richie worked his ass off at the pharmacy. nothing ever happened, until a boy came barreling into richies life, asthma and all. he happened to faint in isle 5 as richie was closing for the day. 𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐬, 𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭. tw/ slurs, homophobia

"you don't.. you don't have to do that. you're more than what your family thinks of you." "that's the problem," richie laughed. he looked at the small boy next to him, "they don't think of me." -- modern day reddie

"There's not much of a reason for me to stay here. Besides the fact that you're here, Eds."