Some stories on here have used the name 'Matthew' for Eddy's bro, though it's never been confirmed as canon, I'll be using that for his name in this story, so I guess the credit goes to whoever came up with the name Matthew for Eddy's Bro.

"Goodnight boys, we'll be back later tonight. Remember Eddy, Matthew is in charge."

A young Eddy's eyes grew wide as he saw his parents leave for their weekly date night. His neck strained as he watched the car back out of the driveway and out of the small cul-de-sac. He suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder, pulling him back from the window seat, his brother stood next to him with a grim smile on his face.

Eddy felt immense pressure on his shoulder as he looked up and smiled at his big bro. "You ready to have some fun tonight, Eddy? I got heaps of cool games we can play together." Matthew stated, his smile growing wider as he saw Eddy's face brighten.

"Really, bro? That sounds awesome! What kind of games are they?"

Matthew's smile grew.
"There's this one game I think you'll love. It's called Uncle."

Eddy looked a little confused, "I've never heard of that game before..."

"Oh, don't worry, I'll show you how to play. I think you'll love it, it's a lot of fun."

Matthew smiled when he saw the whites of Eddy's eyes again.

"What are you doing, bro?" Eddy asked, his voice becoming high pitched as Matthew made to grab his brother's leg.

"I thought you wanted to hang with me, pipsqueak. But I guess not, I could just lock you in the closet if you don't want to spend time with me tonight..." Matthew's expression quickly changed to sadness as he started to walk away.

Eddy suddenly spoke, "don't go, bro! I want to hang with you! Please just don't put me back in the closet! I'll play Uncle with you and any game you want!"

Matthew grinned. He finally got him. "Excellent. Now, where were we..." he said, and went to grab his little bro's leg once more...

13 year old Eddy shot up in a cold sweat. His night terrors were getting worse and worse as memories of his brother slowly trickled their way into his dreams each time he closed his eyes. Of course he didn't dare tell anyone about this, not even to Double D or Ed.

His phone on his bedside table beeped, and he saw he got a message from his friend Kevin. It still felt strange to consider Kevin as one of his closest friends, especially when they used to be at each other's throats all the time when they were younger. Though Kevin still called him a dork, but this time it was meant to be in a friendly manner and not used condescendingly.

'sorry if i woke u bro, but i just realised we had a assignment for geography tmrw, can i pls come by early in the morn to look at your notes?' Eddy rolled his eyes at Kevin's message. Since his parents had asked Double D to tutor him in school, Eddy's grades had been improved significantly enough through 'valuable hard work and determination' (as Double D put it) that he actually had other kids coming up to him to ask for help on their own work, which Eddy thought would never have happened otherwise.

He quickly typed a reply, 'sure thing dude. better not get another detention, don't wanna miss nazz's party friday arvo for some stupid assignment'.

He got a reply a few minutes later. 'thanks man, you're a lifesaver. haha yeah i'm still bummed i missed the last one, i dont even care if i get detention anyway im still sneaking out. i'll see you at like 6ish.'

Eddy smiled as he read the reply. Changing his alarm to 5:50, he finally put his phone away and rolled over, instantly falling asleep, the images from the Bro Incident tucked safely away in the back of his mind.

This is my first EEnE story, so I would really appreciate some good constructive criticism. I also apologise if Eddy seems a lttle bit OOC. And sorry about the length of this chapter, I'll definitely be trying to aim for at least 1,000 words next time.