EDDIE MUNSON IMAGINES

REALLY SOMETHING

as you jumped out of the boat and into the cold water, you felt as if the water could make your goosebumps have goosebumps. you were freezing, but you needed to check on the gate, you needed to see if it was there. steve had offered to go, but you had told him no. eddie was sorely against the idea, but he knew you couldn't not come back to him. as soon as you neared the bottom of the lake, you found the gate you were looking for, observing it momentarily before swiming back up to the surface of the water.

when you broached the surface, you grabbed the side of the boat, pulling yourself into it with all the arm strength you had in you. you laid on the bottom of the boat before sitting up and looking at all of your friends that were sitting, waiting for a response.

"there's a gate down there," you told them. "it's small, but it's there. big enough for somebody to get through." 

eddie furrowed his eyebrows, thinking about where this location was. 

"this might have been where he died," he said aloud as you looked over at him. you nodded, turning back to face the rest of the group. your ears picked up on something from the shoreline as you stood up to see what it was, taking notice that you couldn't see dustin's flashlight anymore. you saw three other flashlights in the woods, bobbing up and down as they headed for the shoreline. 

"oh, shit," you muttered, hearing the familiar sound of officer callahan's voice from the shore as you stumbled slightly, falling back into the lake. the group started to freak out before seeing you grab the side of the boat once more. "shit, shit, shit," you muttered, looking over at robin and eddie before feeling something grabbing your leg. 

you looked between the two of them once more before being pulled under the water once more. 

"shit!" eddie yelled, jumping in with no hesitation to grab you and pull you back to the surface as robin looked between the three of them. 

"well, come on! we have to go!" she said as she dove in after you. steve was the next to go, nancy following him afterwards, into the deep, cold abyss of lovers lake.
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you had been thrown out of the hole practically, a bat immediately taking hold of your side as you tried to rip it off, feeling it's teeth biting small parts out of your side. you tried to tear it off, your hands gripping at it as hard as you could before seeing somebody else's hands rip it off of you. 

you looked up to see eddie standing there as you turned to realize that the rest of your friends were there too. 

"what the hell are you guys doing in here!"

"saving your ass who got dragged into this!" steve said back, running his hands through his hair as you sighed, putting a hand to your head. 

"i heard the police officers, so i panicked," you told eddie softly. he nodded, hearing the sound of more bats flying out to reach your friends and yourself. you grabbed eddie's hand in yours as you pulled him with you towards the woods. steve, robin, and nancy all ran after the two of you, the sound of the bats screeching all around.
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"slow down, you're fine," steve called out to you. you nodded, stopping walking quickly as you leaned against a rock and put your hand to your head. 

"i'm dizzy," you muttered as eddie looked at your side. 

"jesus, they really took a good bite out of you," he replied. 

"you always tell me i'm del-"

he cleared his throat, getting you to stop speaking as you smiled, reaching out for him as he walked over to you and called out to the group, asking for help. 

"do any of you have a way to patch up this wound or at least get something to stop the bleeding?" he asked as nancy nodded, ripping up a part of her skirt to give to eddie to wrap around you. he took it, trying to not wrap it too tightly, but not too loosely as to let more blood seep out. 

"is it good?" he asked, looking up at you as you nodded. 

"yeah, considering i just got the hell bitten out of my side, munson," you said as he stood back up, looking down at you while you smiled up at him. 

"if you two are going to make out, can you please just do it someplace else?" steve asked as you smiled at eddie before turning to face him. 

"let's talk about your year with wheeler over there, harrington. sneaking into her window to help her study," you said as robin laughed slightly. nancy smiled at you, shaking her head before she and robin walked off as steve sighed, following after the two girls. you turned back to face eddie, smiling up at him.

"you sneak through my window," he said softly as you nodded.

"yeah, yeah, i guess i do, munson," you told him as he smiled back at you, pressing his lips to yours as you fell into it, your hand resting on his side as his hand rest on the side of your face. he let go briefly before his lips met yours once more. 

"hey, lovebirds! if we want to get the hell out of here, the solution to getting through the gate isn't true love's kiss!" robin called out as steve laughed behind her. you let go first, smiling up at him once more while your hand grabbed his. 

"okay, i guess we should technically leave." 

"yeah, totally," he replied. "i'll just make out with you whenever we get back to the real world." 

you smiled, blushing heavily as the two of you caught back up with the group. 

"oh, you two are really something else, aren't you guys?" steve questioned as you cocked your head at him. 

"what's that, harrington?" you asked as he sighed, turning back around as you felt eddie's thumb rubbing gently over your hand.