The Devil of Hawkins || Stranger Things

Chapter 7: Delivery

"Hey, big boy."

Steve spun around in the driver's seat to look at the intruder. "Eddie!?" he said with a blend of shock and joy.

"The one and only." Eddie leaned back, sprawling out in the back seat with a wide toothy grin.

Steve took a second to comprehend what was happening, "I nearly hit you, what the hell?!"

"Nah, I'm way faster than your car." Eddie leaned forward, getting his face closer to Steve's.

"How are you faster than a car?" Steve squinted at him.

"Did you think I was sitting on my thumb this whole time?" He glanced at Steve's lips, tempted to try for a kiss, but chose to relax back into the seat. "No, I was checking out what came with the whole 'undead' package." He casually waved at his body and continued talking before Steve could question him, "but, hey, you're kind of in the middle of the road here, want to go somewhere." He looked out the back window.

Steve looked around, "Oh, right, sure." He got properly situated and started driving.

Eddie crawled his way into the front passenger seat. "Got any place in mind?"

"Nope, we could always just head back to my place."

Eddie smirked and ran a finger down Steve's arm. "Oh, you naughty boy."

Steve shrugged Eddie's finger off his arm. "Ugh, no. I just can't think of anywhere else that you won't get spotted." He never considered that he'd be this nervous around him.

Eddie laughed at Steve's discomfort and settled into the seat. "You have a ritzy place."

"Is it?"

Eddie scoffed, "Seriously, man?"

"I know it's nice, but it's nothing special." Steve rolled his eyes.

"Said the rich boy." Eddie looked out the window at the lush trees; he'd gotten used to seeing the dead ones from the Upside Down, so the green was a pleasant sight.

Steve shot him a side glance and caught himself staring at Eddie's profile for a second longer than he intended. He shook his sight back to the road.

Eddie dropped his elbow over the side of the open window and took a deep inhale of the forest air. "I've gotten so used to that freaky Upside Down place that being here in the fresh air is surreal."

"How the hell can you stand spending all your time there?"

Eddie sighed. "You get used to it after a while."

"I'm not sure I'd want to."

"It's not too bad when they aren't trying to kill you," he snickered.

Steve let out a concerned sigh. "So you actually are one of the demobeasts now?"

"DemoEddie at your service." He looked over at Steve with a wide smile.

Steve snorted.

"Yeah, I'm sure I can come up with something better." He turned back to the dark green of the forest.

Steve turned a corner, and the lights of the town were in front of them. "Hop in back and hide. I need to drive through town and I don't want to explain why someone saw a wanted dead man in my car."

"Good point." He slid himself into the back seat and laid down. "This work?"

Steve turned around to check. Eddie was lying flat on the seat, his mouth open and his middle finger almost resting on the tongue he was sticking out. His hand looked naked without his rings. "Real nice." Steve gave him an unamused stare before turning back to the road. "Yeah, that should work. Just stay down."