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Freezer Burns | Chapter Two

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Summary: Eddie has a sweet tooth

Warnings: mutual pining, Eddie's past, parental death, mentioned transphobia and bullying, his mom had cancer, Grandma Beth and Eddie are besties, steves sexuality crisis, background Gareth x Jeff,

Word Count: 4.1k

He spends the whole walk from his work to scoops fixing his hair and hyping himself up. He straightened out his boring grey Guitar World shirt under his jean vest leather jacket combo, he pulled his pants up and adjusted his belt, the closer he got the scarier this all seemed.

He almost turns around and then he’s spotted.

“Ahoy Edward,” Robin calls to him, forcing him to come all the way in and walk right up to her counter.

He feels so awkward and weird coming to Steve's work for the chance to see him that he starts to turn pink with embarrassment, “hi… um, is Steve in today?”

She nods, “yeah, dingus khan is in the back working on the new order we got… did you want me to go get him for you?”

“No, no it’s fine I just thought I’d ask 'cause I didn’t see him out here with you,” he shakes his head. “Um, can I get a cone of tiger tail while I’m here?”

She nods and grabs her scooper, “waffle cone or regular?”

“I only have enough for a regular,”

“Waffle it is,” she decides, grabbing the cone from on top of the display and sliding the glass door open to access the ice cream buckets. “It’s on me.”

“You’re too good to me, Buckley,” he smiles, calming down a lot. He had only 7 minutes left of his break to enjoy this cone, he wanted to enjoy it with Steve’s company but his best friend's cousin was a good second option.

“Anytime, Munson,” she packs on another scoop of ice cream so the cone is full and beautiful. “Look at her, she’s stunning!” Robin teases as she hands him the cone over the counter. “A dollar 60 is your total.”

He hands her two 1 dollar bills and puts the returned change in the tip jar for her and Steve to divi up at the end of the shift. “Thank you for this, um… what time do you get off tonight?”

“You know better than to ask me out,” she can’t help but tease him. “But 9 o’clock. Steve’s driving me home, why?”

“Oh, I’m coming over too so I thought I’d offer you a ride if he wasn’t,” he lies, he just wanted to know if Steve would be over without asking if Steve was coming over. “Grandma Beth said that she’s making her shepherds pie for dinner and you know I live for it.”

“That I do,” she can’t help but laugh, Eddie often went home with the leftovers whenever she made it. “Well, I’ll tell Steve you stopped by, and we’ll see you later?”

“Yeah, you will,” he gives her a wink and a wave and then he’s off.

He takes a deep breath as soon as he’s free, and his eyes go wide as he shakes his head, he couldn’t believe he built up the courage to go all the way over there to see Steve and he wasn’t even there.

This stupid crush on Steve Harrington has been plaguing his mind since middle school and was way too powerful now that he’s gotten to know him sightly. Before he’d just stare from afar, admiring the hair and his body and how his eyes lit up when he laughed… and he was laughing often when he was with his friends before he lost them all and ate in his car alone until he graduated.

Eddie’s always had an eye on him, he went to morning pep rallies to see him when he was the captain of the basketball team and went to Steve’s parties just as an excuse to look at him. His hair is luscious, his face is sweet, and his muscles are nice… he wasn’t even going to bother thinking about Steve’s thighs right now or else he’d pop a boner at work and he didn’t need that right now.

It took everything in him not to talk to Steve earlier, he knew he was hurting and he wasn’t having a fun time with his family or his friends or his exes… he felt bad seeing him always alone, and then Robin brought him home like a lost dog. He instantly wanted Steve to be in their friend group, but the other boys were still hesitant.

Before Gareth had his surgery they called him man boobs, the testosterone worked enough to make his face manly, almost too well when all the guys at school genuinely believed he was assigned male at birth so much so they bullied him for having breasts as a boy.

Gare still saw it as a half-win, cause they’ve never not thought of him as a dude. The bullying just wasn’t needed.

Jeff has been bullied and attacked and harassed simply for being black, no one even cared that he was very visibly, madly in love with Gareth, it was the racism of it all that got him bullied. No matter how much they tried to downplay their relationship around the town and even in front of Gareth’s grandma, they were all over each other when Eddie was around.

It’s why he had to leave the garage and ran into Steve in the kitchen that first night. His best friends couldn’t keep their hands off each other, they kept stealing kisses and holding hands and being cute and he couldn’t take feeling alone anymore so he got up and left. God knows what they got up to completely alone after that.

Since the first night, they’ve had a few more kitchen run-ins, sharing plates of reheated dinner and sweet chats and subtle touches. They got closer each night, he was so sure there was something fruity about Steve Harrington but he’d be the last person on earth to ever overstep and ask him or make a move or even hint that he wants Steve back... assuming that Steve wants him at all.

“Munson,” his manager calls to him the second he’s back in the store, “line one on the phone is for you.”

“Oh?” He is so confused, no one’s ever called him at work before.

He makes sure to take the last few bites of his ice cream and clear his mouth before picking up the phone. He takes a deep breath and hits the button for line 1, “hello?”

“Hey,” Steve’s sweet voice was so noticeable to him. “Robin said you stopped by, you okay?” He only asks because they’ve made it a habit of checking up on each other.

Most nights start with the same question, “how was work?” And slowly it becomes them sharing small grievances with the day, things that they loved and things that they wished would happen the next day. Talking to Steve in the refrigerator light was better than writing in any journal, he kept every single thought to himself and made Eddie feel so secure in their blooming friendship.

“Yeah,” he can’t help but smile. “I’m fine I wanted to know if you were coming over to Gareth’s tonight… and Robin said you are.”

“I am, I wouldn’t miss shepherd's pie for the world,” Steve agrees. “You guys got anything planned tonight?”

“Not that I know of, why?”

“I could pick up some movies and all of us could watch them together?” He suggests. “I’d really like to get to know your friends too.”

That makes his heart swell impossibly big, “yeah… I mean, even if the guys don’t want to, I’d still love to watch a movie with you and Robin, or just you? I’m sure grandma Beth won’t mind us using the tv as long as we’re quiet.”

“Yeah,” he can practically hear the blush on his cheeks. “Anything you like?”

You.

“Uh, nothing particular, I’m good for anything,” he covers up his feelings. “But I’ve got to get back to work before my boss yells at me for hogging the ph—

“Yeah no, don’t let me hold you up, I’ll see you later?” Steve cuts him off, worrying immensely.

“That you will, pretty boy. Have a good rest of your shift, I gotta go, ” he drops the nickname and then hangs up the phone so he can’t experience the repercussions of his actions.

Feeling like he just ran a marathon, he has to hold his chest to catch his breath. He feels like a complete fool being down so bad for the ex-king of Hawkins but who could blame him?

“You okay?” His boss notices, “someone die?”

“That would be the worst way to ask if someone did,” Eddie jokes, “but I’m fine… I think I’ve got a date later?”

“Cool,” the older man nodded with approval, lips pressed together in an awkward smile that was hidden mostly by his moustache. “Can you go in the back and tell me exactly how many boxes of bass stings we’ve got left? I sold the last ones on the shelf.”

“Totally, you want me to rest all the shelves and put more on the order sheet?” Eddie asks, knowing the store like the back of his hand.

“You know it, kid,” he points a finger gun and him and heads back towards the cash register, leaving Eddie with his thoughts for the rest of his shift.

—

Eddie gets off work at 6, leaving the closing shift to his boss and rushes back to his trailer to change. He puts on more deodorant and cologne and a nice burgundy shirt, debating on his regular jacket or not, he decided fuck it and wears a black jean jacket instead to match his jeans.

The boys all ask why he’s so dressed up lately and he pretends to not know what they’re talking about. Even Grandma Beth compliments him on looking nice, thinking he had a date later or something…. How the heck did she know everything?

He helps her clean up after dinner, placing the leftovers into different Tupperware containers so he can take them for lunch at work tomorrow and the next day. He’s quiet, normally he talks her ear off while she does the dishes and he dries them for her. She doesn’t ask why, much like Robin in the way she waits for people to come to her when they need something. Be it advice, a hug, or anything.

“Would you be okay with me staying over tonight?”

“What do you think?” She bugs him for asking. “Why don’t you want to go home?”

“If I tell you a secret you’ve gotta promise not to tell anyone? Not even in passing or as a hint or a joke, nothing…” Eddie whispers to her, even though the boys weren't off making out somewhere and not able to hear.

She nods softly and gives him all her attention, “always, sweetie.”

“I really like Steve.”

Her eyes widen but she stays quiet, wanting him to explain more but she also gets it. He’s pretty, of course, Eddie noticed.

“And he wants to watch a movie tonight so I said we could do it here 'cause if I bring him home and Wayne sees him then I’m dead,” he rambled until it all falls out.

“I thought Wayne was okay with you liking boys?”

“He is,” Eddie sighs. “Just as long as the boy isn’t a Harrington.”

“Why?” She can’t imagine why he’d have a problem.

“Something happened between his dad and Wayne at the plant and I don’t know what exactly, and honestly, at this point, I’m afraid to ask,” Eddie explains. “He would murder Dick Harrington with his bare hands if given the chance.”

“Damn,” she looks disappointed, wanting all the hot gossip Eddie normally had for her but getting nothing. “I’m sure it’s not that bad, just work problems and differences in opinion, maybe? Or he didn’t give Wayne a promotion? Or said something about your mom’s cancer?”

Eddie shrugs, “he’s hated Steve’s dad since we moved here, something happened in ‘71 and he’s hated him since.”

He can see the gears turning in her head, trying to think about what happened that year in their little town, “that was the year Dustin, Lucas and Mike were born,” she recalls Eddie’s newest little friends who were already trying to audition for hellfire next year when they started grade 9.

“Yeah,” he agrees, having no clue how she knew that but then again, she asked so many questions when new kids entered her home. She had to make sure they were okay. “But anyway, is it okay if we watch a movie here?” Eddie asks, “we’ll be really quiet, I promise, I just want to spend time with him.”

“Does Robin know?” She asks carefully, “won’t she think it’s weird if she comes down and see you two on the couch?”

He shakes his head. “I don’t think he’s told her anything, right now we just meet in the kitchen at midnight and talk for a bit until I head home. He slips out of her room when she falls asleep and she has no idea he’s even gone.”

“Interesting,” she purses her lips. “Just promise me you won’t be having sex on my couch?”

He laughs, shocked and startled a bit, “no, oh my god, beth?”

“What I know Gareth and Jeff are,” she reveals. “It’s why you’re always in here with me, isn’t it?”

He turns pink, unable to lie so he just nods slightly, “but I never said it.”

“As much as I like collecting you kids, I don’t need a great-grandchild,” she reminds him. “They just better be safe.”

“If it makes you feel better they haven’t had sex yet,” he shares honestly, “they just make out like they’re addicted to each other and it’s annoying.”

“You’ll find that,” she can’t help but smile at him, it makes his cheeks heat up bright pink.

They’re talking so long that Steve walks in the door with robin, giggling away with each other as they kick off their shoes and rush up the stairs to her room and the bathroom to change out of their uniforms. They don’t even check the kitchen to see Eddie there, he just watches them move up the stairs and panics.

“I’m going to go to the garage now… thank you for letting me talk,” he places his hand gently on Grandma Beth’s shoulder and she pulls him in for a hug.

Damp hands from the dishes rest on his shoulders as she holds him close. “There’s popcorn in the pantry, have a good time tonight?” She whispers so no one would hear if they entered the kitchen.

“Thank you,” he squeezes her one last time and then let's go, giving her a sweet smile before backing away and heading for the garage.

He tries not to run but he rushes down the hallways because he can hear Steve laughing with Robin up in the hallway as they change. When he reaches the garage door he knocks and opens it barely an inch with his eyes closed, “I’m coming in you better be dressed!”

They both laugh, “you’re fine,” Gareth calls back.

When Eddie walks in, he finds Gareth sitting in Jeff’s lap, lips swollen and pupils blown out in euphoria from each other's touch. “What took you so long?” Jeff asks.

“There were a lot of dishes tonight,” he explains as he takes a seat on the dusty old green couch in the corner. “And I like talking to your grandma, sue me.”

“Nah,” Gareth waves him off and snuggles against Jeff. “I’m glad you’re friends, really. It’s cute.”

“Thanks,” he grumbles, hating that he has to witness the scene unfolding in front of him for a few hours until he’s free to go find Steve in the kitchen. “You two are disgusting, you know that right?”

“Yep,” Jeff doesn’t even give a shit as he kisses Gareth one more time. “This is the only place we can do this.”

“I know,” he whines. “Doesn’t mean I have to like it.”

“Go get laid then,” Gareth suggests. “Seriously, you’ve been insufferably touch-starved for months, it’s getting annoying for us too.”

“Gee, thanks,” he kicks his legs up onto the seat and stares up at the ceiling. This was going to be a long night until he saw Steve.

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He thinks he’s taking his time and looking unsuspicious, getting ready for bed ever so slowly as Robin lays in her bed on the bottom bunk, watching him act weird. He’s all but pacing back and forth from the dresser to his bag as he keeps looking at himself in her mirror over her wardrobe.

“Why are you always in a rush to head downstairs?” Robin can practically feel the anxiety radiating off him

“Huh?” He plays dumb but his tomato skin gives it away.

“You sneak out of my room every night and then you come back at 1 or 2 and you are so grumpy when we have to wake up at 10. It’s weird Steve… where are you going in my house?” She asks, revealing just how much she pays attention to him and what he’s getting into.

It’s not something he’s used to.

His parents barely remembered he was living with them, so it was easy to sneak around when they were home. That wouldn’t work with Robin.

“I like to sit in the kitchen completely alone and decompress before bed,” he explains, it’s almost true… if he just said Eddie was there with him then it would be the truth.

“You’re okay though, right?” She worries.

He nods softly, “I just like to be alone for a bit before I go to sleep. I’m really used to being alone.”

“Okay,” she lets out a sigh of relief. “Well, you don’t have to wait for me to go to sleep, you can go downstairs whenever you please… do you ever run into Eddie down there?”

He nods, “he’s always eating.”

She laughs but then gets frustrated, “I know! I go down for a snack sometimes and he’s eaten everything already! He better not eat my rainbow brownies in the cupboard, can you make sure he doesn’t?”

He just nods, not sharing that it's exactly why he brought home Ice cream for Eddie and extremely glad that she didn’t suspect that they hung out together every night that he slept over… and even a few nights where he didn’t and Eddie walked him to his car and followed him down the street in his van until they turned opposite ways and went to their respective homes. It was nice, he felt like Eddie really liked him and wanted to make sure he was safe and cared for.

“I’m gonna go…”

“Okay, just be quiet when you come back in,” she’s fine with it, pulling her blankets up and grabbing a book, it was barely midnight.

“Okay,” he agrees, but he says it more because he wants to feel okay himself. He takes another look in the mirror and then he heads out of her room, closing the door quietly behind himself.

He rushes down the stairs and turns into the kitchen to see absolutely no one in there. “Oh…” he feels his heart drop, wondering if Eddie forgot or if he’s not coming at all now that they’ve actually planned it all out.

Now that it felt real.

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Eddie accidentally falls asleep on the couch waiting for midnight to roll around. It takes a shove from Jeff for him to wake up. He stares at him like he’s terrified, eyes wide and hands gripped into fists, ready to swing.

“You were snoring,” Jeff explains. “Go home or go sleep in the living room.”

“Ugh,” he groans as he sits up and rubs his eyes. “What time is it?”

“Quarter after midnight,” Gareth explains from the other side of the room, cleaning off his bed so that he and Jeff can head to sleep soon.

“Fuck,” he stands quickly and grabs his things, “shit…”

“What’s so important that you’re missing?” Jeff teases, “your hand expect you home at a certain time?”

“Fuck off,” Eddie doesn’t have time for it. “I have a date with Beth's leftovers and then my bed, if you must know.”

“Sure,” Gareth teases.

With all his things in his hands, he rushes to the door, “bye! I’ll see you tomorrow.”

“See ya!” They call back.

Eddie rushes to the kitchen, it’s empty, and his heart drops.

He missed it, Steve was tired of waiting, he fucked everything up like he always does. Smacking himself in the forehead, he’s pissed at himself. “You fucking idiot.”

“Eddie?” He hears Steve from the other room so he follows his voice, meeting him halfway. “Hi…”

“I didn’t forget,” he rushes out his thoughts as he lunges for Steve, holding his arms in his hands. “I fell asleep on the couch in the garage, I’m so sorry.”

“It’s okay,” Steve manages to laugh but then stops still, reaching out to pick the sand out of eddies eyelashes. He closes his eyes so he doesn’t get poked, “you’ve got sleep in your eyes…”

“Thanks,” Eddie smiles at him every so softly. “Can we still watch something?”

He nods, “if you want? Or we can just sit and talk? Or if you’re tired you can go home?”

“No, no, I want to stay here with you,” he assures Steve. “Come sit,” he drags him back over to the couch and sits, Steve beside him, thighs touching… he almost sat down on him and then he moves away.

Steve sits with his back against the armrest and one leg tucked under himself so that he can face Eddie. With his arm resting on the back of the seat, he looks so hot just sitting there with the moonlight shining through the window behind the couch. It makes one side of him blue, but the lamp light in the room turns the rest of him orange, he looks godly.

“How was work today?” Eddie finally asks.

“Good,” he smiles. “I did the order, but you know that… and I brought home some tiger tale for you so you won’t eat all of Robin's brownies in the pantry.”

“You’re too kind, Harrington,” Eddie smiles back. “Did you get any for yourself?”

He shakes his head, “I’ve lost my love for ice cream, unfortunately.”

“What?” Eddie can’t believe it. “Come on, there’s no way you’re sick of it already, it’s only been a few weeks?”

“When you’re around something all the time, you grow tired of it,” he explains. “Like a bad marriage.”

“You tryin’ to tell me something?” Eddie teases, glaring at him playfully. “I don’t wanna be a home wrecker.”

“I’m not married,” he laughs, reaching forward and smacking Eddie’s arm.

Eddie grabs his hand and pulls him in close. Steve, in a moment of confidence, sits in Eddie’s lap, facing him, knees on either side of his hips resting on the couch cushion while he stares Eddie down, hoping this is okay and only asking with his eyes.

“Well, then I guess I shouldn’t feel bad for liking you this much,” Eddie whispers, tucking a strand of Steve’s hair behind his ear and resting his hand on her cheek. “Who knows… maybe we could find a better treat together.”

“One without the freezer burns,” he smiles. “Something warm and cozy and nice… like you.”

“You think I’m nice?” Eddie cups both his cheeks this time, smiling impossibly wide.

Steve giggles, “yeah? You are… I wish I was always nice to you too. I wish I was friends with you instead of Tommy. I wish everything was different.”

“Hey,” he caresses Steve's cheek with his thumb, “you’ve got me now.”

“do I?” Steve looks terrified. “How? How does this work? What do I call it? Why does it feel so fucking scary?”

Eddie shrugs, “I don't have the answers. And you don't need to have them either. We can just be… it’s really easy to pretend things are fine.”

“I don’t know who I am anymore,” he whispers, breaking down. “I was so sure of so many things and then a few years ago it all came tumbling down and I can’t rebuild any of it. I’m surrounded in rubble, eds.”

“Come here,” he pulls Steve into his chest, rubbing his back with strong hands as he cuddles into his neck and settles against him. “You can tell me about it, about what happened?”

“I don’t know how,” he whispers, sniffling slightly. “I—I just… I know I like you, I know it’s not like how I thought I was crushing on Robin when I really just wanted to be her friend or how actually being friends with Tommy meant sleepovers and drunk kisses and weird possessiveness… I like you, okay? But— but—

“You don’t know how,” Eddie gets it. “Thats normal. Valid even.”

Steve holds him a bit tighter, “don’t take it the wrong way. Please? Don’t get weird about it, either.”

“I won’t,” he smiles softly, turning his head to the side to rest his cheek on Steve’s head. “You can come to me for advice, for silence, for company, solace… cuddles, kisses, friendship, more… I’m here.”

“And when you’re not I know where to find you.”

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the-firebird69 · 8 months

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Thor Freya

Zues Hera yes it's me Hera and they're picking on her that she tried to help my husband and she did a little bit not much he's kind of messing around and see what she's doing and the idiots took the wrong way any more or less forced her to do it and these people were trying to do something that was evil and he knew about it so the guy is a real prick and he's wrong his people are going away and not coming back

Hera

They are going away and not coming back they're now five bases they're under fierce attack. The Midwest is evacuating it'll take another hour security forces are moving in and as they come in people are leaving and they're occupying an area of the city and moving into the other and they're leaving rapidly in all different directions it is coming from the middle of the city out and they're moving fast there's nothing that will stop this from happening now. Huge maneuvers are going on we had planned and for a long time and this is it we're going to empty the Midwest and they will think we're out there the clothes are going to be out there maybe not this group and it's going to be hard pressed for them to get enough people together the fight over this and it's going to be a huge fight but you'll see the clothes pop up more shortly

Thor Freya

I haven't feeling a little bit of whoaw but now I'm not this is working

We have a huge list of words you misspell there's tons of them and this is one of them but you didn't want to put the h on it and that's how you spell it I get that and it does mean what you're saying and we're going to war with these people we felt a little bit odd too and you told people with the deal was and then your race is more depth to it but you're also feeling tons of pressure and that they need to sign those on and all these minds and hands will help and brains and for crying out loud we need to help each other. Is grown a lot in size and we can crush people with these and we have to here some people are lost and they're dangerous and we're going to do that shortly and there won't be any stopping us we're getting ready for this moment they're going to be so damn arrogant and nasty that we have to get ready to switch gears quickly right now they're evacuating to the river areas the cone in the upper Midwest but tons of them are going to the river to the ships it is a huge War vast War you would not believe how big it is is attracting the clones from all over the Midwest and underneath they're both going to be finished after this but we believe that corky and his and Trump can retain their ships there they have a huge Force there although the clothes are gigantic these guys are fighting hard and hate them and see that they need to survive and try and save themselves others are coming up from the south and they see why and it's urgent and it's a massive Force but the clones have numbers that's twice as many but so far the clothes are cut in half and cork is only lost about a quarter is going well for them and it usually doesn't they've had enough it's what they're saying

Atlas and Goddess Wife

Thank God for this this is the best thing we've ever had in the Midwest and these clones are a nasty and they're too much

Thor Freya

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e-icreator23 · 1 year

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Moon I know it itches but if you scratch it I'll be forced to put this on you *shows a dog cone* Sage gives him an itch ointment

*he looks and hisses. he nods and gives some*

#roleplay

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a-fathers-heart · 1 year

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Dear Leo,

Thanks to you! I've become a great investigator. Pretty solid, honest and straightforward. But before I was around, Leo suffered daily from neglect and abuse. Leo's abuse never crossed my mind until now! And here's why:

Leo had three surgeries on his leg that I know of! Maybe more? Tell me? Is that a red flag?

That's a lot for a golden retriever puppy. The amount of times he was coned for the neglect from the very beginning of his life! Years before Joshua too!

And for no reason! Lazy, forgetful but not ignorant! Very intelligent, legal mind! This story of a dog and a boy is not about me.

Plenty of people have pets!

Lots of people get the opportunity to raise a puppy after the 8 weeks waiting period. Separating the birth mother and siblings and then set on to a new life! This Leo had a new lease on life!

Whether it be a private adoption or bill of sale from a PetSmart. It's assumed that the animal that's being acquired would be given to somebody with their best interests in mind.

Most reasonable people don't have to think like this, but this dog owner is special! Unique! Careless and irresponsible!

There are plenty of people that do it very successfully without one injury every single day!

I never put two and two together in the beginning, because I was not looking for the information!

I've been forced to talk about this!

Leo had three or more surgery's!

Leo had two when I met him! Two surgeries for young puppy.

This all has been recently brought to my attention.

For every surgery, there is an appointment before, during, and after.

Everyone knows that the after care and after a surgery, there's going to be follow-up doctor's visits. There's going to be instructions on how to care for their dog. Often a printed instruction sheet follows with the dog after surgery.

There is plenty of communication between the hospital and the owner.

Medication is usually involved to keep the dog comfortable .Dog Therapy, which actually means owner therapy! but then learning from your mistakes, most people understand that before acquiring a human or a canine or feline!

Leo wasn't able to speak our language! He wasn't able to tell the vet in his own words what happened in his house that resulted in multiple surgeries over the years!

Leo was a loving dog and love being around people! Wherever I was in the house, Leo would be there. Whenever I went outside to smoke or work around the house, Leo was with me. He took a liking to me when the responsibility was put upon me by the dog owner to have more and more daily responsibility for this dog. Putting the responsibility on me from jump, I felt was kind of her responsibility to do!

I became more of a caregiver for Leo So the dog owner could focus on what was important to her. Unfocused, traveling between three states a day, up and down elevators, court proceedings, lawyers, judges, depositions and summaries. Law, was the dog owner's focus while I was put into a position of being the primary caregiver by the dog owner without my consent. Before me was Peter Korda, and after me was Lester Hobbs and then Gary taking care of the necessities of the canine and then Joshua in this dog owners home! Happily, these other men she found suitable to let into her home, They take care of her day today while she focuses on some other bigger picture! Some way to become distracted and not focus on the child or dog, but focus on a bigger picture now coming into focus!

To my knowledge, there is not a hotline for animal abuse and I don't believe at the time veterinary we're not obligated to report such suspicious activity. Sometimes I wonder if Dr Klein from Southampton pediatrics ever knew the history of this dog prior to my son ever being seen by that office! Oh hell! I wasn't looking for any of this when I met this dog owner.

Leo was a good dog that wasn't trained by his owner. A dog owner who had no time to spend with the young pup while they commute back and forth to New York for hearing high profile Court cases.

Often the young pup was transported from their home to a weekend puppy resort centers so that the owner can get away. The demand of the dogs needs were less important than the owner needs. Leo had the appearance of being a showpiece to this owner. An inanimate object that needed some attention, I might say I've personally witnessed. Barking out orders to everybody else, to walk Leo, or to feed Leo.

At the time, I felt like I was taking orders. I felt like she was placing the demands upon me As if to say, You're in my world now! Do as I say!

This was just another thankless job that I was forced into because she was too busy somewhere else! She felt good to be able to manage everything with me around because I take care of things! There's a whole list of what I did before and after living there. That to be honest, I'm not going to list them here because this is about Leo and not me, but the monetary value of what I brought to that home until the day I left was in the ballpark of $100,000. I left almost $100,000 on the table and walked out without even a thank you or reimbursing me Even though there was a previous verbal agreement, This dog owner broke that too! And I'm not talking about child support either, that separate!

Under her employ, when I met this dog owner had hired a dog walker named Diane who had three kids of her own? Teenagers on ADHD medicine! This dog owner referred to Diane as bipolar with emotional distress. This was an admission of this dog owner and not solicited. Now knowing this, Diane had access to lots of pharmaceutical drugs from multiple people in her family, was not a thought in my mind at that time! But it is now!

When I met Leo, this dog owner had just moved into a townhouse and had recently been divorced from Peter Korda. Peter Korda, And a high powered attorney in New York City, had, I believe, four kids of his own!? Any of these children on ADHD medicine or antipsychotics?

I believe this dog owner was previously in school for some sort of psychotherapy taking classes in New York at one point before we met. Later on she would be seeing a therapist. When we met I was taking classes for sign language and photography at the same time at Neshaminy high School for adult night classes. I took sign language because my family and the family at church. We were friends with deaf people and I wanted to learn how to communicate with them just like my family! This was important to me! I didn't learn Spanish or French, always learning on my own How to use American sign language to I will always be able to communicate with any deaf person that come across the rest of my life! Is that not a gift? The ability to speak to people Not suspecting me to come out and start to hand sign should they know they have a friend who will listen, and can listen!

This dog owner had two previous marriages and no kids. Leo was her first! First that I know of anyways!

I know people that treat their animals like humans! I know people that treat their animals way much better than strangers! I know people that treat animals like they were own children!

I've heard people refer to their animals as their very own children. I know that people treat their animals like a part of the family!

People celebrate their animals first everything!

And we all know that one annoying person that's got to make everything about their cat or their dog as we politely smile through until it's over!

Some families have a funeral for their dog, but I was not invited to Leo's even though I was a part of his life for some 2 years. I was never extended the courtesy to attend his funeral even though I was his caregiver of Leo for 2 years. He passed away and I never received an invitation for his funeral. To be there for my son, for Josh's dog too!

Years later, When the dog owner informed me that Leo was going to be passing soon, I politely responded with, Joshua is free to go be with Leo whenever you say! I added, I can drop Joshua off or you can pick him up! I'm here for Joshua and his first dog and I support the next step!

Now once this dog owner warned me that Leo was going to be passing, that was the last I heard about it! I was not even told the day he passed by the dog owner for my own knowledge on how to care for my son who just lost his dog! I wasn't told that a member of our family had passed away! This information was kept from me that I'm just realizing now as I write.

Everybody knows the most important part of surgery is the aftercare! Post surgery care is the most important part of the surgery itself!

It takes time to address the wounds, put ointment on, keep the area clean, but more importantly to make sure that the dog remains safe for himself so he doesn't incur another injury!

Having to recall this, was very difficult to write. Because the perception that I once first had is no more!

Leo, God rest his soul, had three surgeries, major to his future and his life to be independent.

Leo suffered three injuries to his leg, I'm not quite sure how many, cuz I wasn't there, How many hospitals did Leo go to for his surgeries?

I didn't realize this until now!

The dog owner was told not just once, but three times how to avoid injury like this!

How many times was Leo's needs ignored, but the surgeries were evident of the neglect!

How much sympathy does one really need?

What started out with a dog who she did not have time for, neglected that needs of the dog, The amount of instruction required of her not obeyed one time, but disrespected the dog three times in total! Before Joshua! And I didn't know!

Before Josh was even born, Leo, Her first born, was not safe in her care!

Most dog owners pride themselves on how well they take care of their newborn puppies and set them up for success for their future!

Some dog owners learn from the first mistake and never make the mistake again!

Some dog owners take the time to respect professional who are there to help them! If you're called to help animals, you love animals! Nobody needs to read about love when it comes naturally for us! Teach you how to care for them, that's what the veterinary hospital has people in there to rehabilitate the damage animal! Learning from the first surgery never happened, learning from the second surgery, never happened.

Now let's quickly add a child to this entire scenario! Was the child safe? No! Never! Because the paper trail doesn't lie! From veterinary medical records to court records, pediatricians, police, and psychiatrists, all notated the most ridiculous crime to this boy, all under their nose! All reported! All documented!

For Leo, These people in their field know how to take care of animals because they spend their days correcting what went wrong! These people don't need to take another test on how to care for animals, they're here for the common man.

The very first surgery Leo went through before I ever met this dog owner was explain to their face and in great detail, I am to assume, that the small puppy dog cannot be up on a bed so high! Especially a tall sleigh bed which was after the second surgery she confessed to me about what the vet said not to do!

The vet and or vet techs spoke at great lengths the very first time. Provided her paperwork on care before and after the very first surgery! Here you have both verbal and written instructions and this dog owner chooses not to follow anything! This dog owner knows better than the surgeons! This dog owner knows better than the dog walker. Leg and knee surgery for a brand new puppy, not once but three times! Staples, and stitches! Multiple scarring over the injured area throughout the years. The pain Leo must have felt after every injury that never quite healed. I'm going to take a guess that he suffered from arthritis severely because of the lack of care that was happened to him in the beginning of his life!

This owner was provided the same information three times and the dog still suffered! Still taking medication she was in charge of. The medication that kept flowing with every surgery and in every injury! Leo was there for the examination, but couldn't speak! Leo wasn't able to collaborate their story! Leo had no voice other than the evidence of the neglect!

The trips to the pharmacy did not deter this dog owner. The dog wearing a cone on his head for 18 months total or more for his total life Did not deter her? Just a thought of me picking up a prescription really annoys me, but this is where she began getting her fix. Sympathy from the doctors. The reward of drugs!

It's quite easy! Damage the dog get some drugs! Damage the dog and get some drugs! Damage the dog and get some drugs!

Fast forward 2 years? Damage the boy and get some drugs! Damage the boy and get some drugs! Damage the boy and get some drugs!

Again, I'm just realizing this!

These are the facts!

FDIA or munchen syndrome by proxy is the most lethal, the most dangerous of emotional abuse known to man. The most deadliest form because most don't get out alive, just ask Dee Dee Blanchard. Imposing a fictitious disease from a mentally disturbed woman onto a child or a dog, is mental illness I've called the attention of Bucks County children and youth for protection over my son over 15 years ago and I stated FDIA in my first phone call to report officially this child abuse that I've been made known of from this woman and dog owner!

This vindicates me for the last 15-20 years. Josh's medical records and Leo's combined. Leo pre-dates me my relationship to this proud dog owner! Leo was sustaining injuries before I was ever in the picture! My name is not on any of Joshua's medical records and they're not on any of Leo's either!

One woman, Shields herself with the use of taxpayers money, Her employer, Bucks County judicial system, to have not just one official report of the child abuse I've reported consistently, but now stands five in all over the last 15 years!

If there was only some way of sharing this information with the county, we wouldn't have to waste taxpayers money. Sparing me from frivolous court appearances that don't make sense? Both Dr. Klein, Southampton pediatrics and Dr. Weinberg, Lower Bucks pediatrics, should have been made aware of the canines medical history would probably have ended in a different result every time Joshua was sitting in front of them, because he didn't have to and I know this!

Knowing the law and then using it against me to cover up a crime in this country, is the crime! This woman who was seasoned in all legal proceedings, knew what to do because she was trained, but choosing not to make the most critical phone call to a child's life is totally 100% unacceptable in any day and any time and any age! Ignorance is no excuse for the law! And mark my words, nobody in this country is above the law! As a good Christian man, as a man who believes in his faith, Who knows the Constitution and how this country was formed and grew, A Patriot through and through. I believe it's not my will to be done, but my father's witch is in heaven!

Pray for Joshua! Pray for Tess Sola! Pray for me! But more importantly, pray for those who have a voice and can't use it Or maybe those were too afraid to come forward when they know better. Pray for our judges and our politicians and our leaders to do what's best for this country! That we can learn and grow from this and that we can move forward in such a way that brings glory to the next generation while providing a safer home for the next generation!

I pray for my friends and family who have struggled to understand the story that I'm still not quite understanding the entirety to this day!

So much of this has been confusing to me and still is!

I pray for my friends who I've lost touch with through this, That's somehow someway this world becomes a little bit better for everybody! But it starts with me first! I've got to be a good Christian example to others! Forgiving those who trespass against us, turning the other cheek, with the gift of understanding and kindness is the best to move forward! Michael Jackson said it best, I'm starting with the man in the mirror!

I did not create this freaking mess! This was here all before I entered the relationship and I will be damned If I will ever spend a day in jail for what this woman done to her dog first and then our son!

I'm just a father with a flashlight!

I'm doing what is necessary to protect my son in the middle of a very convoluted and contentious situation that was brought to me by her mental illness. If she ends up finding the help she needs someday, Joshua and I will be here for her every step of the way like we both have been from jump! We both will support her 100% because that's what family does! We support each other and love each other through it! Love is the best medicine of all.

Maybe somebody should do their research and their due diligence like I have. Genesis, everything starts from somewhere, but have compassion on those who are not understanding what they are going through! When people like me try to explain the situation that I've been put into, I am no authority! I'm just some dumb schmuck within high school education, barely, who was conned by a very convincing and devious official Court reporter to The Honorable Judge Alan Rubinstein, Bucks County Court for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Although I would say, I'm not a professional by any means, but I've learned how to investigate the nature of the crimes that affect my son because he is the most important thing in my life! The facts speaks for themselves, there is a cereal abuser that got to my son! And she ain't done yet until She gets help!

This entire exercise has taught me to know my history. To be more confident and assertive even when the pieces of the puzzle just don't make sense! To be absolutely 100% positive before ever writing one word! My son Joshua Is my hero because he's giving me the courage to stand up against injustice when I see it first hand and the responsibly report it as required as a citizen of these here United States of America! But more importantly, he's my hero because he's the one that went through all of this! I've been just sitting here trying to hold his hand through it! Joshua is a warrior and a fighter! He's been training his whole life to get out of this situation that he will in fact be delivered from, someday! How do I know? Where do you think his training for success began?

As a animal lover, myself, My Labrador retriever was my first little buddy and I love him dear! Cats, dogs, horses, All God's creatures I love. Above ground and under the sea, it all works for the greater good of this world! Right?

In conclusion,

Leo has the most important story of all!

Leo is the story! Leo has a history! I was there! I know now how to put a cone on a dog. That was the first and last experience I'd ever had in my life putting a come on a dog, And now I know why!

For Joshua, Did all the doctors, pediatricians, psychiatrist , including lawyers, court clerk's, and all the judges, All the people she works with at the courthouse to this day do not know about Leo and his history. If they were all informed of the gross negligence prior to the birth of one Joshua Vincent Edel, would I even be having this conversation? Nope!

This dog has a voice! Do you hear me now?

I hear Leo!

If there was some way somehow I could pull all of medical forms for Leo's life, I damn well would do that for him! He deserves that win! If somehow I was able to subpoena all of his records like I did for Joshua, I would do it in a heartbeat without hesitation and for the good tire story and where it all began.

I hope that Leo finds his peace in heaven and that he knows who was there for him. That this man went to Great lengths to recall situations that are very important and critical to the future and life of my son! Thanks to Leo!

Thank you Leo! I learned a lot from you good ol'boy! Leo, Go play with your ball till I can throw it to you again boy!

Mark Edel

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Date: Sun, Nov 6, 2022, 3:08 PM

Subject: Look at Leo! He was there first!

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