(I like that you care so much. It's one of the things I like best about you. Those words bleed out over all the rest of them and Eddie completely forgets what he was so mad about in the first place, why he had been hurt. He just stares at his device instead, feeling his face steadily burning brighter and brighter. Eventually, he puts his head down and crushes the device against his chest.
Eddie knows he has to respond, so he neatly but hastily scraps himself back together into an oriented state of mind. God. No one ever...Eddie was far too used to being told his emotions were too much all of the time. That boys shouldn't be like that, that he needed to calm down. Which sometimes he definitely did. But sometimes he was only worked up because he was genuinely upset about something, and no one liked their genuine upset to be dismissed.
And Eddie didn't really feel dismissed at all. Before he had, certainly, but with this reply? No.
The funny thing was he had never once stopped to think that Jake was afraid of monsters too. Jake just seemed so much bigger and braver than Eddie himself. Jake gets nightmares too. He knew Jake had fears himself, but to think that the Sound Eaters had been haunting him... Eddie felt like IT was such an immense fear in his life, so dominating that he didn't really feel as scared of other monsters...There was a lot to address.)
A lot happened all at once. When you have people getting into places of power and then people asking that people come forward to register it's gonna work up a lot of people. I don't think anyone can be that surprised.
I'm sorry, Jake. I swear it's not that I don't agree with you. It's not as simple for me as it is for you. You make my fear of that seem small and silly in comparison, but I'm
Adults are the worst monsters I've ever known. Worse than IT. Worse than Sound Eaters. It's a lot harder for me to casually accept that kind of thing. I'm used to relying on myself and my friends. We've talked about a lot of things but I guess we've never really talked about that. So that's not your fault.
But I like that a lot about you. I know I'm scared...but I like that you want to try and help other people even if there are risks. You're so good.
I'm sorry though. I never thought you'd be scared of them and I don't know why. If it makes you feel safer to do this, then I understand. I'm not sorry I yelled at this guy for your sake, but I'm sorry I didn't consider your feelings more.
You're important too. Really important, and you're one of my best friends ever too.
We're okay. I'm not mad anymore.
(Yeah no blockade to worry about anymore. Moment Jake's home he's gonna get an armful of Eddie Kaspbrak thrown on him. It's gonna be a sleepover night, buddy.)
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Eddie knows he has to respond, so he neatly but hastily scraps himself back together into an oriented state of mind. God. No one ever...Eddie was far too used to being told his emotions were too much all of the time. That boys shouldn't be like that, that he needed to calm down. Which sometimes he definitely did. But sometimes he was only worked up because he was genuinely upset about something, and no one liked their genuine upset to be dismissed.
And Eddie didn't really feel dismissed at all. Before he had, certainly, but with this reply? No.
The funny thing was he had never once stopped to think that Jake was afraid of monsters too. Jake just seemed so much bigger and braver than Eddie himself. Jake gets nightmares too. He knew Jake had fears himself, but to think that the Sound Eaters had been haunting him... Eddie felt like IT was such an immense fear in his life, so dominating that he didn't really feel as scared of other monsters...There was a lot to address.)
A lot happened all at once. When you have people getting into places of power and then people asking that people come forward to register it's gonna work up a lot of people. I don't think anyone can be that surprised.
I'm sorry, Jake. I swear it's not that I don't agree with you. It's not as simple for me as it is for you. You make my fear of that seem small and silly in comparison, but I'm
Adults are the worst monsters I've ever known. Worse than IT. Worse than Sound Eaters. It's a lot harder for me to casually accept that kind of thing. I'm used to relying on myself and my friends. We've talked about a lot of things but I guess we've never really talked about that. So that's not your fault.
But I like that a lot about you. I know I'm scared...but I like that you want to try and help other people even if there are risks. You're so good.
I'm sorry though. I never thought you'd be scared of them and I don't know why. If it makes you feel safer to do this, then I understand. I'm not sorry I yelled at this guy for your sake, but I'm sorry I didn't consider your feelings more.
You're important too. Really important, and you're one of my best friends ever too.
We're okay. I'm not mad anymore.
(Yeah no blockade to worry about anymore. Moment Jake's home he's gonna get an armful of Eddie Kaspbrak thrown on him. It's gonna be a sleepover night, buddy.)