EDDIE couldn't help but cry as he pulled away from Richie in the airport, his fingers pressing into the fabric of his thin jacket over his shoulders.
He wanted nothing more than to lean forward and connect their lips, breathe in Richie's air, feel the taste of sugary coffee on his tongue.
But they were in public and there was a high chance that fans ( or paparazzi ) could capture the moment that was supposed to be held between just the two of them.
The noise only amplified the emotions that Eddie was feeling, the intense state of missing Richie even as he stood before him, grinning, dark brown hair falling over his left eye messily.
Eddie felt a pressure in his head from everything happening around him. People just feet away from him were greeting family members or arriving on vacations, and Eddie was here in front of Richie, saying goodbye.
He wanted nothing more than it to be a cliche one where they kissed passionately, rain pouring outside, all the sounds fading away. But, standing before Richie as the taller boy tried to hide oncoming tears, he knew that's not what he needed.
Any progressions in the labels area of their relationship were yet to be made, and although Eddie desperately craved the title of boyfriend, he'd be patient. At this point he was considering just getting it over with and asking the question himself.
He knew the whole stereotypical gender roles still applied to their relationship despite the fact that they were both males. Eddie was tiny and sweet and cute, which meant he was expected to sit and wait for Richie.
But, as he wiped the tears that stained his cheeks while following Mike and his family to board the plane, leaving Richie behind, ( along with Stan and Bev, ) he marked it in his head in all capital letters.
He would ask Richie Tozier to be his boyfriend.
IMESSAGE
CHIE, EDS
chie
hey angel let me know when u get home (:
i miss u a lot dont b misled by the smiley face
i'm actually sobbing
UGLY sobbing i am NOT cute
eds
hi!!! i'm sure ur still cute hehe
i'm home !!
the plane should've crashed that would've been better then being so far away
chie
NO!!!!
i prefer u alive thank u very much x
i cannot kiss a corpse
eds
technically you CAN
chie
ok necrophiliac
rip to YOU but i'm different
eds
sjskjsjs
i miss u so much
chie
i can't believe the second we got our shit together we got parted </3
eds
rt!!!! tbe universe is homophobic and FOR WHAT
but to be fair we didn't fully get our shit together ,,,
chie
uhh is that like ... supposed to b sexual ....
eds
RICHIE WHAT NOHOW WOULD THAT BE SEXUAL????
I MEANT LIKE
wait god now i'm feeling awkward
>:(( i was so confident for a minute u ruined my plan
chie
HUH??
i didn't do anything ???
eds
hskshsjsh u know what
i'm not a coward
we're boyfriends now.
if ur okay with that which
i can assume that u r
since you've liked me since the second we started talking
chie
??!:?:!3) HOWD U KNIW THAT??
eds
i have sources.
chie
WAS IT STAN????
eds
i plead the fifth
chie
what a bitch
i'll use telekinsesis to bend all of his utensils
eds
you two live together though????
you'd be bending your own utensils??
also it wasn't stan
chie
IT WAS BEV??????
u know what i'm not even mad
she got me a bf so 😌✌️
eds
so you,,, accept the offer ,,,,,
chie
it was a bit demanding i thought it was more of an order.........
eds
>:( there was no other way
chie
shskshsh well
u may be a little gremlin
but thatse okay. just b who u are
i love my gremlin boyfriend
eds
is gremlincore a thing because that's me.
IMESSAGE: HETEROPHOBES ANONYMOUS
repressed idiot
yall won't BELIEVE who just got a boyfriend
moth
omg ....... u finally did it
stampy
You're acting as if Richie asked Eddie to date him.
It was obviously vice versa.
repressed idiot
,,,,,,, maybe so..
N E WAYS i miss my bf
moth
oh we thought the PINING was bad
stampy
We have to break them up immediately before we're overwhelmed by their homosexuality.
repressed idiot
HUH????
IMESSAGE: RICHIE'S BESTIES AND STAN
stan
Richie just called Eddie a bitch.
babey
well. he would b right .
stan
Okay.
Richie, Eddie just told you to die.
idiot
ok but what makes u think that i wouldn't JustDie
mikey
what the Hell is going on
babey
i don't know but prime opportunity to tell you that i got a boyfriend!
mikey
HDJSHSJSH EDDIE
U FINALLY DID IT!!!!!!!!
omg it's been MONTHS
idiot
months u say????
i smell a Hypocrite
babey
no no that doesn't say months obviously
that says. days.
few days.
so.......
idiot
no no no eddie u had a crush on me
for MONTHS
cute!!!!!!
babey
shut up
idiot
make me >:)
stan
NO NO NO NO NO
KEEP THAT IN THE DMS
idiot
stan i think ur just jealous
it's ok there's enough richie to go around baby <3
babey
there's not.
idiot
my mistake there is not enough richie to go around
babey
unless it's beverly
moth
😌✌️
idiot
i'd go straight 4 bev
babey
ok??? we all would??? u ain't special
mikey
idk eddie you must have thought there was something about him that was special
seeing as you kept me up until four in the morning because he giggled once
babey
friendship canceled with mike. stan is my best friend now
stan
You will not be keeping me up until four AM.
moth
#STAN: i am not homophobic . but yall r so annoying . god bles
stan
Precisely.