The Freaks-Eddie Munson

The Clock

I know I said I wasn't gonna post because I was having surgery, but I felt well enough to do something.
Sorry if it's not very good, but I wanted to get this out :(

Eddie explained to them what happened at the boat house, you watching Dustin pace back and forth in the background. He was staring at his compass as he did so, craning your neck to watch him. Standing up, you walked towards him, curious.

"Dustin?" You questioned and he stopped pacing.

He showed you his compass, "Does something look off to you?" Cocking a brow, you leaned over to look at the navigation device. Narrowing your eyes, you noticed that something was actually off.

"Hey, uh, Henderson's not uh, cursed, is he?"

Gasping, you held Dustin's shoulder, "Your compass isn't pointing north."

Point up at you he grinned widely, turning to Steve, "Boom!" He exclaimed. Point at Harrington 'menacingly', he stepped towards him. "Bada... Bada... boom." You giggled from behind him, covering your mouth. Glancing over at Max, you stole your chance to talk to her aside.

"Max, can we," You whistled quietly, pointing over to a private area. She looked at Lucas before agreeing, joining you off to the side.

"Hey Y/n, what's up?" She questioned, messing with her music player. From what you gathered, it was keeping her safe. You didn't know quite how, but Harrington had rushed an explanation of what happened to her, how she was cursed by Vecna and that music was the key. All very, very confusing, but you were glad she was ok.

"So um, when you were cursed, what did you see?"

She looked at you wearily, shuffling, "Bad things. Sorts of things you don't wanna talk about. And then there was this-"

"Clock?" You finished, staring into her eyes expectedly.

She gaped up at you, putting the pieces together, "Holy shit, y/n? Are you, have you seen it?"

"No, no," You assured, holding her hands. "But, but I'm hearing it. When Chrissy died. When Patrick died. I heard the clocks, and they sounded the exact same, and then earlier, I-" You paused. Looking back at Eddie, you took a deep breath. "Look, what I'm about to tell you, you cannot repeat, do you understand me?"

"Y/n, I can't."

"Promise me, Max!" You begged, desperately squeezing her hands. Her eyes shifted to the group before nodding.

"Yes, ok, tell me."

Taking a ragged breath you let go of her hands, "I heard this voice. But there was no one around. It, it said that it could feel me. C-could see me."

"Oh god," She breathed. "Have you been having nightmares? Nosebleeds?" You shook your head. "Migraines?" Freezing, you shook your head yes.

"But, but that's from the nicotine withdrawals!"

"And what if it isn't, y/n?" She confronted. "What if he's after you too?"

"He?"

"Vecna," You gulped. "What if he's after you? What's your favorite song?"

"What? I, I don't know I've never really-"

"Hey, you two!" Robin called out, looking at you suspiciously. "You coming?" You realized Robin, Steve, Lucas, and Eddie were waiting for you, seeing that the others were walking back into the woods.

"Yeah! Yeah, we're coming," Max responded, looking you in the eyes before running to catch up to Lucas. Acting casual you caught up beside Steve and Eddie.