#dustin henderson x yn

[munsonsprincess11111]

It wasn't even a secret...

Eddie munson x reader

Summary: you and Eddie are married even have a new born. But thr younger hellfire members don't know?

Dustin Henderson walks into the munson trailer and hears loud music coming from Eddie's room. He approaches the room and through the crack of the door and sees a manicured hand grabbing at Eddie's bedside table only to see Eddie's not ringed hand grab it and pull it out of sight.

That's all he saw, but he got the point and left the trailer and sat in Eddie's van, which he never locked until he saw the lady exit.

But what Dustin didn't see was your wedding ring on top of Eddie's on the bedside table.

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Months later Dustin was washing his hands in the munson bathroom when he threw the paper towel in the trash he saw a pregnancy test. It was positive. Dustin didn't mention it to Eddie or anyone thinking it was probably private.

What Dustin didn't see was how Eddie hugged you when the test came back positive as you both cried happy tears and kissed sweetly.

-

Months later Dustin and Mike approach the hellfire table and notice Eddie's not there. Weird they thought he wanted to graduate this year why would he be having time off.

"Where's Eddie?" Dustin asked setting his tray down. Gareth looks at Dustin and frowns. "What do you mean where's Eddie you know he isn't gonna be in for A few weeks." Gareth says confused.

Only then do Gareth, Doug and Jeff realise they genuinely do not know. They wasn't gonna be the ones to tell him so that's how they ended up at Eddie munson trailer skipping school.

Eddie was fast asleep an arm draped over you. He awoke suddenly to banging on the door cursing under his breath. He stands up and stretched kissing your head and peaking into the bassinet next to your side of the bed, only to see his week old daughter starring up at him with her wide brown eyes.

"Hey little lady." HE says picking her up making sure to support her head. He cradles her and heads to the door to let you sleep a bit longer. He walks into the kitchen and puts the kettle on to warm a bottle for his daughter haley. Then he walks to the front door expecting Wayne or someone.

Only to be met with a stunned Dustin and Mike. "Hello?" Eddie says confused. He let's them in as they stare at him in shock. "Whats going on guys?" Eddie asked slightly freaked out hy the look on the twos face.

"You have a baby?!" Dustin half yells.

"Dude shut the fuck up." Eddie says annoyed bouncing his daughter slightly so she doesn't cry from Dustins outburst.

"No I won't you have a baby and you didn't tell us what the fuck." Dustin half yells again.

Eddie looks between the boys with a look of confusion on his face. You walk out of your bedroom into the living room after hearing all the shouting.

"What's going on?" You ask crossing your arms over your chest. Both the teens and Eddie look at you. Your stood confused. Haley then cries and everyone looks at her.

Eddie walks over to you sliding her into your arms and she immediately stops crying as you bounce her and cradle her making soft shh noises. "Whose that's?" Mike askes Eddie's attention turning from you and haley to the two teens but you speak up. "His wife." You answer looking at the two boys

"You have a baby and a wife. How didn't we know that." Dustin says eyes wide.

"OK everyone stop, fuck me. Right. I thought you two knew but clearly you don't. This is my wife y/n who I've definitely told you about. The one I've been dating since I was like 15 and am now married to?" Eddie says waving his arms infant of you as you smile.

"OH we thought that was a cruel joke." Mike says scratching his head. Eddie looks at the boys in disbelief.

"Wow OK. This is y/n and my daughter haley who I'm gonna go with you also thought was a joke." Eddie says questionably getting nods from the boys.

"Y/n this is Dustin and Mike." Eddie says pointing at the boys rubbing his eyes.

"Hi nice to meet you?" You say still confused.

The boys says hello awkwardly.

"OK, now that's cleared up. Is that really why you came here." Eddie asks, slightly annoyed. The boys nod and explain that Gareth wouldn't tell them. You're starring at Eddie, who's clearly stressed and tired. Then, down to the little baby in your arms.

Eddie warms a baby bottle while the two teens talk to Eddie about the baby as you sit on the couch in the living room. He walks in handing you the warm bottle. "Can you feed her?" You ask quietly. But Eddie hears you.

"Yeh, yeh of course sweetheart." Eddie says sitting on the couch. You pass her to Eddie once he's sat along with her bottle kissing Eddie's cheek then haleys head before walking to your bedroom to get stuff for A shower.

"SO you like have a child." Dustin says watching Eddie feed his daughter the bottle.

"Yes and a wife." Eddie answers.

"And you've been married..." Mike says

"2 years been together for 5." Eddie says, setting the bottle by his feet, leaning back on the couch and laying the baby on his chest, gently patting her back.

"And the others knew." Dustin says as Eddie nods.

"How long are you off school?" Mike askes.

"I'm just going back to do my finals. I won't be there any other time." Eddie says as the tiny baby burps. The two nod.

Moments later you walk back in, wearing a pyjama vest and Eddie's sweats. Your stomach has shrunk since the birth of haley and it makes Eddie smile seeing you comfortable enough to wear the vest as when she was first born you wouldn't take off his hoodie.

Not that it mattered to Eddie he loved you every shape and form and you grew his baby in you. When you mentioned your insecurity to Eddie just before haley was born he comforted you and said, "either way your sexy no matter what n you've got me. If.. that helps? Probably not but you get my gist."

You sat next to Eddie and he handed you haley. "Common ill take you two home no point in going back to school." Eddie says. He too the teens to Dustin house and then came straight home.

He entered thr trailer and headed to your bedroom to see haley asleep on your shared bed and you sat up looking at her giving Eddie a smile when he entered the room. Eddie strips of everything but his boxers.

"Now give me a twirl." You says smiling at him from the bed.

He turns slowly as you clap quietly before laying on his side next to you. "SO those are two of your friends?" You say raising your brows and Eddie nods putting an arm over your waist.

Eddie looks at you then to his daughter and smiles. Taking your hand and kissing it. You lean down and kiss him on the lips.

"I love you." HE says as your foreheads touch.

"I love you too."

"I love you more."

"I love you most." You smirk kissing him again.

Yeah Eddie was a happy man. He may still be in school but he's got everything he wants Sat right on his bed. His beautiful wife and tiny daughter.

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Months later he graduated walking off the stage hugging you nice and tight laying a sweet kiss on your lips. Wayne holding 3 month old haley who's arm where flapping for Eddie. He took her from Wayne kissing her nose as she open mouthed his cheek.

The stunned look on Jason's face to see Eddie munson holding a baby in one arm with his hair and his other arm around your waist as your hand was behind haleys head. Eddie smirked to himself kissing your head. Wayne shooting him a proud smile and nod. The others soon came running over. "Finally man thought you was gonna end up going to school with haley." Gareth says smirking at Eddie.

"Shut up Gareth." You says earning a laugh out of Eddie.

"Y/n I'm wounded." Gareth says shocked.

"You heard the lady shut up." Eddie says smirking.

Gareth rolls his eyes.

Everyone stands and talks. Eddie saying haley needs feeding so you guys have to go. In reality you had fed her before and Eddie just wanted to go home.

"I am so proud of you." You say kissing his cheek.

"Yeah? Do I get a special treat for how proud you are." Eddie smirks.

"Maybe... you'll see when haleys in bed." You say smirking at him running a hand through haleys curls.

Yeah Eddie was right. 86 was definitely his year.

[reidshearts]

new roomie?

pairing: steve harrington x fem!henderson reader

content: swearing, mentions of drugs, idiot steve

y/n henderson had always envies her younger brother. I mean come on, how had Dustin Henderson manage to gain five more friends than her. the only friend y/n had was the infamous willow roth, ex-cheerleader at hawkins high and your current roommate at college. they had been strangers before bumping into each other at a fresher's week party, coincidently studying the same subject; law.

you two became best friends and lived in the same flat until willow got suspended for multiple instances of being caught with weed on the campus along with other drugs, however with a record as clean as her's and straight grades she got lucky and no law enforcements were called.

"do your seriously have to leave!", you exclaimed, laying on your back on the bed with your head dangling off "- i mean it wasn't that bad...right will?"

your best friends mouth curled into a smile as she witnessed your antics, "it was going to happen eventually y/n, anyways robin was telling me about this hot new guy who joined, something about going to high school with him back in Hawkins". now this caught your attention as you roll off the bed with a thud onto your stomach.

"first of all ouch and secondly you say that as if im obsessed and fall in love with every guy i see!" you huff, sitting up against your bed, earning a look of disbelief from willow.

"alright fine! how hot on a scale of ten? also what subject is he taking? does he have a girlfriend because that is the biggest question i need to know-"

"-slow down y/n/n ! and to answer your questions, ten out of ten, i think some sports or doctor related thing, and i dont know ask robin when you next see her! anyways shouldn't you start cleaning the flat since your new roomie should be arriving in 20 minutes?!" replies willow with a hand on her hip.

"jeez okay mum!", reluctantly standing from your position on the floor to fling yourself into willows arms "but first a goodbye hug!!"

after 10 more minutes of goodbyes with lots of tears and laughing, you began the cleaning which didn't take too long seeing as all the rooms were tiny! while wiping the counters in the kitchen you heard the jingle of keys and the opening of the front door, so you threw the cloth in the sink and flattened out your skirt before making your way into the view of the door.

you slightly flinch as the door slammed against the wall behind it as her new roommate came into view lugging suitcases and a backpack inside, looking up at the stranger before you, you struggled to get the words out.

My gods he was pretty, mousy brunette hair with lighter brown highlights were illuminated from the sun streaming through the kitchen blinds. you didn't know whether it was from the heat or if he was naturally glowing that caused your eyes to widen as you shamelessly checked him out. clearing your throat you draw your eyes away and caught yourself from where they were to soon follow his torso down lower and smile back up at him.

"y/n", you exclaimed loudly before clearing your throat and beginning again , "Sorry hi I'm y/n henderson!"

Shaking his head at the abruptness as he takes his turn to admire you and he smiles widely before if falls with shock and confusion after processing what you had just said, "Henderson? shit"

He can not be falling for dustin's sister!

[keepingupwiththestrangerthings]

Steve: I can’t say you’re beautiful, you know why?

Y/n: no… why?

Steve: because beauty’s on the inside and I haven’t been inside you yet

Y/n: *goes completely red*

Dustin: shit Steve! I’m right here! I don’t need to know all your sharing saliva stuff!

Robin: correction, there has been no sharing saliva only Steve wanking because he is a dingus!

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"Summer of '87" {Chapter 7}

She's baaack!

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Chapter 6

Chapter 8

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“I’m sorry, what?” Dutin blinked several times as he tried to process what you had just said. 

“I’m…I’m your sister….”

“Yeah I got that,” he cut you off. “But why exactly do you think that?” 

“...We have the same dad,” you explained.

“What?” He now laughed. “That’s not-- I don’t know who you think you are, but--”

“Our dad cheated on my mom with your mom, and then--” you tried to go on but Dustin wasn't having it.

“Fuck you!!” he suddenly yelled angrily. “My mom is not a homewrecker!” 

“I’m not saying that!” You argued defensively. “It was a one time thing, and then--”

“Oh so “our” dead beat dad had a one night stand with my mom and then went back to his loving family?” he spat. 

“Well, i mean he’s kind of a dick--”

“Well that explains where you get it from.” Dustin scoffed.

“HEY,” Eddie suddenly spoke up loudly. “Not cool, Henderson,”

“And you? Sucked in by a pair of pretty eyes? Really? You just let her feed you a story and brought her here?!” Dustin gestured angrily at Eddie.

“It’s not a story!” You argued. 

“Look man, i get you’re upset, I do. But she’s telling the truth--” 

“HOW do you know that?” Dustin challenged him.

Eddie stared at the two of you for several moments at the question. How did he know? He had just taken you at your word, no questions asked. But-- you knew Dustin’s name, that had to mean something right? And you had no idea who Eddie was, so you wouldn’t lie just to come with them, right? 

“...I--I don’t,” he finally admitted softly.

“Eddie!” you cried tearfully. “Really?”

“Well it’s true!” He bit his lip with glassy eyes. “I--I just trusted your word for it,” 

“And you don’t now?”

“I didn’t say that,” he shook his head. “I’m just stating facts,” 

“Nah,” Dustin shook his own head. “I see what’s goin’ on. YOU told Eddie some sob story so you could get in his pants!”

“Dust I at least know that is not true,” Eddie defended you. “We haven’t even kissed! By HER choice!” 

“Yeah, of course not dipshit!” Dustin yelled in rage. “She’s playing you! She probably knows who you are, going after your money and--” 

“Alright, that’s enough.” Eddie cut him off his angry spiel. “I know you gotta be freakin’ out over all this, it’s a lot. But listen Henderson, the last couple days I’ve spent with your sister--”

“She is NOT my sister!” Dustin backed away.

“Y/N,” Eddie changed his misnomer. “Look man if you just got to know her, I promise--” 

“I don’t wanna get to know her!” Dustin screamed. “I’m not gonna let some random chick seduce my best friend and use ME to do it!” 

And with that he turned and stomped off the bus, leaving the two of you alone. 

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“....That could’ve gone better,” Eddie said in a playful tone.

“Ha ha,” you sighed sarcastically as you flopped onto the couch and put your hands over your face. 

“Don’t worry,” He sat next to you and rubbed your leg. “He’ll come around--”

“And what if he doesn’t?!” You suddenly sat up. “What if he convinces your whole friend group that I’m just some gold digging groupie?!”

“Well, i know he can’t convince ALL of them,” he stroked your face. “The guys already trust you, hell they even invited you!”

He paused. 

“Shit, I should’ve told Henderson that!”

“It’s okay, Eddie,” you put a hand to his cheek. “I’m sure it wouldn’t have mattered,”

“But it might have,” He sighed as he put his hand over yours on his face. “I just--- I let him get into my head for a split second. I’m sorry, princess,”

“It’s okay,” you assured him. “Really,” 

You both sat there in silence for a moment, when you noticed Eddie glancing down at your lips. 

“....You know I have money to pay Gareth,” He smirked softly. 

“Eddie!” You hit him playfully. “One setback is not gonna derail my plans on bonding with my brother,” 

“But he already thinks we’re sleeping together!”

“And we told him we weren’t!” you pointed out. “And I’m not gonna already start lying to him, he already thinks I am!” 

“Okay, okay,” Eddie sighed in defeat. “I just wanted to make you feel better,” 

“I appreciate the gesture,” You giggled while playing with his hair. 

“Anytime,” he smiled back before kissing your forehead. 

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After the boys were settled, Eddie retrieved his old van from the trailer park and drove you to your friend Amanda’s house. She came running out to greet you when she heard you pull up.

“Y/N!” She squealed “I missed you! I--” 

She suddenly recognized Eddie and stopped mid-sentence. 

“Holy shit,” she gasped. “You’re Eddie Munson,” 

“Guilty,” he chuckled. “Nice to meet a fan,”

“A FAN?” She suddenly blurted out angrily. “I am not a fan!” 

Both of your faces dropped in this weird turn of events. 

“You’re not?” He asked curiously. 

“No!” Amanda snapped. “You don’t even remember me, do you?” 

“I….” he looked between the two of you nervously. “No…?”

“Last summer? The Hideout?” She asked as if that would trigger Eddie’s memory. Unfortunately, it did not. 

“I…” He made a face. “I’m sorry, i don’t--”

“WE SLEPT TOGETHER!!!!” She screamed angrily. “And you never called me!” 

“OH,” Eddie’s eyes suddenly widened in recognition.. “Oh shit. Mandy…”

“SERIOUSLY Eddie?!” you suddenly interjected coldly. How could he not remember sleeping with anybody? Let alone one of your closest friends. 

“Geez, look I’m really sorry Mandy--”

“Amanda,” she corrected him curtly. 

“Amanda.” Eddie coughed uncomfortably. “I just-- we just….the scouts were in the audience that night, and the next day things just kinda--- took off,” 

“And now what, he’s got you under his spell too?” Amanda ignored him as she glared at you. 

“What? NO!” You gestured wildly. “We haven’t even slept together!”

“YET,” Amanda kept her death glare.

“Come on Man-- Amanda,” Eddie cooed. “It was a long time ago. You know I would’ve called you--” 

Your eyes were now widened at his sudden “Casanova” act. Was he serious right now?!

“Get your hands off me!” Amanda swatted at him. “And Y/N, you can have him.” 

She stared to walk away, making you chase after her. 

“Mandy!” You called. “But what about--”

“Go shack up with Mr. Rock Star, for all I care,” she spat at you before going in her house and slamming the door. 

You stood there just staring, reeling from the last few minutes. After a moment, Eddie came and put a shoulder on yours.

“Well, you can always stay with me--” 

“Don’t,” you spun away from his touch, leaving him bewildered. 

“What?” he asked. “Why--?”

“WHat the hell was that?!” You gestured towards Amanda’s house. “You hit on her RIGHT in front of me!” 

“Aw come on princess,” he laughed. “I was just trying to ease the tension!” 

“How exactly is hitting on your ex in front of your new-- WHATEVER,” you grunted in frustration. 

“She’s not my ex!” he argued. “She’s some rando i slept with--”

“Like I will be?” you scowled. 

“That’s not fair,” he replied in a very hurt tone. “I haven’t done anything--”

“Not YET,” You repeated Amanda’s comment. “What was that just now back at the bus? Huh? You get me back here and suddenly what, wanna make me one of the many?” 

“First of all, it’s not ‘one of the many’,” he half laughed like it was the most ridiculous thought that he had slept with tons of women. “It’s one of the FEW, at best,” 

“Do you think you’re making this better?” you narrowed your eyes. 

“Look princess, I--”

“Y/N,” you corrected him coldly, as Amanda did. 

“...Y/N,” he said softly with a face that looked like he was a puppy you just kicked. “I was stupid back then, okay?” 

“Oh yeah, ‘back then’,” you laughed sarcastically. “A whole year ago,”

“I was going through something!” he suddenly became enraged as he flashed back to last summer. It had only been a few months since Vecna, and he had just gotten out of the hospital when he had played that show at The HIdeout.

 It was packed; everyone had come to see the “Hero of Hawkins.” He couldn’t deny it, it was a rush. It felt amazing to be seen for the first time as something other than the town Freak. He had let it get to his head a bit. He had a few beers after the show, schmoozing with “Fans” and agents. And maybe he had fooled around with a few guys, a few girls. He just wanted to soak up every minute of not being an outcast. 

“I’m not gonna sit here and defend how I chose to deal with everything that happened to me, especially to you!” 

“Oh yeah, everything that happened,” you laughed again. “Yeah it must’ve been so hard with girls throwing themselves at you--”

“I’m talking about what I had to go through to get there!” He got in your face. “AND I didn’t even do it for that!” 

He stepped back as his hands shook with rage, thinking back to that night. That horrible night.

“I almost DIED, Y/N.” He spoke with a sharp tongue. “I was READY to die. For your brother. For my friends. For this fucking town who HATED me!”

He trembled with rage as he walked around explaining his story. 

“When i was hanging by that rope climbing out of the Upside Down, I remember the exact moment I knew i had to…sacrifice myself.”

His voice became low as he sat down on the curb. 

“I--I cut the rope so Dustin couldn’t come after me, i knew i had to buy the others more time. Nobody else could do it but me--”

He spoke out loud almost as if he was in a trance, recalling the events. Logically he knew you had no context about what he was on about, but he told the tale nonetheless. 

You just watched on in horror, suddenly regretting everything you had yelled at him for. He was right, you had no idea what he went through. He had vaguely described it when he told you about Vecna, but not in detail like this.

“I got on that bike and I rode like hell. I rode so fast and so hard, I thought my legs were going to burst into flame right from under me. And then I felt one of the bats snare me right in the neck--” 

He paused to catch his breath as tears clogged his throat. You sat next to him but didn’t touch him, not wanting to interrupt his monologue. 

“I fell to the ground, and all I felt was pain. Constant pain. Stabbing, knawing, the sounds that they made…” 

He paused again as he let a quiet, quick sob come out before continuing. 

“I knew I was dying, that I was gonna die. I waited for it, just listening to their horrible screeches, but then-- it just stopped.”

“Stopped?” you said, snapping him out of it. He jerked his head to face you, suddenly realizing you had been there this whole time. 

“Yeah, stopped.” He repeated softly as he gently laid his hand next to yours on the pavement. You interlaced your fingers together and squeezed his hand in comfort. 

“It was like they all just-- died at once. They fell to the ground and it was just…silence.” he gulped. 

“And then I heard Dustin yelling my name,” He looked down as his voice really began to shake. “Part of me was so pissed he had come after me, and part of me was so angry at myself that he was going to see me like that, but-- i was also so grateful i wasn't going to die alone,”

“Oh Eddie,” you whispered while gripping his hand tighter. You didn’t want to cry and make this about you, but hearing him speak in such detail about the hell he went through, it made you want to sob. 

“I could feel myself shutting down, which is ironic because I mean I started losing feeling in everything. First my legs, then my torso. I told Henderson he had to look after the little sheeples, I wanted to give him something he could have to call his own. A legacy. Something i could give him since i wouldn’t be around to give him anything else--” 

He looked down once more as you saw droplets of tears stain the pavement.

“I felt like I was letting him down, leaving him all alone like that. I know he has his friends, but-- what we had was special. A true brother bond. God I wanted so badly to live in that moment, but not for myself. For him.”

“Eddie….” you laid your head on his shoulder. 

“I told him I loved him,” he admitted. “I’ve never told ANYONE that, except for Wayne. Once.” 

He finally looked at you. 

“And I do. I really love that little guy,” he said before finally breaking down in your arms. 

You just sat there for a long while, letting him cry in your arms and trying not to cry too hard yourself. You didn’t care if Mandy could see you, all you wanted to do in that moment was make him feel better. Make him feel safe.

After a few more minutes, Eddie began to compose himself before looking into your teary eyes. His eyes were bloodshot from crying so hard, his lips were chapped from dehydration. He stared at you with pure childlike emotion, a broken little boy. 

The gap between you began to close as his hands went to the back of your neck, pulling you closer slowly. You knew you shouldn’t let this happen; not now. He was distraught, he was vulnerable. But for some reason you just let him pull you closer until your lips brushed together tenderly. 

The kiss became more intense as soon as your lips were locked together. Both of Eddie’s hands went into your hair as he pressed harder and licked your lips, asking for entrance. You immediately opened your mouth slightly as your own tongue went into his mouth. He roamed your mouth with his tongue aggressively, as if he was trying to taste every inch of you. 

After a few seconds you both pulled apart, breathing heavily. 

“Y/N, I--” he began to speak but you put a finger over his lips. 

“Shh, not here. Not now, okay?” you whispered with a small smile. You didn’t want him to say something he didn’t mean just because you two were having an intimate moment. 

“....Okay,” he nodded in understanding. 

He held your hand as he helped you stand up, walking back towards the van with you still in his grasp.

“Y’know, you really can stay with me. I won’t try anything--”

“I think we’re past that,” you blushed. “But--- yeah, that would be nice.” 

You and Eddie “shacked” up--- that would totally help your mission with Dustin and keep the bet. Right?

…..Riiiiight.

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Chapter 7: MadMax

[Previous Chapter]

YN groaned as she rubbed her eyes, leaning back in her chair as Eddie sat on her bed and wrote in his notebook.

"Should I add in the wrathful king to this game?" He blurted out, turning to her.

Instead of turning around, she leaned her head back and looked at him upside down. 

"What's his reason for being wrathful?" She asked, raising her brow.

He looked back at his notebook, flipping a few pages back before stopping. "His wife had been possessed and cursed. And she sacrificed her life to protect them all from dying."

YN hummed before nodding. "Yeah, sure. Maybe even add in her ghost. Like it's not her, but a twisted projection of her to manipulate the King even more."

Eddie grins and nods his head, grabbing his pencil and scratching it into his notebook.

A knock on her door interrupted the silence, and she turned towards it as it opened. 

"Dare-" Dustin paused as he saw Eddie on the bed, before shaking his head. "Do you have any money? We're hitting the arcade later on tonight and I don't have any quarters."

YN blinked before lifting her left arm and looking at her watch. She sighed when it read 5:24 pm. 

"I'll spare a little, but I'm going to head out later so I can't give you everything." She muttered before sitting up and opening her right drawer.

Dustin grinned and held out his hand as she gave him 3 dollars. "Who's that?" He whispered to her as she put her hand on the door.

"It's my friend, Eds. Now move it ya twerp." She closed the door in front of him before turning around. 

Eddie grinned up at her bed as he stuck his pencil behind his ear. "We're friends?"

She rolled her eyes as a smile crossed her lips, her hand pushing his shoulder. "Shut up Ed. You know we're friends. Otherwise, you wouldn't be here."

He nodded his head in agreement before looking back at his notebook. "True, true."

She sighed and fell back into her chair, glancing at her unfinished homework with a frown.

"Wanna go to the arcade?" She blurted out as she looked back at Eddie who had the eraser of his pencil in between his teeth.

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YN kicked the machine as she died, again. All her money was almost gone.

"Another loss for little miss geek." Eddie grinned from his place to her left. His eyes moved up from the game over the screen to look at her.

She glared at him shaking her head. "Shut up Ed, you know these games are just rigged to get your money."

He snickered as she brushed past him. "Sure, says another loser who can't play games well."

She whirled around, walking backward, and flipped him off. "I can too play! I just-"

"Suck?"

"No, I'm just off my game." At Eddie's raised brow she scoffed. "Shut up."

As she passed one of the games, she noticed the score in the right corner and gaped. She leaned in next to the player, not paying attention to who it was. 

"HOLY SHIT! You beat my little brother's High Score! He's gonna be pissed!" YN exclaimed, shocking the person who had been playing.

They jumped slightly, not expecting anyone to basically yell in their ear, causing their hand to jiggle. The game screen changed, reading 'Game over.' 

"Oh shit, my bad-" YN looked over at the red-haired girl with a grimace. "Didn't mean to make ya lose."

The girl shook her head, looking away from YN. "No, it's fine-"

YN dug into her pocket, pulling out her last few coins. "How about I give you this, as payment."

The girl shook her head as she moved the joystick to type in her name in the game. "No, it's cool. I would've died anyway."

Dare raised a brow at the girl, glancing at the name before grinning. "Mad Max huh. Well Max, how about I challenge you to that game right over there?"

Max turned towards where Dare was pointing, noticing the two-player shooting game. She turned to Dare and raised her brow.

"Why?"

Dare shrugged. "I think I wanna get to know the one who beat the shit out of my brother's high score. Plus you seem cool."

Max stared at her for a moment, before nodding her head. "Alright. I'll play."

Eddie spoke up from behind Dare. "You'll kick her ass, Max, she isn't too good at games."

Max looked up at him from over Dare's shoulder before Dare pushed him. "Shut up."

Max smiled lightly before heading over to the game, Dare, and Eddie following behind her. Dare glared at Eddie as he pushed his shoulder against hers, nearly making her tumble into an arcade machine. She rubbed her shoulder before throwing her shoulder into him, knocking him into another person. 

She laughed as she ran towards Max, who looked over at them with her brows raised.

"Ready?" Dare smiled as she stepped up beside her, pulling the money out of her pocket.

Max nodded her head, and Dare shoved the quarters into the machine. As the game started up, Eddie walked up behind them, glaring lightly at Dare, who smirked at him before turning back to the screen.

As criminal characters popped up on the screen, they pointed their guns at the screen and shot them. Max cursed as she missed one of them, casting a quick glance at Dare's side of the screen. Her eyes widened as she noticed how Dare hadn't missed any of them, how Dare's face was focused. 

A voice narrated 'Game Over' as Max's character died, due to her not focusing. Dare grinned as she twirled the gun in her hand, pausing to blow on the fake barrel. 

"How did you do that?" Eddie gasped as he noticed her high score.

Max looked over at her before her eyes widened at the High scoreboard. All of them said Dare.

"I'm a good shot, Ed."

Eddie gaped at her. "Dare, what the fuck."

"I feel like I was lead into a trap," Max said as she crossed her arms, a small grin on her face. 

YN laughed and shook her head. "Nah, just wanted to see if your skills were the real deal or not."

Max raised her brow in confusion. "And did you?"

YN grinned. "Yeah. I did. I'm impressed, Max."

Max nodded her head, looking at the ground. "Thanks, I guess."

YN nudged Max's shoulder, "Yeah, no problem. Wanna go again? Get your skills to grow?"

Max paused, looking at the clock before nodding her head. "Sure. I can play a game or two."

---

I grin to myself as I push past the boys, going up to the high school.

"Later Boys!" I yell.

"Bye Dare!" "Tell me if you find out who Max is!" 

I shake my head slightly pulling to a stop at the bike rack. I sigh as I kick the stand up, turning around and looking for Nancy. When I notice Steve's car a little further down the lot, I groan and adjust my bag on my shoulder. I walk over towards the car, making sure to flip off Carol and her two friends. As she rolls her eyes at me, I turn back to the car that I was approaching. 

I knock on the window, breaking them out of their lover's gaze. 

"Move it, Harrington! She's got Algebra for first class." I grin as Nancy glares at me. 

As she opened the door, the sound of tires screeching causes me to turn around. I watch as a car pulls into the parking lot, a familiar face in the passenger seat. I grin as the car parks, the driver getting out of the car. But I ignore them as Max steps out of the car. 

"Hey, Max!" 

Max turns to me, along with the driver, and I wave at her. She smiles thinly and nods her head at me, before throwing her skateboard down. I smile before looking over at Nancy who gave me a confused look. 

"What, I met her at the Arcade. She beat Dustin's score, I had to get to know her." 

Nancy shook her head as she shut the car door, smiling at me. "Of course, you manage to become friends with someone that you don't even know."

I chuckle and walk towards the school. "Of course Nance. It's my thing."

I glance over at the car, noticing the driver still looking at me. I raise a brow at him before he smirks and walks towards the school.

[Next Chapter]

[wtfcookiejar]

I Promise Always (11)

Robin was worried sick. Y/N had been missing for 2 days now. She stared at the phone in the video store while stocking the shelves. She kept dropping everything she tried putting away so she eventually went behind the counter. Dustin was on the floor doing some kind of homework that was beyond her comprehension.

Steve started to stock what Robin dropped and sighed,"What do you think happening?"

"Isn't it weird that Eddie also disappears every time y/n does something?" Dustin called from the floor.

Robin looked back at Dustin's hair full of curls and her mouth made a singular O shape.

"She's not like that Dustin. She hardly looks at Eddie anyway."

"Bullshit," Robin retorts," She looks at him a lot."

"Eddie's always looking at her. " Dustin leans his head back and looks at Robin trying to fill in the blanks.

"Has anyone called?" Steve sounded reasonable though he was worried too.

"I forgot to get her number..." Robin murmurs sheepishly.

Steve flicks her forehead gently," You got my number and Dustin's. Even...." His fingers are quick as he picks up the desk phone and dials some numbers gently.

Robin and Dustin look at him confused.

"Hello Mr. Munson, Is Eddie avail- No. No. there's nothing wrong I was just wondering if he's Okay? Right. Okay, I'll let him know when I see him."

Robin and Dustin both straighten up trying to hear the other side of the phone.

"He's not at home," Steve says gently hanging the phone up and looking at his friends.

"That settles that." Dustin closes his book and gets up from the floor. He randomly starts shoving things in his bag.

"What are you doing?" Steve asks to cross his arms instinctively.

"Im going to go get Mike and Lucas and we're going to search for Eddie. We have a D&D session c coming up and I'm getting sick of our Dungeon Master Going missing." Dustin set his face in a hard line like he was angry.

"Can't you wait?" Robin asks quietly thinking perhaps that she should have Steve drive her to Y/N place.

"Nope. But I will Check Y/N place." Dustin reasoned and Steve put both hands on his shoulders.

"Do you know how to check on a girl?" Steve sounds so sincere.

"Dude I've kept a Girlfriend longer than you." Dustin hisses and pushes out the door.

"He does have-" Robin is smiling

"Do not Finish that sentence, Buckley." Steve interrupts and they both watch Dustin wheel away.

***

Eddie was sitting asleep against her bedroom wall. He had woken up late in the night to find her sleeping on his chest and he couldn't help but think of the last letter he had stowed away. He laid they're trying to imagine the hurt of her rejection when she woke up, but all he could think about was kissing her and holding her. That's when he got a boner, crawled out of bed, and sat on the wall looking at her as she slept. She'd murmured his name occasionally or Japanese he didn't understand.

So when sunlight streamed into the window and her dad came in to check on her and found him on the floor looking at his letter he smiled.

"She's not up?" he asked taking a seat beside him.

"No... That normal?" he asked tucking the letter into his jacket again. Not sure why he couldn't just read it.

"Sometimes it takes two days for her body to catch up and fully relax. " Her father reasoned offering Eddie a glass of bourbon.

This seemed like an honor taking a bourbon with her dad felt like he was the patient boyfriend. Eddie was confused but he still took it and sipped carefully watching her.

"You sell weed?" Her father asked nonchalantly like he knew.

"Don't tell Wayne please." He sputtered," I promise I won't let her near any of that." Eddie was suddenly feeling less worthy of the glass of bourbon in his hands

"Long as you don't tell her I smoke it, and you never let her touch it." There was a collected smile on his face,"you're the perfect guy for her."

"How do you know that?" Eddie's eyes grew wide and he took another slow swig of bourbon.

"I assume you read the letters? "

"Guilty as charged." Eddie swallowed hard.

"Then you know the last person she trusted died taking her to the hospital. He was in full drag, some assholes followed him from the hospital and beat him to death." Her father breathed setting his glass on top of his knee carefully.

"So she wouldn't tell anybody after that. She's scared. I get it but I don't get what that has to do with me being her perfect match." Eddie whispered looking at the bourbon as it swirled in his hands.

"Because you know what it's like not to trust people. You know what cruelty happens and you'd knock heads around if you had to keep her safe." Her dad chuckled

Eddie stared for a second at her father. He was the opposite of Wayne he was lean and muscular and he had resources Eddie didn't

"I don't have money like you do." Eddie reasoned softly," she deserves flowers and jewelry...."

" She doesn't want that. She wants someone to count on. Someone who isn't afraid of doing what's right when things go wrong. " Her father smiled as he finished his bourbon. "I believe you can do that."

The doorbell rang and her father got up ruffling Eddie's hair as he went.

A few quiet minutes passed as Eddie looked at the glass of bourbon and the ice cube. Then he heard a side sound and downed the rest of it in one gulp.

Dustin and Will walked into her doorway and Eddie stood quickly shuffling them out the door before they could really look.

"You idiots. What are you doing here? "Eddie pushed the door of her room closed and stood in the hall with the two boys half terrified they had seen her hooked up to the big printer.

" Im gunna radio Lucas and Mike. " Will smiled and went toward the stairs.

Eddie grabbed the boy and his walkie-talkie and pulled them in front of him.

"Neither of you is doing anything." Eddie's voice was harsh, and both the younger boys looked at him confused.

"Are you afraid we're gonna tell someone you got la-" Eddie popped the side of Dustin's head lightly.

"I am not getting laid you, weirdo." Eddie hissed.

"What are you doing here then?" Will asked the most potent question.

Eddie wanted to just scream but he also didn't want to wake or disturb the household so he hung his head and then looked up the two boys who seemed eager for his answer.

" I am just checking on her. "

Dustin scoffed," you are wearing the same clothes you wore 2 days ago. I'm not stupid."

Eddie wanted to throttle the kid but instead, he grimaced and shook his head." No, you're not. She ended up at my house and got a cold so I brought her home and figured I should explain how she ended up at home. "

" uh-Huh. " Dustin crossed his arms looking at him like he could just smell the lie

"Steve and Robin are looking for you guys. " Will stated calmly holding out the walkie-talkie

Eddie sighed and took it," You guys are brats."

"Eddie here.-over."

Steves's voice crackled to life on the tiny device.," Your uncle said You need to clean up the dishes in the sink. Where the hell are you and have you seen y/n?"

Eddie looked at the two boys and rolled his eyes," I'm coming to the video store -over"

"BRING DUSTIN AND WILL." Steve's voice was loud enough that he had to cover the incoming receiver.

Eddie looked at the two boys in front of him and asked," What do I need to do to keep you guys quiet?"

Will smiled and Dustin hooked his arm around Will," FINISH THE CAMPAIN." They said in tandom and Eddie nodded defeated.

"Alright. You guys put your stuff in the van I'll be down there in two minutes."

***

Y/n was laying in silence her eyes slits she could hear the printer but her head hurt. So did her muscles. When she heard the door open she didn't think a thing of it instead she closed her eyes and felt a gentle kiss on her forehead and someone making sure that the covers had her covered up just enough not to make her hot. She could smell the cigarettes but she couldn't place what else was hidden behind the smell. But a thought of Eddie crossed her mind and she smiled. Content to go back to sleep.

@whatareyouhidingpeter- Sorry it took so long I hope you keep reading and believing in me.

[leasstories]

Nothing else matters (part 1)

Eddie Munson x fem!reader

TW : Eating disorder

You and Eddie have been dating for two months now, you met thanks to your little brother Dustin Henderson, who asked you to replace Lucas at a DnD game. You've been part of the Hellfire ever since then and Eddie and you slowly grew closer, until one day he confessed his feelings towards you, afraid that you would laugh to his face or friendzone him. But everything worked out perfectly as you were feeling the same way, and the two of you started dating. You've been planning your road trip for a month now. You're really excited but also really nervous, Eddie doesn't know that you struggle a lot with food. You always find an excuse not to eat with him or not to eat at all, but now you're going to spend an entire week with him and hiding your eating disorder will be really complicated. Deep down, you know that you could tell Eddie, that he wouldn't judge you, but you still fear that he won't want to be with someone like you, someone "broken", well that's what you think of yourself at least. You think you're broken. You also know that this will sadden him and even maybe hurt him.

You're in your room packing when you hear Eddie's van pull over in your driveway. You finish packing quickly before heading downstairs. When you arrive you can hear Eddie and Dustin having an heated conversation about DnD, you smile at the sight of your brother and your boyfriend getting along so well, it's like a dream for you. When he sees you, Eddie walk towards you and kiss you on the lips. As soon as his lips touch yours you hear your brother mutter "gross".

After saying goodbye to your brother and mom, you take Eddie's hand and walk towards the van. He opens the passenger door for you, before heading to the driver's seat. He pulls out of your driveway and the holidays can finally start. You're going to a city named Shipshewana, it is 4 hours away from Hawkins. When you arrive on the highway, Eddie takes your hand, you spend the ride listening to the new mixtape you've made for him.

After 2 hours of the van ride, Eddie stops for lunch, he stops next to a forest, you take out a blanket and lay it on the floor, while Eddie takes out a basket full of food. Only looking at it makes you sick, but you don't know how to tell Eddie and you know he probably spent hours making this, so instead you sit on the blanket, hoping that Eddie won't notice that you're not eating. Eddie starts eating before noticing that you didn't take any food.

"Don't you like anything I've made" Eddie says with his mouth full

"It's not that..." you say, trying to put your thoughts into words "You know I never ate in front of you."

"And ?" Eddie asks, clueless of where you are getting at

"And... I... I have eating disorders" you say hesitantly but also ashamed, you don't even dare to look at Eddie.

Eddie takes your hand in his and look at you "I don't know what to say YN, but I wanna help you, help you eat properly. We can start with a small thing, what do you think about a cherry tomato ?"

You nod and Eddie hands you a cherry tomato, you stare at it for agonizing minutes.

"You can do it YN, I know it" Eddie says, trying to encourage you. At his words, you end up eating the cherry tomato, but right after you feel guilty and Eddie can sense it.

"You know, tomatoes are basically almost only water, and they don’t have a lot of calories, I don't know if it helps you to know that but I wanted to let you know" he says reassuringly while lightning up his cigarette.

"Thank you" you say "Thank you for taking it so well, I had never opened myself this way, to anyone."

"Did you think I'd run away for something that's out of your control" Eddie says amused.

You shyly look at the ground before answering "You deserve better than someone as broken as me"

"You're not broken YN, you're going through something tough, yes, but I'm here, I'm always here, by your side, no matter what. I'll be here every steps of the way and we'll go through this, together. It doesn't matter how long it takes. I love you and nothing else matters"

You smile at Eddie's words before kissing him, a tear roll down from your cheek and fall on Eddie's, he pull away and wipes your tears. "Don't cry Angel"

"It's... it's just what you said... It's so beautiful Eddie, thank you, thank you so much"

Eddie pulls you in a hug before putting the food back in the basket. You both go back to the van and Eddie drives again, he think about the fact that he booked a restaurant for tonight. What should he do, cancel ? Ask you if you're okay with it ? Keep the surprise and pray that it won't trigger you ? Eddie ends up telling you "I had made a reservation in a restaurant for us tonight, do you want me to cancel given..." he looks for the right words, knowing it is a sensitive topic. "Your relationship with food" You wince at how he put it which makes Eddie apologize right away "I'm so sorry I didn't know how to put it into words"

"It's okay" you answer, you then take a deep shaky breathe before saying "Don't cancel the reservation, I wanna try. Thank you so much for the kind gesture"

"Are you sure baby ? I can cancel, it's no big deal" he answers

"I'm sure" you answer

You spend the rest of the ride listening to first the mixtape you made him for your two months anniversary and then the mixtape he made for you before you even got together. The mixtape you made was mostly filled with songs from The Rolling Stones, The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Bon Jovi while the one he made was mostly Dio, Black Sabbath and Metallica.

After 2 more hours of driving, you finally arrive at Shipshewana, Eddie parks the van at the edge of a forest.

You head out of the van and go for a little hike in the forest, at some point you start feeling dizzy and being pale, Eddie can see it. "You want me to piggyback you ?"

You smile at the gesture "Are you sure you can? Am I not too heavy ?"

"You're far from heavy, and I can, I promise" Eddie piggybacks you and you head back to the van.

You put the blanket in the back of the van and you lay in the back, cuddling.

"At what time is the reservation?" you ask

"9 pm, in 3 hours" Eddie answers

"Oh my God !" You say

"What ? Do you have second thoughts ?" Eddie asks, concerned

"No, not at all, I just didn't bring an outfit to go to the restaurant, or even to go out at all !" you answer

"That's fine angel, don't worry about it. You can just wear your jean and that black Metallica crop top I made for you" he answers

"But it's not fancy enough to go to a restaurant" you say

"It is for me" Eddie says grinning

You go through your stuff in your bag and pull out the Metallica crop top, you take off your shirt and put the Metallica t-shirt on, you then look down at yourself, self conscious of your curves and start being anxious. Eddie can tell you are anxious and looks at you concerned before saying "What's wrong baby?"

"Don't I look fat in this, I mean we can see my tummy and-" you're cut off by Eddie

"You look beautiful. Life is ours, we live it our way, nothing else matters. Please never care for what they do or think, you are beautiful to me. Besides, I really love your tummy" Eddie says while kissing it. You giggle at his touch.

"Stop it" you say in between laughs. Eddie stops after five good minutes and says "Do you wanna do your makeup ?"

"Yes please" you answer out of breathe from all the laughing.

"I'll be right outside if you need me"

You do a nude makeup before heading out of the van, Eddie stare at you in awe before kissing you on the lips. "I love you" he says

"I love you too" you answer.

Eddie goes to the passenger side and open your door for you, before heading in the driver's seat, the drive to the restaurant last 10 minutes. Eddie parks and you get out of the car. Eddie insist on putting his bandana as a blindfold on your eyes so you don't see the restaurant before arriving inside, after complaining for 5 good minutes you finally give up. Eddie leads you to the restaurant, the walk lasts about 5 minutes, he then sit you down on a chair before removing the blindfold, you look at your surrondings and see that it's a fancy restaurant.

"Eddie you shouldn't have..." you say

"I wanted to surprise you, and looking at your facial expression it worked" he answers playfully.

A waiter hands you the menu before heading back to the kitchen.

"You can eat anything you want sweetheart" Eddie says

"Eddie this is too much... You can't afford this" you say

"I've been saving money for it, don't worry Sweetheart, take whatever you want."

You go for the caesar salad while Eddie orders a Beef bourguignon. While waiting for the dishes to arrive you can't help but bounce your leg, stressed about the idea of eating a whole plate, and Eddie can tell what's bothering you because he says "You don't have to finish your plate Sweetheart, besides, you got this, I believe in you"

"What if I disappoint you" you ask, self conscious

"It doesn't matter if you eat one fork or the entire plate, either ways I'll be proud of you" he answers honestly.

The waiter brings you the plates. Since your plate has been in front of you, you've been looking at it with a frown.

"Would it help you if we share your plate" Eddie asks

You nod before saying "Yes please, I think it would help me"

Eddie grab a fork and start eating in your plate, you imitate him but once the fork is in front of your mouth you stop, with teary eyes "I'm sorry Eddie, I can't do it"

"Of course you can sweetheart, this is delicious, please give it a taste. Let's do it together" Eddie offers

Eddie takes a fork of your salad before saying "One, two, three" he then puts the fork in his mouth and you imitate him. You take your sweet time chewing before swallowing. You're on the verge of crying but you hold it back. Eddie put his hand on yours before saying "I'm so proud of you, you did amazing baby"

He finishes his dishes and offer you a dessert even though he already knows the answer is no. Instead he then asks if you want a coffee to which you say yes. Eddie orders your coffee and some chocolate cake for himself. When the dessert arrive you ask "Can I taste your dessert"

Eddie look at you proudly before feeding you a bit of his dessert "I'm so proud of you" he says once you swallow. Then Eddie goes to the counter to pay and you both head back to the van.

"My tummy aches" you say

"It's gonna be find angel, I promise" Eddie says reassuringly. He knows how hard it is for you and is as supportive as he can, without pressuring you too much, and he is so proud of you for tonight.

Eddie parks back to your spot before getting out of the van and opening the passenger door for you, you both head to the back of the van and cuddle, Eddie whispers sweet nothings as well and expresses how proud of you he is for tonight in your ear and you fall asleep in the arms of your beloved.

The next morning when you wake up Eddie isn't next to you, you start worrying until you hear him cursing, you get out of the van to see what's happening and you see Eddie struggling to make some fire.

"I'm sorry I woke you up" he says, mad at himself

"You didn't wake me up" you answer while stirring.

You sit next to Eddie before asking "What are you up to?"

"I was trying to start a fire, 'cause I don't want you to freeze, it's a little bit cold this morning"

You smile at the gesture. "You don't have to baby"

"Of course I do" he answers

"Okay so let me help". You help him starting the fire and after 20 minutes of struggling it's finally done.

Eddie clears his throat before saying "I know it's a sensitive topic, and you don't have to accept but do you want to go grab some breakfast at a diner ?"

You know that if you answer no Eddie won't eat this morning and you don't want him to starve so you nod before saying "Sure, I'll just grab a coffee though"

"As you wish" Eddie says before climbing on the driver's seat. You climb on the passenger seat and head to a diner.

You go sit on a booth while Eddie orders two coffee and a French Toast. When the order is ready, Eddie come back with it. You look at Eddie's French Toast debating in your head if you should taste it or no, you know it would make Eddie proud, and he didn't even force you to eat this morning, he is so understanding about this whole situation. After several minutes of huge thinking Eddie cuts your train of thought "I saw you looking at my French Toast, if you want we can share it" he offers

You look at it hesitantly before answering "I would love that", Eddie looks at you proudly and put his plate in the middle of the table so both of you can reach it. You start eating a little piece of the toast, it tastes good but as soon as you swallow it you imagine how much calories there is in there and start panicking, as if Eddie understood he grabs your hand for emotional support before saying "I'm so so proud of you baby, you don't have to care about the number of calories, I know how hard it must be but your body actually needs food in order to function correctly"

You smile at his word before sipping some of your coffee.

After breakfast, you start visiting the city of Shipshewana before stopping in a small restaurant. You order a salad while Eddie order an hamburger with fries. You manage to eat half of your salad. When you head out of the restaurant Eddie kisses the back of your hand before saying "I'm so beyond proud of you for this lunch baby, you did amazing". You then visit the city hand in hand. At some point of the walk, your tummy starts aching, you try to hide it from Eddie, not wanting to ruin the walk but Eddie knows you all too well and knows that something's up.

"Are you okay baby ?" He asks concerned

You force a smile before answering "Yes, sure"

"I can tell something's up baby" Eddie says, even more concerned

"My tummy aches from all the eating earlier. I'm sorry for ruining our vacation week..." you say feeling really self-conscious and sorry.

"You're not ruining anything, besides your health is the most important thing so please don't feel sorry" Eddie says while putting his hands around your shoulders and holding you close to him. You smile at him.

"Do you want to sit down somewhere so you can rest a bit" Eddie asks

"Only if it doesn't bother you, I want you to have a great time, not to have to deal with my crap you know..." you answer

"First of all it doesn't bother me at all, as long as I'm with you, nothing else matters, second of all your crap is my crap too now, I won't let you struggle alone, we're in this together, I'm here for you and I'll always be"

You smile at him with teary eyes while going towards a bench in a beautiful small park, you sit down next to one another and Eddie takes your hand in his after having kissed your forehead. You put your head on Eddie's shoulder and both look at the kids playing in the park, an old couple holding hands. Seeing this couple both you and Eddie are convinced that you wanna grow old together, you wanna experience life together and nothing else matters.

Part 2 here

[bookloover35]

Eddie Munson x fem reader-Lemonad.

Eddies Pov:

Come on Eddie you can do it, it's not that hard.

She's standing right there, just walk up to her and say Yn Henderson I like you very much do you want to go out with me?

Okay I can do it okay 123 I thought but my legs did not move come on Eddie stop being such a coward.

Dustin: Hello earth to Eddie, did you even hear a single word I said?

Eddie: What.

Dustin: I asked if you are tagged for the DnD campaign we are going to have tonight.

But it seems you're more interested in my big sister.

Oh shit shit do not say that Handerson saw me staring at his sister, fine he knows that Yn and I are very good friends.

But I really hope he does not understand that I have more than just friend feelings for her I want more.

Dustin: Ahhhhh I understand now you're in love with my sister.

Too late, he had to say it so loudly, I quickly threw myself towards him and covered his mouth with my hand.

Then I quickly turned my head towards the kitchen where Yn was making lemonade, luckily it seems that she did not hear anything.

Eddie: Shuuuu you dumhead, yes i like your sister happy.

I said to him in a whisper, and as soon as I said those words, he removed my hand from his mouth and pulled me into his room.

As soon as we entered his room, he quickly closed the door and told me.

Dustin: I knew it, I knew it, you're in love with my sister, have you asked her yet?

Eddie: No, I have no-wait a minute is this okay with you, you are not mad at me that I like Yn?

Dustin: No I'm definitely not angry, you and my sister would be a perfect couple and you two are so heavenly alike she like rock you like rock, you like DnD and she likes DnD.

He accepts, and he thinks the two of us would fit in well as a couple.

I began to smile with happiness at those very words, but that happiness disappeared as quickly as it came.

What if she does not like me the same way, what if this destroys our friendship, what if she never wants to talk to me again.

This may sound like I'm exaggerating but my life without Yn no thanks.

I sat in the younger Handerson bed and looked at him and then told him.

Eddie: It's no idea, I have no chance, she probably does not like me the way I like her.

Dustin: Ha there is what you are very wrong my dear friend.

Eddie: What do you mean?

Dustin: Okay okay I'll tell you but then you have to promise me three things okay.

Eddie: Okey i promise.

Dustin: Swear on it and i tell you.

Eddie: Jesus okey i Swear.

Dustin: Okey One after I told you everything, you have to go and ask my sister out on a date.

Two she likes you back.

And three here comes what you absolutely must not tell my sister and that's exactly how I know Yn likes you back.

Okay, two weeks ago I managed to get hold of her diary and there was a whole page about how she wishes she had enough courage to tell you that she likes you back but she does not dare.

Before I could say anything, he pulled me out of bed and started pushing me out towards the kitchen.

I was still in shock to know that Yn likes me back.

But only in addition closer and closer we began to approach the kitchen in addition higher I could hear my heart beating faster and faster.

When we arrived in the kitchen, he pushed me very hard and then he ran away and laughed very quietly.

Yn: Hey Eddie Can I help you with something?

Eddie: No, actually thought to check if you wanted help with something.

Yn: Okay, you want to help me do the lemonad?

Eddie: Okay, I can do that, show me how to do it.

(Timeskip).

Okay, it was fun and it was maybe easy, who could have imagined that something that sounds so boring could be so fun.

But I'm not going to let anyone else know that I thought this was fun I actually have a reputation to think about.

But I could easily do this again as long as it's with her, okay now I'm going to tell her I like her.

Eddie: Um Yn I have to tell you something.

Yn: Okey.

Eddie: Ireallylikeyouanddoyouwannagooutwithme.

I said to her very quickly wondering if she heard me, I waited for her to ask me to tell her again or she heard me and then I waited for her to probably laugh and say that she does not feel the same.

But instead of being greeted by it, she lifted my head and before I had time to ask what she was doing, I was greeted by her lips.

They tasted like Cherry coke.

Afterwards, she pursed her lips and looked at me with a big smile and said.

Yn: I also like you very much and I really want to go out with you, I wanted to tell but I did not dare.

Eddie: Yeees I just felt I had to tell you how I feel about you.

I told her and started hugging her I decided to keep quiet about what her brother had done.

I tell her after our first date now I just have to figure out what to do, should we go to the movies or should I take her on a picnic.

I must ask her brother for help.

[strangerthingsfan-fics]

Say it back steve Harrington x Fem!henderson reader

Warnings-cute,kissing,swearing,mentions of Vecnas curse,mentions of blood and injury,if there’s anymore tell me

You’ve been making weapons and stuff to go in the upside down to kill vecna to stop him from mindflaying max

You was stood sharpening stuff and Steve came behind you and kissed your cheek

“I’m bored of making stuff yn” Steve whined

“Well we have to help max” you chuckled at how clingy Steve gets when he’s bored

Steve just kept hold of you while you was looking at Eddie and Dustin making the shields happy your brother has another older best friend so he dosent tag along with you and Steve to every date

“I’m gonna marry you one day you know” Steve whisperd

“I know but would Dustin really let you” you chuckled

“Yeah he will” Steve kissed your nose

You giggled trying to push him away while you finished sharpening stuff

“HENDERSON” Steve shouted

You and Dustin turned your head

“Little henderson” Steve chuckled at your face when he shouted it because he never calls you henderson

“Can I marry your sister” Steve asked

Dustin stood thumbs up smiling and Steve jogged too you

“Love you yn Hailey henderson” Steve whisperd

“I know” you smiled

“Say it back” steve stares at you

You stayed quite trying not to laugh steve walked behind you and tackled you on the ground so his hands are on either side of your shoulders with his long legs on yours

“I said say it back now” steve kisses you

You laughed and said it back before putting your hand in Steve’s hair and kissing him

[t-h-i-n-g]

hey! ahh i just noticed you replied 2 days ago and i finally thought about my request :>

how about dustin (i love him sm) having a HUGE crush on mc/reader and the gang teases him for it??? steve and lucas would eat him up (you can add s4 characters if you want)

have a great day/night </3

You Know Why

(gif not mine credits to owner)

a/n: thanks for the request. this turned out pretty cute :)

word count: 1.4k

summary: dustin can’t help that every time you enter the room his eyes are on you. it doesn’t help that everyone else notices, teasing the hell out of him in the process.

warnings: none but if there is any let me know!!

st - masterlist m.masterlist

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It was Saturday at the Wheeler's. Everyone was together for spring break, planning to go to the community pool in the afternoon. Robin, Steve, Jonathan and Nancy were tagging along, volunteering to be the babysitters. Eddie didn't count for the fact he was still in school. Those were Nancy's words not yours. 

And even though you guys didn't really need to be watched they still wanted to come with. To catch up and such. Steve also said that if anyone began drowning he was once co-caption of the swim team. So there wouldn't be any of that dying thing on his watch. That calmed your obviously worried nerves. Thank god Steve knew how to swim better than average or you wouldn't have come with… please note the sarcasm.

Steve and Nancy were the ones who would be driving. (Eddie's van wasn't an option since Ted said the thing was a death machine and as for Jonathan,Joyce had taken the car somewhere earlier. It was already decided who was going where.

Steve would take Robin, Eddie, Will, Dustin, and you. While Nancy took, Jonathan, Lucas, Mike, Max, and El. Robin pointed out that the sad single people were in a car together while the sappy lovers were piled together in their own. You had a good laugh at her wording.

Steve denied the sad part, stating that not everyone was sad as Dustin would be with. You agreed, wrapping your arm around Will's shoulder. Mentioning your weekly therapy painting sessions. Steve looked at you with furrowed brows, not having heard about these events. 

Robin nodded informing him that her and Eddie joined once in a while. Dustin butted in saying he was a special guest invited by you to bring light to your guys' depression. Steve stared at the group of you with an unreadable expression masking his features.

He stated he didn't know whether to be upset about not getting an invitation or glad he wasn't to that level. You told him that it should be the latter. He nodded, going to grab the floaties to put in his trunk.

Once he was done with that it was decided everyone should get in their gear. Mike and Nancy's room would be the changing station as well as the bathrooms. The transitions went fairly smooth.

The only obstacle being you were taking forever to finish up. Nancy's car was already packed up. Her trunk held the beverages that would be available in case any one got thirsty which would most likely be the case. Now the group just waited for you to make your way down the stair to, in Steve's words, get this show on the road.

That's what led to now. You being unable to clasp your bathing suit top. Mildly panicking as your arms began to ache from the overwhelming stretch and awkward angle they were at. You muttered curse words to yourself as you missed the clip once again.

Robin let out a sigh, looking at the clock as the minutes ticked by.

"You think she fell in the toilet or something?" Eddie asked. Nobody answered. Max picked at her fingernails while Lucas was inspecting his swimming cap.

"Why don't you go check on her?" Steve asked Dustin, a light smirk on his face. He turned to Steve, furrowing his brows.

"Why me?"

"'WhY mE?'" Lucas mimicked, Max let out a light chuckle. Dustin's face scrunched up in question, still waiting for Steve to answer. Who rolled his eyes.

"C'mon, man. You know why," he stated. Dustin shook his head. Looking across the group for an answer. All of them held knowing expressions.

"What am I missing here?" 

"More like who you're missing," Robin mumbled to Nancy. Dustin's eyes widened, his head snapping in the girls' direction.

"Excuse me?" Eddie let out a snort.

"Dude, everyone knows. You don't need to act all clueless about it," he informed. Dustin's panicked expression continued to take hold of his face. Fear of what the man had meant.

"Know what?" he asked nervously.

"That you're madly and passionately in love with her," Lucas said, his tone dramatic. El tried to hide her laugh in Mike's shoulder, who was also biting his lip to suppress a chuckle.

Dustin tried to play it off.

"I-I have no idea what you're talking about. Who are we even talking about?" 

"Who do you think?" Steve asked sarcastically.

"Y/n, duh," Robin stated, "Now can you find your lover girl so we can go. The sweat relief of water is calling my name." Dustin stood shocked, not answering. Robin sighed, going up the stairs to do the job for him.

"How do you know that?" Dustin asked Steve quietly.

"It's not like you make it much of a guess," Eddie replied for him, moving to stand next to Dustin.

"Yeah, I mean, every time she's in the room your eyes never leave her for more than ten seconds," Steve added.

"And how you always want to sit next to her," Lucas butted in.

"And the visible heart eyes you carry around when she's even three feet from you," Max remarked. Dustin scanned around the room, every single person nodding in agreement. He threw his hands up in defeat.

“Well sorry that I can’t control myself from admiring her beauty.”

“‘Admiring her beauty?’” Will questioned with a snort.

“Yeah, are you stuck in the 50s or something,” Mike added, making El laugh.

“It’s not my fault that she has it all looks, smarts, personality and every-”

“Who has all of that?” you asked coming down stairs. Fidgeting with your swimsuit strap. Dustin turned to you, jaw slightly dropping, lost for words.

“I-uh um.” Robin came after you. She placed a hand on your shoulder, rubbing it lightly.

“We had a little bit of a wardrobe malfunction, we’re good now. Can we go? Daylight's wasting,” she said, moving to the front door. You went after her, brushing past Dustin lightly. Everyone followed suit. 

It was a hassle trying to squish everyone in the vehicles. Steve was obviously driving with Robin in the passenger seat. Leaving you, Dustin, Eddie, and Will in the back.

“Eddie I swear, if you don’t move your arm I’m going to poke you in the eye,” Dustin threatened. You squished yourself against him, trying to make room for Will. It was hard but honest work that paid off in the end.

“Are we ready? Everyone buckled?” Steve asked.

“There's three buckles and four people, Steve. Put two and two together,” Robin said. Steve sighed.

“Alright, we’re doing this the illegal way,” he muttered, putting his hand on Robin’s headrest to turn and look behind him to back up.

“So who were you talking about?” you whispered to Dustin. His eyes wide, shaking his head, dismissing it.

“No one-”

“Hem-lier-he,” Will ‘coughed’ into his elbow, looking out the window. You smiled lightly.

“C’mon Dustin can tell me. I wanna know,” you said, bumping your shoulder with his. He bit his lip, trying to think of an excuse.

“Just tell her, man,” Eddie mumbled to him. Dustin shook his head, shushing Eddie.

“If you don’t say it, I will,” Steve threatened from the front. Dustin glared at him through the rear view mirror.

“You wouldn’t.” Steve raised a brow at him. Giving a ‘try me’ expression.

“Dustin was talking about-”

“FINE FINE I'LL SAY IT,” Dustin said letting out a sigh of frustration. He turned to you, looking you in the eyes. “Someone give me a countdown,” he demanded.

“Three,” Eddie started, “two, one, go-”

“It was you,” Dustin stated, your eyes widened. “I’ve liked you for a while now and due to peer pressure this is how you're finding out.” Your jaw dropped, an unreadable expression on your features.

“What the hell,” Dustin’s heart dropped, “Why didn’t you tell me sooner. I like you too, your dork.” You exclaimed, cupping his face and placing a quick kiss on his lips. He stared dazed, not really comprehending what had just happened.

“W-what?” he stuttered. You giggled lightly, taking his hand in yours.

“I….like…you…too,” you stated slowly. A loud cheer of excitement came from the front seats.

“Woooo, let’s go! The ship has sailed. The ship has sailed,” Robin exclaimed, reaching over to push the horn. Steve shooed her hand away, swerving into the next lane almost clipping a car, making you lean more into Dustin. Another fit of laughter left you as you squeezed his hand harder to try and hold onto something. His smile mirrored yours.

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[loove-persevering]

Promise (Steve Harrington x Reader)

Description: Reader is helping Dustin and Eddie with the bats when things go south. Eddie makes the reader promise to admit her feelings for Steve if they make it out alive.

Warnings: SPOILERS SEASON 4, Character Death, Broken bones, Gore, Mentions of death.

‘’Promise me you’re not going to do something to get yourself killed?’’ Steve asks you. You were both sitting outside the RV, you were wrapping the wire around the spear you were going to use against the bats in the upside down.

You rolled your eyes at his assumption, ‘’I’m don’t plan on dying anytime soon Steve,’’ You set down the spear on your lap looking at him, ‘’You better not either.’’ You say threatening him. ‘’Then who is going to drive me around?’’ You say earning a hint of a smile from him. ‘’I’m thinking of making you drive me to Yosemite next.’’

‘’Yosemite huh?’’ He asks, sounding amused, ‘’I’ve always wanted to go on a roadtrip like that, take all my kids with me when I have them.’’ He tells you.

‘’Kids as in plural?’’ You ask him. ‘’You already have like six,’’ You say gesturing out in the field to Dustin and Eddie who were wrestling, Dustin was in a headlock making you laugh.

‘’And I want six of my own too,’’ He says and you widen your eyes at him making him laugh, ‘’I could change my mind but at least two, no three.’’ He sounded very sure of his answer.

‘’A big family sounds nice,’’ You tell him.

‘’You think so? Doesn’t scare you away when I say that?’’ He asks fiddling with his hands.

‘’No not at all, plus it makes sense you’re an only child. Figures you’d want a big family.’’ You tell him.

He looked at you like he was shocked, he let out a sigh before he spoke. ‘’I never really thought of that, but it makes sense.’’

‘’I always do Harrington,’’ You say, taking your hand pushing on his arm gently. You glance up noticing Nancy and Robin talking, she was sawing her gun down it seemed like her conversation with Jason made her a little on edge. ‘’So you and Nancy?’’ You ask Steve.

He looked a little uncomfortable when you asked, ‘’What about us?’’ He asks and you give him an annoyed look, he knew what you were asking. ‘’I don’t know what's going on I’m just as confused as you.’’ He explains. ‘’I think apart of it is because Jonathan is halfway across the country.’’

You look down at the ground unsure of what to say, ‘’What if it’s not that?’’ He looks over to you, ‘’Would you do that again?’’ You ask him, it was practically eating you alive to know.

‘’I feel like a lot of things got left unresolved with us,’’ Is all he answers, ‘’Would it be wrong if I did?’’ He ask you.

‘’I mean it’s your love life Steve,’’ You point out. ‘’Why do you care what I think anyway?’’

Steve looked at you, his face looked like he was confused, ‘’I always care what you think Y/N,’’ He tells you.

You stand up and Steve looked to you as you did, ‘’Who knows what happens when we go in upside down Steve, you almost died earlier.’’ You say scrunching your face up at the thought, seeing Steve on the floor, those bats gnawing at his skin would forever be etched in your brain. ‘’Now is not the time to hold in emotions, if you care about someone you tell them.’’ You see Steve visually take a deep breath, he patted his hands on his jeans standing up next to you. You watched his eyes on Nancy as he took a hand patting your back walking over to her, Robin slowly made her way over to you.

‘’You okay?’’ She asks.

You watched Nancy smile at something Steve said and you shake your head turning to Robin. ‘’Never better,’’ You say, offering her a fake smile.

If only you could take your own advice.

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Steve was the first to go into the upside down, then Nancy followed of course. Then Robin and finally it was your turn, you grabbed onto the sheets pulling yourself up and finally felt yourself free falling, landing on your back knocking the wind out of you. Steve reached out a hand helping you up, as soon as you were on your feet you pulled your hand from his and he seemed distressed. ‘’You okay?’’ He says his hand is touching the side of your arm.

‘’We are currently upside down, how do you think I’m doing?’’ You say the sarcasm dripping from your voice.

‘’Right,’’ Steve says, a moment later a pile of weapons falls down landing on the mattress. You and Steve both turn looking down at it, you bend down grabbing as many as you could, taking yours and strapping it behind your back.

It was moments before you all split up, just as you walked out of the RV behind Dustin and Eddie that Steve stopped you. ‘’Hey listen, if things start to go south, I mean at all you abort.’’ His voice was serious, you glanced at Dustin knowing you had to do what you could to protect him, that if anything happened to him Steve would never forgive himself.

You hear snapping breaking you out of your thoughts, Steve looked at you, ‘’You hear me Y/N? No hero shit.’’ He emphasizes.

You walk closer to Steve staring him straight in the eye, ‘’Now do we look like heros to you?’’ You ask him to gesture to Dustin then Eddie.

‘’We are not heroes,’’ Eddie emphasized behind you, laughing.

You reach forward laying a hand on Steve's shoulder, ‘’Don’t worry Steve, you can be the hero.’’ You tell him. He gave a sort of half hearted grin but he still looked nervous as Hell.

His eyes lingered on your for a moment before he pulled away your hand dropping back to your side. Just as he turned around Eddie stepped out from behind you, ‘’Hey Steve?’’ He calls out. Steve turns around to look at him, ‘’Make him pay.’’

Steve nods, turning back around taking off with Nancy and Robin. ‘’We should go,’’ You tell both Eddie and Dustin. You all began walking off in the opposite direction, a few seconds had passed and you glanced back to look at Steve for more time, he had happened to be looking too. You shift your weapon on your back, turn around and walk backwards, you look at Steve and give him a salute from afar but it was too far for you to see his response back.

‘’Humor me Y/N,’’ Eddie tells you. ‘’How long have you been pining over Harrington?’’ He asks.

‘’What?’’ You ask him to turn around, noticing both Eddie and Dustin with an amused smile on their faces.

‘’At least since last year,’’ Dustin chimes in.

‘’Dustin!’’ You yell at him. ‘’You don’t know that!’’ You tell him.

‘’Do you not remember when you were on drugs last year?’’ He asks you to refer to the Russian Base underneath the mall. You had worked there with Steve and Robin last year and got wrapped into everything.

‘’Drugs?’’ Eddie says amused. ‘’You don’t take me for that kind of girl.’’ He smirks.

‘’I’m not!’’ You glare at Dustin, ‘’He left out key information, which was that I was unknowingly drugged by Russian Soldiers!’’ You say and Eddie's face looked bewildered.

‘’What?’’ Eddie says his voice seemed confused and amused at the same time.

‘’She totally confessed to being in love with Steve last year when she was on drugs,’’ He tells you.

‘’Why have you never told me this?’’ You ask him.

Dustin Shrugs his shoulders, ‘’Never came up,’’ He says simply.

You sigh and Eddie laughs, ‘’Is it really that obvious?’’ You ask tilting your head.

‘’Kind of I mean you practically lost it when he got pulled in the water,’’ He says. ‘’Why haven’t you said anything to him?’’

‘’Just never the right time, last year after the mall was just too much. And finally when things were calming down this happens.’’ You admit. ‘’And now Nancy is back and Steve has a soft spot when it comes to her, and I don’t know if I want to compete with Nancy.’’

‘’She was his first love,’’ Dustin chimes in.

‘’Thanks,’’ You pause. ‘’For that reminder Dustin,’’ He holds his hands up in defense.

‘’You should tell him,’’ Eddie says.

‘’If we make it out of here I just might,’’ You admit to him seeing the RV in the distance. ‘’Emphasis on the if,’’ You felt the nerves in your stomach getting worse by the minute and it was only going to get worse from here.

‘’Promise?’’ He says.

‘’What?’’

‘’Promise you’ll say something,’’ He says.

You look at him amused that he cared so much, ‘’Promise,’’ You say scrunching your eyebrows not questioning him as to why he cared.

When you got to the RV everything had seemed to speed up, you were waiting for the phase three signal from Robin. Dustin was supposed to tell you when Eddie was and Dustin were on top of the RV getting the Amp set up to broadcast the sound, you were down on the ground putting up more metal to help shield you when the bats came. Plus eventually you’d end up here anyway, that was the plan when the bats got closed you all were to use the RV as a way to shield yourself knowing they would come after you.

You hear Dustin from up above you, ‘’Copy, Initiating Phase three!’’ Dustin yells. Only a moment later you heard Eddie beginning to shred on the guitar, as the song went on you felt your heart practically pouding out of your chest. A flash of red lightning is what caught your attention seeing the silhouette of the bats getting closer.

‘’Dustin!’’ You yell, you could see him glance down at you from the top. You point with your finger at the bats showing him your plan was working, he looked through the binoculars and yelled to Eddie. You ran back to the inside of the cage surrounding the van your hand against the metal ready to close it when they finally came down. And the thirty seconds quickly turned into ten and Dustin and Eddie came barreling in as you slammed the cage shut just as the bats hit causing you to jump. ‘’Inside! Inside!’’ You scream at them following behind as they ran in the RV slamming the door shut.

You were all panting, your hands rested on your knees as you were bent over trying to catch your breath, ‘’Dude!’’ Dustin calls out gaining your attention, ‘’Most metal ever!’’ He says and Eddie and him begin jumping upside down, you look at them both laughing.

‘’That was pretty amazing Eddie,’’ You tell him.

‘’Best concert I’ll ever go to,’’ He laughs as you tell him. Dustin and Eddie look to one another and begin yelling, jumping up and down shaking the van even more than it already was from the bats outside.

It didn’t take long after that for you all to figure out you were surrounded, the screeching was getting louder meaning more and more were around you. They were banging up against the metal, all three of you stood back to back with your weapon in your hand as you all just waited for them to break through.

That was when it got quiet.

‘’Hey dipshits!’’ Dustin screams.

You took a deep breath as he yelled, ‘’Dustin!’’ You whispered.

‘’Give up that easy huh?’’ Dustin screams even lounder.

Both you and Eddie shush him, ‘’Is that really necessary?’’ Eddie asks.

The clattering from above you stopped any conversation. You looked up hearing the metal above you being scraped, ‘’Eddie they can’t get in right?’’ You ask him warily, all of you followed the sound above ending up under a vent. ‘’Eddie?’’ You ask him after no response

You screamed when the bats broke through the vent, the panic rising in your chest. You lifted your weapon moving in close with Dustin taking turns stabbing the bats trying to get in. “Die! Die, Die!” Dustin screams everytime he stabs them.

“Eddie!” You yell. “Eddie help!” You yell in a panic.

A second later you feel Eddie pushing you back slightly, “Get out of the way! Get out of the way!” He yells the shield he made earlier in his hand. He runs directly at the vent slamming it over top of him stopping the bats. Dustin falls back leaning against something a deep breath falls from his lips.

“Holy shit, Holy shit,” Eddie keeps repeating.

You felt yourself relax but it was only for a short moment, until Dustin spoke. “Are there other vents?”

The look on Eddie’s face told you there was, “shit, shit, shit!” He kept muttering. Everyone moves with him running to the back of the RV where Eddie’s bedroom was and as soon as he swung the door open the bats came flying toward you ready to attack. “Shit!” He screams along with you and Dustin pushing you both back behind the door slamming it shut. Immediately after he shut the door the wood began to break, you knew it wouldn’t hold long.

‘’Shit, shit, shit,’’ You mutter, also hearing similar words from both Dustin and Eddie. ‘’What do we do?’’ You yell over the bats pounding into the door, ‘’That’s not gonna hold long!’’ You yell at them.

‘’Let’s go! Let’s go!’’ Eddie screams.

You turn to Dusin who already had his hands on the sheets, you help him by holding his foot in your hand giving him something to push off as he climbs through the gate. ‘’Eddie, go!’’ You yell at him as Dustin goes through the gate.

You were the oldest making sure everyone got through before you was important, ‘’You first!’’ He tells you.

‘’Eddie, go!’’ You yell trying to plead with him.

‘’We don’t have time to argue go!’’ He yells at you holding his hand out for your foot. He was right there was no time to argue the door was breaking further by the second. You lift your leg putting your foot in his hand and he helps give you a push up at you grab onto the sheet pulling up as fast as you could. You landed on your back, Dustin held his hand out pulling you up so Eddie had a place to land.

You finally got to your feet looking down at the gate seeing Eddie starting to climb, he was about halfway up when he paused. ‘’Eddie! Come on!’’ You scream down at him, Dustin doing the same next to you. ‘’Come on!’’ You yell at him.

Eddie seemed to have some sort of realization on his face as he looked up at both you and Dusitn. ‘’Eddie climb!’’ You yell at him. You got down on your knees peering down at him as he glanced back at the door.

Eddie let go of the sheet a moment later and you and Dustin screamed, ‘’Eddie what the Hell?’’ You yell down at him. He picked up his spear and cut the sheet and it dropped into Dustin's hand.‘’Eddie! No! What are you doing?’’

He picked up the mattress and began flipping it out of the way, no doubt so you and Dustin couldn’t follow in pursuit. ‘’No! No! Eddie!’’ Dustin was screaming next to you.

‘’What are you doing Eddie?’’

‘’I’m buying more time,’’ Is all he says. Grabbing his shield and the spear, he ran off after that.

You watched Dustin next to you with his hands on his head in distress, ‘’Oh god,’’ He says to himself.

You looked around panicked and unsure of what to do, you couldn’t let Eddie go alone. Think, think, think. ‘’Dustin, I am going to get him and bring his ass back here.’’ You tell him. You grab the chair laying a few feet away, putting it just under the gate.

‘’Y/N let me go!’’ Dustin yells at you as you brace yourself for a run. You were a few feet down the hallway you knew a running start would help you.

‘’No,’’ You tell him sternly. ‘’You stay here, do not follow me Dustin, and when you can radio Steve.’’ You instruct him. You took a deep breath ignoring the rest of Dustin's pleads to get you to stay and him to go.

You took off running and as soon as your feet got to the chair you jumped, you went through the gate and landed on your arm. You screamed in pain when you landed, ‘’Y/N? Y/N? What happened?’’ You can hear Dustin yelling.

When you finally got over the immediate wave of pain you pushed yourself up with your opposite hand looking down you could see your hand was visible disformed at the wrist, you had broken it. ‘’I’m fine Dustin,’’ You call up to him though your voice says otherwise. ‘’Radio Steve when you can!’’ You tell him through your tears, the pain was terrible, but you had no time to wait around Eddie was in trouble.

After that you walked out of the RV, Eddie couldn’t be too far ahead from you. You looked around the area when you got outside noticing the bike was missing that had been there previously. ‘’Dammit,’’ You mutter to yourself. You heard a loud noise come from inside the RV one similar to when you had come down. When you peered in the door you saw Dustin laying on the ground his face grimaced in pain as he held his leg.

‘’Dustin!’’ You yell running toward him. ‘’I told you to stay!’’ He must’ve landed on it. ‘’Are you okay?’’ You ask him.

‘’I landed on it.’’ He tells you through the tears in his eyes.

‘’Can you walk?’’

He nods his head, you reach down grabbing his hand with your good arm helping him off the floor but he puts no pressure on his leg. ‘’Go ahead without me,’’ He tells you. You reach over grabbing what looked like a broom handing it to him so he could use it to help walk.

You didn’t wait another second; you practically ran out the door glancing around for the bats in the sky. The red lightning illuminated the bats and you saw they were swarming in a circle which couldn’t be good at all. You looked back Dustin was only a few feet behind you hobbling toward you, you quickened your pace running over toward the bats not giving yourself long enough to debate if it was a good or bad idea.

When you finally got there all of the bats had dropped from the sky as if some invisible force had killed them. You saw Eddie laying on the floor, all the bats surrounded him. You ran as fast as you could landing on your knees in front of him. The blood was coming from his mouth, you knew that was not a good sign.

‘’Eddie? Eddie?’’ You say taking your good hand touching his cheek, tapping it lightly, ‘’Hey come on you need to look at me,’’ You forced a smile at him with the tears forming in your eyes at his state. ‘’You’re okay, you’re okay.’’ You kept repeating.

A moment later Dustin dropped onto his hands carefully getting on the ground with you, he pulled Eddie’s head so it was resting on his leg, ‘’Oh god Eddie,’’ He said examining him, there was blood all over him.

‘’Dustin,’’ You say still trying to hold back your tears but he just kept his eyes on Eddie, ‘’Dustin I am gonna try and find something maybe we can stop the bleeding,’’ You tell him. He doesn’t seem to pay attention so you raise off the ground and start running back toward the RV once again, the sheet in there that could stop the bleeding right?

You ran as fast as you could to the RV still cradling your arm to your chest, you finally made your way back running inside. The sheet was already on the floor so you quickly picked it up running back out of the RV toward Eddie and Dustin, that was when the ground began to shake. You felt the ground shaking and immediately tripped but caught yourself. The loud noise behind you caught your attention and you watched as the gate that was once inside the RV had broken out and it just kept expanding straight ahead, luckily it was opposite of where Dustin was.

The ground shaking was making it hard to walk but you got back to Dustin as fast as you could, you noticed when he came into view that he stood above where Eddie had previously laid on his leg, Eddie laid on the ground shaking with the earth but he wasn’t moving. ‘’Dustin?’’ You yell out at him gaining his attention. When you got close enough you noticed the tears were streaming down his face, ‘’He didn’t-?’’ You couldn’t finish the sentence.

He shook his head before you could finish anyway, ‘’What do we do?’’ He asked and you could clearly hear how emotional he was.

‘’I don’t know-’’ You say glancing around, ‘’I don’t know!’’ You say. ‘’Did you radio Steve? We need to call Steve - Nancy, Nancy will know what to do.’’ You tell him feeling distressed.

‘’I did,’’ He tells you. ‘’No response, from him or anyone else.’’ He tells you.

And it seemed like someone, somewhere was looking out for you and Dustin because only a moment later you heard a voice sounding just a stressed as you felt coming through.

“Y/N! Dustin?” You hear coming from the radio, it was the sweetest sound you had ever heard.

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‘’Y/N!’’ You hear your mom call from downstairs, ‘’Phone!’’

‘’Busy,’’ You yell, staring up at the ceiling, not busy at all in fact.

You hear footsteps coming up the stairs and you pull yourself up from the bed resting on your elbows anticipating her opening the door. She swings the door open a moment later, ‘’It’s Steve,’’ She pauses, ‘’Again.’’ You sigh. ‘’He really wants to talk to you honey, he’s probably just worried.’’

‘’Are you going to work?’’ You ask, noticing her scrub uniform.

‘’Yep, lots of shortages. Lots of people packed up and left, I don’t blame them if we had the money we would too.’’ She tells you. ‘’Do you need anything before I leave? Need any more medicine for your arm?’’ She asks and you glance down at the cast.

‘’I’m good,’’ You tell her. ‘’Love you,’’ You tell her before she leaves. Your mom worked as a nurse at the hospital when you finally got out of the upside down you went straight to her and she was pretty much able to help you get in to get your arm that same night although your injuries were nothing compared to some peoples.

A few hours later you were down in the kitchen making a frozen pizza, a little bit after the pizza went in the doorbell rang. You began walking toward the front door when the person decided to knock persistently, ‘’I’m coming!’’ You yell, shaking your head slightly annoyed.

When you pulled the door open Steve Harrington stood in front of you hands in his pockets. You looked at him in shock for a moment which gave him the perfect opportunity to slip in the house, ‘’Can I come in?’’ He asks, already walking through the door.

‘’Sure come on in,’’ You say sarcastically, shutting the door behind you. ‘’What are you doing here?’’ You ask him.

He puts one hand on his hip resting it there, ‘’Well you don’t return calls and it’s been three days.’’ He tells you. ‘’Why are you ignoring me?’’ He asks.

You sigh, ‘’I just needed some time to myself…a lot,’’ You say your eyes are focusing on a single spot on the floor, ‘’A lot happened.’’ You tell him.

‘’I know it did,’’ He says, stepping forward. ‘’Are you okay?’’ He asks.

You shrug your shoulders, ‘’I mean yeah,’’ You tell him but you can tell in your voice that you were about to break.

‘’Hey,’’ Steve says gently, pulling you into a hug, your hands wrapped around his torso as he rests his head on top of yours. ‘’You’re okay now,’’ He tells you.

‘’We just left him Steve,’’ You sob.

You could feel him pull you in closer if that was possible, ‘’We had to get out, and there was no way we could carry him out.’’ He says rubbing comforting circles on your back with his hand.

‘’His uncle-He-He is putting up missing flyers for him.’’ You try to get out your crying not letting you get out a sentence without having to take a deep breath. ‘’My mom she told me they’re all over the hospital.’’

Steve pulls back from you, ‘’Come on,’’ He says walking you to the couch sitting down with you, he still had his arm around you and you curled your body up so it rested on him. ‘’We did what we could, what we had to do.’’ He tries to tell you. ‘’And that doesn’t make what happened any easier but we have to think about what could've happened had we not gotten out when we did. Someone else could’ve been hurt, then what would we have done?’’ He asks you.

‘’It just feels wrong,’’ You tell him. You push yourself up looking at him, ‘’How is Dustin?’’ You ask, realizing you hadn’t talked to him since you got home.

‘’He’s rough,’’ He admits. ‘’But managing.’’

You didn’t say anything after that, you just both sat in silence. An hour or so later your head was in his lap and he was tracing circles on your shoulder as you stared up at the ceiling. ‘’Thanks for coming over,’’ You tell him.

He looks down at you, ‘’This is the only way I could talk to you,’’ He says and you smile sheepishly at him.

‘’Steve?’’ You ask. He hums in response, ‘’I don’t know what happened with you and Nancy and I made a promise I would do this, and I really want to keep it.’’ You start to ramble and Steve looks at you intently. ‘’And I'm just gonna come out and say it instead of beating around the bush-’’ You continue.

‘’Y/N,’’ Steve interrupted you, ‘’Just say it.’’

‘’I’m in love with you, and not in the way best friends love each other.’’ You say watching his eyes widen a bit looking at you as if he was shocked. ‘’And I have been for a while..’’ You pause, not really sure how he was feeling.

‘’You are?’’ He asks. ‘’Since when?’’ He asks.

‘’Since last year,’’ You tell him, ‘’When you got the job at scoops and I was training you I had a crush and we’ve hung out a lot more since and yeah,’’ You explain to him. ‘’And I just-,’’ You pause feeling emotional from the confession. ‘’I just had to tell you, I promised Eddie I would.’’

He glanced up when you mentioned Eddie his facial expressions looked shocked like he didn’t know what to say. “I just had to tell you and if you don’t feel the same-“ You began to say but your were cut short when you felt his hand come up to your cheek he was staring at you not saying a word.

“Steve?” You say breathless from his touch.

He doesn’t say anything instead he leans in his lips touching yours. He was slow with it and delicate, his hand gently resting on your cheek. “I never wanted to ruin anything,” He says when he pulls away. “Last year I realized I felt the same, and then now when we were upside down all I could think was is Y/N safe? That's when I knew.”

He paused for a moment, “And then I heard Dustin on the radio and he was begging us to come and I felt like I couldn’t breathe because he was so vague I thought something happened to you,” He tells you.

You reach your hand up putting it over the one that was on your cheek, “And then I saw you and your hand,” He glances down to the cast.

“I was fine,” You say, offering him a smile, “I was just waiting for you,” You admit. “You always keep me waiting, Harrington,” He smiles.

He leans in kissing you again, “No more waiting around, I’m right here.” He tells you.

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Thanks for reading! apologies for any mistakes i’m on my phone writing! Let me know how you liked it!

I have like 5 other fics im working on rn so just wanted to post something but Request are open still!

[munsonsprincess11111]

The visit

Eddie munson x Henderson!reader

Summary: Suzie comes to visit Dustin which some how wraps you and eddie into the mix.

Laying peacefully in bed. Your head on eddies chest. Naked under the sheets. Skin touching. His arm around you as you lay at his side. Your arms wrapped around his slender waist. The clock reading 1:43 pm. What more could you want? Nothing could ruin the moment. Until...

BANG! BANG! BANG!

On your bedroom door

"We're back with Suzie come say hi don't be rude." Dustin shouts from the other side of the door waking eddie. Then his running footsteps could be heard. Eddie groans rubbing his eyes. You sit up in bed kissing Eddie sweetly. As you pull away he attempts to chase your lips. But gives up throwing himself into the pillows.

"Morning baby." You say stretching before getting up looking for you pyjamas.

"Afternoon more like." Eddie says glancing at the clock. You both slip your pyjamas back on. Eddie hugs you for a moment and sways holding you. "Common let's go meet Dustins not so imaginary girlfriend." Eddie says kissing your head.

He opens the door for you and you both exit. Walking to the living room eddies arm over your shoulders keeping you close to his side. Dustin hears you before he sees you.

"Finally. Suzie this is y/n. Y/n this is... Why is Eddie here?" Dustin completly trails off starring at Eddie.

"Cause he's my boyfriend n it was late. Hi Suzie I'm Dustins sister nice to meet you." You say stretching nearly accidentally hitting Eddie from how close he was stood next to you. You rub his arm in apology.

"Nice to meet you y/n." Suzie smiles giving you a small wave.

"And this is Eddie you know my D&D club leader I told you about." Dustin gestures to Eddie.

"Oh yes Dustin has told me lots about you." She smiles at eddie.

"Nice to uh meet you." Eddie says still half asleep.

Dustin shows Suzie around the small house and you and Eddie head to the kitchen. You sit in the side as he puts the kettle on making you, your mum and himself a coffee as he refuses to let you do it when he's over due to you burning yourself once. "Your so good to me." You say as Eddie steps between yours legs. He burries his face in your neck arms going to your waist.

Dustin and Suzie walk into the kitchen and Eddie untangles himself from you going back to the coffee task. "Did you seriously only just wake up?" Dustin asked sitting at the small table with Suzie next to him.

"Yes n if it was up to me n not your loud mouth we would still be asleep." Eddie complains half for getting Suzie there. But not enough to not make her and Dustin hot coco. "Here." He slides them a cross the table to the too

"Why won't you let y/n do it?" Dustin askes

"Cause I burnt myself once n he won't get over it." You mumble sipping your coffee as Eddie takes your mum hers rolling his eyes. "He can't say I don't try he's just a drama queen."

"First I'm dungeon master it's my thing. Second I'm not being responsible for if u burn yourself again you was a baby last Time." Eddie says kissing your cheek.

"Hey Eddie..." Dustin askes. Eddie turns so he's stood between your legs with his back to you looking at Dustin arms crossed over his chest. Your arm that isn't holding coffee goes around him. "What?" He answers simply.

"Do you wanna I dunno would you mind taking me and Suzie to the arcade I wanna introduce her to Mike will and Lucas... And then back here..." Dustin askes hastily.

"Only if y/n comes so I'm not a total taxi driver." He answers leaning fully back into you. "I'll come." You say sipping your coffee.

"Well there's your answer." Eddie says. You lean a cross and put your mug in the sink. Both your arms going around his neck. His hands to your legs and and slide to his back. "To my bedroom. I gotta get dressed." You say as Eddie walks out the kitchen with you in his back.

"I hope were like them two one day. They seem so happy, and in love and they act like it's just them two in the world." Suzie says smiling at Dustin sipping her drink.

"Once you get to know them more you'll realise were more like them then you think trust me." Dustin says finally holding her hand. Which she blushes and smiles at.

In your room Eddie throws you on to the bed. Jumping in you as you giggle. "Where the black Lacey top and the black leather mini skirt. I'll give you my leather jacket to go with it." Eddie says kissing you.

"Why?" You giggle.

"Cause you look hot in that outfit and I'm going to willingly give you my jacket." He says rolling off of you to find some of the clothes you'd stolen.

You both get dressed and enter the living room.

"Let's go kiddos." Eddie says signalling for the door. Suzie and Dustin walk out hand in hand smiling. Eddie glanced you up and down. "God I love you in that jacket." Eddie says playfully throwing his head back.

"Mmm and I love you in just the demim over vest really shows yours tattoos." You say walking over to him.

"I love you."

"I love you most."

"Come in Romeo's gonna start shouting at Me if I don't hurry." Eddie says gesturing the door for you. As you close the door and look around you see Dustin and Suzie kissing and then pulling away. Eddie takes your hand and walks down to the van.

"Hey babe?" He says opening the sliding door for the two. "Yeah? " you answer as he slams the side door and them opens yours. Which you happily jump into.

"Remember when we was that awkward?" Eddie whispers and giggles.

"Yeah I remember when you first kissed me and you went as red as a tomato and started stuttering." You laugh putting a hand on his cheek.

"Shhh don't tell them." Eddie says kissing you then closing the door.

He gets in the drivers side and starts the van.

"Red as a tomato huh?" Dustin says to Eddie from the back of the van.

"Shut it Henderson or I'll tell the whole club how awkward that kiss you two just shared there was." Eddie half threatens to which Dustin takes his hands.

"Rights let's go." Eddie pulls out of your driveway and rests a hand on your thigh as he drives to the arcade. Dustin and Suzie are talking and blushing. You can't help but remember when it was you and Eddie sat in the back of the van talking, blushing and giggling and you smile, happy that Dustins found what he never thought he would find.

You look over to Eddie to see him with a cigarette hanging loosely from his lips. One hand on the steering wheel and the other on your thigh. He glances over at you and smiles. "Love you." He says as he blows the smoke out the window.

"Love you more." You say taking his hand in yours.

"Love you most." He smirks kissing your hand with a loud 'mwah' sound.

"Huh you bitch." You say smirking kissing his stubbly cheek.

"You love it." He smirks

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A/n: WOULD ANYONE LIKE A PART 2 CAUSE IDK.

[strangerthingsfanfics]

Going Swimming

Pair: Eddie X Reader (fern reader)

Summary: You’re dating Eddie, and one day you and him were going to the pool, but everyone decided to come along.

Warning: none.

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It was a hot summer day, you and Eddie, both decided to go the pool. While you were packing everything you needed into a bag, Dustin, walked into your room and ran back to his room while screaming he’s going to pool with you. Before you could protest him going, you heard him telling the crew they should come swimming with him, you, and Eddie, everyone agreed on going. You, Dustin, Mike, Lucas, Erica, and Max were already and waiting for Eddie, to come over to get you and them. You tried to call Eddie, before hand to tell them that Dustin and everyone else was coming along.

The minute Dustin, saw Eddie’s van pulled him and everyone else ran out the house. Before Eddie, could process on what’s happening everyone jumped into his van and was ready to go.

“Where’s Y/N?”

“They should be coming.” While saying that Dustin was saying that. You walked out the house with an picnic baskets filled with sandwiches, chips, and water.

“I’m so sorry Eddie, I tried to call you to tell but you didn’t answer so I knew you were on your way.”

“It’s okay, the more the merrier!”

Once all you got to the pool. Eddie, couldn’t keep his eyes off you and certain freshman and one 8th grader kept making fun of him for it.

“Oh shut it y’all will know the feeling once you find love.”

Everyone was in the pool at some point. They thought it would funny to splash you and Eddie. Both you gave each other a look on how to take down in the pool.

Dustin, Mike, Lucas, thought it would be fun to dump water on Eddie, when he kept looking at you.

“Oh all of you are dead!”

It was a good day everyone got along. Eddie, Mike, Dustin, Lucas, and Erica, kept taking about D&D and what they should do for the next campaign. While you and Max, we’re talking about having a girls day.

On the way home. Everyone was either falling asleep or talking about going back to the pool again.

“I had fun today Henderson.”

“I did too. See you tomorrow love?” You said to Eddie, will pulling him into a hug and kissing him. While doing that you heard a bunch of people act like they’re gagging.

“Oh shut it, y’all don’t understand!”

[cyberwears]

Spots in Clear Skys (Eddie Munson X Male!reader)

Reader male coded (as I am male and there is not enough male stories for anyone really) mainly fluff, a tiny bit of angst if you squint. 

Prompt: the reader has vitiligo/discoloration in their skin and stretch marks and is insecure about it. During the summer Eddie insists on going swimming and the reader doesn't want to go but goes to appease them but ends up hiding the whole time and Eddie notices. (cannon divergence obviously) 

Request: no

word count: 4.9K

Pairing: Eddie Munson X male plus size! Reader, dustin henderson X reader (platonic)

Warnings:  insecurities, mentions of bullying, negative talk of self, mentions of sex, no detail just a passing mention. 

Note: this is a co-write with @sweetweedstevie and we didn’t do final revisions as it is almost 7am and we spent all night writing this :)  if anyone wants to be put on a tag list hit my asks or let me know in the notes

The air felt nice and cool as you were changing into the swim trunks you haven’t worn since last summer. The shorts went down just slightly past your knees, the pattern seemed to swirl on the rough polyester. you felt as if wearing a shirt may help to cover the patches of discolored skin that line your chest. If you don’t it would be like wearing a kick me sign on your back. you reach forward and grab the white cotton t-shirt, which rested on the wood of the dresser, and as you pulled it over your head, you heard a pounding on my door. With a sigh and looking back into the mirror, you adjusted the waistband of your shorts and gave yourself a quick once over. Still the same old skin you would stare and pick at, and it seemed like maybe the blotches of lighter skin may never leave your arms, chest, and legs.

you take a couple steps forward and open the door of my room, walking downstairs to meet the pounding on the front door. you grab your car keys from the bowl near the front door and slip on a pair of cheap foam sandals you had bought yesterday. your chest expands as you take a second to mentally prepare yourself for this afternoon, breathing in deep and trying to exhale the worry from your body. Three more beats on the wood travel throughout the front entryway.

“Open up (y/n) or else we’re gonna be late!” comes from behind the door. With an agitated sigh, you tug open the red door. Brown eyes peer at me, mouth wrenched open about to yell again. “Henderson, I’m here. We aren’t late so no need to stress.” you give him a quick once over. His brown curly hair is tucked away under a blue and white hat, he has on white swim trunks, a memphis design pattern button up shirt which was unbuttoned, under that was a navy blue shirt and it looked like he was wearing some type of black sandals.

“You like the look?” He asks, a toothy grin spreads across his tan skin. You swallowed quickly, trying to contain your laughter as Dustin did a quick spin. “Did your mom dress you..or?” You say to him. His expression drops into a deadpan as he looks you up and down. “I happen to have expensive taste, (y/n).” Dustin says.

“Yeah.. expensive taste, I’m pretty sure I saw that ugly shirt at the thrift store. Maybe even in my mom's closet!” You tease, and walk past him. Dustin can’t help but smile at your antics.

You hadn’t even seen his handmade Hellfire tote bag, he thanked whoever above for it. Dustin would never hear the end of it. He carried a lot in his bag, sunscreen, shirts, a sketchbook, some pencils, drink mix and water bottles.

“Henderson, you know for being so urgent about wanting to get to the beach, you sure are just doing nothing. You want passenger?” You say, unlocking the door to your car and sitting down in the warm leather seat. Dustin jogs over to the right side of the car, taking the silver handle in his hand and entering the janky car you owned.

You put the key into the ignition and Dustin grins as he hears the engine roar to life. “How fast do you wanna go? 70, 80?” He says, turning to you with an excited spark in his eyes. “Everyday I learn something new about you, and I’ve been babysitting you for years now. Adrenaline junkie is a new trait.” You say, pulling out of the driveway and into the circle drive behind you.

“Well, fighting monsters gives you a new perspective on things..” Dustin laughs, hands settling down as he adjusts into the plush seat below him. His hand reaches for the dial, turning up the radio. It was loud enough that the notes and melody could rattle your brain. You sigh, rolling your eyes as the both of you start the cruise to Hawkins Beach.

As you whip around the corner by some gas station you pull the shades from your center console and put them on as you enjoy “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”  by Wham! You hear Dustin shout in excitement at the speed. Rolling your eyes then focusing on the road again.  You start to think a bit about how the day might go and pray Dustin won’t force you to swim or get near the water. As time passes you slow down on the dirt roads to avoid skidding and crashing the car (As not only would you get an ear full of “You almost killed us!” from Dustin but also a lecture from his mom). When you arrive at the lake and shut off the car you can already feel the beads of sweat forming on your neck from the heat, and the idea of watching over Dustin's friends to make sure no one would kill each other in the water.

Hopping out of the car, Dustin speeds over to where his friends already set up spots. Hawkins didn’t really have beaches, just the lake that many teens and young adults snuck off to to make out and generally “make sweet love”, appropriately named “Lovers Lake”. You made your way over to Dustin and his friends and sat down next to Will giving him a short nod and a wave. Will smiles and waves back before taking note that everyone else but the two of you had already sped off towards the lake. “I am putting my keys in your bag. Also, put on sunscreen! Your mom would kill me if you got sunburnt!” You shout at Dustin as you put your keys away in his Hellfire tote bag. In the distance you hear him shout as he complains about being fine without it. You made a mental note to buy sunburn supplies on the way home.

After a while you gave up trying to get sunscreen onto the younger kids, and you settled in for the afternoon. You think for a moment, and take a glance at Will, who was mindlessly sketching on a pad of paper. You ask if he wants a snack and a bottle of water from the trunk of your car that you had packed yesterday evening.  “Sure, that’d be nice.” he says and offers a smile, You stand up and stretch, offering a hand for him to get up with.

Will grabs your hand gingerly, and you pull the younger teenager off the rough towel you’ve both been sitting on. After a short walk the two of you arrive at your beat up car, and you slip your hand under the lip of the trunk and open it up in a one swift movement.

“Get what you want Will, there’s a lot for a reason.” You say. He nods quickly and leans over the back of the car, scanning the selection of drinks and snacks that you’d packed yesterday. Coca-Cola, Hi-C, Sprite. You open the backdoor of the car and start to look for the scrunchie you’d thrown into the seats after a long shift at Salvation Army. After a while you find the green scrunchie and with a relieved exhale you tie your hair back.

“Got what you want, Byers?” You ask as you get out of the backseat, closing the door behind you. You peek back out to see Will holding a Hi-C, a Coca-Cola and a Sprite. He smiles at you, and nods. It causes the red bucket hat placed atop his head to slightly falter, but he didn’t seem to mind. “Yeah, thank you again (y/n).”

You nod at him. “Hey grab two waters for me, will you?” You ask him. He nods and grabs two water bottles, carefully stacking them against his chest so they wouldn’t fall. You close the trunk, motioning for Will to follow you back to the lake. The walk back was short and was shared in a comfortable silence between you and the younger teen you’d learned a lot about over the years.

Will was an anomaly of the friend group, much as you felt. Once the two of you sat down, Will took a note of the lighter patch of skin on your hand. “If you don’t mind me asking, is your hand okay?” He asks with a light tone. “Just an accident from when I was a kid, Byers.” You say. You silently hope that he won’t catch your lie. He nods, accepting the answer. Will cracks open the Sprite, then he goes back to mindlessly sketching the landscape in front of him.

As you two were sitting there enjoying the sun, you brought up ideas for his campaign. You'd sat in on a couple of his sessions, as you’d enjoyed fantasy as much as he did. Will bounced ideas off you, and the two of you worked out kinks in his story. He said he wanted to work with the undead for his new campaign and how it was out of his comfort zone. After a while you’d helped him build up the start to a story and some strong enemies. Will had smiled so wide you thought it may stay there forever, it was good to see him happy.

Around 30 minutes later you heard 2 engines roar through the woods, as if they were racing to the lake. The two loud cars pulled into the makeshift parking lot of the lake, and then the engines cut.  A rusty grey van with white accent stripe wrapping around the bottom and a sleek maroon BMW.

You watch as Eddie pops out of the driver's seat of his van, wild hair being pushed around with the breeze. He was wearing a denim vest adorned with patches and pins. Following his grand entrance of him swinging his arms about and shouting in the direction of a BMW, you see Steve and Robin emerge from the maroon car. Eddie bounds over to them, hands flailing wildly as he chats with the two respectively.

You had gone to school with Steve and Robin and graduated in the same class. You were familiar with them as you had been the chauffeur and babysitter for Dustin and his friends at times. When Starcourt opened, the trips to the mall  became much more frequent. Dustin had dragged you into Scoops Ahoy to annoy a friend you didn’t know about, and was surprised to see Steve Harrington exit the backroom with a grin on his face to greet Dustin back from camp. You and Dustin had spent a lot of time inside of the small ice cream parlor, making fun of the uniforms and trying free samples. Steve often would sneak the younger teens into r-rated movies through the backroom that led to the back of every store in Starcourt.

You’d never been friends with Steve, as he wasn’t in your circle of friends. He was labeled “The King of Hawkins High”, which wasn’t really a thing you would’ve enjoyed. He was one for parties and sports, and you really didn’t have much interest in either of those activities. But sometimes you and Robin would sit at lunch together, talking about books and magazines you’d both read. Throughout your highschool career, you’d seen Eddie lurk through the halls, you’d never spoken to him though. You didn’t have an issue with him, he was interesting but also really intimidating. You had seen his kindness in secret moments that you’d catch, him picking up someone's wallet or pencil, giving someone some money for lunch, and more. You’d also interacted with him when Dustin would beg for you to fill in when someone couldn’t make it to Hellfire.

The group of makeshift outcasts made their way over to the lake, and you took in their outfits. You saw as Eddie laughed at Steve when he tripped over a rock, because he was arguing with Robin over The Goonies. Robin tore her attention away from Steve with an eyeroll, her hazel eyes landing on your face. She waves and shouts your name, sending a wide smile your way. Robin jogs away to the group, and closer to your spot. When she eventually arrives, she launches into a ramble about how bad Steve’s sense of direction is and how they got lost 1/3rd way into the drive.

Eventually the two others made their way to your small group. Steve smiles at you, Eddie gives a wave. “Hey, it’s been a minute!” Eddie says, grinning down at you. Your eyebrows furrow. “Huh, it really has been, hasn't it?.” You say to him.

Eddie shrugs off his vest and drops it by Dustin's tote bag, taking note of the iconic Hellfire logo that was carefully painted onto the creamy white canvas fabric. Eddie looks up from the bag, cupping his hands around his mouth as he shouts “Henderson! Nice bag, where’d you get it!” He teases. Dustin looks up from the water, looking around the shore of the lake until his eyes have landed on your small group. In a frantic effort, Dustin starts desperately swimming through the murky water. You see him fighting against the slight current. Once he eventually reaches the shore, he breaks into a sprint towards the group, b-lining for the dungeon master of his group. The two launch into a wild conversation.

You bite your tongue and sigh. Your eyes linger on his tan skin, now having a pink blush added onto his arms and chest. You rute around his bag and take ahold of the 70 SPF sunscreen, and toss it at him. “Put that on kid, you’re already getting burnt.” You say. Dustin purses his lips and he unwillingly applies it to his skin.

“Get outta the water! Get something to eat!” You shout at Mike and Lucas who had been having a splash war in the lake. The two boys swim through the water and make their way towards the group. You face Robin and Steve and watch as Steve pulls his shirt over his head and applies some sunscreen. “See, you should be more like him. Steve wears his sunscreen and avoids sunburn, Dustin. Your mom is gonna kill me.” You say as you bring the rim of the water bottle to your lips to take a sip. “Yeah, Henderson.” Steve mocks. Dustin glares at him.

“Yeah? And you look like a vampire! You’re pasty. Plus, You never even came to swim. You said you’d swim with us!” Dustin shouts, hands thrashing through the air. You grit your teeth and scowl at him.

“Never said I’d swim, kid, I said I would watch over you little monsters. And besides, Will need some company too!” You snap back. Then you stick a hand in Will's hair, ruffling it up. “Hey, why’d you have to drag me into this?” Will whines as he looks up from his sketch he was working on.

“Don’t make him do anything he doesn’t want to, Henderson. Besides, it's 98 degrees out. He’ll be in the lake within the hour. ” Eddie says casually, lips curling into a smile. He reaches back and grasps the back of his shirt and pulls it off in one swift motion. He had tattoos of spiders running along his ribcage and side. Eddie unbuttons his jeans and pulls them down quickly, revealing red swim trunks under. On his calf there was a tattoo of a red dragon, and bats.

For a moment, it looked like Steve’s eyes had popped out of his skull. “Did you seriously wear jeans over your swim trunks? What is your issue?” He says, jaw wrenched open. “Gotta keep my freak reputation Harrington, close your mouth by the way. Don’t want flies in there.”

Eddie swings an arm roughly around Steve and Dustin's neck, charging to the lake. “So much for eating.” You mumble as you watch Eddie lunge into the water, keeping both of the boys close to him. Steve emerges from the water, stuttering. “Nobody said it would be this goddamn cold!” You hear him yell.  You shake your head and laugh then turn back to your conversation with Robin.

After a while of chatting with Robin and Will about random topics of conversation, which included the new magazine Robin got in the mail today, how Will’s drawing was going and how hungry you were, and yelling at the boys for almost drowning each other. Succeeding your lengthy conversation with the two, the boys in the distance started playing chicken. Steve had Lucas carefully balanced on his shoulders, and Eddie had Dustin on his. Dustin was yelling about how it was an unfair match because Lucas was “so much stronger than I am, he does sports for christ sake!” and Robin suddenly looked more interested in that than the conversation.

Robin places her hands on the ground next to her as she pushes up roughly, regaining balance and standing up. “We should go play chicken with them!” Robin says with a beaming smile. Will's expression falters into a happy glower. “Yeah..I think that’d be really nice. It’s hot and stuff, I’m gonna go with Robin.” Will says in your direction. His skin seemed to be glowing in the light, like he was made for this.

“Go and have fun you two.” You say. Will takes off his overshirt, leaving him in a blue tank top and white shorts. He takes off his bucket hat and hands it to you, which you put on the ground. Will rushes to the water, excited to be able to play with his friends again.

Forever chasing his inner child, once lost and now slowly being rediscovered.

Robin turned back to you. “You wanna come with? It would make an even amount of players.” She says. You decline saying that someone needs to stay and watch the stuff. Robin lets out a defeated sigh. “Invitation is still up, (y/n).” She says, then trudges to the water.

After she enters the lake, you sigh and lean back against the rock you had posted up on. You carefully examine the discoloration on your arms and the stretch marks on the lower part of your abdomen where your shirt rode up when you adjusted so your back would be flush against the rock.

You frown at the light splotches of skin, and pick at the scab you got. It happened when trying to squeeze in between a table and a coworker, you misjudged the size of the gap. You gave up eventually, and you pulled the shirt back down in frustration and let out a distressed whine from the heat.

You continue to look at your arm thinking about how horrific you thought they looked, and how it looked like someone had pressed a sponge filled with bleach onto your rough skin. You murmur again in frustration and get up. “I’ll be right back!” You shout at the group as you grab your keys.

You got a couple of shouts back in acknowledgement and made a straight shot for your car. When you reached the car, you went to the back and slid your hand under the lip of the trunk. You jiggle a little bit to unlock it, and then you lift the trunk for the second time today.Your hands grasp a plastic water bottle. You slam the trunk again in a fluid motion. Eventually, after leaning on the side of the car, you walk to the front and pull the driver's side door open. You sat down in the plush seat, after rolling the key in the ignition just enough to start the AC, but not to start the car.

You let the hot air vent out of the car window then cranked them up. You lean back in the seat, reclining it to lay down. Nothing is better than AC on a hot day. You take a sip of water, living simply in your car. You shut your eyes, and allow yourself just to think.

Around 10 minutes later, there comes a thump on the window of the passenger side.

You jump and gasp, looking frantically in the direction of the noise. And there he was, Eddie waving and grinning at you. You reach over and crank down the window, looking at him.

Eddie disregards the window and opens the door, climbing inside of your cool car. You grit your teeth as you watch him roll the window back up. He looked you up and down. “Are you so opposed to the water you will sacrifice your battery to cool down? Are you scared you will melt when you get in, you a witch?” He teased and leaned back against the cool leather seat.

“What do you want, Munson? You look like a drowned dog” you grumble back, your cheery mood dissipated. You were once relaxed, now forced to be alert and on edge. “Says the one who won’t even get in the water. Dustin has been trying to get you to swim all afternoon. He’s really upset (y/n), he really wants you to be there.” He says. It seemed genuine enough.

“I have a perfectly good reason for not wanting to swim.” You say, looking away from his face and to the wheel.

“You got some embarrassing tattoos you don't want people seeing? Some surgery scar that’s gnarly?” He says, giggling at his own simple jokes and words. You glare at him, burning holes into his head. You then look away, thoughts racing and head hurting. Your voice shakes as you tell him off with a quiet “Fuck off.”. You swallow and shift away from him, knees knocking against the wheel as you try to face the driver's side door. Officially closed off.

“Woah, hey, I didn’t mean to step on any toes. You okay? I mean, I don’t think you are. What’s going on man?” He said just a tad quieter, just soft enough for it to work. He turns himself towards you just a bit, not enough to threaten you, but enough to let his presence be known. You shake your head slightly, and to your dismay a tear slips out. You bring up your hand and flick it away off your face. You choke on your breath as you throw your head back onto the leather headrest.

You swallow your words and meet his eyes. Filled with adoration and concern.

“I have grown up with this… thing. I don’t really know what it is but it looks like a disease.” You say, voice breaking with every word. You hold out your arm to him, the discolouration sitting in small pockets on your arms. Your hands pick at the edges of your shirt as you lift it off your body. All across your arms and chest are the blemishes and marks you’d grown to hate.

“When I was little the kids called me sick and disgusting for having this on my body. That I was a freak of nature when I was in middle school. I thought it would change when I got to highschool, but it only got worse. Everyone was ruthless. Changing in locker rooms quickly became my worst fear, until my body became my worst fear. Mirrors are my worst enemy, I can’t stand having it. Most days were a nightmare. Even when stretching, my shirt would reveal my stomach and the patches, I was always a topic of conversation, even in a town where conversation only lasts a week.” You say through gritted teeth, voice cracking.

It was a deep ache that wrenched on your heart, that squeezed the air from your lungs. It felt like time had stood still in the car as you tried to catch your breath and wipe away your tears. You put up a tough act for your friends and Dustin but relaxing didn’t come easy when you were one in a million.

You wipe off your face with your shirt and put it back onto your body, huffing as it gets caught between the seat and your back. You roughly squeeze your arm, leaving crescent moon shapes on your skin. You shift your eyes apprehensively back towards Eddie who was looking at you in shock.

You brace yourself for teasing or bullying that may come with a bomb-drop of information like that. You look out of the windshield and look at the group you’d grown to know, and smiled sadly as they play in the water without care.

Eddie doesn’t say anything. He let out a low, almost inaudible sigh. He shifts towards you more, hands reaching to your shirt which hadn’t been pulled down yet. His fingers grasp the fabric, and you feel his cold fingers against the warm skin of your back as he adjudges your shirt. Eddie backs away back into the passengers, adjusting. He opened his mouth to speak then closed it, almost as if he was searching for what to say. Eddie's fingers drum against his knee as he looks up to the clothed roof of the car.

“If it makes you feel any better, when I was in middle school I was made fun of for living in the trailer park and having my head shaved. Then highschool I was a target because I just wanted to play a fantasy game. The whole “satanic panic” thing. I know my situation wasn’t as bad as yours. But if I do say so myself, your ‘disease’ as you call it, looks actually kinda cool. Metal. You shouldn’t be embarrassed about it.” he said and paused to collect himself and looked at me in contemplation.

“Give me your arm.” He said and held his hand toward you.

“Eddie what?” you question. “Just give me your arm” He interrupts, raising his voice an octave. You swallow roughly, and swing your arm towards him. He takes your wrist in one hand and eyes you carefully. His lip twitches as his eyes meet yours, silently asking for your permission. You hum faintly towards him.

His lips press against your arm, warm against the skin of your wrist. Placed directly onto a patch of discolored skin. Eddie pulls back, taking your forearm into both hands. He flicks his eyes towards you, and you feel your face grow red as you see the colors in his eyes swirl rhythmically. You feel his breath tickle the skin of your arm as he kisses the next spot. Eyes locked with Eddie’s the entire time. His hair brushes against your arm, you brush it out of his face. The rings are cold against your skin. Anything to try to ignore his plush lips that presses onto the skin of your arm. Eddie continues moving up your arm until he reaches the sleeve of your shirt. He pulls away, face flushed. Eddie falls back against the door of the passenger side, legs spread as he smiles at you.

You laugh a little, swallowing the spit that had collected in your mouth.

He grins at you. “Kissing it better always works.” He says, releasing your arm from his grasp. “Better?”

“Yeah, thank you. Let's get back to the group before they get suspicious.” you said, nodding your head listlessly as you shut off your car.

Eddie followed you out after grabbing your water bottle and chucking to you. Fumbling to catch it you let out a hearty laugh and made your way over to the items the group brought.

Eddie sprints towards the water, trying to dive into the water but ultimately pulling off a half somersault cannonball. You shed your white cotton shirt, feeling happier with yourself. You quickly take out the scrunchie. You ran towards the water, clotheslining Eddie and Dustin on the way in, knocking them down with you.

You feel slender hands snake around your ribcage as you’re enveloped into the cold water of Lovers Lake, and you feel familiar fingers rest on your hips as you come back up for air. Once fully emerged from the water, you push your wet hair from your face. “Why is it so cold!?” You yell, arms hugging yourself. You feel a slight squeeze on your hips, Eddie staying behind you.  

“That’s what I said!” Steve yells back. Dustin grins at you, lightly slapping your chest. In all of your friendship, he’d never seen you without a shirt on, even when you went swimming previously. You saw his grin curl into a mischievous smile as he thought of a plan. He tried to tackle you back under in revenge for clotheslining him, only to be tackled into the murky water by Robin and Steve.

Eddie broke away from you, hand grasping yours under the water as he guided you to Will, Lucas and Mike. You felt like you didn’t need cotton body armor anymore, the rest of the evening was wonderful with friends. When it reached nightfall, Steve helped Dustin out of the water, Dustin now sunburnt. You sighed, grabbing his things.

The two of you said your goodbyes, and packed up the car. And when you got into the driver's seat after helping Dustin into the passengers, you saw a little piece of paper taped to the wheel.

“Call me if you need a pick me up, or if you need me to kiss it better.”

@hellfirebee​ 

[bagsybaggins]

Chapter 6: Rockin' Friendship

[Previous Chapter]

It had been a little shorter than a year since the Demogorgon fight. Since Will came back, and Eleven disappeared. YN's arm had healed up fully, with three jagged scratches on her left arm, and a jagged hole-shaped scar on her right shoulder. Not to mention the small puncture wounds on her ankle. Her hair was slightly longer, tied up in a ponytail with her bangs curled and pinned to the side.

"By Dustin! Be careful!" YN yelled as she stood at the front door, her hat slightly lopsided as she tapped the brim against the doorframe.

Dustin waved his hand back at her before he went on his bike, peddling towards Mike's house.

She sighed softly, moving back into the house and shutting the door softly. She paused, turning towards the basement door before walking towards it. As she opened it, she felt the familiar cold shifting through her body. She tensed her jaw, jerking the handle and swinging the door open.

---

[HAWKINS 1973]

"Daddy? What's that?" YN asked as she leaned up on her tippy toes. 

He sighed and shook his head. "It's nothing Dare-Bear. I'll show you it when you're older, alright?"

YN stared up at him with her eyes glimmering with curiosity as he grinned down at her.

"How much older?" She frowned.

He chuckled, lifting her into his lap, and closing the leather-bound book. "When you're 12, at least. Depends on if you remember it by then."

She giggled as he poked her stomach, ticking her. "I'll remember! I will!"

He grinned and sighed softly. "Alright. I'll show it to you then."

---

The police lights were shining around the Henderson household. YN looked ahead, a dull look in her eyes. Her hands were stained with blood, along with her nightgown. Her mother crying hysterically with Dustin in her arms. YN looked over at the door, where a stretcher carried out a large black bag.

YN stared at it as it moved passed her, being loaded into the ambulance.

The tear stains on her cheeks were covered with new tears as she cried again. Her voice was scratchy as she called out for her father. Her mother's hand tightened around her shoulder before YN collapsed onto her knees. 

Her father was to be buried a week later.

---

[HAWKINS 1984: PRESENT TIME]

I flick on the light switch, looking around the basement for a moment. Turning to the desk, I inhale sharply as I remember the blood that had been on it. Leaving a permanent stain. I lift my hands onto the desk, my fingers just brushing against the wood before I close my eyes tightly. 

Inhaling slowly I open my eyes and look down at the desk. I take a small step back, bringing my fingers to the first draw. I pull on it, frowning when it doesn't move. I kneel down, pulling one of the pins from my hair out and bending it. I stick my tongue out slightly as I try to wiggle the pin into the lock's sweet spot. Grinning when it pops, I slide the draw open, pulling my hairpin out. I frown slightly when I notice an obscene collection of pens and a few scattered pages of paper.

I pull out one of the papers, smiling as I flip it over, seeing a drawing of me and Dustin. I put it down, reaching back into the draw, huffing when the papers are trapped under the pens. Grabbing them at the handful, I drop them on the desk, pushing some back as they start rolling back to the edge of the desk. I pull out another piece of paper, another drawing. Of me holding Dustin after he had been born. 

I smile widely as I put it down on top of the other one. I freeze when I see the next drawing. No colors, but black shading. I pick it up hesitantly, exhaling lightly. 

It was of me. When I was in a coma. I looked peaceful but sick. And the lines in this drawing were sharp and dark. Unlike the other drawings.

I shakily put it down on top of the other drawings before I hear the sound of rapid knocking coming from above. I pull out my inhaler and walked up the stairs quickly to see who was at the front door.

I pull it open and my eyes widen in shock to see Eddie grinning at me.

"There she is, I've been knocking for an hour. Half tempted to crawl in through your window to come to check on you." Eddie fiddles with his denim jacket as he looks at me.

I scoff, crossing my arms as I lean against my doorway. "Oh really? And what do I owe the pleasure of being visited by the great and powerful Eddie Munson?"

He grins widely before he leans against the opposite side of my doorway, crossing his arms. "I was wondering, if the dear Rouge would like to join me and my mini group, at a concert this weekend in the town over."

I blink for a moment, before grinning and nodding my head. "I think I can manage to get a cover for a night or two. Who are we seeing?"

He sighs in relief. "Judas Priest is touring with a few other bands. I didn't actually catch who they were, but I figured it would be enough to just see them."

I uncross my arms and nod my head. "Alright, definitely." I look up at him before noticing the smudge on his left cheek. "Hey, you got something right there."

"Here?" He asks as he rubs his cheek, but in the wrong spot. 

Laughing I shake my head, reaching up. "Here, let me."

He stills as I brush my thumb against it, feeling it flake off. As I pull away, I look down at my thumb, rubbing it against my index finger. 

"Uhh, thanks." I nod my head, looking up at him before he rushes off to his van.

"You're welcome!" I yell back, confused as to why he left so quickly.

---

I bounced on my toes as I check my watch, gritting my teeth as I wait for Dustin.

"Dustin! Hurry up! We're gonna be late!" I yell through his door just before he opens it.

"I'm ready, I'm ready!" He brushes past me, sprinting to the door.

"I call shotgun!" He yells as he jumps down the steps.

"NO!" I chase after him, hitting the top of the car as he closes the passenger door, grinning at me.

I glare at him as I swing the back seat door open, "You're not safe Dustin, I'll get you-"

"Enough you two! Or there will be no movie."

I roll my eyes, crossing my arms as I hit the back of my seat with a thump. "Fine."

I glare at Dustin through the side door mirror, to which he grins and shows off his front teeth that had finally come through.

"What movie are you watching again?" Mom asks as she looks at me through the mirror.

"The Neverending Story Mom." I grin before adding. "Don't worry, it's totally PG."

She hmms before driving towards the movie theater. 

---

"I can't believe they killed the horse," I mumbled as we walked out of the movies, Dustin nodding at my side.

"We don't tell Mom about that, right?" He asks, and I nod in agreement.

I look down at him for a moment before messing up his curly hair with a grin. 

"It was a good movie though Dusty, not a bad choice." 

He grinned up at me and nodded. "Yeah, it was."

---

I huff as I dig through my closet for something to wear to a metal concert. I take a moment to glance in the mirror. A plain black shirt and some ripped jeans with combat boots could pass.

I groan before I hear a knocking at my window. I turn around, my eyes widening as I see Eddie grinning at me through the glass. I shake my head, and move to the window, opening it.

"I thought we had agreed to meet down my street?" 

He grins, his overgrown mullet shaking as he laughs. "Yeah, well I had figured since you were five minutes past your pick-up, you were in trouble." He glances down at me and grins a little wider, "And turns out I was right."

Gaping at him, I scoff and push his shoulder. "I am perfectly fine! I don't know what you're talking about-"

He lifts his foot inside, ignoring my protests as he sits on my window seal. 

"Sweetheart, you're gonna stick out like a soar thumb. Even though the black shirt is a nice touch-"

I hit his shoulder. "I think I could pass-"

"Dare-Bear! You're going to be late for your slumber party with Nancy!" I hear Mom yell through the door.

I groan as Eddie grins at me, his brows shooting up.

"It's fine Mom! I'll be out in a minute!" I yell back before Eddie snickers.

"What?"

He looks at me, a teasing grin on his face. "Dare-Bear? That's adorable."

I glare at him with my lips pressed together. "Shut up or I'm going to push you out the window."

He glances over his shoulder, then looks back at me. "Not like it's a long fall-"

I plant my hands on his shoulder, pushing him out, but his hands catch the window frame. He looks at me with his eyes wide and shock written over his features. 

"You really pushed me out-"

"You said it wasn't a long fall!" I hiss back.

"Dare?"

I look over my shoulder frantically before I remember that I had locked my door.

"I'm alright Mom! Just stubbed my toe!"

He chuckles softly and I turn back to him and nudge his shoulder. 

"Get out of here, I'll be out in a minute."

He shakes his head and I feel my lips turn down in confusion. "Not with you looking like that."

Shaking my head with a small smile on my face. "I don't have anything else Eds."

He pauses for a moment, then his hands drift to the bottom of his shirt. A Judas Priest shirt I now realize, and he pulls it over his head. I gape at him in shock as he throws it at me. Pulling it off my head I look at him in confusion. 

"So you fit in. Don't worry, I have something else." He climbed out the window and grinned at me. "See you in a few Dare-Bear."

I glare at him before he runs off the lawn, turning the corner behind our next-door neighbor's fence. Glancing down at the shirt I smile, closing the window and the blinds.

---

"Be back tomorrow!" I hear Mom say from the kitchen as I make my way out of the house. 

"I will! Bye, Mom! Bye Dusty!" I wave at him with a grin before he looks up at me in confusion.

"Whose shirt is that?" He asks. 

My eyes widen, and I glance over at the kitchen. "A friend's Dusty, don't worry about it. I'll tell you later."

He frowns and nods. "You better."

Grinning I nod, saluting quickly causing my hat to be brushed upwards. "Got it Dusty. Be back later!"

I hop out of the door, letting it shut behind me before I run across the front lawn. I turn to the right and smile as I see Eddie's van just at the end of the block. I double-check my jacket pocket for my inhaler and my wallet before I sprint to the van. 

"Open up, it's the police!" I yell into the passenger window, laughing as I see them jump. 

I raise a brow as Eddie shoves Gareth in the back, leaning over and opening the passenger seat.

"I thought you had another shirt," I say as I hop inside the van, noticing the lack of a shirt under his denim vest.

He grins, his eyes flashing to mine as he starts up the engine. "Why? Disappointed that I'm wearing the vest?"

Scoffing, I shake my head with a smile. "No, I just think that if anyone is gonna stick out, it'll be you."

He laughs as I turn in the seat and wave at Jeff and Gareth. "Hey boys, been a while since I've seen ya."

Jeff nods and Gareth grins lightly. "Yeah, last saw you in the campaign. You kicked Eddie's ass by winning so quickly. I don't think he's recovered just yet either."

I chuckle as I notice Eddie giving Gareth a death glare. "Yeah, I think so too. I mean, why else would he stop hanging out with me?"

He glanced at me briefly before looking back at the road. "Well, I had to readjust my crown, since you knocked it off-kilter. Plus, I've been thinking of what to do for our next campaign."

"Hmhmm, sure. Not just ignoring me because of your bruised ego."

---

I wipe the sweat from my brow as we walk back towards the van. The whole experience was awesome. I glance over at Eddie, who was grinning like a maniac. I laugh as I remember when the band had finally walked across the stage. How everything seemed to just buzz to life. I hear a distant voice shouting something, and when I turn to my right, I notice they were selling tour shirts.

I grin and jog past people, and stop in front of the stand. When they ask me what I wanted I pointed to one of the shirts that had caught my eye. I look over my shoulder, noticing Eddie and the other two walking toward me. I turn back to exchange the cash for the shirt, thanking them quickly. 

I walk back to Eddie as he looks at me in confusion before I shove the shirt at his head. "Payback."

He pulls it off before grinning down at the shirt.

---

Dare yawned as she looked up through the windshield at the night sky. She glanced back through the van before sighing. "They fell asleep."

Eddie glanced at her before looking through the mirror and scoffing. "Not surprised. But I am that you're still awake."

She laughs looking at him. "Yeah, well I've always had trouble with falling asleep."

He looks over at her, his brows furrowed slightly in concern. When she noticed his stare she shook her head with a scoff. 

"It's fine. It's something I've had since I was a kid. Mom says I got it from my Dad." She pauses before shuffling through his glove box.

"I think you're supposed to ask before you grab people's things." He chuckles as she pulls out his cassettes.

She smiles and shakes her head, reading the titles. "I've never been good at doing that. Just, shoot and ask questions later type of gal."

He raises a brow as she opens one of the cassettes.

He laughs as the sound of Meatloaf plays through the speaker, somehow still not rousing the sleeping pair in the back of the van.

"Didn't take you for a meatloaf fan." He said over the music before she pushes the skip button.

"I wouldn't say I'm a major fan, but I do have a favorite song." Dare grinned as she stopped and let the song finish, moving on to the next one.

As 'Dead Ringer for Love' played she grinned widely, looking over at Eddie. 

"Really?" He asked, "This is you're favorite?"

She nods her head. "I don't have a reason. It just is."

He scoffs with a smile as she begins to mumble the lyrics to herself.

"You got me begging on my knees, c'mon and throw the dog a bone." He sings half of the tune as she turns to him.

She grins. "A man he doesn't live by rock 'n roll and brew alone."

"Baby, Baby!" They sang together before the chorus came.

"Rock 'n roll and brew, rock 'n roll and brew. They don't mean a thing when I compare 'em next to you!" They smiled as they bounced to the sound. "Rock 'n roll and brew, rock 'n roll and brew."

Eddie turned to her. "I know that you and I, we got better things to do. I don't know who you are, or what you do. Or where you go when you're not around."

"I don't know anything about you baby." "But you're everything I'm dreaming of."

Dare grins and bobs her head to the song. "I don't know who you are, but you're a real dead ringer for love."

Eddie paused as he gazed at her from the corner of his eye, his grin still frozen on his face. His face grew warm as she made eye contact with him, still singing along with the song. And his heart skipped its normal synchronized beat. 

---

"Bye Eddie! Thanks for taking me with you. It was awesome." Dare grinned as she stood in front of her house. 

Eddie nodded his head "It's not a problem, I'm glad you could come with. And thank you. For the shirt."

She nodded her head before taking a step back. "I should sneak back inside, I'll see you later?"

He grinned. "Of course."

She smiled and nodded to herself. "Alright. Goodnight Eds."

"Goodnight Sweetheart." 

Dare smiled as she walked across her lawn, glancing back at him before pushing her window open. As she climbed in, she heard him pull away from the curb, and drive away. She sighed softly as her feet landed on her floorboard, and she closed the window behind her.

With a click, she jumped as her lights turned on. She turned around, she found Dustin standing in her doorway holding a hockey stick that had been Dad's. 

"What the shit Dustin! You scared the fuck out of me." She hissed at him before he pointed the hockey stick at her.

"Oh, I scared you? You scared me! I thought you were the Demogorgon or something!"

She paused for a moment before sighing heavily, leaning back against the window. "I'm sorry, I just got back."

He frowned and lowered the stick. "I thought you were sleeping over at Nancy's?"

She inhaled as she looked down at Dustin. She shook her head, crossing her arms. "I lied, to Mom. You can't tell her, alright?"

Dustin nodded his head, moving to sit down on her chair. "So where were you? And who were you with?"

She smiled as she moved to her bed, sitting cross-legged on the end.

"I was at a concert. A metal concert." She explained, his face falling to a frown at the metal concert. "Yeah, I know. It wasn't your type of stuff. But it was, awesome Dusty."

She grinned widely and he smiled. "Really?"

Nodding her head, "Totally. It was like, having a shit ton of candy, and soda. And you're on the sugar rush, but you're on it until the end of it. And even afterward, you still feel it. You can still hear the music drumming through your ears, going along with your heartbeat. It's amazing."

He stares at her with wide eyes, his mouth pulled into a smile as she giggled. "I think you would've liked it."

He nodded. "Maybe I would've. But who did you go with?"

She waved her hand. "One of my friends, Eds. He had a spare ticket and offered it to me."

He raised a brow. "Eds? Are you sure he's just a friend?"

Dare grinned and pushed him lightly in his arm. "Shut up. And yes, he's just a friend Dusty."

Dustin grins, "Yeah sure he is."

"Oh shut up!"

[Next Chapter]

[bi-disaster-yn]

The Dustin Henderson Defence League

Pairings: Steve Harrington x Henderson!fem!Reader; brother!Dustin Henderson x sister!Reader

Summary: Reader joins forces with her ex, Steve to put a stop to her brother, Dustin being bullied. If they work so well together as a team - then why did they break up?

Warnings: Steve getting punched (shouldn’t really be a warning if you’ve watched the show).

A/N: Thank you so much for the 500 followers! That’s insane and I never expected this. Thought I’d spice things up and add Stranger Things fics to my Masterlist. This fic (and all future Steve fics) is dedicated to my best friend who adores Steve. She always lets me rant and rave about my favourite fictional characters and is the only person I trust in real life to know I write fics! This one is for you, chika. You know who you are!

Fuelled by incandescent anger, you barged into the mall and stormed your way to Scoops Ahoy. You were a soldier marching into battle as the adrenaline surged through your veins. Armed with evidence in the form of a note that was crumpled and digging into the palm of your hand, you were ready to make your case.

Once you reached your destination, you gave Robin a slight nod as you charged towards the staffroom door. Robin smirked and didn’t stand in your way; secretly hoping that you were here to berate Steve for something and spice up her boring Wednesday afternoon. However, you weren’t here for Steve. You had come for Dustin.

Dustin sat playing with his hands in the backroom of Scoops on the table, his legs swinging off the edge of it as he nervously detailed his account of events to Steve. When you barged in through the door, it drew both of their attention to your furiously trembling form.

“Oh shit.” Dustin muttered, suddenly regretting his course of action in confiding in Steve.

“Dustin Henderson! We promised we would tell each other everything! Now I have to find out you’re being bullied by a note?” You basically shrieked and slammed the note down on the table next to him that had inscribed on it all sorts of threats from his bullies.

“And to make things worse,” you continued, oblivious to how Dustin had looked at you in wide eyed terror. “You came to Steve fucking Harrington before me!” You gestured to Steve – your first acknowledgement of your ex-boyfriend since you’d arrived – who stood awkwardly, folding his arms over his Scoops uniform as though he was embarrassed that you’d seen him in it.

“Hey, look, Y/N, I get you’re upset but-“ Steve started but you cut him off.

“Shut it, Harrington!” You snapped and directed your attention to Dustin. “Well? What do you have to say for yourself?”

“First of all, don’t speak to Steve like that. Second of all, how did you even get that note?” Dustin challenged, sitting up straighter and feigning confidence with all his might.

“I was helping mom out by doing the laundry and found it in the pocket of your jeans!” You responded quickly and gave Steve an apology in the form of a pursed lip nod, accepting that you had been too sharp with him. Your rapid response dragged Dustin’s confidence from him and his shoulders slumped again, feeling ashamed that you had found out about the terror that awaited him at school every day.

Steve picked up on Dustin’s hesitation and decided that whether you liked it or not, he had to step in.

“You’re right, Y/N, he is being bullied. If it makes you feel any better, he tried to make it out like it wasn’t a big deal to me either when clearly it is,” he took the opportunity to look at the note and then gave Dustin a stern side eye. “I think he just didn’t want to worry you since you’re going off to college soon.”

The comment did not in fact, make you feel any better. It made you feel worse. It was already preying on your mind that in a mere month’s time you’d be on your way to college, leaving your mom and Dusty behind. The concept terrified you already but knowing that Dustin was beginning to substitute you with Steve as a way to mentally prepare for your departure was heart-breaking.

You had to take action.

“Dustin, who did this?” You asked. “And don’t you dare lie to me.”

“The same kids as before.” Dustin sighed, realising it was futile to continue hiding things from you at this point.

“Right. I’m gonna finish this once and for all.” You stated plainly and made your way out of the staffroom, outfitted with a new purpose. You were going to prove to Dustin that it should be you that he came to with anything that bothered him. Not your ex.

You knew the kids he was talking about; they were the same ones that hung around outside the arcade and terrorised Dustin and his friends when all they wanted to do was play video games. They were a couple of years older and were all brawn, no brain. Dustin, Lucas, Will and Mike never stood a chance against them.

The thoughts in your brain ran wild as the list of possibilities of how you could handle this circulated round in it. Just the thought of laying eyes on one of those little shits was making your blood boil and your feet drove further and further into the ground as you charged towards the arcade.

It wasn’t long before you were interrupted by a hand grabbing your arm and stopping you in your tracks. In amongst your internalised rage, you hadn’t even registered that Steve had followed after you. He had pulled your wrist and spun you round so that you had come face to face with him.

Annoyingly, his eyes staring back at yours still made you feel vulnerable and somewhat soft. If you didn’t have a mission to attend to then you might have caught yourself staring into them for longer.

“Leave me alone, Steve.” You murmured through gritted teeth and pulled your arm back.

“I want to help! I don’t want you to do this alone.” He offered with a half-smile.

“You’ve done enough.” You retaliated with a huff. There was no way you were going to let Steve swoop in like a white knight and earn all of Dustin’s admiration and respect for what was supposed to be your job. He was your brother and Steve had to accept that.

Steve sighed and put his hands on his hips dejectedly, looking down at the ground as an awkward silence created a discernible tension between you. Whilst it was painful, neither of you felt the need to pull away but instead remained shackled in your respective positions.

“I know you may not like it, but Dustin is my friend and I wanna look out for him. I don’t want to give that up just because we’re not together anymore.” Steve eventually confessed, having taken off his Scoops hat and playing with it in his hands. He was still unable to look up at you. Perhaps if he did face you, he wouldn’t have been able to voice how he was feeling. However, you weren’t feeling quite so sympathetic yet.

“Yes, Steve but he’s my brother! And he thinks the sun shines out of your ass! Do you know how hard it is when I do everything for him and Mom and all he can talk about is you?!” You spat back at Steve, folding your arms and sighing deeply. A lump formed in your throat and frustrated tears sprung to your eyelids. It was downright infuriating to say the least. In the absence of your father, you had basically helped your mom raise Dusty and had always considered you and him to have a close relationship.

That was until Steve Harrington sauntered in with enthusiastic but empty promises of love before leaving you and taking Dustin with him. It stung not being enough for Steve but to be second best for Dustin, that was a killer.

“Hey, I know it’s tough on you guys without your dad, trust me,” Steve gave you a knowing look as he recalled the number of nights you had spent lamenting to him about your horrific excuse of a father. “But you can’t deal with this shit on your own. It’s too much for one person to have to handle all by themselves. Dustin knows that, that’s why he doesn’t want to worry you or upset you. The kid thinks you’re incredible… you are incredible.”

Admittedly, Steve’s words had what was probably their desired effect. It made you pause and digest what he was saying. You physically cringed but you had to agree with him that you couldn’t do this all on your own. You couldn’t gatekeep Dusty either. He had been deprived of a father and whilst you wished he’d picked someone else to be a male figure for him to look up to; Steve was just going to have to do.

“Alright. I guess you can help.” You said softly, without needing to say anymore as Steve accepted your offering of a truce. He might have preferred to hear you’re right, Steve but you weren’t about to give him the satisfaction. Not today anyway.

“Okay, great.” Steve smiled warmly at you. “So, what’s the plan?”

At that moment you realised you had not actually formulated a plan. You had just been charging towards the kids like a raging bull with no strategy in sight.

“I didn’t actually have one?” You bit your lip and involuntarily let out a giggle at your own rashness. A wide smile stretched across Steve’s face as he chuckled with you.

“Okay, I love the enthusiasm, but we cannot just go in guns blazing on a group of kids. We need to be smart about this.” Steve smirked as he churned over his own ideas before eventually looking up at you with such extreme animation that one would expect to see a lightbulb hovering above his head. “Why don’t you punch me in front of them? A little preview of what could happen if they come near Dustin again? Which they won’t because this is gonna work!”

You furrowed your eyebrows at him in disbelief. It would be a lie to say you weren’t at least a little tempted to punch your ex but the very fact he suggested it still came as a surprise. Afterall, didn’t he need that face to win over the girls that came into Scoops for their daily ice cream fix?

“You want me to punch you?” You asked with uncertainty.

“Well, I mean, don’t like knock me out or anything. Just punch me hard enough to scare them.” Steve explained eagerly. As much as you hated agreeing to his idea, you didn’t have a back-up plan to offer.

“Fine.” You sighed. “I’ll try not to hit you too hard.”

“That’s the spirit.” Steve grinned. “Lead the way, Henderson.”

United over a common purpose, you made your way to the arcade together. It was like the old days when you would make the kind of grand entrance into school together that commanded respect and demonstrated authority. Harrington & Henderson: untouchable. Except now when you looked down, your hands weren’t linked nor were your fingers intertwined. All that remained was distance.

Instinctively, you almost reached out to hold his hand but stopped yourself. The earlier vulnerability returned and you decided to fold your arms so that you wouldn’t be tempted to try and reach for him again.

Steve did the same by putting his hands in the pockets of the sailor shorts.

The kids hung around at their usual spot outside the arcade. They fixated on the door menacingly, hoping to trip up any younger kids before going in so that they might steal their arcade money. Little shits.

“Hey!” You yelled as you approached them, gathering their attention. “Do you know a Dustin Henderson?”

“Yeah,” the one who you had concluded was the leader retorted. “What’s it to you and sailor boy?”

Steve’s cheeks turned pink as he smoothed down the top of his uniform with the palms of his hands, suddenly being made to feel self-conscious by a 15 year old. He looked down in embarrassment which was only going to be made worse as you balled your fist and swung a punch at his face.

The punch was much harder than you intended and Steve’s face swung dramatically to the side as he shrieked out a profanity. He held his tender cheek delicately and looked up at you in a horrified but impressed way. You flexed your fist out after its assault and turned back to the group of youths who now stood with their jaws at their feet.

“You go near him, or any of his friends again, and you’ll get the same treatment. Got that?!” You shouted and they all nodded dumbly back at you. “Good. And move away from here. You look like a bunch of creeps sitting outside the arcade!”

They all scurried away from you like pigeons flying from a hungry cat. You couldn’t help but stand a little bit taller with pride as you watched them run away.

“Owww.” Steve wailed behind you, interrupting the internal pat on the back you were giving yourself. “That really hurt!”

“Sorry!” You giggled and turned round to him, thoughtlessly cupping his face in your hands to assess the damage you had done. “You did tell me to punch you.”

“That was before I realised what a mean right hook you had.” He responded with a chuckle before you both locked eyes and realised the intimacy of the way you were holding his face.

You stared at each other in silence. There was so much to say but at the same time, nothing to say at all. You had gotten so used to not touching Steve that the feeling of his cheeks in your palms made your breath hitch uncomfortably.

At the same time, you jumped away from each other awkwardly. There must have been something particularly interesting on the ground as you both dipped your heads to stare at it; careful not to cross the line with eye contact again.

“That was a nice thing you did for Dusty today.” You mumbled as a way to combat the silence, giving credit where it was undoubtedly due.

“Yeah, well, I didn’t just do it for him.” Steve confessed, kicking his heels off the ground.

“Steve, don’t.” You warned, already not liking where this was going. He had looked up at you with forlorn eyes and a helpless expression. This was dangerous territory you were both now entering, especially when you had already promised yourself that you wouldn’t risk getting your feelings hurt again.

“What happened to us?” He asked simply and you were ready to punch him again.

“You dumped me! You said you didn’t feel the same way anymore!”

“Yeah, well I was an asshole.”

“I’ll say.” You scoffed and folded your arms again as though this could barricade you away from Steve. As if this could stop him from getting close and taking a hold of your feelings.

Steve took a few steps forward and put his hands on your arms to hold you in place. When you refused to look up at him, he put his thumb to your chin to tilt your head up to look at him. You swallowed thickly, being forced to stare into his eyes again.

“Yeah, I was an asshole but I’ve grown up a bit. And we make a good team, don’t we? Too good a team to be apart.” Steve pleaded, staring into your eyes for some sort of hint that you were able to meet him halfway. It was a sweet torture having him this close to you again without him being yours.

Maybe it was the way he looked at you. Or maybe it was the way he had allowed you to humiliate him in front of a bunch of kids so that you could defend your brother. Perhaps, it was the way that he looked after Dustin like he was his own brother. It could even have been the way that he’d still tried to make his hair look cool even while wearing that ridiculous Scoops uniform.

Either way, you had lost all resolve at this point and you grabbed his face in your hands to kiss him. Steve’s eyes widened at first then slowly shut as he melted into the kiss, his hands finding their way to your hips and pulling you closer. Your own hands trailed through his signature hair where they belonged.

Pulling back from the kiss, you had to stifle a laugh at the shiner you had left on Steve’s face starting to form. Steve noticed the corners of your mouth stretching into a wide smile and immediately clasped his hands to his face again, fighting the blush that was rising to his cheeks.

“I told you that you had a mean right hook!” He laughed, still feeling a little embarrassed.

“Come on, Harrington,” You held your hand out for him. “Let’s get some ice on that and you can tell Dustin all about how brave and cool you were.”

“Emphasising the brave and cool part.” He agreed, taking your hand. “I missed you.”

“Yeah,” You admitted. “I missed you too.”