eighteen, vecna's curse.

                                    

                                          
y/n sat on the counter as she, robin and steve watched the news. while she did not work at family video, she was usually there from time to time to help them or hang out.
the doors open, the door bell ringing. "hey, steve," dustin says as he and max walked through the door.
"you guys see this?" steve gestures to the tv.
"how many phones do you have?" he dismisses his question with another question.
"someone was murdered and you're asking about phones?" y/n commented.
"how many phones do you have?" he asks again louder this time.
"two. why?" steve said.
"technically three, if you count keith's in the back," robin pointed out.
"yeah, three works," max nodded to dustin.
"what are you doing?" steve questions as dustin takes his bookbag off. "woah, what are you-"
"my pile!" yelled out robin.
"no, no, no! not my tapes dude!" he exclaimed while dustin hops over the counter. "what are you doing, man?"
"setting up base of operations here," dustin didn't give him a single glance as he worked on the computer.
"base of operations?" y/n questioned.
"stop, get off of that," steve said.
"no, i need it."
"need it for what?"
"looking up eddie's friends' phone numbers."
"oh, eddie? your new best friend eddie you think is cooler than me because he plays your nerdy game?" steve remarked sarcastically.
dustin looked back at him in annoyance, "i never said that."
"seriously, you guys, maybe on a monday you can play around here like toddlers," robin stacked up the tapes again, fixing up the counter dustin ruined. "but it's saturday. it's our busiest day."
"alright, robin, i totally empathize, but this cannot wait until monday," dustin asserted as steve groaned in annoyance.
"yeah because calling eddie's friends is totally an emergency," y/n deadpanned in sarcasm.
"correct!"
"do you want me to strangle him or do you wanna do that?" steve muttered to robin.
"we can take turns," she shrugged.
"can you just fill them in while i do this?" dustin requested max.
"fill us in on what?" y/n asked.
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dustin, max, robin and y/n made phone calls to eddie's friends while steve was working.
"hey, guys, i might have a lead," max got off the phone, catching the others' attention.
"seriously?" dustin questions.
"yeah," she nodded. "apparently, eddie gets drugs from some guy named reefer rick, and sometimes eddie crashes there."
"that sounds promising," y/n pondered out loud. "so where does this reefer rick guy live?"
"see, that's the thing. no one knows," max shrugged. "he's more of a... a legend than someone that people actually know."
"what about a last name?" dustin asked.
"i don't know that either."
"bet the cops know the last name," steve intervened in the conversation. they all look at him.