Reddie // short stories

Are you scared?

a/n: most of my ideas and prompts in this book will come from online generators. if you'd like a link to the site i use, feel free to message me! enjoy!

prompt: Richie and Eddie are unable to sleep after watching a horror movie but Richie will not admit that the movie scared him.

They had just finished watching the Conjuring 2 and were about to go to sleep. They had made a small fort out of some blankets and pillows and they were all set up to sleep on a big air mattress they'd blown up in the living room before the movie.

Their backs were leaning against the edge of the couch behind the mattress and they were both under one huge blanket. After every jump scare in the movie, Eddie would a steal a little bit of the blanket and use it to hide his face and shield his eyes.

Before the movie began, Richie and Eddie were farther apart on the mattress than they had been what the movie ended. They hadn't even noticed it, but during the movie, the had been scooting closer to one another. This was mostly Richie trying to get some of the blanket back. They moved closer and closer until their thighs were touching and Richie had accidentally put his hand on Eddie's knee instead of his own. Neither of them seemed to notice anything until the heat underneath the blanket from being so close together had become noticeable. When Eddie felt Richie's hand squeeze his knee ever so slightly, he looked over at the boy but didn't complain so Richie left his hand there for the comfort of the both of them. Friends can do that, right?

The movie ended and they had shaken off the scares of the film by playing a friendly game of cards, which ended up not being so friendly when Eddie got jealous of Richie winning the game. He lunged forward, his knee knocking over the neatly shuffled and piled cards that Richie had just placed there.

Eddie grabbed Richie's shoulders and pinned him to the ground with an angry expression on his face. He tried his best not to laugh but the boy underneath him burst out into a fit of giggles as Eddie tried to stay serious. He ultimately failed, laughing and almost collapsing onto Richie's chest. He caught himself on his elbows, which were on either side of Richie's shoulders. The two boys just looked at each other, not saying anything because neither knew what to say. They just stared at each other and it wasn't until now that Eddie had realized how many freckles Richie had and Richie noticed the way Eddie's eyes crinkle up when he laughs really hard.

Neither of them know it, but they are both thinking about how pretty they are. Richie was staring into Eddie's eyes while Eddie's eyes were roaming Richie's entire face. They went from his eyes, down to his nose, and finally rested upon his lips.

Their hearts started beating rapidly. Eddie propped himself up onto his hands instead of his elbows so he could be up a bit higher and to create a little distance. He was confused. He was confused as to why his heart was about to burst through his chest and he was confused as to why hw wasn't moving from where he was perched on Richie's lap, his knees on either side of Richie's hips.

They weren't laughing anymore. They were just stuck in this trance that they couldn't find their way out of. And they were confused. They knew this shouldn't be happening yet they were totally fine with letting it continue.

Eddie's trance was broken when Richie sat up with his hands on the floor behind him for support. He brought one hand up to touch Eddie's cheek and Eddie put his hands on Richie's shoulders again. It was Richie's turn now to look at Eddie's lips, desperately wanting to capture them with his own.

When Richie wet his lips and started to lean in slightly, Eddie's eyes widened and he quickly climbed off of Richie's lap, his jaw open slightly in shock. He sat on the floor with a confused expression on his face and Richie looked a little hurt and shocked.