#Please Stay

[mellblogss]

I need someone to stay and not run away when things get hard.

[roadstostray]

if you run, you'll run right back again

[thepeacefulgarden]

And all of these are valid.

[stevesbipanic]

@steddieangstyaugust Day 13: "Please, stay."

When Eddie first woke up in hospital he was loud, he screamed in terror, terrified by the bright lights and unfamiliar faces. Wayne was the one in the room but Eddie was sedated before he saw him or said anything.

The next time Eddie woke up he was quiet, he didn't say anything or look at anyone. He would state blankly at the far wall or down at his sheets. He wouldn't let anyone touch him except for the occasional test of his vitals. He didn't acknowledge Wayne or any of his visitors.

Steve didn't know if he was welcome, he'd been asking Wayne when he passed him on the way to Max or Dustin in the car ride home how Eddie was doing but he hadn't gone to see him. What was Steve going to do that the others couldn't.

That was until he passed by Eddie's room and saw the boy had no visitors, it was nighttime so Dustin was at home, and Wayne must've had to head back to work, only so much time he could take off from it.

Steve couldn't stand the thought of Eddie being in there all alone, he knew from experience how terrifying hospitals were alone. He opened the door carefully letting his presence be known. Eddie's eyes snapped towards his quickly as he moved towards the bed.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have come in here I just didn't want you to be alone, I should go."

Eddie's hand darted out grabbing Steve's wrist, it was the first movement they'd seen of him in awhile let alone touching someone.

"Please, stay."

What was Steve meant to do but oblige. He sat down in the chair by the bedside, Eddie fingers slid down until their fingers were intertwined.

"I keep waiting for them to come back, the bats. I close my eyes and they're right in front of me again."

Steve rubbed his thumb against Eddie's hand soothingly.

"You..."

Steve waited for him to continue.

"You feel safe. You saved us from the bats once before, you just, you feel safe, Steve."

"Pretty sure a certain metalhead hero saved me from them first."

A ghost of a smile moved across Eddie's face and Steve had never felt so much hope.

"I'll protect you, Eds, I'll be here as long as you need me."

Steve kept that promise, staying by Eddie's side forever.

[kelpywheat]

Since Boygenius sweeped this year, here ya go.

[thegoosewitch]

reasons to stay #30

bagels 🥯 <3333

[libsanonymous]

favor, please stay, and graceland too lore summarized

[churchofthemimic]

locked inside a cage of rooms and hallways

[imbalancesokka]

always an angel never a god 🦷🦷🦷

[bittersweetbangers]

don’t do this, cas (please stay)

[femninedelusions]

Lucy Dacus appreciation post bc I’ve posted a lot of Julien recently and she’s perfect and a real life angel maybe?

[the-forest-trail]

You will be better than who you were before.

You just have to stay alive long enough to see it.

[edge-of-the-end]

my faves

[thepeacefulgarden]

[strawberryloveyyy]

This is a Lucy Dacus appreciation post!!!

[marejadilla]

Daliah L Ammar, "The Flood (Please Stay)", 2014, oil on canvas. B. 1995, Philadelphia, Palestinian-American artist & designer based in EEUU.