[ Eddie gives a curt nod at that. He doesn't know if he'll ever feel like it, but maybe one day he'll open up that box and revisit it. For now, though, he'll let go of the grief, push it out of the way until he's more prepared to dealt with it. ]

Yeah, I know. Just feels like. I don't know, I barely knew the girl. Seems silly to be so messed up by it. [ Then again, it's a very special brand of trauma and grief, combining to make it impossible to move forward.

Hell, maybe that's what contributed to this whole thing with Steve no showing. He takes the offered cigarette and grabs a lighter off the coffee table to light it up. After the the first puff, he glances to Josh and gives a shrug. ]

I dunno, might see about actually getting a job in this hellhole. [ Because if it does work out for him and Steve, then he'll have a reason to stick around Hawkins a little while longer. But he can't just keep selling weed to high school students forever; the money just isn't enough these days. ]