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[passedthedoor]

[Visible to literally any and everyone that wants to see it - whole video applicable.

Warnings: domestic abuse, violence, blood, murder.

Threadjacking, whatever, is a-okay.]

Ghost!Sally remembers her death.

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[riskanalyst]

[ Eddie's expression drops and he shakes his head. ]

Hey, hey, hey...don't do that. Don't put yourself down like that. There's nothing stupid or pathetic about wanting to will a relationship into normalcy. And what he did isn't your fault. Don't let anybody ever tell you that it was, either. You hear me, Sally?

[ It comes out not unlike the way he's been talked to by Richie when the comedian is giving his friend a much-needed pep talk and, for the first time when talking like that, Eddie actually feels confident when he's saying it. ]

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[passedthedoor]

[Despite the situation, Sally does manage the smallest of smiles, along with a nod.]

Yeah - I hear you. I just...I thought he was the one and I poured so much into working on that house with him, to make him happy, and I thought we were building something. I changed what I wanted and how I was to do that and I just can't believe how I didn't see what was going on now...just looking back. It doesn't make me feel great thinking about it.

[It's honest, probably too honest, but she can't take it back now.]

I know that you're right, though. It just...sucks.

[riskanalyst]

Good. You saw what you wanted to see. We've all been guilty of that. People like him prey on good people like you; people like him can spot it a mile away and they target you. It's intentional and it's shitty and it isn't your fault.

[ Eddie's not really sure if he's talking to Sally, still, or if he's trying to convince the absence of Beverly...or, shit, maybe even himself. ]

I don't blame you for the way you feel, but don't put yourself down for not seeing through him. People like that make it really hard to see them for who they really are.

[ And, really, he might be kind of a pussy, but the only time he feels brave is when a friend needs his help. The hard part here is that Sally's bully is Sally. ]

[passedthedoor]

Yeah, I know you're right - I mean I saw how much worse he got even after pretending to be sad and all of it, so it was intentional and shitty and he didn't want to be any different.

[If he had he wouldn't have targetted her best friend. If he had he wouldn't have killed himself to then turn around and haunt her. If he had Aidan and even Josh wouldn't have hated him the way he did.

He wouldn't have continued to push things the way that he did, period, if he hadn't been intentional and shitty.]

Until it's too late, anyway. I didn't see him, see how bad he was until I was dead. And even then the house I died in was trying to tell me, to make me see it clearly when I couldn't still. I wasn't even gone that long before he set his sights on my friend. And he tried to have an exorcism performed on the house to get rid of me...

[Sally shakes her head.]

God Danny was an asshole.

[riskanalyst]

[ Eddie sighs softly, frowning. He wonders if Bev thinks like this sometimes, about her father; about her husband. He wishes he could be home to support her but maybe he can just pay it forward to Sally instead. ]

You know, I don't think you should waste your time thinking about him anymore. You're here, now. You're safe, you're living your second chance. Fuck that guy. You're better off without him and you can do a lot better, Sally.

[passedthedoor]

That's probably true - you're probaably right again.

[Sally looks down, a wry, dry laugh escaping before she offers Eddie a soft smile.]

Fuck Danny because I am better off without him, and I have made some great friends here in the meanwhile. Thanks, Eddie, I....I really appreciate this - you. You're a really good guy, you know that?

[riskanalyst]

[ When he sees her smile, Eddie returns it. ]

I have my moments. You're welcome. You'll find somebody better. Somebody who'll treat you right. Or, barring that, friends who'll kick the shit out of them if they don't.

[passedthedoor]

Quite a few moments, at that. And I've definitely already made a few of those sorts of friends, so I'm well on my way.

[Sally even, surprisingly, manages a laugh at that.]