Reddie For You [On Hiatus]

| Chapter 12 |

"Thanksgiving in Maine?" Eddie folded his arms, humming against the frame of the bedroom door. He was already dressed for his morning run, surprised that Richie was able to have an actual conversation despite how sleepy he was in the morning. Eddie didn't run as often since their vacation, body a little too sore to work out due to their recent... activities.

It had been a full week of Richie planning for Eddie's birthday and Thanksgiving, mindblowing sex sprinkled in the mix. He couldn't get enough of Eddie, no matter how many times they fell into bed together it seemed like it was better and better every time. Eddie got less shy and more demanding. He insisted on bottoming and even let it slip that he really liked when Richie got a little rough. They'd pretend like Richie was in complete power and control, but he was still all too compliant to do whatever Eddie said, whenever he wanted it.

A week of regularly scheduled sex was a work out in itself, but Eddie still insisted that he needed to continue his morning runs. Richie on the other hand, was perfectly fine just sticking to the sex.

"Yep, at my parents' house in Bar Harbor. It's a little island community, far from Derry." He sat up a little straighter in their bed, stretching his back that was littered with fresh nail marks. "It's really beautiful too, right near Acadia National Park. But I can get us out of it if you don't want to go."

"No Rich, that sounds nice." He smiled back at him, stretching out his legs which were slightly bruised. As far as he could remember, he'd never had a Thanksgiving with family, or a normal holiday in general. "Who else will be there?"

"Usually my aunts and uncles show up with my cousins. And they show up with their kids. Oh, and sometimes my parents will invite some neighbors." He yawned, pushing his glasses back onto his face. "It might be a lot, but we don't have to stay the whole time-"

"I think I can handle it." Eddie huffed, putting his headphones into his ears. "I'll bring some Christmas gifts over for your parents."

"Good idea, I bought them already. Don't feel the need to go big."

"You're the one who always goes big." He shook his head. It was true, and he even begged Richie not to go overboard on his rapidly approaching birthday. "What did you get them?"

"Pft, not telling." He grinned, folding his hands behind his head and looking at him still with tired eyes. "You have to wait till I give it to them." Technically, his parents celebrated Hanukkah, but they weren't traditional by any means and usually gave Richie his presents closer to Christmas anyway.

"Whatever. Go back to sleep dummy."

"Love you too baby, enjoy your run." It became sort of a ritual for Eddie to come back and shower with Richie after his runs. It was fun messing around in there or just cleaning each other up. Either way, it saved water.

But Richie didn't go back to sleep after Eddie left, instead he continued to plan extensively to make sure Eddie's birthday would be amazing. He had the perfect plan, thought out to the tee. Frankly, he'd never even taken his own birthday so seriously. All he had to do was not fuck up.

"Hey Eds, you interested in a party later?" He asked, toweling off his hair after their shower. "A couple of my colleagues are getting together to celebrate my 'accomplishments' and shit."

"Party?" Eddie repeated, tugging one of Richie's oversized t-shirts over his head, pooling down and almost completely hiding his boxers. "What time?"

"I think it starts at eight. But you know I love to be fashionably late."

"You can't be late to your own party, that looks bad." He snorted, crawling up the bed to lay in between his legs, comfortably resting his head on his chest. It was his favorite position to cuddle in, breathing in the scent of Richie while he ran his hands soothingly through his hair. Eddie never realized how much he liked his hair played with, Richie's fingers combing soothingly through his scalp. Richie revealed that he was also a big fan of Eddie's hands in his hair.