Coping together - steddie

too young to understand - chapter 1

It had been 6 weeks since we  defeated Vecna, it had also been 6 weeks since Eddie almost died. Everyone took seeing Eddie in so much pain pretty hard, but Me? I am a wreck. I have nightmare after nightmare of Eddie laying on that hill in a pool of his own blood, hearing that blood curdling scream as the bats tore chunks of flesh off of his abdomen and legs. I haven't seen Eddie since then. That was until July 1st.

Robin and I were in the middle of a shift at  family video and I was looking down at a magazine  when I heard the familiar ding of the door bell indicating that we had a customer. Without looking up I said "welcome to family video. You want it, we have it" as I turned the page of my magazine. That's when I hear the all too familiar voice say "are you not even going to look up from your magazine Harrington? That's not a good way to greet your customers Stevie." I looked up from my magazine to see the one and only, Eddie Munson, seeing him made my blood run cold. He walked towards the counter with a limp that the doctor said could be permanent. "U-umm, s-sorry Munson" I said  nervously. "hey, you ok Steve? I was only joking." He said. "I came here to see if you wanted to hangout later, just us and talk. I need someone my own age to talk to, I love Henderson to death but he's too young to understand." he said sounding kind of nervous himself. "Well I guess, but why didn't you just call?" I asked. "well, since the gates connected my trailer was split in half so I am really just, on my own so I don't have a phone" he said. I automatically felt bad so I did something impulsive.  "Well you can stay with me if you want" I said without even thinking. "well thats thoughtful of you stevie, if you're ok with it then yeah" he said with that annoying smirk on his face. "Yeah I'm ok with it" I said. "Great!"

Time skip to steve's house

"so are you sure your parents are ok with me being here Steve?" Eddie asked as I unlocked the front door. "I don't know" I said as we walked in.  "What? Well shouldn't you ask them first? I don't want to cause any trouble for you" he said rubbing the back of his neck. "well they don't care, they aren't around anymore, I haven't seen them in  almost a year." I said as the floor started to look very interesting. "where are they Steve? Do the others know?" he asked as he limped towards me. The mention of the others sent chills down my spine. I haven't really talked to any of them in 6 months, with Robin being an exception. I feel that talking to them would bring up too many bad memories. "They are somewhere in Europe, having the time of their lives, without me. I'm 99% sure they have forgotten about me. And as for your second question, no. The others don't know."  I said as my eyes prickled and tears threatened to fall. "Steve, I'm so sorry, you should have me, or Robin or even Dustin. We could have helped. And I highly doubt they forgot about you. You are unforgettable. I could never, ever forget about you Steve." eddie said placing a hand on my shoulder sending electricity throughout my entire body. I looked up. "I don't need help, ok Munson?  Now stop talking about it. And You better not tell the others or your ass is grass you understand?" I said before realizing how loud I was yelling. I noticed how he looked like he was on the verge of a panic attack. 

Fuck.

word count: 641

A/N:tell me what you think of the first chapter