the downfall // richie tozier angst // reddie

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Richie spent the night at Eddie's, obviously, and in the morning, they both left together.

Eddie walked down to Richie's house with him, noticing how terrified Richie was to go back.

"Are you sure you wanna do this?" Eddie asked.

Richie paused. He didn't. But he wanted to get it out of the way. His face was blotchy with purple marks already, so what was a little more?

"No. But I guess I'll just get it over with."

Eddie sighed through his nose. They approached Richie's house, eerie as it always has been to Richie.

Richie opened the door, and immediately glass shattered at it.

"If that's you, Richard, I swear to fucking God I'm going to beat your ass."

Richie shivered and Eddie stared wide eyed at the door. He wanted the best for his lover, not for him to be hurt by this abusive man.

"Fuck you and let me in my house, you cunt," Richie snapped back, acting as if he wasn't afraid of the man.

"Oh how I wish a car would run over you."

Eddie got angry and balled his fists up, ready to punch the shit out of this lunatic.

Richie put his hand on Eddie's shoulder, looking from Eddie back to the door.

"How I could say the same for you."

They heard Wentworth grunt, and footsteps.

"What're you waiting for, fag? Come inside."

Richie sighed, knowing he really didn't have a choice, and opened the door fully, just to be smacked across the face hard.

His head jerked to the right, and Eddie stood in shock, which immediately boiled into anger as he gritted his teeth.

"YOU ASSHOLE!" Eddie screamed, and Went shot his head at the boy.

He looked back at Richie, bending down in front of him.

"You brought this kid with you? Just to make me look bad, eh?"

"'Look bad'?! You are bad. Worse than bad, in fact. It's your fault for being an abusive fuck around my friends."

Went scoffed.

"There's no way you have friends. Why would anyone want to be friends with someone as useless, disgusting and annoying as you?"

Eddie about jumped this man, he was so mad.

"Richie is not fucking useless, you cock sucking asshat," Eddie snapped at him, and Went rolled his eyes.

"Keep tellin' yourself that, kid, he's probably one of the biggest fuck-ups you'll ever me-"

Eddie did it. He snapped. He punched Went right in his fat nose, screaming as he did so. Richie's jaw dropped, the corners of his mouth curling up as he looked from Eddie to his father.

"Pfft, nice one Ed-"

Went grabbed Richie by the throat and Richie gasped for breath.

"Say one more thing you little shit. Do it."

Richie hated when Went teased him by that. It just made him angrier, like Went was saying he couldn't, or that he was too weak for it.

Well, he wasn't. And he knew that.

"You fucking alcoholic whore."

Punch. Went fucking punched Richie in the face, scaring Eddie and boring Richie.