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Who: @josephxwade Where: His Office
Ann had visited Joseph a few times recently, and this was just another of their set up meetings, it really had been paying off because Ann had finally felt that grip and struggle being released when it came to everything that had been happening. Today she managed to listen to some of their music and remember fondly rather than crying, she couldn’t wait to share the results. She stepped into Joseph’s office, with a warm smile on her face. “It’s been a fantastic morning.”
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For: @josephxwade Where: Sharky's party
Lia stepped into the Halloween party, the air thick with the scent of pumpkin spice and the buzz of excited chatter. Clad in her nun’s habit, she felt a mix of amusement and awkwardness amidst the colorful array of costumes surrounding her—witches cackled, vampires lurked in the shadows, and playful ghosts floated by. As she made her way through the crowd, she took a deep breath, ready to embrace the night. She smiled at the sight of carved pumpkins grinning mischievously, and for the first time in a while, she felt a flicker of excitement about letting go and joining in the fun.
As she turned around she bumped into something that felt a little hard, and she looked up, a grin forming on her face. "Well aren't you something nice to bump into?"
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oh my god…..we’re about to get boss battle jomie
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Them and them.
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Stop they are so adorable
#jamie campbell bower#joseph quinn#001#stranger things 4#stranger things#jamie bower#joe quinn#eddie munson#jomie
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#maya hawke#robin buckley#stranger things#lgbtq#fruity four#natalia dyer#lgbt pride#steve harrington#eddie munson stranger things#eddie stranger things#eddie munson#joe keery#joseph quinn#sadie sink#max mayfield#will byers#mike wheeler#nancy wheeler#jonathan byers#eleven stranger things#eleven hopper#millie bobby brown#priah ferguson#erica sinclair#vecna/henry/001#vecna stranger things#vecna#vecna/henry/one#henry creel#martin brenner
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#stranger things#stranger things 4#stranger things 5#stranger things season 4#horror#stranger things season five#80s horror#netflix stranger things#scifi#stranger things season 5#001 stranger things#vecna stranger things#mileven#byler#millie bobby brown#winona ryder#finn wolfhard#stranger things the first shadow#mind flayer#demogorgon#noah schnapp#gaten matarazzo#caleb mclaughlin#joe keery#joseph quinn#jamie campbell bower#henry creel#sadie sink#david harbour#dacre montgomery
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“post two characters that match each others freak.”
#bowerjamie#jamiebower#jamiecampbellbower#jamie campbell bower#henry creel#st 001#001 stranger things#001#joseph quinn#eddie munson#creelson#edit
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SHE WINS. THIS IS THE CUTEST JOMIE OP IVE EVER SEEN.
#joseph quinn and jamie campbell bower#jomie#stranger things season 4#stranger things vol 2#stranger things vol 1#Netflix#besties being besties#eddie munson graduated#eddie munson#eddie munson stranger things#vecna stranger things#vecnussy#001 stranger things#henry creel#corroded coffin#the hellfire club#eddie the banished#eddie the freak munson#kas and Vecna#season 5#jamie campbell bower stranger things#jamie campbell bower#my boys for life#i love them both#people con#help my heart#this one is my favorite#the cuteness
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We could have this again in a little over a month!!
🙏VOTE VOTE VOTE!! Here: mtv.vote.com
#jamie campbell bower#joseph quinn#stranger things#Henry creel/vecna/001#eddie munson#you can also vote for Sadie Sink & Millie Bobby Brown#it could be a stranger things cast reunion!#May 07/23
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001: Sometimes I like to place my hands on someone's cheeks, look into their eyes...
001: ...And violently jerk their head until it snaps.
Nancy: ...That took an unexpected turn.
Eddie: So did their neck.
#stranger things#st incorrect quotes#001 stranger things#nancy wheeler#eddie munson#jamie campbell bower#natalia dyer#joseph quinn
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Henry would 100% unironically say this 😭😭😭
#jamie campbell bower#henry creel#jamie bower#vecna#stranger things#001#eddie munson#joseph quinn#jomie#creelson#stranger things memes#incorrect stranger things#humor#comedy#memes#joe quinn#meme#funny#001 stranger things#st#stranger things 001#st 001#peter ballard#001 st#stranger things vecna#JCB#vecna stranger things#vecna st#st vecna
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CALL ME WHAT YOU WANT 𓆩♡𓆪
(Book #1 of the Hellfire Gentlemen’s Club series)
strip club owner!eddie x fem!exotic dancer!hargrove!reader
𝐌𝐎𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐍 𝐀𝐔 18+ MDNI
Chapter 017: Something’s Brewing
Mornings are for coffee, contemplation, and work visitations. And before you know it, things go from 0 to ‘Eleven’.
author's note: the layout of this chapter is heavily inspired by the writing style of one of my inspirations, @pinkrelish 💘 love you alyson!!
CW: fluff, boyfriend eddie, angst, drinking, smoking, profanities, physical altercations, arguing, aggressive eddie, GENERATIONAL CURSES, eddie misogynistic/ableist one-liner (our fave is also a man at the end of the day), therapist!eleven rise up 🤩🤩, divider from @attxnt
word count: 4.8k words
↳ chapters: 001, 002*, 003** , 004**, 005 , 006 , 007* , 008**, 009, 010, 011, 012* , 013**, 014** , 015, 016**, 017, 018, 019, 020*
* = somewhat smutty chapters ** = smut chapters
You’ll NEVER. GET. AWAY. from the sound of a woman that loves you.
♡
WEEK-IS-LONG-WEDNESDAY
Eddie doesn't sleep well when you’re not with him. Like a fish out of water, your boyfriend flops and flails around in bed, rolling over his bumpy sheets that still linger with your scent. But before he can even get comfy, it’s already time to start the day.
Son of a bitch.
“Alexa,” Eddie pleads. “Please postpone my cries until tomorrow.”
“Sorry — Eddie… I don’t understand what you meant by please postpone my life until tomorrow.”
“That too I guess.”
———
It’s awfully quiet at Hellfire.
Your friends seem to be protesting your unjust departure, keeping the essence of you alive by paying the Hellfire Girls no mind.
Meanwhile the witches who made you quit are celebrating your absence, laughing and leaning against the wall, entertaining themselves with their week-old gossip that was centered around you. Because without talking about ‘Shy Girl’, they wouldn’t be as interesting. To anyone.
"Yeah and she didn't even have the decency to give her two weeks," Kassidy scoffs. "Just up and left. How immature."
They got what they wanted. You were gone. Controlled, altered, deleted. 86’d, baby. But at what cost?
“Classic Baby Stripper. Can’t handle Hellfire’s heat.”
Now it's their turn to have the spotlight again. Just like old times. Although this time around, that attention is all negative.
But it’s attention, nonetheless.
Emmy and the other Hellfire Girls are seen squirming around, struggling to to reach for a prop that was placed high up on a shelf.
"Mike, I can't reach this thing, can you come get it for me?"
"Sorry, busy," Mike scoffs, shuffling angrily past them.
A couple of raised eyebrows. Okay then…
"Dustin, do you think you can-"
"No. Do it yourself," Dustin snaps.
Every appetizer they ordered from Argyle came out dry or burnt. Any toiletries needed from Nancy were handed over with minimal eye contact and assistance. Jonathan stopped serving them alcohol three peach schnapps ago, but of course those bitches were too busy faking their intoxication to even notice.
And despite everything, they were still appalled. Surely EDDIE wouldn’t approve of this blatant favoritism.
After putting out his cigarette, Eddie makes his way inside with the paperwork needed for your severance check, along with more checks for the club (and Wayne) that he didn’t even want to think about.
"OH EM GEE, HI EDDIE BEAR!" the girls squeal at him. It's their one last attempt to be smothered with love and affection from your boyfriend.
SLAM. The door to Ed's office swings shut.
Chrissy and Nina erupt in laughter, because even despite getting rid of you, Eddie still doesn’t give those girls the time of day.
“Eat shit, you cunts,” Nina chuckles, shaking her head in satisfaction.
While it was obvious whose side The Party is on, the Hellfire Girls are STILL left distraught and confused.
"Do you guys...” Kassidy says. “…kinda get the vibe that everyone seems a bit pissed off today?"
THANKFUL-THURSDAY
"Thank you, come again!"
You had just finished making your 20th peppermint mocha of the morning. And to think you’re going to be here ‘til close…
Being a waitress and barista are two completely different ball parks, something you wish you knew before Steve got you the job at Newby’s not too long ago.
Syrups. Sauces. Coffee beans from robusta to arabica. The just-as-caffeinated juices that would taste a lot better with alcohol in them...
And the damn milks. God forbid you use soy milk instead of almond, otherwise Susan Swayne from the Hawkins Neighborhood Watch Committee will throw a hissy fit for everyone with a satellite dish to see. And you’d much rather not want to end up going viral on Reddit — again.
Sigh.
You’re whisking away at a matcha when you realize that a group of corporate Chads were looking at you for way too long. Your paranoid eyes scan the scene, heart nearly dropping to your stomach as you lean your body into Steve’s for comfort.
"People are staring at me," you report to him at a low whisper.
Harrington is right beside you, wiping the counter down with a wet cloth after spilling some half and half on it. Your new colleague glances over at them before giving you an earnest look of reassurance.
“They probably just have a staring problem,” he says. “New pretty face at a local coffee shop? Of course they’re gonna look at you.”
“I’m almost certain I gave one of them a dance.”
“You’re also making them a coffee,” he points out. “How many people can say that about their dancers? They should be grateful.”
It makes you less stressed knowing you have a male coworker by your side, and that your job predominantly takes place in broad daylight. Your stress is further alleviated when you see Max shuffle back in through the side door after her 15-minute juul break in the parking lot. She gives you a tense nod hello after exhaling a small cloud of 'Wild Raspberry Bubblegum' into the room.
“Back from your break?” you mumble rhetorically, avoiding direct eye contact with her.
“Yeah. I am.”
You and Max got into a fight earlier this morning. It was over something stupid, your first real fight since she found out you were stripping on the low. You’re stunned when she wraps her arms around your shoulders from behind, causing you to hum in endearment. Dearest Maxine…your baby sister.
"I just wanted to say I'm sorry," Max apologizes. "I'm not me when I go without smoking for too long."
"I forgive you," you hug her back. "Thank you for communicating your feelings. Wanna help me with this in-house order?”
“Of course.”
Since your whole lives were spent constantly losing people on such short notice, you, Max, and Billy have made it a goal to never go to bed angry. You all follow through with it 90-percent of the time, which is huge considering your dynamic. You never want to end the day on bad terms with anyone. With how the world operates nowadays, you just never know.
“You guys make coffee for non-heroes?”
And you weren’t going to start the day mad either. To your surprise, your gaze is met with Eddie’s when you turn around. Your boyfriend beams over at you with eager eyes, hands tucked neatly into his pockets as he waits to order.
“EDDIE!” you exclaim.
Mister-Leather-and-Denim greets you with his signature dimpled smile. "Hi, sweetie."
You practically leap over the counter to give your man a tight squeeze. He chuckles into you, his cool rings lightly pressing against your back during your embrace.
“Eddie...” you coo. “You came to see me!”
“I sure did,” your man sings as he goes to put you down. “Ohh my goodness… Look at you with your little barista apron! Do a little spin for me.”
You spin. Eddie hoots in adoration.
“Now do a little pose.”
You pose.
“One more turn for me, baby…all the way, all the way, all the way…” he instructs. Suddenly, his palm issues you a rough smack across the ass. “BOOM! There we go. Now we’re talkin’!”
“Hey hey hey, let’s keep it PG,” Harrington scolds him. “Bob watches the cameras when he’s not here.”
“Then Bob should know Eddie’s hands are rated E for everybody,” Eddie tuts, slyly clicking his tongue at Steve. “Didn’t think I’d miss YOU now did you, Big Boy? C’MERE!”
Eddie scurries towards Steve to give him his as well. Smack. Almost like it’s muscle memory.
Max shakes her head in amusement as watches their tomfoolery unfold in front of her. She always used to think you were exaggerating their 'bromance', but now her doubts have been debunked.
“Need some caffeine to kickstart your heart today?” she asks your boyfriend.
“Not particularly, since your sister’s in front of me,” Eddie replies, chuckling at his own cheesy joke. But then he hands her a 20. “I’ll take a cold brew though. Change is yours to keep.”
“My hero, my hero,” Max hums. You watch as she opens the register to acquire the difference.
Your sister starts on Eddie’s drink while you two spend some time together. Out of habit, you fiddle with his hair and then lovingly stroke his face, all while Eddie scans the room around him, his curious fingers dancing over to the plastic tip jar next to the pastries behind you.
“How much for the trail mix?” he comments.
“Ha-ha,” you respond to him dryly.
“Baby you could make this much in tips in a second at Hellfire.”
“I’m not going back,” you respond with certainty.
Eddie’s face drops when he realizes how serious you sound. Tucking his hands back into the pockets, Mr. Tough guy elicits a rather child-like pout.
“But everybody misses you.”
“Not everybody.”
“Everybody who matters,” he corrects himself.
“That’s sweet,” you admit. “But we’ll all still hang out, y’know? I just...really wanna keep our work-life shit separate.”
“I understand, baby,” Eddie frowns. “I just miss your face is all.”
It was a shitty situation those girls put you and Eddie in. But now that you’ve had time to think about it, you don’t need Hellfire anymore. Stripping has rocket-launched you out of debt; and now that you’re comfortably on your feet, with everything you could possibly want and more, you see no need in having a hustle mentality anymore. And besides, everyone and Eddie knew that to you, Hellfire was only temporary.
“I miss you too,” you assure Eddie. “But I'm out of that cacoon now and spreading my wings. Thanks to you. We can celebrate off the clock."
“Now I like the sound of that," Eddie smirks as he pulls you into him again. He gives you another, rather tight, squeeze followed by a delicate forehead kiss. "So amazing to hear, sweetheart. I’m so happy for you.”
FACE-THE-TRUTH FRIDAY
“You’re upset.”
It’s an assumption that irritates the shit out of Eddie. Jane watches your boyfriend as he frantically ushers himself around, stress-cleaning everything at POTIONS while Jonathan takes his lunch. For as long as she's been here, it's been observed that the only thing Eddie seems to be running on today is a hot chip, and yet another cold brew from Newby’s that you had made for him.
“I’m not upset, Eleven.”
“Don’t lie.”
“I’m NOT,” Eddie insists. “Shy Girl and I are doing great, thank you very much.”
But the psych major doesn’t believe it one bit. Setting the pencil she was twiddling down onto her notebook, Jane narrows her eyes.
“Wanna know how I know you’re lying?”
“Hit me.”
“I never once mentioned Hargrove’s name.”
Caught. Red-handed. A sucker-punch to the ego. Eddie’s cheeks flush an exposed shade of pink, having been read to filth by the girl he and Steve used take turns babysitting when she was a little kid.
“And boys always lie,” ‘Eleven’ tuts. Jane starts to dismantle her waffle fries as if they were pieces of pull-apart bread. She then shoves the Eggo-shaped taters into her mouth. “‘s like it’s in their blood.”
“Girls lie too,” Eddie scoffs.
“But they lie better.”
Eddie pretends to dismiss it, waving Jim and Joyce’s daughter off so she could go with Mike who has probably forgotten to take inventory yet again. But when she doesn’t, and insists on playing therapist, Eddie can’t help but wonder what Jane and Wheeler could possibly be fighting about now.
“Don’t start your relationship off with a lie,” Eleven forewarns. “I can tell you really like Shy Girl. And if that’s the case, I assume you trust her enough to be honest with her.”
"I am honest with her."
“Bullshit.”
He peers back over at Jane.
Eddie’s assets — at this point — have now become a liability. And it was YOU who had to pay the price.
But he knew he still had to be realistic. There was no way in hell that he could spoil you, take you out, buy you nice things, and introduce you to new experiences if his business is in shambles. He needed his dancers.
"If you can’t get rid of those girls, you at least owe Shy Girl the truth,” Jane points out. She finds herself leaning across the bar. "And the truth is... you’re upset about her quitting.”
Eddie shrugs, choosing to gloss over how he really feels in hopes of getting a second opinion. “But I don’t know why I’d be upset. She’s doing what’s best for her.”
But Eleven clears him immediately.
“Because your abandonment issues tell you she gave up too easily,” She shoves another waffle fry into her mouth. “therefore she didn’t fight hard enough for your relationship.”
Man.
“Otherwise, you two would’ve found a compromise by now,” Eleven keeps going. “Meaning she would’ve stayed. Could’ve stayed.”
She pauses for the dramatics while Eddie uncomfortably clears his throat.
“Should’ve stayed," she finishes.
Bingo. It’s like Eleven found a way to invade Eddie’s mind somehow. Disgusted with himself, it also dawns on him that although the kids are much older now, they’re still sponges. That means they can still read into him and everyone else, even more than they could’ve when they were only 12. And this time around, there’s no filter when it happens. It’s a scary thought.
“I liked you better homeschooled.”
SHRUG-IT-OFF SATURDAY
It’s D&D night at Jeff’s house and you’re in charge of food prep. But you really don't see the point in it anymore, considering bank heist campaigns are way more interesting than the messy charcuterie board in front of you.
"I can't believe tonight will go down as the Craigslist Campaign," Max remarks. "That's where Eddie found these guys, right?"
"It's where Gareth found them," you correct her. "I hope they all get along, though. Campaigns are huge for Eddie."
You watch your boyfriend from the kitchen as he does his thing, kneeling on the wooden table as he prefaces the campaign with an introductory monologue. It all makes you swoon. Eddie is just so animated. It's in the dramatic changes in his voice depending on who he's imitating. His theatrical jazz hands. His extremely detailed, and lucid story-telling that slips so naturally off his tongue.
Eddie Munson knows how to put on a show. As a performer yourself, you can appreciate watching his universes come to life. This is a look into Eddie's mind. His world. His safe space. And he appears to be having a lot of fun with it.
Your lip curls involuntarily. A little too much fun, you think to yourself…shamefully, spitefully.
“You’re not mad at Eddie, are you?”
You look at your sister like she's crazy. Max knows you and your micro-expressions like the back of her hand. Wasn't really a hobby she picked up per se, but more of a survival tactic. It makes you second guess yourself. Surely you didn't make yourself that obvious, did you? But even then, you're not even that bitter about it. So why are you physically reluctant in giving an answer that your brain is so sure of?
“No,” you shake your head. “Why would I be mad?”
“He barely did anything to defend you from those girls,” Max points out. “You’re his girlfriend and what do they get? A slap on the wrist for all of the shit they've done? It’s unfair!”
You silently return to your edible arrangement, putting the grapes next to the cheeses and away from the deli meats so that Gareth doesn't get 'the ick'. Then you grab a wine glass to make a rose shape out of said deli meats. Max doesn't back down.
"It's okay if you're upset," she tries again.
"I'm not upset, Max."
"You're lying."
"Am not!" You quickly jump to defend Eddie. "I genuinely think, and know, that Eddie's a keep-the-peace kind of guy. Besides, Hellfire would've been in jeopardy if he fired those girls."
"Hellfire would've been in jeopardy if Billy pressed those charges."
You think about the fight more often than you would like. It was the only time you've truly seen Eddie out of character.
"But that's different. Billy pushed all the right buttons. I know Eddie. He's not as manic as people paint him out to be."
And as if it were a joke, the Universe uses this impeccable timing to launch you into a panic. Soon the sound of shattered glass and moving chairs fill the room, and when you whip your head over to the sound of the commotion, you're stunned to see your man lunging at one of the strangers that were sat at Jeff's dinner table.
"EDDIE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" someone yelps.
"You wanna say that shit again?" Eddie demands. "Huh, do you?"
"What the actual fuck," Max breathes out with her hand clutched to her chest. "That came out of nowhere."
"Disrespecting my fucking friend in his own fucking house?!" he gives the guy another violent rattle. "Huh?!"
You're unsure whether to intervene or not, but the guys seem to have it managed so you just stay put in the kitchen. From what you gathered, the guy said something rude to Jeff, making fun of his class and level and using his character skin as a reason for being inferior to him. But clearly, he was still no match for the Dungeon Master.
Eddie shakes his head in pity.
"Classic fucking bard," Eddie spits. "All that talk and all that charisma, but you're still FUCKING WEAK in battle."
"Hurtful..." Dustin, whose also a bard, whimpers.
"Wasn't talking about you, Henderson," Eddie huffs.
Then who was Eddie talking about? Because according to the look on everyone's faces, his rage didn't align with the severity of the issue at hand. The guy did seem condescending and patronizing when you met him, but all he did was poke fun at Jeff. Something the Hellfire boys already do with one another.
Eddie's outburst is enough to end the campaign early, and the guys who allegedly violated Jeff that badly left without a cue. As everyone cleans up after themselves, Gareth locates all the drinks that Eddie has downed tonight and confiscates them. You remember the time Eddie told you drinking makes him feel gross. Makes him act gross too, apparently.
"Eddie, what the fuck, man? Where did that rage even come from?"
"Dude was cocky as hell," Eddie shakes his head at Gareth. "They can act stupid about it, but I see all the underlying shit. They knew what they were doing."
Suddenly your ears perk up. If you had been the one to say that, you could easily appoint those very sentences to the situation with the Hellfire Girls. The burning in your chest is undeniable now. Of course that's how shit starts to feel when it gets personal.
"No one bullies my boys and gets away with it," Eddie says. "They can get out and stay out."
Max looks back over at you, just as distraught. Then she says exactly what you were thinking but were far too afraid to admit. "Where was that energy when you were at Hellfire?"
You and Eddie go to different bathrooms to collect yourselves, both for entirely different reasons. Seeing Eddie that distressed over something so small really had you wondering if he was upset about something else as well. But then you start getting upset at yourself for not putting your concerns first. And this concern was a huge one. He can do that with his boys but not with you?
“Oh my god,” it dawns on you. “I guess I am disappointed in Eddie.”
And then, from the other side of the house, in Jeff's bathroom, it dawns on Eddie too as he sobers up.
“Oh my god. I guess I am upset with Hargrove.”
SUCKER-PUNCH SUNDAY
“You’re early, babe,” you remark.
Little did you know Eddie would’ve been at your door even earlier, had he not been rehearsing what to say in his van...and doom-scrolling the internet for the past hour.
“Just didn’t wanna be late!” is what he comes up with.
You greet him with a kiss shortly before allowing him into the home. Max is working today while Robin and Vicky were out running errands. This left you both plenty of time to hash things out if needed, both in the living room and the bedroom (if it applies).
C'mon, Hargrove, you urge yourself. Just say it.
"Listen..." you both say at once.
You both pause, glancing over at one another in surprise.
"What are you about to say?" you ask him.
"What are YOU..." he counters. "about to say?"
"You go."
"No no," he deflects. "Ladies first, I insist."
You hate that he's a gentleman sometimes. Out of the many situations where you had to rip the band-aid off, somehow this was the hardest one. After swallowing hard one last time, you finally come out and say it.
"I'm..." you begin. "I've been thinking all week. And... I guess am upset with how shit ended with Hellfire."
Eddie breathes a sigh of relief. "Oh thank god, you too?"
Suddenly, the air seems breathable again. You and Eddie both sigh in relief which then extorts a chuckle out of the two of you. At last, you two seem to be on the same page about this minor discrepancy.
"I've been losing sleep over it all week."
"I've been stress-cleaning trying to think of how to come to you about it!"
"Oh my god..." Eddie laughs.
"This is crazy!" you exclaim.
"I forgive you," the two of you say simultaneously.
Your eyes widen simultaneously as well.
"Wait, what?" you echo one another again.
"What do you mean you forgive me?" you hiss. "I should be the one forgiving you, not the other way around."
"Well... you kinda left me in a crummy spot... leaving Hellfire so soon?" Eddie argues. "And you were almost everybody's favorite dancer too. Outside of Chrissy."
"You left me in a crummy spot!" you place your hands on your hips. "By refusing to fire the dancers who made my life a living hell. The bullying wouldn't stop until I quit and you just let that happen."
"Okay first of all, you chose to quit," Eddie snaps. Anger starts to simmer within you. "After I begged you time and time again not to. And you were the one who told me not to get rid of the dancers because it would've been easier to just get rid of you, the one."
"I still expected you to give them some harsh ass consequences!" you exclaim. "And what do you mean I didn't fight hard enough for you? You shouldn't have to make me fight in the first place."
"You know what I mean," Eddie huffs. "And expected? I can't read your mind, Hargrove! How was I supposed to know what to do?"
How was he supposed to know? How was he supposed to know? Not reassuring at all coming from a business owner and manager. And the gag is Eddie sure knew what to do last night, when something similar happened to his homeboys.
"You literally kicked those dudes out last night for bullying Jeff. At the drop of a hat. But you couldn't do with the girls the same way?"
"Those Craigslist dudes don't pay the BILLS, sweetheart," Eddie emphasizes. "Had they been responsible for my paycheck, I may have approached it differently."
"I don't care anymore!" you exclaim. "Paycheck this, paycheck that. It's the principle of it, Eddie! The girls bullied me and all you did was slap them on the wrist. I expected you to do more."
"There it is again, 'expected'! I'm a simple guy, babe. I can't read you like a puzzle! Say what's on your mind. Why do you have so much trouble speaking up?"
"I shouldn't have to hold your hand through something so simple though. Forget that I'm your girlfriend for just a minute. You should've fired them when you realized they were sabotaging another dancer. And whose to say this was their first time doing it? What if they did it with Isabelle too?"
"Don't talk about Isabelle!" Eddie snaps at you. "You don't know anything that happened with her."
"Oh so now you're defending your ex wife too? OVER ME? Your actual, current girlfriend?! It's just anyone but me at this point. WHY AM I THE LAST PRIORITY? IT'S MY RELATIONSHIP."
"IT'S MY RELATIONSHIP TOO!"
"You don't seem to be fighting for it!"
"You're one to talk! You're the one who left when it got hard."
"I don't leave when shit gets hard," you argue. "I leave when shit doesn't change. When shit becomes toxic."
You did it with your last relationship. You did it when you and Max left Billy. You did it with Hellfire when the torment wouldn't stop. And you might as well do it again with Eddie, if nothing changes.
"You know what apologies without change is?" you grumble. "It's manipulation."
"Oh, so I'm a manipulator now?!" Eddie questions. "I did EVERYTHING you told me to do, but now I'm still a manipulator?!"
"Birds of a feather," you huff angrily. "Living up to the Munson name, huh?"
"That's not fair, baby."
"It is."
"NO, IT'S NOT!" Eddie booms. "How would you feel if I told you that you were living up to the Hargrove name? By blowing shit out of proportion when it doesn't even need to be like that?"
"DOESN'T NEED TO BE LIKE THAT?" you shout. "DOESN'T NEED TO BE LIKE THAT? THOSE BITCHES RUINED ME, PUT SUGAR IN MY GAS TANK, AND YOU'RE ACCUSING ME OF READING TOO MUCH INTO IT?"
"Now you're just putting words in my mouth."
"I'd like to put something in your mouth, that's for sure."
"Kinky," Eddie says smartly.
"That's all your mind travels to, is sex isn't it?! No wonder you keep those sluts around."
You and Eddie continue to argue back and forth, the volume of your voices gradually getting louder. Eventually, you grow overwhelmed, and the only thing that will calm you down is a good ol' scream.
Just like a banshee, a high-pitched scream rips through the house.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"
You throw a nearby plastic cup at the wall, you're so angry and overstimulated.
"The hell was that?" Eddie questions. A laugh tugs at the corner of his mouth. For a minute, he looks like Billy when he gets a reaction out of you. That really sets you off.
Now you're out for blood. Out for the very thing, every Hargrove wants: the last word. He's right. You are living up to the Hargrove name. But why does it feel so good?
Unable to control yourself, your palms land across Eddie's chest and you shove him into the wall, causing Eddie to short circuit in shock. His face drains to a pale white. Now suddenly, you're Billy. And Eddie is you, looking at you the way you would look at your brother whenever he screamed or punched a wall.
Now Eddie's angry too. As much as he wants to get you back, it's still natural for him to physically refrain himself from doing so. Eddie Munson does not hit women. Wayne raised him better than that.
So instead, he settles for a verbal jab.
“You’re crazy. What is wrong with you, Hargrove?"
It's the damned C word that no enraged woman wants to hear. But now that you've heard it, there's no turning back. You're done with him.
"Get out," you order him.
"Fine," Eddie mutters. "Fine, I'm off to Wayne's anyway!" You stomp after Eddie as he starts making his way towards your door. "He's the only fucking person who seems to understand me."
The two of you share one final look before he heads out.
You hate that it has to end this way, because the devastated demeanor in his beady, brown eyes share that same sentiment. The sorrow is unspoken, but universal. Just as the love and yearning is, even when your words display a lack thereof.
"So you're gonna leave me?" Eddie gulps. "You're gonna leave me, huh? Just like everyone else does?"
You shake your head bitterly. If there's anything about you that you love/hate, it's that you always stand on your business. "Don't worry. Plenty of other bitches in the sea for you."
The final blow to Eddie's chest. Normally Eddie would've been able to recover from that... would've been able to leave the argument untouched after hearing those words... had it not been for you, the only person he truly sees himself with. The only person he would look for in a sea of people.
"I really thought you were different, Shy Girl," Eddie shakes his head. "That's what I get for hiring someone who doesn't understand what the industry can be like."
That's what he hits you with? Just then, the sadness is replaced by resentment entirely.
"I HATE YOU, Eddie Munson," you grimace. "I never want to see your face again."
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Them and them on the 1st Anniversary of Hi-Fi Rush🎉
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genuinely miss this cast
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•Hail to the King and Queen of the ruckus🖤
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