(y/n) - your name

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"Where's your shirt?" Gareth asks as he and Eddie were walking down the hallways in the hell that was Hawkins high, the latter blinking in confusion before looking down to see he was wearing one of his other traffic tees with his favourite band on it.

"Huh..." Eddie pinches at the shirt and lifts it up, dropping it while trying to remember what happened this morning. "I think I just grabbed a random shirt since I was running late."

"Running late? That's a first to hear you say that. What, you care about school now." Gareth snickers and his friend elbows him lightly as he rolled his eyes, the metalhead walking past the cafeteria doors. He was immediately hit with glares and stink eyes of people that stared at him, murmuring what he knew were cruel words about him. Eddie tried to ignore the whispers, avoiding the stares as he rummaged his hands in his jean pockets to buy something but sighed in defeat when he forgot to get money.

"Shit..." he tells Gareth that he will meet up with him at their table, ignoring his friend who asked if he wanted anything to eat but lied that he wasn't hungry. He didn't want the rumours of him being too dirt poor to add fuel to the fire of the current rumours about him.

Today is going to fucking suck...

Eddie plops down at the head of his table, his crew greeting him and talking about the upcoming campaign. He tried to ignore the whispers but they somehow just surrounded him and blocked off the words of his mates that tried to talk to him. He wanted to cover his ears and just yell at everyone to shut up, to stop talking about him. He just wanted it to stop.

The world suddenly goes quiet and relief floods through him as he takes in the sweet familiar floral scent of the one person that made him feel so much better. "Hey love." a smile immediately grew on Eddie's face as he felt (y/n)'s arms hang loosely around his shoulders from behind him, feeling her rest her chin on top of his head. He moves to hold her hands, leaning to the side to see her and it was as if the whole world became brighter seeing her smile. "I got you some lunch. Your uncle told me you were running late today." She whispers lowly just for him but he was so focused on her, her words jumbling together like a sweet song. 

(y/n) blinked in confusion at Eddie when he hasn't said anything, frowning lightly seeing the way his eyes were tearing up before he blinked them away. "Hey, sweetheart..."

"Are you ok?" she immediately asks and his heart beats faster from her caring words.

"Now that you're here. Sit." Eddie gently pulls (y/n) down next to him, letting her lean into him as he pulls her close by her waist and rests his hand there around her. She passes him a brown paper bag and he opens it up to see various snacks, amused about how much food there was which also warmed him from how much she cared about him.

"I didn't know what you liked so I packed a little of everything." she shrugs and he leans down to kiss her cheek.

"Thank you." he whispers lowly in her hair as she smiles up at him. The whole group notices how much the couple adored each other, whispering to each about how they were going to end up getting married.

"Eddie, is that your shirt?" Dustin pipes up and he stops eating the sandwich he was munching on to see where the id was pointing and saw that it was his girl who was wearing his Hellfire shirt.

"So that's where it went!" Eddie gasps in amusement, taking in (y/n)'s blush. "You stole my shirt!"

"I didn't! I mean, you left it at my place so I just wore it." she shrugs and he grins down at her.

"Yeah, and you didn't even bother giving it back."

"It's comfy..." she whispers with flushed cheeks and he coos at her as she plays with the sleeves that went over her hands. "And it smells like you." Eddie's heart almost exploded from (y/n)'s words, his face slowly turning red. "Plus it's not like you don't wear my clothes! You're always wearing my shirts!" she argues back cheekily knowing her boyfriend loved wearing her clothes since they were always bigger than her.

"Bet you that Munson probably has one of his girlfriend's shirt at home." Gareth whispers while snickering and Eddie quickly hides behind his hair. Because it was true. He had stolen one of his girlfriend's fluffy winter shirts to sleep with in his trailer. It made it easier for him to fall asleep during those lonely nights without her instead of resorting to weed. He used the shirt as a pillowcase, the arms tucked around him as if she was hugging him while her sweet smell drifted around him.

"I'll give you the shirt back tomorrow-"

"-keep it. It looks better on you." Eddie quickly says, enjoying how cute (y/n) looked wearing his clothes. She beams up at him, leaning into his arms that were around her as he ate his lunch while she talked with the group. The club chatted together excited about the campaign, Dustin looking at the couple that sat together at the end of the table and he couldn't help the smile growing his face seeing how happy his leader was. He saw how Eddie just stared down at (y/n) with a soft smile on his face, saw how his eyes sparkled more than they usually were when she laughed or ate what he was trying to feed her.

Dustin had never seen two people so in love with each other before, never seen someone be so devoted to their partner. He prayed that (y/n) and Eddie were it.

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The chatter continued around the cafeteria, some students leaving to head out after eating while others stayed since it was only halfway through the break before the next class. The Hellfire club decided to use this time to set up their room before the next class, getting up together to leave the cafeteria. (y/n) decided to stay and help, clearing the table until Eddie grabbed her hand to tug her away. She chuckles lightly as she bumps into him, him swinging their entwined hands together.

"Yo freaks!" the smile on Eddie's face instantly turned into a grimace, pushing (y/n) in front of him to get them both to leave quickly but the random student yelled out again. "You freaks think you're so much better than us!?" (y/n) flinched at the words, looking around to see everyone looking at her and Eddie. "I'm talking to you!" he suddenly gets pulled back away from his girl by one of Jason's boys, scowling at the metalhead. 

"Look, we don't want trouble ok. So we're going to leave." (y/n) said as she reaches Eddie's hand to pull him away.

"The bitch freak thinks she can talk to me!?" (y/n) sneered in anger at his words, not realising how her boyfriend was shaking with fury and he whips around to yell at the student.

"Don't you fucking dare call her that!" he yells out, scaring his girl slightly as she looked at him with wide eyes. He was standing taller now, not breaking eye contact with the asshole that was calling them out. Eddie was seething with rage, hands fisted by his side as he stood in front of (y/n) protectively.

"What? She's the slut of your club now-" everyone gasps when Eddie swings his fist forward, landing a brutal punch that makes the student stumble back against a wall as the metalhead grabs his collar and slams him back against the wall before he could get away.

"I said not to call her that!" he spits out, blood boiling as the student just laughs and continues to spew cruel words about him and his girl while pushing Eddie off him.

"Eddie no!" (y/n) gasps when he wasn't going to take it anymore, launching onto the student to make him stop saying shit. The two started fighting brutally, (y/n) in absolute shock and fear. She didn't want Eddie to get hurt, couldn't bare to see him get punched over and over again. She quickly catches him as he stumbles back, wiping the blood off his busted lip with his thumb.

Eddie chuckles dryly, tilting his head at the asshole who was also bleeding, raising a cocky brow at him. "Is that all you can do asshole?" As hot as that was, (y/n) needed the fight to stop.

"Eddie stop please." he heard her whisper to him, seeing her hold the back of his shirt with shaky hands and he immediately feels guilt for scaring her. "I don't want to see you getting hurt, please let's go." she wasn't scared of him... she was scared of him getting hurt...

"Ok..." he nods, letting her pull him away and he scolds himself when he holds her shaking hands but the asshole student had to have one last word.

"Oh, so you listen to your slut like the bitch boy you are!? Fucking pathetic you fucking freaks!" Eddie growls and pivots around sharply to break the guy's nose but he was suddenly beaten by (y/n) who screamed at him, grabbing a random bat and swinging it hard over the guy's head as he crumbles to the floor. The students gasp loudly in fear and quickly step back away from (y/n) who was shaking. 

No, not from fear, from hot blinding fury.

Eddie saw how (y/n) was visibly shaking while holding the bat tightly in her hands, saw how she gripped the wood like she was trying to hold herself back while keeping her angry tears at bay. "Stay the fuck away from Eddie and the group! I swear to fucking god that I will hunt you down and rip your fucking balls off and shove them down your fucking throat! Do you hear me!?" She screams at him as the student crawls away from her, whimpering. She wasn't happy with the response and breaks the bat over the metal table, the wood splintering before she kneels down and grabs the student's shirt to point the sharp edges at his throat. "I want to hear you say it bitch boy! Say that you understand!"

"I-I understand!" he quickly says and (y/n) throws him back before standing up, pointing the broken bat at the rest of the jocks.

"Stay away from us! Or your friend won't be the last." She hisses, chucking the bat down before storming off and grabbing Eddie to leave the cafeteria. His mind was jumbled from slight shocks of pain to amusement and awe to downright shock, not realising that (y/n) had pulled him into her car and drove them to her house.