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Eddie couldn't breathe around the panic rising in his throat, he paced around his trailer like a cage animal. He couldn't breathe, and he couldn't think, and he could barely even speak when he opened his mouth again. "Jay, what do you mean 'you're with child, Ed'?" he managed to choke out. "Because that can't mean what I think it means...that. Right?"
The look Jason was giving him was not at all reassuring. One part terrified, one part sheepish, twenty parts awed, and the rest was just sheer happiness that Eddie couldn't understand why. All Eddie could do was cringe.
He leaned against the kitchen counter feeling like he's gonna be sick, and instantly, the ex jock was at his side, guiding him to the couch, gently getting him to sit down, Eddie was shaking. "Eddie.."
"Jay, what did...Did you know this could happen?" He wasn't yelling. It had been a long time since there days of hating each other, and he definitely didn't want to start now, but it was a close thing.
"No! I promise you I didn't know it was possible," the ex jock replied vehemently, wide eyed as he got comfortable on the couch just enough to look Eddie in the eyes. "I would have never kept this from you not ever. This is a gift from god, Eddie. He made this possible for me, either as a sick joke or for all that we have done for Hawkins."
"If you say it's a gift from god one more time I'm gonna smack you I don't care that you're pregnant, if it is a gift from your precious god he can take it back for all I care!" Eddie yelled...and okay, maybe his promise to himself not to get angry hadn't lasted long, but he figured Jason would allow a ten second freak out, given everything.
Jason reeled back, he looked stunned and slightly hurt. "You...don't want her."
Eddie just blinked slowly, he was trying to process what just came out of Jason's mouth. He felt a warm wave roll through him that he tried hard to fight. "Her? How long have you know?" he said softly, despite himself.
The flush stole up Jason's neck, suffused his cheeks as he looked away briefly. "I...Perhaps I should have told you when I found out, but I was as scared as you, I just needed time for myself. You don't know how hard it was pushing myself over here to talk to you."
"How far along are you?" Eddie's voice was still quiet, almost a whisper, and his heart was racing, but this time it wasn't fear. It was more like hope.
"Five months," Jason replied, his voice was almost as soft as Eddie's. His eyes met Eddie's again, blue depths shining with passion and hope and a million other things that Eddie couldn't begin to take apart if he tried. "I was thinking about her name...I was thinking about naming her after your mother...Jean. In my thoughts she has your eyes, and dark hair and a smile that can change the world, and she would be ours, Eddie. We could be our own family."
And God help him, but Eddie was starting to see it as well. He wanted it, more than he'd ever wanted anything in his life before. He shakily gets closer to Jason and wrapped himself around him, burying his face in his shoulder.
"If we're gonna do, have this kid.." he mumbled, trying to keep his voice steady. "we need to probably think about getting a place of our own."
Jason quietly mumbled his agreement, and then they just held onto each other.