Late Nights... ✨- Reddie (ON HOLD)

Chapter One

Richard Tozier was just like every other teenage boy at Derry High. He smoked, he drank, and generally just tried to have as much fun as he could, as often as he could.

That was, until the day he met Eddie Kaspbrak.
As Richie was walking towards the front doors of the school, skipping 8th period of course, since there wasn't a test, he didn't see a reason to go. It's not like he had to study. He rounded the corner to go past the office doors and out into the open air, when this little brown stick of a boy ran straight into his shoulder, knocking the young one on his ass, holding his nose.

"Holy shit man, are you okay?", Richie asked, peering down at the small boy as he squatted next to him, cupping his small face.

The young boy looked up at Richie, his eyes welling up with tears as blood ran through the fingers that were pinching the bridge of his nose.

"Do I look okay to you, asshole?", the young boy replied sarcastically.

"Asshole? I'm not the one taking a corner at 20 miles per hour in a school zone, my guy," Richie chuckled back, peeling the small ones hands back and tilting his head forward, "My names Richie, Richie-".

"Richie Tozier. Yeah, we have math together. And Social Studies, and Biology. I sit behind you. "
Richie can't help but think to himself, "Baby, if you were in any of my classes, I think I'd know. No one as beautiful as you can get by me." Richie shakes the thought away. How absurd, he wasn't gay.

Right?

Richie simply replies, "My bad pal."

"It's fine, I'm small so it's easy for people to miss me. The names Eddie Kaspbrack", The smaller one states.

Eddie. Eddie. Eddie. The name rang throughout Richies mind, bouncing and banging around. A beautiful name for a beautiful boy.

"Nice to meet you, Eddie."

Eddie smiles a big smile, the blood from his nose slowing down, when Richie suddenly remembers why he stopped in the first place. He grabs some tissues from his bag, and wipes the blood off of Eddies face, sliding his hand to the back of Eddies head, cupping it softly.

Eddie couldn't help but admire how gorgeous Richie Tozier was. Examining his face from top to bottom, this close up, really gave him a new perspective on the "Trashmouth".

"There, all better, Eddie Spaghetti."- Richie says, with an award winning smile.

Richie slides his hand to Eddies cheek, his thumb brushing against his soft cheek bone, and he could almost SWEAR he felt Eddie nuzzle into it.

He helped the young boy stand, holding his hands in front of him.

"Don't call me that", Eddie states, a small smile turning up the corners of his mouth just enough for Richie to notice.

Richie grabs Eddies bag, helping him put it on, chuckling softly.

"Whatever you say, Eds."

The two parted ways, neither saying what they were really thinking in that moment, but as Eddie went to go to Math and Richie reached the front doors, they both turned around, eyeing each other up and down, and smiling.