Class of 86, baby

Eddie’s back straightened to the sound of clip-clopping heels setting an angry pace outside the principal's office, a shrill voice echoing in the empty corridor.

“What was the point in me coming down here, if you were just going to change your mind? Silly girl. Did I mention I missed my aerobics class for you?” 

And Eddie’s survival instincts weren’t the best, granted, but he knew to duck out behind the water fountain before Chrissy and her mother rounded the corner, straining his neck to peek over the sink.

“I’m sorry, mom.”

“Well, it’s done now. You’ve made your decision I suppose. But Chrissy. Look at me. Christine. You will not embarrass this family again, do you understand what I’m saying to you?”

“I’ll try-”

“-not good enough. You won’t embarrass yourself, or the family again. I need you to promise me that, or I’m marching back in there and taking you out of the play for good.”

“I won’t... I promise.”

“Are you chewing gum?”

“No?”

To Eddie’s abject horror, he watched the woman claw at the girl’s jaw to inspect it, like she was a three year old hiding a marble in her mouth. Satisfied that she hadn’t been lied to, she then began picking at the lint on her peter pan collar, inspecting the chipping nail varnish on one of her daughter’s fingernails, turning her around to ‘fix’ her ‘crooked’ ponytail. Eddie was now wide-eyed-blinking at the fucking audacity of the woman. If anyone, even Wayne, manhandled him like this, he’d cuff them. But Chrissy just looked resigned to being her mother’s doll. A defeated expression painted on that beautiful porcelain face.

When Laura turned around, Eddie became aware that he had risen to a full-on stand.

In full view.

Of them both.

And instead of, oh I don’t know, using the water fountain, he followed his less than stellar instinct of scrambling back to hide behind it.

The clip clopping sound got louder. He had multiple choices: a) apologize for eavesdropping and walk away b) pretend he’d dropped something on the floor c) do nothing

c probably wasn’t the right answer, but he’d always sucked at multiple choice questions.

Lucky for him, she obviously deemed him unworthy of even confronting, because apart from a look of pure disgust, she didn’t transform into a kruthik parasite and chew his head off. And honestly, he was surprised. When her heels clip-clopped to a stop beside his pathetic, crouched frame, all Eddie could do was cower and smile with closed teeth.

She sighed and uttered something about what a ‘mistake public school was’ under her breath. That felt rather pointed. When the door slammed shut behind her, his shoulders sagged in relief.

Until-

“Eddie?” Ah, Chrissy Cunningham. The angel, the nymph, the sun to his east. And he was covered in dust bunnies, holding his knees to his chest behind the water cooler.

“Cunningham.” He brushed himself off, casually. Leaning like the debonair rapscallion that he was, on the sink. The wet sink. His hand, of course, immediately slipped, and he staggered before righting himself. 

“What’s up?” 

“Good acoustics down there?” She asked with a wry smile.

A/B/O, but it’s really rare to be an alpha or an omega. Most were run out of the south back in the 40's - 70s. Any A/Os were scented and ostracised. This is the main root of Chrissy’s mother’s hatred towards her, believing her to be ‘cursed’ and ‘dirty’. So Chrissy has no idea she's an omega, but her mother and Jason have both suspected it. They have decided to explain everything after marriage, but keep her on strong suppressants, which are now illegal after a new law is past due to the fact that they're highly toxic, even life threatening.

Chrissy stops taking her suppressants, unbeknownst to Jason and her mother, because they’re making her feel extremely sick and depressed.

Meanwhile, Eddie is a closeted Alpha. His uncle never even speaks of it. No one has any suspicions because he's on strong suppressants (the main reason he became a dealer- reefer rick offered to give the high quality suppressants to him for free if he worked for him)

After Chrissy's suppressants seem to cease working, Jason goes to Eddie to buy more. He gives them to him in his trailer.

That night, Chrissy is extra clingy with Jason on their date at the diner, liking the scent he brought back with him from Eddie’s trailer. This sends Jason into a rage, but he can’t tell her why. 

Eddie had followed him to see who the suppressants were for- seeing him out on a date with Chrissy. He had no idea Chrissy was an omega, but their scent before heat is subtle, and the dose of suppressants were high, but are now- he's noticing- wearing off.

Eddie and Jason have a stand off in the diner, Jason wrestling him outside to tell him Chrissy decided to buy them, but didn’t feel safe buying from Eddie.

So Eddie leaves them to their date and goes home.

Chrissy finds Eddie the next day to see what happened between him and Jason. Eddie tells Chrissy everything. He tells her what Jason bought. He tells her she's an omega. He tells her the 'vitamins' she's taking are going to kill her. But he warns her not to stop taking them cold-turkey.

Coming off the suppressants cold-turkey (depending on how long you've taken them for) makes someone (borderline) insane. It completely messes with their hormones and coming off them makes someone extremely hormonal, emotional, and can even make them ill enough to be hospitalised. Two days after Chrissy stops taking them, she turns up to the hideout in her pyjamas in a 'euphoric episode' to see Eddie. She starts her heat with Eddie (without knowing he's an alpha)

Eddie still has to hide from Chrissy that he's an alpha, he doesn't want to make her feel scared, but at the same time she needs medical intervention. She's been on suppressants since she was thirteen, so the coming off is dangerous for her. Any time Eddie offers to take her to a hospital, she's forbidden him from telling anyone.