#everyone blames eddie but hawkins golden girl stevie harrington is munching on shitty men

[annualwreckage]

wlw steddie vampire au…

eddie moves to hawkins, seeking an escape from the big city, and people are stand offish but polite for the most part. she moves into a kind of shorty apartment and it’s fine. well, it’s more than fine actually, because eddie’s neighbor across the hall is the prettiest girl she’s ever seen and has an affinity for dropping off baked goods. the day after she moved in, stevie dropped off a tray of muffins eddie devours. they smile at each other in the hall, even in public the one time eddie saw her at the post office, and it’s embarrassing how quickly eddie starts to nurse a crush on her pretty, kind neighbor.

a week after she settles in, a cow turns up dead in its field, drained of blood. eddie hears about it at the grocery store, the woman at the register seems to be telling everyone who will listen about how this isn’t the first time it’s happened, that it happens every few years, that everyone should start putting wreaths of hawthorn above their door and never invite someone in unless you’re sure you trust them. eddie, assuming this is small town superstition, offers the cashier a tight lipped smile as thanks for the advice and leaves with her groceries.

a few days after that, the first body shows up. it’s a man, about eddie’s age, with his throat ripped out and mostly bloodless. he’s found in an alley behind a bar, one eddie hasn’t had a chance to visit yet. eddie is probably less spooked than she should be. sure, she double checks her door is locked before she goes to bed but otherwise doesn’t mind it. after the second body found the same way, eddie is nervous. but, also, intrigued. it was another man, same age and general appearance. what really makes eddie concerned thought is how people start looking at her from the corner of their eye when she’s out in public. hawkins, not used to outsiders and thoroughly suspicious, seems to have its eyes on eddie.

over weeks, bodies pile up—always men, always drained of blood—and eddie has cops stop by her house to ask questions about her whereabouts. she was at work, with security cameras to prove it, but that does little to assuage the public opinion of her which is turning wickedly hostile. the only person who seems to still like eddie at all is stevie, who still drops off cookies and even a pie for eddie.

as she’s walking home from work one night, taking a shortcut through town, it’s stevie she finds hunched over a body, her mouth pressed to the skin of his neck. eddie let’s put a startled shout and stevie looks up, her eyes wide with surprise and fangs dripping with blood.