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The knight.

“Hey sweetheart,” Eddie beams as you shuffle timidly over to his table with your bag clutched tightly to your chest, “take a seat right here,” he taps the chair next to him and you smile and nod at the others as you perch nervously on the seat.

You begin to unpack your lunch, setting it out in front of you carefully before opening up the foil wrapped sandwich first, and you can feel questioning eyes watching you as you do so.

“The campaign’s well under way now,” Eddie announces, redirecting their gazes quickly, “I expect everyone to be on top form this evening as the story expands before our very eyes.”

He grins excitedly at everyone until his eyes fall on you and he softens his smile when you look up at him mid-chew. His hand reaches out to your shoulder, landing on it tenderly, then he rubs your jacket with his thumb until he’s snapped out of the moment by Gareth choking on a crumb.

“Dude, chew your food slowly!” Jeff tuts, banging him on the back.

Eddie’s eyes find their way back to you quickly, “you’re coming tonight right?”

You nod and swallow the remainder of your sandwich, “if that’s still okay…”

“Of course it is.”

This wasn’t your usual seat for lunch and you were well aware that the members of the Hellfire club were trying to weigh you up while you sat with them; were you worthy of being in their company, or were you a fraud? In reality you were neither, your mission was not to join the sacred club at all, it was to escape, and Eddie was key to your plan working. You look over to your regular lunchtime seat and grimace as you watch Simon pace back and forth nearby, waiting for you to appear until another member of the basketball team slaps him on the back with a smile. He turns to face his friend, his eyes moving across the direction you’re in, and you duck behind Dustin so as not to be seen.

“It’s okay,” Eddie reassures, “he didn’t see you.”

Simon was a friend, at least you thought he was, yet his behaviour recently had changed quite drastically and what once was a close friendship had turned into unwanted advances, attempted kisses, and other worrying moments where he tried to cross the line of your very clear boundaries. It made you uncomfortable to say the least, especially as you’d made sure to tell him that this was something you did not want from him, and so you’d asked the only other person you trusted to help you out; Eddie.

“What you thinking about?” he muses, resting his chin on his closed fist.

“Uhh, how I’m dreading this biology lesson,” you lie.

Eddie narrows his eyes at you, knowing your answer wasn’t the entire truth of the matter, then smiles, “hmm, well at least you’ve got me there to distract you.”

“True,” you chuckle.

“I saved you a seat at the sidelines for tonight by the way. I hope you’re ready to see some dungeons and dragons action!”

“I am more than ready.”

“Excellent!” he grins, clapping his hands together excitedly just as the bell goes, “we’ll see you later.”

You exit the canteen using Eddie as a human shield then rush off down the corridor to your next lesson where you can breathe a sigh of relief for the remainder of the afternoon, knowing you don’t have any classes with Simon for the rest of the day. Once your final lesson is over you head to the D&D room and slipping in through the door quietly, yet still garnering some attention from the players who are dotted around the main table. You mouth a sorry at everyone and Eddie nods to the chair against the wall that’s been set aside especially for you.

“Now… you walk through the dense woodland, the jagged edges of the gnarled branches clawing at your cloaks like fingers as you move…” Eddie slowly rises from his majestic chair at the head of the table and places his hands flat on the surface in front of him, “…that’s when you see it, the glowing orb of orange and red that peeks through the trees, the heat intensifying as you near it…”

Your eyes can’t seem to leave the Hellfire’s enigmatic leader as he continues his story with gusto, gesticulating wildly as the story comes to a head and the others around the table sigh in defeat at the imaginary actions that had just taken place. He was fascinating to watch and time is up for this session all too soon, much to your disappointment. The guys file past you with distrusting expressions; neither one of them knowing why you were suddenly sitting in on their evenings.

“So what do you think?” Eddie grins, slinging his backpack over his shoulder as he walks towards you.

“I… It…”

“It’s not for everyone, I know, but-”

“No, no, it’s not even that… I loved it. You were incredible, just absolutely incredible.”

He bows his head in gratitude, “why thank you m’lady!” he chuckles timidly.

“Seriously though Eddie, I’ve never seen you so… passionate. It was amazing to witness, and I’m already looking forward to the next one.”

“You’re too kind,” he smiles, placing an arm around your shoulders, “come on, I’ll drop you home. Simon’s well gone by now I’m sure.”

“Thanks Eddie, this means a lot.”

“Anything for you sweetheart, you know that,” he soothes, “how have the last few days been?”

The two of you begin to walk out of the school side by side and you sigh lightly with a shrug, “well, not so bad now that I’m hiding. He’s certainly finding it difficult to corner me, so that’s a huge bonus.”

“Good, let’s keep it that way then. Keep coming to Hellfire and hopefully he’ll find another poor soul to focus his affections on.”

“Hmm.”

“I know it sucks losing a friend, but you could definitely do without a friend like that.”

“I know,” you exhale sadly, “it’s just such a shame. I didn’t want it to end like this.”

The two of you get into Eddie’s van and pull the doors shut, “yeah, but he gave you no choice but to end it this way, remember that.”

“Yeah,” you reply wistfully.

It really wasn’t a nice thought that you had to hide from your friend like this, but he just wasn’t listening to you and just as Eddie had pointed out, it gave you absolutely no other option but to take such drastic action if he couldn’t even listen to the simplest of requests.

“See you tomorrow then yeah?” Eddie mumbles against your shoulder as you give him a hug goodbye.

“See you tomorrow,” you confirm.

The days trickle by slowly, Simon now seemingly giving up his task to track you down and getting the rather obvious hint that you didn’t want to see him, yet you still make your appearances at Hellfire thanks to Eddie’s insistence to make sure you wouldn’t bump into him on the way home. Generally everyone had gotten used to you sitting in the outer rims of the room and observing quietly from the sidelines, yet Gareth hadn’t quite adjusted as well as the others, and he was certainly less than happy at the fact that you were still sitting there more than two weeks later.

“I’ll meet you outside,” Eddie nods as you stand from your designated seat once the session ends.

You slip out of the door and lean against the wall with your bag tucked between your feet as the others file out in a short line, but when Gareth exits he stops next to you with a furrowed brow and a definite chip on his shoulder.

“Why do you keep showing up?” he questions bluntly.

“Uh… I was invited…” you stutter, a little taken aback by his abrupt enquiry.

He folds his arms in defence, “but why? You’re completely ruining the atmosphere in there, and no one wants you to come.”

You open your mouth to try and come back with something but words fail you, and you’re even more shocked when you turn your head as you hear footsteps coming up beside you and see Simon standing there with his arms open and wide grin on his face as he presses himself against your body. There you were, stuck between a rock and a hard place, and you were going in to some sort of anxious state as the two guys seem to close in on you from either side.

“Umm… I…”

“(Y/N)!” Eddie calls, his hand reaching through the middle of the two men like a rope for you climb out of a difficult spot, “come on, we’ll be late.”

Your fingers grasp his and he pulls you from the ever increasingly claustrophobic position you’d found yourself in to the light of the corridor, then the two of you race to the front doors and burst out of them into the air. The first deep breath you take almost stings your chest from how hard you inhale, then Eddie bundles you in to his van and drives you to his Uncle’s place.

He swings the front door open for you and places a hand on your lower back to guide you inside, “well that was a close one, wasn’t it?”

“Too close.”

“I’ll have a word with Gareth tomorrow, he was completely out of line for saying anything-”

“No, no, it’s okay, I won’t come any more, it’s fine, honestly,” you say, waving your hand dismissively as you take a seat.

Eddie gasps, shocking you in to looking up at him and his hands that now cover his mouth, “I need you there!” he insists, “I’m at my best when you’re there.”

A weak smile crosses your lips but you shake your head from side to side as your gaze turns down to the floor at the thought of Simon and his arms attempting to wrap around you.

“Hey,” Eddie says softly as he squats down in front of you, “you’re safe, okay?” he places his hands on your knees delicately as you meet his deep brown eyes, “you’re safe with me, I promise.”

You rest your hands on his and nod, “I know, I know I am.”

“Now I’ll get you a drink and we can watch some crappy telly until you feel better, yeah?”

Your lips turn up into a smile and Eddie mirrors your expression, “sounds good to me.”

Request: Could you do one where Eddie is hanging out with reader and his friends and she keeps showing up to D&D events but doesn't get involved because she's avoiding someone and Eddie is the only one that knows and one of his friends get annoyed and pulls her aside after an event and gets mad then the person that she's avoiding shows up and Eddie has to get her out of it then Eddie takes her to his place to make her feel a bit better?

#awwww I love this #eddie's such a good protector #always there to comfort the reader #and that little detail how he doesn't reader to stop going to the campaigns #*doesn't want #because he's the best when she's there #I genuinely loved that bit!#so sweet!!#<3 #ngl I wouldn't mind if there was some sort of continuation of this story #;)#vee's recs #eddie munson x reader #fluff #oneshot

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