inspired by the edit above made by editsxbysarah on IG 😔

still haven't seen it chap 2 so i am winging it based off of what i've seen in edits ✨

also a homophobic slur is used in the beginning
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"um, do you want.. do you want to go again?" richie asked hesitantly, his heart fluttering as he struggled to make eye contact with the curly blonde-haired boy in front of him.

the boy smiled back and looked like he was about to agree before someone burst through the door. the blonde, connor, looked back quickly and his expression became panicked when he locked eyes with his one and only cousin, henry bowers.

connor looked back at richie with wide eyes. "dude, why are you being weird.. i'm not your fucking boyfriend." he stated harshly.

"no i- i didn't-" what? richie made eye contact with the boys who were staring him down like a lion staring at his prey.

"the fuck's going on here?" henry bowers asked, slowly making his way into the arcade with his gang.

"you assholes didn't tell me your town was full of little fairies." connor said to henry, slowly backing up from richie.

"richie fucking tozier? what- you're trying to bone my little cousin?" henry asked, laughing dryly and slowly moving closer to richie, intimidating the hell out of him.

richie couldn't say anything. richie trashmouth tozier was shut up for once in his life, and couldn't form any words at all. his heart dropped faster than the speed of light, and he was fucking terrified.

"get the FUCK out of here FAGGOT!" henry screamed, practically shaking in anger. this was the angriest richie has ever seen him, spitting as he yelled.

richie was frozen in place. he was stunned and scared, and was sending prayers that this was all a nightmare. this wasn't real. this wasn't really happening. he felt the disgusted stares of everyone around him. the arcade was his happy place, this was where he was supposed to have fun. that was ruined now.

"fucking MOVE!" henry screamed again, snapping richie out of his daze and forcing him to face the reality that this was really happening.

richie backed up slowly before running as far and as fast as he could. tears started forming in his eyes as he ran, the coldness of the wind making him cry more.

this isnt real. this isn't happening. richie said to himself, practically begging to be right, but knowing that it was in fact real, and his biggest fears had come to life.

he was feeling so many emotions at once that he didn't know what the hell he was feeling. he was terrified, heartbroken, angry.. everything at once, and then nothing at all.

he slowed down in his tracks and took off his glasses that grew foggy. he wiped the fog off with his shirt and continued walking to the one person he needed to see in this moment.

for a moment, he felt angry, but emotionless. his jaw was clenched and he wished he could punch henry in the face. his mind felt frozen but his body was still moving, and soon enough he arrived at the front door of eddie kaspbrak's home. he knocked a few times and waited impatiently.

now he felt dizzy and had a fucking headache.

"hello richard, i didn't know you were coming by." sonia greeted, stepping off to the side to let richie inside.

"yeah, i- sorry, i just need to see eddie right now." he replied, quickly making his way to eddie's bedroom before sonia could even reply.

he burst through the door, causing eddie to jump and snap his head in the direction of the noise. eddie was sitting at his desk and he looked to be doing the summer homework. richie closed the door behind him and stood there, and eddie could tell something was wrong.

"eds," richie whispered and sighed in relief. he knew he was here, yet he was still relieved to see him.

"richie?" eddie questioned. "what are you doing here?" he set his pencil down, standing up from his desk and moving closer to richie.

richie couldn't respond, instead he was trying to catch his breath.

"oh my god, are you okay? what happened, rich?" eddie asked, pouting when he saw the dry tears stained on richie's cheek. eddie reached his hands up to hold his cheeks and wipe his tears away, but the second that eddie's warm hands met his cold face, all of his emotions came flooding back and richie broke down crying.

eddie had to stop himself from tearing up too, he struggled with this his whole life where he always started crying when someone else did. eddie wrapped one arm around richie's waist and held his head against his shoulder with the other. richie reached his arms around eddie's waist and held him tightly.

richie's hair tickled eddie's nose as he inhaled the scent of strawberries. he heard richie sob and he held him tighter. he planted a kiss on richie's head before resting against it again.

"oh bubba," eddie cooed sympathetically. he had no clue what happened, but he wasn't going to force him to talk about it, his main priority was comforting him.

eddie felt his heart shatter in pieces at the sound of richie's quiet whimpers as he continued to cry in eddie's shoulder. he could feel his shirt getting slightly wet and sticking to him, but he didn't care. he felt richie's wet eyelashes flutter against eddie's neck as he continued to rub small circles in his back. he used his other hand to play with richie's hair and massage his head.

"shh, shh, it's okay, it's okay." eddie whispered, trying to calm his crying.

richie pulled away and eddie frowned at the sight of him. his face was red and his eyes were glossy. his eyelashes were clumped and his nose was runny. eddie slowly moved his hands down to richie's arms.

"stay here, i'll be right back." eddie said quickly and richie just nodded and closed his eyes.

he came back with a warm damp wash cloth. he reached his right hand up to gently move his hair out of his face before patting his face with the cloth and then drying it. he grabbed richie's hand with his left one and played with his fingers, softly rubbing them with his thumb in a comforting way.

"feel better?" eddie smiled softly, tossing the cloth into his hamper and grabbing richie's other hand, rubbing it slowly.

richie nodded and gave him a small smile, looking down at their hands. "i have the worst headache now, though." he said quietly, his voice cracking.

"i'll get you some medicine.. and then we can take a nap, sound good?" eddie asked him, letting go of one of richie's hands to run it through richie's hair. richie nodded and eddie smiled, lifting richie's hand to plant a kiss on it before leaving the bedroom.

richie sat on the bed and wondered why he'd ever let himself get heartbroken over a stupid boy when he had the perfect one right in front of him the whole time.

eddie came back with the pill and a cup of water, handing it to richie. he turned around to close his blinds and curtains as richie drank the water, making it dark in the room. richie kicked off his shoes and set the cup onto eddie's nightstand.

richie climbed under the thick, warm covers in the air conditioned room and eddie climbed in next to him. he pressed his stomach against richie's back, wrapping his arm around richie's waist and smiling when richie intertwined their fingers. eddie stuffed his face into richie's hair and soon enough, they both fell asleep, all of richie's fears washing away.

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yes they were spooning and richie was the little spoon ✨✨🥰🥰✨🥺

sorry that was rlly sad but i think it got rly soft and cute

sorry for republishing this 10 thousand times i keep noticing mistakes