#Nada Surf

[mayaluvzyou]

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Eddie Munson x Cheerleader!reader

Warnings: Swearing, abusive relationship, subtle mentions of sexual assault, angst, kinda slow burn, pining, drug usage, f!reader, eventual smut, use of Y/N.

w.c: 1.8k

A/N: IT'S FINALLY HERE!! I know that the song came out in the 90s, but I love it so much and the lyrics are just so fanfic worthy. Btw this takes place in 1989 purely because I want it to. Also, this will have multiple parts !!!

I know this is kinda rushed but we're going to pretend it's not ♥️

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Today was the day. You had put off breaking up with your shitty boyfriend, Jason, for weeks now. If you had been dating anyone else, you wouldn't have hesitated to speak up about the issue. But, this was Jason Carver you were talking about. The school's most popular douchebag.

Everyone was almost always jealous of you for being Jason's girlfriend. Practically the whole school of Hawkins High was drooling over him, so, naturally they'd envy you.

You walked towards the cafeteria in a more stiff manner than usual. Could anyone blame you? No way. You were about three and a half minutes away from being the center of a new wave of drama, therefore you had more than enough reasons to be scared.

Taking a breath deeper than it should've been, you strutted into the cafeteria with the most faux confidence known to man- or to you, at least. Though nobody could tell you were feigning aplomb, it felt like you wanted to run out of there and shrivel up somewhere quiet.

You didn't feel like eating, so, it wasn't a surprise when you sat down at your usual table with no tray or lunchbox. Nobody seemed to notice. Jason certainly didn't.

Mere seconds after sitting down next to him, he uncomfortably snaked an arm around your waist with a smirk. He always did this. It was nice the first few times, but it didn't take long to get weird. It definitely was not as nice anymore. The two of you always sat at the head of the table, having nobody else directly next to either of you. This constantly gave Jason advantages, advantages you didn't like at all. One time, he made an attempt at touching you from under the table that was far from indisputable. The worst part was that you couldn't say anything about it. That was unless you wanted to end up bruised again.

Shuddering at the horrid memory, Jason started to speak, his hand now rubbing your side a little.

"Hey, babe, I was thinking of hosting another party at my place. You in?" He questioned, that disgustingly familiar smirk still plastered on his face.

"I- uhm..." You stuttered, unsure of how to go about this without the whole table hearing and going into a fit of whispers. "Just- c'mere- for a moment.." The tone you spoke in was unintentionally soft. There was no way in hell you'd ever raise your voice at him.

Pulling Jason along with you, you walked back out to the lockers closest to the entryway of the cafeteria, making sure there were little to no students roaming the halls for fear of them overhearing. "Jason, I just... I've been thinking," you took a shaky breath.

"I don't really think that this is.. that this is working out." You had never averted your gaze quicker in your life.

"Wha-" he paused, letting out an amused chuckle. "What do you mean, baby?" His smile was very slowly fading. He knew what you meant. No doubt about it. He just wanted to truly hear it from you.

"I mean I think we should, y'know, leave it here." The way you avoided the words 'break' and 'up' was so undeniably obvious- to both you and him.

"You're saying we should break up? Is that it?" Jason's smile had fully gone away, now replaced with a nasty scowl that made your heart rate increase. "You're saying you wanna leave me for some other dickhead?" With a snarling tone, his words soon became more rhetorical than ever as he shoved you into a cold, metallic locker behind you.

You gasped and winced at the aggression, though it was far from something new. "Jason, please! This is exactly why I'm saying this!" You retored, tears stinging and bubbling in your eyes.

"You know I'm the best you've ever had- and don't try and lie to me like you won't be choking on some other guys dick tomorrow!" Jason snapped back, the words hitting you like a ton of bricks. You wouldn't consider yourself a prude, but sex wasn't a frequent thing for you. It was almost entirely his fault that you knew as much as you did about it.

"Jesus fucking Christ- this is your problem!" You snapped back at your now ex-boyfriend.

"You get all pissed off when things don't go your way and blame it on anyone else but yourself! Just.. Just fuck off!" That was it. The first and most likely last time you had ever bitten back at him.

His immediate change from anger to both shock and fury in expression was enough. You ran off down the hallway before he could say anything more, tears burning and blurring your vision as they streamed down your flushed cheeks in warm lines.

You dashed down the hallway in uneven and uncoordinated steps, quickly barging into the closest bathroom you could find.

The door squeaked a little as it opened and closed. You went directly into the nearest stall, locking yourself in there for god knows how long.

Sinking down against the wall of the cramped bathroom stall, the overwhelming wave of emotion got the best of you. Nothing could stop the fact that you were full on sobbing at this point with zero care if anyone heard you.

It'd been five minutes. Five minutes of wholeheartedly crying your eyes out. That was up until you heard a familiar squeak. The bathroom door.

Shit.

"Hey, uhh.. R'you alright?" They asked, the only thing unusual about it was the fact that it was clearly a male student speaking. A male student. Why would a guy be in the girls bathroom?

You scrambled to wipe your tears and silence your whimpers, but it was too late. Someone had obviously heard you.

"Sh-shit.. Yeah, m'fine.." You somehow managed to mumble out in a small voice, just barely above a whisper.

There was a moment of silence. It seemed like he realized something too, though neither of you thought to mentioned anything about it.

Your eyes fought to find a semipermanent spot to rest for the awkwardly quiet conversation. They eventually landed on the pair of scuffed, white, Reebok sneakers creeping towards the bathroom stall you'd secluded yourself in. The shoes stopped moving about a foot away from the door.

"Can I, y'know, come in?- Or open the door, I guess?" The unknown student questioned, his tone uncertain whether or not it was a normal thing to ask.

The more he spoke, the more you felt as if you knew this boy. Since you didn't recognize his voice right off the bat, it was evident that you two didn't know each other too well.

"Uhm... I guess so.." You answered, the same level of uncertainty in your voice. With that, the door opened slowly, the anticipation to find out who this mystery student was becoming worse. Lo and behold, the schools freak stood towering over your body that was currently shriveled up in the dirty corner.

There was a subtle sense of recognition in his confused gaze. Did he know you or something? Of course he knew you. Everyone did. You aren't exactly a secret after being a school's most popular cheerleader.

"y/n..?" The boy spoke again, more confusion flooding into his single word than before he'd unmasked you. Everyone in the school thought you were perfect, not a single flaw in your soul. So, imagine the surprise of seeing you, crumpled up like a discarded note in the corner of a bathroom stall. Not exactly ideal.

You couldn't say anything. There was nothing to say. The most you could do was peer up at him with red, glossy eyes and mascara stains all down your flushed cheeks, limbs uncomfortably scrunched together.

"There is- so much to unpack here," Eddie stumbled on his words, eyes searching around frantically to no specific destination. "Shit.." His mind was running a mile a minute to think of something- anything to say.

"What're you," he took a breath, eye narrowing. "What're you doin' in the guys bathroom..?"

Your eyes went wide. As if this wasn't already an atrociously awkward and embarrassing interaction, he had to go and ruin it even more. He was unmistakably horrible at comforting people.

"Fuck!" You gave up, too much was happening in too little time. You let your head drop into your knees with another sob of more emotions than you could comprehend, and Eddie couldn't do much but watch your entire breakdown, making things about a million times worse.

Suddenly, Eddie acted on impulse, dropping to his knees to make somewhat of an attempt at helping you.

"Hey, hey, hey, it's okay." His hands twitched with hesitancy, hovering above your shoulders. Should he touch you? Could he touch you? What even happened? Hundreds of thoughts flooded his mind as he stayed there, unable to do much but stare at the way you crumbled into a shaking mess of tears.

Throwing all caution into the wind, he placed his ringed hands on your shoulders and just kept them there, hoping that would do at least a little good in trying to calm you down.

"y/n, look at me." His tone was gentle. The care in his voice clashed with his intimidating appearance. A lot.

Inhaling a shaky breath, you looked up at him with puffy eyes and trembling lips.

"D'you wanna tell me what happened?" Your brain went haywire at the simple question, but you did the best you could at remaining physically (somewhat) calm.

Wiping your stinging tears with the sleeve of your cardigan, you nodded softly. "Just- please don't tell anyone. I don't need everyone in the school to be talking about me."

"Pinky swear." He stated genuinely, holding out his pinky finger to you. The child-like way of promise made you chuckle just a little bit.

You took a breath to recollect yourself before speaking.

"I broke up with Jason."

"Holy fuck."

"I know- I don't.." You sniffled, reddened eyes filling up with water for what felt like the millionth time in the past fifteen minutes. "I don't know what to do, because I know for a f-fact he's gonna start some stupid rumor about how we broke up."

"Like what?" Oblivious to how insensitive that may have sounded considering the current circumstances, Eddie couldn't help but wonder what kind of shitty things the blonde jock would conjure up as a way of dramatic retaliation.

That was a low blow, even for the school's freak. At least that's what you thought.

Looking up at him with wet eyes and a look of disappointment, he immediately took back his previous question, scooting backward to give you a little space.

"Right. Sorry.." Eddie muttered an apology awkwardly, nothing but the chatter of students leaving the cafeteria heard between the two of you.

It took Eddie a minute-- or six-- but, he managed to think of something that he thought would help lighten the mood of the saddened cheerleader before him.

"How about we skip next period? Have a little fun, yeah?"

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This is such a short fic but wtv

I hope it was kinda enjoyable anyway 🫶

#Spotify #eddie munson x reader #stranger things #nada surf #eddie munson x cheerleader!reader #fuck jason carver #eddie munson #eddie munson fanfic #eddie munson fluff

[batgirlsay]

Bodyguard Tempting Fate

Obiyuki Trope Madness 2024 Playlist for Bodyguard Crush

Another early Obi playlist using the most broadly themed trope, so I could include some songs I’ve been wanting to use for a while! Most songs have some common themes from previous playlists (arrows, snow, green vs. gold) but I had a difficult time naming this playlist before noticing the lyric “troublemaker tempting fate” from the Nada Surf song.

Bodyguard Tempting Fate

An Arrow in the Wall- Death Cab for Cutie Acrid- The Beths Troublemaker- Nada Surf Bite The Hand- boygenius Whose Authority- Nada Surf The State of Gold, Pt. 1- Matt Pond PA Bring You Down- The Dear Hunter Green Eyes, Red Face- Lucy Dacus Copper Mine- Matt Pond PA

Summary lyrics are cited after the cut:

An Arrow in the Wall- Death Cab for Cutie

My heart runs on gasoline vapors The thousand drums waking up the neighbors But I can feel the fissures in the freeways The rusted steel, deception in the handshakes

An arrow in the wall Take it as a warning That you are gonna fall Even if you're soaring

There's more than one way to get your freedom

Acrid- The Beths

Acrid, the smell of burning rubber is a daily feature When I throw myself into reverse Check out of my surroundings Backing up so blindly, my back to the universe

Like a ship out of commission Like an arrow always missing

I'm trying to lie like a pro And I know it looks easy from the outside But it's hard to hold your brow just so

Like a record slowly twisting Like an arrow always missing I'm always whistling by But it's you I want to run into Tragic, the messages I send my mind post-midnight Are showing seen but no reply So I mash the keys a million times for a million years And maybe by chance I'll say it right Closing in on your middle distance Filling quivers with ammunition But I'm always missing you

I want to run into you Like a light burning bright in your hard heart I won't make a sound when I go dark Can you see me through

Troublemaker- Nada Surf

Why do I feel bad again? I shouldn't be sad or miss a grin Doubt creeps in and doubt creeps out Skews the view from my cloud

Troublemaker tempting fate Questioning the path I take Showing me the twists and turns The forks and points of no return

Every day I choose to spend the rest of my life with her And every day I break the molds of lives and worlds I already miss the things that I will never know I will never know the things that I've already missed

Bite The Hand- boygenius

I can't hear you, you're too far away I can't see you, the light is in my face I can't touch you, I wouldn't if I could

Here's the best part distilled for you But you want what I can't give to you Your hands are gravity while my hands are tied I can't love you how you want me to

Whose Authority- Nada Surf

I walk like you guide me, my eyes Are shut like I'm blind Turn to you and listening and tryin' To be in your mind

Surprised in translation World without end

How do you stay where You most want to be? Where'd you get the patience Did it come easily?

On whose authority I have none over me 

The State of Gold, Pt. 1- Matt Pond PA

I might have a drink to be myself I hope nobody notices tonight what it takes to be real To truly keep this lamppost standing

I don’t care if anyone carries me I don’t care if anyone drops me Cause I know how to be alone At least I’ve learned how to be alone

We might have to fight to get out That’s the way I picture almost every night below stars Below the crown of heaven

All I care about is your sentences And all the secrets you left down in them There’s so much we’ll never know All the vastness in the word hello

There's more than one way to live There's more than one way to love There's more than one way to give I won't stop climbing to the state of gold

In the ether above our reach is the state of gold worth believing in

Bring You Down- The Dear Hunter

You took me by surprise A stranger through my eager eyes

I tried so hard to hide The cynic in me far from sight But moments still arise when My flaws get the best of me

So don't let me bring you down No, don't let me bring you down

Green Eyes, Red Face- Lucy Dacus

Slow dancing At low tide Drawn to move By the moon

And I see the seat next to yours is unoccupied And I was wondering if you'd let me come and sit by your side And I got plenty of affection I'll be glad to show you some time

What am I supposed to do With you in the room? What am I supposed to say With your green eyes on my red face?

Copper Mine- Matt Pond PA

When it snows from above the towers The ground stays still - it can't get away Clothe the roofs hour after hour

With this ease ignore the obvious Heard the cold lost all its power If we go let's go away

#obiyukimadness24 #akagami no shirayukihime #snow white with the red hair #obiyuki #playlist #been waiting forever to use the arrow songs! #but moar matt pond as always #death cab for cutie #nada surf #the beths #matt pond pa #boygenius #lucy dacus #the dear hunter

[thekylemeredith]

My guest tonight is #JoeKeery to talk about Djo, #StrangerThings5, Fargo, & Marmalade!

San Fermin & Dizzy also drop by + I'll spin favs from Sonic Youth, Nada Surf, and the #PracticalMagic soundtrack.

6p ET on 91.9 WFPK

#joe keery #djo #stranger things #stranger things 5 #fargo #sonic youth #nada surf #practical magic #soundtrack #movie

[avoidantrecovery]

#nada surf #popular #radio #Spotify

[standingontheoverpassscreaming]

🎶 to make a mountain of your life is just a choice.

but I never learned enough to listen to the voice that told me,

“always love, hate will get you everytime.” 🎶

#personal #always love #nada surf #Spotify

[punkrockmixtapes]

Nada Surf - Happy Kid

I'm just a happy kid

Stuck with the heart of a sad punk

#nada surf #happy kid #Youtube

[dinosaursr66]

Words to live by. Saw this great band at SXSW. Love them.

SONG OF THE DAY - Sunday, March 24, 2024

#song of the day #nada surf #always love #Youtube

[omegaremix]

Omega Radio for March 14, 2015; #79.

Protomartyr “French Poet”

BI “Tuf Jak”

Corin Tucker Band “I Don’t Wanna Go”

Notekillers “Airport”

Ex Cops “Black Soap”

Shirks, The “Prostitution Summer”

Exhaustion “Silver Fog”

Japanther “1-10″

Chastity Belt “Time To Go Home”

Bratmobile “Love Thing”

Nada Surf “Hyperspace”

Thee Oh Sees “Ruby Go Home”

Vehicle Blues “Changer”

Advaeta “Gold Thought Exit”

Helms Alee “Betwixt”

Eternal Summers “Deep End”

Veda Rays, The “This Time Tomorrow”

Cayetana “Scott Get The Van, I’m Moving”

Freshkills “Caroline”

Leather Towel “Nacho Chips”

Naomi Punk “Where We All Come From”

Big Deal “PG”

Dumbs “Wisla Beach”

Heavens To Betsy “Axemen”

Rocketnumbernine “Slide”

Young Prisms “Four Hours (Away)

Dunes “Minnow & The Machine”

Psycho Surgeons “Wild Weekend”

Sharkmuffin “Foul Play”

Novella “Land Gone”

Erase Errata “Marathon”

Buffalo Tom “Late At Night”

Megacools, The “God Vs. Drugs”

Honeyblood “Super Rat”

Emily’s Sassy Lime “Mr. Moneybag$”

La Sera “Break My Heart”

Skinny Girl Diet “Dimethyltryptamine (DMT)”

Spectres “Sink”

Deluxe broadcast on Pi Day; garage, noise rock, indie, and top shelf.

#music #omega #playlists #mixtapes #garaage #noise rock #indie #hipster #La Sera #Honeyblood #Erase Errata #Heavens To Betsy #Naomi Punk #Thee Oh Sees #Nada Surf #Bratmobile #Corin Tucker Band #Protomartyr

[confide-in-me]

nada surf - popular (1996)

#nada surf #popular #90s #1990s #grunge #indie #rock #single

[rastronomicals]

8:08 PM EDT November 1, 2023:

Nada Surf - "End Of The Season" From the compilation album   Mojo Presents Something Else: A Tribute to the Kinks (February 2017)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

A full-length tribute/cover of Something Else by The Kinks, plus bonus track "This Time Tomorrow" from Lola, given away with the March 2017 issue of Mojo

#Nada Surf #Mojo Presents Something Else: A Tribute to the Kinks #End Of The Season

[yamirexic]

songs of the day

child's play - aberdeen is dead

stay away - nirvana

popular - nada surf

psychomania - meaningful stone

radiant city - deftones

pg. 4 a picture of three hedges - julie

#aberdeen #nirvana #kurt cobain #nevermind #nada surf #julie band #meaningful stone #deftones #stay away #music #vent playlist #playlist #alternative rock #alternative #shoegaze #grunge

[louderfade]

thanks to @godblessyoublackemperor for tagging me to post five songs i've been listening to lately. here are some selections from the past week that i haven't posted yet. this is all stuff we've been playing on the stereo/in the car:

#that's not the right version of amateur whatever #audio #nada surf

[batgirlsay]

Hearts and Minds

Mitsukiki Week 2023 Playlist for Day 3: Longing by @mitsukiki-festival

This one started out as Mitsuhid-ace playlist but then I used the day’s prompt and “Head vs. Heart” themed songs to find lyrics that fit from Kiki’s point of view too. Both Mitsuhide and Kiki work through their feelings for each other throughout (with plenty of waiting...), but it all works out for the best as they remain friends and knight partners.

Hearts and Minds

Tried To Fall In Love (My Head Got In The Way)- Kevin Devine Friend Hospital- Nada Surf Capital Karma- Manchester Orchestra Art Talk- Fialta For Me This Is Heaven- Jimmy Eat World No One Says You Have To- Kevin Devine

Summary lyrics are cited after the cut:

Tried To Fall In Love (My Head Got In The Way)- Kevin Devine

Tried to watch the band but my head got in the way

Who was the stranger Moving around inside my life? Could he account for The blankness that blanketed my eyes?

What was the answer? Where was the pin to pick the lock? Why was I waiting? When would I finally wake up?

I tried to fall in love but I couldn’t get past my pain I tried to fall in love but my head got in the way

Friend Hospital- Nada Surf

We are traveling daily by the hour Moods clouding mountains ideas like towers Choosing sides, digging in, then changing Hearts and minds are chafing from all the rearranging

So much better that we're not together Cause I will not lose you Or be the blues to you Friend hospital Wild sadness knew weakness

Capital Karma- Manchester Orchestra

I defended your drama I'm a heart, you're a brain All I wanna do is wait for you

Now you're craving your karma Where'd it go? And what'd it say?

Am I losing my patience? I feel it I'm afraid that you know, you can see it Let me stand by the door, let me breathe in I forgave myself, so forgive yourself

I'm not trying to stand in the way I'm in love with whoever you are Nothing here is gonna take that away It is you and it's been from the start

Art Talk- Fialta

Two kids, stuck in this city Blonde hair always stuck in our eyes

Try as we might, we could not predict the outcome Though we tried Plotting is a gift we both deny

We stood in line still both of us pretending And we left confused at why they changed the ending But I guess it’s fair

And then one day, you said that you were leaving And you said to wait, I waited for a season But you never came, I guess it’s fair

For Me This Is Heaven- Jimmy Eat World

The first star I see may not be a star We can't do a thing but wait So let's wait for one more

And the time's such clumsy time In deciding if it's time I'm careful but not sure how it goes You can lose yourself in your courage

When the time we have now ends When the big hand goes round again Can you still feel the butterflies? Can you still hear the last goodnight?

And the mindless comfort grows When I'm alone with my big plans And this is what she said gets her through it If I don't let myself be happy now, then when?

No One Says You Have To- Kevin Devine

It gets so lonely inside my mind I'm surrounded in love all the time I get stuck in simple phrases Complicate straight lines If there's a knot that don't need tying It gets distorted inside my mind Isolation, disconnection Another person's life

I say, "I can't race forever. Can't raise the rock so high." She says, "No one says you have to. Let go and take your time."

#mitsukiki week 2023 #akagami no shirayukihime #snow white with the red hair #playlist #lyrics #mitsukiki #mitsuhide rouen #kiki seiran #kevin devine #nada surf #fialta #jimmy eat world #manchester orchestra #unfortunately no dear hunter this time #it's a bad books feels sandwich

[realhankmccoy]

Song really sounds like almost like a 4-track demo, doesn't it?Burrough's final video appearance is at the end of this video. The Kurt Cobain wanted to use Burroughs as the old man on the cross in the Heart-Shaped Box video, of course, but for whatever reason that never came to fruition. You prob heard about that one, kids, what with the Kurt Cobains being so popular.

#nirvana #nada surf #william s burroughs #kurt cobain #u2 #pop #Youtube

[moshpitsnax]

#nada surf #audio #Spotify #music

[graveey-recommends-songs]

#popular #nada surf #alternative/indie #alternative #indie #new music #spotify #song recommendation #music #graveey #graveey recommends songs