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t h i r t e e n

"baby, can you grab this end of the blanket?"

eddie is on his tiptoes, but he cannot, for the life of him, reach the top of the blinds.

richie turns around and the sight in front of him makes him giggle. his boyfriend stands atop a short stool, standing high as possible, trying to adhere the corner of their blanket fort to the top of their blinds. but he's too short, and he is incapable of reaching far enough, and so he's stretched out and pouting at the realization that he can't move any further.

eddie pouts further when he sees richie laughing at him. "stop laughing!" he whines, scrunching his nose up in distaste.

richie attempts to compose himself, stifling the short giggles coming from his lips. "sorry," he finally stops laughing. "sorry, i'm done."

"you better be," eddie warns, but it's gentle, and it almost makes richie laugh once again. "now come put this up there so we can finish our fort."

richie obliges. he does this simply, not having any difficulties snagging the blanket on the blinds, and he hops down from the stool and presses a gentle kiss to eddie's forehead. "what movie do you wanna watch?"

eds rounds the fort, careful not to knock it down, and then leaves the room to head to the kitchen, richie trailing behind them. they work to get snacks and drinks, holding two bowls of chips and six sofas between the two of them. "i always pick the movie. you pick."

richie tilts his head in contemplation as he grabs two glasses for their pop and they begin heading back to their bedroom, and then he begins to smile. "the shining?"

eddie stops, staring at the back of his boyfriend's head. "you remember that?"

richie's eyes look surprised. he's not sure how eddie could think he'd forget. he's not sure it was possible for him to forget. seeing the shining at the theatre was their almost first date. the time they'd hung out outside of school that wasn't for the deal. "of course i remember, eds. how could i forget?"

eddie's eyes soften and he smiles, basically prancing past richie, back into their room. richie just laughs and follows.

the two boys duck down and load all of their snacks into the large blanket fortress they had constructed that sunday morning, climbing in afterwards. richie pulls his laptop into his lap and begins scrolling through netflix. he immediately goes into the horror movie genre, and he clicks on eddie's favourite movie, the shining, before pushing the laptop back so that they can both see it.

eddie looks at the screen, and then his boyfriend, and then back to his screen. and then, he admires his boyfriend for a long moment. his heart swells and he's overwhelmed with how much genuine love he has for this boy.

as the intro plays, eddie crawls over into richie's lap. the taller boy doesn't question it, and immediately hugs him to his chest, pressing a kiss to his shoulder.

eddie smiles.