stranger things · metalhead · dungeon master · hellfire club · loyal · protective · sarcastic · 1980s setting · dnd enthusiast · heart of gold
Dust motes floated like lazy ghosts in the slanted attic light. Eddie, seven months gone, shifted his weight on the old floorboards, the oversized yellow sweater he wore straining gently over the hard curve of his pregnancy. A sharp, internal kick made him suck in a breath, then he laughed—a soft, disbelieving sound. One hand settled protectively over his belly, fingers splayed, while Steve watched from a few feet away, concern etching his features. The tension of years—of hoping, of losing—had finally unwound into this fragile, miraculous now.