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hearmeoutno · 2 years

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The embrace of a monster - a steddie oneshot

Originally posted by me on wattpad

Summary: even in the upside down, the moon shines bright. And there lays a figure, blinded by the light (see the rhyme I did there? I'm so fucking proud of myself for that)

What to expect: Kas!Eddie (i don't know what the ! Is for but everyone does it so idk), steddie ofc, mourning, depressive thoughts, comfort, first kiss, regular angst shit

A/N: i really need some good ass kas!Eddie because I am still crying over here

I watched a yt video in the whole kas lore, so here's my notes that I'll be following if you want to be up to date. I got this info from "Jorphdan" on YouTube

Also, its my bday today woop woop!

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It's dead silent. No noise apart from the slight hum coming from an X formed by portals.

There he lies. A body drained of life, surrounded by its killers. Left by its friends. Yet, not left by its courage. It takes a great amount of strength to give your life for a town that wants to take it.

His body lifts up from the ground, floating about 2 meters above it and moving towards the burning house in this strange dimension.

The body arrives in the attic, dropping down while kneeling as the life slowly creeps back into it. With a loud gasp it's eyes open, wanting to move yet this invisible force is keeping it in its place.

"Edward"

A coarse voice echo's throughout the building, a figure floating with tentacles attached to it's back is infront of him. The force snaps Eddie's head up quickly, forcing him to look at the being called Vecna Infront of him.

"Y- You fucker let me- let me go!"

Eddie's talking is interrupted by chocked back sobs, spitting of blood and groans of pain. His side's are burning, his head is throbbing and his throat is raw from screaming.

"I promise great things, Edward. I recruite you as my lieutenant as I plan my next attack. You are to keep peace and listen to my commands. You will be rewarded handsomely with another chance at life."

All Eddie thinks of is his life in Hawkins. The people he left without any goodbye. Even though it's absolute shit, nothing sounds worse than death. Taking a deep breath, he makes his decision.

"Alright, I'll be your fucking lieutenant. Do whatever you want and all that bullshit."

Although Vecna barely has any facial features left, he smiles -almost smirks- at his response. He summons a sword, holding it towards Eddie as the force around him weakens and eventually fades away.

"Take this blade, Edward. Accepting my offer will give you the great gift of life under my leadership. You will achieve greatness in your role."

Eddie struggles to reach for the blade, the wounds slowing him down. Yet, he manages to grasp the hilt of the sword. He feels his pain going away, his skin restoring by itself. As an armor grow over his body, he stands up. He feels almost like a god, wielding a sword that is more powerful than it seems

"I will not disappoint, Vecna."

Why was he being so respectful to someone who killed innocent teenagers? It's this or nothing, plus, just because he says it doesn't mean it has to be true.

After saying his goodbye, he leaves the house. The fire seemingly having doused itself. He returns to his trailer, seeing the swarm of bats still decorating the ground around it. Sighing, he enters a trailer that isn't split in half. Why did they just leave his body? Did they know Vecna would recruit him? They couldn't have know, right? Well at least he's alive now, somewhat.

"𝔜𝔬𝔲 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔪𝔲𝔠𝔥 𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔭𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔣𝔲𝔩𝔩, 𝔈𝔡𝔴𝔞𝔯𝔡."

Eddie hears a faint whisper, yet there is no one around. He checks the trailer for any type of radio or television, nothing is recieving any signal. There's a glow emitting from the sword as the whisper returns.

"𝔜𝔬𝔲 𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔄𝔢𝔠𝔫𝔞, 𝔜𝔬𝔲 𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔰𝔩𝔢𝔦𝔤𝔥 𝔥𝔦𝔪. 𝔜𝔬𝔲 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔭𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔯."

What the fu- is the sword talking to him? It must be, as the glow goes away with the whisper. What does he have to loose? Definitely not his life.

"Alright, sword. Guess we'll go cut some tentacle meat."

With a determent look in his face, his chest puffed and sword drawn, he marched through the woods towards the house. He pushes open the door, stomping up the stairs.

Eddie is faced with Vecna, like he knew what Eddie was planning on doing without needing a word of explanation.

"I wouldn't if I were you, Edward. You are merely a dust particle against my power. You're making a mistake."

Eddie stares at him, rage taking over his body as he screams while charging the being. Vecna fights back, his hand clawing at Eddie's face. The sword slices his hand clean off, it falling to the ground a writhing around.

The battle is draining, seemingly never ending. Blood is spilled and décor is broken. Yet there is always a winner in every battle.

The house shakes when Vecna falls to his knees, slowly starting to crumble down. Eddie was just able to flee the building before it no longer is there. Looking at the debris, he feels his eyelids become heavy. Also he falls to his knees, thinking this is where it ends. This is where Eddie Munson no longer is.

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Steve is broken.

Having to act all happy and chipper around everyone drains the life from him. As he closes his front door behind him, he drops everything to collapse on his couch.

He was no longer Steve, only a shell of a person remaining. Right when he thought love was looking him right in the eyes, it slipped away before he could reach it.

As he burrows his head in the pillows decorating the couch, he lets it all out. Tears stream from his face, his wails fill the house and echo in the halls. Life really had it out for him. Ever since his first contact with the upside down, his luck went downhill.

Nothing mattered anymore, his life is nothing. Worth was nowhere to be found, love left years ago, don't even get him started on hope.

'oh, I hope it goes well.' and 'let's hope we make it' were just empty promises. He never meant any of it, he just said what everyone else would.

Just a shell of a man, a man who once loved, and a man who will never try again thanks to one loss that will forever change his life.

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God, Eddie has to stop waking up like this. On the floor, but this time not surrounded by bats. He still held the sword in his hand, but the weight of the armor has been lost to a more light garment.

Confused, Eddie sits up quickly, grabbing at his head hoping it could easy his headache. He observes his body. His skin is pale, no blemish to be seen. His hands, they were bonier with slight claws at every finger tip. A cloth garment was surrounding his body, a cape decorating his back. The colour palette was red, black with golden accents, it looked way to rich to surround his body.

(This is what I based it off, taken from the forgotten realms wiki aka d&d wiki, btw this isn't what Kas the Destroyer looks like)

Grabbing his sword, he stands up, finding a scabbard to slide his sword in. He finds himself still standing near the disintegrated house, so he figures he'll just find a good hidden place to climb through the portal.

Walking through the woods, he does what he always did which is run his tounge over his thee-

"Ow! What the fuck?!"

Something... Something pricked his tounge! As he hands fly up to run over his teeth, he feels a pointed tip on his canine teeth.

He's a goddamn vampire.

That explains the claws, the skin and the teeth! But why? Oh fuck why! Eddie fucking Munson is a vampire!

Not even caring about the odd garment, he runs deep into the woods, and after a few seconds of contemplating, he enters the portal.

As he gets ricocheted into his known dimension, he lays in the moonlight for a few seconds. As he slowly gets up, his senses heighten after being too excited to actually focus on himself. He can smell blood from miles away, hear the tiniest bug crawling and his vision is impeccable.

Aside from the overstimulation, he keeps walking through the woods. His first stop will be Steve's house. God, would he love to see Steve right now.

But... What would Steve think of him? What, what if he sees him as a monster? Would he run from Eddie?

No. It's Steve. Steve wouldn't run from Eddie. Because Eddie loves Steve, and Steve probably loves Eddie. Nothing should turn out bad. Ever. Not between Steve and Eddie.

Finally, after walking for what felt like hours, he reaches Steve's house. It's late, so he'll probably be in bed. Should he knock? Or ring the doorbell? He should probably ring the doorbell, he'll definitely hear it. How would Steve know it's him though? Oh, wait. I know.

Ring ring ring. Riiing riiing riiing. Ring ring ring.

S O S, he'll remember. He has to.

Meanwhile Steve shoots away, startled by the doorbell. Why is it ringing this much? All Steve heard was 3 long and 3 short rings.

Lucky for him, whoever is dumb enough to go door to door with whatever, rings the doorbell again.

Ring ring ring

S. Huh, wier-

Riiing riiing riiing

O? Is tha-

Ring ring ring

S, SOS, wait. All thoughts of Eddie in the upside down flash before his eyes, making him sprint towards the door. He violently swings open the door and jumps back, falling to the floor at the sight.

It was Eddie, or was it? His cheeckbones were more defined, his jaw was sharper and his eyes glowed red. His hands had claws and he was wearing some wierd robe with a cape. What the fuck?

"E... Eddie? Wha- no! You're dead! You're not real you're dead!"

As tears well up in his eyes he slowly crawls back a meter or two on the floor, away from whatever was infront of him.

Eddie comes in and closed the door, kneeling down next to him as his sword clanks against the floor. He slowly grabs his hand, amazed as the claws slowly soften into simple almond shaped nails.

"I don't know what happened Steve, but I'm real. I'm here. I'm alive."

He pulls Steve's hand to his chest, giving it a soft kiss. Steve sits up, looking at Eddie with big, watery eyes.

"I... Wh..."

Giving up on his words, Steve slowly inches his face towards Eddie's, giving him a soft kiss on his lips before dropping his head on his chest as tears erupt from his eyes again. Eddie lifts his hand to Steve's head, running his hand through his hair as he holds Steve close.

Even if Eddie's skin is cold, Steve can't help but feel warm and safe in his grasp. Who knew a shell of a man just needed the embrace of a monster.

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Slays in 4 hours of writing, also I'm rlly happy with the response the last chapter got so I mean knock yourself out with this one. Hope y'all had fun and stan Kas-Eddie as much as I do

Byeeeeeeeeee

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hearmeoutno · 2 years

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Chapter 9: The Piggyback

Omfg it's the last chapter!!! Sit back, relax, and enjoy.

Spoiler alert:

Eddie doesn't die, bcs that's the whole motivation behind this book.

But seriously, thank you so much person who's reading this, you made my life a lot brighter <3

Okay I'm gonna shut up now ENJOYYY

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(6:00)

"Okay, I wanna run through it one more time. Phase one."

"We meet Erica at the playground. She'll signal Max and Lucas when we're ready."

"Phase two."

"Max baits Vecna. He'll go after her, which'll put him in his trance."

"Phase three?"

"Me and Eddie draw the bats away."

"Four."

"We head into Vecna's house and kill the son of a bitch, start a neighbourhood barbecue."

Mack was the one to recite phase four, probably her favourite too.

"Nobody moves on to the next phase until we've all copied. Nobody deviates from the plan, no matter what. Got it?"

As everyone simultaneously says 'got it.', they grab their weapons and head out, Nancy leading the group. Steve and Eddie walk hand in hand in the back of the group. It's really adorable. They run towards Eddie's trailer and quickly enter, ready to start their elaborate plan.

"Be careful."

"Thanks, buddy."

Steve climbs up the rope first. Mack observes the current situation, in the hopes of it later just being a bad memory. Everyone is holding weapons and decked out in camo gear, Mack in some camouflage cargo pants, an oversized shirt and a jacket with lots of pockets, also sporting an army cap thing. She's matching hats with Robin. That's the important part. She has a bag on her back, filled with anything medical related. She'll be the communicator and doctor, yet she hopes she doesn't have to use anything medical.

Steve expertly flips down the rope, looking up at the group still in the normal world.

"What does he want us to do, applaud?"

Steve drags an equally dirty mattress as in the normal world towards the gate, creating a soft landing spot for the group.

"All right. Let's go."

Nancy goes in next, followed by all her weapons, then there's Eddie, his spiky trash lid, Robin, the molotov cocktails, spears, Dustin, medical gear and, lastly, Mack. Not so gracefully landing, but still managing to get there.

"As much as I hate this, I wish I need to do that just one more time today."

They all leave the trailer, entering the open world before Steve turns and does his motivational speech.

"Hey, guys, listen. If things here start to go south, I mean, at all, you abort. Okay? Draw the attention of the bats. Keep 'em busy for a minute or two. We'll take care of Vecna. Don't try to be cute or be a hero or something. Okay? You guys are just--"

"Decoys. Don't worry. You can be the hero, Steve."

"Absolutely. I mean, look at us. We are not heroes."

Eddie smiles at Steve, who returns the favor. Yet Eddie isn't satisfied with just that a d quickly takes a step forward the moment Steve turns around.

"Hey, Steve?"

When Steve turns to him again, he can't help but smash his lips on the other's, who gasps at the contact but inevitably returns the passion. Right when Eddie feels like he can be loved, he can't just loose this moment because of some monster. After a few seconds, they separate and Eddie looks in his eyes, both a blushing mess.

"Make him pay. Be careful."

They give each other a final nod and then Nancy, Robin, Mack and Steve are on their way to the house. Mack and Steve smile at each other, then Mack turns around to look at Eddie.

"Get 'em, freak."

She does his signature Devil horns, which Eddie gladly mimicks and laughs while watching them walk off.

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(23:02)

"Uh... I don't mean to freak anyone out, but I swear we've seen this tree before."

"That's impossible."

"That would suck, right? If Vecna destroyed the world because... 'cause we got lost in the woods?"

"We're not lost, Robin."

"Robin, hey. Watch out for the vines! Hive mind. Remember?"

"Thank you!"

"How does anyone ever control her?"

They may be lost in the forest, probably not, but it's not like there's any way for them to recognize where they are. Mack is getting annoyed at Robin freaking out, but it's either that or all hell breaking lose.

"Tell me about it."

Mack and Steve have gotten to know each other pretty well over the time they've spent together. Turns out he's a really-nice guy, not just a maybe-nice guy.

"But don't worry about Robin, Mack. She's just stressed, scared probably."

"Yean, she's just like..."

"She's a super klutz?"

"Exactly!"

"You know, she did tell me it took her longer to walk than most babies."

And even Nancy! She turned out to be really nice too! She's sweet, caring and somehow a gun expert or something.

"I really shouldn't laugh. When I was a baby, I actually crawled backwards."

"Crawled backwards?"

"You know, I'd push with my hands like this."

Steve tries his best to do a backwards crawling impression while walking forwards, making beeping sounds in the process.

"Always in reverse, you know?"

"I just army crawled."

"What?"

It's true, an actual thing that happened. Looks like Steve isn't the only special baby. (I did the same as a baby lmao)

"Yeah, just like on my elbows, legs dragging behind me. And before I started crawling I kind of, jerked myself forwards and ended up smashing my head against a toy truck."

Yup, the scar is still visible on her forehead. Pretty funny story, if you ask her. (And me, I actually did that)

"Wow, I reversed onto a flight of stairs and thumped my head really good."

"No surprise you turned out so stupid, Steve-o"

"How could you guys just not crawl normally?"

"Crawling forward is for losers."

Mack and Steve burst out laughing, leaving Nancy to playfully roll her eyes and walk further.

"Hey, Steve. Can I tell you something?"

"Sure, go ahead."

"If... if we do defeat Vecna, and everything goes back to normal..."

"Yeah?"

"Will you..."

"Will I what?"

"Go to Eddie's band's concert? I really wanna go, but I'm not going alone. Have you ever been in a mosh pit? It's a dangerous place! And who else but Eddie's boyfriend would be more thrilled to be there?"

Steve laughs at her offer. Steve? At a metal concert? Played by the band that Eddie fucking Munson is in? It would be one hell of a sight which he would kill for. And technically, he will be killing for it.

"Alright, alright. I don't really suppose I have any other chance, do I?"

"Oh, I'll make sure you won't."

Some more laughing follows, interrupted by Robin running back, panting hard.

"Hey, guys! You guys! Awesome news! Looks like we weren't going the wrong way after all. Come on. Let's go!"

"Okay!"

"Take a second to breathe, Rob. Jesus Christ."

"Ro... Slow down! Ro... Robin!"

They all follow Robin through the woods, expertly avoiding the vines, ready to finally kill this dude.

Eventually, they end up at the house... but it's surrounded by killer bats. Great! Steve looked over to the playground, orange particles shining there.

"Erica."

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(32:38)

~okay, the lovebirds have copied. Max is moving into phase two: distracting Vecna.~

"So far, so smooth."

"Yeah, we're not even at the hard part yet."

"I feel like this is going to be pretty easy. Wait oh no, am I jinxing it? I bet I'm jinxing it. Oh my God for the love of all that is good and Bowie, I'm jinxing i-"

"Okay, okay, Mack. We get it, you're jinxing it."

"Wheeler, I wouldn't take the fact that I'm jinxing it so calmly."

She's met by states from the group around her. Hey, she's just scared of jinxing i-

"Okay, I get it. I'll shut up."

Nancy steps forward towards the house, talking as if she's speaking to Vecna directly.

"Take the bait, you son of a bitch. Take the bait."

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(48:16)

~okay, she's in. Initiate phase three.~

Mack clicks the button on the radio, talking to Eddie and Dustin.

"Alright, freaks. Let's get this party started. Commence phase three."

"Copy that. Initiating phase three."

After a few seconds, they hear guitar being played in the distance.

"That son of a bitch actually did it."

Mack can't stop smiling, not even being able to exclaim how proud she is of Eddie right now. One of their favourite songs at the moment is being played as they try to stop the end of the world, and it looks like it's working.

"Metallica is saving the day. Shall we go in Wheeler?"

"Let's go."

Shit is about to go down.

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(54:35)

They walk up to the house, ready to kick some ass. Steve opens the door, it squeeking in the process, when they get met with an interior design coming straight from the deepsea. Tentacles decorate every surface, leaving barely any room to walk normally.

"Oh shit. That's not good"

"Didn't know Vecna is doing a schoolproject on Octopusses. Or is it octopi? Anyway, hope you guys don't suck at leapfrog."

Steve hesitantly looks behind him before eventually taking the first jump between the vines, the rest of the group following swiftly. First there's Mack, then Robin, and lastly Nancy.

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(1:03:50)

As they slowly get carefully go upstairs, Steve waits at a landing to give everyone a chance to catch up. He clicks off his flashlight while Mack helps Robin and Nancy up.

"Careful."

When they're all together, they look at a red glow coming from around the corner. Steve helps Nancy get the shotgun out her bag, while he grasps his own axe.

Robin puts away her flashlight and fixes some things around her pockets while Mack gets her lighter ready. For some reason, those idiots forgot to buy one, so they had to use Mack's. The only problem is, no one seems to get a grasp on how to use it. Okay, it might be an old one, but it's not *that* hard.

Right when Robin was about to reach for a Molotov cocktail, the house begins to shake vigorously. They all hold onto eachother as a group while they try to find their balance, and to not step on a tentacle.

When the house does stop shaking, they hear some tentacles slithering over the floor. It grabs Robin by the ankles, dragging her towards a wall and hoisting her up. They grab all her limbs and spread them out around her so she can't move.

"Steve! Mack! Nancy!"

They immediately shoot into action. Nancy starts hitting them whit the butt-end of her shotgun, while Mack opts for her knife, slashing into the tentacle with short and powerful stabs.

Steve starts swinging his axe and hits the tentacles with it.

Then, the tentacles grab Steve's axe, pulling him with it. He gets dragged to the opposite wall, pulled up by vines around his neck and midriff.

"God fucking damnit STEVE!"

Mack is in distress, like any other reasonable person would be. A few seconds being caugt off guard causes the tentacles to go after her next. It wraps around her wrist, her knife dragging against the wall as she gets pulled up. In an attempt to free her hand, she stabs her other hand. That pain is nothing compared to her certain situation, her ankles get grabbed and pushed against the wall, her other hand violently getting snatched above her head. She's screaming out her lungs, hoping it could have any effect on getting more power to free her from these vines.

As she looks down, she sees Robin's hand. On the floor is Nancy, looking around her before she gets a vine of her own latching on her ankle. It causes her to fall and pulls her to the wall, pinning her against it a few inches under Steve.

"We're all gonna die! We're all gonna fucking di-"

Before she can finish her greatest wish right now, she also gets a vine around her neck. It slams her head against the wall, which was previously hanging down in defeat. As it grows tighter and tighter around her neck, the one around her right hand tightens too. That made her drop the knife to the floor, making her helpless against any other defense.

According to the choking noises around her, Nancy and Robin have gotten some necklaces of their own.

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(Original dialogue)

Hopeless.

That's all what's going through Mackenzie's head right now. Where would she be if she just stayed home that night in Eddie's trailer? Where would she be if she was honest about her drinking and smoking habits towards her father? Where would she be if she acted like all the rest, forcing herself to fit in in order to not have a piece of salami chucked at you when you're walking towards your lunchtabel.

But yet, those situations didn't happen. If there's anything determinisme taught her, there is no 'what if?'. Every action lead to this moment, and she technically has no choice in what the future brings. But Spinoza can suck a dick, because she isn't giving up. This situation might be absolute shit, but she deserves more than to die like this. She deserves to fight this thing with her friends, she deserves to save a town that detests her, and she deserves to live her life the way she fucking wants to.

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(1:37:47)

And there he is. Vecna. Slash Henry. Slash one. Hung in the air, tentacles seemingly attached to his body. He's quite the ugly piece of steak. But meat is meat, and it has only one purpose in life, that's to be cooked to a crisp.

Robin, Steve and Mack get their bottles out, ready to aim and throw. Mack flicks her lighter on and lights Steve's bottle, the rag of cloth immediately catching flame. Here it is. Here is the moment they've been waiting for. Killing. Vecna.

Steve threw the bottle, determination visible on his face. It hits him right in the chest and lights him up in flames. The group flinches away from the explosion and sudden heat but doesn't back away from the fight. As the tentacles detach from his body, he screams in pain. Or anger. It's hard to tell. He drops to the floor, staring at the friends in front of him.

Mack lights Robin's bottle, who also throws it directly at Vecna. Then it was Mack's turn. She lights the bottle, stares Vecna right in the eye and throws it, screaming and hitting him right on his upper chest. Nancy approaches Vecna as he stumbles back, taking a shot, then another, and another, and another. With each shot, he gets closer and closer to the window. When he gets up, he starts to charge at Nancy, howling at her like in a nightmare. She takes the last shot, the last shot that they need.

He gets blown back, right into the window, falling to the ground. A loud thud lets them know he's at the bottom. Nancy drops the gun from eye level.

As they run outside to check for the corpse, all they find are specks of fire where he landed. They look at each other in confusion. What could this mean?

"Fuck it, I'm leaving. My job here is done."

"Mack no!"

It was too late for Steve's scream to have any effect on her. She starts running through the woods, knowing where to go without knowing the route. She keeps running, not caring about how much her neck hurts by just breathing, or the blood that's dripping down her hand, she keeps running.

...

(Original dialogue, get your tissues out)

She gets to the trailer park, but she isn't happy with the sight she sees. Eddie, lying on the ground, surrounded by dead demobats, Dustin hugging his body. She freezes for a second, all the breath leaving her lungs. She takes a deep breath, letting it all out in one scream.

"EDDIE!"

She runs towards them, and she sees Dustin crying. She drops to her knees in front of Dustin, cupping his face in her hands.

"Tell me what happened Dustin, tell me!"

"The bats! The bats Mack!"

Dustin could hardly get any words through his sobs. Mack cuts off Eddie's shirt, checking the damage. They've taken a good amount of flesh, but he can still be saved.

"I didn't run away, Mackie."

"Sit still, Munson. Scream as loud as you can, I don't care. Just stay with me here."

She takes the bag off her back, ripping it open and dumping everything out. This may not be the best sterile environment, but it's the best they have. She takes the bottle of disinfectant and dumps it over a clean cloth.

"Stay with me, freak, stay with me!"

She presses the cloth to his wounds, Eddie screams in pain and clutches Dustin's hand. Once she had finished cleaning it, she grabs some cotton pads designed to go on open wounds and presses them to his sides, wrapping gauze around them as tightly as she can.

"M... Mack... this is gonna be my year... '86..."

"Sssh, it's gonna be okay Ed, you're gonna be alright. Stay with me, will you? Don't leave."

Tears were, once again, streaming down her face. She grasps Eddie's hand close to her chest.

"We're gonna get you out of here, treat you well. Remember when you said you were taking me to that gig you have? We need to do that, Eds, just us and Steve. Don't give up Eddie, think... think of Chrissy, think of uncle Wayne, corroded coffin, think of them Eddie. Don't fucking give up!"

There's that toothy smile again, now stained with blood and tears.

"Take care of my guitar, will you?"

"No, I won't, I fucking won't, Eddie. You're gonna keep playing that guitar until we save up for a fender. Come on, Eddie. Don't lose hope in yourself."

"Say it, say you'll take care of her."

Mack puts her head on his chest, sobbing loudly and struggling to get her words out.

"I... I'll take care of her..."

"Henderson... you're gonna have to take care of those little sheep for me Henderson. Say it."

"I... I'll take care... I'll take care of them..."

"Cause... cause we're gonna graduate... r- right Mack?"

He slightly nudges her with his arm, causing her to lift her head and look at him.

"F- fuck yes we are, '86 baby"

"Eigh- '86."

Then, there were more footsteps coming from the woods. Steve, Robin, and Nancy. The moment Steve saw them hunched over Eddie, he ran towards them, falling to his knees next to his head. He puts a hand under Eddie's chin, looking into his eyes and getting a smile in return.

"H... hey there, pretty boy."

Steve shook his head, tears swelling in his eyes. He can't lose Eddie, not now, not ever.

"Hey there yourself, handsome."

He leans his forehead on Eddie's, only lifting his head to softly kiss his lips and to wipe away Eddie's tears.

"Euh, Steve, we're gonna need your help to get him back. Do you know a safe place where we can stay and rehabilitate for a few weeks?"

"Uh... maybe just my house, Mack. My parents shouldn't be home for a long time, you'll be safe there. I think we have some first aid kits there bu-"

"I have them at home too, so if we really have to I'll tell you how and when to get to my house."

"Alright..."

==*== 1 day later ==*==

While Mackenzie is putting her letter in the envelope, writing the address on it, she hears Eddie scream her name.

"Hey Mack! Come here!"

She runs across the giant house, almost slipping, and gets to the couch she helped Eddie to that morning.

"What's wrong? Did you break the stitches again?"

Yes, they had to sneak into Mack's house to get those supplies, but luckily, Mack was right about her father's shifts and they managed to completely avoid him coming home.

"Can you get me something to drink?"

"Oh you shut the fuck up, you asshole. Do you really have to scream like that for a drink?"

Oh, Eddie is laughing his ass off right now. He clutches his stomach in pain through his laughter.

"Oh, God, I'm actually gonna break a stitch now. But pleeaasee??"

Mack rolls her eyes and goes to Steve's kitchen, grabbing a glass and filling it with water while she's looking out the gap in the curtains. Obviously, they shut off all contact with the outer world, not wanting to risk anyone seeing the still wanted criminals. She sees a car pull into the driveway, about to grab a gun, until she recognizes that it's Steve. When she finished filling the glass she brought it to Eddie, who was just watching some cartoons.

"Your boyfriend is here."

He smiles into his glass as they hear the door unlock and Steve enters.

"How's Max?"

"Still in a coma, but they put all her limbs in casts, they said she was dead for a few minutes but somehow she came back."

"Oh that's amazing, how's Lucas?"

"He's having a hard time, really."

"Hmm yeah, I get that."

"Mack you're really acting like a mom now"

"No Eds, I'm the cool Aunt, you're dating the mom there."

Steve chuckles and walks over to the back of the couch, leaning over to give Eddie a kiss that lasts a little too long to just be called an innocent kiss.

Mack lights a cigarette and turns her head away when Eddie tries to reach for it.

"Hey, what the fuck?!"

"You're supposed to be recovering, Eddie. Smoking is unhealthy."

She can't help but give a wink before taking another drag and exhaling away from everyone. Steve stands back up, ready to make an announcement.

"Tomorrow me and the rest are gonna help in a shelter. Donate clothes, pass around food, things like that."

"Hey, Steve. Can I call my dad? I don't want him to worry any longer and... I just need to talk to him Steve."

Tears started to well up in her eyes. She might come off as cold, or heartless, but her dad is the only person she has in her life that actually cares about her. When she was getting chocked by the tentacles, she thought a lot, mainly about death, but also about the things she missed out on. Things that she kept a secret. Her dad was completely supportive of her and Victoria, but she always kept her drugs and smoking habits from him. She kept any emotional feelings from him. She was scared of getting help anyway.

Steve looked at her, a supportive look on his face.

"Maybe we can get Eddie's uncle here too."

Eddie grabs the hand that Steve had been resting on the couch, pulling it down to guide Steve into a passionate kiss. There's no rushing, no lust, just love. Mack clears her throat, standing up from the couch.

"I uh... I gotta go do something anyway."

She rushes back upstairs, smiling because she knows Eddie is his old self again. She finished writing the address on the envelope, sealing it by licking the flap and closing it. She goes back downstairs and puts the letter next to the front door.

"Hey, Steve? Do you mind posting a letter for me? It's pretty important."

Steve looked up from the couch, confusion visible on his face.

"Who are you writing to right now?"

"My girlfriend back in Illinois.

...

(More original dialogue but this is the next day)

Mack was sitting in the living room, Eddie lying on the couch with his feet on her lap. Some boring TV series was on, she wasn't really paying attention. Steve went out to post the letter, but he'd been out for way longer than necessary.

Finally, the car pulls up to the driveway, Mack lets out a sigh of relief. She was really scared that the police would arrest him for hiding criminals or something.

The door opened, and in walked Steve, but he was followed by 2 other people. Those people are Uncle Wayne and Mackenzie's dad. In disbelief, Mack stood up. Steve said the evening before that he might not be able to get them here until next week, and that asshole is one heck of a liar.

"Mackenzie, don't you ever leave like that again."

The last few days have been full of tears, so, of course, she's already crying even before she landed in her father's arms. Her knees almost gave away under her. She's never been more relieved to see her father than now.

Meanwhile, Uncle Wayne went to Eddie's side on the couch. Eddie was crying, barely able to get a word out. But while Mack and her dad were reuniting, he was able to tell him how he got like this, and told him who basically helped him cheat

"Mack helped me uncle, she wasted no time cleaning the wounds and all that doctor stuff."

After uncle Wayne thanked Mack, and her dad took a look at Eddie's stitches, they headed out again.

Only a few minutes after they left, their town was covered with those dark clouds. Particles were drifting down from the sky. Not just normal particles, no. These were the same particles from the upside down.

"Fuck."

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Okay it's like 2 am right now, I wrote this all in 1 sitting

Thank you so much again for your support and thank you for reading! This is ofc the last chapter in this book but maybe, just maybe I'll be writing a new book based on Stranger Things! Who knows!

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