falling for him<3 //steddie//

chapter 41: not cool

⚠️ TW ⚠️ mentions of puking, decapitation, and violence with a lamp
Steve ~
I start jogging and Eddie starts running after me. "Do you need me to go slower, Munson?" I ask, looking back at him. He's got his hands on his knees. He's panting. "Y-yeah. Maybe a little slower." He says, walking next to me.

"Okay." I reply. "So are we going somewhere?" Eddie asks. "We're gonna watch the sunrise. The place isn't to far from here. Maybe ten minutes?" I reply. "I've never watched the sunrise." Eddie confesses, holding my hand.

"YOU HAVEN'T? Oh we gotta go or we're gonna miss it!" I say, glancing at my watch.

I start running and so does Eddie. He has a tight grip on my hand. We walk up this hill and sit down. "Every morning, I would come up here and watch the sunrise. It's beautiful." I say, watching the sky turn orange. "Woah." Eddie says, staring at the sky. Once the sun is up, Eddie helps me up and we start walking back to Robin's house.

"DID YOU SEE IT?" Eddie asks, jumping up and down. "Yeah, I saw it, Munson." I reply, smiling. "THAT WAS THE PRETTIEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN!" He exclaims. We get back to the house and see that Robin's car is gone. "Weird. We don't have to work for another couple hours. Maybe they went to the store." I say, walking in the house. I hear someone shuffling around in the kitchen.

Me and Eddie look at each other with terrified looks and I grab a lamp. "YOU REALLY THINK THAT'S GONNA DO SOME DAMAGE, HARRINGTON?" Eddie exclaims, sarcastically. "It'll have to." I reply, slowly walking into the kitchen. I start screaming, and see Henderson and the other kids. They start screaming too. "IT'S US STEVE! IT'S US! DON'T SWING!" Lucas exclaims. "JESUS. I COULD HAVE KILLED YOU WITH THIS THING. WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" I ask, setting the lamp down.

"We were looking for you. It's the upside down. He's not dead. We couldn't kill him last time, because you two... Yeah." Henderson explains. "HELL NO. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK DOWN THERE. ME AND EDDIE DIED! WE DIED! NO." I yell. "But-" "BUT NOTHING. NO. I WILL CALL YOUR PARENTS." I yell. "I agree with Steve on this one guys. He's right. I have died twice down there. Twice. Just let Hopper and Joyce deal with it." Eddie adds, resting his hand on the counter. "Fine. We're going. Alone." Max says, crossing her arms.

"NO. Your going to stay here until your parents can pick you up. Go sit on the couch. All of you. NOW!" I say, walking over to the couch. They all sit down. "Watch them. If one of them tries to get up, tackle em'. I have to go call Hopper." I say, walking to the phone. I dial his number and no one picks up.

I dial Joyce's number and again, no one picks up. I walk back to the living room and look at Eddie. "They aren't picking up. What do we do?" I ask, whispering. "You could call the Wheelers'?" Eddie suggests. I nod and walk back to the phone.

Eddie ~
I stand in front of the kids. "Can I go to the bathroom?" Max asks. "No." I reply. "It's for my um..." She adds. "Oh, uh... Yeah, yeah it's over there." I say, pointing to the bathroom. She gets up and starts walking towards the door. Last second, she turns around and runs past me, running out of the door. "HEY!" I yell, running after her.

The rest of the kids get on their bikes. "STEVE!" I yell. He walks outside. "They got away, didn't they?" He asks, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Yeah. MAX TRICKED ME. IT WASN'T MY FAULT." I yell, throwing my hands up. "I guess I'm not going to work today." Steve says, grabbing the keys and getting in the van.

I get in and he starts driving. "THERE THEY ARE." I exclaim. Steve parks and we run after them. "COME ON." Steve yells. They look back at us and drop their bikes. They all pile in the van and Steve starts driving. "Where, Henderson?" Steve asks. "Woods." He replies. Steve starts driving.

"SOMETHING ALWAYS ENDS UP GOING WRONG. WE DIED! DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE? I actually don't because I don't remember, but, THAT'S NOT THE POINT. IF ONE OF YOU GUYS DIE, I WILL BLAME IT ON THE REST OF YOU. ME AND EDDIE WILL NOT BE AT BLAME HERE." Steve yells. "Always gotta stick up for your boyfriend." Henderson mumbles. "Indeed he does, Henderson. He just wants to keep you all safe. He means well." I reply while Steve parks.

We all walk to the gate. "No splitting up. We stay together. DOES EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THAT?" Steve exclaims. No one replies. "I SAID, DOES EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THAT?" Steve yells. Everyone nods their heads. We help all of the kids down. We both jump down and start walking. "That axe, where did it go?" Steve asks, visibly thinking. "Eddie dropped it when..." Max responds.

"Oh." Steve mumbles. "It's okay. We can still get it back. El will have to distract him, but we could do it." I assure Steve, grabbing his hand. "Ew." Mike says. "Shut it, Wheeler. You're the one who is holding hands with Will, as we speak." I reply, glancing back at him. We get to the Creele house, and Steve looks at me with a worried look, before helping everyone over the vines.

Once we get to the attic, El walks up first, distracting him. Steve runs up and grabs the axe. He jumps and cuts Vecna's head off. He walked over to me and hugged me. "Steve, are you okay?" I ask, hugging him back. "I just wanted a hug." He replies, pulling away. We all walk out of the house. "That was so cool! I can hear it now, Steve the Vecnaslayer!" Lucas exclaims. "Yeah! You were all like BOOM!" Henderson yells, imitating what Steve did.

"What you did was cool. It doesn't make you cool, though." Max adds, her fingers interweaved with El's. "I am cool! Tell them, Eddie!" Steve replies, looking over at me. I attempt to hold back a laugh, but I can't. "REALLY? FINE. I know you wanted pizza tonight, so, I will order some... AND MAKE SURE YOU GET NONE." Steve yells. "YOU WOULD NEVER." I exclaim, "I WOULD. TELL THEM THAT I'M COOL." Steve responds. I start laughing even harder. Steve rolls his eyes.

We help the kids through the gate. "You tried to bribe me with pizza? Steve, you used to be cool, but then, you became a mom." I say while he helps me through the gate. Steve and I sit down while El closes the gate. "So I'm not cool?" Steve asks, fidgeting with my rings. "Not really. But it's okay, neither am I." I reply, smiling.

"Yeah. Both of you, aren't cool." Max says, walking past us. I look over at Steve, and burst out into laughter. "You laugh at everything, huh, Munson?" Steve asks, trying not to smile. I finally catch my breath.

"Well yesterday, you seemed to like it. When you were blushing? Or when 'you had something on your face'." I reply, sarcastically. "You blush?" Henderson asks, laughing.

"HENDERSON. ARE YOU GOING TO TELL YOUR MOM ABOUT MEWS? KEEP TALKING, AND I WILL." Steve exclaims, giving Dustin a death glare. "Can we leave now?" Will asks. "Fine." I answer. They all pile in the van.

Steve and I stand in front of the van. "We made it out alive this time!" I say. "Yeah, finally. Made it out without anyone dying." Steve replies. "You're blushing again. Come on Harrington, you can't possibly blush this much!" I exclaim.

"I CAN'T HELP IT! I have like a curse, and it's blushing." Steve says. "I could help?" I say, smiling. "You could, and we could really annoy the kids." Steve replies, smiling. Our lips collide. "CAN YOU TWO STOP MAKING OUT PLEASE?" Lucas asks.

"I'M GOING TO PUKE." Max yells. "YOU ARE GROSS." El adds. We pull away and start laughing. "YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN YOUR FACES." Steve says, still laughing. We get in the van. The kids get in, looking annoyed. "You two are disgusting." Mike says. "Yeah, we're aware." I say, smiling.

A/N: hey readers! okay so a lil update since last week's chapters kinda sucked. you will get a chapter on tuesday and thursday. it will give me enough time to actually write good chapters AND I'll have time to go through and edit. the weekends will stay the same. I'll post 3 chapters. one on friday night, saturday, and sunday. i hope that's okay! anyways, i hope you enjoyed this chapter! much love♥️
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