#Lea's advent calendar 2023

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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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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 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.

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Lea’s Advent Calendar day 16 – You had a crush on me?

@writerthreads writing prompt for Christmas (2022), prompt 16:

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

Eddie x gn!reader

No trigger warning.

WC: ≈ 0.9K

December 25th, 1986

Your brother got the brilliantly stupid idea of inviting your high school crush for Christmas. As you were supposed to spend Christmas just the two of you, Steve told you he’d invite another family: Eddie’s.

Steve and Eddie became really close during the event of the upside down that happened while you were at university. You know everything because you are Steve’s confident, and you also experienced the upside down before.

You’re currently in your room, freaking out. You don’t know how to dress, and you don’t know how to style your hair. You really want to make a good impression. You’ve always had a crush on Eddie, you were initially on the same grade and you’re one of the few people who never called him “freak”. You don’t know about it, but Eddie was grateful you never did, he always had a soft spot for you, despite being Steve Harrington’s sibling.

Steve comes into your room panicking, calling your name.

“Calm down bro, I’m not deaf! What?!” you ask.

“Do you have a comb pretty please?” Steve almost pleads.

You hand Steve your comb, rolling your eyes. Steve and his hair are an entire story, you could write pages and pages about it. Steve runs to his room to tame his hair while you put some perfume on.

The ringing of the doorbell startles you. It can only be one person, as the only people you invited are Eddie, his uncle and Max and they are all coming together. You quickly style your hair again while your brother opens the door and greets your three guests. You get downstairs and greet Max with a gentle hug before shaking Wayne’s hand. When it’s Eddie’s turn, it is awkward, none of you knows how to greet the other. In the end, Eddie shakes your hand. You’re a bit disappointed but try to hide it.

You knew seeing Eddie again would be awkward, but you thought your crush on him was over but apparently not. Your hands are clammy and your heart beats fast, you are wordless in front of him. You all sit in the dining room, and with your luck, Eddie sat next to you. You try your best to act calm and normal. You get up and asks everyone what they want to drink.

“A beer” Wayne and Eddie answer.

“Any fruit juice.” Max answers.

“A beer as well” Your brother tells you while sitting down.

You go to the kitchen and try to compose yourself; Eddie makes you feel a million things. Your heart is fluttering, your hands are clammy, and you have this unexplainable want to impress him.

You come back to the living room and give each beverage to the person who asked them. You sit back next to Eddie, and when you sit, your knees touch. You quickly squeeze your legs to create distance between the two of you again. You start drinking and everyone starts talking amongst each other, except you. You’re unusually quiet and two people in the room noticed it. One of them is obviously your brother, who looks at you with questioning eyes and the second one is Eddie himself. He gets closer to you and whisper. “Are you okay?”

All you can do is nod. Eddie being this close to you creates goosebumps in your neck. You decide to take a big gulp from your beer and gets up to bring the starters.

Everyone eats and you keep being silent, noticing that Eddie keeps glancing at you, which makes you even more nervous and hot in the face. At the end of the meal, you excuse yourself and go up to your room.

Eddie goes toward your brother and asks him if you’re okay to which Steve answers that Eddie should check up on you. Steve noticed how Eddie kept glancing at you and he knows you, he knows you were flustered by Eddie.

You hear a knock on your door and answer.

“Stay with the guest Steve!” without raising your head from your pillow.

“It’s Eddie.” Eddie answers “Are you okay Sweetheart?” he then asks.

“Oh Eddie…” you say, surprised. “Yeah, yeah… sorry…” you say, all nervous to be alone, with him, in your room.

“Did I do something wrong?” Eddie asks, thinking he might have scared or offended you.

“Oh no… no it’s not that Eddie…” You say, trying to be as vague as possible.

“Then what is it?” Eddie asks, getting closer to you and putting a stray hair behind your ear.

“’s weird to see you again…” you admit.

“You too, but in a good way.” Eddie tells you, sitting next to you on your bed.

“Did you know I had a crush on you?” you blurt out.

“No way!” Eddie says, his big brown eyes getting rounder by the second.

You shake your head as if it would erase what you just told him. Eddie takes your hand in yours.

“I had and still have a crush on you.” Eddie tells you. “There is nothing to be ashamed of.”

“I didn’t know before today, but I never got over my crush on you.” You admit, smiling softly.

Eddie smiles back and kisses the back of your hand.

“Eddie Munson? Would you like to be my date for my brother’s new years party?” You ask.

“I would gladly be your date” Eddie says smiling. For the first time since the Upside Down incident, Eddie didn’t feel like a monster because of his scars. You made him feel like after all, he isn’t a monster.

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Lea’s advent calendar day 24 - Fate

@writerthreads writing prompt for Christmas (2022), prompt 4 :

[Snowed in together in a bookstore]

Eddie x gn!reader

No trigger warning

WC: ≈ 0.6K words

December 23rd, 1985

Thank god your shift is almost over. It is 6 pm and your shift ends at 6:30 pm. There is only one client in the bookstore. He has long, curly hair, he is dressed in ripped jeans, a leather and a denim jacket and white and blue dirty reeboks. You find the young man pretty attractive and admire him discretely while pretending to put books on a shelf.

The young man is currently looking at the fantasy section of your bookstore, you smile. You consider giving him recommendations as you are a fantasy novels fan, but you decide against it, too shy and flustered to approach him.

After ten good minutes, the attractive young man checks out. He bought Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth by J.R.R Tolkien.

“Great choice” you tell him smiling and giving him his change.

“I really loved The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, so I thought I’d give it a try.” Eddie says, smiling at you.

Your heart is almost bursting out from your chest when Eddie smiles at you.

“I… I finished it last week and if you loved the other books, you’ll like it.” You tell him softly and a bit shyly.

Eddie takes the book and goes toward the door when he realized that it snowed so much that he is stuck in the bookstore, he turns around, clearing his throat.

“I think we are snowed in…” Eddie tells you, embarrassed.

You join Eddie towards the door to check and you really are snowed in.

“I’m so sorry…” You profusely apologize.

“Hey… hey… it’s not your fault darling.” Eddie tells you reassuringly.

You go sit on one of the stools you use to arrange the higher shelves.

“Make yourself at home” You tell Eddie.

Eddie sits on the ground and look at his book. Eddie can’t take the silence, so he ends up asking.

“Who’s your favorite character in The Lord of The Rings?”

“I really love Galadriel, she’s so powerful, she shows that women can be powerful too. What about you?” you ask.

“I really love Bilbo and Frodo, the two of them are supposed to be Hobbits and they end up becoming heroes. I wish I could be as brave as them.” Eddie tells you earnestly.

“I’m sure you’re braver than you give yourself credit for!” you exclaim.

“If someone were asking me to follow them into Mordor, I wouldn’t.” Eddie answers.

“It’s not about going into Mordor. You’re brave in your own way Eddie. Being yourself is being brave.” You tell him.

“You remember my name?” Eddie asks.

“Of course, I do, I’ve been sharing classes with you my entire childhood. It’s not because I graduated two years ago that I forgot you.” You say shyly.

Eddie tells your name to make sure he didn’t get it wrong.

“That’s me.” You answer.

“You’re really cute” he blurts out.

You start blushing and shyly look at your feet.

“Thank you, you’re not so bad yourself.” You tell him.

“After the snowstorm and all, would you be okay… I mean would it be okay if I took you out on a date?” Eddie says, nervously fidgeting. It is the first time ever you see Eddie nervous.

“It would me more than okay” you answer smiling.

“Okay! Then it settled!” Eddie says. “And let’s use this time we are stuck into the bookstore let’s get to know each other more!” Eddie suggests.

“That would be amazing too” You say smiling bigger than you’ve ever smiled.

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Lea's Calendar day 1: A dangerous festive decorative competition

@writerthreads writing prompt for Christmas (2022), prompt 13:

[neighborhood festive decoration competition becomes dangerously competitive]

Eddie x Gn!reader

No trigger warning

WC: ≈930

December 1st, 1985

You’re a high school senior living at Hawkins Trailer’s park. Your neighbor is Eddie and as each year, most families from the trailer parks decided to do their annual “festive decoration competition”. Obviously, this year, who decided to participate? The one and only Eddie Munson. You and Eddie aren’t enemies, you’ve known each other since forever. You’re not what we can call friends either, your acquaintances. Obviously, you have one huge secret: your crush on Eddie. But you won’t let a silly little crush destabilize you during the neighborhood festive decoration contest, never. You’ve been winning this contest since you were 10 years old! All your Christmas decorations are handmade and every year you create new ones. You always choose a theme for your Christmas decorations and this year, the theme you chose is based on the movie A Christmas Carol.

You’re currently at the grocery store to buy some materials to create the best homemade Christmas decorations possible. You’re looking for as many cheap materials as possible when suddenly, in one aisle you see Eddie. He is doing the same thing as you, looking for cheap material to create Christmas decorations. You try your best to stay hidden, but in vain, Eddie saw you.

“This year the Munson trailer will win” Eddie shoots in your direction confidently.

“Munson, I’ve been winning since I’m 10 years old, you can’t beat me, and you know it” You tell him. “You’re not even a Christmas guy” you add confidently.

Eddie is kind of hurt by your last statement, Christmas was his mom’s favorite holiday and since she passed away it is true that Eddie started to celebrate Halloween more than Christmas but Eddie cares about Christmas and if he wants to win this year’s neighborhood festive decoration contest it’s for his late mom. Eddie doesn’t answer you and keep doing his shopping, trying to avoid you as much as possible.

After your shopping, you go back to the trailer park. The only difference between Eddie and you is that you don’t drive and had to walk from the store to your trailer. Once you arrive, you can see Eddie is already back at his trailer and already started decorating.

Seeing Eddie already setting up pisses you off. If there is one thing to know about you it is your competitive spirit. You hate losing. And if there is one thing to know about Eddie, it is that he loves pissing you off.

“You’re finally here” Eddie tells you “I thought you gave up the competition.”

Eddie’s comment makes you red in the face and you bite back “Not everyone has the luxury of having a car Munson. But I’d rather have no car and respect the law than being a drug dealer with a car.”

Eddie chuckles at your comment. He knows you only bite back because you’re competitive. He knows you mean no harm.

“What theme have you decided to do this year?” Eddie curiously asks.

“Nice try Munson, but if you lack inspiration don’t go and ask me what I’m going to do, I’m not stupid. I’m not gonna tell other contestants what I’m going to do.

Days pass and both you and Eddie keep bickering every chance you get. Your decorations are starting to take shape, as well as Eddie’s. You recognized his theme as being the Gremlins, it made you chuckle. But the most interesting part is not that you know his theme but what happened when you went into his trailer when he was supposed to be out.

It was a Friday night, and as everyone knows Friday nights are Hellfire club nights. You knew, or at least thought that Eddie wouldn’t be home before late. You picked the Munson’s trailer lock and came inside. You were pleasantly surprised by Eddie’s decorations. He is going to be a tough opponent after all.

Another thing to know about you is that you hate playing dirty. The idea of destroying Eddie’s work crossed your mind, but you know how much time it takes to create such decorations. While you’re pondering on playing dirty or not, you hear footsteps behind you.

Eddie leans dangerously close to your ear and whispers: “What are you doing here pretty one”.  When Eddie talks, you get shivers running down your spine and your crush on the metalhead intensifies. You stay still and don’t answer while Eddie turns you around, look in your eyes and starts speaking again: “I didn’t know you were capable of playing dirty” Eddie says in a low, seductive voice. Before you get to process anything, Eddie’s hand is on your waist and his mouth is on yours. You both make out for a while before Eddie asks: “Now it’s fair that you tell me your theme.”

You’re so love drunk that you don’t even think twice before telling him. “I decided to base my decorations on A Christmas Carol, the movie.” But after 5 minutes of silence, you realize what you just did and get up. “I’m so stupid! God! Of course, you only did that to get an answer from me.” And leave Eddie’s trailer running.

You stayed inside your trailer, ashamed until the day of the results and in the end nor you or Eddie won the context. Later that day, Eddie came apologizing and explained that he really meant that kiss, and he is sorry for using it as a mean to get informations from you.

You might not have lost the contest, but you won a lover.

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Lea’s advent calendar day 12 – Not so Unrequited Feelings

@writerthreads writing prompt for Christmas (2022), prompt 23:

["Will you be my New Years kiss?"]

Eddie x gn!reader

TW: Recreational drug use

WC: ≈ 1K

December 31st, 1986

You and Eddie have been best friends forever, literally forever. Your moms were childhood best friends and you both always lived at Hawkins’ trailer park. You were born a few months apart, Eddie being the oldest. He loves bragging about it. For a long while, before Eddie met his friends and bandmates from the Hellfire club, it was the two of you against the world. You and Eddie are both 20 years old. You graduated in 1985, you had to repeat your senior year once. But opposite to Eddie, on your second attempt, you got your shit together and ended graduating. Now, you’re working at the Hideout four nights a week, as a bartender. You always manage to work on Tuesdays to see Corroded Coffin’s performances and cheer on your boyfriend. Eddie and you know everything about each other. Well, almost everything. You’ve been keeping a really huge secret from him since the two of you were 15. That’s when you developed a crush on Eddie. You know Eddie only sees you as a friend, his best friend even and you know telling him would ruin everything between the two of you. Eddie and you have been through thick and thin, and it would be a shame to ruin everything because of a stupid crush. You’ve always been one of the guys for Eddie. You’ve never, even drunk, or high, spilled the gut on your feelings for him.

This year, Eddie and you decided to spend Christmas just the two of you. You’re currently preparing all the snacks for your New Year Evening together. You put Cheetos on a bowl for Eddie and put your friendship mixtape on the record player. Once everything is settled, you sit on the porch of your trailer and wait for your best friend. Eddie arrives, ten minutes late. He smiles at you before kissing your forehead as a greeting. Every time he does that, your face heat up. You can’t help but imagine what it would feel like to kiss his plush lips, what it would feel like to be his. While you’re in your own little headspace, Eddie makes himself at home. He sits on the couch and smiles at the sight of his favorite Cheetos, as well as some of his favorite candies. It always warms Eddie’s heart how caring you are. You join Eddie on the trailer’s living room and sit crisscross on the couch.

“Wanna smoke a J lovey?” Eddie asks. Eddie’s been calling you lovey since you were little kids.

“Can you roll it for me please?” you ask.

Eddie nods, he is used to roll it for you, he’s never seen someone struggling to roll a joint as much as you do.

“Wanna share?” he asks.

You nod. Every time Eddie and you share a joint, you blush hard. Every time Eddie makes you notice that you’re blushing, you put the blame on the weed, but in fact, you love the fact his plush rosy lips and yours wrapped around the same joint.

When Eddie sees that you’re zoned out he calls your name.

“Where’d you go?” Eddie asks, chuckling.

“Sorry, I was just thinking.” You tell him while getting up. “Want a beer? I bought two six packs for tonight.”

“’course, thanks lovey.” Eddie says while rolling the joint.

You take two beers out of the fridge and hand one to Eddie.

Eddie puts the joint to his lips and starts inhaling deeply. You stare the whole time; he doesn’t notice and pass you the blunt. You both stay silent for a little while, only enjoying each other’s company, smoking, and drinking beer. Then Eddie and you tells you all about his future DnD campaign and you tell him all about the new songs you wrote for Corroded Coffin. You talk like that for a little while, relaxed when Eddie asks, out of the blue.

“Are you still a virgin?”

You start blushing hard. “Eddie if I wasn’t you’d know it” you tell him, embarrassed, hiding your face with your hands.

Eddie pulls on your hands to see your face and intensely looks at you. “Don’t be embarrassed lovey, I just asked because I was curious. You and Eddie starts getting high as a kite, that’s probably why he asked this question. After a few beats of silence, you confess.

“Never kissed anyone either.”

“Why that?” Eddie curiously asks.

“Because…” you sigh. “It’s complicated… I love someone who will never love me I want them too.”

“I know the feeling lovey, it’s the same here.” Eddie confesses.

“But I don’t wanna die stupid Eddie and as midnight approaches, will you be my New Years Kiss?” you ask him.

“Lovey… It’s the weed talking…” Eddie says.

“No, I want it.” You say, not caring to keep your secret anymore, you’re to high and drunk for that, and midnight is approaching?

“’kay.” Eddie breathes out. “If that’s what you want.” He says, still wondering if his feelings are requited and getting high made you spill the gut or if he is imagining things. You both patiently wait 11:59pm. Eddie leans in towards you and the two of you share a passionate, long-wanted kiss.

“Happy new year Eds” You tell him.

“Happy new year lovey” He answers.

A few minutes later, you both fall asleep on the couch and in each other’s arms.

When you wake up the next morning and remember what happened, you start to panic. But as soon as you try to untangle your limbs from Eddie’s he rouses.

He pushes you closer to your body and mumbles “need to talk.”

“No, we don’t.” You answer ashamed about yesterday.

“I’ve wanted to do that for a long time.” Eddie admits.

You freeze. “You don’t regret it?” you ask.

“Do you?” Eddie asks.

You shake your head no.

“Lovey, now that I know that my feelings are requited, would you do me the honor of going on a date with me?” Eddie asks.

You hug Eddie tight, nodding your head. What you thought was the biggest mistake of your life, turned out to be the biggest blessing of your life.

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Lea’s advent calendar day 6 – Scrooge Munson

@writerthreads writing prompt for Christmas (2022), prompt 29:

[Watching a Christmas movie]

Eddie x gn!reader

No trigger warning.

WC: ≈ 0.5K

December 6th, 1986

Eddie is still recovering from his demo-bats wounds and on bed rest. You’ve been taking care of him ever since he came back from the hospital. It is currently snowing outside and so you decided to go to family video and to rent the 1984 movie A Christmas Caroll. Since December started and Eddie kept complaining, you’ve been comparing Eddie to Scrooge in A Christmas Caroll, telling him that he was as cynical about Christmas as him. Eddie doesn’t want to watch a Christmas movie, but you managed to convince him with promise of hot cocoa and cuddles. You’re putting the VHS in Eddie’s VHS player and start making hot cocoa while the movie beginnings on a Christmas song. You can hear Eddie groan as soon as the movie starts.

“I will really call you Scrooge if you keep behaving like that” you playfully threaten him.

You sit next to Eddie on the couch, and he puts his head on your laps, you start playing with your hair while you’re both watching the movie, every time Scrooge complains about Christmas, Eddie agrees with him.

“Stop being so cynical” you tell him while taking a sip from your hot cocoa. You intently watch the movie while playing with Eddie’s hair and Eddie hums in content. Even though he doesn’t like Christmas, Eddie seems invested in the movie, agreeing with Scrooge from time to time.

“I really love the movie atmosphere” Eddie tells you “It’s not one of those cheesy Christmas romantic movie.”

“I knew you’d like the movie, Eddie.” You tell him while putting the covers on him as soon as you saw him starting to shiver.

When the supernatural event from the movie starts appearing you tell Eddie.

“If you keep being so cynical about Christmas, you’ll end up haunted like Scrooge.” You say chuckling.

Eddie chuckles at your comment. “Stop that, I don’t like Christmas, but I don’t despise it like Scrooge! Besides I’m not an old bitter person like him.” Eddie argues.

“Eddie, you are like him regarding Christmas! I promise, you’re Scrooge Munson.” You say smiling.

“I’m not like him because I accepted to watch this movie with you! And I have to admit it’s a good movie, it has a bit of a scary atmosphere, it’s better than its title suggested.”

The more you watch the movie, the more Eddie snuggles into you, holding you tight as if you were to disappear if he let you go. You love being snuggled to Eddie and watching this movie with him, hot cocoa in hand. Eddie ends up falling asleep in your arms before the end of the movie. Once the credits start rolling, you delicately put Eddie’s head back on the couch, eject the VHS and put it back in its box before kissing Eddie on the forehead.

“I love you, my Scrooge.” You tell him before covering him up with another blanket and going to the kitchen to make dinner.

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Lea’s advent calendar day 18 – A stressful Christmas Eve

@writerthreads writing prompt for Christmas (2022), prompt 1 :

[forced to plan and execute a Christmas feast]

Eddie x gn!reader

No trigger warning.

WC: ≈ 0.6K

December 24th, 1988

This ye ar, it is yours and Eddie’s turn to host the Christmas feast. You personally hate it as you’re someone really anxious. You also know that you’ll have to do most of the work by yourself as Eddie is really not organized. You woke up at 4 am this morning to start stuffing the turkey. Since you woke up, everything went wrong. First you slipped in the shower and got a huge bruise on your ribs, then when you went to stuff the turkey, you noticed that some ingredients where missing. You started stuffing the turkey and noticed that you forgot to by the seasoning. But it is currently 4 am which means no store is currently opened. You do the rest of the stuffing and wait 7 am to go to the store. Then, when you took your car to head to the store, your car didn’t want to start.

You rushed inside and woke Eddie up by shaking him.

“What?” he asks in a sleepy and groggy voice.

“Eds my car won’t start, and I really need to go to the store!” you tell him.

“Take my van and let me sleep, please baby.” Eddie says groaning.

“You sure?” You ask, doubtful.

“Yeah, the keys are in my leather jacket.” He says his arm on his eyes and voice still groggy.

You take the keys and drive to the store. Once at the store, the morning kept challenging you. While hurrying to the seasoning aisle, you drop a jar of tomato sauce from the shelf. The jar explodes on the ground, and it dirties your jean. You groan while picking it up and putting it on the closest bin. You buy the seasoning and drive home. You hurry to the kitchen, finish the stuffing and stuff the turkey. Then you put the turkey in the oven and start making the side dishes.

Eddie gets up around 9 am and rubs his eyes while pouring himself a cup of coffee.

“What can I do to help you?” he asks, voice still groggy from just waking up.

“Nothing Eddie!” you snap at him. “sorry… I’ve just spent the worse morning of my life… it’s all stressing me out…”

Eddie approaches you and take the spoon from your hand before turning you around and embracing you.

“Hey… Sweetheart, calm down… we’ll be between us, just the gang. You don’t have to go out of your way to make the perfect dinner, okay? Just take five minutes to yourself and calm down.”

You follow Eddie’s advice and take a moment to calm down. For the rest of the day, Eddie decided to clean up your shared trailer and help you as much as he can. Thankfully for you, your afternoon went more smoothly than your morning and even if you were really panicked and perfectionist, you finished cooking the dinner and even had a little bit of time to get ready. Eddie and you took a relaxing shower together and then you took the time to get ready and cuddle together for about 10 minutes. Then, Eddie set the table and took care of welcoming your guests.

Even if your day was stressful, you’ve spent an amazing Christmas Eve with your boyfriend and shared friends. Everyone complimented your cooking skills and at midnight, you all exchanged gifts.

When Eddie and you went to bed, he kissed the crown of your head.

“I’m really proud of you for today, Sweetheart.” Eddie told you.

“Thank you.” You tell him with a tired smile.

Then, Eddie opens his arms, and you crawl into them, setting your head on his chest. He plays in your hair to help you fall asleep. You both fall asleep, in the arms of the love of your lives, ready to spend Christmas at Wayne’s, surrounded by your amazing boyfriend and his uncle.

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Lea’s advent calendar day 8 – The snow battle

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

[playing in the snow]

Child Eddie Munson x Child!reader (gn)

No trigger warning.

WC: ≈1K

December 1978,

You and Eddie met a year ago when he moved in with his uncle. Since then, even if you aren’t in the same grade as you are 10 and he is 12, you’ve been attached to the hip. Creating a fantasy universe in which you’re the protagonists together, playing hide and seek in the trailer park every single day. Eddie also always shows you when he learn a new song on his acoustic guitar. He told you everything that happened with his old man. For the first time in his life, he can be himself and vulnerable with someone. At school, you spend your playtime together and eat your lunch together.

As you both live in the trailer parks, you both have poor families, but you always share your lunches with each other even if you don’t have much. You love playing with Eddie and now that it’s winter break Eddie and you spend all day together. When you woke up this morning, you were excited to see that it is snowing! You ask your dad, because you live alone with him, if yo can go to Eddie’s and spend the day with him. Your dad knows Eddie’s uncle, Wayne really well, they went to High School together, he already knew Al, Eddie’s dad.

And even if this Eddie kids seems way better than his dad, your dad still worries for you. He knows Wayne wouldn’t let Eddie hurt or manipulate you and Eddie has been nothing but kind with you and really polite with your dad, but still, he doesn’t want to see his precious child be dragged in illegal activities or hurt.

You beg your dad, doing your puppy dog eyes and he ends up accepting. You rush to your room to put warm clothes on, take the last drawing you made for Eddie. It is the both of you, trying to defeat a dragon, you put it in your coat pocket, closing it so the drawing doesn’t get soaked and gets out of the trailer, excited, after kissing your dad’s cheek.

You run to the Munson trailer and knock like if your life depended on it. Wayne wakes up and get up from the folding bed he sleeps in, groan and open the door. When he sees it’s you, he forces a smile while rubbing your eyes.

“My boy is still sleeping, but come in, I can fix you a breakfast” Wayne always does that for you. He knows your old dad can’t afford the tree meals a day, so you’ve always skipped breakfast, except when you were at the Munson’s.

You sit on the kitchen counter; Wayne helps you climb the bar stool before preparing you some hot cocoa and a bowl of cereals.

“How are you? He asks while fixing your breakfast.

“I’m amazing Mr Munson what about you? Look, it’s snowing !!!” You tell him excitedly.

Wayne chuckles at your excitement, he is really fond of you and happy his nephew found someone like you.

“I saw sweetie. You and Eddie are going to make a mess of yourselves, won’t you?”

You chuckle. “Maybe”. You start eating your breakfast when a half-asleep Eddie comes out f his bedroom, he stirs and groans “What time is it?”

“It’s 9am son.” Wayne answers.

He starts saying “Way too early for…” When he spots you eating breakfast on the counter. “Hey Sweetheart” he says with a huge smile.

“My Eddie bear!” you say while hopping off the stool, you fall and make Eddie fall with you, the both of you laughing. Eddie gets up and helps you up. “What are you doing here so early?” he asks in a dramatic voice.

You look at Eddie pouting “Not happy to see me?”

“’m always happy to see you” he answers.

“Then grab your coat and boots! It’s snowing Eds!” you say excitedly.

Eddie finds you adorable, he takes a piece of toast, quickly shove it into his mouth before going back to his bedroom. He puts on a jean, a plain back t-shirt, and the only hoodie he owns, way too big for him. He comes back in the living room, steals Wayne’s leather jacket, also way too big for him and runs outside with you. Eddie and you run outside, trying to find a calm spot, once you found one you say.

“We have this huge monster to kill!” you say pointing at a very scary tree and starting to make snowballs. Eddie, follow you lead, and you keep throwing snowballs at the tree, imagining it’s a big bad monster. You do that until Eddie throws one at you. Once he does this you look at him with a dramatic expression. “You traitor! The monster manipulated you!” You say while throwing a snowball at Eddie, and that’s how the first ever battle against each other in your adventures started. Eddie pretends to be controlled by the big bad and you have the biggest snowball fight of your life.

When the biggest snowball you’ve ever did hit Eddie, he dramatically falls to the ground, pretending to be wounded. You know its part of your game, but you still run towards him. He held his hand out and whispers. “You freed me from the monster’s control.”

You then lay on the snow right next to Eddie. For once, you both lay down next to one another in silence. Well, the silence doesn’t last long because you suddenly have an idea.

“Let’s make snow angels!” you say, rubbing your legs and arms on the snow. Eddie mimics you and then gets up, he helps you get up, careful of not ruining your snow angels. Eddie can see you’re shivering, he takes off the leather jacket, put it on your shoulders. It’s even bigger on you, you hold hands and make a run for the Munson’s trailer where hot cocoa is waiting for you. Before taking your coat off, you take the drawing out and hand it to Eddie. He smiles at the drawing and hug you tight. “Thank you,” Eddie says all emotional. Eddie isn’t used to small attentions like that.

“I love you Eddie bear,” you tell him.

“I love you too Sweetheart.” He answers.

Then you drink hot cocoa and Eddie spends the afternoon trying to teach you guitar in the small but homey Munson trailer.

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Lea’s advent calendar day 21 – You’re doing great

@writerthreads writing prompt for Christmas (2022), prompt 16:

[going ice skating]

Eddie x gn!reader

No trigger warning.

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December 21st, 1985

Eddie and you have been dating for three months now and you basically live at his trailer given how much time you spend at Eddie’s.

The only inconvenient difference between you and Eddie is that you’re an early bird while Eddie sleeps until 11 am. It is 7 am and you just woke up. You get up, go take a shower and poor yourself a cup of coffee. While sipping your coffee, you think about what Eddie, and you could do. Then, you remember that, a few towns over, you saw an ice-skating ring and think it would be a romantic activity to do with your boyfriend. You start packing yours and Eddie’s gloves and scarf in a bag.

When Eddie wakes up, around 11 am, you’re already dressed in sweatpants, a t-shirt and a sweat.

“Where are we going?” Eddie asks while rubbing his eyes.

“Ice-skating!” You say excited “It’s a date!”

Eddie groans. “I can’t ice-skate for the life of me Sweetheart…”

“I’ll teach you, come on Eddie it’ll be fun.” You say looking at him with your puppy dog eyes. You know Eddie can’t deny you when you do this.

Eddie pours himself a cup of coffee and sigh. “Fine… But don’t make fun of me!” Eddie warns.

“As if I were like that.” You say, rolling your eyes.

“Remember when you taught me how to ride a horse? You kept mocking me…” Eddie says sighing.

“I’m sorry about that.” You say before kissing his nose. “I can’t promise I won’t laugh if you fall but I won’t make fun of you.” You say softly, lingering close to Eddie’s face before kissing his lips.

Eddie eats a breakfast and get ready. You then both head out to the van and Eddie finds really cute how excited you are. He drives to the next town over and parks on the ice-skating rink parking lot.

Eddie smiles at how excited you are, you’re taking his hand and practically running. You go to the cash desk and buy to tickets, they then ask you your shoe size and you put on the ice skates, and as soon as Eddie tries to get up, he falls. Thank god you were close and able to slow his fall, avoiding that his head hit the ground.

“Ouch” Eddie says.

“’s gonna be fine Eds” you say, extending your hand to him to help him up.

“Stay close to the edge so you can grip t if needed. And if you need to hold my hand you can.” You tell him softly.

When Eddie sees how comfortable you are on ice-skate, he can’t help but feel self-conscious.

“’m sorry… I never did this before” Eddie says.

“I know my love, but I’ll teach you.” You show Eddie how to move forward a bit faster. Eddie falls twice, but every time you both laugh it off. After an hour, Eddie is almost as comfortable as you on ice-skate, and you both start dancing in the middle of the ice-skating ring.

Eddie twirls you around and kisses you passionately, in the middle of the ice-skating ring. After ice-skating for a while, Eddie and you go grab a waffle before heading to his trailer and cuddling together all evening long.