𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐄 // reddie // complete

Chapter Seventeen- hes alive

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chapter seventeen

"i love you"

eddie sobbed holding his hand over the hole in richies chest, "shit hold on bubba!" blood leaked from under his hand as richies eyes began to flutter close. his hand dropped from eddies face and bill slid over.

"you h-have to turn him!" bill said in a hurry. he took his own shirt off and held it over richies wound.

"i can't! i can't do that to him!" eddie cried as he hiccuped. he couldn't curse him with eternal life.

"do you want him to die?!" bill asked as he laid richie flat on his back and turned his head to the side. there was so much blood.

eddie cursed the world and then held richies face, he kissed his cheek as his fangs grew out again. he leaned down to sink his teeth into richie neck and release his endorphins. he pulled off looking at the two permanent holes in his neck.

"is he okay?!" eddie asked as bill gathered richie into his arms

"we need to get him back to beverly. he can't make it just off that."

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eddie pushes the door open making beverly, ben and mike snap their heads towards him. they saw the blood eddie was covered in and the tears in his cheeks as he ushered someone inside.

beverly saw richies limp body in bills arms and ran to the kitchen. she pushed everything off the island and bill laid richie down on it. she began grabbing portions and supplies as everyone ran about with their heads cut off.

"what happened?!" mike asked stan who was wiping blood off his mouth

"he got shot and eddie had to turn him," he walked over to beverly, "you need to help him turn faster."

she nodded and rushed around to find potions.

eddie cried at richies side, holding his hand and brushing his black curls out of his face. he looked so empty. eddie held his limp hand to his lips and kissed it.

bill ushered everyone out. stan and eddie stayed to help beverly.

beverly ripped open richies shirt to reveal the hole. she felt under his back for an exit wound, "it went clean through. hand me that blue potion."

stan did so and beverly poured the sparkling thick liquid into the hole. "clean around it and bandage it." stan grabbed the first aid and began wiping the blood off from around the hole.

eddie studies richies face unable to focus on anything. he couldn't hear and he felt so weak as if his heart shattered along with richies when the bullet hit.

"eddie!"

eddie looked up at bev who eat quickly stitching up richies shoulder. "see that orange potion and the black one? mix those together and put more of your endorphins in it. we have to revive him."

eddie got up on shaky legs and rushed to the potion cabinet to grab what she asked for. he poured the two together and they morphed into a clear glittery liquid that smelt of roses. he put his fang into the opening of the bottle and forced his endorphins to drip into it. they sunk to the bottom and then made a rose before turning blood red and smelling of rotted flesh.

he went back to the table, "here" he said holding out the bottle looking down at richies pale face.

"pour it in his mouth. every last drop." she instructed as she bit the end of her stitches string.

"he might just make it."

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when he woke up he felt everything.

his ears twitched at the ticking of the clock on the wall. he could smell the roses at the other end of the room. he could feel the hole in his chest. he could taste... something in his mouth. and his tongue reached a sharp point in his mouth. he reached his hand up slowly and felt around in his mouth with two fingers feeling sharp teeth where his k9 teeth use to be.

"what the fuck.." he sat up slowly and the blanket fell off his chest. he looked down to see a bandage over his heart and stitches in his shoulder. it didn't hurt though. but he was aware it was there.

he looked around the familiar room. it was dark as usual and smelt like vanilla and peaches. how did he get here though?

the bedroom door opened and he looked at eddie who stepped in with a bowl of cereal in hand. eddie froze seeing that richie was awake and a noise like a whimper fell from his lips.

"richie?"

"mornin eds"

eddie smiled wide as tears rolled down his cheeks, "richie!"

he threw him bowl of cereal and jumped on to the bed tackling richie. he peppered richies face with kissed and richie laughed hugging eddies body against his.

"i though i was gonna lose you!" eddie cried cupping richies face, his tears falling on to richies colored cheeks.

"lost me..?" richie repeated

eddie cocked his head and sat up to straddle richie, "you don't remember?"

richie shook his head, "i remember getting kidnapped by that stanky asshole."

eddie sighed and tucked a piece of hair behind richies ear, holding his hands and lacing their fingers. he really was there.

"patrick tried to shoot me. and like an idiot you jumped in and saved me." he playfully slapped richies chest and richie faked a shocked expression

"that's the thanks i get for trying to save my eddie spaghetti?!"

eddie giggled but then his face went serious, "you did save me bubba.." he trailed his fingers up richies chest and touched the two holes on his neck, "you died in my arms."

richies breath hitched and his heart sunk. he left the world without his eddie? "how am i alive?"

eddies eyes became saddened, "i'm so sorry bubba... i had to turn you.." he was ready for richie to yell at him. to curse at him and break up with him-

"i'm a vampire now?!" richie beamed up at eddie who cocked an eyebrow

"yeah.. if i didn't turn you, you would've died" eddie watched as richie sat up so that he was in his lap. richie wound his arms around eddies torso and buried his face in eddies neck, "you saved me eds.. i'm glad you turned me.. now i can be with you."

eddie held back more tears and hugged richie back. "i'm sorry"

"don't be.." richie whispered and pressed a kiss to eddies neck. he couldn't remember being dead. but he was with eddie. and that was all that mattered.

♡
chris