Joseph Quinn and characters imagines

ballerina - e.m

"mind if i watch? it's very fascinating" he asked, walking to sit down. he sat down behind you, leaning his body against the wall as he got into a comfortable position on the floor. "be my guest. it'll be nice to get some critiques, you mind pressing play when i get into position?" you replied, smiling at him. he nodded his head and you brought the boombox closer to him so he didn't have to move from where he was. you walked to the middle of the room and got into the start position, closing your eyes and taking a deep breath before you head the music start.

you started doing the routine, not thinking about anything but focusing on the music. Eddie watched as you danced around the room with a wide smile on his face, taking in everything about you as the music filled the room. you looked beautiful. your whole persona was filled with elegance and beauty, kindness just radiated off of you. he'd never seen anything like it before in his life. your dancing almost brought tears to his eyes with how elegantly you moved. once the routine finished he clapped his hands and cheered for you.

you stopped for a moment, letting yourself catch your breath before looking at him. "you did it y/n" he said, his smile widening as you walked to him and sat down, leaning your head against the wall. you were knackered. doing the routine multiple times had tired you out. you didn't even realise it but you allowed your head to fall and rest on Eddie's shoulder. "i did? wow, i didn't even realise" you said, smiling back at him. his words had encouraged you enough to actually do the whole routine without messing up.

you guys sat there in silence for a while, the tiredness overtaking you. you, luckily, only had 2 lessons left, meaning two hours till you could go home and relax. you stood up from the floor and walked to your bag, grabbing your joggers and untied your skirt. Eddie watched as you got changed into your comfy clothes, he was looking at you with so much love, he didn't even know what to do with himself. you slipped off your ballet shoes and slipped on your socks and uggs, hearing the bell ring for next lesson.

Eddie got up from the floor, ready to walk out and go to Ms. O'Donnell's class. you picked up your bag, knowing you should definitely say something to him. you coughed and finally spoke up just before he was about to leave the room. "Eddie" you said, making him stop in his tracks and turn back to you, a confused look on his face. "i- uhh, thank you for today, i really appreciate it" you said, giving him a shy smile, a bright red blush forming on your cheeks as you spoke. "no worries sweetheart, you were amazing. we all need a little encouragement sometimes." he said, giving you a smile back.

"something about you interests me y/n. i can't put my finger on it but it's just something about you" he said, he was definitely flirting with you. you opened your mouth to speak but nothing came out. it was like you'd just randomly lost your voice. Eddie saw the effect that had on you and smirked. he turned to walk away again but you stopped him again. "wait Eddie. would you like to come on Saturday?" you said, he looked confused again. "t-to the competition i'm going to? my dad can't make it and my mum has his ticket." you stuttered, great, making your nervousness known to him now.

he was silent. that was not like him.  you hated the silence so you quickly spoke up, the rejection embarrassment creeping up on you "it's okay if you-" "i'll come" he interrupted you, seeing the nervousness on your face. "where is it?" he continued. "it's just outside of Hawkins. we have to drive there in the morning. why don't you come to mine and my mum can drive us? it may be easier and it saves your petrol" you said, finally gaining a bit of confidence. "see you on Saturday then sweetheart" he said, leaving you in the practice room, stunned. that boy made your stomach fill with butterflies. Eddie walked out of the room down the corridor, a deep blush on his cheeks. he saw Gareth and Jeff at his locker, obviously waiting for him.

they saw the blush on his face and both smirked. "what's got you all heated?" Gareth said, laughing at him. "shut up" Eddie said, trying his best to stay calm. "did you see y/n? is that why you're blushing?" Jeff said, teasing Eddie which made him blush more, making the two of them laugh as they all started heading to class. he was silent for a bit as they walked but spoke up when Jeff was talking about the weekend. "so we still up for Saturday then?" Jeff said, looking at both boys as they walked. Gareth agreed but Eddie didn't. "nah sorry i can't, i'm going out with a friend" Eddie said, making both boys look at him, confused looks on their faces.

"what friend?" Gareth said, making Eddie smirk. "y/n. 'm going to see her in a competition on Saturday. she invited me" he said, feeling happiness surge through his body as he spoke about you. the boys looked gobsmacked as he said those words, they obviously didn't believe him. the queen of Hawkins asking out the freak. they didn't see their friend as a freak but to everyone else he was the freak of Hawkins. he saw their faces and spoke up again. "don't believe me, ask her yourself" he said, smirk growing as he walked away from the two of them and took his seat at the back of Ms. O'Donnell's classroom. the boys were stunned but Eddie didn't care, he would never miss that for the world.