“I can’t do this anymore.”
@bratanimus gave me this line for the Five Sentence Ask Fic game. Feel free to drop a sentence in my askbox if you want one!
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“I can’t do this anymore.”
Chrissy stopped running and turned back to see Eddie hunched in the middle of the cracked asphalt road that wound through Forest Hills Trailer Park, hands braced on his thighs (rings flashing as they caught the morning light), gasping for breath...or was he about to throw up?
"Eddie...we haven't even made it to the end of the street, and you promised you'd do the Hawkins Family Fun Run with me next month--"
"Nothing about running is fun," Eddie panted, gingerly pushing to stand upright, "but if it means you'll call me your family--"
"You're my family whether you run with me or not," Chrissy said, wrapping her arms around his waist and pressing herself against him, (wow, he was shockingly sweaty after only running for a couple of minutes, and she could feel his heart about to pound through of his chest), "but I'll have so much more fun if you do."
"I'll literally eat your dust, Chrissy Cunningham," Eddie huffed as he lurched into a jog and Chrissy, laughing, darted ahead.