His face was pale, as if he had just seen a ghost. "Richie?" His voice shook, on the verge of tears. As if Eddie wasn't emotional before, now he felt like he could cry at the fall of a pin.

Yes, Eddie was fine with Richie being close with the others, but he couldn't watch Richie be close like that, like how close they were. Deep down Eddie knew that they were more than just close friends, maybe he was finally realizing that.

Richie reached out, "It's not what it looks like, Eds-".

"No, do not fucking call me that." Eddie shook his head as the tears began to well in his eyes. Before anyone could get another word in, Eddie bolted. He ran down the stairs and made a sharp turn towards the back door. He didn't want to leave, he just needed to be in his element, in nature, he needed air, to breath.

The fresh May evening air engulfed him as he burst out the back door. Eddie didn't stop there, he kept going until he sat on the edge of the back patio. The commotion from inside the house drowned out by the Ancestor's heavy breathing.

"E-Eddie?" A voice stuttered from behind him, "Ar-Are you okay?"

Eddie turned his head to see Bill had stepped out onto the porch. His hair glowed a little in the sun's golden hour as he stepped towards the Ancestor.

Eddie turned back towards the yard, "I'm fine" he huffed.

The Denbrough's had a nice backyard, the back was fenced in while the sides were left open, but there was still enough privacy to be able to enjoy your own yard. The grass was well kept and their garden seemed to have already been planted, even with how early in season it was.

"You sure? Cause y-you don't look it." Bill pointed out as he took another step towards him. 

Eddie didn't say anything, not when Bill stood beside him, or when he slowly crouched down to sit beside him.

"I know you a-and Richie are close. I-I can see it when you two are to-together, y-you two have something special." Bill said as Eddie kept his gaze on the garden in front of them.

Yes we're close, of course we're close, we're both fucking hybrids and I'm in... I-I, have a crush on him.

Something melted inside of Eddie, as if the realization opened something up deep inside of him.

"Yeah, we are... special" Eddie's voice drifted off with the wind that blew by.

Special.... gay.

"N-now it just leaves me wo-wo- fuck. Now I wonder how s-special you really are." Bill's tone changed, suddenly it became something much more sinister as he jumped up from where he sat with Eddie.

Everything happened within an instant. Eddie barely even had time to process what Bill had said before a sudden gust of wind swept through his hair, his ears. 

Edddie leaped off of the porch, eyes wide as he raked his hands through his hair and felt that he definitely wasn't wearing his hat. His eyes darted to where his dad's black beanie was held tightly in Bill's grasp.

Now Eddie's heart was racing but for a completely different reason. "Bill, I swear t-this isn't what it looks like." He held his hands up in defense as he took a step backwards. 

"Y-Yeah? The-Then what is it like, E-Eds?", the name sounded so wrong coming from his mouth, cause it wasn't Richie. "What are y-you. A-And what the fuck do you have to do with my father's de-"

The back door swung open and slammed against the outside wall, "BILL!" Richie's voice shot out like a bullet. The werewolf had to try so hard to hold his eye colour, so far he was doing okay. But his claws had already grown out and were currently drawing blood from the palms of his hands as he clenched his fists.

"Eddie-" Richie turned towards the other Ancestor but the rabbit was already gone. He used the sudden entrance as a distraction to flee, damn rabbit. He then noticed Eddie's beanie. In Bill's hand, he knew it well enough to identify it, he had studied it tens of times as he admired Eddie but now the sight of the hand me down filled the wolf with rage.

"What are you doing with that? Huh? Bill what the fuck did you do?" Richie growled, he took a step towards Bill when someone grabbed his arm. Richie jerked backwards to stare at Stan who stood behind him.

He'd followed behind Richie when the wolf sensed something was off, he made sure to tell the others some elaborate lie about Eddie having an asthma attack. So that way there wouldn't be even more people on their case than there already was.

Stan had a specific stare he used when he needed to control, tame, Richie. It was similar to his normal stare, but this one was ice cold, stern, almost powerful. He used it in moments like this when he needed to grab ahold of the human side of Richie and make sure he wouldn't wolf out on him.

"You go get Eddie, and I will deal with Bill, alright?" Richie slowly nodded. "Do not fuck things up"  Stan growled back as he let go of his arm.

Richie stomped down off of the patio. He took a step towards Bill and snatched Eddie's hat out of his hands. Richie stormed off of the property. He caught Eddie's scent quickly after he began searching for it. He knew it well enough considering the amount of time the two spent together. The wolf followed the trail for a block or so until it led him into the forest behind the residential area.

After the houses were fully behind him he unclenched his fists. Pain leaked from his palms as blood dripped from new wounds. He's never felt this way with someone before. Whenever Richie looks up at Eddie to find that the bunny is already staring back at him, or whenever their hands accidentally brush up against each other, those are the times when he knew that there was something there, something more. Richie just didn't want to admit it to himself because he knew Eddie didn't feel the same way.

Richie stopped dead in his tracks at the sight of a breathless Eddie who stood leaning against one of the various trees in the forest. "Eddie" Richie's lips curved ever so slightly into a small smile. Even with everything that'd happened prior, he was still happy to see Eddie was safe.

The bunny's ears perked up at the sound of his own name. Eddie slowly turned to look at Richie with his big tear filled doe eyes. Richie didn't need heightened senses to hear Eddie's breath hitch at the sight of the wolf. It just broke his heart even more when he did use his hearing to hear the way his heart skipped a beat at the sight of Richie.

"What are you doing here Rich?" Eddie sounded exhausted and weak.

"Bill thinks you have something to do with his dad's death," Richie said slowly. He slid his phone out from his back pocket and clicked a few things before holding up a photo of Zack Denbrough he'd taken from Bill's conspiracy board. "T-That's him," Richie stated.

The world stopped spinning when Eddie saw him. Because now he was no longer just outside of Bill's house with Richie. No... Now he stood on the outskirts of The All Lands. Before Eddie is an unconscious man who was currently bleeding out. The Ancestor didn't know who he was, but what he did know was that this man had just been shot.

Eddie was wandering around the forests that surrounded The All Lands as Sonia requested he find the purple berries that were currently in blume, they made a very nice jam. Eddie had already filled his basket when he saw the man walking around the woods. Almost no one has ever gotten that close to The All Lands, almost.

The Ancestor crouched behind a cluster of rocks and observed the man as he pointed his large gun at one of the nearby deer. Yes Eddie didn't want to get caught but he was a boy of the woods, and he wasn't about to let that doe die. He took a step forward and let a twig snap under the pressure of his foot.

Even the smallest of sound allerted the man of Eddie's whereabouts. He pointed the gun at the rocks and shot before Eddie was able to make another move. The bullet ricocheted off of the rocks with a pang and embedded itself in the shoulder of the shooter.

The rest is patchy. There was a lot of blood, so much blood. If he kept bleeding at that rate he wouldn't last more than 10 minutes out here. Eddie knew he had to do something, anything, because if there was one thing that Frank Kaspbrak taught his son was that you should always help those who really need it.

It didn't matter whether Eddie saved his life then or if he let him bleed out in the magically kept grass of The All Lands, because The Council found out.  They heard the gunshot. When Eddie was forced to explain what had happened, how close the human got, how much magic he used on him, they knew they couldn't let either of them keep going. So they executed the hunter right then and there, in front of Eddie.

Those cold dead eyes haunted Eddie every day after. Just the fact that he was at fault for that man's death made Eddie wish he had never left and just went through with The Council's plans for him.

Back in the present, Eddie stared at those same eyes, but now they were filled with life and joy as they looked back at him from the screen of Richie's phone. Eddie took a shaky step backwards almost as if the bullet had hit him in the shoulder, his knees wobble under him, they threatened to give out from beneath him.

Eddie looked up at Richie, who was currently just a blurry image as his tears had clouded over his vision, "When were you gonna tell me?".

"I-I wanted to know for sure. I didn't want to stress you out or-"

"No, Richie that was not your fucking call to make" Eddie spat, "I-I killed Bill's dad, and you were gonna keep that from me?" His voice rose as everything that happened finally settled.

"Eddie it's not your fault," Richie reached out towards Eddie but the other stepped back.

He couldn't hold back the tears any longer, they rolled down his cheeks like hot lava. "You don't know shit Tozier. You don't know what happened that day, you don't know how to fucking control your powers, you barely even know me." Eddie shook his head as he took another step backwards.

"Eddie please-" Richie pleaded, his own eyes threatening to tear up.

"I-I can't do this right now Richie..." Before Richie could even respond, Eddie had turned on his heels and disappeared into the forest, leaving the wolf all alone in the woods.

By some miracle Eddie found his way home that night. From there he stumbeled up the main stairs and into his house. He fell into bed, fully clothed, without any seoncd thoughts. Though he was exhasted, it took him hours to fall sleep. The memory of Bill's dad dying replayed in Eddie's mind as if he was watching netflix and had the movie on an infinite loop. When he did finally fall sleep it was well into the early hours of the morning. Eddie slept well into sunday afternoon and even when he had fully woken up he didn't get out of bed, worried that if he got out from under the comforting covers of his bed that everything that'd happened would be real. He didn't want to face reality, he didn't want to have to face Bill and his acusations, or see Richie and all of his worries. The wolf was probably disguted that he ever got close to someone with a past like his.

Eddie groaned as he rolled over from one pillow to another pillow on his queen sized bed. The new pillow felt comfy and soft under his head, it was dry after all since his other one was pretty tear soaked at this point.

He yanked the sheets from where they had been laid over his head and pulled them down. He inhaled deeply, the fresh air did wonders for his lungs. Eddie let out a heavy sigh, "Fuck my life".

~

A knock echoed out through his room, which only made his heart beat faster and his nerves worse.

"Honey, sweety is everything alright?" Maggie called out to her son from behind his locked bedroom door.

Derry's resident werewolf, stared at himself in the mirror and exmaned the new look he was currantly rocking. He was at home so his ears and tail were out, which wasen't helping his case at all.

Right after Eddie left, Richie stormed back to the Denbrough residence and went off on Bill for doing this to Eddie. He stopped when Stan pulled (read dragged) him into the hallway where he pratically slapped Richie as he tried to bring him back to reality.

"Richie your eyes" Stan hissed, pulling his phone out from his sweater pocket and showing Richie his yellow eyes in the selfie cam.

"Fuck, shit" Richie cursed as he pulled at his eye lids to get a better look.

Long story short after that Richie hid out in the bathroom for half an hour and when his eyes didn't change back he bailed and called his parents to come pick him up.

Stan covered for him and dug himself into a deeper hole of lies, saying random shit like he was gonna go after Eddie and make sure he was alright. Honestly Stan wasen't sure if the other bought it, but if they didn't then they didn't say anything about it.

The werewolf was bombareded by questions by his parents about him wolfing out and what the fuck happened to Eddie. Richie answered some of them, but locked himself in his room as soon as he got home, too emotionally tierd after everything and slept like a log.

Sunday morning when he woke up his eyes were still as yellow as ever, his mouth was full of fangs and his hands were all claws out. That's not even the worst part, not only did he have the normal eyes and fangs, but now his hair was signicantly wilder than normal, his sideburns had grown significantly making him look like some 80's porn star. Oh, also, the rest of his body hair (Legs & Arms) was darker and so much thicker. He was like in a half shift mode.

"What the fuck" richie gasped, anxiously raked his hands through his hair as his eyes grew as wide as the full moon he feared so much more now.

I'm so fucked. I'm not gonna be able to change back. I'm gonna be stuck in this. Half dog stage forever and ever-

Another knock echoed through the teen's room, "Richie what's going on in there I hear you spiraling?" A new voice called out, male, Wentworth's, "Son you know we're just here to help".

"Please honey just open up" Maggie begged.

Richie sighed from the place he stood infront of his mirror. Of course he was spiraling, he looked like the fucking werewolf from that cheesy 80's movie about the wolf that played basket ball.

"Richie come on-" Wentworth started then was eventually cut off when the bedroom door to his sons room swung open, revealing his son... his very hair son. "Oh... Kid" Went huffed.

"D-Don't fucking kid, me. Guys what the fuck is going on?" Richie questioned.

~

"I don't know what we're going to do Went" Maggie sighed as she ran a hand through her long brown hair, tugging at the ends.

Went reached out and placed a comforting hand on his wife's shoulder, he gave it a little squeeze. "I've never experienced anything like that, but I'm pretty sure he's in some weird half wolf faze. It's gotta be because of the upcoming full moon. That and whatever happened with Eddie last night" Went glanced away for a moment as he recalled the half an hour session he just had with his son. During that time he tried everything he knew about wolf shifting and controling his inner wolf. None of it worked. "But I have no clue what to do Mags" Went admitted.

The wife turned to her husband, she moved her hand up to cup his cheek, she tilted his face so that he was turned towards her. Maggie shared a look with Wentworth. "Let's just wait it out? Maybe he's just stressedd over something? It can't last forever can it?" She suggested.

No, it didn't last forever, but it did last the rest of Sunday. Then when Richie woke up the next morning he was sad to see nothing had changed. Nothing had changed when it was time for Richie to go to school, which he obviously couldn't do because he was half fucking werewolf. So he spent the day at home, alone. As much as Wentworth and Maggie wanted to stay home with their wolf of a son, he wasen't in any pain, or danger. Plus they knew he could handle himself if something happened so they left for work, leaving Richie alone, for the rest of the day.

He tried texting Eddie, multiple times. Sadly though he was met with a text that wasen't sent by Eddie.

Eddie Spaghetti <3:

Richie: Eddie how many times do you have to say I'm sorry before you answer me?

Eddie: Richie, it's me, Stan. Eddie forgot his phone last night at Bill's, I found it before Bill had a chance to find it and hack it. So please, for the love of god, stop blowing up this phone.

Richie didn't even bother responding, he just dropped his phone onto the carpeted floor of his room and sighed for about the thousandth time today.

"Fuck me, gently with a chainsaw" Richie sang out before flopping onto his bed.

He tried to do various things to keep him busy, like finish his homework, but he got frustrated and snapped his pencil. Yeah, his emotions were also kinda all haywire, which affected his powers. Then he tried to read some comics, but ended up shredding them with his claws. Hell he even tried to clean his damn room but he made his jeans into ripped jeans, then gave up. Plus he can't go outside unless he covered up like a vampire in the daylight, so he was stuck laying in an uncomfortable position in bed, alone.

~

Maggie had pulled into the driveway just as Wentworth stepped out of his car. She quickly parked in her normal spot on the driveway and went to meet her husband where he waited for her, leaning against his car door.

"How you doin'?" He wiggled his eyebrows which got an eye roll from Maggie.

She hated to break whatever moment they were having but she got straight to the point, "Hon I think we should take him to Eddie".

Went sighed, "Really? You think so?" his shoulder sagged.

"Yes, Went, aside from you he's the only one who might have any idea how to change him back. It's not like we can just keep him here until the full moon, I think we both know that wouldn't work" She sighed at the thought of her half wolf son going through cabin fever.

"I know, Mags, but things are tense between the boys right now, I don't want to make it worse" He put his hands on her shoulders.

She shook his hands off and turned to make her way towards the front door, "Well they're just gonna have to get over it!" she called over her shoulder.

~

"No- No fucking way am I seeing Eddie after what happened at Bill's. He'd probably curse me out or some shit" Were the words Richie had shouted at his parents when they suggested bringing him to Eddie's. Then Wentworth proceeded to lift his son off the ground and tossed him over his shoulder like a potato sack and carried him out to the car.

"Son just cause we're both werewolves doesn't mean I'm not stronger than you" Went mused as he put a sulking Richie into his car.

Richie gave up on struggling as he knew that once his dad had his mind set on something, nothing would be able to stop him. So he just sat and sulked in the back of his dad's car as they drove down the familiar road to Eddie's. He recalled the days when he drove those same roads in his little blue jeep, with Eddie by his side, hand in hand. When things quieted down, the music stopped and their conversation came to a halt, they would simply sit in silence. It wasn't awkward or tense, but it was good, it felt right. As if in those moments, it felt as if everything was okay.

When Wentworth pulled into the roundabout, Richie pulled the hood of his sweater over his head, yanked on the drawstrings to tighten it's grasp and shoved his hands into his pockets, and slid a pair of terminator sunglasses over his normal glasses. He silently led the way into the forest, shoulders slouched, eyes on the forest floor beneath him. Walking that path, had become muscle memory to him. He let his feet take him where he needed to go, and he walked and walked until he finally reached the clearing before the field. The evening sun shone down into his eyes, he raised a hand to block the rays.

"S'up here" Richie pointed to the field and kept going.

Richie stopped a couple feet before the forcefield, gestured towards it to his parents. "It's protected, invisible, we won't be able to go in until he lets us" He said before he took another step back.

Maggie gave her son a nod as she got the feeling he didn't want to do anymore talking than he needed to. She glanced over at Went who returned her nod, "Eddie? Honey it's us" Maggie called out, her gaze flickering between the various areas in the field, unsure of where she should be looking.

Then they waited a couple minutes until a voice finally broke the silence. "What do you want?" Eddie's voice called out from overhead, causing their heads to turn in the direction of the voice, which was up. It was as if his voice was being projected from somewhere above, from the forcefield. His voice didn't sound mad, if anything it was more curious, worried.

Wentworth stepped up, "We need your help".

"With what?" Eddie asked.

Went sighed, obviously tired and fed up of waiting. He walked towards his son and yanked his hood off as well as his sunglasses.

Richie let out something between a yelp and a gasp at the sudden forcefulness. His yellow eyes burned at the sudden exposure to the sunlight. The wolf ears on top of his head perked up and swayed with the passing wind. Richie starred up towards the spot he knew the house sat.

Went was done waiting. His son could possibly be in danger if he didn't change back. He had tried everything and he hated the fact that he couldn't help his own kid. He felt helpless. Went always felt guilty about passing on that wolf gene to Richie, he may have not been ashamed of being a werewolf but he sure as hell knew it wasn't easy. So if Eddie was his last chance at getting his son back, then he was sure as hell gonna take it.

"Son open up!" Went demanded with a stern tone. He hadn't realized that he still had a grip on Richie's hood. His son shoved his dad away, shaking off his touch.

"Alright you can come in" Eddie called out to them from overhead.

Richie sighed and pushed passed his dad, he walked side by side with his mother through the Forcefield. The wolf watched with a pleased look on his face as he watched his mother's face when she finally saw the house materialize in front of her.

Eddie stepped outside onto the porch when they arrived. He nodded to them and got straight to the point, "What happened?". The rabbit tried to keep a neutral yet serious face but he couldn't help the worry that creased his eyebrows.

When Richie didn't answer, Maggie cut in, "He hasn't shifted back since Bill's" she informed him.

The rabbit looked over the wolf, gave him a once over before tilting his head towards the door, "Come in" he advised as he led the way into his house.

Eddie led them into his house, he gave a quick tour as they walked towards the kitchen. Just pointing to the rooms as they passed. He sat them down at the main table in the kitchen then proceeded to explain his plan while he searched for ingredients in his cupboards, "I have a natural remedy that should work, I ah-" he paused for a moment to think about where he had placed the final ingredient, "-Need to go grab something upstairs" he said before he proceeded to go into his room to grab the last ingredient off the list which he had memorized from an old potion he had studied back in The All Lands.

But once he entered his room he released a breath of air he didn't know he was holding. Eddie ran a shaky hand through his hair and let out an equally as shaky sigh.

Suddenly his bunny ears perked up before a voice broke the silence, "You okay Eds?" Richie asked quietly.

Eddie didn't bother turning around, "No... No Rich I'm not okay" he responded.

"I am sorry, you know that right?" Richie asked, sincerity laced his voice. He let out a little huff of air through his nose, "If you had your phone with you- then you would've seen the zillion texts I sent you. I was worried sick" his voice didn't sound worried, he was worried before, now he just wanted to make sure Eddie was okay. "I'm sorry I hid it from you. I just wanted to protect you, I know you've been through so much shit already and I don't wanna see you go through anything else" When Eddie didn't respond Richie continued, "Eddie please talk to me" he begged weakly.

Eddie finally turned to look at Richie, if he wasn't worried before then he was for sure worried now. The poor guy was fully (half) wolfing out. Eddie looked into his eyes and could see how tired he was.

"Richie I just..." Eddie contemplated the idea for a split second, just a split second, "I think there might be something else, because back in the uh" he waved his hand around as he tried to explain his point, "The All Lands" he blurted, "The half change could also be caused by extreme stress and anxiety, which I know could be something that you're going through because of ya know... everything that happened at Bill's" Eddie said anxiously.

Richie's eyes grew as if he was just realizing now how much stress he's been under. "Yeah" he rubbed the back of his neck and noticed how long his hair had gotten, "that would explain a lot" he laughed nervously. "I just..." Richie started, he paused to think over his words, took a step closer to Eddie and continued. "Eddie I really care about you, that's why I freaked out so much at Bill's, because I Love you and I can't-" RIchie was cut off before he even realized what he had admitted.

Eddie knew he was just going to repeat half the points he already stated so he just decided to cut to the chase. The bunny closed the distance between between them, reached up behind Richie's neck and pulled him down to kiss him. It was soft, but quick. Eddie realized Richie wasen't responding which caused him to go stiff. He pulled away  with a quiet gasp.

"I-I'm sorry Richie I shouldn't have done-" Eddie stopped when Richie's arms wrapped around his waist and pulled him in to kiss him back. Richie's lips were soft yet raw, probably from how often he's been anxiously biting his lips with his new fangs.

When their lips first touched it sent fireworks exploding in both of their chests, it was tender yet passionate. They moved together as if it was something they'd done tens of times before. When they broke apart they were both breathless.

"So you care too?" Richie glanced away, in hopes that Eddie wouldn't see how red his cheeks had become.

"Yes Rich..." Eddie said quietly as he pulled Richie down and pressed his foreheads against the others'. "I love you too Chee" he whispered into Richie's ear.

Richie let out something of a moan, which surpsied even himself before he responded, "Fuck I love when you call me that". Their noses knocked together and Richie leaned down and kissed Eddie again.

Eddie pulled away again, Richie watched the bunny's big doe eyes wander up and give him a once over, "See I told you it'd work" he lightly giggled.

Richie smirked nervously down at Eddie, "W-What?".

"Look" Eddie gestured to Richie.

The wolf looked down at himself and saw his hands, his normal hands, no claws, no extra hair. His hand shot up to his teeth where he felt that they were no sharper than any other human's teeth. "Oh thank god" he sighed in relief.

Richie smiled at Eddie, "Are we good?" His smile faltered a bit at Eddie's blank expression.

Eddie happily shook his head, got up on his tippy toes and planted a quick kiss on Richie's lips, "We're more than good" he confirmed.

~

The two made their way down the stairs hand in hand, a gesture they both enjoyed a lot more than they had realized before.

Maggie noticed, but didn't say anything. So did Went, but he wasn't as subtle.

He clapped his son on the back "Son! Good to see you're back to normal" He beamed.

"So everything is... Okay here?" Maggie tiptoed around the situation. She didn't want to ask them directly but she had to ask.

Richie waved his free hand around as if he was brushing the question away, "yeah, yep, better than ever".

Eddie rolled his eyes at the comment, but his hand never left Richie's.

"Do you guys mind if Richie stays over... For a bit?" Eddie glanced up at Richie who stared down at him with curiosity as if he was thinking what are you and your cute ass doing? Actually that's exactly what he was thinking. "We have some stuff to sort out," Eddie finished.

Went and Maggie shared a look, "Well, I guess that's alright" Maggie responded first.

"Yeah just know, no glove no love" Went said and pointed at both of them, amusement filled his voice.

"Oh dear god!" Richie groaned and rolled his neck.

"OKay okay okay" Wentworth raised his hands in defense. "We'll be on our way I guess" he said and wrapped an arm around his wife's shoulders as he led her towards the main door.

Richie and Eddie walked them out and waited until they left the property to close the door and head back into the house.

Eddie watched Richie as he took a seat on the sofa and got all comfy,the way his hair (now back to its normal length), fell in his face, the way his big brown eyes scanned his face and how they light up when he smiles. For a second he questioned it, why do I think like this, especially when he's around. It's just like Bill said, we're special... it's something more, it's a crush.

That's probably what prompted him to ask, "So... What about, us?". Eddie took a seat beside Richie.

"Us?" Richie questioned with a cocked eyebrow.

"Yeah, us" Eddie confirmed, "What we did upstairs wouldn't really be deemed a normal things friends do" He nervously laughed.

"Oh yeah that'' Richie realized. Shit I kinda thought that was some horny dream caused by the whole werewolf thing... I wasn't sure if he liked me back, but I guess literally kissing someone has gotta prove something.

Richie finally met Eddie's gaze, his big doe eyes made his heart do a fucking gymnastic routine, "I guess we could try to be, more" Richie's lips curved into the smallest smile.

"Would you want to?" Eddie asked, eyes filled with anticipation.

"Yeah... I'd like that a lot Eds- I-I'd love that" Richie said sheepishly, looking at Eddie with heart eyes. "Do we wanna be official or-?" Richie asked anxiously as he didn't want to lose the spark.

Eddie's eyes grew for only a moment before they crinkled as he smiled, "I'm good with that if you are".

"Wait seriously?" Richie asked with excitement, he sat up a little straighter as he leaned closer to Eddie.

"Yeah, w-why do you not want to?" Eddie's stomach dropped for a moment. Richie must've noticed cause he immediately took Eddie's hands in his and gave them a supportive squeeze.

"No- baby, I just thought you would want to go on a first date first or something" Richie supplied

Eddie's shoulders sagged with relief. "Well, yeah. I'd like to at some point but for now, let's just do this" Eddie declared as he leaned in and kissed his boyfriend.

Word Count: 5621

DAMN THIS WAS A LONG CHAPTER! If you're wondering why, it's because chapter 14 on its own was only 1800 words and that really short so i merged chapters 14 and 15 to make a MEGA CHAPTER! So yeah I hope y'all liked it! And as I did merge two chapters the final chapter count of Everfalls will go from 22 to 21.

But yes back to this chapter, THE ANGST, THE FLUFF! WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT? You'll just have to stick around and find out!

As you're reading this I'm currently at my Zia's (Aunts) Cottage! And I'm probably finishing up my new Spiderman Eddie Au, which you should defiently go check out! The first chapter is up on my Tumblr (stellar-alley) and Ao3 (Stellar_Alley).

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Until next time,

So Long and Goodnight!