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Sweet Talk pt 1

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Words: 1,892
Prompt: The song above
Around 14 in this one
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   It was stupid. Richie knew it was stupid. Crushing on the short boy in the group that always torments him. But something about Eddie giggle when Bill insults Richie just gave Richie the collywobbles in the best possible way.

    Richie doubts Eddie even knew his name. Richie doubts anyone knew his name, for that matter. But Bill and his group always loved to pick on him, but after a bit of pushing around and teasing, they would brush him off like he didn't even exist anymore. It was only three of them. Bill, the "leader". Stanley, Stanley was actually pretty chill, and never really joined in on the teasing, to be fair he never did anything to stop it either, but whatever. And Eddie. Oh god, Eddie.

    At what point did Richie start accepting the daily beatings just so he could see Eddie? Was it healthy? Absolutely not. Was it worth it? Hell yeah, it was. And even if Eddie was laughing at him. Being the punchline to a joke he's laughing at is better than nothing, right?

    Eddie would get close to Richie and whisper trash talk into his ear. Insulting him, telling him he hates him, that no one loves him, calling him all sorts of slurs. But it was all sweet talk to Richie. Eddie probably wished Richie was dead, but Richie couldn't care less. Because Eddie's hot breath against his ear was enough for Richie to melt.

    Soon the bullying got a little more...physical. It wasn't just pushing anymore. Bill began kicking him, punching him, elbowing him. Not super hard, but it would definitely leave some bruises. And Eddie followed the leader. Eddie would just smirk and when they got bored of kicking him around, Eddie would whisper in his ear, "See you tomorrow."

   And Richie knew that was meant as a threat, but hot damn, it made Richie's heart beat faster. But of course, his mom began noticing the bruises and started asking questions. Richie would brush it off, saying that his "friends" just got a little too into a game of football they played. Just boys being boys. Richie was a lot of things, but a snitch ain't one of them.

    But his mom being a mom finally forced the truth out of him. She immediately called the principal's office. And the next day Bill wasn't at school. So I guess you could put two and two together.

    He continued through his day, as normal, but every time he passed Eddie and Stanley in the hall they gave him a dirty look. And listen, as much as Richie likes Eddie, Eddie mercilessly beating the shit out of him sounded pretty goddamn painful. Eddie may be short and slim, but his punches and kicks had some force into them. So Richie was kind of nervous when the last bell rang, dismissing everyone.

    He walked nervously out of the school doors and looked around. He locked eyes with a girl with red hair, she was talking to another boy, but she pursed her lips and shook her head.

    "Good luck" she mouthed at him. Which made Richie even more anxious. He decided if he cut through to the ally, it would avoid running into them, at least, that's what he hoped. He loved Eddie's pretty face, but not enough to risk death to see it. Especially since Eddies' pretty face wouldn't do the same for him.

    He walks through when all of a sudden someone is pinning Richie against the dumpster. He has to look down to see who it is. Spoiler alert, it's Eddie. And he has to stand on his tippy toes to be able to keep Richie's hands pinned on the sides of his head. He looks pretty fucking mad.

    "You told them, you little pussy." Richie looks to the side and sees Stanley, who's really just vibing, Richie waves hi to him, his hands still pinned. Stanley just waves back.