[ sorry, wolfman, your vampire doesn’t believe you. eddie makes a small sound, disbelieving, but doesn’t comment. steve's heart jumps when eddie broaches this concept of them.

eddie doesn’t know what they’re looking for as they walk, so he’s just a bundle of nervous energy beside steve as they explore. his eyes dart around and his grip on steve tightens too, knuckles already pale but would turn paler if they could with the strength of it. ] Jesus…

[ he stops suddenly, looks ahead and tilts his head. ] There’s a big group ahead of… I don’t know what. Most of them are freaked out, are people. I think. Their heartbeats don’t sound like yours.

[ which leads to two uncomfortable realizations that eddie can’t hear his own and, uh, he’s not sure he should go around people but he’s not hungry anymore right now. ]