dawn : stenbrough

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𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐒 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐁𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐘 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐄, who, of course, are laughing their asses off at some video on richie's phone. bill sits down across from them. 

honestly, he wishes he was with stan, but stanley is across the train car, talking to his parents. bill assumes he's working out whatever happened last night. he's glad, because he really didn't like seeing stanley cry. he felt so sad seeing stan like that. although, honestly, bill felt a little foolish saying he cared so much for stan in such a short amount of time. but hey, you spend a morning together, and you develop a bond, i guess. 

"bill? have you fuckin' seen this?" richie turns his phone around, showing the video that they were laughing at. bill is a little confused. it's a video of a plane, flapping around the wings of the plane like it's a bird. strangely, it is a little bit funny. bill snickers. 

"wh-whuh-what the fuck?" bill responds, beverly still laughing at the video. 

eddie marches up to the three of them, huffing under his breath. bill notices that mike and ben, sitting at a different table, look excited. almost as if they've pushed him to something. 

eddie, with his eyebrows furrowed, clears his throat. "richie, i..." eddie is standing in front of richie, who looks up (for once) to eddie. richie raises an eyebrow. eddie looks around at bill and beverly nervously. bill and bev are exchanging glances, bill wiggling his eyebrows. 

eddie leans forward, puts his hand up to richie's ear, and whispers something. ben and mike give each other a fist bump, and a smile creeps onto richie's face. richie stays collected, but his ears burn bright red. richie thinks for a moment, and eddie looks incredibly nervous. richie uses his hand to pull eddie closer, and whispers something back into his ear. suddenly, it's as if richie's smile is infectious, because eddie's entire face lights up. his cheeks burn a little red, too. eddie nods and walks back to ben and mike. 

"what the fuck was that, richie?" beverly asks, voicing the question bill had as well. 

"it was..." richie considers it for a moment. he looks to bill, bewildered, "it was nothing. don't worry about it," he says, sitting back in his chair and looking out the window. the smile cannot be wiped off his face. beverly looks to bill again, and now she is the one to wiggle her eyebrows. 

"alright then." bill mumbles, looking at his phone for the time. he stares at his phone (going through his camera roll for nostalgia's sake) until he spots movement out of the corner of his eye. 

he looks up, and stanley is walking up to bill. stanley motions to the seat next to bill, and bill nods. 

stan sits down, "whatcha looking at?" he asks, bill opening his phone. 

"photos," bill replies, opening his phone to a photo of beverly sitting in between two mattresses. bill chuckles, knowing what the photo is before this one. he swipes, "we hung out and d-duh-duh-decided it was time to sacr-cruh-crifice a barbie." the photo is of beverly and ben across from each other, holding one leg of a naked barbie, over a candle with jesus on it. stanley laughs, scooting closer to bill. 

"you guys must have so much fun. like, you're literally on a fucking road trip. that's so cool," stanley sighs, thinking about his friend group back in portland. bill smiles, looking at richie and beverly. 

"yeah, we h-huh-have fun," bill mutters, leaning his head on stanley's shoulder this time. "i'm sure you could hang out w-wuh-with us while we're in portland. i don't wanna just tuh-talk to you here and then never again." bill says, stanley blushing a little bit at the physical contact. 

"i... i would like that. i think you guys are really cool." stanley murmurs, not letting richie hear. richie would never let him live it down. far too cheesy. 

"i think y-yuh-you're really cool, too." bill replies, a soft whisper. the two of them simply stare out the window. 

giant trees pass by, extremely tall and covering most of the view, going up the side of a mountain. the two boys watch them pass by, stan getting the tiniest bit sick at the speed of the train. bill leans further into stan, but not enough for richie to make a comment. 

"why..." beverly whispers obnoxiously, catching bill and stan's attention. she's looking at another video on richie's phone, and they both snicker at the end of it. stan looks back out the window. richie glances up from his phone, seeing bill lean into stan. while stan isn't watching, richie winks at bill. bill smiles. 

suddenly, a cheesy song is stuck in bill's head. it's a love song, and bill is tempted to hum it, but he won't. instead, he looks back to the window.