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h-i-raeth · 2 years ago

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"Alternate Version (Trapped In The Upside Down)" please!

“Robin.”

He doesn’t have to say anything else. “I’ll help Dustin.”

Nancy takes Dustin’s other side, and Steve hoists Eddie’s unmoving body up as gently as he can. Now that he’s holding him, he can tell he’s breathing--fucking faintly, but he’s breathing.

The only problem is, by the time they hobble back to the Munson’s trailer, the gate is slowly closing. And the rope is gone.

Nancy goes first, with the half of the rope that had been left on this side. She manages to stick the landing, bruised but probably not injured. Re-ties the sheets to reform the rope, replaces the mattress… And the gate keeps shrinking.

Steve’s not a math person, but he knows they’re running out of time.

It takes too long to hoist Dustin through safely. Robin might be able to squeeze past, but they have no chance of getting Eddie’s dead weight to clear the gate in time. And Steve’s not leaving him behind.

#wip wednesday #no tag for this one yet #see this is primarily a 'Barb has been alive in the upside down this entire time she just looked very dead when El checked on her' fic #but it is Also a 'the gang ends up taking an unwilling sleepover in the upside down' fic #'the gang' being Steve and Eddie & probably Robin (I'm waffling about whether I can convince her to join the topside crew)#Max is completely fine btw (that's why the gates are closing. interrupted rituals & all that jazz)#(it is Also a 'I fit in the most self-indulgent aspects of my other Barb Lives AUs in a relatively short span of time' fic)#for there's no guarantee that we'll ever come home

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