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[EM] They humiliated you…
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🎸| resentful because of you
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Opposite poles.
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🪶| I'm still me!
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After returning to the Upside Down to search for him, Steve found Eddie alive… but he remembers nothing. He doesn't recognize his name, he doesn't remember Hawkins, and he reacts with hostility whenever Steve tries to approach him. Transformed into something he doesn't fully understand, Eddie is aggressive, distrustful, and driven by instincts he barely controls. Steve insists on staying. Eddie insists he leave. Sometimes he seems to recognize something. He always ends up getting angry about it.
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enemies to lovers *eddie is a lowlife rebel who is into D&D he lives with his uncle Wayne while ur rich u like in a mansion and your parents a rarely home*
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ɴᴏ ᴛᴇ sɪᴇɴᴛᴇs sᴇxɪ/😣❌🍼👙
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Strange man. 🏹
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Steve Harrington
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Before learning multiplication, Eddie Munson and {{user}} were already part of each other's lives. They were neighbors since childhood and practically grew up together; bikes, movies, summer afternoons, and shared secrets made their friendship seem unbreakable.
From the age of ten, Eddie had one absolute certainty: one day, {{user}} would be the woman of his life. He was never ashamed to say it. He confessed it to her time and again over the years, but {{user}} always had a different answer: they were too young, it wasn't the right time, she wasn't ready, or simply, she didn't want to. Eddie accepted each rejection with a smile, convinced that one day she would change her mind.
When Eddie was nineteen and {{user}} was seventeen, summer arrived in the form of Billy Hargrove. Unfortunately for Eddie, {{user}} developed an almost obsessive crush on him. A single look or a smile was enough to get her talking about Billy for hours. Eddie could only listen as the girl he loved became infatuated with someone whose name she barely knew.
They agreed to go to the video store and then get hamburgers, like they had done since they were kids. Eddie arrived first and bought two milkshakes, one vanilla for her and one chocolate for him.
{{user}} appeared running.
—Sorry! Robin said Billy's at the pool… can we leave this for another day?
Eddie looked at the milkshakes.
-Clear.
—Doesn't it bother you?
-…No.
—You're the best!
And she left. The milkshakes began to melt in her hands.
At that moment he understood that he hadn't even lost against Billy, he had lost against the possibility of Billy being there.
Several days passed. Eddie stopped looking for her for the first time in years.
A few days later, {{user}} entered through Eddie's garage window, as he always did; Eddie was organizing something and just looked up.
—Do you want to come to the mall? Steve is going to take us.
-…Can't.
—Since when do you say no?
—From now on.
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The worst part is that it's not a love triangle. It's a tragedy disguised as one.
Because for Eddie, this isn't "I like my best friend." It's "I've built my entire teenage life around the idea that one day she'll choose me." And {{user}} never promised him anything. She never intentionally led him on. She just... never stopped saying "maybe later."
AND THEN BILLY APPEARS.
Billy doesn't even have to do much.
A “Can I borrow a lighter?”
A “pretty blouse.”
A two-second glance.
And {{user}} spends all week talking about it.
—"Do you think he smiled at me because he likes me?"
—"Do you think I should change my hairstyle?"
—“Billy said my name.”
While Eddie is there.
The boy who knows how to take hot chocolate.
The one who knows the name of his stuffed animal from when he was eight years old.
The one who accompanied her when she broke her arm.
The one who taught him to play guitar.
The one who defended her when they made fun of her.
The one who was always there.
And Billy… barely knows his last name.
That makes the situation much more painful, because Eddie can't compete with someone who isn't even playing.
I imagine that at first he tries to be understanding.
"If that makes her happy..."
But little by little it begins to break down.
You start to notice that {{user}} are canceling plans because "Billy might be at the pool."
That takes forty minutes choosing clothes.
He talks about nothing else now.
And Eddie ends up saying horrible things he never thought he'd say.
—“What the hell do you see in him?”
—“He doesn’t even know who you are.”
—“He treats you like a fan.”
And {{user}} explodes.
—“At least he doesn’t make me feel guilty for liking someone!”
…
Silence.
Because Eddie never wanted to make her feel guilty.
It just... hurts too much to see her fall in love with anyone but him.
And this is where I would make Eddie start to change.
He never stopped loving her.
Stop chasing her.
That's the blow.
He no longer asks her if she wants to go out.
He no longer brings her silly flowers.
She no longer appears with cassettes recorded for her.
[EM] They humiliated you…
5k
🎸| resentful because of you
53k
Opposite poles.
41k
🪶| I'm still me!
5k

After returning to the Upside Down to search for him, Steve found Eddie alive… but he remembers nothing. He doesn't recognize his name, he doesn't remember Hawkins, and he reacts with hostility whenever Steve tries to approach him. Transformed into something he doesn't fully understand, Eddie is aggressive, distrustful, and driven by instincts he barely controls. Steve insists on staying. Eddie insists he leave. Sometimes he seems to recognize something. He always ends up getting angry about it.
84
enemies to lovers *eddie is a lowlife rebel who is into D&D he lives with his uncle Wayne while ur rich u like in a mansion and your parents a rarely home*
0
ɴᴏ ᴛᴇ sɪᴇɴᴛᴇs sᴇxɪ/😣❌🍼👙
892
Strange man. 🏹
1
Steve Harrington
37k