calypsodivum

[calypsodivum]

this was the first thought i had today

[calypsodivum]

like the beat of the heart (e.m.)

part one ● part two ● part three ● part four

summary

you and eddie must face the aftermath of your battle with vecna. will you face grief or a happy ever after?

disclaimer

gif and photos used are not mine. all credits go to their respective owners!

warnings

mentions of loss, bl00d, and depression. if you are uncomfortable with any of the topics mentioned, please don’t proceed. let me know if I missed any warnings!

a/n

thank you, thank you, thank you for all your support! this will be the last part of the series. i had so much fun writing this I hope you like it!

just like always, i used colors to differentiate dialogues!

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y/n!

eddie runs up to you, not saying another word. pain grips his heart and almost leaves him breathless but he finds the strength to carry you

hurry! get through the portal! el screams as she pours all her strength to close up the final gate.

eds, you say with a mouthful of blood. you're so beautiful.

stay with me he says as he gently taps your face, in an attempt to keep your eyes open. he's running towards his van with steve and the rest of the group, ready to rush you to the nearest hospital. please stay, don't let go.

i'll try. your breath shudders. eds, i'm cold. you say as he lays you down. will you please hold me?

he holds you tight. tears streaming down his face STEVE! HURRY UP! you hold your hand up to cup his cheek. you look ugly when you cry you chuckle. y/n, please just a bit more, okay? i can't do this without you. i heard you, you know? he starts, trying to keep you awake. every thought, i heard you. the letters you wrote me? i heard them. it's like your soul was speaking to me. like yours was calling out to mine. i don't how but I did. if you leave me like this, I won't know what to do.

wait.

what?

wait, for me eds. i have no idea how the afterlife works but wait for my soul to call out for you again, okay? I'll find my way back to you. you cough, blood gushing out of your mouth. don't, y/n. i don't have to wait. i don't want to wait.

i love you, you know that, right?

i love you too. you smile.

do you hear me now? you think to yourself, hoping eddie can hear you. you don't have the energy to talk anymore, so you take a shot. yes, I hear you. cool. so, immortality, huh? yeah, he laughs through his tears. pretty metal. eds, you're probably going to watch everyone in this van fade away. that's going to hurt. i know, sweetheart, I figured.

everyone is eyeing eddie talking to himself. he ignores them.

everyone must think you're crazy. when i'm gone, I want you to be happy, okay? impossible. i don't think i'd be happy without you. I'll find my way back, Eddie. we always find our way back, don't we?

he leans towards your lips. the final kiss.

i love you, edward munson. i'm glad it's going to be you in every lifetime. as you take your last breath.

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everything and everyone faded away. eddie stayed. eddie got to see steve build his own family. jonathan and nancy built their own. robin and vicky finally got together. he was left to watch after the kids until they weren't kids anymore. hellfire thrived with dustin passing the throne to worthy dungeon masters. eventually, Eddie lost track.

it was painful. your letters got him through everything. somehow, steve got his hands on them and gave it to him, knowing they were meant for eddie.

he started writing letters too. his heavy heart became significantly lighter with every letter he wrote.

y/n, it's been 18 years. i'm starting to think you already forgot about me. I'm still here. I'll wait forever if I have to. i miss you. hawkins is so different now. everything confuses me. there's this thing called an iPod. apparently, it's going to replace cassettes. i beg to disagree. there's so much change happening around me. there's also this thing called a cellphone. people use it to call each other, like a telephone but you can keep it in your pockets. rad, huh? i can't wait to see you again. i'll wait another lifetime if this isn't the one.

don't worry. I'm not sad. i've learned a lot through the years. i've learned how to cope. grief, i realized, is really just love. lost love, to be precise. it doesn't have a home--yet. it's love unspent. sometimes, it gathers as a lump in my throat, streams of tears, and mostly a sharp pain in my chest. grief is just my heart aching to be with you again. when our paths cross again, be ready. I'm not letting you go again, i'll go with you wherever you go. you're going to find me annoying. so bear with me, okay?

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one ticket for saw, and a bucket of popcorn, please.

hurry up! the movie is about to start!

jesus h christ! let me get some candy first, goddamn!

eddie whips his head towards the all-too-familiar voice. the very voice he hears in his sleep.

excuse me, can i get two packs of m&m's, please. thanks

there you were. in the flesh. eddie is frozen. you scan the man in front of you.

do i know you? i feel like i've seen you before.

i've met you, a lifetime ago. no, i don't think we've met.

y/n. you hold your hand out. he takes it almost immediately.

eddie, nice to meet you.

he notices your shirt. hellfire. it looks different but still recognizable.

is that a d&d shirt?

how did you know?

y/n! hurry the fuck up!

HOLD ON! you shot an angry look at one of your friends and then turn your head back to eddie but yeah, proud dungeon master here.

you smile.

well, i'll see you around, eddie.

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the trooper (e.m.)

part one ● part two ● part three ● part four

summary

it's the battle of hawkins. you and eddie finally reunite, but will it turn out the way it did the last time?

disclaimer

gif and photos used are not mine. all credits go to their respective owners!

warnings

mentions of loss, bl00d, and depression. if you are uncomfortable with any of the topics mentioned, please don’t proceed. let me know if I missed any warnings!

a/n thank you for all your support, it literally means the world! part 4, and the final part for this series will be posted real soon; I have the outline and everything lol.

just like in the past two parts, I used colors to differentiate dialogues! one part of this (towards the end) may seem very confusing but it happens when reader is in a "vecna trance". again, thank you for the support ♥

i still hear you some days. you don’t sound as clear like you’re underwater and i’m trying my hardest to reach out to you. when i do hear you, it feels like a warm embrace. i don’t know why i took his hand. i was filled with so much rage. hate for the people who made me choose but i know i can’t blame them. i put up walls for a reason, walls that you managed to break through. you made me snap out of that hate. i don’t care anymore. i don’t care if they chase me with pitchforks and torches as long as i get to come back to you. i don’t even care if you won’t look at me anymore, at the monster i’ve become. i just want to see you.

vecna doesn’t know this. somehow, i’ve managed to be his henchman. following him around this wretched place. i’m still trying to find a portal. i think he’s the only one who can open one up. if that’s true, you’d have to wait i bit more, sweetheart. i don’t even know if you can hear my thoughts the same way i hear yours. but it doesn’t hurt to try.

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eds, i need you. this future thing is so hard. i keep seeing you in my dreams. you’re walking around towards god knows what. you look so scared. i tried running to you but i cant seem to get to you it’s like the path to you is doesn’t end. in some of my dreams, you see me and try to run to me but we just can’t reach each other. god, i miss you.

eddie closes his eyes and lets a tear fall. you sounded so clear that time. fear was so evident in your voice. all he wanted to do was hold you but he can’t. he has to stay. you both have to wait for the right time.

months pass as vecna regains his strength, strong enough to conquer hawkins. ready to unleash the world wriggling underneath mortal feet with eddie by his side. the creature finally opens a gate. eddie watched him closely. learning his strenghts and weaknesses. he is powerful but idle. he is two seperate entities, his mind is not the same as his body.

if i can hear y/n, then maybe someone out there can hear me too.

i can.

a strange soft voice tells eddie and just like a hallucination, he sees a girl approaching him. it's eleven. they device a plan.

now, all they need to do is wait until vecna puts his own plans in motion.

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the time has finally come. the battle of hawkins. first, vecna unleashes his bats. the sam ones that forced eddie to embrace death as his own. then, the dogs. every monster hawkins, or those who have seen them, in vecna’s arsenal. the mindflayer, demogorons, the spider monster, all released to run around the streets of hawkins and when the chaos is at its peak, out comes vecna with eddie marching beside him.

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the phone rings incessantly. i wait for it to ring three times, just in case it’s a telemarketer i don’t really want to sit through a sales skit today. fridays are my day off from school and work, only having one class at the crack of hell’s dawn. who said 8 am classes are a good idea? my soul is barely awake at 8 am. 11:46, great this phone call just ruined my nap but i pick it up anyway.

hello?

y/n? thank god!

what’s going on dustin? why are you out of breath? i hear growling, is everything alright?

you the most observant friend i have. so, here’s the sitch, remember all the monsters i told you about, the ones before the demobats and vecna himself?

yeah, in graphic detail, yeah. what about them?

yeah, so, they’re all here.

what the SHIT?! is everyone okay?

everyone is dandy. everyone say hi to y/n!

hi, y/n!

okay, good. i’m guessing you need all hands on deck.

you guessed right but it’s okay if you want out on this one. i don’t blame you.

who said i’m going to pass on my revenge? they took eddie from me, all this rage needs a home, you know?

then let’s bring that baby home.

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you hop on the fastest flight to hawkins, indiana. fear does not hold place in your heart, anger takes over. you’re going back for eddie. you need to do this. somehow, you’ve convinced yourself that your doing this for eddie but you know deep inside that you’re doing this for you. maybe if you get hurt a little, if you sacrifice yourself like eddie did you won’t feel as guilty anymore. or maybe he’s still in that god-forsaken place, as scared as you were and you wanted to find him.

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when vecna opens a portal for us, i felt you. i heard you i looked around but you’re not here. thank god. i want to see you but i also want you safe. when i come back to you, i will come back on my own, not with him.

“ah yes, scream for us, hawkins! remember this day as your last! i can almost taste it— fear! my most loyal ally. for years, you stood by me, only getting stronger, hawkins will soon be ours!”

bang

a bullet shot through vecna’s chest. but nancy, this creature does not have a heart anymore. only rage.

“eddie?” nancy shoots a confused look at eddie, recognizable only by his long hair.

“he’s not the same eddie you know. you labeled him freak, a monster, now that’s what he is”

eddie steps closer to the group, still eyeing for y/n, making sure they’re safe.

“he’s right, wheeler. this town drove me to my death. now i��ll drag all of you down with me.” his is words shoot daggers in him, he didn’t mean any of it

just as eddie was about to yield his sword in front his friends, only to use it against vecna at the very last moment, he hears footsteps and an all too familiar voice.

“eddie!”

he manages to slice vecna’s left hand clean off. he quickly turns around and when he does, vecna throws him across the other side of the field. he winces but he immediately gets up to run to you. he knows vecna will try and get to you first.

you’re running towards him too. sprinting, until you’re in his arms. finally.

what are you doing here?

what am i doing here?

it’s not safe, y/n and you know that!

you don’t hear any of his words. he’s finally here. you lean in for a kiss as he talks. he gives in. it felt like hours but you didn’t want it to end. he pulls away as he sees vecna walking towards you.

get behind me

no!

y/n, please!

no, i’m not leaving you, not again.

you stand hand in hand, the others still fighting off the other creatures vecna brought with him.

you think betraying me would stop me from getting what i want? you will die all over again, eddie and you’re bringing y/n down with you.

that won’t happen

do you really think y/n isn’t disgusted by the monster you’ve become? do you really think that in the time you were gone, y/n wouldn’t find someone else? look at them, edward. young, beautiful, full of promises, a bright and happy future. you’re taking that away from them.

you look at him with a blank expression. you take your hand away from his grip as you take a good look at him for the first time. he’s different. a monster. not eddie.

y/n…

vecna shows eddie y/n’s future.

when all of this ends and i take all of hawkins with me. they will leave this place behind. all the pain and suffering that comes with it. you. a part of her past that can easily be buried. you will never be enough for them. you can’t give them the happiness they deserve. face it. it was doomed from the start. you will never be what y/n needs.

eddie! please, wake up! eddie, PLEASE!

y/n…you-you don’t need me so please for the love of god RUN!

NO! the last time i did all i ever felt was pain. i dont need you? eddie, when you weren’t with me i was alive but i felt nothing at all. so you telling me that i don’t need you is bullshit because the moment i saw you again all i wanted to do was run to you, nothing else matters, eddie! just you! so i’m going to stay, i-

STOP IT! i’m not asking you, i’m telling you to run as far away from me as you can! this is my life now and it shouldn’t be yours! have you ever thought about how i could’ve found my way back on my own? i didn’t do that because i didn’t want to, okay? i DON’T love you anymore so there is no reason for you to stay! SO RUN!

eddie screams at you as his eyes widens and turns red. fear sets in your heart but you weren’t afraid of eddie, you were afraid of losing him.

y/n! PLEASE, NO! LET GO! TAKE ME INSTEAD! I WON’T EVER BETRAY YOU AGAIN JUST PLEASE LET THEM GO!

holy shit! y/l/n! steve tries to swing his nail bat at vecna but he manages to use his powers to throw him across the field. nancy goes after him to make sure he’s okay. robin throws a molotov at him but it didn’t work, the vile creature just walked through the flames unscathed. dustin and the rest of the younger ones ran off with hopper and joyce, ready to commence the most important part of their plan.

you continue to float in the air, eyes rolling until eddie couldn’t see your e/c pupils anymore. he knows this all too well. fear has his heart on a tight grip, he can’t lose you again.

oh but we can’t risk that again, can we, teddy?

he’s in your head. eddie knows what vecna is doing. he’s showing you your darkest fear and it hurts eddie that yours is the fear of him not loving you back. grasping at every solution he can think of, he tries bringing you back.

sunshine, do you remember the first time we met? it was at the trailer park. i was playing alone and you gave me flowers, said i looked lonely and then we played all day. you remember that? it was the happiest day of my life.

your body floats higher above the ground. your hands are starting to twist, eddie can tell you’re fighting it.

the first time i realized i loved you was in 5th grade. it was raining, we were on our bikes trying to rush home. i fell and cried, y/n, remember that? but you laughed at me then helped me up. you walked in the rain with me. i didn’t hear thunderstorms that night.

your neck starts to bend sideways, bones cracking. you scream, you can feel every ounce of pain. but you fight. you can’t leave him again.

eddie flashes in your head. him in his prom suit, this shit’s so fucking itchy he complains. eddie strumming his guitar. eddie singing the songs he wrote just for you. eddie reading lord of the rings with you. eddie giving you a bunch of ornamental kale, thinking they were flowers. all your happiest memories were of him. it was enough to fight back.

eddie charges at vecna and stabs his left eye. fueled with rage, eddie fights vecna. each swing of his sword, merciless as the creature writhes in pain. eddie fights with tears in his eyes. he doesn’t know if you’ll survive this. you have to. he tells you as if you can hear him.

vecna finally falls on his knees, evil reduced to a soft thud on the dirt,

i will be back. i am power in the purest form, you out of all people should know that.

vecna says as he turns into dust

power, yes. but an idle one. you will always lose.

and with a final swing of his sword, eddie ends him. for good.

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run to you (e.m.)

summary this is the second part to love letters to the dead part one ● part two (you're here, yay!)● part three ● part four eddie is stuck in upside down. he hears your thoughts. you're away from hawkins in hopes to finally move on after a year without him.

disclaimer

photos and gif credits go to their respective owners! just like the first part, I HAD to use colors

warnings

mentions of bl00d, loss, and depression. please let me know if I missed something!

pure angst (?), and vampire!eddie (duffer bros, if you're reading this, PLEASE). idk if this is a warning but the last part of this series will be up sometime next week!

a/n

thank you very much for showing support for the first part! hope you like this one too!

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"sweetheart, wake up! don't want to miss your flight!" mom shouts from the kitchen. the smell of bacon and pancakes wafting through the air. my last morning in hawkins. i would've been the one waking you up today, reminding you that today is the day we start building a life for ourselves. instead today, it's the day i write my final letter to you. a year of unread letters seems very impractical but it helped me through a lot. writing to you as if you'd read them.

the sun is beaming through my window, the one you used to climb. it's mocking me. it's such a beautiful day outside but my heart is filled with thunderstorms. i want to cry, i'm trying my best not to. i'm about to build a future without you but can i do it? i feel guilt running through my veins. we imagined a future together. it's like i'm leaving you here. one last letter.

eddie, this is my last letter. i hope you're not mad at me. i feel so much guilt in my heart. i don't want this to be the last one, but it has to be. if you can see me right now, you'd probably think I'm crazy. I'm on the verge of breaking down in tears but i have a smile on my face. in my head, i can see you pouting at me, the way you used to when you were "mad". arms crossed, brows furrowed, the whole "mad" shebang. you're still clear in there, in my head i mean. even clearer in my heart. you will always hold a special place there. i don't think i'll be able to find someone else. crazy cat lady sounds interesting to me. maybe i'll be that. this letter won't be long, eds. i'd have to spend the whole day writing it. i love you. i always will. you did so much for me. i used to cringe when people say their partners changed their lives. but eddie, i completely agree with them. you made me better. and you will keep on doing that because i will never forget you. you will live in my heart for as long as it beats. pretty metal, huh?

you will always play your guitar, i will always hear the sweet sound of your laughter, I will always feel your warmth. you will never leave me, Eddie. i love you until my very last breath. i don't know how the afterlife works but my soul will find a way back to yours so be ready, rockstar. I'll love you for another lifetime. I'll see you there, and when i do, I'll make sure you stay.

goodbyes are indeed hard. i tried my best not to cry but when steve said i didn't have to feel guilty for leaving, it's like a dam breaking. he read me like a children's book. damn him and his empathy. i said my goodbyes to wayne too. i promised to keep in touch because if there's anyone who knows eddie more than i do, it's wayne. I'm about to start a life without eddie. as the plane takes off, i take a deep breath not because I'm scared of flying. what I'm really scared of is leaving. I'm leaving eddie behind for a future we planned together. i wish he could hear me somehow. i place a kiss on the rings on my chain, maybe just maybe, he'd be able to feel it.

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i hear you. i'm running to you, sweetheart. please wait a bit more. I've ran around this godforsaken place. no portals. please wait for me. can you hear me?

time is frozen here, edward munson. no one can hear you. no one is waiting for you. you're dead for all they know. they held a funeral, didn't you hear? you're gone.

no, i'll find a way. as long as y/n's still breathing, i'll find a way.

you're slowly killing y/n, you know? stopping them from living a life they deserve. the thought of you is like an anchor that drowns them in guilt. you heard them, "I don't think i'll ever find someone else". another thing you're not allowing them to experience: love. their words, not mine. you know what future they want. do you fit in it? do you really want to run to them? come back as if nothing happened? do you think they'll love the person, no, the creature that you are now? lifeless. you don't even have a heart.

i don't think it matters. they need me and I will be there. I'll escape from this hell hole and when I do, I'll make sure they will never feel this way again. I'll stay this time because it's you who won't find a way out.

then why is y/n leaving? can't you see, Eddie? they already gave up. ready to see a future without you. something you can't give them. you'll always hurt y/n. you always have.

vecna shows moments of you crying for eddie. one of you after his funeral staying behind, crying in front of his picture all night. each memory more painful than the last.

eddie slumps down on his knees. he feels helpless.

it was enough for eddie to realize how right vecna was. he can't give you the future you wanted. when he decided to stay and fight the bats, that's when he decided to lose you, too. regret filled his lifeless heart. he can't come back. not when you're already finally building a life for yourself. maybe it's time to let you go. vecna can see this. the creature holds out his hand to eddie.

why come back to a town that hunted you down like you were a monster?

eddie is now filled with rage. if hawkins didn't hunt him down like a monster, he wouldn't have been involved in this upside-down fiasco, he wouldn't have had to make a choice. you wouldn't have had to lose him. now he lost the chance to build a life with you. you're moving on, leaving hawkins behind. it's time for him to turn his back on the town that hated him.

eddie takes his hand.

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love letters to the dead (e.m.)

summary part two part three part four

it’s been a month since eddie succumbed into death’s hands in the upside down but nobody seems to care. he didn’t run away this time. you wish he did.

you write a letter to eddie every day. secretly hoping he’d get a chance to read them.

disclaimer

gif and photos used are not mine. all credits go to their respective owners!

warnings

mentions of loss, bl00d, and depression. if you are uncomfortable with any of the topics mentioned, please don’t proceed.

a/n

this has a little twist at the end because i’m thinking about doing a part 2 👀.

i apologize for the colors but trust me, i HAD to do it

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i want to sleep but every time i close my eyes, i see you. you smiled through blood-stained teeth as if you didn’t feel pain at all.

“i didn’t run away this time, right?”

no, you didn’t. god knows what i’d give for you to be here. to hear you hum the songs you’ve written for me. see your fingers tap against the steering wheel as you drive. to feel your warmth again.

“you’re going to be alright, princess”

maybe. every one looks at me with pity buried deep within their eyes. i’m so tired of people apologizing for you.

“i’m sorry for your loss”

“he’s in a better place now”

“do you need to talk?”

“i’m here whenever you need me”

you would have laughed at all the things they said at your funeral. after everything they did. chased you down with torches and pitchforks. called you a freak. i can list down a hundred more. they said you are a hero. sacrificing yourself to save us. oblivious about what we really went through. no one really understands. not even wayne.

a month have passed and it still hurts. everyone seems to have moved on. steve and robin got a new job at the new pizzeria right across family video. nancy went to her dream college, jonathan went to his.

hellfire is still here with dustin being the new dungeon master. they also seem to have acquired new members. they have a picture of you in the club’s room, you know? like a weird shrine of some sort. they miss you, especially dustin. i gave him your notebook. the one you wrote your d&d notes in. he comes over with it sometimes, asking me if i can read some of your handwriting. you were never really one for writing neatly or legibly at the very least.

the world seems to have moved on pretty quickly but i’m still here. wondering what i could’ve done. wishing you ran away, wishing it was me. i graduated with my class, you could’ve graduated too; could’ve looked principal higgins in the eyes and flipped him off. i could wish all these things to happen but they’d just stay that way. so, what’s the point?

i don’t know what to do, eddie. i can’t sleep most of the time and when i do, all i dream about is you knocking on my window at ungodly hours for god knows what reason. your ring-clad fingers wrapping around mine. your laughter. god, the sound of your laughter. i want to stay there, in my dreams, just so i can spend a little more time with you. i don’t want to wake up most days. i don’t want to be reminded that i won’t ever have you back

i need you.

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last night in hawkins. i’m going to college, eddie. i’m not so sure if i’m ready but i know this is what you would’ve wanted. you would’ve been proud.

we always talked about this. the future. you and i getting an apartment somewhere far away from hawkins. me in college, you squeezing your way into the music industry and becoming a rockstar. we had it all planned out. it’s crazy how i’m doing all of it without you.

the nightmares are mostly gone. you don’t look all bloody in my dreams anymore. you look like you. each dream more vivid than the last. thankfully. i don’t want you to become a blur. you are part of me, eddie. always.

i’ve packed all my stuff too. the ring you gave me, the one i thought i’ve lost? it was under my bed all along. now i have two of your rings on my chain. every time i breathe, i feel them resting against my chest, the way you used to when you were still here.

i also saw some candid photos i took of you. so unbelievably beautiful. the very same set of eyes that drew me in, staring back at me. nose i used to pinch playfully whenever i wanted you to look up from your notebook or your guitar. cheeks i used to stamp with gleeful kisses. lips i would love to kiss again. i miss your hair too even though fixing it was a nightmare, i would gladly do it all over again in a heartbeat.

i fly to michigan first thing tomorrow, i told you that, right? i’m scared, eds. what if everything goes to shit? i won’t have you to cuddle with. i won’t have someone to take me out for milkshakes. can you drop by later in my dreams and tell me it’ll all be okay?

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i wish i came back sooner but i was scared you’d be terrified of what i am. a monster. i’m not sure if i’m still the eddie you’re writing these letters to. i want to see you, hold you.

i don’t understand anything about the place i was in but i heard you. not just your voice, i heard your thoughts too. it kept me going. you were waiting for me. my heart broke when i heard you wishing it should’ve been you. i had to find a way back.

i want to tell you how proud i am of you. my strong girl. my legs want to run to you. i don’t want be just a part of your past, i need to be there now. i want to be a part of you, not a dream, not a memory.

and so i run towards you.

[calypsodivum]

hello!

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MASTERLIST

Eddie Munson

remember tomorrow (series) it's been a couple of years since eddie passed away in the upside down. guilt swallows you whole as you try to build a life without him until one day the phone rings. it's dustin. he needs all hands on deck. part one letters to the dead word count: 922 part two run to you word count: 1,040 part three the trooper word count: 2,050 part four like the beat of the heart word count: 899

ONE SHOTS

grocery store run

word count: 1,069 ( nice )

reader and eddie recently moved in their new apartment, they need to go on a grocery run. -fluff intensifies-

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grocery store run (E.M.)

summary

you and eddie just moved out of hawkins into your new apartment. you need to do some shopping.

a/n

first post! AND first ever fic! i will not apologize for how unnecessarily long this is. this is how i write. i like to ✨linger✨ on stuff. hope that’s okay!

warnings

pure fluff, implied car s3x at the end 👀. no pronouns were used for the reader!

disclaimer

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i’m looking forward to writing more!

nothing is feels more exhausting than grocery shopping. people will always find a way to bump into you. the ever so confusing aisles, a labyrinth for those just wanting to grab a bottle of shampoo. what does good meat even look like?

“love, please get ready. the sooner we get there, the sooner we get out” i shout from across the apartment.

having just moved in, the fridge is a hollow cave, save from takeout boxes. we don’t even have a decent bar of soap yet. we’re still using the travel sized toiletries we packed with us. as much as i dread it, we had to go to the 10th circle of hell, the grocery store.

“coming! did you see my keys? i swear i left it somewhere”

“did you check your pockets?”

this is what i’ve always dreamt about. a home with eddie. his uncle’s trailer is a silent witness of our love, the bad and the good but we wanted a home of our own, a place that will nourish our still growing love.

he pats his back pockets and puts his palm on his face

“what would you do without me?” i joke

“wouldn’t even survive a day” he takes my hand as we walk out.

everything is new. the road is strange, no kids on bicycles on their way to their friends’ houses. no family video we can slow down in front of to give a quick wave to steve and robin. we’ll get used to it. everything is new but i know that when i look over to my side, he’d be there. just eddie being eddie. he will never change, the only constant i will look forward to every single day.

“you okay?” he asks as he turns his music down

“yeah, everything is wonderful”

“you’re wonderful” he kisses the back of my hand and holds it until he parks the car.

one thing about eddie is he will always be a gentleman. even after 4 years he still opens the door for me and holds my hand as i step out of any vehicle we’re getting out of.

“m’lady” he bows dramatically

“eddie, we both know i can open the door myself”

“and risk having you do something so trivial when i can do it for you?” he argues

“if i told you i wanted the stars, will you get them for me?” i ask while we walk to the store

“i’d give you the sun and the moon too” he smiles as he wraps his hands around mine but i give him a fake frown

“what? any other celestial body you want?” he chuckles

“no, i was planning to give you the sun”

“you give me the sun every time you smile, there’s simply no need”

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“first stop: bathroom essentials”

“everybody make way! we’re going to get bathroom essentials” he shouts, as he walks faster towards the body wash aisle. eddie was never one for blending in, hawkins was a true testament to that. at this point, i’m immune to his antics and i just go along with him.

“make way!” i say loudly as i walk behind him. people are laughing, some weirded out. having eddie beside me will always feel like a perfectly windy day, the ones perfect for flying kites, always carefree, not a worry in the world. i’d be thunderstorms without him.

as i look through the unnecessarily wide array of body wash, i notice that everything is blurry. i touch my face and realize i don’t have my glasses on. so i squint. eddie notices and says “i thought you had your contacts on so i didn’t say anything. i knew something was missing” he says “can you see me?”

“i can see you from a mile away, eddie. in fact, i can see three blurry versions of you” i smile as i squint my eyes to read the bottle in my hand

“this one says ‘natural’ did you want this one?”

“what scent is it? if it’s sea salt and cedar, then yes”

he puts the bottle in the cart and wraps my arm around him. i can see him trying to shield people from me like he’s some kind of bodyguard

“where to next?”

“vegetables”

“you’re asking me to walk with you into mordor. so mordor, it is”

“everyone make way for real this time, we forgot the eyeglasses, can’t see so if you get ran over by our cart, don’t say i didn’t warn you” he announces

“you know i’m not blind, right”

“better be safe than sorry. don’t worry, sweets. i’ll be your eyes today. i ate a lot of baby carrots as a kid”

“thank god” i fake sigh

he had my arm around his as we finish shopping for everything we needed. we walk out of the store, still warning people about their impending doom of being ran over by a shopping cart.

we walk to the car and as i help him load everything in, he grabs my hand and took the bags. he kisses my forehead and said “i’ll do it, love. go wait in the car for me, yeah? i know how you hate grocery shopping. it might’ve been so much harder for you today. let me do it”

i nod. i didn’t even have to say anything. he will always know what i’m thinking about, how i feel about things. as trivial as this was, he made a big deal out of it. never invalidating my feelings. always caring. always thoughtful. that’s my eddie.

moving out of hawkins scared me, it still does go this day, and he knows. i know it took a toll on him too. leaving wayne behind. with bags in his hand, i pull him in for a kiss.

“i love you. you make everything so easy,” i say as i pull away “butterflies, like the first time i laid eyes on you.”

“i love you more. tell you what, sweetness” he moves his lips towards mine “let me load the car first then maybe you can get lucky in this crow-filled parking lot. very metal, by the way.” he kisses me again, this time biting my lower lip.

“perv!” i shout as i walk to the passenger side. i hear his boisterous laughter as i shut the door.

i can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with him.