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@vecnaaone​ said: “ i’m broken. “

                    MAX   STOPPED   SHORT   AND   STARED   AT   her   stepbrother.   She   wasn't   sure   if   she   had   been   meant   to   hear   that,   or   if   he   was   talking   to   her   at   all.   It   was   a   vulnerable   moment   Billy   was   having   and   the   redhead   felt   like   she   was   witnessing   a   moment   that   was   private.   He   wasn't   looking   at   her   and   for   a   moment   she   considered   slipping   away   before   he   turned   his   attention   on   her.   Max   knew   from   previous   experience   that   Billy's   temper   could   go   from   zero   to   sixty   and   she   didn't   want   to   be   on   the   receiving   end   of   his   rage.   Part   of   her   waited   for   him   to   snatch   her   arm   and   squeeze   it,   or   yell   at   her   for   simply   existing.   

❝  I...think   we   all   are. ❞   The   words   were   out   of   her   mouth   before   she   could   stop   them.   Max   winced,   ready   for   whatever   wrath   she   was   about   to   incur   from   him.   

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@vecnaaone​ said: [Eddie to Chrissy] “ you. i’ll always and endlessly fight for you. “

this couldn't be real.

again, and again, and again, something repeated it so as if to push her back to the scene that she was in; the part of reality she had retreated from since she laid eyes on that face. his face, god—the one they all had said their goodbyes to and not exactly that much long ago. 

but how…?

chrissy stares at him from the ground, her clothes dirty from her last fall and the burning pain at the side of her leg a reminder that she shouldn’t stay still—above anything, she should have kept on running even after she had managed to escape the bats, but no, no she hadn’t. she couldn’t. her heart started beating faster than ever and the tears that followed threatened to cloud her vision, but she fought them in an attempt to stop his image from abandoning her—afraid that this was nothing but a delusion. her exhausted mind still playing games at her, as it had done for the last couple of weeks.

❝ eddie…? ❞ she whispers, another moment of complete silence before she can push her body into motion, unsteady but managing to get up, breathe, question if this is nearly the sanest thing to do and yet finding herself taking one step and then another, reaching him and—as if this was some kind of dream raising up her hands until she could feel the fabric of his clothes; joy and pain storming in the depths of her chest. he was really here.

❝ but how’s this…? you didn’t—after you ran to turn away the bats, me and dustin we couldn’t… ❞ she takes a step back, covers up her mouth yet, it’s already possible to see a sudden smile in her. quick and then fading, more so now that she retraced his words and remembered it all: the song over his trailer, the attempt to retreat, the boy that looked back, cut the rope and went down fighting—for her sake, for everyone's.

for her…? no, she might have heard it wrong. 

❝ we can’t stay here, they could find you again! quick, eddie we have to leave! ❞ but she can’t stop at that now, can she? she’s not losing him again, and in her frenzy, chrissy takes his hand trying to guide him where the others might be. yes—she can question him all she wants when they’re finally safe again.

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@wearethesavages​​ sent:  [ HUSH ] prompts that make me go 👀 || accepting

               HE   COULD   HERE   THE   SCREECH   of   the   demobats   in   pursuit   of   them.   It   was   a   sound   that   sent   a   cold   chill   straight   down   Eddie's   spine.   What   he   really   wanted   to   do   was   curl   up   into   a   ball   and   fade   away.   But   he   didn't   have   a   choice   in   the   matter.   It   was   either   run   or   be   monster   food.   Neither   was   a   great   option.   The   best   he   and   Steve   could   do   was   depend   on   each   other   to   get   back   to   his   trailer   and   make   it   through   the   gate.   The   two   of   them   had   been   separated   from   Nancy   and   Robin   at   some   point   and   Eddie   hoped   they   were   okay.   

Suddenly,   Steve   was   grabbing   onto   him   and   pulling   him   behind   a   large   rock.   Eddie's   back   was   against   the   surface   of   the   rock,   his   heart   pounding   so   hard   he   was   worried   the   demobats   would   hear   it.   Steve's   finger   pressed   to   his   lips   and   Eddie's   eyes   widened   though   he   remained   silent   as   the   demobats   flew   past   them.   When   their   cries   were   distant,   Eddie   narrowed   his   eyes   at   the   other   man.   ❝   I   wasn't   gonna   scream   at   them   to   come   find   us,   Harrington.   Give   me   a   little   credit   here.   ❞