falling for him<3 //steddie//

chapter 20: world flipped upside down

⚠️ TW ⚠️ mentions of guns
Hopper ~
I ran inside of the gate and started looking for El. Nancy told me that they all woke up there. "El!" I yelled. It felt like I had been running for hours. I finally saw El. I ran up to her and saw her walking with that Munson kid. I knew this wasn't right because Nancy told me that he was dead. "El?" I walk over to her. She hugs me and I look over at Eddie. "You were dead? What are you doing here?" I ask confused. "You are right, he did die. I brought him back to life while everyone else left." El responded. "She saved me." Eddie added.

"Let's get you two out of here." I say while walking towards the gate. After I helped them back through, I looked at Nancy. "Where's Harrington? And that other girl?" I ask Nancy. "I think they went in." Nancy replies. "Munson, you're with me. You stay here and watch El okay Nancy?" She nods and El pulls me back. "I can help." She says. "You can help by staying safe." I respond and walk into the gate. Me and Eddie start running to the Creele house. We get there and go inside.

Steve ~
Robin chased after me and we walked to the Creele house. We started walking in and Robin started to pour gas all over the place. I walked up to the attic where Vecna was and saw that he was in some sort of trance. I put the lighter under the vines that were holding him up and lit them on fire. He opened his eyes and started screaming in pain. I put the lighter in my pocket and started to shoot him with the shotgun. Everytime I would shoot him, he would back up and I would get closer to him.

I aimed it at his head and took the final shot. He collapsed and I got down on my knees and started punching him. He killed Eddie. With every punch, I felt more enraged. Someone had pulled me off and I couldn't see who it was because of the tears in my eyes. I pushed myself out of their arms and walked back over to Vecna. I bent down and looked him in his eyes. "You killed Eddie, so now, I'm gonna kill you." I spat into his face while I lit him on fire with the lighter.

He started screaming in pain and I walked downstairs with tears in my eyes. "Come on Robin." I say, while walking out of that hellhole. "Steve." I hear someone say behind me. I stop walking and turn around. I see Eddie. I stare at him in disbelief. "Eddie?" I say scanning him, making sure he's real. "You died! You aren't real." I exclaim. "He's real. El brought him back to life." Hopper assured me. I shake my head. Eddie pulls me into a hug. I feel so many emotions flood my brain.

"I'm real. I promise." Eddie says. "I don't understand." I say. I start sobbing. "I thought you were dead!" I exclaimed. "Yeah he did. He ran back in here to kill Vecna. I've never seen him that mad." Robin added. "Aww Stevie boy looooves me." Eddie said playfully while walking to the gate. "You're damn right! I have never had that amount of rage flood over me before." I respond as I help Robin and El through the gate. "All I'm saying is the way you killed Vecna, was very metal of you." Eddie replied. I helped Eddie through and then I walked through. "Eddie?" Nancy said confused. "You've missed a lot." I answered.

"We need to figure out why you guys woke up there." Hopper said. The kids saw us and dropped their bikes down. "Eddie? You're alive?!" Henderson exclaimed. "Yes?" He responded. "You guys woke up here?" Mike asked. "Yea-" "How is Eddie alive?" "Is Vecna not dead?" "How did another gate open?" "Everyone stop! Jesus H. Christ! I just died can y'all be quiet?" Eddie yelled. They all looked shocked and stopped talking.

"They do have a point, we have a lot of unanswered questions." Hopper said. "Well we can't exactly interrogate Vecna because you know Steve kinda-" Robin got interupted by Eddie. "Beat the hell out of him." "You what? Did you win this fight Steve?" Henderson asked sarcastically. "You're never gonna let that go huh?" I asked. "Nope." Max added. "It was kinda sad." Henderson added. "Back to the point. What do we do?" I ask. "I say we close the gate and hope for the best." Robin says.

"What? No! We've gotta confirm our kill." Eddie argues. "Look, we need to decide something soon." I say. "Let's vote." Nancy suggests. "All in favor of closing the gate and hoping for the best?" Robin raises her hand. "OH COME ON! EDDIE DIED! WHY DON'T WE JUST LEAVE IT ALONE." Robin yells. "All in favor of confirming the kill?" Everyone else raises their hand. "Okay. Who's going?" Nancy asks.

"We need all hands on deck. Mike and Will, you two are on lookout for Hawkins lab vans. The rest of you, come on." I say, while walking back into the gate. Hopper pulls his gun out and we start walking to the Creele house. "So Eddie, are you like a vampire now?" Henderson asks. "A vampire? Really?" He asks.

"I mean your undead, let me see your teeth!" Henderson says while jumping in front of Eddie and opening his mouth. "Cut it out Henderson!" Dustin looked confused. "What Henderson?" I asked. "He's not a vampire. I really thought he would be." Henderson said. I pinch the bridge of my nose and look over to Dustin. "Vampires don't exist Henderson." I said.

"Well, we didn't think that Vecna existed but we are going to kill him now. He probably turns into one when he's mad." Henderson replied. "I'm about to be mad, if you don't shut up." Eddie replied. "HENDERSON. I was bitten by demobats too and I can confirm that I am not a vampire. Neither is Eddie." I yell.

"But you didn't die from them though." Dustin said. "OH MY GOD HENDERSON LEAVE IT ALONE!" Eddie yelled. Dustin looked at his teeth then looked at me. "What now Henderson?" I ask, pinching the bridge of my nose. "Nothing." He replies. We get to the Creele house and stand in the yard for a minute to get ready. I walk over to Eddie. "Do you feel any different?" I ask him. "Considering I just died about an hour ago, yeah I feel a little bit different." He answers sarcastically.

I roll my eyes "Guys come on!" I yell as I walk into the house. We walk to the attic and see him still laying where I left him. "Okay, he's dead. Let's get out of here, this place gives me the heebie jeebies." Robin said. We all started walking back to the gate. "So what college are you guys going to?" Nancy asked.

"We aren't." Eddie answers. "Oh." Nancy responded. Me and Eddie help everyone through the gate and then we walk through. We start walking to our house because we were pretty close. "Never again Munson." I say while holding his hand. "Okay, Never again Harrington." He replies.

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