"Blood is thicker than water" | Eddie Kaspbrak x Reader

The Projector

You arrive at Bill's garage, climbing off the back of Eddie's bike. You watch as Bill runs in and pins a map up on the wall- a map of the sewers. Your breath hitches and Eddie looks at you. You smiled a little smile at him and walked into the garage. Bill sets up a projector and slots in the maps he found at Ben's.

"Look. That's where G-Georgie disappeared, that's the Iron Works and the Black Spot. Everywhere It happens, it's all connected by the sewers." Bill told the group.

Your head dropped into your lap as you raised your knees to your chest again. You looked down into the darkness of your lap, ignoring the map.

"And they all meet up-" Bill started.

"At the Well House." You said, raising you head. Eddie looked at you with a worried expression. Would this damn cute boy ever stop worrying?

"I hate that place." Beverly commented. Stan nodded, looking over towards you and Eddie.

Eddie gasped, clutching his inhaler. You turned to him and placed an arm around him, holding him close to you.

"That's where I saw It. That's where I saw the clown." Eddie turned his head towards your chest and nuzzled into your shoulder, breathing your sweet scent to calm him down. You lightly shushed him, rubbing his back. This poor boy. You used your other hand to reach for his. You took his hand into your embrace and pressed a soft kiss on the top of it. He smiled, taking another breath.

"T-that's where It lives." Bill said.

"I can't imagine anything wanting to live there." Stan said, shivering. Eddie moved out of your embrace and turned towards the group.

"Can we stop talking about this? I- I can barely breathe. This is summer. We're kids. I can barely breathe. I'm up here having a fucking asthma attack. I'm not doing this." Eddie rambled, gasping for air. He grabbed the map and ripped it off of the wall.

"What the hell! P-put it back." Bill told him. Eddie just shook his head in defiance and walked back towards you.
The projector began clicking, going through the pictures.
"What happened?" Bill asked. The pictures were clicking more rapidly. Eddie walked back towards you and you placed a hand on his arm.

"Guys." Mike warned. We looked up to see the face of a young boy- Georgie.

"G-Georgie." Bill whispered.

The photos were clicking past faster and faster until a picture of a woman came on the screen. She had bright red hair that was long and flowed past her face. Her face was covered and slowly, it transformed into the face of a clown.

"What the fuck is that?" Richie yelled.

"That's It!" Bill said.

Eddie started screaming, holding onto Richie. You just stood in the middle of the room, staring at the face. The rest of the Losers backed up towards the wall.

"Turn it off!" Someone yelled. You raised you leg and kicked the projector over. The face disappeared. And the clicking stopped. You let out a breath and turned to face them when you heard a scream.

"Y/N look out!"

You turned back to find yourself face to face with a drooling clown. He had grown in size and his hair was flopping around the edges of his face. It roared at you.

"You know I'm not scared of you." You whispered into It's face. It just continued growling and turned its attention to Beverly, who was hiding in the corner. He started racing towards her. All you could hear was screaming and a rough growl from It.

You ran to the rusty garage door and unlocked up, pulling the shutters up. Light filled the room and It disappeared.

You looked back at Beverly to see her hugging Bill.

"Y/N!" You heard Eddie yell. You swung your head around to him as he grabbed you into a hug. He gripped your waist tightly with one hand, the other stroking the hair on your head. You titled your head into his neck. "I-I thought It was going to kill you. I- I was so scared."

"It's okay bubba. I'm okay. I promise you, I'm never going to leave you, okay?"

You pulled away from his embrace and look into his deep brown eyes. You moved your heads closer so that your lips were only just pressing. It was a soft kiss, just for reassurance and support. Eddie held the back of your head as you placed your foreheads together and closed your eyes.

"So let's go!" You heard Bill's voice.

"Go where?" Beverly asked Bill. You turned your head to them.

"Neibolt." You whispered, Eddie's arm gripping tighter at your waist.

Updated May 10th 2020