He avoids that dreaded 'was'. Especially now. He didn't now Billy super well apart from his reputation, guy was hard to miss, after all, and for all his looking for trouble Eddie tried to avoid giving the guy a reason to beat his face in.

"...come on," Eddie encourages softly after a beat, guiding her away from the window.

Any luck and they'll all stay out there and leave them in peace. But neither of them are doing super well when it comes to luck these days. Bad rolls all around.

"What are you doing out here, anyways?" he distracts, as if he isn't in the exact same situation himself.