in which they're friends with benefits. [ "we've always been friends." "just friends?" ]

in which Eddie is a cheerleader and has a hopeless crush on Richie Tozier, the quarter-back. [made in 2019, edited in 2020]

" 𝙞 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙞'𝙢 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙞 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 " + 𝙀𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙚'𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨. 𝙃𝙚'𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙩 𝙍𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙, 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙍𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙚'𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨. 𝙍𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙚 𝙨𝙢𝙞𝙧𝙠𝙨. 𝙃𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙥 𝙩𝙤 𝙀𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙚'𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙧, 𝙛𝙞𝙭𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙡𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣. "𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚, 𝙀𝙙𝙨. 𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚," 𝙃𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙀𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙚'𝙨 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙚𝙠, 𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙧𝙪𝙗𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙛𝙩 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙣. "𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙝. 𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙙 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙙𝙤 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪," 𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙮. "𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙩, 𝙩𝙤𝙤. 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙞𝙩, 𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙮. 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙥𝙞

" 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙪𝙣 ( 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨 ) " + 𝘼 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙛𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙐𝙥𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝘿𝙤𝙬𝙣.

" 𝘿𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙖 𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙢 " + "𝙂𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙄 𝙤𝙬𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙤𝙣𝙚, 𝙝𝙪𝙝?" 𝙍𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙚𝙨. 𝘼𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙮 𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨, 𝙨𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙘𝙖𝙩. 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙍𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙠 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙚'𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙜𝙤𝙧𝙚, 𝙩𝙤𝙤, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙮 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙝𝙧𝙪𝙜𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙬 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙬𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙞𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙩 𝙇𝙤𝙤𝙥𝙨. 𝙄𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙮𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙠𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙍𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣. "𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙮𝙚𝙨."

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"listen eds, you always have me" - im just writing as i go so its gonna be bad - - lowercase intended -