Joyce had taken Eddie in so to speak. She saw a lot of the rebelliousness in him that she had growing up and she actually knew his Uncle Wayne quite well. After he was hurt in the Upside Down she helped care for him. "Listen I know you don't want to be mothered but I don't think that you're quite ready to have so much activity yet. What if you end up rebreaking your ribs?" It had only been a month since his near death experience and she just wanted to make sure that he was alright.
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It was so weird to have someone take care of him like Joyce did. Not that Wayne wasn't a great caretaker but it felt different with Joyce. It felt like… it felt like he had a mom. She nagged like one and everything! Eddie was too excited about being nagged.
"A month, Mrs. Byers." He still didn't call her Joyce. "I've been useless for a month." Practically bedridden. He could feel himself getting weaker by the day. He needed to get up and be more active because when Vecna was ready to fight, Eddie wanted to be there. Eddie had to be there. For Chrissy, for Max, for himself. "Need to get in shape to kick Vecna's ass."
"I promise I won't break a rib helping you clean up." Eddie took the broom from Joyce's hands and did one sweep before playfully grabbing his rib and gasping, just to mess with her.











