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Ever since that happened, he’s been more paranoid than he already previously was. And he knew that wasn’t good. But he also knew he couldn’t do much about it.
But when Dustin found out that happened, he tried to find Eddie as soon as he could. He even asked for help from Steve and Robin, and they didn’t mind that. Eddie means the whole world to him, and Eddie knew that too. Even though Dustin was one of the most stubborn teens Eddie knows, he still loved the kid and appreciated him.
Funny enough, Steve knew that little fact too.
He has known Dustin for multiple years now, and they met unplanned. Almost every time Steve meets Dustin is because they are going to hang out, or he needed to get picked up from Hellfire. He never stopped talking about how cool Eddie is, which did convince Steve a bit. What Steve didn’t know was that Dustin also talks about him most of the time to Eddie. He tells him how Steve isn’t the douche he was when he still went to Hawkins High school.
Eddie doesn’t fully believe the kid because he hasn’t seen the ex-jock in literal years. He does know that he regularly picks up the teens from Hellfire, but he never had enough courage to speak to the guy.
He really tries and genuinely wants to see if Steve’s actually a different and sweeter guy now, but he doesn’t want to take the risk. To realize that yes, Dustin isn’t lying and he isn’t the prejudice he still has about him in his mind.