink.
"I'm studying again." Seb declared to no one, Hopper nodding to him unbothered as El laughed. She could tell that Hopper and Seb were about to have a difficult relationship already. "Halfway happy." El spoke when Seb's door shut, Hopper smiling. "Halfway happy." He repeated, ruffling El's hair and pointing to Seb's door and twirling his finger around the side of his head as if to say he's crazy.
El only giggled, the two eating in a comfortable silence.
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SEB GROANED ALOUD WHEN HE GOT TO THE END OF HIS BOOKS, SAT BORED ON HIS BED. He heard the TV in the Living room, getting up to put the books back and to sit down with El. "..like pouring silk onto my skin." Seb scowled at the woman on TV, wondering what El was watching. He put the books back on the bookshelf before plopping down on the couch. He clicked towards his door, it shutting itself as the sound caught El's attention. "Hi." She spoke simply, Seb smiling at her. "Hi." He replied, El smiling and leaning on Seb's shoulder. "Inhuman, relentless." El turned the channels with her powers until she got interested in one, Seb leaning forward. "Don't you love me?" A man asked, Seb's eyebrows raising. The action movie she switched from to this looked so much better. "Of course I love you." The lady replied, Seb sighing and leaning his head atop of El's.
"It's just that it's so sudden. I mean, it's not like you." Seb started to get weirdly intrigued about what would happen next. "Erica, I am this way because of you." The man replied, Seb's eyebrows raising. "Me?" Erica asked, El putting a hand on her chest. "Me?" She copied, Seb looking down at his sister in surprise. "What?-" "You have made me wild and impetuous, just like you." The man interrupted, Seb deciding to leave his sister be. "Impetuous." She repeated, Seb grimacing at the way the man kissed the lady's neck. "People are going to be aghast." The lady replied, Seb sighing. "People are going to be aghast." El repeated, Seb snickering and wrapping an arm around her shoulder. "They're gonna love it." The man spoke before they started laughing before El turned around, getting off of Seb's shoulder. Seb watched as she went to the window, Seb shrugging and watching as the TV couple laughed together more.
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"WILL YOU PLAY WITH ME?" A GIRL ASKED ON THE TV. Seb hadn't realised the time by now, too infatuated with the TV as this was his first time watching it. "Would you like one of my flowers?" The girl spoke, the twins sat in silence before the clock beeped. The twins walked up to it quickly, ignoring the movie as it beeped in morse code- "Late." They chorused, El's shoulders slumping. Seb only sighed rubbing her shoulder in comfort before there was a knock on the door. Hopper. He did the knock they made, El not bothering to unlock it. Hopper has been late many times but this time, he promised. Seb didn't walk off this time, instead he sat back down, watching as El looked to the door. Hopper sighed, knocking again. "Hey, kid. Open up, all right? Look, I know I'm late." Hopper called in, thinking Seb was in his room already. "I got candy here, all right? I got all the good stuff." Hopper continued, Seb looking up at El.
When she shook her head at him, Seb sighed, Hopper hitting the door lightly. "I'm gonna freeze to death out here!" Hopper spoke, Seb blinking and leaning over the back of the couch to open it. El watched as four red tendrils connected to each of the locks, unlocking them in sync. Hopper backed away from the door confused. It didn't normally sound like that when El unlocked the door. Once the door was unlocked, Hopper opened it slowly, startled when he saw Seb facing him. "Hi?" He asked, Seb nodding. "Hello." He spoke, Hopper sighing. "I know I'm late!" He spoke, Seb nodding. "Yeah, you're late." Seb spoke, laying down on the couch as he played with his powers. Hopper followed the TV cord to El's bedroom, looking to Seb confused. "She took the TV." He informed, Hopper nodding and putting the candy on the small table.
"Hey, kid. Open up, would you?" Hopper asked, El not answering. "I got, uh... stuck somewhere, and I lost track of time." Hopper spoke, Seb's eyebrows raising in surprise. He's admitting his wrongs, what happened to him? "And I'm sorry." Hopper continued, Seb staring at the man's back. "El, please open the door." Hopper spoke, hearing Seb get up. "El?" Hopper asked, Seb genuinely worried now as she'd say something by now. "El?" He asked, hearing no answer as Hopper looked to him. "She's in there, buddy. Don't be so worried." Hopper assured, going to sit down. Seb turned around, watching as Hopper put a finger to his lips, Seb's eyebrows raising. "All right. I'm just gonna be out here by myself, eating all this candy. Seb's gonna be so alone." Hopper spoke, Seb looking at the man unimpressed. Seb was glad El didn't answer, Hopper not noticing Seb's stare.
Hopper had a weird concern that 'Sev' wasn't a 'normal kid's' name so he called Sev 'Seb' and said it was short for 'Sebastian.' Sev himself didn't know whether he liked it or not, shrugging when he was asked. Sebastian does seem like quite a cool name to him, though-
"Me and sad Seb are gonna get fat. It's unhealthy to leave us both out here. I could have a heart attack and we both know Seb doesn't know what to do if that happens." Seb just raised his arms in disbelief. Hopper turned to him when he stormed past him, the man shaking his head quickly. "Come on, buddy! You know I'm kidding-" Hopper was cut off when Seb's bedroom door slammed shut, Hopper flinching slightly. "Well..." He trailed off, unwrapping a Snickers bar and eating it as he stared at the wall. After about two more candies, Hopper looked to Seb's door, his hand being out. "What're you doing?" Hopper asked, Sebs head popping out atop of his hand. "If she's not going to eat it and you're gonna eat in depression, I may as well steal some." Seb spoke, Hopper having to laugh lightly. "Come here." Hopper spoke, patting the seat next to him as Seb sighed, sitting next to Hopper.
The man formed Seb's hands into a 'bowl' form, taking one of each candy and placing them in the 'bowl'. "We can have a taste test." Hopper spoke, Seb smiling lightly as he nodded.
That night was filled with some laughs, jokes.
Oh, and stomach aches.
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