Runnin' with the Devil

Wake Up

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"Wake up."

Your vision went black and Eddie's muffled voice continued the 'wake up' montra. After a few moments, you started to hear his voice become more clear and familiar.

"Y/n! Wake up!"

He sounded panicked as you opened your eyes. You were in a cold sweat, breathing heavily, and the fear was causing you to shake. Once your blurred vision cleared, you saw Eddie squatting next to you by the couch. You shot up quickly, throwing his hands that were resting on your shoulder, and and threw yourself to the other side of the couch. You landed against Robin who quickly wrapped you in a hug.

"Hey, hey, hey, it's okay. We're here. It was just dream."

Your eyes stayed fixed on Eddie as he slowly stood up and cautiously sat himself on the couch next to you. You pressed your knees to your chest and pushed back into Robin as much as you could.

"But— Eddie— and—"

You couldn't get a proper sentence out in your panic as you frantically scanned Eddie's face for the eery look you had just seen. Eddie placed a hand on your knee with a concerned look sprawled across his face.

"Y/n...baby bat...it was just dream. You're okay. Nothings happening."

"But you— your face— your laugh— the light—"

Eddie's expression turned from concern to slight confusion as he rubbed his thumb on your knee.

"Just breathe y/n. It's okay."

Robin whispered in attempts to calm you down. You finally broke your gaze away from Eddie and looked around the room. You drew in a shaky deep breath as you saw Steve walk in the room with a glass of water.

"Is she— oh, y/n, you're awake finally. I got you some water."

Steve walked over to you and you maneuvered your arm from Robin's grip to take the water from him. You nodded a quick 'thank you' to him and took a small sip from the glass. Your arm began to fall for a moment and Steve quickly took the glass from your hand. His expression quickly fell to concern and he looked over at Eddie.

"Did she say happened?"

"No."

Eddie's response was quick and somewhat stern. He seemed a bit frustrated. The tone of his voice caused you to quickly shoot your glance back to him. You studied his face one last time and moved from Robin. You then got up from the couch and walked into the kitchen, running your hands through your hair out of frustration. Once in the kitchen, you laid your arms on the counter and pressed your forehead on the cold countertop. You heard a single set of footsteps slowly walk into the room with you and you let out a sigh.

"Y/n?"

It was Eddie. You slowly leaned back up and looked over to him. You closed your eyes for a moment and drew in another deep breath.

"I'm sorry."

"What do you mean? You have nothing to be sorry for. Come here."

Eddie held his arms out to you and you slowly walked over to him. You leaned into him in defeat, laying your forehead on his shoulder. He laid an arm around your waist and placed his other hand on the back of your head. You wrapped your arms around his torso and sighed.

"You wanna talk about it?"

You shook your head 'no' slightly and he hummed in response. He tightened his grip on your waist a bit as you heard Steve and Robin walk in whispering to each other.

"She okay?"

Steve asked as you heard the sliding of fabric on your counter signaling that one of them had slid up onto it. Eddie leaned his head over onto yours and you felt another hand laying on your back. You assumed it was Robin.

"Not sure, but I got her."

Eddie responded and the hand on your back began to drag up and down slowly.

"I know you probably don't wanna go back to sleep, but you should try to relax y/n."

Robin stated from behind you, confirming that it was, in fact, her rubbing your back.

"We can sit with you if you want."

She offered and Steve hummed in approval. Eddie then moved his head from yours, along with his hand.

"They're right. Why don't we go back to your bedroom...I'll play you something."

Eddie offered. You brought your head up to look at him for a moment and nodded. With that, Eddie ushered you to your bedroom with Steve and Robin in tow. As you were being brought back, you heard Eddie give a soft, barely audible chuckle. You were too exhausted to read much into it and immediately and threw yourself on your bed when you got to your room.