"What are you?" The boy glared at them, a scent of raw meat and lavender surrounding him. He refused to speak, kicking the chain secured around his leg irritably. "Is she trying to protect you from the outside?" Richie tried again, hoping for a response. Surprisingly, the boy perked up. He still looked angry, but he didn't stay quiet. "More like she's trying to protect the outside from me."

Richie Tozier was hopeless when he was checked into Derry mental hospital, that was, until he met Eddie Kaspbrak. > Richie tozier x Eddie Kaspbrak < AU where Eddie Kaspbrak has been in a mental hospital for three months, and Richie Tozier was checked in last night. THIS STORY IS VERY TRIGGERING AND HAS INTENSE CONTENT, SERIOUSLY IT GETS INTENSE [ #838 in short story ]

"𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘧𝘪𝘹𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘴?" "𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘧𝘪𝘹𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴?" or richie meets a boy with OCD in his history class

"You're poetry, Richie Tozier."