Stenbrough Nights

|Shot 16| • Mistletoe •

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BILL

"Alright guys, Truth-or-Dare time" Beverly grinned and rubbed her hands together.

Stan and I exchanged goofy glances as we smiled and rolled our eyes at her.

Beverly was throwing a Christmas party for us Losers, and of course, she had to throw in Truth-or-Dare.

We gathered in a circle, Richie and Eddie on one side of Bev, Stan and I on the other, and Ben and Mike on the other end of the circle.

"I'll go first" Beverly grinned.

She thought a moment.

"Hmm...Richie!" she pointed excitedly, catching Richie off guard.

"W-What?" he stuttered.

"I dare you...to kiss Eddie under the mistletoe" she smiled slyly.

Richie and Eddie's eyes went wide, and he whispered something to Eddie before they stood up slowly and went to the mistletoe under the doorway.

We watched excitedly as they stood under the mistletoe nervously. Richie was a shaking mess while Eddie looked away shyly. Richie slowly brought Eddie's face to his and cupped his cheeks.

He planted a kiss on Eddie's lips, and Eddie snaked his arms around Richie's neck as Richie wrapped his arms around Eddie's waist, deepening the kiss.

"WOOOO" Ben and Beverly teased, and Mike wolf whistled.

They pulled apart quickly and Richie rubbed the back of his neck while Eddie blushed, both of them staring at each other and chuckling nervously before resuming their places on the floor.

Eddie laid his head in Richie's lap, both of their cheeks bright crimson as Richie smiled and played with Eddie's hair.

I could feel Stan's eyes on me. But when I turned to face him, he looked away. He's been doing that a lot lately, that and finding any excuse to touch me or be around me.

He turned his head back to me slowly and I smiled at him, receiving a smile in return as he brushed the golden curls from his caramel eyes.

"Who wants to go next?" Beverly smiled.

"I'll go, I guess" Ben volunteered.

"Truth or Dare?"

"Umm, Truth" he shrugged.

"Marvel or DC?" she queried.

"DC"

"Boooo" we threw popcorn at him.

"C'mon, guys, I have my lane, you have yours"

We all laughed as he held his hands up defensively.

"Having fun?" Stan leaned and whispered in my ear, causing heat to flood my crimson cheeks.

"Uh, um, y-yeah" I smiled and laughed nervously.

"Me t-"