Master of Mortals
Vampire!Eddie Munson x Female Reader
I just needed some deceptively handsome vampire content on my dash. This is my own contribution to Hellfire Haunts - Vampire!Eddie with prompt #2.
Summary: Eddie has made his fair share of sacrifices for Hawkins, and he’s hungry for his friends to return the favor.
Warnings: 18+ content. Vampirism, Glamour, Seduction. Dark!Eddie, Soft!dark toward the reader, Violence implied.
Words: 3k
It was the middle of the night when you heard it, your name frantically being called over the walkie.
You kept one on your dresser just in case there was trouble. And in Hawkins, there was always trouble.
"This is an emergency -"
"SOS -"
Henderson.
You groaned into your pillow, your mind struggling to wake up. You worked all day and weren't happy about them bugging you in the middle of the night-
"You need to get out of there-"
"-Don't let anyone in your house!" Steve's voice was urgent in the background.
"-It's Eddie-"
When the muddled voices finally resonated, your eyes burst open. You scrambled up, getting tangled in the sheets as you pushed yourself out of bed.
You couldn't get to the walkie-talkie fast enough.
"What do you mean, it's Eddie?" You all but spat into the box.
But the line was silent.
"Come on, you guys, this isn't funny." You groaned, hitting the plastic when no one answered. "Guys?"
You cursed under your breath.
Why would they say something like that? They couldn't just throw around Eddie's name and leave you high and dry. Why would they do that to you? Your anger simmered into muted anxiety, and you paced back and forth to calm down.
It had been – shit – it had been months since Vecna disappeared.
Spring break had come and gone, and the summer turned to fall. Hawkins was starting to put itself back together again.
But you could still see it when you closed your eyes.
You could see Eddie cutting the tether between the upside down and Hawkins, how your lifeline to the other side fell to your feet in Eddie's trailer. Your heart was beating in your throat.
The look he gave you was devastating.
He was going to keep the demo-bats distracted. He was buying more time for everyone.
He wasn't coming back.
But you and Dustin couldn't just leave him there. And then, when you finally helped Dustin get back over, letting him crawl over your shoulders before falling into the upside-down, he abandoned you too.
You were supposed to work together to go fight against the demo bats with Eddie.
But they abandoned you. Dustin was too young, too impulsive to think of what he was doing. He didn't think about how helpless you felt – you couldn't get back there alone.
And Eddie never came back.
You never quite recovered from it.
You loved the freak of Hawkins, and he knew it. Everyone knew it. Eddie knew it, and he cut the rope anyway.
He was the hero he never had the chance to be. Your belly ached. You never got to say goodbye.
You turned off the walkie, setting it down a little too hard against the wood. The dull throb of a headache made itself known. You coaxed your legs down the hall to the kitchen.
Tylenol - then back to bed. If you could get back to bed.
The house was quiet, except for the tap water filling your cup and pills clacking against each other in the bottle. And then, when you finally turned around to head back to your room, you dropped the cup.
What you thought was a shadow in the living room was no shadow at all. The shadow was moving, stalking closer to you with careful steps.
You could have sworn your heart stopped for a moment.
"Eddie?"
Eddie Munson was standing in the middle of your living room, looking the same as the day he left.
The same as when the gates closed.
His hair was free from his bandana, and his hellfire shirt was torn to shreds. Even then, his eyes were just as devastating as you remembered. He exhaled, and the curve of his lips were slightly parted.
You thought you were going to cry.
"Miss me, sweetheart?" The hint of a grin lingered on his cheeks, and he took a step closer.
Fear gripped the corners of your mind, and you took a half step back before hitting the kitchen counter. You shook your head in disbelief.
You had finally lost your goddamned mind.
Those big brown eyes possessed a power you'd never seen before. His features were sharper, his movements more calculated, but the soft smile on his lips was grounding.
You were too afraid to move, fearful that you would wake up.
It was a dream. It must have been a terrible, heartbreaking dream.
"I'm here, baby," Eddie whispered, lifting his hands in surrender. It was as if he knew exactly what you were thinking. "It's okay, really. I'm not going anywhere."
He closed the distance until you were face to face, and your eyes traveled the space he took up in disbelief.
He reached out to you.
Eddie could feel the shift in your heartbeat as his fingers danced along your skin. He took your hand, lingering there before gliding it up your arm and cupping your cheek.
It was agonizing.
His touch was powerful - soothing the burn in your heart, and you didn't even know it. Eddie could lessen that pain, the ache in your veins. He never meant to be the cause of it.
And now, he exuded a confident, cunning power. He was going to protect you. This time, he was going to take care of you.
And when he finally lulled you into his embrace, you were defenseless to it.
He smelled like iron and smoke, and his hold on you was stronger than you could have ever hoped for. You were going to crumble there into a pile at his feet.
"I lost you," Your defeat was heartbreaking. "I couldn't get to you."
The gate closed before you ever had the chance.
But Eddie was going to make you forget all about it. He would wrap you up in all the affection you deserved and help you forget all your worries.
"I shouldn't have scared you," He almost purred, his words lulling you in close. "I shouldn't have left you. I'm so sorry, sweetheart."
And he meant it. He leaned in closer, holding you like you would disappear if he let go. His hands were strong, cupping your waist.
"I'm going to make it right. I'll make it up to you," He urged, whispering the words into the nape of your neck. "I promise. Come away with me."
The agonizing, depraved feeling in his chest finally subsided.
Eddie missed you. He ached for you.
When he pulled back, his dark eyes were locked on your face. He was hypnotizing.
Eddie was mapping and memorizing everything. His hand cupped your cheek, brushing his thumb against your bottom lip before giving you the softest kiss you'd ever had. It was a whisper against your skin. And then, after a slow blink, he pulled back.
"Don't even think about it, Harrington."
You couldn't have known that Steve Harrington broke into your house. He had snuck up behind Eddie, a jagged piece of wood in his grip. He was close to Eddie, too close.
"Let her go."
Steve was brave, naively, so.
But Steve didn't know what he was dealing with. Harrington called your name, but you were still locked on Eddie's intense gaze.
"It's not real," Steve urged, calling your name again. "Snap out of it."
But Eddie's eyes were reeling you in. He was begging you to stay. His gentle smile and the soft curve of his nose were too good to be true.
Eddie was alive.
"Whatever you're seeing, whatever he told you, it's not real." You blinked out of it when you heard Nancy Wheeler's voice pierce through the room.
They were in your house. They were all in your house.
The illusion dissolved as Eddie's expression shifted into a snarl.
In an instant, everything changed. His hair was darker and wilder than you remembered. Eddie's skin was pale, and the fingers hooked under your jaw were sharp claws. Dark trails of blood covered his shirt, and as your focus shifted back to his face, you froze in fear.
It was all a lie. This wasn't your Eddie at all.
His bone structure had changed. The features of his face were sharp, his cheeks gaunt. His brow bone was pushed out, and his eyes were tortuous. They were dark, almost red, and glowing regardless of the lack of light in the room. The bridge of his nose led you down to his lips, parted in a dissatisfied snarl to show you two sharp canines.
Fangs.
Blood was splattered down the corners of his mouth. It rolled down his chin all the way down his neck.
His grip on you was unforgiving.
He was too close.
Oh god.
"Come on, sweetheart," He tormented, his voice a soft contrast to the long, clawed fingernail tracing the curve of your jaw. "Don't be scared. It's just me. Just look at me."
His glamour was powerful and frightening. Your shock was unsettling, and he could taste it in the air. But you didn't jump away from him. Maybe he had a stronger hold than he realized.
Or maybe it was you. Perhaps you were just as devoted to him all along.
"I was so scared, sweetheart." He whispered again. "Scared and alone. And then it was so cold." He remembered, his fingers digging into your skin. "It was so cold. I couldn't get back through the gate. The trailer was locked tight, and I couldn't get back to you."
You were choked up listening to the emotion in his voice.
"What happened to you?" You were stunned, finally finding your voice. "Eds, what did they do to you?"
Eddie shook his head in your direction.
It didn't matter what happened. It didn't matter that he had spent months dazed and confused. It didn't matter then that he didn't feel hunger or the need to rest in the upside-down. It didn't matter that he spent so much time walking, running like a bat out of hell to find an open gate.
And when he finally found an open gate? He took the first chance he got out of there.
He stepped out into the night more alive than he ever felt. The lights were brighter. The sounds were louder. The upside-down muffled him to just how different he was.
And he was hungry.
It didn't matter that he left a trail of bodies from Memphis to Hawkins. It didn't matter that he could only travel by night or that he'd have to find his own means to get back home.
He should have gone to you first.
He shouldn't have stopped at Dustin's house on the way to yours. He shouldn't have tried to explain - Henderson could only see what Eddie had become.
He was one of the monsters from his campaigns.
But none of it mattered now. You mattered to him, and he would find redemption in you.
Eddie called your name again.
"Come with me, please," He all but begged, the low lull of his words dragging you under.
Eddie had been alone for so long. He had always been lonely, but not like this. You could see the hint of a tremor in his lip.
"Get away from her," Steve warned, and you watched as Eddie's expression shifted.
The soft-spoken, lovable man you knew turned into something dangerous. The smirk on his lips was vile.
He let his hand fall away from your face before turning, cornering you between him and the counter while he glared daggers at Steve.
"What are you afraid of, big boy?" His tease was sinister, his lips curling up. "I don't bite."
And before you could blink, Eddie was there, sneaking behind Steve and pulling the wooden stake out of his hands. He moved faster than could be explained, cracking the wood in his hands before letting the woodchips and sawdust fall to the floor.
He wasn't only fast, but he was strong, too.
Eddie had backed Steve into the wall, clacking against the pictures you hung with a groan. It was similar to how they first met at Reefer Ricks. Things were so much simpler then. Back then, Eddie was terrified. But now, he was terrifying.
He was all teeth and claws, his eyes glowing against Steve's brown ones.
"You don't know what it's like, Harrington," Eddie growled, his eyes trailing down to Steve's frantic pulse. "To have everything change in an instant. You know the freaks come out at night. Don't you judge me."
The whisper died on his tongue as he shoved Steve down to the carpet. The sound of a cocking shotgun made you spin; in a flash, your eyes were on Nancy. She was defending Steve. She was going to –
"No, no!" You called out as she aimed the double barrel. "No, Nancy, not like this."
You pleaded with her, and in a fraction of a moment, she looked away from Eddie. He made his move.
He reached for the gun, yanking it out of her grasp. He bent the metal barrels together, with what little effort it would have taken you to break a toothpick, before letting it fall to the floor.
Eddie let out a bitter sigh. His disappointment was potent, suffocating the room.
Nancy changed her tune, rushing over to Steve's side while keeping an eye on Eddie. They never stood a chance. Eddie ran a frustrated hand through his hair, urging himself to calm down.
He took a step back towards the kitchen, gaining your attention.
"It wasn't supposed to be like this," He admitted.
Before your eyes, you watched as the violent mirth faded from his expression. Sharp canines turned dull, and you watched as the structure of his face softened.
"Come with me, sweetheart, and no one will get hurt." It wasn't a choice, not for Eddie. He wasn't going to leave without you.
You covered your mouth with your hand. You didn't know what to say. You didn't know what to do.
Until ten minutes ago, you thought he was dead, but he was there. Someway somehow, he was there. As you looked at him, your eyes went wide in realization.
The demo bats. They changed him.
"Eds," Your eyes were brimming with tears as you stepped toward him. "They hurt you bad, baby. There's," your voice broke, "There's got to be something we can do."
You almost barreled into him regardless of the sirens going off in your head to back away. You couldn't let him hurt your friends.
You cradled Eddie's face in your hands, your heart pounding at the discovery.
"There's got to be something we can do." You pleaded again.
Eddie placed his hands over your own. His rings were just as cold as his skin, and he shook his head with a sad grin.
"Look at me, angel," He urged, pulling you back into his potent stare. "I'm not going to hurt them, but I can't stay here." He rubbed his thumbs against the backs of your hands, listening to how your breathing calmed at his touch. He could make it work.
"I promised I'd make it up to you, but we have to go."
His words were calculated and decisive. Steve and Nancy watched as you blinked, but your eyes were far away. Eddie was giving you an ultimatum. You'd have to turn yourself over to save your friends. He wasn't after them; he came for you.
You didn't even look over at your friends before nodding. "Okay, Eddie. Okay."
Their reactions were instantaneous.
"You can't-"
"Don't!-"
Nancy and Steve shouted in sync, but all Eddie could do was offer them the hint of a scowl as he lowered his hands from yours. Your heartbeat was steady. He convinced you to go. And as he ushered you out the back door from the kitchen to the backyard, he gave Steve and Nancy a weighted stare.
"Don't fuck this up for me," Eddie warned with venom. He was pointing a ringed finger at them. "Or this won't end well for you; for any of you."
Eddie remembered everything he sacrificed when they faced Vecna, and by the look in their eyes, they remembered it too. He did it for them. He helped save Hawkins for them.
This was the least they could do.
Their hearts ached, letting their heads hang low as Eddie walked out the door behind you. Steve put his hand around Nancy's shoulder when he heard her sniffle.
It wasn't a moment later that Dustin, Lucas, Max, and Robin busted through the front door with stakes and squirt guns filled with holy water. Robin had two bundles of garlic in her hands. They were ready to go into battle.
"Where the hell is he?" Dustin bellowed, stomping into the house.
But the group stopped as they looked from the busted-up shotgun to their friends huddling around on the floor.
"It's too late." Robin realized, looking around the room to the back door.
When she caught Steve's eye, he put his head in his hand.
"We can't go after him." Steve was deflated.
The weight of Eddie's threat was more frightening than he could have imagined out of Hawkins High's freak. One look at Nancy and he knew – Eddie wasn't bluffing.
"So what now? We just throw her to the wolves?" Lucas asked incredulously before looking at the stake in his hand. "Vampires." He corrected.
"He's going to hurt people," Max added quickly.
"But he's not going to hurt her." Steve corrected, looking at one of your pictures hanging on the wall.
Eddie wasn't thinking straight, but he wasn't going to hurt you. And the way he looked at you? Eddie was risking getting caught to find you. At least, that's what Steve had to tell himself.
"No, maybe not," Nancy finally spoke up, pulling herself to her feet. "Maybe he won't bleed her dry and leave her on the side of the road."
She looked over the group before looking down at her shotgun. Her eyes were wide in terror. A shiver traveled down her back with a concern she couldn't dare speak.
"But I think he's going to do something much worse."
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