Stay Calm~Reddie

"𝕊𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕓𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕤 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕖"♫

Richie Tozier arrived home later that day after his boring day at school. After lunch, he had to head to his History class in which he was seated next to Stanley Uris. Of course he asked where Richie was during lunch, but Richie just lied and told him that he was in detention. He believed him, it wasn't like Richie didn't get detentions on the daily.

So now, the boy was sat comfortably in his bed with his walkman playing 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' while reading through his notebook.

*knock knock*

"Mom, i'm busy," Richie yelled and slightly turned the volume of his music up.

"It's not your mum!"

Richie instantly shut the book and stopped the music, shoving the book under his pillow. "Who is it?"

"Eddie," came the voice from outside. As soon as Richie heard that name, he scrambled out of bed and rushed to open the door (chucking a couple dirty clothes in his wardrobe on the way).

"Hi Spaghetti man," Richie greeted as he opened the door, meeting face to face with the small boy.

"Do not call me spaghetti man, please."

"No promises."

Eddie just slightly hit Richie on the shoulder while shooting him a playful smile. He obviously walked past Richie and gently sat on the end of Richie's bed, having a look around his room.

"Sooo," Richie spoke as he took a seat next to Eddie. "What brings you to the Tozier residence on this pleasant day?"

"You call this a pleasant day," Eddie scoffed. Richie just chuckled a little, his smile only disappeared once he took a look at Eddie's face. His eyes looked bloodshot, as if he had been crying. His hair looked unusually messy, and his shorts looked quite dirty. Fuck, why am i looking at his shorts?

"Eds? You okay?" At that simple and short question, Eddie looked over to Richie with his chocolate-brown eyes and sniffled quietly.

"No," he mumbled.

"What's wrong? Is it about Myra?" Eddie looked at him and shook his head, slightly moving closer to lean his head gently on Richie's shoulder.

"It's my mum, Rich," Eddie whispered. As soon as those words left Eddie's mouth, Richie wrapped his long arms around the smaller boys body. He could hear the sniffles that escaped Eddie's mouth.

"What did she do Eds?"

"Wait," Eddie mumbled as he pulled away from the tight hug. "Can i stay here tonight?"

"Yeah of course," he replied with no hesitation.

"Thanks, ill tell you after? If that's okay?"

"Mhm, sounds fine Spaghetti head."

Richie let Eddie borrow a pair of grey joggers which were insanely too big for his waist but they still held up, he just wore one of Richie's few 'Freeser' tips along with it. After, they both cleaned their teeth and got themselves ready to just lay down and talk until their tiredness took over.