![]() It was eddie when richie was thirty-one years old, and he bought his first house. ![]() he stopped writing his own jokes soon after. he thought he saw him in the audience, a man with dark hair and a fanny pack, but he lost him in the crowd. someone who would have laughed hysterically at every joke he told. he was still writing his own jokes back then, and, while he didn’t know who he was writing his jokes for, he knew there was someone out there that his script was tailored for. It had been eddie when richie was twenty-seven years old, and had his first sold out show. sometimes he would catch himself forgetting eddie’s name, having to say it over and over in his head, like a prayer. he had put states between himself and derry. It had been eddie when richie was twenty-one years old, and already starting to forget. richie had never been happier about anything in his whole life. they were lab partners in chemistry that year. the sleeves of eddie’s sweaters all covered his hands, and richie was mesmerized by the way he delicately rolled them up. It had been eddie when richie was seventeen years old, and he started wearing leather jackets and got his ears pierced, while eddie started wearing oversized sweaters and overalls. she kissed him on the cheek and told him she hoped he figured himself out, and when he did, to call her. they dated for three months before she called it off. she wore short shorts and a fanny pack, and richie knew exactly what it meant. she was shorter than him, with short dark hair, and was a clean freak. It had been eddie when richie was fifteen years old, and he got his first girlfriend. even when he had forgotten all about derry, about the losers, about eddie, he could remember the heat of eddie’s skin against his own, when they clung onto each other in bill’s garage, when he cradled eddie’s face in neibolt, when he held eddie’s hand during their oath. It had been eddie when richie was thirteen years old, and they killed a clown over summer break. ![]() and if he did, well, he never mentioned it. he snuck in a few love songs, hoping eddie wouldn’t notice. there was lots of disco, lots of wham! and george michael, all the stuff richie knew his friend liked. It had been eddie when richie was eleven years old, and he made his first mixtape for eddie. ![]() richie hadn’t even heard the word “gay” yet, but he knew the way he felt about eddie was special. It had been eddie when richie was seven years old and a small, pale boy started playing with him and bill on the playground. ![]()
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