#Lea’s advent calendar 2023

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Lea’s Calendar day 2:  A cozy holiday night with Eddie

@writerthreads writing prompt for Christmas (2022), prompt 17:

[“Come sit by the fireplace, it’s getting cold.”]

WC: ≈670

Eddie x gn!reader

No trigger warning

December, 23rd 1986

Eddie and you decided to spend Christmas just the two of you. You rented wooden cottage in Delaney Creek Park. It was two hours’ drive from Hawkins and as Eddie is still recovering from his wounds inflicted by the Demobats, you were the one driving Eddie’s van. You arrived around 6pm and you let Eddie sit in the huge rocking chair next to the fireplace. Meanwhile, you unload Eddie and your luggage from the van. Obviously, Eddie couldn’t travel without one of his guitars, but knowing you would be the one unloading he has been merciful and considerate and only took his acoustic guitar. After unloading everything from the van, you put on your coat and boots.

Eddie looks at you from his seat and asks you “What are you doing babe?”

“Just going outside to find wood for the fireplace” You softly answer while zipping your coat.

“I already miss you…” Eddie whines.

You chuckle. “I’ll be here really soon, you won’t even notice I was gone. I promise. You should rest, maybe take a nap love, you got out of the hospital only a month ago.”

“I rested enough in the hospital, and I’ve been without you long enough. Please babe, stay…” Eddie says, pouting. Since almost dying in the Upside Down, Eddie became extra-clingy with you, he wants to be with you all the time and when you have to leave to do grocery shopping or else, he always whines. You find it adorable and even though you’d like to stay with him 24/7, some things must be done.

“Eddie, I promise I’ll be quick.” You tell him before pecking his lips and leaving by the front door. You gather as much wood as you can and come back inside freezing. Eddie is sound asleep, so you try make the least noise possible. You put the wood you gathered on the ground and take off your boots and coat. Then, you silently walk to the fireplace. On your way there, you put a blanket on Eddie’s asleep body and kiss his forehead. You kneel by the fireplace, put some wood inside and light a match to start the fire. Once the fire started, you go to the kitchen and start cooking dinner. Tonight, Eddie and you are going to eat Eddie’s favorite dish: Mac N Cheese. You start cooking it when you hear Eddie calling your name. You go back to the living room before asking “Yes love?”

“Come sit by the fireplace, Sweetheart, it’s getting cold.” Eddie softly tells you.

“Let me finish cooking and I’ll be here in a sec my love” You answer right before kissing Eddie’s forehead.

10 minutes later, you come back with two bowls of Mac N Cheese. You give one to Eddie and sit on the ground, by the fireplace. You both eat while talking about Christmas but also about the New Year. Eddie tells you how grateful he is to have you in his life and he tells you how he can’t wait to officially move in with you in 1987.

After you finished eating you go to the kitchen to do the dishes. When you come back, you find Eddie, sat on the ground, his ‘Dragon slaying machine’ (as he likes to call his acoustic guitar) in hand and he pats the space next to him for you to sit. You obey and sit crisscross next to him. And that night, by the fireplace, Eddie plays the first love song he ever wrote. A love song specially written for you. It describes how grateful he is to have you by his side, it thanks you for taking such good care of him during his recovery, but most of all, it tells you how much Eddie loves you. You started tearing up at half of the song, and when Eddie was done, he wiped away your tears and kissed you passionately.

It might not be Christmas Eve, but Eddie just made you the best gift you’ve ever had.

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this December I decided to do @writerthreads ‘ festive writing prompts. I’m gonna draw one number each day until December 25th and write a more or less small Eddie Drabble. Be prepared to have content this December !

30 festive writing prompts for your WIP/one-shots, you're welcome

forced to plan and execute a Christmas feast

"S'mores are perfect when the marshmallows are burnt" "You just can't cook."

first Christmas as a couple/family/friend group

snowed in together in a cabin/coffee shop/bookstore

"Someone spiked the eggnog!"

family invited an old crush/first love to a dinner party

building a gingerbread house together

giving/receiving a (magical) family heirloom

decorating the tree

deciding who's been naughtiest/nicest in a family/friend group and making it a massive competition ("I ate a slice of your cake and din't tell you." "Well I was the one who gifted you festive toilet paper, I was your secret Santa."

snowball fight

meeting Santa at the mall but it goes awfully wrong

neighbourhood festive decoration competition becomes dangerously competitive

family invites a rival/enemy/the boss to a Christmas party/vacation

trying to make it Christmassy in a tropical location

going ice skating

"Come sit by the fireplace, it's getting cold"

fake dating for a Christmas party/ball

"I'm going to buy/make the worst secret Santa gift humanly possible"

being caught standing under the mistletoe

coming up with different Christmas traditions and failing miserably

doing a new year resolution together

"Will you be my New Years kiss?"

New Years countdown/party

playing in the snow

secret Santa gift exchange

confessing a crush when it's snowing

German Christmas market

watching Christmas movies

"Stop trying to get me under the mistletoe!"

Anyways this is all I have, happy holidays!! Thanks for making 2022 such a great year and being part of the Writerthreads fam <3

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Lea’s advent calendar day 25 - A “fake” date

@writerthreads writing prompt for Christmas (2022), prompt 18 :

[fake dating for a Christmas party/ball]

Eddie x fem!reader

No trigger warning

WC: ≈ 0.8K

December 18th, 1987

Your university decided to organize a Christmas ball during the first week-end of the holidays, one problem: all of your friends have a date except you, so the first person who comes to your mind to have a fake boyfriend is your childhood best friend Eddie.

Eddie is currently still living in Hawkins and works as a bartender at the Hideout. You really hope Eddie doesn’t wrk tomorrow because you don’t feel like you’ll be capable of going to this ball alone. You’ve already have had a hard time adapting to the life of a university student and didn’t really made friends, so you really have no one to go the ball with.

You take a deep breathe before dialing Eddie’s phone number, Eddie answers right away.

“Sweetheart!” Eddie exclaims

“Hi Eds” you tell him nervously.

“How is life at university?” He asks.

“It’s good” you lie. “About that… I have a request, if you’re free tomorrow of course” You tell him, anxiously fiddling with the phone’s cords.

“Anything Sweetheart” Eddie answers.

“Would you accept to be my fake date at the university’s Christmas ball?” You ask nervously fidgeting even more with the phone’s cord.

Eddie takes a deep breathe. “You know I hate those kind of crap”

“I know” you say already disappointed.

“But if I’m your only solution, I can make an effort for you” Eddie continues.

“Oh my god! Thank you, thank you, thank you!” You tell Eddie excited.

“You’re welcome Sweetheart” Eddie says, chuckling at your excitement.

As soon as you hung up with Eddie, you rushed to the closest store and bought a long red dress, yo bought, according to you, the prettiest one within your budget.

The next day, you wake up all nervous and excited at the same time, and I can assure you it’s not a good combination. Thank god you do not have a roommate because you woke up super early and you’ve been so excited that you can’t help but be active. Once you know the hairdresser from the corner is open you rush downstairs and go spend some of your spare money on. More elaborated hair style. Even if you pretend not caring about what people think of you, it isn’t true, besides you also want to impress Eddie.

After your trip to the hairdresser, you spend hours trying different make up combinations until you finally found the one. You finish at 4pm and put on your dress. Eddie is supposed to arrive at 5:30 pm and the ball starts at 6:30 pm. You’re so nervous.

You hate this fake dating thing with Eddie. Not because of people’s opinion, no. But because you have had a crush on him since the two of you hit puberty. But apparently this crush is unrequited and Eddie considers you like your best friend and that’s all. You would rather have him as a best friend than lose him altogether so you’ve been keeping quiet about it for years now.

But deep down, you hope that maybe, seeing you all pretty will make him realize that you are indeed attractive. You jump from your bed when you hear a knock at your bedroom door. You rushes to open it, and there, stands Eddie Munson, in a suit!

“Hello handsome” you say smiling.

“Hello beautiful” Eddie answers.

“Come on in” you say, once Eddie came into the room, you close the door.

“Okay so do we have a backstory?” Eddie asks.

You shrug. “High School Sweethearts?” You say but it sounds more like a question.

“Yeah cool. Best friends who started dating?” Eddie asks.

“Yep” you say, popping the “p���.

A little while later, Eddie and you go to the room in which the ball takes place, when you and Eddie enter the room, all eyes are on you and your boyfriend for the night.

Every time someone goes talking to you and Eddie (well they are mostly talking to Eddie), you have to pretend you’re a stupidly happy couple. It hurts to know that all of this is just pretending, that Eddie isn’t *really* in lobe with you.

It’s time for the slow dance. You wrap your hands around Eddie’s neck and he wrap his around your hips. You slow dance like this for four songs and at the beginning of the fifth, Eddie leans closer to you. You know what is going to happen and you don’t even care if its just pretending, yo want to know how Eddie’s plush lips will feel against yours. Eddie kisses you breathless and when you part, he admits.

“I’ve wanted to do this for so long.”

“Me too…” you confess.

“We’re so stupid” Eddie says chuckling before kissing you again.

What started as fake dating blossomed into really dating.

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Lea’s advent calendar day 4 - Mistletoe

@writerthreads writing prompt for Christmas (2022), prompt 30:

["Stop trying to get me under the mistletoe!"]

Eddie x Gn!reader

No trigger warning

WC: ≈0,7K

December 25th, 1986

As soon as you arrived under Steve’s porch, you looked at your boyfriend and said. “Eds. Look at the mistletoe.” Hoping that he would get the hint, Eddie didn’t or pretended he didn’t and came into the house. You were greeted by everyone as Eddie and you were the last one to arrive.

You spent the night having fun with your friends but also plotting in your head how to get Eddie under the mistletoe.

You tried the entire night, sending me inside to grab you a beer, leading him under the mistletoe, but Eddie always seems to avoid being right under the mistletoe, and even more when you’re next to him.

At some point, the all gang was sat on the ground in Steve’s living room. It was a game of truth or dare. Robin, who knows all about your situation asks you “So YN, truth or dare?”

“Truth,” you answer. And Robin knew damn well that you would answer truth, you hate doing dares, and you would hate to be forced to kiss someone else than your boyfriend.

“What is one of your hidden romantic fantasy?” Robin asks, smiling big.

You look at her with a look that could definitely kill. You pretend to think about it and then you get up, you turn towards the door and earnestly answers. “I’ve always dreamt to kiss someone under the mistletoe.”

Eddie look at you with a facial expression meaning seriously? Everyone turn towards Eddie, expectant but Eddie gets up, crosses his arms and says “nope. Never gonna happen.”

“We’ll see” Nancy smirks.

Eddie does feel a bit guilty for not being able to fulfill one of your daydream. But it’s a big nope for him. He finds it to conformist and too cheesy to his taste. Not that he doesn’t happen to be cheesy around you, but this, this is where he draws the line.

The game keeps going for hours, and when it’s time to leave, and Eddie and you are both on the porch, you walk arms in arms and you try to get Eddie under the mistletoe. This time it’s too much for Eddie and he decides to speak up . “Stop trying to get me under the mistletoe!” He says.

You look at him with doe wet eyes. You’re a very sensitive person, and you usually Eddie tries to be less blunt with you than everyone else, but not this time. You start leaving Steve’s porch without him. Eddie realizes his mistake and runs after you.

“Hey sweetheart, please wait up.” He pleads.

You don’t listen to him, and when you’re passing by his van without stopping he realizes how bad it hurt you.

“Let’s do it!” Eddie screams in the dark.

It makes you freeze in your track and you slowly turn around. Eddie catches up with you, cups your face and see the doubt in your face.

“If it’s really important to you, then, let’s do it. I want my baby to be happy, ‘ts all” Eddie earnestly tell you. And that’s how, hand in hand, you go to Steve’s porch, place yourselves under the mistletoe and Eddie gives you the gentlest kiss ever. First he cups you cheeks, before slowly approaching his lips to yours and he kiss you gently, conveying all of the love he has for you in this kiss.

As soon as you part, you both realize it’s snowing and you giggle. “Thank you Eds, I feel like I’m in the middle of one of those Christmas romance books.” You tell him. Eddie kisses you once more, before answering. “Even if it goes under my very own personal anti-conformist Munson doctrine, I’d do everything to make you happy.”

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Lea’s advent calendar day 22- Eddie’s mischief

@writerthreads writing prompt for Christmas (2022), prompt 5:

["Someone spiked the eggnog!"]

Eddie x gn!reader

No trigger warning.

WC: ≈ 0.7K

December 23rd, 1986

You decided to host a small Christmas party with your friends before celebrating it with Eddie and his uncle tomorrow. Eddie is still recovering from his would, but he decided to sit on your kitchen counter while you’re making eggnogs.

You start by mixing egg yolk and sugar together in a bowl. Then you turn to put cream, milk, salt, and nutmeg in a saucepan. While your back is turned, Eddie spikes the eggnog with a bit of Whisky that is in his flask. Eddie finds that not spiked eggnog is bland. You stir the mixture and once it simmered, you start adding the hot mixture to the egg one, not noticing Eddie spiked it. Then, you add the entire mixture into the saucepan and whisk it for a minute before removing it from the heat and adding the vanilla. Once all of this is done, you put it in the fridge.

Then Eddie and you go get ready, and Eddie voluntarily omits to tell you that he spiked it. All your friends arrive, and you eat snacks as well as some tarts that you made. You all have a good time together, the older from the group drink some beer and the kids drink fruit juice and sodas. You all talk about everything except the traumatic events that you experienced in the Upside Down. You stay close to Eddie all night, not to keep an eye on him but more because since you’ve almost lost him, you want to spend every waking moments with him. When it is time for you to serve the eggnog, you kiss Eddie on the cheek and as every time you part you tell him.

“I’ll be right back” right before kissing him on the cheek.

You go into the kitchen and serve each eggnog in a small cups adding whipped cream, extra dash of cinnamon and nutmeg on top of each cups. You put all of them on a tray and bring them in the living room, putting them on the living room table.

As everyone is engaged in conversations, no one notices you brought the eggnogs. You’re also the shy kind of person and even though you feel comfortable around your friends you don’t dare to cut them off in their conversation to say you brought the eggnogs, so you let them here, sitting on the table and join Eddie, intertwining your fingers with him.

Eddie kisses your cheek while having a heated conversation about DnD with Dustin and Mike. You really love this protecting and loving side of Eddie. Even if he often teases the kids, you know how much he loves them. You listen to the conversation and admire your boyfriend’s caring side. At some point, Eddie notices the eggnog sitting there. He discretely smirks before turning to you and whispering in your ear “Why didn’t you tell us you brought your delicious eggnogs?”

“Didn’t want to bother anyone with that” you shrug. “It can wait.”

Eddie cups his hands around his mouth and starts screaming. “My beautiful partner’s eggnogs are on the living room table!” he announces to everyone.

Everyone except you runs to the table and grab a cup. Steve is the first one to eat the eggnog and you see him snatching Dustin’s cup from his hands and making a weird face.

“Who spiked the eggnog?!” he asks, pissed.

You glare at Eddie.

Eddie raises his hands in mock surrender. “Sorry, sorry, it’s just better when spiked.”

Steve takes the cups from each kid’s hands and you look at Eddie disappointed.

Eddie goes to you and kisses the crown of your head. “I’m sorry baby…” Eddie says

You pout. “Now the kids can’t even taste my eggnogs.”

“If it can make you feel better, despite the Whisky, they are really good.” Steve says, looking at you apologetically.

Later this evening, once everyone left, Eddie laid you on the bed and decided to make it up to you by worshiping your body and making you feel better than you ever did in your entire life. Even in recovery, Eddie knows how to make you and your body feel loved and worshipped.

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Lea’s advent calendar day 5 - A magical pocket watch

@writerthreads writing prompt for Christmas (2022), prompt 8:

[giving/receiving a (magical) family heirloom]

Eddie Munson X gn!reader

TW: Depiction of grief (But happy ending)

WC: ≈0,6K

December 24th, 1986

This is Christmas 1986, you watched your boyfriend Eddie die in the Upside Down 5 month ago now. You’ve lost the will to live ever since. Before being your boyfriend, Eddie was you childhood best friend. You’ve known each other forever and we’re always attached to the hip. But now, without him life doesn’t make sense.

You didn’t want to celebrate Christmas this year, but your dad insisted, so that’s how, you ended up in your parents basement, going through boxes to look for more Christmas decorations. You’re going through boxes that belonged to your grandparents, you rummage into them and I find a lot of old items. You don’t care about them as you’re searching for Christmas decorations. But one of those family heirlooms does catches your eyes. It is an old pocket watch. The pocket watch doesn’t even seem to work. You take it into your hands and wish you could turn back time. You wish you could save Eddie from his heartbreaking fate. You wish you could have him by your side this Christmas. You don’t care about the presents, all you want for Christmas is him.

Once you found the Christmas decorations you go back upstairs. Once you arrive, your dad sees the pocket watch in your hand. You put the Christmas decorations on the ground and hand the family heirloom to your dad. He take it from you and inspect it before saying.

“You found this in your grandparent’s boxes?” He asks

“Yes… I’m sorry if I shouldn’t have went through those boxes… I didn’t know at first…”

Your dad cuts you off and hand you the pocket watch. “Here, it is yours now. Your grandma used to tell me it was magical, but I honestly don’t think so. However, it was an important object for her, something her dad gave her, so please keep it safe and never sell it.” Your dad tells you.

“I won’t, I promise.” You answer him.

Later that night, you go to bed, you put the pocket watch on your nightstand and look at it.

“I don’t think you’re magical… I hope you were, honestly.” You tell the object because turning on your side. That night, you unusually fall asleep fast.

At first you think you’re in a nightmare, as all of

Your nightmares, you’re reliving what happened in the upside down, your experience your last moments with Eddie again. But this time, the outcome of this dream is a way better one. You and Dustin successfully put Eddie through the portal. Eddie is transported to what’s left of Hawkins hospitals, where you spend months by his bedside. When fall arrives, you bring Eddie back home. His name is cleared and he lives with you and your dad. You take care of him, his wounds. You go to appointments with him.

The next morning, when your alarm clock reads 7:00AM, you wake up gasping, not realizing that next to you, in your bed, lies Eddie Munson. Your gasp wake Eddie.

“Hey Sweetie… what’s happening?” Eddie asks.

You turn your head toward Eddie and hug him tight. “Eddie? What are you doing here?” You ask, your eyes tearful.

“What do you mean Sweetie?” Eddie asks confused. “Did you have another bad dream about the upside down?”

You nos, not wanting to tell Eddie what really happen, not wanting him to think you’re crazy. You gratefully look at the pocket watch on the bedside table.

This was the best Christmas gift you could have hoped for. Having the love of your life by your side again.

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Lea’s advent calendar - day 3: A Christmas in Bali

@writerthreads writing prompt for Christmas (2022), prompt 15:

[trying to make it Christmassy in a tropical location]

Eddie Munson x Gn!reader

No trigger warning

WC: ≈0.7K

December 23rd, 1989

Eddie was on tour with corroded coffin all December and their last gig was yesterday in Bali, which means you and Eddie are going to spend Christmas in Bali.

Only problem, you love Christmas and Bali isn’t the most Christmassy location ever. It isn’t christmassy at all ! But Eddie and you decided that you were going to do everything in your power to make the hotel room you’re staying at the more Christmassy possible.

You and Eddie are in the bathroom, you finish fixing your hair and look at Eddie, excited like a little kid.

“So! When are we going Christmas shopping?” You ask him.

Eddie find your excitement so adorable that he chuckles. “Let me take a shower Sweetheart and then we can go.”

You smile. “Have a good shower!” You tell him while disappearing back into the hotel room.

You start making a list one what to potentially buy to make the hotel room the most Christmassy possible. You listed the following items.

- Small Christmas tree

- Light garlands

- Christmas tree bulb

- Christmas socks

- Christmas hoodies

- Christmas figures

- Christmas themed wrapping paper

- Fake snow

Yes, if there is one thing to know about you, it is that you love Christmas so much that you can be a bit extreme.

Once you finished writing your list, you carefully folded it and put in the bag you’re going to take for shopping.

A few minutes later, Eddie comes out of the bathroom all freshened up and dressed. He takes his wallet and put it inside his jean’s pocket before turning to you and saying.

“Ready for Christmas shopping.”

You vehemently nod and you and Eddie leave your room to go to the closest store that could sell Christmas decorations.

You go to at least five stores before finally finding one selling Christmas decorations. Eddie chuckles at your little squeal once your realize you will be able to make your hotel room Christmassy. You literally run through the aisle looking at everything that look Christmassy. You put many decorations in your cart. At some point, when you take a small Christmas tree Eddie look at you, pouting.

“Baby…” He says.

“Eds, please ! Our hotel rom cannot be Christmassy without a Christmas tree… I took one of the smallest ones…” You pout.

Eddie ends up giving up and even takes the tree from your arms so you don’t have to carry it. You buy everything in you list and even more.

Once you go back to the hotel room you excitedly unpack everything and Eddie lovingly look at you. You look like a literal little child opening his Christmas presents.

Once everything is unpacked you roll up your sleeve and look at all the Christmas decorations before looking at the hotel room and tries to think of where to put what.

You start by the small tree. You put in in the corner of the room, right next to the bathroom’s door. You start decorating the tree with Christmas tree bulb. You also stole on Christmas tree bulb from Corroded Coffin’s merch stand. This bulb is at Eddie’s effigy, with him playing his beloved Sweetheart. You also add a star at the top of tree.

Then you write yours and Eddie’s name on each Christmas socks and pin them on the wall. Then you put the Christmas light garlands. Eddie helps you putting the small Christmas figures all over the room and when you’re done, you take out of the bag two Father Christmas hats. You put one on Eddie’s head before kissing him.

“Thank you for helping me and allowing me to set up a Christmas themed Hotel room.” You tell him, gratefully.

“Anything for my baby.” Eddie answers before passionately kissing you again.

And to make you even happier, Eddie decided to watch a Christmas movie tonight. You both snuggle in bed, watching a Christmas comedy that Eddie can’t help but criticize but you find it adorable. After turning the TV off, you both fall into a deep slumber. You’re dreaming all night of your perfect Christmas and guess what? The protagonist of this dream is Eddie.

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Lea’s advent calendar day 7 - A cute winter night

@writerthreads writing prompt for Christmas (2022), prompt 2:

["S'mores are perfect when the marshmallows are burnt" "You just can't cook."]

Eddie x gn!reader

No trigger warning.

WC: ≈500

December 7th, 1985

Eddie and you just left the school parking lot when you excitedly say. “Eddie ! ‘Tis the perfect season to make ‘s’mores!”

At your words, Eddie’s eyes started sparkling like those of a little kid who just got a candy.

“Say no more !” He says in a theatrical voice “I make them like a pro!”

You giggle at Eddie’s excitement before saying. “Eddie, we actually have to go to the store to buy some!” You say when he keeps going in the trailer park’s direction.

“Shit!” He says before turning the van back like a maniac. You let out a small, according to Eddie cute, scream before slapping his arm. “You’re going to kill us in a car accident one of those days !”

“Relax Love” Eddie tells you “I know how to handle my old van” he says while driving in the direction of the store.

“Eddie, you know how to handle your precious van but you can’t handle the ice on the road!” You say looking at him sternly.

Eddie pouts but deep down, he finds you adorable all worried like that. Do not mistake him,he doesn’t like the fact that you’re worried. He just thinks you’re adorable.

A few minutes later, you arrive at Hawkins only store. You buy marshmallows as well as wooden sticks to put them on. You check out and despite Eddie’s protests you’re the one paying. Your argument was that it was your idea. In realty, you’re conscious that even with the money from his deals your boyfriend struggles with money.

After checking out, you go back to Eddie’s van and Eddie drives towards the trailer park. You spend the ride in comforting silence, Eddie holding your left hand and driving with his left hand.

You arrive and you both practically run inside the trailer. You’re the first one arriving in the trailer, you take some barbecue charcoal.

Eddie sets up everything to make a fire while you take care of putting marshmallows on wooden sticks.

Once everything is ready, Eddie insist on putting your S’more on the fire. He then wants to be the one feeding you, because when you’re just the two of you, your boyfriend is a cheesy romantic.

When Eddie take your S’more out of the fire, you look at it dubitative.

“Eddie! It’s burnt.” You tell him.

“S'mores are perfect when the marshmallows are burnt" Eddie protests.

“You just can’t cook” you say fondly before kissing your boyfriend on the cheek.

You take two picks with marshmallows, put them under the fire and feed Eddie one. You spend the night playfully feeding each others. At the end of the night, Eddie even take his acoustic guitar and teach you how to play your favorite songs next to the fire, with you sat on his laps.

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Lea’s advent calendar 2023 - Masterlist

Day One : A dangerous festive decorative competition (Eddie Munson x gn!reader)

Day two: A cozy holiday night with Eddie (Eddie x gn!reader)

Day three : A Christmas in Bali (Eddie x gn!reader)

Day four : Mistletoe (Eddie x gn!reader)

Day five: A magical pocket watch (Eddie x gn!reader)

Day six: Scrooge Munson (Eddie x gn!reader)

Day seven: A cute winter night (Eddie x gn!reader)

Day eight: The snow battle (child!eddie x child!reader (gn)

Day nine: 1987 is gonna be our year (Eddie x gn!reader)

Day ten: First Christmas as a Family (dad!Eddie x mom!reader)

Day eleven: A Metal Gingerbread House (Eddie x gn!reader)

Day twelve: Not so Unrequited Feelings (Eddie x gn!reader)

Day thirteen: Scary (Dad!Eddie x mom!reader)

Day fourteen: Vacation with your Boss (Eddie x gn!reader)

Day fifteen: My dork (Eddie x gn!reader) coming soon

Day sixteen: You Had a Crush on Me? (Eddie x gn!reader)

Day seventeen : Distracted (Eddie x gn!reader)

Day eighteen : A Stressful Christmas Eve (Eddie x gn!reader)

Day nineteen : We will stick to it (Eddie x gn!reader)

Day twenty: Stuck Together (Eddie x gn!Reader)

Day twenty-one: You’re doing great (Eddie x gn!reader)

Day twenty-two: Eddie’s mischief (Eddie x gn!reader)

Day twenty-three : you’re the worst (Eddie x gn!reader)

Day twenty-four : Fate (Eddie x gn!reader)

Day twenty-five: A “fake” date (Eddie x fem!reader)

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Lea’s advent calendar day 10 – First Christmas as a Family

@writerthreads writing prompt for Christmas (2022), prompt 3:

[first Christmas as a family]

Dad!Eddie x Mom!reader

No trigger warning.

WC: ≈1.2K

December 24th, 1989

Eddie and you have been dating since 1985, Eddie’s second senior year and your junior year. You and Eddie have lived the perfect idyll for 4 years now. At first, when you went to California for your studies, Eddie didn’t follow you as he was offered a job at Hawkins’ garage, and he knew that with his resume and past he would never get a job in California. But after 6 months of only seeing you once a month, Eddie couldn’t handle missing you anymore. Yes, you used to call for hours every single day, yes you sent letters to each other. And of course, you came back to Hawkins one weekend a month only to see Eddie, but the distance was too much, and Eddie left everything to join you. When he arrived, you moved out from your dorm and the two of you started renting a one-bedroom apartment.

During your third year of studies, in February 1989, you found out that you were pregnant. Right after you found out, Eddie proposed and promised to never be like his old man. He promised to always be by your side and in your child’s life. Two month before your baby’s birth, Eddie and you rented a two bedroom apartment to have more space as well as a room dedicated to your baby. You gave birth to a beautiful daughter you named Lizzie, after Eddie’s late mom. Your girl was born on November 15th, 1989, and so this will be her first Christmas. She already has her father’s eyes and your “cute” little nose as Eddie likes to call it. Lizzie is definitely a Daddy’s girl.

For your first Christmas as a family, you wanted everything to be perfect, and even if she’s only a month old, you didn’t want to your daughter to be affected by your financial struggles. Eddie currently works at the auto shop in the corner of your street, but as you’re still studying you have no income. Nonetheless, you wanted to split the Christmas bill in two, no matter how much Eddie insisted that he could cover most of it. So, you used all of your spare money to decorate the house and buy your daughter and your fiancé the best gifts ever. You want everything to be perfect for your little bean as you like to call your daughter.

You’re currently cooking Christmas Eve’s dinner while Eddie went to the airport to pick up Wayne.

While the turkey is in the oven, you’re making the cranberry sauce. You’re usually not much of a cook, but as Eddie is even worse than you, you both decided that you would be the one giving it a try, and it didn’t turn out so bad, so far. Once the cranberry sauce was made you started cooking some mashed potatoes and the green beans.

Eddie and Wayne arrived just as the turkey was finished cooking. You put it all on the kitchen counter, pick up your daughter in her crib and go into the hallways to great Wayne.

Eddie comes in first, followed by his uncle. It is the first time ever that “Grandpa Wayne” will meet Lizzie, Eddie already sent pictures and a VHS with videos of her, but Wayne never met her in real life.

“Hi Wayne!” You say while cradling your daughter.

“Wanna hold her Grandpa?” Eddie says with a smile, after kissing his daughter’s forehead. You can see that Wayne has teary eyes when he nods. You delicately hand her to her Grandpa, and Wayne really gently take her into his arms, he starts rocking back and forth all the while examining her small face and features, he smiles at her while addressing to Eddie.

“She looks like you when you were a baby. Has her mom’s nose though” Wayne says fondly.

You all head to the living room, the three of you sit around the table and Eddie is the one holding your daughter while you go to the kitchen to bring the starters. You put the smoked salmon toast on the table and all start to eat. Wayne tells you a lot of anecdotes about Eddie when he was a baby. Eddie gives you Lizzie to hold while he brings the turkey, mashed potatoes, and green beans on the table. You all eat in a cozy atmosphere. Eddie and you share small anecdotes that happened during the pregnancy and Lizzie’s first month. You’re really embarrassed when Eddie tells Wayne how you thought you had peed yourself when your water broke. Thank god Wayne answered. “Son, how do you want her to know what it is when she’s never experienced it?”. Eddie did shut up after that. When Lizzie starts getting a bit fussy, you excuse yourself and go to your bedroom to breastfeed her.

Meanwhile, Eddie excuses himself, take the gifts from your bedroom and put them under the tree.

When he comes back Wayne pats Eddie’s back. “’m proud of you son. You’ve got a lovely fiancé and the cutest daughter on earth. Just don’t mess it all up.” Wayne is stern at the end. Deep down, he knows Eddie isn’t like his old man, but he does feel the need to remind Eddie that he is lucky to have this family.

“I won’t Wayne, I swear on my life. I love them, so much.” Eddie answers. “Can I ask you a question though?”

“Go ahead son.” Wayne answers.

“How did you find out how to raise me?” Eddie asks.

“Son, you and yn are gonna make mistakes, for sure. What’s Important is how hard we try. I probably wasn’t the perfect paternal figure, but I tried my best and look at you now. ‘m really proud of you Eds.” Wayne tells him.

When you come back, Lizzie nuzzled up against you, Eddie says.

“Okay! Presents time!”. He takes the biggest gift and hand it to you. This is from me to our daughter. Eddie tells you.

“Eds… we said we’d share the cost for all of her gifts…” you protest.

“Baby, I really wanted this for her, and it’s a bit for you as well.” Eddie answers.

You give him your daughter and open the gift to see a beautiful baby swing chair.

“Eddie… This is too much...” you say, eyes wet with tears.

“The best one for my amazing daughter.” Eddie says, putting her in the baby swing chair.

Eddie and you give Wayne his gift, a new denim jacket and Wayne gifted the two of you concert tickets to go see Dio in San Jose in October 1990.

You both look at Wayne, shocked by the gift. “This is too much…” you say.

“What about Lizzie?” Eddie says, teary eyed by the thoughtful gift.

“I’ll babysit her, if you’re okay with that.”

You both hug Wayne before exchanging your gifts. Eddie gifted you a new record player and you gifted him new guitar picks as well as a new amp. Eddie gasps.

“Baby… this is too much…” He says, voice choked up with emotion.

“It is what you deserve.” You tell him. He kisses you.

Wayne also gifted a Teddy bear to little Lizzie.

You spend the rest of the night unwrapping the other gifts you bought for your daughter, eating Christmas cookies, and talking amongst yourselves.

This was your first Christmas as a family, and it was the best one you’d ever had.

A/N: I’m so sorry, this was supposed to be a drabble and I got CARRIED ON. So yeah guess those of you who like longer works were happy today!

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Lea’s Advent Calendar day 15 – My dork

@writerthreads writing prompt for Christmas (2022), prompt 20:

[Being caught standing under the mistletoe]

Eddie x gn!reader

No trigger warning.

WC: ≈ 0.4K

December 24th, 1985

You’re invited at Eddie’s trailer to spend Christmas Eve with him and his uncle. You and Eddie started dating at the beginning of the school year and you’ve been attached to the hip ever since. You practically live at Eddie’s trailer and Wayne treats you like his own. You’re currently at your parent’s looking for the perfect outfit, while the cookies are in the oven. You try on several outfits and settle on a red one, you then brush and style your hair. You go downstairs, put the cookies on the table. While the cookies are cooling, you wrap Eddie and Wayne’s gifts. You bought new pins for Eddie’s denim jacket as well as a bracelet with bot your initials engraved in it, and you bought a new mug for Wayne.

A few minutes later, you can hear Eddie’s music blasting from his van’s speakers in your driveway, that’s your cue to take your cookies and put your shoes on. You just got the time to zip your second boot when Eddie rings on your doorbell, you open the door with the sweetest smile ever and kiss him softly on the lips.

“Hi” you say, smiling into the kiss.

“Hey” Eddie answers smiling as well. “Ready?” He asks.

“Almost” you say, taking your coat from the coat hanger and putting it on.

Eddie zips your coat for you before kissing you again. You take the container with your cookies inside and go to Eddie’s van.

Eddie starts the van and drives to his trailer. The drive his spent in a comfortable silence, Eddie holding your hand with his right one.

Eddie parks in front of his trailer and open your car door for you, giving you, his hand. Eddie seems in a particularly romantic mood today.

You take the container and Eddie, and you climb the steps of his trailer. You don’t see it, but you stop right under a mistletoe. You don’t have the time to comprehend anything when Eddie kisses you breathless. You smile into the kiss and raise your head to see the mistletoe.

“Caught you under the mistletoe!” Eddie tells you, proud of himself.

“You’re such a dork” you say chucking.

“But I’m your dork” Eddie tells you.

“My dork” you confirm. “Thank you, Eddie,” you say, wrapping your arms around his neck.

“I knew it’d make you happy Sweetheart” Eddie tells you gently.

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Lea’s advent calendar day 13 – Scary

@writerthreads writing prompt for Christmas (2022), prompt 12:

[meeting Santa at the mall but it goes awfully wrong]

Dad!Eddie x mom!reader

 No trigger warning.

WC: ≈0.9K

December 22nd, 1991

Eddie Munson and you have been dating since high school. You’re both still living in Hawkins. Eddie works as a bartender at the Hideout at night, so he can be the one taking care of your daughter during the day, while you are at work. As for you, you work as a secretary for Hawkins’ police station. You don’t like your job, but you need the money.

Almost three years ago, you unexpectedly got pregnant. You and Eddie were only 22 years old back then, but you still decided to keep the baby. Now you have a beautiful daughter named Galadriel. Eddie and you both share a passion for The Lord of The Rings, so you had to name your daughter after one of the characters. Now, your little Galadriel is two years old. As she is now two years old and more aware of her surroundings, Eddie and you decided to make a trip to the mall to see Santa.

When you told your daughter, she was so excited, she's been talking about it for days. It warms both yours and Eddie’s heart to see your daughter like this. You pack a diaper bag with diapers (in case of accident) as well as changing clothes, her pacifier, her Teddy, a water bottle, and a milk bottle. You also pack teething biscuits in case your daughter is hungry. While you’re packing Eddie gets the impossible mission to make her get ready.

Eddie takes cartoonish voice and makes her left shoe dance. “Please Galadriel, let me be put on. I promise to keep you warm and protect your cute little feet from being hurt outside.

Galadriel is pouting. “Don’t want.” She speaks.

Eddie is helpless, he doesn’t know how to make his (sometimes) petulant daughter to put her shoes on.

He raises the left shoe and make it dance, still using his cartoonish voice. “Please little Galadriel, let me be on your feet. If you don’t put me on, we can’t go meet Santa you know?”

Galadriel crosses her arms and stomp her foot. “NO” she says raising her voice.

At that point, you arrive into your hallway and asks. “What’s going on here.”

Eddie keeps his cartoonish voice, moving the shoe around to show that it is the shoe speaking. “Little Galadriel doesn’t want me to be at her feet.”

You crouch down in front of your daughter and take the shoe from Eddie’s hand, looking at him sympathetically.

“Hey Bunny, if you want to go meet Santa you have to put your shoes and coat on. We can’t go outside without them. You know, it’s freezing outside.” You explain patiently.

Eddie looks at you fondly. He really loves seeing him interacting with your daughter, he loves how you handle her tantrums.

Galadriel drops her hands and shrugs. “Don’t like shoes.” She speaks.

“I have an idea!” Eddie dramatically says.

Galadriel turns towards Eddie, her curious big brown eyes looking at him.

“What about you put them on, we go see Santa and then we buy new boots for you? How does that sound?” Eddie asks.

She nods her head and let you put her shoes and coat on. You go to the mall, you put some Christmas songs (even though Eddie protested) during the car ride and you giggle at your daughter trying to sing along.

After a 10 minutes’ drive, you arrive at the mall. You’re in the line to see Santa and your daughter looks so excited. She’s holding both you and Eddie’s hand.

“Ready to meet Santa?” Eddie asks when there is only one person in front of you.

“Yes! Yes! Tell him I want guitar. Like Daddy!” she says enthusiastically.

Eddie smiles at that. “And if Santa brings you a guitar, I promise to teach you.”

“Eddie she’s too young to learn how to play guitar.” You tell him.

“Don’t listen to mommy.” Eddie says while covering Galadriel’s ears.

As soon as it is Galadriel’s turn you and Eddie lead Galadriel to Santa’s chair, but as soon as she is close to him, Galadriel hides between her father’s legs and starts crying. Eddie picks her up and whispers sweet nothing into her ears.

“Hey, shh…" he says, "everything’s fine, daddy's here” Eddie keeps going, hugging her close to his chest and soothingly rubbing his daughter’s back. He brings Galadriel and a quieter place of the mall while you profusely apologize to Santa.

“What happened back there?” Eddie asks calmly, while his daughter tries to stop sobbing.

“Scary” she manages to say in between to sobs.

You decide to let Eddie handle it, you know that when your daughter’s overwhelmed, she is a daddy’s girl and only Eddie can make her calm down.

“You got scared sweetie?” he asks and your daughter nods.

Galadriel nods.

“You know, there is nothing to be afraid of besides mommy and I were here.” Eddie gently tells her.

“Daddy? Hug please.” Galadriel says.

Eddie hugs his daughter to his chest and asks her. “What about grabbing a hot chocolate, how does that sound to you Sweetie?” he asks.

She enthusiastically nod.

Your little family sits at a coffee, ordering three hot chocolates. Your daughter hands up with chocolate everywhere and Eddie and you hold hands all along while your daughter tries to tell you all she wants for Christmas. You and Eddie love those family moments, more than anything.

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Lea’s advent calendar day 23 – You’re the worst

@writerthreads writing prompt for Christmas (2022), prompt 19 :

["I'm going to buy/make the worst secret Santa gift humanly possible"]

Eddie x gn!reader

TW: NSFW, fwb

WC: ≈ 0.6K

December 1986,

Your friends and you had the brilliant idea to do a Christmas Santa, and you drew none other than your not-so secret friend with benefit: Eddie Munson.

Okay maybe you would like to be in an actual relationship with him, but you are to chicken to tell him, so you are content with what you got and do not want to ruin it with your feelings.

You found funny that you drew him and so you decided to by him the worst secret Santa gift humanly possible: something sex related.

You even went as far as to go to the only Sex Toys shop in Hawkins, and you were really embarrassed when you went to the check out when the cashier had to scan the bondage harness and cuffs. You blushed from embarrassment and left the store as fast as humanly possible. You then went home and hid it under your bed, so not parents can’t find it while you rush downstairs to find wrapping paper. You quickly wrap your two gifts and hide them in your closet.

You really can’t wait to see Eddie’s face when he’ll open the gift in front of all your friends. You know how embarrassed he will be, but you really love teasing Eddie. You became friends with benefits when you started nursing his wounds after the Upside-Down events, it started when Eddie was painfully hard and needed a blowjob, you happily gave him that and then it became recurrent. You love to pleasure each other once in a while and Eddie is the god of aftercare, even after you’ve experienced BDSM things. Your well being has always come before his and you really love that about it, it doesn’t just want to have pleasure, he also wants to give you pleasure.

A few days pass and it’s finally the day of your Secret Santa with your friends, you anxiously drive to Steve Harrington’s house. Thank god it’s just a party amongst the older ones from the group, how would you have explained to the younger ones your gift?

You park on Steve’s driveway and anxiously gets out of your car; you’re wrapped gifts clutched in your hands. Steve and Robin welcome you with a huge smile and a big hug and you go sit on the living room. A few moments later, Jonathan and Nancy arrive and the it’s Eddie’s turn.

You all sit crisscross on the ground and start exchanging gifts. The person who drew you was Steve and he gifted you a VHS of the last movie you’ve been keeping rambling on for days.

It’s now your turn to give Eddie your gift and you give the two wrapped paper to him, Eddie shaking with both anxiety and impatience.

Eddie takes his sweet time opening your gift and when he finally sees what it is he quickly hides it, glaring at you.

“You’re the worst!” he exclaims.

You burst out laughing while Steve tries to see what you bought to Eddie.

In the end, no one succeeded in seeing what you bought to Eddie. Once everyone left except Eddie, Eddie led you to your bedroom.

“Now we have to try them.” Eddie says smirking right before kissing your neck.

And you and Eddie did try the bondage harness as well as the bondage cuffs on him that night and you had the best sex you’ve ever had. Eddie even discovered that he liked it when you are dominant in bed and your neighbors probably heard that the two of you had an amazing time, but you couldn’t care less.

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Lea’s advent calendar day 20 - Stuck together

@writerthreads writing prompt for Christmas (2022), prompt 27:

[confessing a crush when it’s snowing]

Eddie x gn!reader

No trigger warning.

WC: ≈ 0.6K

December 20th, 1985

You went to the library to give back some books and as soon as you got out of the High School it started snowing. It is snowing so much that you can’t walk home, and your mom couldn’t drive to come get you. You turn around, looking for somewhere to stay when you spot that the theater room’s lights are on. You approach the room and spot none other than Eddie, sat on the throne at the head of the table. If there’s one thing to know about you, it is that you’ve had a crush on Eddie ever since you became a student at Hawkins High. At first, Eddie was two grades above you, but then he had to retake his Senior year not once but twice! And you were secretly happy to be given more time with him, even if you were only admiring from afar. Eddie and you share a few classes together, but you’ve never spoken. You’re the bookworm kind of person and you don’t think Eddie would be interested in spending time with you.

“It seems like you’re stuck with me” Eddie speaks up, cutting you off from your thoughts.

“Apparently” you tell him while sitting on the closest chair.

“It’s a real storm outside” Eddie says, trying to make small talk.

All this situation is nerve wracking for you. You’re stuck at school, with your crush. All of this seems like a really really bad dream, except it’s not.

“It is” you confirm.

Eddie says your name. “You’re YN aren’t you?” he asks.

You nod, fidgeting with your fingers.

“And you’re Eddie.” You end up saying. As soon as the words leave your mouth, you scold yourself.

“The Freak himself” Eddie answers.

“You aren’t a freak.” You tell him, self-assured.

“I am to everyone else in this goddamn town.” Eddie says matter of factly.

“They are just stupid. You’re not a Freak nor dumb like everyone says.” You tell him, angered by the town’s opinion on your crush.

“You don’t know me.” Eddie says.

“We might have never spoke but I’m really observant and I didn’t see a Freak or someone dumb. I just see a boy who’s hurting inside but tries to hide it. I see a bruised kids hiding behind a mean and scary persona. I see a kindhearted human being.” You tell Eddie, getting passionate about it.

Eddie is baffled by how much of him you understood just by being observant. Even his closest friends probably wouldn’t say such things about him. And the truth behind your words is what baffles Eddie the most. He is hiding behind his mean and scary persona.

“How did you see all of that?” Eddie asks, hesitant.

“As I said, I’m observant.” You shrug, trying to hide the blush creeping up your cheeks.

“You understood me better than some of my closest friends…” Eddie says.

“Eddie?” you ask shyly, the weight of your secret becoming more and more unbearable.

“Yes Sweetheart?” he asks.

“I know I’m not the kind of person you’re into at all, but I can’t keep it to myself anymore” you say before taking a deep breathe. “I like you.”

As soon as the words leave your mouth, time slow down, you can see each snowflake falling on the ground from the window, Eddie moves towards you as if the world was in slow motion.

You feel Eddie’s calloused hand cupping your cheek and feel him press a kiss on your forehead.

“You were wrong about one things Sweetheart. You’re definitely the kind of person I am into.” Eddie answered.

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Lea’s advent calendar day 19 – We will stick to it

@writerthreads writing prompt for Christmas (2022), prompt 22 :

[doing new years resolutions together]

Eddie x gn!reader

 No trigger warning.

WC: ≈ 0.5K

December 30th, 1985

Eddie and you are sat at the counter of Eddie’s kitchen, Eddie writing a new campaign for Hellfire and you reading a magazine. You put your magazine down.

“Eddie?” you ask.

“Yeah Sweets?” Eddie says not raising his eyes from his notebook, tongue poking out.

“We should take new year’s resolutions” you blurt out.

“Sweets…” Eddie says, putting his pen down and looking at you with the ‘seriously’ look.

“I mean it Eddie; it could be good for the both of us.” You say while taking a sheet of paper and a pen from your bag.

Eddie looks at you. “News year’s resolutions for me or our couple?”

“Both” you answer while uncapping the pen.

“Okay then the first one is easy peasy! We move in together.” Eddie says.

You smile and start writing it down.

“Okay, my first resolution is starting to eat healthy.” You say while writing it down too.

“I’m gonna quit selling weed Sweets” Eddie blurts out.

“Should I put it in your resolutions?” you ask, confused on if Eddie said this as something to put in his resolutions or if it was a statement.

“Put it in my resolutions. I sell this stash and then I’m done, I promise. Also add finding a legal job to my resolutions.” Eddie says.

You write it all down.

“I’ll add graduating to both our resolution.” You say while writing it down the more neatly possible.

Eddie nods. “Also add spend more time together.”

You write this down as well.

“I wanna chill out more.” You say. Because one thing to know about you is that you get irritated quickly and have a hard time chilling out, once you’re angry, no one can stop you.

“Good idea” Eddie says chuclking.

You throw the pen’s cap at him.

“Ouch!” Eddie says.

You ignore him and say, “What about seeing Metallica in concert?”

“Add this to our couple resolutions!” Eddie says, excited.

“You could also add record a song with Corroded Coffin?” you suggest.

“Oh my god, you’re a genius Sweets! Yes, add it!” Eddie tells you all excited.

“Okay my next resolution is going into a journalism course program.” You say while writing it down.

Eddie looks at you intently, he finds you so cute when you’re focusing.

“Add read more to mines please!” Eddie says.

You write it down and it gives you an idea. “And pick up a hobby for me!”

“You know that picking up a hobby could actually help you chill out?” Eddie asks, amused.

“Stop it Eddie…” you say frustrated. “I know I’m weird, you don’t need to remind it to me.”

“You’re my weirdo” he says before leaning in the table and kissing your lips.

“Okay! I think we have our resolutions!” you say, flattening the paper and putting it on the fridge.

“I put it there so you see them every day and I’m gonna write my own copy.

You weren’t able to write your own copy that day, because as soon as you put the list on the fridge, Eddie started cuddling you and it was too hard for you to leave the warmth and comfort of his arms.

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Lea’s advent calendar day 9 –  1987 is Gonna Be Our Year

@writerthreads writing prompt for Christmas (2022), prompt 25:

[New Years countdown/party]

Eddie x gn!reader

No trigger warning.

WC: ≈0.7k

December 31st, 1986

You and Eddie got invited to a small New Year Party organized by Steve Harrington. He decided that after the year you had, after fighting Vecna, after Eddie and Max spent months in the hospital, you deserved to get loose for a night. You and Eddie are currently living at yours since your parents decided to leave Hawkins. You’re in your bathroom, getting ready, while Eddie stands up before the wardrobe, his left hand clutching his cane to stay upright. He is pondering on which long sleeve to wear. Yes, since the Upside-Down incident, Eddie hides most of his body. Even from you and it hurts. It hurts because you’ve seen it all when you changed his bandages, it hurts because it would never change anything about the fact that you love and worship Eddie, and you told him, but he doesn’t believe you and it hurts.

When you get out of the bathroom, Eddie walks towards your shared bedroom door to close it.

“Wait Eds!” You speak.

“Yes Sweetheart?” He asks.

“Can I borrow your Iron Maiden sweater for tonight pretty please?” you ask, pouting.

Eddie walks closer to you, gently kisses your lips before saying. “How could I deny you?”. You smile and kiss Eddie’s cheek. “Thank you!” You tell him.

“Besides, I love when you’re wearing my clothes, and the idea that you will enter 1987 in my hoodie, no matter how cheesy it sounds really warms my heart. You let Eddie some privacy to change and once he is ready you leave. You help Eddie climb into your car, take his cane and put it in the back of the car.; %Eddie still can’t drive so you’re the one driving to Steve’s house.

You park your car in Steve’s driveway get out of the car, take Eddie’s cane from the backseat, and open the passenger door for him. You help Eddie out of the car.

“Go ahead, go get war, inside Steve’s house, I’m gonna take the little appetizers I cooked.” You tell Eddie while opening the trunk. Eddie doesn’t protest and gets inside. You get inside a little while after Eddie and you all seat on Steve’s sofa. You seat next to Eddie and you all start drinking, alcohol for the oldest and sodas for the younger kids. You all make small talks, checking up on everything. Your hand and Eddie’s stay intertwined all night. When midnight approaches, you all go outside. Eddie and you decide to take a little moment just for the two of you. You sit on the grass and look at the stars, in silence, holding hands.

After a while, you hear Robin telling you “Hey lovebirds! The countdown is going to start!”.

You start getting up, but Eddie pulls you back down. “Please, can we begin 1987 just the two of us.”

You nod. The countdown starts.

10

“I’m grateful to be alive” Eddie starts.

9

“I’m grateful to be your partner” you continue.

8

“Thank you for taking care of me.” Eddie says.

7

“I’ll do it forever” you answer smiling.

6

Eddie brings your hand to his lips.

5

“I love you” he earnestly tell you.

4

“I love you too.” You answer, blushing.

3

Eddie starts getting up and gets on one knee despite how much it hurts him. You gasp.

2

“My Sweetheart. I’m so grateful I met you, and I love you so much” Eddie starts.

1

“I also want to thank you for taking such good care of me and I promise to do the same for the rest of my life” he continues while you start tearing up.

HAPPY NEW YEAR ! You hear from your friends on the other side of Steve backyard.

“Will you do me the honor of marrying me? Will you do me the honor to start all of the next years of my life by your side?” You’re now fully crying.

You manage to choke out. “Yes Eddie…”. Eddie slips the engagement ring on your trembling hand, gets up with the help of his cane and kisses you like if there was no tomorrow. 1987 is going to be your year. Eddie’s and yours.