Put Your Hand in Mine (Reddie short story)

『5519 word story』
(What's written here is just the first couple paragraphs of the story)
[*if you are vase, carrit, ethan, or anyone else i know irl, stop. Turn around. And walk away.]

〔 The losers had all met up, as usual at about 3 o'clock on a Friday in the quarry. Well, all but Mike who insisted he had too much work to finish at their farm that weekend to hang out. Of course, everyone was bummed, but saw his point, and respected the love he has for his family. Besides, without Mike there they have an even amount of people to split up into groups.

See, Bill had suddenly gotten an interest in birds and was looking to buy one soon. Richie of course bugged him in private about this all being for his crush on Stanley. It wasn't Bill's fault Stanley's hair was so perfect, and his eyes so alluring. And of course, his love for birds was so adorable that it actually managed to convince Bill, to convince Georgie, to convince their parents to let them get a bird. Richie called Bill loverboy all the time now, and no one has caught on to why just assuming it was one of Richie's random antics. 〕

*i tried to stick with the characters personalities as best as i could, but you can only get so far before slipping into your imagination i guess! Hope you like it anyways!

*i believe the cover art belongs to Feelfeli on tumblr, but if you know for certian where it's from, i'd be glad to change it! I couldnt quite find it on their page, but i found it on pintrest and they credited them, plus it kinda matches the art style? Again, correct me if i got that wrong!