B r o k e n S k a t e r ~ reddie

[ chapter five ]

Warnings
- neglect
- self harm
- a kinda tragic story of Richie's past

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"Eds, I guess its time to wake up now" Richie said

Eddie squeezed his eyes open and tried to square up

"Ouch" he said

"Yeah.. Henry got you good" Richie said with a nervous smirk

"Not funny" Eddie said

"Oh yeah.. sorry"

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They sat in the living room and watched some tv

"Are you okay now? Eds"

"Yeah.. just hurt"

"Let me look" Richie said, coming closer to Eddie

Eddie didn't really like it if someone touched him, but he didn't mind this time

Eddie went sitting on the table and waited until Richie came

Richie stood by Eddie, faces to each other, Richie slowly pulled Eddies shirt up

Eddie looked down and saw bruises at his stomach and hissed

"Its okay, I have something for it, hold this" Richie said and left

Eddie just held his shirt up and waited

"Here" Richie came back with a smile

He held a kind of creme, and walked over to Eddie

When Richie putted it on Eddie's bruises Eddie played with the strings of Richie's thrasher hoodie

Richie was focused on Eddie's bruises, so Eddie looked at his arms and saw a little scar, at that moment, Richie's sleeve went up a little and Eddie saw more scars

Eddie pulled Richie's sleeve up and gasped

"Richie?" Eddie said

"Yeah?" Richie said, having no clue what Eddie just saw

Richie saw Eddie looking down in shock so he looked down and saw what Eddie meant

"I'm sorry" was the only thing Richie said

"But.. why" Eddie said, almost sobbing

"I don't know" Richie said, his voice cracking

Eddie looked at Richie, still waiting for an answer

"I'm just"
Richie sighed
"I'm just very confused these days.. okay.. about, things"

"About what?" Eddie said, gently stroking the scars now

Richie hissed but didn't put Eddie's hand away

"Just things" Richie said, looking deeply in Eddie's hazel brown eyes, oh Richie wanted to kiss him so bad right now

Eddie didn't respond and just looked at the scars and slowly kissed all of them

"Eddie what are you doing" Richie laughed

When Eddie was done he just walked over to the couch

"Lets watch a movie" he said

"Isn't your mom worried?" Richie asked

"Fuck my mom" Eddie said

"Thats my job Eds"

"Don't call me that"

And they watched a movie, and didn't talked about Henry or Richie's scars anymore

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When they watched their third movie Eddie said something

"Why are your parents never home?"

"What do you mean?" Richie said

"I never saw them yet"

Richie walked away and came back with a photo with a man, a woman, and a little girl

"This is my mother, this is my father, and.. this is Ashley"

"Aww, Ashley looks adorable, how old is she?" Eddie said with a smile

"Yeah.. she was 7" Richie said with a sigh

"Was?" Eddie said

"She died two years ago" Richie said

"Oh.. i'm, i'm sorry" Eddie said

"Its okay.."

"What happened?"
"You don't have to talk about it tho" Eddie said

"No its okay, she went missing and they found her body at the river" Richie shivered
"Actually.. I found her body"

"Oh thats horrible"

"The police took me with them after I found her.. they thought I killed her"

Richie's eyes filled with water, he told more

"Everything was just so perfect.. Ashley and I never argued and she was the sweetest girl I've ever met, my dad had anger issues and she always came into my room when my parents were fighting, I felt like I was somebody to someone"

Eddie just nodded and listened

"But then Ashley left.. and I was alone, I didn't had any reason to be happy and my parents blamed me, even when the police had proof I didn't do anything"

"Is that why your parents are never home?" Eddie asked

"They always leave.. they give me money and food to live, but they are always gone.. I don't know were, and I don't wanna know where"

Richie saw that Eddie was getting emotional

"But its not that bad tho, I always have the house for myself" Richie said with a smile

"But still.. you need love" Eddie said

Richie putted the photo back to where it was and sat on the couch again

"I have you" Richie said with a soft smile

Eddie blushed and looked at his lap

Richie didn't look away, he thought Eddie was beautiful
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So i'm listening to the "call me by your name" soundtracks while writing this and i'm honestly sobbing so hard right now 🥺💖