stanley uris (male!oc /self insert)

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the last day of school. the last day of white t-shirts and black jeans. the last day of trying to maintain his mane of curls. the last day of seeing stanley uris turn pink and wide-eyed when he smiled at him.

the only one patrick would miss was the latter. stanley was standing by his locker, clutching his physics textbook to his chest as his friends talked.

stanley wasn't short, he was taller than most of the kids in their grade, but he was very petite and thin and he looked like he would snap at any moment.
"patrick. patrick! are you even listening to me?"
sam exclaimed, punctuating their sentences with a light smack on his arm. they rolled their eyes and swung open their locker, letting out an exasperated sigh.

"sorry, what did you say?"
patrick replied, laughing quietly when sam looked at him in a way that screamed are you fucking kidding me?
"i said bill denbrough asked me to go to the quarry with him and his friends! i don't know if it's a date or whether it's just a friend thing and-"
they rambled on and patrick could practically see the cogs in their brain working into overdrive. he grabbed their hands which had gone to her mouth where they was nervously biting their already stubby nails.

"did you say yes?" patrick asked, folding his arms and raised his eyebrow. he wondered, if sam went, maybe he could go with them? stanley would be there, maybe they could actually speak to each other and instead of stealing glances at each other during classes and "accidentally" brushing past each other in the halls.

sam answered, clearly overthinking the situation. they'd had a crush on bill denbrough for years now, patrick has never seen anyone go so red in his life.
"yes, but now i'm not sure what if it is a date? all his friends are going to be there and- oh my god they're coming this way what do i do oh my-"

"h-hi, s-suh-sam,"
bill managed to say, a small smile on his face. sam was scarlet.
"hey bill,"
they said, clearly anxious. patrick could see richie tozier and eddie kaspbrak nudging eachother and giggling. it was obvious bill likes sam too.

sam and bill launched into a conversation but patrick was no longer listening or interested. stanley was standing beside beverly march, their hair was the same length, he must be growing it out. it was a soft cloud just reaching past his ears.

he was clutching his physics book to his chest so tight his knuckles were going white.

patrick always wondered what was going on in stanley's head. what did he think about? who did he think about? did he think about him? he pushed that thought out of his head as quickly as it tumbled in. he shouldn't even be thinking about him like that. knowing stanley he was probably thinking about birds. patrick had seen a blue tit on his way to school that morning and he wondered if stan had seen the same bird. he could practically hear richie tozier's joke about the name
"HA it's called tit!"

they made eye contact and patrick smiled. stan's cheeks and nose went pink and he managed a small grin but quickly looked down at his pristine white converse. his hair fell in his face and patrick want nothing more than to brush the soft curls out of his eyes.

he once again saw richie and eddie nudge each other and giggle and patrick wanted nothing more than to grab the scrawny boys by their petite shoulders, shake them and ask what the hell they were laughing at. but he knew of eddie kaspbrak, he was a delicate kid, one of the tiniest people patrick had ever seen. if he shook him too hard his head would probably come off and patrick' head would follow, richie tozier was like eddie's bodyguard. even though richie only had an inch or two on eddie and patrick still towered over him, richie was quick and had the tendency to get agitated whenever anyone dared to hurt eddie.

patrick felt sam nudge him and he had to drag his eyes away from stanley. sam looked less panicked now, just flustered.

"bill asked if you wanna come with us to the quarry,"
sam said. patrick had known sam for so long he could tell what they was really saying just by their facial expression. patrick please for the love of god come if i go alone i will breakdown their eyes screamed at him.

"yeah i'll come, sounds like fun!"
patrick replies, bill smiled and told sam he'd see them there. well, he tried to say it, he got stuck on "see" and mike had to finish his sentence for him, which was probably a good idea since his face was practically going purple. and as if by cue, the bell rang and bill said goodbye frantically and speeded down the hall towards his first class and the group followed suit.

sam turned to patrick, they grabbed for the bottle of water in their locker, took a large gulp and slammed it shut.

"i think i'm going to pass out,"
they breathed out and he laughed. they walked slowly to their first class, english. they had a long talk about the two boys they both liked so much.

hope u enjoyed sam 🕺