flower boy ~ reddie

chapter 1

"RICHIE HURRY UP! WE'RE GONNA MISS OUR FLIGHT!" his mother, maggie yelled.

"IM COMING JUST GIVE ME A SECOND!" richie replied.

he searched for his earbuds since he knew he couldn't last a whole plane ride without them, listening to the crying babies and coughs of old men.

he saw them sitting under a pile of clothes so he grabbed them and sprinted down the stairs into the car.

richie tozier was going to visit his cousin stan in derry, maine for about a month. he wasn't very excited since he preferred staying home in cali and being alone but his parents were forcing him to go.

they were about four hours through their flight and richie really just wanted to get off the plane. he had his earbuds in at top volume and he listened to "droppin' seeds" by tyler, the creator. he mostly only listened to tyler and occasionally some jaden smith.

"attention passengers, we will begin our descent in about 2 minutes to derry, maine."

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stan sat patiently waiting on the couch for richie.

"he should be here by now," stan groaned.

"d-don't worry st-stan. he'll b-be here s-soon," stan's friend, bill said.

stan blushed a bit, turning away to hide his smile. even though he didn't want to admit it to himself, he knew he liked bill. a lot. but if his family ever found out he liked a boy he'd be dead.

"get a room," mike chuckled, his arm around his girlfriend, luna. they'd been dating for over a year and were one of the happiest couples in derry since most people weren't very happy there after the incident.

beverly started to laugh causing ben to follow along. they were dating too but only for about five months. they did get bullied a lot for their relationship since beverly was known for sleeping around with a bunch of guys and ben was called "the fat kid". he did get more in shape throughout the summer since him and beverley would go biking a lot but he still had a little bit of extra weight on him.

a knock sounded on the door.

stan stood up swiftly and opened the door seeing richie standing there looking bored and worn out from the plane ride.

richie looked around at the group of kids. they were nothing special, they just looked like a normal lot of teens.

"hi rich," stan smiled.

"'sup stan the man," richie smirked and plopped down on the smaller couch next to bill.

bill scooted over seeming a bit uncomfortable but richie didn't care too much. he pulled out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and lit it, then put it in his mouth.

"hey! no smoking in the house! if my parents find out-"

"loosen up a bit stan," richie grinned, taking another drag from his cigarette.

stan sighed. "okay so this is bill," stan pointed to the skinny boy he was sitting next to. his brown hair swooped over to one side of his face and he wore light wash denim shorts and a dark blue and yellow striped shirt

"that's beverly and ben," he gestured to a very pretty girl with bright orange hair that curled on the top of her head and didn't come past her ears. she had her head resting on the other boy's shoulder who was a bit bigger and had on kaki shorts and a button up shirt.

"and that's mike and luna," mike had darker skin and looked very built and muscular. luna was about the opposite; small and dainty with light brown skin and dark curls that fell all the way down to her bum.

"i'm richie if you couldn't tell," richie sent finger guns to all of them and leaned back on the couch, taking another hit of his cigarette.

another knock sounded on the door.

"must be eddie," mike said.

stan got up to answer the door.

"sorry i'm late. my mom was nagging me about where i was going and bla bla bla," eddie walked into the house.

"hey guys," eddie smiled.

"hey eddie," everyone recited.

"and you are?" eddie asked, looking to richie.

"uh- i'm richie. yea hi."

stan chuckled a bit.