In which two boys with strange, wealthy families decide to become runaways in the 1960's. "Let's bug out." ((reddie)) ((60's runaway au))

p h o s p h e n e s (n.) the stars and colors you see when you rub your eyes "Richie saw him everywhere, and he simply couldn't rid his mind of the doe-eyed angel he loved so dearly. He saw Eddie in his dreams, in his wandering thoughts, in his music, in the stars and colors that leaked across his eyes when he squeezed them shut tight. Eddie was there, always, whether Richie wanted it or not; and he definitely did." ×Trigger warnings at the beginnings of chapters×

"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."

Worlds divided... What would happen if they collided?

❝𝘪 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘬𝘦 ❞

a coming of age story.

"richie?" "yes, eds?" "i think i l-love you."

"𝐢 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐢 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭...𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢'𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞." 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐝𝐚𝐲.

The world is a dark place, Eddie. Without you it's even darker.

The year is nineteen ninety three. Eddie is popular, kind, loved, and very pretty. Richie is nerdy, loud, funny, and very awkward. But these boys do have one thing in common. Skateboarding. Well, maybe two things in common. In which Richie has been smitten since freshmen year, but Eddie's never glanced his way. Highest Rank: #16 in Reddie #6 in IT #1 in richiexeddie (Includes homophobic slurs, alcohol, drug use, thoughts of suicide, self harm, anorexia, mental illness, abuse)