falling for him<3 //steddie//

chapter 11: sorry can't fix everything

⚠️ TW ⚠️ mentions of physical abuse.  physical violence, mentions of blood.
Steve ~
Robin drove me home and dropped me off. "Thanks." I say, drained from the long day I have had. "No problem, dingus." She says playfully. As she drives off, I walk into my house and kick my shoes off. I walk up to my room and flop on to my bed. I stare at the ceiling and think of the night where Eddie first kissed me. How my heart races when I look at him. My thoughts get interupted by a loud crack of thunder followed by rain pattering against my window. I get up and go downstairs and put a movie on. While I'm watching the movie, I hear a car pull up and several knocks at the door. "Steve? Steve?" I open the door and see Eddie with tears streaming down his face.

His clothes and hair are soaked from the rain. "Eddie?" I say. He grabs me and hugs me tighter than he usually does. I hug him back and walk him inside. I sit him down on the couch and hand him some spare clothes and a blanket. I make him some coffee and hand it to him. He was shaking. "Eddie, what happened?" I ask as gentle as I can. "M-my dad." "Did he hurt you? I swear to god I will ki-" "No. He came to apologize." A silent "oh." came from my mouth. I hugged him and wrapped him in another blanket. He starts to sob into my shoulder. "It's okay Eddie." I started to gently rub his back. "I yelled at him. I said 'You did more than hurt me. You ruined me.' I hate him." " Rightfully so. And, I don't think you're ruined, Eddie. I think you're perfect."

He looked up from my shoulder and smiled at me. He gave me a kiss on the cheek and laid down on my lap. I played with his hair and let him speak whatever was on his mind. "Oh and um.. I'm sorry for this morning. I knew you would defend me but I didn't want you to get hurt. I fell apart when you first got attacked in the upside down. I couldn't watch you lay in a hospital bed again." "Eddie. You know I would take him down." We both paused and then bursted out laughing. "What were you watching?" He asks, looking at the paused TV. "Oh some horror movie I found. Wanna watch the rest of it with me?" "I would be honored." He said playfully.

We both laugh and then the front door opens. "Stevie we're home!" I jump up and look at Eddie. "Stay here. Don't move." I run to the kitchen and hug my mom and dad. "Hey guys!" I say, hoping they didn't see me laying with Eddie. "Who's that boy you were laying with?" My dad asked. They saw me laying with Eddie. "I uh- my boyfriend. Please don't be mad." Eddie walked in the kitchen. "Why would we be mad about who you love?" My dad hugs Eddie as if he's his own son. "Of course we're not mad sweetie." My mom said while she hugged me.

Eddie looked at me with a shocked face. I walk over to him and look at my parents "Me and Eddie are going out. I'll see you guys later." "Okay honey! Just be back by 10 for dinner okay? And Eddie you're welcome to stay in the guest room if you would like." "Thank you Mrs. Harrington." She smiles and nods as I grab my keys. We walk out and sit down in my car. "Your parents are amazing." Eddie says. "Yeah they're pretty cool when I see them huh?" "Yeah. Anyways, where are we going?" "I don't know. It's up to you." I say.

"Can we go hear what my dad has to say?" I nod. "Of course we can Eddie." He holds one of my hands while I use the other to drive. We pull in and I park. "Are you ready?" I ask him. "Yeah, I think so." We get out and open the door to his trailer. He walks in first and I walk in behind him and shut the door.

Eddie ~
"I never gave you a chance to talk earlier." I say staring at the scruffy looking man on the couch. "Thank you Edward. I am so sorry for abusing you for all of those years. I will hate myself everyday for what I did to you and your mother. I am so so sorry." "I was your punching bag. Whenever you had a bad day at work or you drank too much, you hurt me. I resent you for that. I was a kid." I say with tears flooding my eyes. I feel Steve place his hand on my shoulder. "I'm so sorry Edward." "Eddie." I correct him.

"Who's your little friend behind you?" He asks. "Steve, My boyfriend." I say. He looked angry but then calm. "Hi Steve." Steve ignored him. "I see he doesn't like me very much." "No I don't." Steve says. I turn around and look at him confused. He looks my dad in the eyes. "You wanna know why I don't like you very much? I'll tell you. You hurt people because your life is miserable. You're a terrible father and an even shittier person. You tormented him for his whole childhood. So, hell yeah, I'm going to say that I'm not a big fan of you."

I look at my dad who looked angry and I walked outside. Steve followed me. I looked at him and kissed him. "You said everything that I wanted to." He smiled one second then the next, he was pinned against the wall of the trailer by my dad. "I'm not a big fan of you either." He said right before punching Steve. Steve punched him back. I pulled him off of Steve and pushed him on the ground and started punching him. Everytime I punched him, I remember every time that he took his anger out on me. Where he had hit me. It made me more and more mad.

Steve was trying to pull me off but I wouldn't budge." "You touch him again, I will kill you." I spat into his bruised, swollen, bleeding face. Steve pulls me off and I kick my dad one last time in his side before Steve pulls me to the car and I get in. He sits down and thinks about what just happened. I notice that he has a black eye. "Oh my god Steve. Are you okay?" I ask. "What was that? The man is barely breathing!" Steve yelled as he started to pull out of the trailer park.

"I'm sorry Steve." He pinched the bridge of his nose. "It- it's alright Eddie. He deserved it anyway. Did you see the way he pushed me into your trailer?! I probably have bruises on my back." "Stop at the drugstore near your house. I know what to get." I say. God, I was dumb for thinking he had changed.

A/N: hey readers! thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! much love♥️
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