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Eddie Munson ([personal profile] gygaxed) wrote in [community profile] cheerfire2022-08-10 12:12 am

like ships in the night

[ It's hard to count the way Eddie's life has changed in just the span of a few months. He thinks he can mark the change in trajectory to one specific moment, to Chrissy Cunningham of all people asking him for a drug deal. He's used to people most would never suspect asking for drugs, but her... there had just been something different about it. His deals didn't usually involve obvious flirting, offerings of discounts, reminiscing on previous connections. But he could tell she was going through something, and it was his job to try and help. And then she had asked for something stronger. He had it, tucked away somewhere in his trailer. There was nothing surprising about him having what she was after, but what was surprising was that she was willing to go there to get it.

So he had ferried them both there in his van, had explained to her just what taking special k involved. She had tried it right there in his trailer, under his supervision, and he had made sure she was alright. Everything had been completely, or, more or less, above the board. She had leaned against him, her hands a little more free with their touches, and despite the way each had sent electricity running through him, Eddie had kept his own hands to himself.

And so they had moved on, both of them determined to finish out their final year of high school. Against all odds, they had managed to squeak over the finish line, had earned the piece of paper that declared they were at last done with Hawkins High. Eddie still can't believe it, for as much as he had proclaimed 86 would be his year, the feeling is nothing short of surreal. He's free at last, finally, and that silly piece of paper grants him a surprising amount of opportunities. He has no plans for college, but the sudden opening of avenues leaves him dizzy.

There's no celebration for his own graduation, but he's managed to be invited to Chrissy's. Her parents seem to have spared no expense, and he drifts between the party goers, a plastic solo cup clutched in his hand. Between friends and family, it's been difficult to get her attention, but at last he's managed to get the happy graduate alone. ]


Hey. [ Eddie raises his cup, a little tipsy, a lot relaxed, but somehow he can feel Jason's gaze on him, even now. ] Guess it's finally my chance to say congratulations.
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[personal profile] cheerleader 2022-08-14 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Her hands find their way to his sides, mindful not to slip down to his hips before he's shown her a sign that the touch would be welcome. But she's reluctant to pull away, and enjoys the contact. Maybe enjoys it a little too much, because she can feel that she's blushing as she looks up at him like he's the center of her world.

She wants to tell him that she had picked out this outfit just for him. That it took her hours to get ready because she wanted to look just right so he'd notice her. Even more than that, she wants to flirt and tell him that as good as she looks with these things on, they'd look even better off of her.

Chrissy doesn't, though. She hasn't gotten brave enough to be that forward. Instead she smiles and answers his question, not thinking she needs to lie and hide the truth from him like she has her parents.
]

I left school last fall. [She gets that out of the way first, shrugging her shoulders.] I started modeling and it took up too much time. It's been going really well, actually. I just finished my first magazine shoot today!

[But she doesn't want to talk about herself. Especially not when it comes to the fact that she left her mother's constant need for perfection and leapt into a career path that demands she continue to starve herself and be even more perfect.]

How long are you in town? I need to take you out and show you around.
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[personal profile] cheerleader 2022-08-14 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
[She's just opened her mouth to spill her heart to him when the door opens. Chrissy doesn't realize what's happening until it's too late, and she can't really hide her surprise. She feels her heart shatter as she watches Eddie kiss another woman, and her hand presses against her chest because there's an actual physical pain that she's never felt before. It settles in her stomach, as she fears tears may actually happen. It eats at her, to the point she's stunned and just stands there as Sam hugs her.

Eddie's just described her as a friend. An old friend. That's all she is. And all she'll ever be, now. Chrissy tries to smile through the pain that she's feeling, no matter how hard it may be to put on the act. She had done it her entire high school career. And she can do it now. It doesn't matter that she wants to cry, or that she's in the middle of her first real heartbreak.

She can do this. For Eddie.
]

Yeah, it's great to meet you too.

[She can't bring herself to say Sam's name, his girlfriend's name, and instead starts to numbly back her way toward the door. Chrissy can't handle this, and needs to make her escape as gracefully as possible.]

You guys probably want to do your thing. I'll...see you around Eddie, okay?

[She hates how it feels like it's saying goodbye. Her smile is fake, and she doesn't even care that it's noticeable. He's wrapped up in his girlfriend, and she needs to go do something drastic to forget she ever came here to try and actually confess her feelings for him.]

It was really great to see you again.
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[personal profile] cheerleader 2022-08-14 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
[She does wash the numbers away. She does it in the bathroom of the bar, but she also can't be cruel enough to forget them completely. She writes them down and makes sure to tuck them away in her purse. And then she drinks, to try and forget the fact that her last conversation with Eddie Munson ended with her as the outsider.

It serves her right, she thinks, as she slams back drinks. She deserves it.

Eventually the guys around the bar take notice that she's drinking to forget something, and they all seem into buying her as many rounds as her small frame can handle. One of them is a little more forward than the others, and he pulls her along with him out of the bar and to a cab when she's barely able to stand up and walk. She thinks they bump into Eddie and his girlfriend on the way out, but she's too far gone at that point to know if it's real.

She wakes up the next morning sore and with a pounding headache, stomach sick. When she realizes she's still tangled up in bed with the guy from the bar, she winds up barely making it to the bathroom to throw up. That's the start of a series of binge drinking for Chrissy, though she always makes sure to go home with a different guy. Anyone that's willing to buy her drinks and help her forget her heartbreak is a welcome distraction.

But none of them make her happy. None of them satisfy her.

And that's why, one night when she's drunk but not so much so that her words are slurred and nothing makes sense, she pulls Eddie's number out of her purse and gives him a call. His answering machine picks up, and Chrissy's trashed enough to not think to hang up. Instead she leaves him a message, telling him that she's totally getting over him. That each guy she meets at a bar isn't him, but maybe that's a good thing because she can't have him.

She passes out after that, alone and miserable in bed. She lets that be the final page in her Eddie Munson story, and forces herself to move on. Time crawls by, and she becomes disillusioned with the city. She stops modeling because perfection feels unobtainable. One day when her mother criticizes her for even trying to model, she agrees to go home. It's pointless to keep trying.

She returns to Hawkins to find Jason Carver waiting for her in the living room. He's there and he's convenient, so she dates him because she can't stand how miserable she's been feeling ever since Eddie unintentionally broke her heart. She works with kids at a gym, and dates Jason, and the mundane day to day of her boring life in Hawkins starts to break her heart in a new way. This isn't what she was meant to do. This isn't who she was supposed to be.

Chrissy cries herself to sleep some nights, wishing that things could have been different.
]
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[personal profile] cheerleader 2022-08-14 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
[She had come here to ditch Jason for the night. He hates places like this. It's exactly why she's here. But seeing Eddie at the bar makes her eyes go wide. As much as she's told herself that she's over him, she realizes in that moment that she definitely isn't. But he's got Sam, and she tries to be the old friend that he needs as she timidly makes her way to sit on the stool next to him.

The bartender sees her in here enough that he knows which beer she likes, and he slides a bottle across the bartop to her. It's only after she takes a long drink that she finally looks over at him. And like always, the sight of him up close takes her breath away. They're both older now, but he's matured into his rockstar persona well. He's so attractive that she feels a pang of want all over again, and knows that she's smiling at him like she wishes he was hers.

for once, she lets him see that smile.

Because he's a big star, and she's a fan of his that's left behind in small town America. She's recorded his appearances on TV on VHS, she's bought every tape his band has put out. And she's saved every newspaper article and magazine appearance Corroded Coffin has made. She's so proud of him, he's really made it. And here he is, talking to her like they're teenagers again. Her heart soars at how nostalgic this feels.
]

I come here a couple times a week after work.

[There isn't a need to announce that the city hadn't worked out. That modeling had failed. She had failed. That much is obvious in the fact that she's back in Hawkins, older and miserable. Of course, with the way his presence has her smiling, she isn't sure she looks tired and miserable at all.]

Are you here to see Wayne?

[She wonders if his uncle let him know that she would pop by his trailer to bring him lunch and dinner, and just sit and talk with him. Maybe Eddie already knows she's brought Wayne flowers to his hospital room, and arranged for other people in town to send him some too.]

He told me how much he missed you. It's good you could come back home.
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[personal profile] cheerleader 2022-08-14 06:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Her glass is lifted toward him, before she takes a drink.] To reunions.

[May this one go a little better than the last one, she thinks. Her eyes glance down to his hands that are holding at his drink, and she takes a quick survey to see if there's a ring on his left hand. There are, but none of them are wedding bands on his ring finger. If he's still with Samantha, they're not married.

That's enough to make her smile more genuine, as she takes another drink from her glass.

There's a lot she wants to ask him. Mostly about how Sam is. How the band's doing. If he's going to stick around for long. She should tell him about Jason. Should elaborate on how much she hates being back here. But she doesn't. It feels immature to focus on things that don't matter in the long run. What matters to her now is being there for him, to let him know that he can rely on her when it counts.
]

Are you staying in his trailer? I went over to try and fix things up for him a month or two ago, but I wasn't able to do many repairs by myself. Maybe while you're here, we can fix everything up together.
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[personal profile] cheerleader 2022-08-14 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
[She glances downward, looking noticeably uncomfortable with the focus being shifted over onto her.]

That didn't work out in the end. [It's hard to shrug and feign indifference when you feel like a huge loser that has nothing going for her.] So my mom convinced me to come back.

[Her mother yelled at her and said horrible things to her until she agreed to come back. But she doesn't say that. Eddie doesn't want to hear about her issues with her mom.]

She had Jason waiting for me in their house the day I flew back.

[The sigh and eye roll she gives off, paired with the fact she chooses to come here a few nights a week after work, probably tell him plenty about her relationship with her high school boyfriend. She doesn't want to talk about Jason though. If she had it her way, they'd already be broken up.

She wants to ask Eddie what hotel he's staying at. Wants to find a way to casually just be there one day to surprise him. For the first time since the day she went to his band's concert in the city, she feels a spark of something.

When she glances over at him, she realizes that it's hope. Eddie Munson still makes her heart race. Still makes her blush when she wonders what his lips taste like. But he also fills her with so much hope that she never wants to let him out of her sight again.
]

I never wanted to come back here. But I don't see any way to escape Hawkins for a second time.
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[personal profile] cheerleader 2022-08-14 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[Chrissy keeps up with him, easily drinking what's put in front of her. She isn't as big on drinking these days as she was back in those months she spent binge drinking after her heartbreak, but she's trying not to think of that now as they sit here together. For just one night, she doesn't have to feel like a loser that's failed at everything and is settling for a mundane life that doesn't feel like it suits her.

Tonight, she's Chrissy Fucking Cunningham and he's hot and interested in her, and she hasn't fucked up any chance of ever getting with him by not asking him out that summer right after graduation. Years have passed since then, but it's still her biggest regret. And even though Jason's back home waiting for her, she finds herself wondering what it feels like to slip into Eddie's bed. God, she wants it so badly that the more she drinks, the more of a possibility it seems that she actually might suggest they go back to his hotel.

The only thing that's stopping her is she works at the nicest hotel in town on the weekends, cleaning rooms for extra cash. And she's almost positive that's exactly where Eddie's staying. Why wouldn't he be staying there? But after a fourth round, the conversation shifts to something that's definitely flirty.

He's complimenting her way too much for it to be friendly, and just has reached over to push hair out of her face. That's when she gets caught staring up at him for a little too long, biting at her lip as her eyes focus on his mouth. she wants to kiss him so badly it hurts.

Her hand raises, signaling another round from the bartender. He gives her a look and shouts something about maybe slowing down. Chrissy ignores that advice in favor of leaning in to whisper to Eddie.
]

You know what? The last time I saw you backstage, I was going to tell you how much I loved you. This is going a lot better than how that went.
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[personal profile] cheerleader 2022-08-14 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I walked here.

[The honest answer falls out of her without hesitation, and she genuinely sounds beat up about that fact.]

I still don't have a car.

[Her eyes haven't left his though, and she finds herself wishing his hand was back on her thigh. So she reaches over and casually guides his touch right back to where it has been for a while. Like his hand belongs there.

Jason isn't even a thought in her mind right now. She's forgotten he exists. She only has eyes for Eddie, and she's wrapped up in how attractive and wanted he's making her feel. Not a single part of her wants this moment to end. If he can't walk her to her car, then he might slip away, right back out of her life again.
]

But you can walk me back to yours.

[It's definitely an invitation, her hand lightly rubbing at his inner thigh. She's warm with too much to drink, as well as the proximity of him, and suddenly this bar is the absolute worst place for them to be.]
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[personal profile] cheerleader 2022-08-15 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
[The kiss isn't really a surprise. She knows it's coming. But the way it feels is definitely unexpected. It's like every inch of her sings to feel more of him, the hunger in his kiss reflected in the way she presses up against him, hands grabbing hold of his shirt. They're doing this right out in the open, and she doesn't care.

All she cares about is the fact that her heart is racing, and she feels alive for the first time in years. She kisses him like she's desperate to have him close to her, like she's afraid he might slip away if she pulls back.
]

It's been a while. [It's easier somehow if they put forward the pretense that they're actually going to see the trailer. But she's drunk enough that she doesn't really need to pretend. She's all about not thinking and just letting her body guide her tonight.]

We should go see what your bedroom looks like.
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[personal profile] cheerleader 2022-08-15 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
[She barely lets him out of the car. But somehow they fumble their way inside, and they manage to fall onto the couch. Her hands touch him wherever they can reach, never staying anywhere for long. And their kisses are sloppy at this point, but are so heated she's sure he's seared onto her soul by the time one of them speaks.

It's Eddie that gets out words first. Of course it is. And she's stunned to stillness as he calls her beautiful. It's everything she's wanted to hear for so long now, but her head is swimming from the alcohol. Combine that with the way he's made her feel love drunk just from kissing and touching alone?

She's a mess. Instead of saying anything at first, she kisses him again, and then a few times more. Just because she can, and she doesn't know if she'll ever get to again.
]

I've been waiting since I was seventeen to hear you say that.

[She laughs at herself, because now that he is, she's still in a position where they can't be together easily. That concern is drowned out easily by the taste of him, her lips seeking his out once more. It's hard to get enough of him. She isn't sure she'll ever be able to.]

I can't believe we're doing this. Finally.
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[personal profile] cheerleader 2022-08-15 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh, there's no doubt that he's going to make it up to her. Her time being back with Jason means she's used to being fucked with little to no foreplay. He's only interested in getting off and rolling over. Eddie paying actual attention to her body is a shock. One that makes her desire for him run hot as her leg hitches up against him.

He's able to make her gasp and lowly groan, a sound she hasn't heard herself make in years. Cheeks flush as her back arches enough that she's sure it looks like she's desperate already. And maybe she is, because her hands slip down his exposed chest and along his stomach, before they impatiently reach his pants.

Drunk enough that it's a challenge, she fumbles with his belt before managing to get her hands on the button and zipper on his pants. She wants him so badly that she'll tear off his pants if she has to. But he definitely seems eager and just as needy as she is. The fact that alcohol is involved only makes them rush more than their horny state already demands. It's messy, but it's hot.

And she loves every second of it.

He's coaxed her nipple to a hard peak, and she curses low beneath her breath as she captures his lips in another kiss. It's open mouthed and sloppy, broken all too soon, although Chrissy doesn't let her head fall back against the couch right away. Instead their warm breaths mingle, the sound of their panting filling the room. Beneath them, the couch groans in protest at having to hold them up.

Chrissy laughs at the sound, her nose nudging against his cheek before she dips her head to work along his throat.
]

I should be the one making it up to you. I should've ended things with Jason before graduation.

[There's a lot of things they could have done. A lot they should have done, too. But things hadn't worked out that way. And she isn't sure she'd change that. Not if it's led to this moment.]
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[personal profile] cheerleader 2022-08-15 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[Neither of them have the patience to get undressed all the way. And she gets a thrill out of that, loves that he's able to feel how wet and ready she is for him. He teases at her, and she's highly responsive, hips rocking toward his hand as she sharply gasps his name. It feels fucking amazing, and she thinks she might whisper so to him. But it doesn't last long enough, and she's left whimpering as he pulls away to tend to his pants.

Somehow they manage to move together fluidly, Chrissy situated in his lap as she folds her legs the best she can to straddle him. Her panties are shoved aside, not removed. He pulls her down over him, and she shakily cries out as his cock first bottoms out within her. It's so good that she wants to draw this moment out for as long as possible. Her inner walls almost tighten around him in an attempt to keep him right where he is, but even her patience wears thin quickly and she doesn't wait for him to start guiding her before she takes to riding him.
]

Shit. [Her teeth bite at her lip as she doesn't work up to something, instead starting fast and hard. She rises up and quickly sinks back down over him, her breasts bouncing with the motion. She's only able to kiss him briefly like this, wet and messy each time.]

Fuck, Eddie. You're amazing. So good, baby.

[She doesn't mean to slip in the endearment. It just happens, without her even realizing she's done it.]
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[personal profile] cheerleader 2022-08-16 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
[She can feel him throbbing inside her, and even after her comes, she continues to ride him. Slowing to something that's more rocks and swivels of her hips, the combined sensation of being filled while his fingers work at her clit make her fall apart in hardly any time at all. His name is on her lips as she does, chest rapidly rising and falling as she pants to try and catch her breath.

Her hands slip into his hair, guiding him to tip his head so their foreheads can press together. Their heavy breaths mingle as they come down from their high together, and Chrissy's lips seek his out for a kiss that's far more tender and heartfelt than she has any right to enjoy.

She knows Jason is waiting for her at home. She knows this is technically wrong. But she refuses to regret any second of this, because she wants Eddie so badly. She has for so long now that she can only allow herself to enjoy this time with him. God help her, she wants it to happen again. And she thinks that it will, maybe when they're both sober and in better control of themselves
]

Baby girl, huh? [She softly teases, kissing him again.] I like that.

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