a coming of age story.

" 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙙-𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙣𝙤𝙬, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙞'𝙢 𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 " + 𝙀𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙜𝙜𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙗𝙖𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩. 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙢 𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙖 𝙩𝙪𝙩𝙤𝙧 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙗𝙮 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙢 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙥. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙀𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙚'𝙨 𝙩𝙪𝙩𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙞𝙢, 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙.

" 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

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐄𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞'𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐲𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐄𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭, 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚.

❝ how do you manage to always hurt yourself? ❞ where richie constantly gives himself papercuts in class to get the shy boy's attention

"you're supposed to pretend like you love me!" "but what if i'm not pretending anymore?" or in which richie and eddie pretend to be in a relationship for more reasons than one. [ranked #1 - reddie]

❝Derry's gonna have to deal with us, Eddie. If they can't handle us being together, then that's on them.❞ ♚ In which Eddie and Richie haven't talked for awhile, but fall in love again. And now they have to hide it from the homophobic world.

the one where richie texts the wrong number [completed 10.27.17] [edited 6.27.19-7.26.19]

❝ you're new to this, aren't you?❞ ❝ ...yeah.❞ where eddie's a ghost and sucks at his job