Eddie and Columbia in the Snowfall AU lore dump!!!
I'm so hyped and someone put them right in my mind so YIPPEEEE!!!! Also imma be crazy sappy and then get SUPER angsty w this one LMAO
Columbia came lost to the castle first, looking for directions since she was lost. She fell under Frank's spell IMMEDIATELY. She was twenty, scared, and lonely and he was DEEPLY charismatic and had such a way with her!!! She wasn't from around here, since she was a groupie and, being one, had been following a band around and gotten lost in Denton!!! She lived in the castle from that night on!!!
She and Frank were an item from 6 months to a year, she became best friends with Riff Raff and Magenta during this process, who wished that she would understand that Frank was just using her. But to no avail!!!
She got that one slapped in her face when Frank spurned her for Eddie!!! She was heartbroken and miserable!!! She never even looked at Eddie!!! She couldn't bear to!!! Of course she would hear people talk about him, and think that she would like him a lot if only, but still!!!
Eddie had first come to the castle when his motorcycle had broken down and was searching for a phone!!! He was either 24 or 25 and his familial situation had been deeply strained, so he moved into the castle immediately that night, just like Columbia had when she first came!!!
Eddie took up a relationship with Frank that was happy at first, but it grew strained quicker than Columbia's did because he sensed that Frank didn't respect his career and wanted to shut him up all of the time!! Eddie felt like he was being told to live his life as invisibly as possible, and he did NOT like that!!! He was a rockstar for fuck's sake!!! Riff and Magenta bonded deeply with him and appreciated his art, but his boyfriend didn't and Eddie noticed that!!! He broke up with Frank after 6 months total!!! He kept living in the castle, though, and Frank let him because he was certain that he'd come back to him!!!
One of the habits Columbia fell into when she was trying to cope with her breakup was going to as many local concerts as she could, but she just couldn't feel the same spark that she used to!!! Obviously, she wouldn't go to the concert if she knew that Eddie was going to be singing in it, but she had no IDEA when he was the opening act at one!!! Columbia was struck when he started singing however by how truly genuine his songs sounded!!! They were true bangers- like, MASSIVE bangers and she felt that he truly meant every word that he sung!!! She started jamming out and the two of them made eye contact a few times during his numbers- well, progressively more eye contact as they started searching for each other more and more!!! Both of them had started thinking to themselves, It's crazy, but I think that if I got to know you, you might understand somehow.
After the show, Eddie and Columbia somehow found each other!!! They managed to go out to a bar and found a quiet corner where they talked about so much!!! They connected SO deeply over music and they danced so wildly!!!
Riff Raff and Magenta meanwhile realized that Columbia and Eddie had both been at concerts that night and had not come back for FAR longer than normal... they then began to panic as they realized that the two of them were 1000% at the same concert!!! They immediately assumed the worst and thought that the two were killing each other!!! They just started panicking and discussing what to do when Columbia and Eddie came back together, GENUINELY smiling for once!!!
They were both kind of nervous, but they both wound up individually talking to Riff and Mag!!! Both of whom thought to themselves, "Alright, I see what needs to be done here," and basically asked "are you gonna hit that?" to both of them and BAM! They spent that night together!!!
Frank was SO pissed!!! It was hilarious!!! Inevitably however, he did try to break them apart!!! It'd been a few months when he finally revealed Eddie's criminal history to Columbia, after digging up all of the evidence.
She went to him and asked him about all of it and he admitted to it!!! He apologized profusely for not telling her earlier, but he'd been trying so hard to build himself up again and he just thought that he could pretend it never happened, when he couldn't!!! She forgave him and then admitted that she'd been keeping an absolutely massive secret as well (those of you who've read a lot of Snowfall content know exactly where this is going lmao.) Eddie didn't know what to expect, but he did his best to prepare for it. She'd accepted him and he could accept her!
Nothing, however, could have prepared him for the sight of his girlfriend transforming into a mouse in a big pink cloud of smoke!!!
She transformed back almost immediately, explaining that she'd always been able to do it and she didn't know how or why! Her mother couldn't turn into a mouse and she'd never met her father! She didn't even know who he was or if he was still alive! Eddie embraced her and told her his own story!
His father had died in a car accident when he was VERY young! Too young to remember any more than images! His mother was kind and sweet and kind and loving, but she was WAY in over her head with him! He was a high maintenance kid and she was a young widow!! When he was a teenager, she was diagnosed with cancer and his uncle moved in to help care for them. He really was the only one able to stay calm and have enough emotional strength to take care of her. Eddie REALLY went off of the deep end at his mother's diagnosis, he was eventually expelled from school (the only pride he had was knowing that he was the glue that held Denton High School's band together and without him they were gonna bomb that performance that they'd been practicing for and they absolutely did) and he was arrested MULTIPLE times!
His mother was dying, and everyone liked to share rumors about his uncle that taught at his school. They all said he was a N@zi, and Eddie had always sensed that his Uncle Scotty had been hiding something important from him.
Eddie felt like he'd broken his mother's heart, and when he learned that he wasn't there for her when he lost her, he just couldn't come home!!
The two of them cried together that night and held each other SO tightly!!! They promised to ALWAYS be there for each other!!!
In other words Frank had just brought them closer together!!!
The years passed and the two of them got to know what family the other one had, and they were SO happy!!!
Three and a half years later, Eddie had the instantaneous epiphany that he absolutely NEEDED to put a ring on that woman!!! He'd decided that his life of crime was over, but he still unfortunately had no money!!! His response to the situation was to run to Riff Raff and Magenta, beg Magenta to have a girls day with Columbia, and then beg the local handyman in a very Parks and Rec inspired move to break something and melt it down to forge a gold ring for Columbia!!! A ring that she'd never want to take off again!!!
He proposed that very night and she ECSTATICALLY said yes!!! They both cried, Riff Raff and Magenta cried, and Frank cried tears of rage!!! Everyone else was so happy however that it didn't even matter for once!!! They were all indestructible!!!
They got married a week later when they'd both had a little bit of time to prepare!!! Riff Raff and Magenta were the witnesses and wore appropriate rock n roll colors and attire!!! Like, as formal and fancy as you can get while being in the right theme of a rock concert!!!
Eddie wore a black button up and SO much eyeshadow!!! Columbia wore a short white dress with SO much poof on it!!! She had a veil, but it never got unveiled since she wore it behind her in the first place!!! It was so long that it trailed to the ground!!! She wore LOTS of sparkly colorful jewelry!!! Instead of exchanging rings, they exchanged black leather jackets that they'd personally customized to fit each other's personalities!!!
When they got there, they, in very Parks and Rec fashion, requested the shortest ceremony possible!!! The first thing that the officiant said to him was "wait a minute, weren't you the guy from court who got arrested for getting in a street fight?" "Oh yeah! You were on the jury, weren't you? How've you been, man?" For Eddie, Columbia, Riff, and Mag, it was VERY amusing!!!
They decided to make a joke and not tell Scotty just to see how long it took for him to realize!!! The relationship was strained, but it was still there!!!
When Eddie picked up on the fact that his uncle was learning about the presence of the Transylvanians, though not that Eddie had been hanging out with them, he started to notice and question things. He watched the way his uncle seemed to know a bit too much about Transylvania- more than he did, even. He started to question things. Why did his Uncle Scotty mention a Frank over the phone? It could be anyone, but why did he ask if he brought servants with him and why was he so desperate to know what they looked like? Why was he angry when his colleagues didn't have the information? Why did the insanely well defined photograph of a young woman in his uncle's room look as if she were Transylvanian? Why did she look almost exactly like Riff Raff?
He put the thought out of his mind. It was too crazy.
But then he started to notice some more things. Evidence that predated his knowledge of any of this.
His uncle had always had a parent's tone with him. An experienced one. Like he'd done it before. Even when Eddie was a toddler. He'd never noticed it until now, but it was DEFINITELY present!!! And even more so, his uncle acted strangely traumatized whenever Eddie did something risky. His reaction was adequately scared, but also odd. And Eddie could never quite put his finger on what it was. Not until now did Eddie recognize that it was the reaction of someone who had lost someone too young before.
Eddie was dizzy. His head was spinning. He just couldn't stop thinking about it.
One night he and Columbia were talking about family, and he finally said, "I know what they all say about my uncle Scotty, and I know he's hiding something, but I don't know! He never raised me that way, he raised me to be kind and loving! I never told him I was into people of all genders but he knows that regardless and doesn't care! And I know. They all say it, they say he's done all of these things but I don't know!!!.... maybe not..."
Collie pressed him for more information but he couldn't bare to say any more that night. Too afraid of being an idiot who ruined his bonds by making connections he shouldn't make.
She never got the chance to press for more info, however, because the next day Frank beat his head with a rock and made it look like an accident.
When he came to, he was alone, and realized what Frank had done to him. He knew he might not get another chance, so, with the worst headache of his life, he took the blood on his forehead and used it to write a note to his uncle. He couldnt make it too obvious, because what if it were intercepted???
He was out of his head and he wrote as much! He didn't know if he would live, and when he said "they musn't carry out their evil deeds" he meant Frank and Frank alone!!! He signed the letter with "love" because he felt that he could truly say it this time. He could finally, truly say it with no risk.
He saw the mailman, thrust the note into his hands and told him the address. He threatened with his switchblade knife- he had to. That note HAD to get there!!!
He blacked out again afterwards, and when he woke up, he was in the freezer. He jumped out and started singing- what else was he supposed to do? There wasn't any other way to not fuck with the whole mood, and if he ruined the mood, Frank would kill him for good.
The only problem was his strategy took the attention away from Frank. And Frank didn't want that. At all.
Eddie saw that Frank was coming at him with a chainsaw and he tried to run. He saw that Riff Raff was running after Frank but he couldn't catch up. That damn hunch Frank made him wear slowed him down far too much
Eddie realized that he wasn't going to make it out of this and everything washed over him.
For a moment, he thought to himself, This isn't right! I'm only 29 years old! It can't be like this!
Then his gaze caught Columbia's and the most sickening thought in the world washed over him. He was going to be subjecting Columbia to the same fate as his mother. A widow at 25 years old.
And he couldn't bring himself to regret their time together. Not at all.
His only regret was what they wouldn't have. He would never see her overcome her fears of performing and show off her kickass voice. He thought of the band that they would never have. The children that they would never have. The way that they'd never be able to get rid of Frank and take Riff Raff and Magenta with them. Hell, maybe even go with them!
He'd never know if they were family. But then again, to him, they already were. No matter what the truth was, he loved them like it.
His last thought was one that he could never say out loud, not if he wanted to keep his love safe, but his last thought was a desperate plea to Scotty, Riff Raff, and Magenta
PROMISE ME! PROMISE ME THAT SHE WILL BE LOVED!
After his death, Columbia fell into a massive depression, but with the love of the others and for Eddie's sake, she pulled through!
Scotty found out that they got married when he noticed that Columbia legally owned all of his possessions. Columbia assured him that she found it hilarious that this was how he found out! And she promised that Eddie would have found it hilarious as well! Columbia and Scotty grew closer than ever and share Eddie stories ALL the time!
It was revealed that Eddie was absolutely right about everything, and that Riff Raff and Magenta's mother was still alive, and in fact the adopted daughter of Scotty.
Columbia revealed her secret that she can turn into a mouse to the others, started singing and performing live. She was brave enough to be herself and to show it!
Magenta organized a funeral for Eddie, obviously they didnt have a body, but they had pictures and love. During the setup, Columbia told Magenta about the conversation that she'd had with Eddie, and asked her if she thought that Eddie knew. Magenta told her that there was no way for anyone to know, and Columbia accepted that truth.
They all still miss him, and regret the life he'll never share with them, that he'll never know that Columbia had a long lost brother in Brad, but they're able to be happy again!!!
Once Riff Raff becomes king, he names a concert hall after Eddie, and Columbia performs there MANY times with a huge smile on her face!!! Eddie always knew it was in her!!!
Columbia was the one to give Riff Raff and his wife Cordelia's second child, Koketta, the nickname Ettie after Eddie! She had it ever since she was a baby, but turns out she's a music GENIUS!!! Columbia and Koketta have a special bond, and Columbia knows that Eddie would just adore her and the others!!! Whenever she watches her perform, she feels like the man Koketta was semi-named after is truly getting honored!!!
Columbia and Eddie love each other deeply, and they are both SO loved!
(Also Eddie is short for Edwin in my AU! I didn't know where to include that XD)