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10 ☆Christmas Shopping Sucks

☆*:.｡.Christmas shopping sucks.｡.:*☆

Throughout the week Richie makes good on his promise and brings Eddie a different classic Disney snack. Will flirts with Eddie and takes every opportunity to brush his arm or place his hand on his back. Then suddenly it's Saturday the first day of their winter break the day they go shopping.
The losers and honorary loser Patty all go to the mall early in the morning before most of the Christmas shoppers arrive and Stan gathers us in a circle.
"Alright divide and conquer everyone split up buy your gifts and we meet back here in an hour. It's not a competition but you fucks make it one every year so just don't die or steal. 3 2 1 break!"
All of them split up Eddie heading straight to hot topic to buy Richie the Cars hoodie he went on about for weeks to Eddie a few months ago. He shops and shops and finally finishes in bath and bodyworks for Pattys gift. He walks out and immediately gets pushed along the current. He realizes just how many people are now in the mall and feels like he can't breath. He gets tossed around and starts heaving breaths looking in every store for one of his friends. Then finally he sees Richie sitting in a booth at the food court bags on the opposite side as him. Eddie walks as fast as he can and puts his bags on the table.
"Richie I can't-"
He holds his chest and breaths heavily.
"Oh my god Eddie here sit"
Richie gets up and sets Eddie on the edge of the booth frantically grabbing at his pocket and pulling out his inhaler and handing it to him and taking a knee in front of him placing a hand on Eddie's knee. Eddie shakes his head putting down the inhaler and takes deep breaths placing a hand over Richie's.
"It's" breath "not asthma... Flowers"
Flowers is the code word they had started using if Eddie started having a panic attack
"Ok hey remember the grounding Stan talked about yeah? five things you can see?"
Eddie looks around trying to focus.
"Three children, you, and an ugly dress"
Richie huffs a breath and feels Eddie shaking still struggling to breath
"Four thing you can feel Eds"
"Uh- the leather booth my sweater the cold table and your hand"
Eddie says squeezing Richie's hand trying to settle his breaths.
"Good keep breathing three things you hear."
"You, muffled music and people laughing"
Richie nods
"Ok two smells and a taste"
Eddie looks at Richie.
"I smell your cologne and my shampoo and I can taste.. The smoothie you're gonna buy me?"
Richie laughs looking up at Eddie and squeezing his still shaky hand.
"Ok ok do you wanna wait a bit? I don't want to leave you alone like this"
Eddie nods and scoots over to let Richie sit. He sits and Eddie wraps his arms around Richie's torso putting his face in Richie's side. Richie warps one arm around Eddie and places the other one on Eddie's head massaging his scalp. Richie knows not to touch someone having a panic attack unless they initiate it or you know they are fine with it because they said it to you. (This was a psa from Richie) Eddie speaks his voice muffled.
"Man I'm pathetic"
He laughs a little and sits up parting from Richie and wiping his eyes.
"Hey don't cry Eds it's ok your not pathetic"
Richie pushes some hair out of Eddie's face and smiles.
"How about I go get that smoothie yeah? The others still have another twenty minutes. I'll text them to just meet here."
Eddie nods Richie leaves and comes back with the chocolate and banana smoothie Eddie loves.
"Here you are good sir!"
Richie says placing it on the table quickly moving eddies bags next to his on the booth and sits back down next to Eddie.
"Thank you Richie"
Stan walks up as Richie smiles and watches Eddie sip his smoothie with the biggest heart eyes Stan has ever seen. He scoots the bags over and ads his own to the stack and plopping down next to them.
"Boys everything alright?"
Richie looks to Eddie for permissions and Eddie nods.
"Eddie had a little panic attack and I was the first person he found. We did the grounding thing which helped and also ended with me somehow buying him a smoothie"
Richie laughs, Stan chuckles, and Eddie giggles.
"Well at least it helped yeah?"
Stan said, patting Eddie's hand. Eddie nods and drinks his smoothie; they eventually all meet back up and head back to their respective homes. They eat dinner and chill then get ready for bed.
"Rich close your eyes for like ten minutes"
Eddie says from his bed where he's starting to wrap presents.
"Here I'll go to the bathroom and wrap yours while you wrap mine just yell when your done"
Eddie quickly wraps the hoodie then calls Richie back in.
"Finish up Eddie and get to bed you need to rest"
Richie says ruffling Eddie's hair then laying in bed turning off his lamp and facing the wall. Eddie finishes looking up anytime Richie shifts but eventually he falls asleep.

Eddie has a nightmare about home, that place, the way his mother hurt him. He was trapped there replaying the worst moments over and over. He jolts awake sitting up. He looks over at Richie who's still asleep then slides off his bed. He walks over and shakes Richie's shoulder Richie lifts his head and turns his body.
"What's up? bad dream?"
Eddie nods
"same one?"
Rochie scoots until his back touches the wall and lifts his blanket. Eddie climbs up and slides under the blanket on his side facing Richie.
"Do you wanna talk about it?"
Eddie's face scrunches as he shakes his head and begins crying. He scoots forward and Richie pulls him the rest of the way to his chest wrapping his arms around him running his hand through Eddie's hair.
"It's ok Eddie she can't hurt you now. I'm here you're not alone"
Eddie nods his crying turning into small sniffs.
"Just go to bed you can stay here tonight if you need"
Eddie nods and puts his forehead on Richie's chest taking in the moment . Richie finds himself stroking Eddie's hair until his breath steadies as he sleeps then falls asleep himself.

A/n - I have the whole story written so updates are gonna come faster now