𝕚𝕞𝕒𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤 [𝕕𝕪𝕝𝕒𝕟 𝕠'𝕓𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟]

Airplane Buddies (Reddie)

(i heard someone say 'im gay' and i think it was Jaeden, but if not then it was Wyatt. also, the way he says cranberry made me dieinsidemorethaniwasalreadydead. aND THE WAY FINN "ROASTED" JACK MADE ME CRY "might as well call seaworld and be like, hey, where's shamu? uh, no, sorry, shamu number 87"-kaiden)

Eddie was flying alone to visit his grandparents in Colorado. His mother was very ill, so she was basically forced to stay in Derry, Maine. Eddie had never been so nervous to be surrounded by so many strangers before, nor by himself.

"Would you like anything to drink or eat?" Some lady asked as she walked by him, stopping with a cart full of pretzels, crackers, goldfish, apple juice, wine, and grape juice.

"Uh, what time do you come by again?" Eddie looked up at her, putting his book down.

"Not for another three hours, sweetie." The lady said in a silky voice.

"Oh okay, then. I'll wait till then." Eddie said in a sorry voice, sounding bad for not wanting something. She smiled warmly at him, patting his cast.

For the next couple of hours, Eddie would use the restroom, read his book, look around, clean his headphones, tap his feet to the music he listened to, and take small naps.

"Hey, is it alright if I sit here?" Someone that wore thicc-rimmed glasses asked.

Eddie felt his face heat up a little, but not too much. "Uh, yeah, sure. Sure..." He replied, moving one of his legs from the seat.

"Thanks," He sat down, putting his arm on the arm-rest. "I'm Richie." Richie gave his hand to him. "I'm Eddie." He shook his hand, secretly putting on handsanitizer afterwards.

"So, you goin' to Colorado too?" Richie asked, getting comfortable. "Yup." Eddie nervously replied.

"What happened?" Richie asked, referencing and pointing to Eddie's cast.

"Oh, just being stupid.." Eddie casually replied. Richie stared at him as though he didn't believe him. "Alright, I passed out and it was broken by the time I woke up. I don't know how, but it just was." Eddie confessed. Richie looked at it and noticed that it spelled out 'Loser'. Richie got out a red marker, writing a 'v' over the 's'.

"There." He smiled at him, pushing his glasses up. "Thanks." Eddie smiled back.

The two boys spent the majority of their time talking about their lives, their friends, problems they have, and they got along way better than they had ever gotten along with someone else.

Eddie yawned, the same lady passing by and stopping next to him.

"Alright honey, are you ready now?" She asked. Eddie decided to give in, and got pretzels. "Does your boyfriend want anything?" She asked, nodding her head towards Richie. "Oh, u-uh, we're n-not.." Eddie started, but Richie interrupted. "No thank you, ma'am. Have a good day." He turned to look at Eddie, holding his hand.

The lady passed the other people, giving them what they wanted.

Eddie faced Richie. "Wait, we're not.." He started again, Richie interrupting again with a kiss. "Do you wanna get some ice cream after we land?" Richie asked the smaller boy. "Anything for you, Richie." Eddie blushed and pulled him in for another round.

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Eddie started getting more nervous than he did when he got on the plane. He thought that people were judging him. He thought that nobody would like him as soon as he arrived back at Derry after he told them about Richie. He was afraid that Richie wouldn't talk to him when he got back to Derry and Richie got back to where he came from.

Richie felt his neighbor tense up, so he held his hand and leaned his head on his shoulder. "Hey Eds?" He looked at him. "Please don't call me that.." Eddie whispered. "Hey Eds, I love you." He smirked. "I'd love you more than I already do if you wouldn't call me that." Eddie snapped back playfully. "But you do love me, right Eds?" Richie asked, nuzzling his nose against Eddie's neck. "Of course." Eddie blushed, kissing him.

"Richie Tozier, I'll always love you, even if we don't talk to each other in 20 years."

"Edward 'Eds' Kaspbrak, I'll always love you, even if we don't talk to each other in 20 years."

(ay yo bsssssssssss, ya boi kaiden updated from home. also, my doggo looks dead, but he aint, which has me shook. imma go watch glee now, bye. -Kaiden)