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There are three very important things to note that happened within the first second that passed after the nurse had said this and those things are:
1: Bev dropped her almost full coffee cup on the floor and it splattered everywhere
2: Richie choked on his coffee and spit it out immediately after right on Ben
3: (Y/N) and Mike shouted in unison “WHAT?!”
The second after this Bev kneeled down, trying to profusely clean all the coffee up, Richie kept coughing as Ben looked simultaneously disgusted and disappointed down at his now coffee stained shirt and (Y/N) and Mike just kept staring at the nurse in disbelief.
The nurse looked so unbelievably disappointed “Right. What should I tell her then?”
(Y/N) almost tripped over her own feet as she made her way to the nurse on the other side of the room “oh god I have no fucking idea, pardon my language but seriously i have no fucking clue.” The nurse stared at her with a bewildered and very confused look “right.” She began again “I’ll just go and talk to her myself then” she stated.
“NO!” (Y/N) grabbed the nurse “I mean-“ she let the nurse go again “let me talk to her, and Eddie- I mean, Mr. Kaspbrak isn’t awake yet is he?”
“no..” the nurse answered carefully “Great!” (Y/N) answered maybe a little too quickly “I mean, not great, of course it’s not good, I just-“
“It’s fine, I get it” the nurse rolled her eyes and left. The losers laughed as (Y/N) stood in the doorway embarrassed.
“So. I’m just gonna go talk to-“(Y/N) chuckled coldly “Mrs. Kaspbrak then.” She stepped into the corridor and soon realized all the losers were not far behind her. Barely far enough to avoid breathing into her neck. She stopped abruptly and all five of the others walked right into her. She cleared her throat.
“I’d appreciate you not breathing into my neck, we can all see Eddie’s wife okay” the losers nodded quickly “from a safe distance of course” Richie whispered and the rest snickered like little kids.
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They stopped right before the desk, behind a corner where they could lean over and try to get a glimpse of who it was that Eddie had married. (Y/N) looked first since she had led the group there. She leaned over and looked behind the corner, she quickly retreated.
“Holy fucking shit” she began “I can’t fucking believe this shit” she laughed in disbelief “he really did marry his mom, she looks fucking exactly like Sonia!!” She whispered. Richie practically threw himself over the corner to have a look, he quickly retreated as well.
“What in the actual fuck? You’re right.” He laughed “Freud would have a fucking field day” (Y/N) slapped him on the arm but wheezed of laughter nonetheless.
One after the other the losers popped their faces out and right back in again, one quicker than the other. They all had the same reaction and the same laughter of disbelief.
“Jesus fuck” said Bev.
“You think she acts like his mother too?” Said Mike and they all collectively shivered.
“Ugh god I hope not” (Y/N) sighed, she had just gotten away from her very similar situation. She did not need another.
“And you have to talk to her” Richie stated, pointing at her, the rest of the losers tried to hold back laughter “oh man I’m glad I’m not you right now” he continued. (Y/N) could only bury her face in her hands, she knew he was right but she was not looking forward to it.
She felt two warm arms wrapping around her and a tall body towering over her, it was Richie hugging her “just get her the fuck out of here okay” he whispered to her, like only she was supposed to hear, like it was secret between the two. It was strangely comforting. She wrapped her arms around him too and squeezed him maybe too tight before letting go, grabbing his face and yanking it down to her level. “Thank you.” She said swiftly, smiled, turned around and started walking towards Eddie’s wife.
Richie was so surprised by what she did that he almost didn’t comprehend that she had walked away, a blush arose on his cheeks and he smiled softly.
“Still crushing on her I see, even after 30 years? Impressive.” Bev had sneaked up behind him “oh shut up, like you’re not in the exact same position as I am in” he spat back and that did shut her up, they stood as two unmoving, blushing messes together now.
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Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfu- was all that was going through her head as she got closer and closer to Sonias blonde doppelgänger. The woman before her had still not spotted (Y/N) but just before she reached Eddie’s mom- I mean wife, she turned around abruptly.
“And you’re supposed to be?” She asked briskly. (Y/N) felt like she was about to get yelled at.
“I’m Dr. (Y/L/N), Mr. Kaspbraks main surgeon. And you are?” She would say she played dumb but at this point she almost didn’t believe this was Eddie’s wife.
“I’m Myra Kaspbrak, Edward’s wife.” Myra stated, almost angry “just let me see my husband already!”
“I’m afraid that’s not possible. Your husband-“ (Y/N) were pretty sure she just vomited in her mouth a little “is not awake yet and in absolutely no condition to have any guests.” She just needed to get Myra to leave, at least long enough for Eddie to get out of here.
“I just want to see my husband! I’m worried sick can’t you see?” Myra grew more frustrated.
“I’m sorry-“ (Y/N) stopped, maybe Eddie wanted to see his wife. Maybe it was a great marriage. He hadn’t really mentioned anything about his wife, was that a good thing or a bad thing? She actually had no idea.
“I’m clean! I know how to take care of my husband best! I have all his medicine, I have his asthma spray right here, he needs it. It’s a backup, it’s full! Just let me see him!” Myra demanded, pulling (Y/N) out of her thoughts. Nope, now she just sounded like Eddie’s mother. She had to physically hold herself back from rolling her eyes and instead cleared her throat.
“I’m afraid that’s not possible Mrs. Kaspbrak.” She said pointedly.
“I don’t like your tone” Myra said immediately and (Y/N) could feel her anger bubbling inside and with a strained smile she said “well then you can leave.”
Myra looked just like she was ready to slap her but a nurse interrupted the two. “Mr. Kaspbrak is awake now Doctor.” But before (Y/N) could react, Myra sprinted past her towards Eddie’s room.
“Does she even know what room he’s in?” (Y/N) panicked. The nurse shook her head but the woman at the desk said with a guilty voice “should I not have told her?”
“Oh fuck” (Y/N) groaned and ran after Myra.
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Eddie woke up with a terrible headache and a terrible pain coming from his chest, his breathing was uneven and felt strange in a way he couldn’t understand. He looked around carefully, his whole body ached when he moved it. He started thinking back to what had happened and when it came back to him the first thought that came to mind was
“Oh fuck am I dead?”
Fortunately before he got any further a nurse walked in.
“Oh god, you’re awake” she stated. “How are you feeling?” She sat down next to him.
“I’m okay? I think?” He said vaguely, she smiled.
“I’ll grab the doctor and she’ll explain everything to you, okay?”
“Okay.” He tried getting comfortable in the bed again as she left.
Next thing he knows, Myra is barging through the door screaming at the top of her lungs “EDWARD OH GOD HONEY I'VE BEEN SO WORRIED!!” She almost threw herself on top of him as she cried and cried and cried. It hurt, like a lot and he made it known.
She stood up and fumbled for a chair to sit down on as she kept crying and yelling at him for leaving and for being so reckless. She was already giving him a worse headache than he already had.
“Myra, please-“ he started but trailed off when (Y/N) ran into the room, and as their eyes met a wave of relief washed over her face visibly and Eddie felt the same way, they stood for a second smiling at each other until Myra continued screaming at Eddie for his recklessness.
“Mrs. Kaspbrak! I’m going to have to ask you to step away from my patient” she sounded so professional, Eddie thought but of course Myra refused.
“Look, I’m a professional here and for someone who seems to be so adamant about safety you sure are risking your husbands survival barging in here all contaminated with bacteria and viruses and diseases and who knows what things are on the furniture in that main room.” (Y/N) looked extremely serious
Myra actually didn’t have anything to say to that and instead nodded quickly and ran out, as if she was on her way to get decontaminated.
When she left and the door clicked shut (Y/N) and Eddie looked at each other again and tears started to well up in (Y/N)’s eyes, she ran to the side of the bed, standing over him now.
“How are you?” She asked softly, like anything could break him.
“I’m okay, I think, you didn’t actually mean all those bacteria things right?” Eddie worried, (Y/N) chuckled and shook her head. “Then please hug me” he fumbled out. She leaned down immediately and hugged him with the softest, yet most desperate hug he had ever received in his life. He appreciated it greatly since everything hurt. She raised herself slightly, her face hovering just above his, she was smiling at him and he smiled back.
“God I’m so fucking glad you’re alive” she leaned down again and kissed his forehead so softly he barely felt it.
“Me too” he said and smiled warmly at her. “What about the others, are they okay?” He asked, she nodded quickly and stood up completely now, he was almost sad about it.
“Anyways now I actually have to be your doctor” she said and chuckled.
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Myra had been forced out back into the waiting room by a couple of nurses and the rest of the losers had snuck into Eddie’s room with the help of (Y/N). They were all talking and laughing and just existing together with no threat of them being killed at any second. It was a long time ago since they had been like this. They talking about old memories and what they had done with their lives while they had been separated. Eddie, Bev and (Y/N) had had pretty similar lives, being passed from one controlling abuser to another and they realized neither were happy with the life they had been living. Bill and Mike were happy with their lives but wanted a change, both of them, they joked about moving in together but none of the others actually believed it was a joke. Ben and Richie were pretty successful and living the bachelor life, even though both of them would rather not be.
Ben and Bev had grown closer and it seemed difficult for either of them to leave the other's side. Bill and Mike seemed to have a never ending conversation with each other that needed attending and Richie and (Y/N) were sitting on either side of Eddie, holding each of his hands, carefully.
“I don’t want to go back to Myra after this” Eddie groaned. “Then don’t” Richie stated abruptly. “Did I say that out loud?” He asked sheepishly. They laughed.
“He has a point though.” (Y/N) began “I mean, I left Karl because I realized I didn’t love him.” Richie signaled for her to continue “-and because a realized he was an abusive asshole” he pumped his fist in the air in a silent victory, she chuckled. Eddie chuckled too.
“I don’t know man, it’s gonna be hard. I don’t think she’s gonna let me” Eddie stated “you know how difficult my mother was, she’s worse.”
“Worse? Are you fucking kidding me” Richie sighed “don’t worry, you have us now, stronger versions of us” (Y/N) picked up.
The three of them smiled at each other.
“But seriously” (Y/N) interrupted “I have nowhere to live” and as if Eddie remembered the same thing he said “shit, yeah me neither if I leave Myra”
“Come live with me” said Richie, as if it was the simplest thing in the world. Eddie and (Y/N) looked at eachother, then back to Richie.
“Yeah like I’d want to become your maid.” (Y/N) chuckled, Eddie agreed with a chuckle.
Richie noted two things from this, that 1: (Y/N) and Eddie would look hot as fuck in maid dresses and 2: that while (Y/N) had been joking, there was somewhat of a strain to Eddie’s laughter.
“Ha ha, very funny, my apartment is actually in a pretty decent state. I clean regularly, you know.” Richie stated proudly, the other two just broke down in laughter with a ‘yeah right’ each.
“I’m serious!” Rich interrupted them “move in with me! We always talked about becoming roommates when we were kids anyways” he continued.
The other two once again looked at each other, then back at Richie. Eddie looked very unsure, (Y/N) looked worried.
“Please. You guys have nowhere to live and I can pay all the rent and shit so money won’t be an issue here. It’s lonely out there and living with you two is gonna be like a sleepover every night!” At this, the two infront of Richie looked like they began to actually think about it.
“It’s a strict “no abusive asshole partners” policy in my apartment anyways” Richie said proudly and (Y/N) and Eddie chuckled.
“Yeah, okay. Why not?” (Y/N) laughed softly
“I don’t know Rich..” Eddie began but feeling the grip on his hands tighten from both sides he sighed and said “I guess it wouldn’t be worse than living with Myra.” Finally giving in.
The three of them looked at each other, smiles and faces warm all the same, giddy like children.