saved by you |reddie|

4.

"eddie, it's okay, i support you."

eddie puts his good arm around richies waist, putting his broken one on his arm. richie places one hand on the back of eddies head and kisses it.

"what do you need to tell me, rich?" eddie asks.

"i'm so in love with you, eds. like i'm not even kidding, when i flirt with you and stuff, it wasn't a joke, last night when i confessed my love for you, i was telling you the truth. i've always been in love with you. you probably don't feel the same so reject me as hard as you want but i love you, eddie spaghetti."

"richie,"

here it comes, richie thought, he's going to reject me.

"i'm in love with you too." eddie says.

"wait, really?" richie asks hopefully.

"yeah," eddie smiles, neither of them thinking about what happened a few minutes ago.

"what do we do now?"

"well, richie tozier, will you be my boyfriend?"

richie was beaming, he's the happiest he's been in a while, but eddie has that affect on him, you know? something really bad can happen, and all eddie has to do is be there and richie feels safe.

"of course, i would love to be your boyfriend."

they were both a smiling and blushing mess, neither one really knowing what to do next, until richie takes eddies hand and intertwines their fingers.

"what sucks is we need to keep this a secret." eddie says.

"yeah, i know. but mike can know, he'll be supportive." richie replies.

"how do you know?" eddie raises an eyebrow.

mike is gay, but not really out, the only people that know is will (obviously, they're dating), richie, and nancy. richie isn't one to out people, so he's not going to tell eddie that mike's gay.

so what he says is, "i trust him, don't worry." and he places a kiss on the forehead of the hypochondriac boy with a fanny pack.

"and i trust you to trust him. if you want to tell him, i give you permission."

they make sure karen and ted aren't home, once it's clear, they walk hand in hand to mike.

"finally you get together," mike says, smiling.

"i guess it took getting possessed to finally tell him i guess," eddie laughed.

"vecna is a fucking dick, almost killed my friend." mike said.

"his name is... vecna?" richie asks, raising an eyebrow.

"vecna, henry, 001, whatever you wanna call him."

"i just realised how much you two look alike," eddie speaks up.

"yeah, we're like cousin twins." richie says.

the three boys stood in the living room, they hear someone coming so eddie and richie let's each other's hands go and tries to act natural.

once they see it's just holly, richie and eddie let out a sigh of relief.

"hey, holly," richie said.

"hi richie!" she says happily. she's one of the most innocent people in hawkins.

"hey, holly, what's up?" mike neels down to her height to speak to her, something he doesn't realise he does.

"nancy said to tell you that will is on the phone."

"why couldn't she tell me herself?" mike asks, getting up.

"who's will?" eddie asks.

"my boyfriend," mike responded.

eddie nodded his head, mike exiting the room.

"he's gay?" eddie asked.

"yeah, i didn't tell you cause i didn't know if he wanted anyone else to know."

"let's go back to the basement."

"yeah, let's go," richie grabbed his hand and pulled him to the basement.

they both sit on the pull-out bed and they start to lean in.

"c-can i kiss you?" eddie asked.

"always," richie replied, closing the gap between them.

richie could feel eddies soft lips on his, they're perfectly in sync, like they were meant for each other and no one else. like every single moment leading up to this was supposed to happen.

eddie pulled away from the kiss first, both of the boys' cheeks were flushed with a slight red tint.

"i dreamt of this moment since we met." richie admitted.

"me too rich,"

okay so i could end it here, do you guys want me to?