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(Part 2 of this)

“Wait, back?!”

Eddie’s head shoots up, his eyes wide. “Then!” he cries. “You liked me back then, is what I was saying!”

“You liar!” Richie laughs, clearly delighted. “You fucking liked me too!”

“I never said that!” Eddie tries to deny, but it sounds weak to even himself.

The thing is, and god, it’s embarrassing to admit, but Eddie had always had a bit of a thing when it came to Richie.

He didnt think it was exactly romantic, and definitely not anything sexual, when he was a kid; little-him would have been positively scandalized at the mere thought of it. But he was drawn to Richie, wanted his approval, his respect, needed Richie to include him in his inside jokes and think he was just as funny as Eddie found him.

Hell, maybe that was Eddie’s version of love. Not that he would know.

“I hate you,” he tells Richie, whose grin stretches even wider across his face. It’s basically an admission and they both know it. “You’re one to talk, anyway.” He gestures to the carving. “I wasn’t the one carving our initials into make-out spots.”

“Yeah, but you were cute. Liking you made sense,” Richie replies. “You remember me as a kid? You were into that gangly, bug-eyed, buck-toothed little dork? Embarrassing.”

“You were so cute!” Eddie cries, throwing away the act, offended on young-Eddie’s behalf to have his taste questioned. “Plus, you were cool.”

Richie bit back a snort. “I was not cool.”

“Shut up, you were!” Eddie looks him over, pouting just a little. “You’re still cool.”

“Cooler than you, Mr. Risk Analysis, but that isn’t saying much.” Eddie throws his arms up, ready to lay into him with the fury of a thousand suns, when Richie speaks again, quieter, “You’re still cute, ya know.”

Eddie flushes, glances at Richie briefly to catch him flushing as well, and bends down to pick up a stick from the side of the road. He gestures to the carving, shyly. “Wanna give this a bit of a facelift?” he asks. “We could grab a beer, after.”

Richie, looking like Christmas has come early, grabs a stick and pops back up, beaming and blushing adorably. “It’s a date.”

#silly billies #not them squabbling over being cool and cute #reddie #richie tozier #eddie kaspbrak #it chapter 2

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“Tah-dah.”

The combination of the deadpan tone and the perky little spirit finger wiggles is enough to make Eddie roll his eyes and scoff at Richie’s antics, so he opens his mouth and starts to call him a fucking idiot.

That is, until he actually gets a look at what it is Richie is showing him.

There, carved into the old wood of The Kissing Bridge, are the letters R+E.

He blinks down at them in something like surprise. “The fuck is this?” he asks. Richie frowns, irritated.

“It’s our fucking initials. What the fuck does it look like?”

“Well, why are our initials carved here?” Eddie asks, not meanly or anything, but definitely bewildered. “Who the fuck wrote our initials here?” He steps closer and bends down to get a better look. “This looks old. Is this from when we were kids? I never noticed this before. Did someone do this to make fun of us or something? Why wouldn’t they tell us? Did they tell you? Why didn’t you tell me?”

Richie waits for Eddie to finish the worst game of twenty-questions in history, exuding the kind of patience he didn’t even know he was capable of as Eddie goes on for what feels like forty fucking minutes.

“Dude,” he finally bursts out, unable to take it anymore, “I carved those. Me. Jesus Christ.”

Eddie blinks up at him, all eyes and freckles, confused. “You did this?”

“Yes.”

“When we were kids?”

“Yes.”

“So…” Eddie looks at the wood and then back at Richie again, and Richie tries not to burst into a million pieces as he sees the cogs slowly turning in Eddie’s head.

“Oh my god, get there faster!” he finally snaps, and Eddie shoots him a glare.

“Shut the fuck up, dude! You had thirty years to know about this shit, I’ve had thirty fucking seconds, I’m fucking processing!” Richie throws his arms into the air and does a weird, exasperated little circle as Eddie continues to inspect the carving, his brows furrowed. “You carved our initials into the kissing bridge when we were kids,” he states again, just to hear the whole thing put together, and gingerly runs his index finger over the plus-sign. “Why?”

“Isn’t it obvious?” Richie asks, cringing.

“Obviously not, if I’m fucking asking.”

Richie’s heaves a sigh. “I liked you,” he finally admits. Somehow, the world doesn’t end. He briefly thinks teenage-Richie would have been surprised by that.

Eddie traces his finger along the E now, slowly. “You liked me back?” he says, so quietly it takes Richie a moment too long before he realizes what Eddie said.

“Wait, back?!”

(Part 2 here)

#they’re so gaaahhh adorable #reddie #richie tozier #eddie kaspbrak #it chapter 2

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Successfully collected 900 of you in my Clowntown shenanigans?!? Here’s a treat for you all ily!

Headcanon from @sunshinereddie : "Eddie cuddles Richie in bed like a koala. He has a grip of STEEL and Richie has to pry his arms off of himself in the morning."

#reddie #richie tozier #eddie kaspbrak #it chapter 2 #it chapter two #reddie art #it movie #it stephen king #theartsharki art

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the fic Crosseyed & Painless by @gaylittlerichie has taken ahold of my brain and i drew fanart for the first chapter

#OMFG I LOVE THEM #have to read this immediately #richie tozier #it 2017 #reddie #eddie kaspbrak

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And when the seasons change, will you stand by me?

(Mind Over Matter (Reprise))

#god. look at him #richie tozier art #richie tozier #it 2019 #reddie fanart #it fanart #it stephen king #it chapter two #it chapter 2

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And when the seasons change, will you stand by me?

(Mind Over Matter (Reprise))

#comfort hurt character #richie tozier #it chapter 2 #it chapter two #it movie #it 2017 #losers club #richie tozier art #reddie #theartsharki art #reddie art #it stephen king

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hugs

#screams into a pillow #reddie #stephen king's it #eddie kaspbrak #richie tozier

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Just a Girl

#this fucks so hard #yellowjackets #yellowjackets fanart

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Not scary at all, scary or very scary?

#happy weekend #reddie #richie tozier #eddie kaspbrak #it chapter 2 #reddie art #it movie #it 2017 #losers club

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#the world = my mind #bunnies are my life #bunnies

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after seeing your latest 13 going 30 reddie art, i have gained an insatiable need to see the ending of that move with reddie.. like a really BIG need 😭

You know what, I totally understand. In fact, I have done a comic for the end monologue that Matt does in the movie with Richie. Someone commissioned me to do it and it was so much fun to do! I will draw the happy ending in comic form one of these days for sure though! I crave it (but hey maybe someone could commission me to do it hehe wink wink to any of my followers).

Anyways, here’s that post with the comic! ⬇️

Richie’s 13 going on 30 monologue

#reddie #richie tozier #eddie kaspbrak #13 going on 30 reddie au #it chapter two #ask sharki

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Hey Foureyes! Your 7 minutes in Heaven are waiting for you.

13 going on 30 Reddie AU my beloved. Been a while since I added anything to it… I think of it often.

#reddie #richie tozier #eddie kaspbrak #it chapter 2 #reddie art #13 going on 30 reddie au #theartsharki art #the losers club #losers club #it chapter two #it 2017 #it stephen king #it fanart #it movie #reddie au

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I have a question… Does anyone know of a Reddie fic with the cheesy “we have to share a bed” trope??? Please I need this. I need to read about bubbling tension.

#reddie #richie tozier #eddie kaspbrak #it chapter 2 #reddie fic

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Working on an update for my 13 going on 30 AU… Been a while but I missed working on it.

It’s angsty I’m afraid to say. I couldn’t help myself.

#13 going on 30 reddie au #reddie #richie tozier #eddie kaspbrak #wip

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Hi I just remembered this comic exists… Should I continue it?

Unexpected Heart to Heart - Part 2

I don’t know where this comic is really going tbh… But it’s going somewhere.

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Transcript:

Richie: Really I just want to spend more time with you- all of you. I'we been hiding a part of myself and being around you makes me want to finally be myself. But I'm scared.

Eddie: Well you can't be more scared than how we were in that clown hell. Just take your time Rich. We've got that now. Thanks for not leaving me down there.

#i will try not to make it angsty… #no promises #reddie #reddie art #eddie kaspbrak #richie tozier #it chapter two

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i cannot stop thinking about this show :(

#so sad they teased us with a good show only to cancel it like that #justice for syd #ianowt #i am not okay with this #ianowt art

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Trans Eddie au pt 39! Of course, Stan knows everything. Well, almost everything.

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Preview for the next ep available now on patreon!

#god i love stan so much #richie tozier #stan uris #it 2017 #reddie #it chapter two