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This Town (Eddie Munson x Female!Henderson!Reader)

Summary: You are a singer-songwriter and wrote a song called This Town about the love of your life and best friend Eddie Munson. The catch is you never intended for him to hear it. Angsty/fluffy happy ending tho! AU where no one but Chrissy dies in Season 4

Warnings: Swearing, pining, weapons mentioned, drugs mentioned, alcohol mentioned, slight self deprecation (I think 🥴), THIS BAD BOY ISNT PROOFREAD BC I AM LAZY AF AND THIS WAS A LOT LONGER THAN INTENDED !

This Town is a song by Niall Horan who owns all the rights to it! And yes I’m well aware that song isn’t from 1986 or before but I like it anyway 😤

Every Thursday night you sat on a stool armed with an acoustic guitar at your college’s local dingy bar to sing a few songs to a handful of people. You didn’t care that the only people who came to listen were older or your friends, you just enjoyed the freedom of playing whatever you wanted. Whether that be Joni Mitchell or a song you were currently working on. You were a second year in school and even though your college friends were great and all you just seemed to have a special bond with your friends in Hawkins. Naturally, you’re going to have a special bond with them after what 4 times of saving the world? You’d called Nancy and given her ample time to corral Steve and Robin so they could come to watch you play and also help you move your things back to Hawkins for the summer.

What you didn’t expect was Nancy to invite Eddie Munson, your childhood best friend that you’d been hopelessly in love with since you could remember. Ever since he stayed behind in Hawkins to repeat senior year twice you tried to distance yourself from him. To you, it was obvious he wouldn’t reciprocate what you felt. You always thought he had eyes for the one and only Chrissy Cunningham. Even though Chrissy had passed only one month before tonight you still didn’t feel open to rekindling your friendship with Eddie.

You had no idea that Eddie had been wondering where he went wrong for two years after seeing that you didn’t lose contact with anyone else in Hawkins. He wondered if you had found someone else at college. Eddie thought it was his fault, he was the one who didn’t graduate and couldn’t move on from Hawkins. He thought you didn’t want to be associated with a loser that couldn’t even finish high school.

Steve, Robin, and Nancy saw how miserable the both of you were without each other and tried every chance they could get during the whole end-of-the-world scenario to get you two together. Your cool demeanor never shifted or cracked at the sight of any of the horrors in the upside down. You and Nancy were a force to be reckoned with when it came to artillery. While Nancy was skilled with a sawed-off shotgun, you excelled with a flamethrower. Even when Eddie tried to sacrifice himself to buy more time your uncaring façade never shifted. You just simply jumped back through the portal and didn’t allow him to fight alone. He knows that’s what saved him. He knows you wouldn’t have stayed if you didn’t care in some capacity. If you hadn’t had that flamethrower the pair of you would be demobat bait and Eddie thanks to whatever higher power you became a pyromaniac in college.

He had never seen you like that before. You weren’t the same girl he thought he knew. The calm, easy-going, level-headed, older sister of Dustin Henderson. Upon Dustin’s first day of high school, he immediately inducted him into Hellfire. Just to have someone that reminded him of his best friend around. He tortured Dustin with his endless questions about you but Dustin never told him that you did the same thing. Eddie drifted into a world of isolation upon your retreat into yourself. He stayed at home for hours on end just practicing guitar and sitting by the phone hoping you’d call. On the other hand, you dedicated almost all of your time to classes and if you weren’t studying your friends were dragging you out to parties. You tried to forget Eddie with substances and poor excuses of men called frat boys. Nothing worked except writing.

Writing your feelings down allows you to work through your feelings and release them instead of balling them up inside. Which leads to tonight, you were going to sing a song that you’d been working on for years you guessed but only now got around to writing it down. You’d shared it in pieces with your closest friends and mentally prepared yourself to sing it in front of them tonight. They knew you were playing this song and still asked Eddie to come.

Eddie was incredibly hurt when Steve came into his basement aka Eddie’s temporary home to ask him to join. He couldn’t believe you had finally started working on what you dreamed of and didn’t share it with him. He felt like someone had stabbed him straight through the heart with a red hot skewer. Steve didn’t miss the tears that welled up in Eddie’s eyes and he cursed you both for running away from your feelings instead of confronting them. But he was tired of the shells of people the two of you had become in the past few years. Everyone, even Dustin, agreed that this was simply the only way to fix this.

So that’s how Eddie Munson ended up in the backseat of Nancy Wheeler’s station wagon with Robin and Dustin. Dustin wasn’t going to miss this and also knew Eddie would need someone to be there for him when shit hit the fan. Eddie was nervous beyond belief. He hadn’t seen you since spring break and he wondered if you would even show up to his graduation. However, it probably wouldn’t have been for him. Robin and Nancy are also graduating this year and you would never skip out on anything of theirs. He just wanted to ask you what he did that was so horrible to make you completely detach from his life. That was his main goal of the night, but granted you were performing in a bar so getting slightly tipsy before confronting you was also on his list. When the station wagon came to a stop in front of a tiny bar his heart rate skyrocketed. This was it. You were in there and he was finally going to find out what happened to the best thing that ever happened to him.

His love for you never faltered throughout the years and he always thought he was being too obvious in showing it. You never saw the longing glances or noticed the flush that graced his features whenever you flirted back with him. You never saw the lingering touches but you did notice all those actions between him and Chrissy. They never meant anything to Eddie; she was simply another customer. He had to be friendly to entice people to buy more products. So when he saw you seated upon the small stage with lighting that made you look even more heavenly than normal he almost fainted. Robin guided him to a small table in the back hidden from your sight and told him that he couldn’t move until they came and got him. Eddie nodded furiously and gazed upon you looking like an angel drenched in moonlight under the lights. You saw your friends and Dustin seated at the table closest to the stage and waved.

“Alright, now that the Hawkins crowd is here let’s get this party started!” You exclaimed before playing some songs.

You sang Dreams by Fleetwood Mac, Wild World by Cat Stevens, Going to California by Led Zeppelin, Faithfully by Journey, and finished with I Don’t Want to Live Without You by Foreigner. Eddie had tears streaming down his face the entire time you sang. He had been the one to introduce you to half of those songs and taught you how to play them on the guitar. Hell, he’d taught you how to play guitar in the first place with Dreams being the first song you learned. He looked to Robin thinking that you were done but you spoke up.

“This next song is dedicated to someone who isn’t here tonight and I’m glad he isn’t. I’ve been in love with my best friend, well ex-best friend I guess, and I never had the guts to tell him. That’s why I’m sitting up here telling the few people in this bar about him. I’m a coward and I probably won’t ever muster up the courage to tell him how I feel or even sing this song to him. So here’s my song called ‘This Town’ that I wrote about the one and only love of my life, Edward Munson.”

Eddie couldn’t believe it. The woman he loved was up there professing her love to him and he almost missed this. If his friends hadn’t pulled through with their master plan he would have never known that you felt the same way about him. He covered his mouth with his hand and tried to stop himself from audibly sobbing. Your eyes glanced to the darkened corner where he sat but due to the lights, you couldn’t see him. You began to strum the guitar and softly sing.

Waking up to kiss you and nobody's there

The smell of your cologne still stuck in the air

It's hard

Yesterday I thought I saw your shadow running round

It's funny how things never change in this old town

So far from the stars

You couldn’t remember the countless dreams you had of waking up next to Eddie snuggled in his bed in the trailer only to truly wake up and find yourself alone in your room. The smell of him seemed to invade everything of yours, including your dorm room which had been untouched by Eddie. Your visits to Hawkins were few and far between since you saw Eddie around every corner. Every single part of town was connected to some memory with him.

And I want to tell you everything

The words I never got to say the first time around

And I remember everything

From when we were the children playing in this fairground

Wish I was there with you now

You wish you had never pulled away from him. Wish you had never ruined your friendship knowing that the man you were hurting was once a boy whose side you vowed never to leave. A piece of you regrets leaving him alone in Hawkins, a town that hates him, ridicules him, and could care less if he lives or dies. Leaving him was the nail in the coffin of your friendship. You hadn’t even said goodbye to him, didn’t even tell him when you were leaving knowing that you would let your feelings slip at that moment. And if you had done that you would’ve never left him. But that’s not what happened and you were only left with regrets and wishes of a future you left behind.

If the whole world was watching I'd still dance with you

Drive highways and byways to be there with you

Over and over the only truth

Everything comes back to you

Eddie was your date to senior prom and you wouldn’t have had it any other way. You didn’t care about what people said about you being friends with the “Freak” of Hawkins. Even though you thought you had burnt every bridge possible with Eddie you knew deep down that he was it for you. He was the only man you’d ever truly love and you didn’t care if he felt the same way. You had accepted your feelings and you were finally releasing them.

I saw that you moved on with someone new

In the pub that we met she’s got her arms around you

It's so hard

So hard

You had written this part after seeing Eddie snuggle up to Chrissy Cunningham not noticing the illegal goodies proudly being displayed in his lunchbox. Chrissy had been hugging Eddie at the table in the woods you two always sat at. You saw their interaction and before being spotted crept away as quietly as possible. That was when you fully believed Eddie Munson could never love you in the same way you loved him. You were only a friend to him, you were no Chrissy Cunningham. You were only Dustin’s slightly less smart older sister. That same day you cried yourself to sleep nursing a broken heart you thought would never heal.

And I want to tell you everything

The words I never got to say the first time around

And I remember everything

From when we were the children playing in this fairground

Wish I was there with you now

That next morning you thought about telling him everything but the fear of rejection and losing Eddie for good was stronger than your love for him. You devised a plan to slowly break away from him piece by piece to slip out of his life unnoticed or you believed it would be unnoticed. Eddie knew something was wrong immediately and despite asking you what was wrong you didn’t budge and he figured it wasn’t that important if you didn’t share it with him. He was your best friend. You shared everything. Eddie wishes he had pushed you harder, gotten you to admit what was going on. It might’ve prevented both of you from a world of heartbreak no person should ever experience.

Because if the whole world was watching I'd still dance with you

Drive highways and byways to be there with you

Over and over the only truth

Everything comes back to you

You still make me nervous when you walk in the room

Them butterflies they come alive when I'm next to you

Over and over the only truth

Everything comes back to you

You avoided Eddie like the plague and even when you were forcefully paired up to fight evil bats in the upside down you tried your best to ignore him. The keyword is tried. If you hadn’t still loved him you wouldn’t have jumped back through that portal. When you saw him in the boathouse after two years of avoiding him your stomach erupted into the familiar butterflies you only felt in his presence. You tried to keep your interactions to a minimum regardless of your friend’s plans. Any conversation you had with him was short and cold. You were like talking to a brick wall. He never stopped trying though. He missed you with his whole soul and after seeing what happened to Chrissy and even Patrick he wanted nothing more than to pour his heart out to you. To tell you that he’s loved you ever since you two met in kindergarten on the first day of school. But your icy gaze and sharp tongue forced him to swallow his words down and settle for your detached companionship in the apocalypse.

And I know that it's wrong

That I can't move on

But there's something about you

You tried everything, quite literally everything to get over Eddie. It was impossible the metalhead had wormed his way so deep into your heart it was hard to tell where you ended and he began. When you decided to pull away from him you felt like you were letting a piece of yourself wither away and die. You felt empty, alone, and cold without his dimpled smile and shimmering brown eyes in your everyday life. You missed the way his fingers would stroke your hair whenever you lay in his lap after a hard day. You missed how his arms felt like home whenever he enveloped you in one of his bone-crushing hugs. You loved his outgoing and caring personality, especially around Dustin. You loved how smart he was when he applied himself. You loved his extremely worn-out copy of The Hobbit given to him by his uncle Wayne that he had annotated and highlighted to oblivion. You loved that he never took off the guitar pick necklace you made for him in 6th grade with a safety pin and lighter for Christmas. You didn’t just love certain parts of Eddie but his entire being. Which is why you knew you would never be able to move on from Eddie Munson.

If the whole world was watching I'd still dance with you

Drive highways and byways to be there with you

Over and over the only truth

Everything comes back to you

You still make me nervous when you walk in the room

Them butterflies they come alive when I'm next to you

Over and over the only truth

Everything comes back to you

You finished singing and wiped your face of the tears that graced it.

You sniffled a bit and said, “Thank you for listening to me play and I hope you all have a great finals season and summer! I’ll see everyone in the fall!”

You had luckily gotten out of your finals thanks to slight government intervention which was a bonus to almost dying in the upside down. As you placed your guitar in its case you saw Robin scurry off to that darkened corner that you still couldn’t quite see.

Robin was shaking a thoroughly shocked Eddie back into reality.

“C’mon dude, now's your chance! It’s now or never!“

You made your way to the bar and ordered 3 Budweisers for you, Steve, and Robin. By the time you got the beers and turned around you were face to face with a teary-eyed Eddie Munson. Someone you never thought you’d see in this bar. And certainly not someone you expected to see tonight.

Your jaw dropped as you whispered, “Eddie what are you-”

Before you could finish your question Eddie’s hands were on either side of your face crashing his lips on yours. You were quite surprised and it took you a second to catch on to what was happening. The beer cans in your hands dropped as you threw your arms around Eddie’s neck, willing him to come closer if that was even possible. He tried to fill the kiss with as much passion and love as he could muster up.

He pulled back first looking at your closed eyes and slightly red lips. He placed his forehead on yours and whispered, “I have loved you since the day I met you and I don’t think I can go another day without you in my life, Henderson. I need you and I know you need me too. C’mon pretty girl, open those eyes for me.”

You opened your eyes on command trying to control the wild tears streaming down your face.

“Eddie I’m so sorry I was so so stupid and you didn’t deserve any of it and I- I’m gonna explain everything if you’ll give me a chance.”

“A chance? I’ve been yours this entire time. I would do anything to have you by my side officially.”

“I love you, Eddie. I love you so much it hurts and I wish I had told you sooner. I just-“

“You don’t have to explain yourself all right now. We have an entire lifetime together, Henderson.” Eddie beamed down at you before pulling you into his chest.

For the first time in two years, you felt happy. You felt complete like that final piece of you finally clicked into place. You never wanted to leave Eddie’s side and you weren’t sure that you ever would.

Your friends were all standing behind Eddie sobbing tears of joy knowing that the pair in front of them was okay again. You soon grabbed Dustin and motioned the others into a large group hug since this confession was truly a group effort. One that was almost a year in the making. As everyone pulled away Eddie kept a tight grip on your waist as if he thought if he let you go he would never hold you again.

You looked at your friends and muttered a small thank you before Eddie positioned himself behind you, arms clasped around your shoulders with his chin resting on the crown of your head. He had a massive grin across his face and he felt like he was on top of the world while you talked with the rest of the group he would occasionally move to kiss one of your cheeks gripping you a little bit tighter with each kiss.

Steve had collected your guitar and ushered you and Eddie to get to the car so you could grab your bags from your dorm and make it back to Hawkins. Eddie slung his arm across your shoulders while you grasped his hand lightly tracing the rings that he had on. He had you sit on his lap the entire ride back to Hawkins after you had packed the car. To be fair there wasn’t room in the backseat for Dustin so Eddie’s lap was much more inviting than the roof.

It didn’t take long for both you and Eddie to fall asleep in each other’s arms only to be awoken by Steve telling them they were home. Well Steve’s home, everyone was going to stay here for the night since it was too late to unpack or do anything else.

Eddie led you to the basement where you finally got to fall asleep in his arms and wake up to give him the best kiss of his life.

A/N: wooh that was long anyway if you see any issues or anything let me know! I hope y'all enjoy this because I could not REST until I got this bad boy out of my system.

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see now I wasn’t toasted when I made these and I think they’re still pretty damn good

I was inspired by this lovely Paul Dano post btw

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reallifemutant · 2 years

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love being toasted and having access to procreate lmao

#eddie munson #eddie stranger things #stranger things #art

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Eddie Munson Fic Ch.3

Hi guys sorry I've been like MIA for a hot minute there but here's chapter 3! I don't really know how I'm going to continue this story because I was waiting for vol. 2 for more inspiration but I simply am going to act like it never happened ! :)

(also this pic of Eddie is one of my favs he just looks like a Disney Princess ya know?)

Summary: you're left alone with Eddie and you guys talk. There's like mutual pining ig oh and Steve and Robin are there.

Warnings: Alcohol consumption, cursing, talk of monsters in the ST universe (if there's anything I missed pls harass me)

The weight of the conversation and its implications lingered in the air and hung over the small group like a cloud. You slowly walk toward Eddie, kneeling to meet his eye level, and grab the beer bottle that he’s clutching like a lifeline. Mainly because you don’t want him to hurt anyone else or even himself but partially because something in you is looking for an excuse to grasp his shaking hands. You set the bottle down away from his reach and place your hand on his shoulder while rubbing soft circles to try and calm him down. You glance up at your cousin expectantly like you’re just here waiting to hear what plan he’s concocting in his head. Eddie slowly softens under your hand, and you move to sit down on the floor next to him knowing whatever has those gears running in Dustin’s head might take a while to turn into a coherent plan. Steve grasps his shoulder signaling that it’s getting late, later than any of us expected.

“Eddie, we need to go home and get you some food or something so we can come back and figure out what to do,” Dustin calmly explains to him.

“What? No, you can’t leave me here alone, man. I don’t know if I can handle that. All I can see,” Eddie pauses, “All I can see is her body and think what if that happens to me.” He throws his head into his hands pulling at his hair.

“I can stay,” You say, “your mom knows I usually spend the night with Steve when I’m in town. Just tell her I’m with Steve and Robin. We’ll be fine here.”

“Absolutely not,” Steve steps forward, “We’re not splitting up. Not when this Vecnar dude is around. It’s best we keep each other in our line of sight.”

Dustin remembers the walkies he and Max have in their bookbags which happen to be in Steve’s car. He jogs out and grabs them fiddling with one before handing one to you.

“What am I supposed to do with this?” You say getting off the ground.

“We can keep everyone in check with walkies. If anything happens, we’ll all know and be able to help.” Dustin exclaims as he walks back towards Steve, “Crisis averted now let's go get some monster ass-kicking supplies.”

As they all file out of the shed you turn around to see Eddie still shaking but standing.

You walk towards him and ask, “Hey uh are you okay? I mean you’re obviously not, but um do you need anything?”

He looks at you and grabs you eliciting a shocked gasp from your mouth pulling you into a bear hug. You move your arms to rest on his lean, muscular back rubbing up and down to try and soothe him. He has his arms wrapped around the back of your head and your upper back. He’s holding onto you like you’re the very air that he breathes - for dear life. He begins to sob onto your shoulder while you begin to pull back to try and talk to him.

“Hey, you can talk to me about it. You don’t have to keep this bottled up anymore. Unfortunately, I’ve - we’ve all dealt with this before. About three times actually and each time we made it out so I’m sure Dustin and Steve will come up with a plan,” You moved to sit on the ground leaning against the cool metal wall and gesture for Eddie to follow.

After a few minutes of silence Eddie breathes in deep and exhales shakily, “Have you uh ever seen it you know - happen in front of you? Like, like someone dying?”

Under your shirt a necklace with a small oval pendant seared into your skin demanding attention after being forgotten for so long. You grab the necklace fiddling with the pendant on the chain for a second before answering him.

“Yeah. Yeah, I have. It was um Billy. Billy Hargrove, Max’s step-brother,” You paused checking to make sure Eddie was okay before continuing.

“You know that mall fire that he supposedly died in? Yeah, that wasn’t true he was um,” You tried to think of the easiest way to explain the madness that had ensued in Hawkins last summer,

“He was possessed by this creature, no monster, from the upside down. We uh call the place where all these things come from the upside down by the way. This monster wasn’t like the demogorgons or demodogs we’d seen before. It was like a giant evil spider thing made of-”

You stopped thinking, ‘Maybe telling him it was a creature made of melted human flesh, or uh people actual people wasn’t the best idea right now.’

“-Nevermind. It basically was trying to kill our friend El and well all of us. But before it could get to her Billy stepped in the way and uh sacrificed himself. He died right there in front of all of us.”

The image of Billy being stabbed in the chest by the Mind Flayer played in your head as you blinked away the water that began to pool in your eyes.

“That wasn’t even the worst part. It sounds weird to think about, but we’ve seen people that have sacrificed themselves for us before. But I never had to sit in that person’s room looking at all of the belongings they had collected over the years before. I- I had a-” you wondered if mentioning your weird past with Billy to the boy you liked was a good idea.

‘He probably already knows. I should just be honest it’s not that bad,’ you decided.

“I had a thing with Billy. It wasn’t anything serious or anything, I mean nothing about Billy said ‘stable.’ And before you judge me for that I didn’t know what a shitty person he was until Max told me. I thought I could change him you know? Make him nicer to Max and turn him into a good person. We just hung out sometimes and talked about all the things in his past. He shut me out and well everybody else too when the Mind Flayer took over. And you know so I didn’t think I was that close to him or meant anything anymore, but Max still asked me to help pack up his things. It was a lot. I mean I had been over to their house before but being in his room knowing how he died and why he did it and not being able to tell anyone but the eight other people that were there was- It hurt,” You took a deep breath before continuing,

“She gave this to me,” pointing at the necklace, “He was wearing it when it happened and uh Max told me he would’ve wanted me to have it. I mean I felt guilty this was a guy I had considered a friend in a weird way, and I didn’t think I meant anything to him. It was weird but anyway she told me that in small moments of him not being a total jackass he’d ask her about me. I never take it off. I know it’s odd it just seems like it’s protecting me in a way. Sorry I just totally talked your ear off about a situationship thing - I just we’ve all been through so much shit I just want to let you know you can talk to any of us about it. I don’t want you to feel like you’re in this alone,”

You looked to your right at Eddie who had been watching you with an intensity in his eyes you just couldn’t decipher, and he slung his arm across your shoulders pulling you into a hug.

Eddie wasn’t going to lie he felt his heart ache a bit when he heard you talk so tenderly about the boy who had sacrificed his life to save you. The boy whose necklace is around your neck right now. A boy just like him who also obviously had feelings for you. He gulped at the last thought, “Thank you I mean like really. Just listening to you talk got my mind off things for just a little bit,” Eddie grins down at you eliciting a weak smile from you.

You hear the sound of tires on gravel as Steve’s car pulls into the driveway and the commotion of two of your friends unloading and approaching the shed.

“Hey we bring gifts of food,” Robin says looking at the two of you on the ground huddled close, and raising her eyebrows.

“And booze,” Steve adds playfully.

“Oh, thank God,” Eddie groans as he stands up to grab a beer from Steve.

“So, Max and Dustin had to go home for the night but will join us all in the morning. Is there any way we can get into Reefer Rick’s house to sleep, Eddie?” Steve looked at Eddie expectantly.

“Yeah, uh lemme just grab the key- “Eddie says through a mouthful of goldfish.

You help Eddie grab the food and haul it towards the house while Robin and Steve go back to the car for their overnight bags. They had argued with each other before coming to the conclusion “if we have to hide from the cops and interdimensional demons why can’t we do it while comfy?”

Which is quite a valid argument to you seeing that you were still in jeans. You move to the front door to unlock it and usher Steve and Robin in. None of you turned the lights on knowing that just your movement around the house could garner attention from prying neighbors. Hawkins wasn’t that big of a town and if someone was on the run for murdering a cheerleader of course the neighbors would be suspicious of a known drug dealer's house. Empty or not.

You grabbed the small bag of toiletries Robin handed you and a change of clothes and set off to find a bathroom. You gave your eyes a small second to adjust to the darkness while you sat on the closed toilet taking in the events of the day. You never thought the cute D&D boy would switch from public enemy no.1 to innocent victim in less than 24 hours but here you were. Blinking slowly, you began to brush your teeth and take off your clothes. When you spit the toothpaste out in the sink you changed into the pajamas aka sweatpants Robin bought and internally thanked her. It was only March, and it was bound to get cold tonight. You began to pack up your things the best you can and exit the bathroom finding your way back to base camp.

“Want a beer? I know it's warm beer. It's not ideal but lifts our spirits a little bit,” Steve offered, and you silently took the beer and thanked him. Sitting down you stayed close to Eddie on the couch just in case he needed anything. You didn’t feel like talking much, so you simply closed your eyes, placed your head on Eddie’s shoulder and drank your beer. Even though you’ve only known this man for what 36 hours give or take, you felt close to him. And not in the trauma bond way obviously, but Eddie just has this aura around him. It drew you in like a moth to a flame almost like Billy did. However, Eddie was basically a character foil of Billy in your mind, the two couldn’t possibly be any more different. And that difference was good.

You can tell through the small glimpse into Eddie that he’s just … perfect. Like aside from the fact that he is a super super super senior and a prime murder suspect - you just felt like the boy whose shoulder you’re resting on was going to be important to you.

‘I suppose that if you’re extremely lucky and happen to find the “one” you know. But the fact that I’m going to have to wait and see if we both make it out to find out what he’s going to mean to me is fucking terrifying. It’s like I haven’t gone through enough. Whatever the fuck I did to piss the universe off in my past life must’ve been some bad shit. Because of course, I’d find the love of my life as soon as the whole world’s about to end.’ You thought.

You must’ve been thinking for quite some time because the boy next to you spoke in a hushed tone, “she told me what happened. What uh happened with Billy and I- I- just- being roped into this is insanity. Absolutely batshit. How the fuck did you all even survive THAT many times? Also, without the entire town finding out how?”

“Well, we almost didn’t make it out like quite a few times actually. We’ve lost some amazing people and it’s hard to not be able to tell the truth about how they died. But Hawkins isn’t ready to know the truth. If they knew of the horrors that lurk in the upside down, they’d just be in even more danger. It sounds insane but we actually have this thing under control with our little group here we just uh usually aren’t spread out across the country.” Steve responded.

“So that’s it? We fight this alone? I don’t know man I saw what happened to Chrissy I don’t think this is whatever ‘horrors’ you’re used to.”

“Munson, would you believe that I’ve had to fight off a creature that has a mouth for a face that opens like a flower and has hundreds of razor-sharp teeth? Oh, what about a huge monster that manifested itself in our world by possessing people and then turning them into mush to create its body? Nothing here has been normal since El came.” Steve glanced down somberly.

“We’ve lost people too Eddie. We know what you’re going through and the fact that they even mentioned Billy to you is something.”

Eddie’s head turned to look at you maybe his newfound feelings for you weren’t as one-sided as he thought. He just wished you had come to visit Dustin earlier in the year when he would have had some sort of time to truly appreciate you. It’s only been what like 24 hours since you met him at Hellfire and already you have managed to calm his panic down with one simple touch. Eddie was scared out of his mind and knowing that you were somehow involved in all of this terrified him. You seemed harmless, innocent even he didn’t even think you could hurt anything - even if you wanted to. With his lovestruck gaze never leaving the top of your head he finished his warm beer in one long swig and kissed the top of your head.

Startled by the sudden and quite random contact you opened your eyes to Steve and Robin looking at you with their jaws practically on the floor. You knew Eddie liked you but good God in front of the two menaces you call your best friends? You would never live this one down if you survived whatever the upside down throws your way. You sat straight up shoulder grazing Eddie’s shoulder and also downed your beer in one solid go.

“Alright guys I think we should all try to go to sleep. Who wants first watch?” You asked as you stood trying to hide the heat in your face from Eddie.

“I got it. Insomnia’s a bitch am I right? I’ll wake Robin up next and then it’s you last.” Steve said pointing at you.

“Wait uh what about me? Don’t I need to contribute something?” Eddie quipped.

“I feel like you probably haven’t slept in a while, Eddie. We would rather have you well rested and ready for tomorrow. Remember we can handle this.” Robin commented.

Eddie moved to lay down on the couch as you stood looking for a blanket, “Hey uh I know this is gonna sound weird but could you just like hold my hand or something? To let me know someone else is here.” Eddie asked as he gingerly grabbed your wrist.

“Oh, um yeah of course I’m just gonna sleep on the floor gimme your hand,” you said as you nested on the floor next to him.

He reached his hand down from the couch and grabbed yours like a lifeline. You remembered how scared you had been with your first encounter with the “third kind” so you just wanted to make sure he knew he wasn’t alone. You propped your arm up on the pillows Robin stole from the bedrooms and tried to get as comfortable as possible knowing that you were walking headfirst into the fire for a fourth time. Eddie’s grip never faltered, and you never stopped rubbing small circles on the back of his hand with your thumb until the soothing grasp of sleep swept over the two of you, plunging you into a dreamless sleep.

A/N: I WROTE THIS BEFORE STEDDIE I KNOW I'M SORRY

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reallifemutant · 2 years

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I made this and now I simply want a tattoo of Eddie’s guitar

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reallifemutant · 2 years

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SPOILER WARNING FOR STRANGER THINGS SEASON 4 VOL 2 !!!!

Summary: this is basically a word vomit of all my feelings from the past 24 hours so like its just me being sad but I want other Eddie stans to talk to :(

OKAY SPOILERS BEGIN HERE

I’ve had hyperfixations before but like damn why did I fall so hard for Eddie and he was brutally ripped away and it genuinely feels like someone extremely close to me died. Like this past month I’ve been using Eddie as like a coping mechanism I guess to escape the world and now he’s gone and idk what to do. Eddie Munson was my dream man. He was simply perfect and I fell so hard for him. I don’t think I’ve ever felt this deeply for a character before like honestly. It’s like for the past what 36 days not a day has gone by where I didn’t think about Eddie Munson. I have read countless fanfics, headcanons, and drabbles which created almost like an actual human. It was like Eddie was real for those 36 days. Like he actually was my friend and I had known him for a lot longer than only 36 days.

Yesterday, I gathered my friends to go to Stranger Things filming locations with me just for the fun of it. Because I genuinely love this show and I was so thankful I had been given Eddie. Later in my apartment my friends and I sat around made homemade pizza and just enjoyed ourselves. I was rambling about Eddie and how I 100% believed he was going to play Master of Puppets (which I mean I was correct) and like it’s a scenario in which I could genuinely see Eddie there. He fit into my life so well and he was the ultimate comfort character. I was preparing myself for him to die ever since the UK spoilers came out (I never saw them I just had a feeling) but nothing could have prepared me for that.

Nothing could have prepared me to see my beautiful Eddie Munson basically want to die. I don’t understand his death and I don’t want to because it simply doesn’t feel like what Eddie would have done. Like I know it’s presumptuous of me to say that I feel like I know him better than the duffer brothers who created him but I mean it just doesn’t seem right. His death wasn’t some act of bravery it was like he was just trying to prove a point to himself. In volume 1 he did enough things to have him considered a hero. He was a hero. Already without sacrificing himself. He also went against what Steve said and I don’t know I figured Eddie wouldn’t have done that.

For only Dustin and Wayne to care about Eddie’s death absolutely crushed me. No one else cared. And I think that’s what hurts the most. Not that Eddie died basically being an idiot but that his death went basically unnoticed. His sacrifice ultimately meant nothing to everyone but Dustin. He died for only Dustin to remember him. It’s not fair and it certainly doesn’t feel good to think about. They also fucking left him there. They had to had left his body there and I don’t know why that’s also killing me but it is. The only thing they took off of him was his necklace? They didn’t even try and bring his body back? Give him a funeral?

I’ve been trying to sleep all day and I’ll go to sleep when I can stop crying so much but it’s like no later than 2 hours of sleep I’m awake gasping for air and sobbing because I remember he’s gone. Like it’s like I personally lost him. Eddie Munson meant everything to me. I loved Eddie with my whole heart. I genuinely feel like if he was a real person he’d be my soulmate. He meant so much to me and now he’s just gone? I just never get to see that beautiful boy ever again? There was basically no closure as well and it hurts it fucking hurts.

I don’t cry often. I don’t get emotional often but I can’t stop crying it feels like I’ve been stabbed through the heart. And I feel ridiculous since he’s only a TV character I loved for 36 days. He’s not even real man. I don’t know why I’m so tied to this character but I will say I’m glad it was him. I am glad I was able to love and enjoy Eddie for the short time we had him. He was an amazing character and he was played by an even greater actor, Joseph Quinn. I cant wait to support Joseph in the future but I just can’t seem to shake off the feeling that I will never get over Eddie. I will never get over his death and I will never be able to love a character that hard again.

And as much as I want to believe the rumors that Eddie might come back I can’t I just can’t. All that would do is push off my suffering to later and honestly I’d rather never feel this way again. I have been crying like Eddie was my own boyfriend. I can’t do this again. And I know I know deep down inside Eddie wouldn’t want me to be like sobbing on my bed for hours and being miserable but I can’t help but do that.

Just writing these thoughts down was extremely hard and I just wish I had someone else to talk to about this. If you feel the same way please don’t hesitate to reach out because I would love to talk. I did join the Eddie support discord but I just feel like im still too hurt to joke about this. I also did gain a really great internet friend through our shared love for Eddie and they’ve been like radio silence since last night so I haven’t even been able to talk ab it with them :(

To all my fellow lovers of Eddie “The Freak” Munson: I love you and I genuinely would love to talk about our Eddie together ♥️🖤

Love,

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Lil Eddie Drabble x Sick Reader

Summary: you’re sick and Eddie’s taking care of you (takes place after season 4 where Eddie better make it out 😤)

Warnings: throwing up, sickness, language, roommates, relationship trauma (slight in relation to Steve)

I personally feel like death rn so here’s how I would imagine Eddie in a situation similar to mine!!

You didn’t know what went wrong but something was obviously wrong. It could’ve been what you ate at that Mexican restaurant last night or maybe you just picked out a bad watermelon. Whatever it was you were facing the repercussions while leaning over your toilet. After hurling your guts you made the executive decision to call Steve and tell him that you couldn’t come to work.

“Steve hi yeah I’m like nonstop throwing up and I think me and the bathroom floor are molecularly bonded together.”

“What? What did you eat?” Steve asks utterly confused. You were perfectly fine like one hour ago.

“I don’t know man. It just like sneak attacked me out of the blue. I’m just gonna go lay back down. Tell Eddie I’m at home but to not come over if this is a stomach bug I know damn well none of you want it.”

“Alright alright are you sure you don’t need anything? Have you had water? Tried food?”

“No Steve I’m good I’m just gonna go chill and hope that this nausea goes away by the grace of god.”

“Okay just call me if you need me I can always send Dustin to come check on you.”

“Really Steve the child sacrifice? Okay bye I am definitely .2 seconds from throwing up BYE”

You stumbled the short distance from the landline to the bathroom floor as you tried desperately to keep everything in.

‘Maybe I just need some goldfish yeah maybe a little food will fix this.’

You crawled back into your room on all fours to grab the box of goldfish you kept on the nightstand for emergency reasons. Slowly you began to nibble on the salty little buggers and felt mild relief filling your aching body. While time was passing what seemed to be agonizingly slow for you, it was quite the busy day at Family Video. Robin had rolled in from after school bringing with her Steve’s beloved children. And seemingly not much after their arrival none other than Eddie Munson and his van skidded across the parking lot.

“They’re not here Munson.” Steve says as soon as Eddie bursts through the door eyes wide frantically looking for you.

“Huh? What … what do you mean ‘not here?’ They’ve never missed a day all year.” Eddie breathlessly asks.

“They’re back at home sick. They said to tell you not to come over just in case it’s a bug. Personally I was going to sacrifice Dustin to make sure they’re alive but eh. You’re their partner it’s not like you’d listen to me anyway. Here’s the key don’t fuck anything up while you’re there Munson.” Steve warned.

After the events of last summer you moved in with Steve. Your family was moving but you simply couldn’t leave Hawkins behind and you’re glad you didn’t because you would’ve never met Eddie Munson. Eddie and Steve didn’t exactly get along great. Steve says it has something to do with the ‘look in his eye when he tried to cut him with that bottle’ back in March. You chalked it up to Steve just being incredibly protective of everyone. Since you and Steve became roommates you both have grown very close becoming almost like siblings. Steve was one of your closest friends and you wouldn’t have it any other way, but he could treat Eddie a tiny bit better.

Steve didn’t exactly trust Eddie in a relationship context, and given his backstory he doesn’t really trust anyone in that context. So, Steve allowing Eddie to have a key to the house was huge. Quite a big step for their friendship you might even say. But at the time you were too consumed with the thoughts of nausea to even put together that someone was home. Eddie didn’t know what to expect since he had never seen you sick but he certainly did not expect to find you lying face down on the bathroom floor surrounded by goldfish.

“Hey how’ve you been? Well I mean I know you’re sick but uh here’s some ginger ale I picked it up at the gas station on the way back. Why don’t we try to go somewhere that’s well not the bathroom floor?” Eddie said as he basically peeled you off the floor, gently of course.

“Oh no oh no no no I’m gonna - ” you say as you dramatically flop back down towards the toilet head inside expelling all the goldfish progress you had made.

“Okay nope floor it is.” Eddie said while gently patting your back.

You slumped down, flushing the toilet, back against the wall looking absolutely spent. You don’t even remember the number of times you’ve thrown up today. It seems that the only thing you know is the feeling of gut wrenching nausea. Eddie squats down next to you with a damp cloth wiping your face down.

Even though you definitely look like a goblin that just crawled out from underneath a dark bridge, Eddie’s beautiful brown eyes beheld you as the most beautiful creature he’d ever seen. He couldn’t understand how someone could still be so perfect even while they’re hurling their guts. His heart ached knowing that you were absolutely miserable and he went to grab you some water to sip on.

“Here this might help. Just sip it okay don’t like down it or anything too wild. Oh and here’s the ginger ale but definitely take it slow. Do you think you could make it back to your bed? I think that’ll help you and it will definitely be more comfortable than the floor babe.

“Just try to get up a little at a time, don’t rush anything, and if you need me just yell okay?” You weakly nodded as Eddie finished his little speech as you slowly began to lift yourself up.

Eddie was already running around the house like a madman clearing a path for you, finding an empty trash can to put by your bed, getting you drinks, and making your bed up so you could just lay on top.

You smiled to yourself thinking about how much this man possibly loves you to be doing all this. You knew you were an absolute goner, totally head over heels for Eddie and you would definitely let him know the second you make it to that bed. You were moving so slow, slower than time was passing for you, to try and trick your stomach into believing it was still. You might be slightly delusional due to the illness but hey it was a working. You reached your bed and slowly laid down on your back looking over at your beautiful partner who was fussing over you.

“Eddie Munson I love you so so sooooo much.” You stated.

“I love you too and I’d kiss you but personally I don’t think I want whatever this is,” he gestured to your body, “We might have taken on Inter-dimensional monsters with each other but I draw the line at illness babe.” He said while gingerly kissing your forehead.

“Whatever just get over here but like don’t touch me you’re like a space heater and I will projectile vomit on you if I get overheated.” You said while patting the spot next to you. Eddie quickly changed into a pair of sweatpants, one of many from his comfy clothes stash in your drawers. He crawled into bed and propped himself up on one elbow looking at you lovingly.

“You know I never thought I’d be the one taking care of you. No seriously my immune system sucks. But I’m glad Steve gave me the key to come watch you.” Eddie said.

“STEVE WHAT,” you yelled turning towards him, “okay I immediately regret that decision. Steve have you a key? Oh Eddie that’s big. Like he definitely doesn’t have anything against you anymore-not that he uh did in the first place just protective you know.”

“Trust me I know. I’m really glad he decided to send me as the sacrifice instead of Dustin. It just feels right being the one to fret over and take care of you. I just i love you so much and I know you’re feeling really shitty right now but I’m here and I’m prepared to be the best nurse ever.” Eddie grins down at you.

“Why thank you nurse Eddie,” you gushed, “I think I’m going to try to get some sleep I just feel like I’ve been sent through the ringer. I really love you Eddie and thank you for taking care of me.” You looked up at him with all the love you could muster without feeling like you’re gonna yak in his face.

“Go to sleep you’re definitely going to need it sweetheart. I’ll be right here when you wake up. I’m not going anywhere.” Eddie’s soft eyes and perfect grin calm your tired body and mind.

Slowly you feel the clutches of restorative sleep grasp you all while Eddie is softly humming and rubbing circles on your hand.

A/N: if this sucks it’s because I came up with this quite literally while face down on my bathroom floor lmao so pls be kind. Anyway just a little thing for not writing in a while so pls enjoy!

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