I'm glad I met you. (Steve x Eddie)

Ch. 4

so um... this one is gonna be sappy because I'm listening to the song above but yeah hear y'all go

TW: blood, talk of suicide, mental illness, drugs, pain

Eddie POV

     I awoke in a very bright room, it was too bright. I groaned and I heard a familiar voice. it was my uncle "hey kid, what's up?" I pointed at the light "is to bwright" my words started slurring and I realized how much my face hurt. I heard another voice "hey Eddie." it was softer and quieter than my uncle. "well king steve comes to see the *cough cough* owww" steve laughed at me "oh blow me." he blushed. I didn't know steve Harrington could blush. I coughed again "ugh it feels like my ribs are broken" "that's because they are." I looked at him wide-eyed "huh?!" 

     I learned that Steve had stayed with me the whole night we talked for a while and he brought me a mirror so I could look at myself. I had 2 cuts on one of my cheeks and big bruises on both. I also had a black eye and I really didn't want to know what the rest of my body looked like. when we got on the topic of what needed to happen while I was beaten up. "but anyway, someone will have to change the bandages on you, it'll be hard for you to breathe sometimes and I also need to go get your prescription after we leave." I laughed "well look at nurse Stevie go." he rolled his eyes.

     "whatever, but if you of course wanted to... you could stay at my place for a bit. I can get everyone to help you move out. I'm a good cook, I can do laundry, I always have food, and I can change your bandages whenever. I also don't want to spend that much money on gas. I can also make sure you don't get beat up just walking down the street." I was about to cry, I don't think anyone had ever done something this nice for me. "wait can I bring my guitar?!" he laughed "I don't think I can say no. I like your music, I can get my own 'in-home' concert." I wanted to hug him so bad "I want to hug you but I'm just so fragile" I put my hand to my forehead in a dramatic way and fell backward. 

     "Alright princess, when do I get to move in!?" his face went red again but his ears did too, the top of them did. it was cute. "w-well we can move you in as soon as possible. if you want I can get some of the guys to help me move your stuff? when you get out of here you can just come straight to my place!" his smile was so big and pretty "y-yeah that would be nice." we sat just looking at each other for what felt like an eternity. there were things about steve I didn't realize before. like his little stubble from not shaving for a while, the way when he smiled that the sides of his eyes crinkled, it was all so cute. 

     "EDDIE! you're awake!" it was Dustin. "hey dude!" he almost hugged me before backing away "oh I forgot I can't hug you" he looked down sadly, I leaned over and whispered, "as soon as steve leaves ill give you the biggest hug ever so he cant lecture me." everyone giggled except for steve who looked at me all sassy like "what! I know you would... princess~" his face went red again and I saw him lick his teeth. Robin started wheezing, almost falling to the ground, the only people in the room were Me, Dustin, Robin, and Steve. my uncle left a few hours ago. 

     "a-anyway, Eddie is gonna move in with me for a while so I need you guys to help with moving him in." they sighed and nodded. we all stayed together until around 9:30 when Dustin had to get home, Robin rode over with them so she had to leave as well. steve stayed the rest of the night and I have no idea how we got on the topic but we started talking about our pasts.

     "But I'm pretty sure starting hell fire is what saved my life. meeting my band mates as well. I wasn't doing so hot when I met them. I walked past Dustin and Mike one day and saw them talking about it, they weren't reading a very good book on D&D so I sat down and gave them mine. it all kinda fell into place after that." steve nodded along listening to me. "so... when I was at your house like, 2 weeks ago now, I saw you had anxiety meds, do you need me to pick those up too?" I could feel my eyes get wide 

     "w-why were you in my room" I tried to sit up but he stopped me "look, I smelt weed and decided to snoop around and I'm sorry I should never have done that but, I saw that you had beer bottles everywhere and I got worried for you because I also saw that there was no food and I saw pills and I was worried for your health because I remember when... someone I love got that way and I wasn't able to save them so I wanted to make sure I wouldn't make that mistake again." I looked at him with teary eyes, he also looked at me like he was about to start bawling.

     "look, I'm okay steve, I just have so anxiety problems, after the upsidedown, they got a little worse. I didn't want to eat or sleep I even... tried but failed and all you have to worry about is that I'm right here right now. when I'm able to get my meds again I promise I will start taking them again. I promise." he looked at me and sniffled "y-you could have come to me, or Robin. just remember that for the future." I smiled at him and nodded "the doctors here have already prescribed you some, they looked over your medical history." we sat together again, just staring at each other. until he started giggling, which made me giggle, which made him laugh. my ribs were in so much pain but at least there was someone with me. 

     It's been 2 days and I now live with steve, he was very bossy and told me some of the 'rules of his house' before I even stepped in. I took my medicine when I woke up and walked downstairs to get breakfast when I saw Steve in a pink apron making pancakes. I chuckled and walked up behind him, everyone knew this but I was such a tease when it came to people I liked. I walked up behind him and laid my head softly on his shoulder. he jumped and then breathed out heavily "soooo watcha doin'" he looked at me angrily "well I just had a heart attack so I'm doing dandy, you"

     I giggled "I'm doing great, y'know, I thought I was gonna walk done here and I was going to see you sitting with maybe a bowl of cereal and a newspaper." he looked at e with an eyebrow cocked "and..." I sighed making sure to breathe against his ear "I got something better" as I walked away I tapped his ass with the tip of my finger and he jumped. I laughed and sat down at the table, watching him from behind was now my favorite pass time.

omg I love writing this story, anyway have a good night 

final word count: 1291