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Asling landed on the cold black pavement with a thud and an auditable
"oof"
that escaped from her lips. She would be bruised in the morning. She got up slowly, trying to find out just where she was. Night had falled here and she was surrounded by thick woods on all sides of the road.
It was deadly silent. Nothing but the cooing of animals in the forest and the chirps of crickets could be heard. The air was chilly and Asling wrapped her arms around her as she looked around for any sign of any person.
All she saw was a road sign "WELCOME TO HAWKINS" it read.
She looked around again, her breath furled into a fluffy cloud of steam before her. Then, slicing through the darkness like a knife, two bright lights came around the bend of the road. Asling narrowed her eyes to make out what it was, what beast with glowing eyes was charging at her on this desolate forest road. But it wasn't a beast, not at all. Asling recognized it nearly too late. It was a car.
She froze in shock, a dear in headlights and the car came to a screeching halt. Nearly taking her out. Her body was a mere few inches from it's hood.
She shivered, frozen in fear and by the chill in the air. She could just barely make out a car door opening and someone getting out.
"Oh my god."
They muttered as the car door slammed shut.
"I don't believe it."
Her eyes fell on the person and they adjusted to dim light of the night. She took in the sight of Steve, all his familiar features coming back to focus.
"It's you."
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"So?"
Robbin spoke up as Steve drove them home from volunteering. After the events of Vecna, the gates, and Eleven returning to Hawkins, Steve had finally made the decision to move out of his parents house. But rent wasn't cheap, even for one person. So he and Robbin were now roommates.
"So what?"
Steve replied as he kept his eyes on the road while he drove.
"How has therapy been going? You've been seeing that lady for like a month now and you haven't said anything about it!" She replied.
"It went fine." Steve said plainly but that wasn't enough for Robbin.
"Steve seriously, what did she ask and what did you tell her?" "She asked me why I had come to see her." "And?" "Why do you want to know?" He finally retorted, keeping his eyes fixated on the road in front of him.
"Because." Robbin tried reasoning with him, "I'm the one who suggested-" "More like nagged" "For you to go see her. I love Dr. Mills. I went to see her not long after coming out to my dad went horribly wrong and she helped me get through it. She's a tough cookie, Dr. Mills, but she's the best there is."
"She asked me about her." Steve suddenly said and Robbin's cheery expression fell.
"Her? Her who? Tara? Claire? Brooke? I can't keep the girls you're seeing straight anymore."
"Asling."
"You mean the magical girl from another dimension you told me about?" Robbin asked and Steve nodded. "The girl with perfect hair and perfect eyes?" Steve nodded again "Hotter than Mia Sara? The girl who's from a magical land with magical powers who's 'totally real' despite all previous descriptions of her being practically impossible? That girl?"
Steve sighed.
"So what did you tell her?" "Everything." Steve said, turning on to a smaller, less busier forest road that was nestled between trees.
"She's a hard one, like you said. I tried to tell her she wouldn't believe me but she countered with the whole 'I've heard some crazy shit I was Victor Creel's own therapist after he killed his family try me' story."
"I didn't know she was victor creel's therapist." "Whatever." Steve said, turning on the car's headlights as the sun continued to set beyond the crowd of trees that shouldered the road.
"The point is she didn't help as much as you thought she would." "No, Steve, she just didn't tell you what you wanted to hear." Robbin said.
"What? That I'm crazy? That I am out of my mind?" "Yes." Robbin said flatly. "I can bet you money, Steve, actual cash, that you went into that sesion hoping, praying that that woman would just tell you that you were insane and give you some sort of mind numbing medication to numb the pain because that's what you want- a quick and easy solution to the pain caused by the hole in your heart."
Steve was quiet.
"Well it's not that simple. Dr. Mills can help you but she's not your fairy godmother. She can't make it all better with a wave of her magic wand."
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Steven drove the car around the bend in the forest road and almost immediately hit the breaks.
"What are you-"
Robbin caught sight of the girl in the middle of the road just as her head nearly hit the dashboard. Steve's knuckles were white as he gripped the stearing wheel as hard as possible to keep from running off the road. The car came to a screeching halt and the two stared in shock and horror at the girl they almost plowed through.
She was just standing there, shaking, her arms wrapped around herself. It was almost like she was in a trance as she stared at the windshield of the car with a blank horrific stare. Steve's mouth fell open once he realized who he was staring at.
"What the hell."
Robbin said as she let out a breath she didn't even know she was holding in.
"What kind of freak-" "not a freak." Steve said quickly as he un buckled his seat belt, keeping his eyes glued to the person in front of them.
"Asling."
"What?"
Robbin turned to look at him. "You're joking." But steve didn't respond. He slowly opened his car door, his eyes never leaving her, as he slowly stepped out.
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"It's you."
Steve said slowly and Asling snapped her head to look at him.
"I don't believe it."
He walked over to her slowly. She didn't speak. She looked terrified.
"You must be freezing."
Steve said as he noticed how she was shivering in the cool air. He reached forward to place a hand on her shoulder. She flinched and Steve hesitated, pulling his hand back.
"Allie,"
He said, his voice lowering to a whisper.
"It's me."
He said softly. She looked up at him and whatever trance she was in seemed to break.
"Steve."
She said finally and he smiled.
"Yes."
She said with a nod.
"I remember."
Asling said.
"I remember you Steven." "It's steve, actually." He said with a chuckle. "I remember that too."
She added, a slow smile forming on her lips. He chuckled, he laughed, he couldn't help it. He pressed his fingers to his forehead as his laughs rolled out of his body, a foreign sound after the summer he had. It was good to finally feel joy reeling back in to him.
"God." He finally said in a breath. "I missed you."
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{ A/N : part two of MAGICK will be published in MARCH 2024 !! }