One Of Us - Eddie Munson & Steve Harrington
A/N: omg! I was able to complete this story! I really hope you guys like it cause it turned out to be really long but I liked how it turned out xD
Requests - Anonymous asked: i need more steddie x reader comfort plssss maybe when like the reader doesn’t feel good enough for them so she leaves them and theyre like ‘i know for a fact she didnt stop loving us’ and they somehow find out that she’s been beating herself up abt it and having breakdowns and really in need of them but she can’t go to them bc she doesn’t deserve them and just a lot of angst to the reader but comfort in the end??sorry this is long!!
- theweirdone2468 submitted: Hiiii!! I was wondering could you do steddie x reader where reader is/was always quiet growing up and has abandonment issues and easily left out and reader starts feeling left out and doesn’t know how to tell them. Basically angst to fluff please I love your writing!!!!
Warning: polyamorous!relationship (SteddiexReader); reader is feeling insecure and left out; mentions of sex; this is really angsty and super long; I think that’s it, but please let me know if I missed anything
Disclaimer: I don’t own Stranger Things :) gif isn’t mine :D
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One Of Us
One of us is crying, one of us is lying
In a lonely bed... staring at the ceiling
Wishing she was somewhere else instead
One of us is lonely, one of us is only... waiting for a call
Sorry for herself, feeling stupid, feeling small
Wishing she had never left at all
“Good morning, Buster” you smiled when you felt your dog getting on your bed and waking you up.
You opened your eyes and saw the beautiful Bernese mountain dog looking at you and you scratched the back of his ear. You remembered the day you and Eddie brought him home. You found him wandering the streets by himself and you didn’t have the heart to leave him there. So you brought him back home with you and begged Steve to let you keep him. Which wasn’t really that hard since he put up that act of ‘I-don’t-want-a-dog’ that was over as soon as he saw Buster’s eyes and now he was the one who spoiled him the most.
“Where are your dads?” you asked, sitting up. And then you saw a note on Eddie’s side of the bed. “Oh, right” you sighed, opening the letter, letting you know that Steve had to go to work early and Eddie was planning some big campaign, so he needed Dustin’s help.
You didn’t really mind it. But always asked them to wake you up before they left to say goodbye. You knew they wanted to let you sleep in on your day off, but you still missed them. You felt like you had been seeing less of them in the past few weeks. Either your work schedule would cross with Steve’s or Eddie’s campaign or new job after school, or they would come home really late when you were already asleep, or leave before you got up. You were still trying to get into the routine now that you have been in your new apartment for a few months, which is why all of you were working more. You loved your new apartment and you knew they did too, but you still couldn’t help but miss them.
At least, since it was your day off, that meant you could take their lunch and have some time with each one of them. And, your anniversary was coming up soon in a couple of days and you three will spend the entire weekend together. You smiled to yourself, getting up from the bed and bringing Buster with you.
“Come on, boy. We have a big day ahead of us!” you said, excitedly as Buster followed you around the apartment.
After finishing your chores and making lunch for your two boys, you put each of them in the lunchboxes you got them. Even if they were a bit childish, you knew Steve loved his green Ninja Turtles lunchbox, and Eddie loved his Scooby Doo lunchbox so much he even threatened everyone in Hellfire if they made fun of it.
You headed out the door with Buster by your side. You knew Eddie and Steve hated the fact that you were his favorite. No matter how much the two of them spoiled him since he was a puppy (even if they loved to deny it) if you were to make him choose, you were certain Buster would run to you. Because you had. Eddie tried endless times to get him to go over to him instead, but he went to you. Every single time.
You drove Steve’s car, thankful that they took Eddie’s van since you were, as Steve liked to say ‘a hazard’ driving a car that big, and you headed over to Hawkins High first. You walked out of the car and were immediately surrounded by Dustin, Mike, Will, and Lucas. Mostly because they loved Buster.
“Hey, (Y/N)!” Dustin greeted you, happily as they approached you both and the other three did the same.
“Hi, guys, how are you?” you smiled at them as Lucas and Will knelt down to pet Buster.
“Hi, buddy!” Lucas said, happily as Buster started licking his face. He loved the kids almost as much as you and your boyfriends did.
“Have you guys seen Eddie? I brought his lunch for him” you smiled.
“Oh, yeah, he’s supposed to meet us in like ten minutes to go over something about the campaign” Dustin told you.
“He said something about handling a deal on the… benches like off campus or something” Mike said.
“Oh, yeah, I know where that is” you told them. “Thanks, guys! I’ll see you around” you smiled as you started walking to the spot where you knew Eddie handled most of his deals. “Come on, boy” you said, going with Buster.
You stopped when you heard someone laughing—someone who wasn’t Eddie. You stepped closer and saw Chrissy Cunningham sitting on one side of the table as Eddie dramatically fell to the floor and then got up, making her laugh.
"On the good news, flattery works with me so… 25% discount off your purchase, lovely lady” you heard him say with a smile.
You trusted Eddie wholeheartedly. Steve as well. But there were just a few moments where you couldn’t help but let your insecurities get the best of you. They were both really handsome men. You knew that. So, it didn’t help when perfect people, like Chrissy Cunningham, got their attention and he made her laugh the way he was doing it now. You knew Eddie and he did whatever he could to make people comfortable around him, and that’s probably what he was doing. But you hated the fact that sometimes it made an ugly feeling grow inside of you. One that always told you that they could do so much better than you. You tried to bury them deep inside. And you would think that it wouldn’t happen as much since you have been together for so long, living together and all. But you still had a bit of trouble controlling these feelings sometimes. You couldn't really help it. Everyone in your life had left at some point. Steve and Eddie were the people that had shown you what love really was. So you were constantly terrified that it would happen with them too. You were snapped out of your thoughts when Buster barked loudly when he saw one of his dads.
“Shit” you muttered. “Buster!”
“Is someone there?” you heard Chrissy ask, worriedly.
“Princess?” you heard Eddie walking towards you. “What are you doing here?” he smiled.
“S-sorry” you said, trying to calm Buster down. “We didn’t mean to scare you” you smiled looking at Chrissy.
“Oh, hello, (Y/N)” she smiled kindly at you. “Who is this cutie?” she asked excitedly when she saw Buster.
“Oh, this is my boy, Buster” Eddie said, grabbing him from you. He was going to walk over to Chrissy but Buster barked louder, startling her and running back towards you.
“Buster!” you said, kneeling down to pet him.
“Hey! We don’t do that!” Eddie scowled him. “Sorry, he’s usually really friendly” he apologized.
“That’s okay” Chrissy said, still a little nervous, and sat back down.
“Sorry” you said. “We were just um-” you said, putting Eddie’s lunchbox up. “Bringing your lunch” you said, smiling at Eddie.
“Oh shit!” Eddie said, realizing he completely forgot. “I’m so sorry, princess! I swear I’ll just be five minutes-”
“Oh, I can come back later-”
“N-no, don’t be silly. I know you two have to go to class soon” you said, handing Eddie his lunchbox, making his smile fall completely.
“But… we always have lunch together on your day off” he frowned. “I’m sorry I forgot, love, I swear-”
“No, love, it’s okay” you smiled at him. “We have some errands to run” you said, pointing at Buster. “And we also have to go give Steve his lunch” you insisted. “It’s okay, really, you have things to do” you told him.
“You sure?” he asked, still not convinced.
“Yeah, love” you insisted. “We should uh- get going” you told him. “B-bye, Chrissy” you waved at the cheerleader.
“Bye, it was so good to see you” she waved politely. It really didn’t help that she was so sweet.
“Hey” Eddie said, pulling you away a little. “Are you sure everything’s okay? I can be free in like five minutes-”
“Eddie, it’s fine, love” you insisted. “I know you still have to meet up with the guys to talk about the campaign” you told him.
Eddie sighed, still unconvinced but he did forget and it was his fault that his time with you was now cut short. He loved your lunches together. Especially fighting over who got the best post-it by Steve. But he thought maybe you were really running errands and he actually had to talk about the campaign with Dustin and some of the other guys.
“Okay” he gave up. “See you tonight? I’ll make it up to you, okay?” he smiled.
“You don’t have to make it up to me, love” you smiled but he leaned down to kiss you quickly on the lips and then the cheek and then the forehead.
“Too late. I’m doing it anyways” he said, making you giggle. “See you later, man” he said, kneeling down to pat Buster and kissing his head. “You take care of her, okay?” he said, before getting up. “I love you” he said, kissing your forehead again.
“Love you too” you smiled before walking away with Buster and Eddie went back to Chrissy. “Let’s go, boy” you told your partner walking back to the car.
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Second stop, Family Video. You parked your car and opened the door for Buster to walk out with you. You put his leash on him, knowing that you had to keep him closer in busier places. You stopped right outside the door when a group of girls walked out of the store.
“I told you he was working today!” you heard one of them laugh with the rest. “He is so cute!”
“I think he’s into you” you heard another one tell the third friend as they walked the other way.
You looked inside and saw Steve leaning over the counter talking to two other girls. Again, you knew this was a regular occurrence. Your boyfriend was stupidly handsome and girls literally came in just to see him. But you trusted him. With your entire heart. It just made you feel uneasy sometimes when pretty girls basically threw themselves at your boyfriends. You knew Chrissy wasn’t throwing herself at Eddie. She had a boyfriend, as much of a jerk as he was, and she knew Eddie was with you and Steve. But sometimes, the girls that flirted with Steve didn’t know that. So, the ugly feeling tended to come back when that happened. Like now. You entered the store and saw the two girls laughing, a little too hard, at something that Steve was saying. And once again, your furry little friend gave you away.
“Uh, sorry, we don’t allow pets in here” Steve said before looking your way, but then he saw you. “Oh hey, sweetheart!” he said, smiling brightly at you. You noticed the two girls’ smiles drop and them glaring at you as Steve walked over to you, completely leaving them unattended, and gave you a kiss on your forehead. “Buster!” he said, kneeling down excitedly and petting him.
“Love, you have customers” you reminded him and he got up again.
“Right” he said, looking back at the girls. “Just one minute, okay?” he said, running over to the counter. You started walking around the store and browsing through the movies to get one for tonight. “Hello there, pretty lady” Steve said, appearing at the end of the hall you were currently in.
“Hi, love” you smiled at him.
“You’re here early” he frowned.
“Oh, yeah um… Eddie was busy so, we didn’t get to have lunch together” you explained, and then you saw his expression change. “What?”
“Shit, I’m sorry, sunshine” he told you. “Keith called this morning and he’s gonna be here in like ten minutes for a meeting so-”
“Oh” you said, feeling a little disappointed again. But it wasn’t Steve’s fault. Just like it wasn’t Eddie’s fault. They were just busy. “It’s okay, we just came over to bring you your lunch” you said, handing him his lunchbox. “We have some errands to run” you told him.
“I’m really sorry, sweetheart-”
“No, don’t be silly, love” you smiled. “I know you’re busy, and plus, I don’t think Keith would be happy to find Buster here” you insisted. “We’ll see you later tonight?” you smiled.
“Yes! I promise I’ll make it up to you, okay?”
“You don’t have to do that” you told him.
“Still going to” he said, giving you a peck on the lips. “I’m taking your favorite movie and we can all watch it tonight, okay?”
“But it’s your turn to-”
“Doesn’t matter” he insisted, grabbing the movie he knew you were going to reach for and smiling at you. “Okay?”
“Okay” you nodded, smiling at him. Steve leaned in to kiss you again when the bell of the door opening was heard again. “Shit, I have to go” he said, pulling away. “I’m sorry, love” he said, kissing your forehead. “I’ll see you tonight, alright? I love you” he smiled.
“I love you too” you said as he walked back to the counter to help the new guests. Girls again.
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The days went by just the same. You barely saw them around. Even that day when both told you they’d make it up to you they came home when you were already asleep. It was now Thursday night and you were once again by yourself, making dinner, waiting for Steve and Eddie to come home. You thought you might finally get some time with them tonight and you had the weekend ahead which was reserved for just the three of you.
Including Friday, since Eddie didn’t have school because of some teacher conference so you and Steve asked for the day off. You were excited and you couldn't wait to have them all to yourself for three whole days. You missed them so much. And you were certain they missed you too. You heard Buster barking and running to the door and you heard Eddie’s van coming from outside, since it could be heard for like three blocks away, really. They were home.
“Hey, buddy” you heard Eddie coming through the door. “Hi, princess” he said, coming over to you as Steve greeted Buster.
“Hi, love” you smiled and then turned to Steve.
“Hey, sunshine” he said, kissing your forehead.
“Dinner’s almost ready” you told them, but your smile dropped when you noticed them share a look. “What?”
“Love, we’re going to Jonathan’s tonight, remember?” Steve said, frowning.
“Yeah, Argyle’s in town and we had this guys night planned with the kids and all-”
“Oh, right” you said, remembering when they told you about it a couple of days ago. You still couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed. It was the first night in all week you had seen them. But at least you had the entire weekend ahead of you. “I guess I forgot” you smiled at them.
“Do you want us to stay?” Steve asked, wrapping his arms around your waist.
“No, don’t be silly” you insisted, smiling at them. “You guys go have fun, I’ll just watch a movie and go to bed early snuggling with Buster” you told them.
“Lucky Buster” Eddie said, pulling you from Steve, making you laugh a little.
“We’ll make it up to you on Sunday, love” Steve said smiling at you.
You froze a little and looked up at him and then Eddie with a frown on your face.
“Sunday?” you asked, confused.
“Yeah, I have to work all day tomorrow” he said as if it was obvious, walking over to your bedroom to get changed.
“And we’re using the free day to move forward in our campaign” Eddie told you, following Steve.
Your heart felt like it broke into a million pieces. Did they honestly forget? Maybe they were just messing with you and this was part of a surprise they would have for your anniversary.
“Wait, so you’re going to be busy all day tomorrow?” you asked, following them.
“Yeah” they shrugged as if it was nothing.
“W-what about Saturday?” you asked, thinking maybe they just forgot about tomorrow.
“Well, since we’re playing D&D all day tomorrow, the band is practicing on Saturday” Eddie explained as he changed.
“Yeah, and Keith asked me to come in the morning to train a new guy starting at Family Video” Steve said proudly.
You tried your best to smile since this meant he was getting more responsibilities and on his way to maybe becoming shift manager, but your heart ached horribly. They really just forgot all about your plans.
“S-so you’re going to be busy all weekend?” you asked, trying your best to not have your voice break.
“Not Sunday” Eddie replied. “We promise, Sunday is all yours, princess. Whatever you want” he said, quickly kissing your head and going over to get his keys. “Let’s go, Steve, we’re gonna be late!”
“But-”
“Sorry, sunshine” Steve said, mimicking Eddie’s actions. “We’ll make it up to you, okay? Promise!”
“I just-”
“Bye Buster” Steve said, patting him at the entrance.
“Take care of our girl, okay?” Eddie said as they left the apartment, closing the door behind them.
As soon as you heard Eddie’s van start again, you let the tears fall down your face. You couldn’t believe this was happening. They literally forgot your anniversary. Both of them. You ran over to the kitchen and grabbed the phone to call the two people that knew about your insecurities eating away at you. You heard it ring a couple of times before Nancy answered.
“Hello?”
“Nancy?” you asked, with your voice betraying you a little.
“(Y/N)? What’s wrong, are you okay?”
“Um… not really” you admitted. “Could you… maybe come over? Is Robin with you?”
“Yeah, of course, do you need us to bring anything?”
“No, I had actually made dinner for Steve and Eddie but they-”
“Ugh, let me guess, boys night? Mike made me drive him” she said, sounding annoyed.
“Yeah” you said, quietly.
“Okay, honey, hold on, we’ll be right there, okay?” she said. You could hear Robin in the background, grabbing whatever they needed. You could only nod before the line went dead and you sat on the floor. Buster was instantly by your side and you hugged him tightly to you.
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On Friday afternoon, Eddie walked inside your apartment earlier than he thought he would. The guys at Hellfire were better at the campaign than he anticipated and they managed to complete it early. He would be more upset if it didn’t mean that he got to come home to you and that Steve would be out soon. He was even able to pick up some of your favorite brownies and pastries from a bakery you loved down the street.
“Hey princess, I’m home!” he called when he entered the empty apartment. He frowned, confused, and started looking around. You were always home by the time he got there, and if you weren’t, at least Buster would be home. “Buster? C’mere buddy!” he called whistling, thinking he was just being a little shit and not wanting to leave your side like he usually did.
He walked over to the kitchen but found it empty. He then went to your bedroom to see if maybe the two of you were taking a nap, but nobody was there. He was certain that you’d be out of work by now. He went over to the kitchen and grab the phone to call your work. But he got even more confused when Jonathan told him that you had taken the day off and the rest of the weekend as well. So, he decided to call Steve.
“What’s wrong, love?” Steve asked as soon as he heard Eddie’s worried voice.
“(Y/N) is not home and neither is Buster!” he said, panicking.
“What do you mean they’re not home? She should be out of work by now and Buster should be home!”
“I called her job, Jonathan said she asked for the day off! And the whole weekend!”
“What? Do you think she wasn’t feeling good and didn’t tell us?”
“But then she would be here! With Buster!” Eddie said, worriedly.
“Okay, love calm down. I will be home in ten minutes and we’ll figure this out, okay? Maybe she’s over at Nancy’s or Robin’s. Robin’s off today too!”
“No! I’m not staying here, I’ll pick you up and we’ll go to Wheeler’s!”
“Eddie-”
“I’ll be there in five minutes!”
Eddie and Steve were now driving around town, over to Nancy’s house. That was their first thought.
“Eddie, love, I know you’re worried, but you need to calm down! You’re driving like a mad man!”
“Why aren’t you more worried, Steve? She is nowhere to be found! She didn’t go to work and she took Buster with her!”
“What do you mean she took Buster with her-?”
“She doesn’t do that unless she’s going to visit either one of us!” he told him. “She always tells us when she has the day off and what she's doing! And she’s always home when we get there, Steve!”
“Eddie, calm down. I’m sure she has an explanation for this, okay? Maybe she’s having girls' night with Nancy and Robin and just forgot to tell us and she brought Buster because she hates leaving him alone-”
“She took some stuff with her” Eddie said all of the sudden.
“W-what?” Steve asked, feeling his heart drop. “What do you mean? What did she take?”
“Just some clothes and her toothbrush” Eddie told him. “Her pillow was also gone” he said, gripping the steering wheel tightly. “You don’t think she-” he sighed. “You don’t think she would leave, right?”
“Eddie-” Steve said, feeling a huge pain in his heart. He knew that Eddie always feared that either you or he would leave. Just like his parents did. “Of course, not! She would never do that!”
“I just-” he said as he parked outside of Nancy’s house. “I know for a fact she didn’t just stop loving us! But… why would she do something like this-?”
“Eddie, listen to me” Steve said, grabbing his hands. “She wouldn’t just leave, okay?” he assured him. “We both know that. I know that you’re worried, but I swear that this will all have an explanation, okay?” he said, placing one of his hands on Eddie’s cheek as a few tears rolled down his cheek.
“Okay” he whispered, nodding.
“I love you” Steve smiled, giving him a peck on the lips.
“I love you too” he said, trying to smile back.
“Let’s go get our girl, okay?” Steve said as they both got out of the car.
The two of them walked over and Steve knocked on the door. He was surprised when it was Robin who answered.
“Hey, dingus” she smiled at Steve. “Dingus number two” she said, turning to Eddie. “What are you doing here?”
“Hey, Rob, is (Y/N) here?” Steve asked.
“No” she replied as if it was obvious. “Isn’t she with you?”
“Hey, Robin who was at the door?” Nancy asked, coming over and looking at the two boys standing at the entrance of her house. “Steve? Eddie? What are you guys doing here?”
“We’re looking for (Y/N)” Eddie told her. “Do you know where she is?”
“What are you talking about? She’s supposed to be with you” Nancy asked confused.
“What?” Steve asked, starting to get worried.
“Didn’t you spend all day together?” Robin asked just as confused as Nancy.
“What do you mean?” Eddie asked.
“Oh my God! She was right. You two actually forgot!” Nancy asked, getting upset.
“Forget what? Wheeler!” Eddie complained.
“Eddie, calm down” Steve said, grabbing his hand. “What are you girls talking about?”
“What day is today?” Robin asked them.
“Friday?” Eddie said as if it was obvious.
“Not the day of the week, you dingus! What date is today?” she repeated. And then, they saw the two boys pale and look at each other.
“Holy shit!” they muttered at the same time.
“Fuck! We both forgot our anniversary” Eddie said, feeling horrible.
“We had plans for the whole weekend together” Steve added. “How could we both forget?”
“Wait, but that still doesn’t explain why she’s gone” Eddie told them. “I mean, why didn’t she tell us? And when she’s angry she just stops talking to us but she doesn’t leave” he said.
The two boys noticed the girls sharing a look nervously.
“What?” Steve asked and they turned to look at him. They were certain that they knew something and weren’t telling them. “Robin!” he tried. He knew Nancy could take it to the grave, but Robin was a terrible liar.
“Well-”
“It’s not our place to say” Nancy interrupted her.
“Wheeler! We’re dying here!” Eddie begged.
“Nance, please, what are you two hiding from us? Is there something that we have to know?”
“Look… have you… have you noticed anything about her, lately?”
“What do you mean?”
“Has she been acting differently?”
“Different how? Look we’re really worried here okay? She’s not home! And she took Buster!” Eddie said, desperate. “Just tell us for fucks sake!”
“Alright, look” Nancy started. “She was really upset last night and she asked us to come over” she started explaining. “She said she’s been feeling a bit… neglected lately” she told them.
“What? Why?” Steve asked, feeling even worse.
“Well, you guys have been working a lot lately and so has she and she just said that it has been a long time since the three of you spent some time together so she was really looking forward to this weekend and you two idiots didn’t even remember!”
“Also how she feels insecure when you two flirt with other girls” Robin added.
“Robin!” Nancy widened her eyes at her.
“What? We don’t flirt with other girls!” Eddie asked, upset.
“Look” Nancy sighed. “You know that she has always struggled with being left out of things and people leaving her, right? She didn’t grow up in the best home-” she started.
“Yes, we know” Eddie snapped a little. “But we have made everything to let her know how much we love her! So we don’t really appreciate you accusing us of-”
“Eddie, love, calm down” Steve said, grabbing his hand again. “Nance, you know we would never intentionally make her feel that way-”
“I know” she nodded. “But she mentioned that lately, she started feeling a little… self-conscious about… some things” she explained. “A couple of situations, I guess, just added up and I guess you two forgetting your anniversary just made it even more real” she told them.
“Made what more real?!”
“She doesn’t feel important to you anymore!” Nancy blurted out, hating the hurt look on the boys.
“You have to be fucking kidding me!” Eddie muttered before he just walked away from everyone and back to his van.
“Look, we obviously fucked up, big time” Steve said brushing a hand through his hair.
“You think?” Robin told him and he glared at her.
“But we didn’t mean to! Of course, she’s important to us! She’s the most important thing in our lives!” he insisted.
“We tried to tell her that” Nancy told him. “We told her you wouldn’t forget your anniversary and you probably were just planning a surprise for her” she said.
“Did she say anything about today to you? Where she might go or something? I know she doesn’t have many places to go but… we thought she would be here” he tried.
“Sorry, Steve. She didn’t mention any of that. We just thought she’d stay home and maybe talk to you guys about it” Nancy told him.
“Okay” he said, sadly. “Please if you hear from her or if she comes here-”
“We’ll let you know, promise” Nancy assured him.
“Thanks” he said. “We have the walkie-talkie Henderson gave us so just use the channel okay?”
“Okay” Robin nodded. “Hey, Steve, she’s gonna be fine. Maybe she just needed some time to herself” she suggested.
“Yeah, maybe” Steve smiled sadly before walking over to Eddie who was now hitting and kicking his car. “Eddie, love stop!”
“No! We fucked up, Steve! We let her down! We did the one thing we promised her we’d never do!”
“Eddie, we’re gonna fix this!”
“How? We don’t even know where she is!” he said, with tears streaming down his face.
“Hold on” Steve sighed, going over to the front and grabbing the walkie-talkie. “Henderson!”
“Steve?”
“Yes, Henderson, we need a favor! We need you, Wheeler, Sinclair, Byers, El, Max, anyone to tell us if you have seen (Y/N)!”
“What? What do you mean? Is she missing?”
“Look, I don’t have time to explain, we just need to find her! Please just help me!”
“Alright, hold on, let me ask if someone’s seen her” he responded.
“Thanks, man” he replied, going back to Eddie.
“It’s getting darker, Steve-!”
“We’re going to find her. And then we’re going to apologize and we’ll make this up to her and fix this. And, Buster is with her, and we know he takes care of her. It’s gonna be okay, love, I promise! Let’s just… go to some of her favorite places okay?”
“Okay” Eddie nodded and Steve took the keys out of his hand.
“I’ll drive, love” he smiled, kissing his forehead. “Let’s go!”
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The two of them had been driving around for a while to all of the places they knew you loved, but no such luck. Until Eddie heard Dustin’s voice again.
“Hey, Steve!”
“Dustin! What do you have, man?”
“Eddie! So, none of the guys have seen her, but Max mentioned something about seeing Steve’s car in the trailer park” he said, as the two of them looked at each other confused.
“Are you sure? Is Red there with you?”
The two of them heard a ruckus on the other side and then Max’s voice came up.
“Hey! Yes, I thought it was weird, but it was parked right outside your old trailer” she explained. “I didn’t see if she was in there, but you guys can try- shut up, Dustin! I’m busy here!”
“Okay, that’s great! Thanks, so much, Max! If you see her or if she gets in touch with you, please let us know!” Steve said, grabbing the radio from Eddie.
“You guys fucked up, huh?”
“We don’t have time for this, Red! Bye!” Eddie said, turning the radio off as Steve turned around and drove as fast as he could to the trailer park. “Okay, there it is! That’s your car!” Eddie pointed at the old trailer where the three of you lived and they noticed the lights were on.
Eddie didn’t even wait for Steve to stop the car to jump out and started running towards the trailer, Steve close behind him, pulling him back.
“Eddie, slow down, love” he said as they stopped in front of a window.
They looked inside and saw you asleep on your old couch. It had been a few months since the three of you moved into your new apartment but everything still looked the same, only emptier. You were wearing one of Steve’s old basketball t-shirts and one of Eddie’s sweaters on top and your favorite movie was playing on the TV. They slowly walked over to the door and walked inside. As soon as they did, Buster launched at them barking furiously and making them jump back a little, Eddie stepping in front of Steve.
“Hey! Dude, what the hell? It’s us! Your fathers!” he complained as Buster calmed down but kept growling at them, standing in front of you, not letting them walk through.
“Buster” Steve said, kneeling down, only managing to make him bark again, louder this time and waking you up.
“Buster, what’s going on?” you asked, still asleep and opening your eyes and then you noticed your two boyfriends standing there. “Oh” you said, sitting up. “Hi” you smiled weakly at them. “Buster, c’mere boy!” you said, patting the spot next to you since he kept growling at Steve and Eddie. He instantly turned around and ran towards you, resting his head on your lap.
“Princess!” Eddie said, walking closer to you and sitting on the ground in front of you and Buster, Steve, following him. The two of them wanted to cry when they saw your red eyes and puffy cheeks. They could tell you had been crying, which is probably why Buster didn’t want them anywhere near you. “Love, we have been looking everywhere for you!”
“We are so sorry, sunshine!” Steve said, trying to hold your hand but Buster barked at him.
“Busty, that’s enough” you scowled at him in a soft tone and scratched his ear. “What are you guys doing here?” you asked, quietly, looking down at your lap.
“What are we-? Love, we have been looking everywhere for you! I got home and you and Buster weren’t there!” Eddie started.
“I’m sorry” you murmured. “I fell asleep. I was going to be back by dinner-”
“No, sweetheart, that’s not the point” Steve said, scootching a little closer and trying to grab your hand again but looking at Buster. When he didn’t do anything, he grabbed your hand and Eddie grabbed the other one. “We are so sorry!”
“We are the worst boyfriends in the world!”
“That’s not true” you said, looking up at them.
“Yes, it is!” Eddie argued. “We both forgot our anniversary!”
“And also… we went to look for you at Nancy’s and she and Robin told us that you talked with them last night” he said, making you pull away from them. You put your legs up on the couch and placed your hands on top of them. “Why didn’t you talk to us?”
“I’m sorry” you said, feeling your throat tightening a little.
“Princess, we’re not mad at you” Eddie said, sitting closer to you and placing his hand on your knee. “We just want to know how you’re feeling and what to do to make it better” he said.
“It’s just stupid. That’s why I didn’t want to say anything” you insisted.
“It’s not stupid” Steve said, placing his hand on your other knee. “It made you run away from us-”
“No, I didn’t run away, I would never do that!” you said with a couple of tears falling down your cheeks. “I just… I don’t know” you admitted.
“Talk to us, love” Eddie said, trying to contain his own tears. “Please” he said, squeezing his grip on your knee.
“It’s just…” you sighed. “Things have been changing a lot” you started. “And I know it’s good things because you’re moving up in your job” you said, looking at Steve. “And you got a new job and your band is getting more gigs and your D&D campaign and all” you told Eddie. “But I just… I missed you. I missed how things were when we wre still living here, which is why… I came here” you told them. “Ever since we moved into our new apartment, I feel like I barely see you. You’re always gone when I wake up and I fall asleep before you come home” you told them. “And this past week I couldn’t have lunch with either of you and you got to spend last night together and…” you said, crying a little more. “Y-you forgot about our weekend-”
“We know, and we are so sorry, love” Eddie said, holding your hand again and Steve did the same.
“We feel horrible about that, we didn’t mean to, sweetheart-”
“I know” you nodded. “I know you didn’t mean to, it’s just…” you sighed, looking at Buster and scratching his ear. “You didn’t seem to miss me as much as I missed you and I just thought… I don’t know” you said, with a few tears falling down your cheeks again.
“Princess, of course, we miss you” Eddie said, getting up and sitting down next to you, Buster, growling a little when he was moved away from you.
“Tell us what else is going through your pretty mind, sweetheart” Steve said, sitting on your other side and kissing your forehead.
“It’s nothing” you said, resting your head on his shoulder and holding Eddie’s hand.
“Love” Eddie said, bringing your hand to his lips.
“It was just a lot this week, I guess” you said, quietly. “Look, I love you guys, so much and I know you love me too, I do, but… it’s just… sometimes it’s hard” you admitted.
“What is?” Steve asked.
“Well, it’s just…” you sighed again and got up. “You have to promise me you won’t freak out and let me talk” you told them. “Okay?”
“Okay” Steve nodded.
“Promise” Eddie agreed.
“Sometimes it’s just hard because you two are just… like… so perfect it’s infuriating, okay? And I just don’t get why you would want to be with me-”
“What-?”
“How can-?”
“You promised” you said, throwing them a look and they closed their mouths. “I know that you two love me, okay, I do! I just… sometimes I don’t get why, okay? I mean, my own family didn’t want me! Every person I dated before you just… left me for someone better and sometimes I’m just scared that you two are going to realize that and… do the same thing” you said, sadly. “Like… this week, on my day off when I went to give you two your lunch I…” you sighed and looked at Eddie. “You were talking with Chrissy and she was laughing a lot and I know you were just being nice to her but… she’s so pretty and nice and I just… I don’t know!” you said, turning to Steve. “And then I went over to Family Video and this group of girls came out talking about how handsome you were and that you were probably into one of them and I know that’s not true but sometimes it bothers me that girls practically throw themselves at you. Even in front of me! Pretty girls, who are also taller than me! Why is everyone taller than me?” you complained. “I know I’m overthinking and that’s why I didn’t want to say anything! Because I trust you two, I just sometimes feel like it’s only a matter of time before you-”
“Okay, no” Steve said, getting up as well. “That’s enough, don’t even finish that sentence” he said, grabbing your hands and pulling you to him. “Come here, sunshine” he said, sitting back down and pulling you between him and Eddie. “Listen to me” he said softly as Eddie wrapped his arms around you. “First of all, this is our fault, okay? We forgot our anniversary and we didn’t notice that you were feeling left out and we are so sorry” he started. “We know what you have gone through in your life and when we started dating, we promised you that we would always make you feel loved, because we love you and we miss you and we need you so much” he said, with his voice breaking a little. “We failed you, and I am so sorry that you have been feeling this way. You have no idea how scared we were today when we couldn't find you. I was trying my best to not freak out but I have never been more scared in my life. And I know that we have been saying this all week and we fucked up but we will make it up to you. There is nobody in this world that we love more than you, and there is absolutely no one that we would rather be with” he said, grabbing your hands in his. Tears kept falling down your cheeks and Eddie kept placing soft kisses on your head.
“R-really?” you smiled a little.
“Yes, princess” Eddie said, turning you a little so you can look at him now. “Everything Steve said is true. You are our favorite person in the world. If anything, we’re the ones who don’t deserve you” he told you.
“That’s not true-”
“Yes, it is. Look at everything you do for us, you always bring us our lunch in our cool lunchboxes” he continued. “You read Lord of the Rings to me every time I’m sick. You help me with my campaigns sometimes. You always listen to the music I want to listen to. And you help me when I get knots in my hair-”
“That goes for both of us” Steve added, making you smile a little.
“You plan movie nights with the kids. You come to all of my shows” Eddie kept on listing.
“You do everything for us, sweetheart” Steve told you.
“You have the most amazing heart of anybody I know” Eddie added. “Buster if proof of that” he said, making Buster bark at the sound of his name and you chuckled a little. “Which is probably why he loves you the most” he said.
“You had a whole weekend planned for us and we were just stupid enough to forget it” Steve said, apologetically.
“We love you so much” Eddie said, pulling you closer. “There is nobody in this world better for us than you” he insisted. “We are so sorry-”
“It’s okay” you told them. “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you sooner” you said. “I just… didn’t really know how and I didn’t want you to think that it was your fault or that I didn’t trust you because I do” you told them.
“We know, love” Steve said, kissing your cheek. “We still can be a little more cautious about that” he assured you.
“Yes, because we also hate it when a guy flirts with you so we know how it feels” Eddie added.
“That doesn’t happen” you laughed.
“Yes, it does” Eddie argued. “The fact that you don’t even notice just makes you more adorable, but it does, love” he said, kissing your other cheek.
“We are so sorry, sweetheart” Steve repeated. “And we promise to make more time with you, okay?”
“Really?”
“Yeah” Eddie said. “We can have a night a week that it’s just reserved for the three of us” he suggested before Buster barked loudly. “Four of us” he corrected, making you laugh.
“I’d like that” you smiled.
“We have like a board with a calendar at the shop with all the schedules, maybe we can have one in the kitchen to plan around it, and that way none of us will forget important dates” he proposed.
“Yes! I like that idea!” Eddie said, excitedly. “I’m canceling band practice tomorrow” he said.
“Yes, and I’m telling Keith I can’t make it to work-”
“No, guys, you don’t have to do that-”
“Yes, we do” Steve assured you. “We’re going to have the whole weekend just for the three of us. And we’re gonna do anything you want, okay?” he said, hugging you tighter and giving you a peck on the lips.
“We can start by getting your favorite take-out and watching your favorite movies tonight” Eddie said, giving you another kiss.
“That sounds wonderful” you smiled shyly at them.
“Let’s go home then” Steve said, kissing your forehead and then Eddie’s when he got up. “Come on, buddy” he said, snapping his fingers at Buster.
A few hours later, after a lovely dinner and a very heated session of make-up sex where the two of them kept proving to you how sorry they were, you were in your absolute favorite place in the world. Steve’s head was lying on your legs, almost asleep as you ran your fingers through his hair and you rested against Eddie’s chest while he ran his fingers through your hair. You were watching one of your favorite movies with Buster asleep on the floor after Steve basically fed him whatever he asked for. You turned to look at Eddie to see if he had fallen asleep and he smiled down at you.
“What?” he asked, kissing your forehead.
“Nothing” you smiled. “I’m sorry I scared you today” you told him and he lowered your hand to grab your free one.
“It’s okay, princess. At least Buster was taking care of you” he said, making you smile.
“I love you” you said, giving him a peck on the lips.
“Me too” he smiled back at you.
“Me three” Steve said, opening his eyes and looking up at you so you leaned down to kiss him as well.
The End
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