While I was on my way to Eddie's trailer I sort of realised how much of a mess I was, literally walking down a road in the middle of the night, drenched in rain. I didn't even know if Eddie would be awake but he's been practically nocturnal recently, I assumed he would be awake.

I didn't have a plan, I didn't know what I would say but I knew I had to say something soon before I would wimp out of it. It was a now or never type situation.

I continued walking as quick as I could through the heavy rain but I knew I was still far from Eddie's place, I just had to keep pushing through no matter how cold I was getting.

I seemed to notice someone else coming towards me, as if they were heading the opposite way I was. I didn't think anything of it at first,

Until I realised who it was.

"Eddie?" I have to raise my voice a little to be heard over the rain.

Holy crap.

Eddie paused at the side of the road, glancing over at me in utter confusion, it took me a moment to recognise him since the rain was clouding my vision a little.

The rain hadn't seemed to calm at all, and now here I was standing in front of Eddie. I had no idea I'd be seeing him so early. I thought I'd have more time to think this over.

"Val? The hell are you doing out this late?" he laughs a little, confused at how we'd managed to run into each other.

"I was on my way to yours, where are you going?" I ask,

"I was gonna stop by at your place, see if you were awake. Look, I need to tell you something." he begins with a slight gulp, glancing around.

Well, this is slightly bad timing.

"I need to tell you something too."

And then it was silence while we both waited for one of us to say what we needed too, the rain still pounding into the ground around us.

"You first." Eddie says.

"I don't- I don't know if I can."

"Okay, I'll go first," Eddie nods, glancing away for a second.

"Fuck, I came here thinking this would be easy and that I could act all confident and it would be fine but I really don't know how to actually get my words out." he sighs but also laughs a little, easing the tension.

Whatever he's about to tell me seems serious, I almost didn't want to hear what he wanted to say, part of me thought it could be bad.

I'm one of those people who naturally assumes the worst, I instantly considered that he was about to tell me he was moving away or something, the fact that it seemed so important had me worried.

"Remember how I told you that I had a huge crush on you in middle school?" he begins.

Oh my god.

I nod, my eyes softening as they met his.

"I still do, always have." he nods, and for a second I could've sworn this was a dream.

I'd spent so long worrying that Eddie didn't like me back and not enough time considering that maybe he did like me back, because now I was completely overrun with surprise, and complete happiness too of course.

"I like you, a lot. I don't want this whole best friends who kiss thing anymore, I wanna be with you." he finally says, slight nervousness in his voice.

Holy crap, this is actually happening.

My lips were on his after that confession alone, the warmth of Eddie's hands on my face were the only thing keeping me warm in the pouring rain, my heart fluttered as he deepened the kiss. This was different, meaningful.

So there we were, kissing under the dim white streetlight, the rain causing the light to cast an almost blueish hue onto us.

We both pull away for a moment, needing to talk, our foreheads against each other.

"I want that more than anything." I nod, unable to contain my smile.

"You do?" he almost seemed surprised.

"Yes, that's what I wanted to tell you." I laugh, kissing him again.

I had been so worried about this for no reason, everything was perfect.

I dreamed about moments like this when I was younger, granted, I thought this would be happening with Matt Dillon instead of Eddie Munson but I wouldn't trade this moment for the world.

Maybe I am head over heels.

...

I hadn't slept at all that night, I don't think the adrenaline of it all ever went away, I just couldn't stop playing that moment over and over again in my head.

Eddie Munson is my boyfriend.

I spent the night at Eddie's, now we were both in his kitchen listening to music while he cooked breakfast, I never thought Eddie would be any good at cooking yet here we were. I was sitting on the counter while letting him cook, I've never been a great chef so I decided to leave it up to him.

"I'm just saying, if you listen to Black Sabbath then I'll consider listening to The Cure or whatever it is you listen to. Your music taste is all over the place, it makes me uneasy." Eddie shudders jokingly.

"Okay, hold on, my music taste is not all over the place. I just happen to enjoy lots of genres." I defend myself, "What can I say, I'm open to anything."

Eddie snickers at my comment, continuing to cook his breakfast. I noticed Freddy was awake now, he hopped onto the couch and sat there for a moment just staring at the wall.

Open Arms by Journey began playing through the cassette player in the corner of the kitchen, it was another one of Eddie's many random mixtapes. I immediately smiled when I heard the familiar first few lines of the song.

"This is one of my favourite songs of all time." I say, causing Eddie to dramatically turn to me.

"Are you serious? You like Journey?" he seems way too surprised.

"Well, I haven't listened to many of their other songs but this song is a masterpiece." I nod, "Like I said, I'm open to anything."

Eddie got carried away in the music, grabbing a broomstick and using it as a prop microphone while dramatically singing along to the song, stepping closer to me as he reached the chorus.

There was just something about his smile, the way it contrasted his usually brooding appearance, anyone who didn't know him would think he's scary, especially with all the rumours about him.

People just don't know him, and it hurts knowing that my ex-friends made his life a living hell simply because of that, they didn't know him, they still don't.

I feel stupid for ever believing what everyone said about him, for not letting myself meet him sooner, because I don't know where I'd be without him.

Eddie was now jokingly serenading me with my favourite song in his kitchen, standing only inches away from me now. I pulled him in for a quick kiss and he responded by peppering kisses all over my face. My heart swelled at the domesticity of it all, kissing in his kitchen while he cooked breakfast, it was something I wanted to happen more often.

I really am head over heels for him.

"Morning, lovebirds." Eddie's uncle raises his eyebrows as he peers into the kitchen.

I couldn't help but laugh, Eddie on the other hand was highly embarrassed, stepping away from me for a second to try and cover up the situation but it was too late anyway, Wayne knew what he had seen.

"Jesus Christ." Eddie sighs as his uncle laughs along with me.

"Relax, kid. Already knew something was going on between you two with the amount of times she's been staying over here." Wayne gives me a quick smile.

"You two official now or what?" he asks.

Eddie and I both give each other a swift glance and nod towards Wayne in unison.

"Thank god for that." Wayne exhales a sigh of relief, turning back to me, "Was starting to worry Eddie would never make a move, he talks about you all the t-"

"Okay, that's enough, goooo awayyy." Eddie groans, interrupting Wayne.

"Alright, alright." Wayne's on his way out of the kitchen when he turns back for a moment to say "Save some breakfast for me, okay?"

And then he's gone, it's just Eddie and I.

"I hope you say good things about me." I tease.

"There's nothing bad to say about you anyway." he gives me another quick kiss on the cheek before returning back to making his breakfast, "Except for your questionable music taste."

"Better than yours." I joke.

"You did not just say that." he clutches his heart in fake hurt, and then he's glancing over at the clock, "We've gotta be at Gareth's in an hour, crap, we should probably get ready."

"I didn't bring a change of clothes with me." I tell him.

"Go check my wardrobe, pick out anything you want." he shrugs.

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officially declaring that their ship name is valeddie

i have also made a tiktok and i have no idea if i'm even going to use it but it's 'rodricksbestiewp' if anyone's interested lmao

any volume 2 predictions?? i think will is gonna get vecna'd and either murray or enzo are gonna die 🤷🏻‍♀️ also did yall see lucas beating up jason in the new trailer GODD I WAS CELEBRATING LMAO