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tot acerba funera, the abcs of neil hargrove's death: j is for javelin by handydandynotebook, hellisasapphicslasher (handydandynotebook)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
27 Aug 2023
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“What did I do to deserve this?”
“Don’t play dumb, Susan, you know exactly what you did,” Neil accuses, voice like ice.
She genuinely doesn’t.
There’s no point in arguing, never is. Susan sinks her teeth into her lip and dumps her ruined flowers into the yard waste bag. She doesn’t think the day could get worse. And then, as Susan tugs the bag to the curb, she spies Max watching from the kitchen window and realizes her daughter had seen everything.
It wouldn’t be the worst thing Max has seen in their house. Knowing this only twists the knife. Susan meets her daughter’s gaze for just a heartbeat, then bows her head in shame.
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Susan's sense of self crumbs in the wake of her husband's escalating violence and intensifying control tactics. She takes the first steps toward plotting her escape, finding an ally in Joyce Byers. Max, meanwhile develops a surprise interest in javelin throwing. Susan encourages her to pursue it despite the expense, if only to keep her daughter out of the house and away from the danger as much as possible.
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