Baby//Mike Wheeler X Eddie Kaspbrak

Falling

Hawkins, Indiana. August 6th '88

When the four boys awoke groggily, they got up and ready for the day. They ate pop tarts for breakfast. Eddie and Will secretly loved the soft pink frosting. It was cute. Their favourite colours.

"God, for hating each other you two sure were close when I woke up in the middle of the night. Close as in on top of each other!" Richie laughed, exposing Mike and Eddie.

"Why were you up in the- oh god Richie! Seriously? Were you doing that thing again?" Eddie pointed a finger at his best friend accusingly. The boy in glasses rose his hands in surrender.

"Ed's, you know a man needs his midnight wank every now and then." Richie smiled happily, taking his last bite of the pink pop tart.

"In my house?" Will asked, eyes wide as he cringed.

"Correction, room." Richie smiled at the boy who was confused for a second and then understood.

"That's disgusting!" Eddie rambled about how unsanitary it was, Mike watching the small, delicate boy with much fondness.

"Guys, guys. Calm down. Obviously I went to the bathroom to clean up afterwords." As the words came from the trash mouth, the two small boys cringed almost in sync.

"I thought you learned from when my mom caught you last time.." Eddie mumbled disappointedly.

"Hey, that made me wanna do it more! She gave me a good fuckin afterwords!" Eddie rolled his eyes, going to put his plate in the sink. He took Mikes too.

"Thank you." Mike smiled softly at him. Eddie blushed and hurried to the sink.

"Do you guys need to leave? I reckon you'd get in trouble if you stayed, no?" Will asked all of them. Before they could answer, Hopper walked into the room and scanned it.

"Will, id like to have a talk. A private one. You know? A heart to heart I guess." He was smiling softly, the accepting smile Will had so badly wanted to see. The boy nodded and made his way to his room followed by his step dad.

"Welp! Guess that means it's time to go." Richie sighed.

"Mike?" Eddie asked him softly as they walked home, Richie skipping happily a few feet ahead.

"Yeah Eddie?" Mike looked down at him with soft, happy, brown eyes.

"Do you think we could go to a park after we get home and dressed? Just the two of us?" Mikes mouth spread into a grin as he nodded and shouted a happy

"Of course Eddie!" Eddie smiled happily too, walking so that his hand would brush against Mike's.

As soon as the boys got home, Eddie had a quick shower and got dressed in some nice clothes. They were his favourite clothes to be exact.

It was a white tee with a bunch watercolour flowers in the middle and the word blossom under them. He wore his khaki shorts with a black belt and put on his slightly high pink socks. The same pink as one of the flowers.

He delicately placed his dads ring on his finger and the friendship bracelet that Bill made him when he was ten on his wrist.

He looked in the mirror of the downstairs bathroom, Mike was having a shower upstairs now. He touched his fluffy, less tamed hair and smiled. Eddie liked how he looked today. That was rare for the adorable boy. It was a big step. One big step that also comes with falling in love, and oh boy, was he falling.

Richie came up from behind his best friend. He wrapped long arms around the small boy's torso and placed his chin on Eddies head. He smiled softly at the reflection in the mirror.

"Hey Rich." Eddie whispered a greeting.

"Hey Ed's." And there was a silence. A small silence in which the best friends enjoyed each other's company. Then, Richie spoke up, just like Richie does.

"Thank you for coming with me Ed's. Thank you so much. I honestly don't know what I'd do if you weren't here. The losers are great and all but you're my best best friend. Jeez, how'd I get so lucky?" Richie rambled away, turning Eddie around and squeezing his pink cheeks.

"Richie! Go away!" He laughed, hitting the taller boy softly. Richie grabbed him and threw him over his shoulder.

"Richie Tozier you better put me down right now!" Eddie yelled, laughing and flailing his arms and legs. He began to punch Richie's butt until the tall boy finally set him down.

Eddies face was all red but he was breathily laughing anyway. As soon as the two heard the bathroom door open, Richie have Eddies and a kiss and ran to use the shower.

"Idiot.." Eddie mumbled to himself, lifting himself to sit on the kitchen counter, feet dangling.

"Eddie? Wanna pack a little basket of food-" Mike stopped in his tracks, towel in hand drying his mop of hair.

"What's wrong?" Eddie scrunched up his face.

"You just.. you look... pretty." Mike told him, throwing the towel back on the stairs and walking to Eddie. He stood in between the small boys dangling legs, holding onto the petite waist.

"Pretty?" Eddie whispered, hopeful that Mike would reassure him. Hopeful that he really had said those words.

"Very pretty." Mike put a hand on Eddies soft cheek, pulling him closer until their foreheads touched.

"Can I kiss you?" The taller boy asked in a low voice below a whisper. Eddie simply nodded softly, getting ready to kiss a boy. His first crush since Eddie Corcoran.

Yes, Eddie had a crush. A crush on Mike Wheeler.

Mike softly pulled Eddies head so their soft lips touched. Eddie melted into the kiss, softly playing with Mikes damp hair.

Mikes hand travelled back to Eddies waist, his lips pulling apart from Eddies, no matter how much he didn't want to.

"Wow.." Eddie whispered, a small giggle coming from him.

"Wow.. definitely not straight. Not straight at all." Mike announced to the delicate boy who sat atop the counter.

"Now.. wanna make some sandwiches?" Eddie smiled and hopped down into Mikes arms, giving him a small hug.

"What do you like? Jam? Turkey? Pb+j?" Eddie looked up at Mikes soft brown hued eyes.

"Hmmm what's this turkey you speak of?" Eddie chuckled and got to work.