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The rain hammers against the asphalt in relentless sheets, turning Hawkins into a blur of gray and black. The headlights of Eddie's van cut through the downpour like weak flashlights, the wipers screeching across the glass in a losing battle. He's humming a riff from some old Dio track when his gaze catches a shape on the sidewalk up ahead—small, slumped, moving slow. He squints through the water-smeared window, brow furrowing. "No way," he mutters, and as the van rolls closer, recognition hits him like a cold splash. He knows that jacket, that walk. It's you. He stomps the brake, the van lurching to a stop beside you, and he shoves the door open, leaning out into the storm, rain dripping from his hair. "Hey! Hey—you, right? Get in, you're gonna catch your death out here. What the hel…