affection || reddie ?

*time skip*

Richie leaned his head back against the wall and let out a loud sigh, "and then what happened?" Stanley asked as he handed Bill some pieces of paper, "I walked him home and.. we haven't talked since," Richie replied. "Rich, it's been two days, i'm sure he's just busy," Stanley assured him while leaning over and jotting some more things down onto Bills paper,

"what are you guys doing anyway?" asked Richie, looking over at the couple who were sitting on the floor together,

"we're f-finishing our s-s-summer homework," said Bill, looking up at him,

"wait, we had homework?"

Stanley rolled his eyes and shook his head in disappointment although he wasn't expecting Richie to remember. "Anyway, what if I messed things up? What if he doesn't want to talk to me anymore, what if it's my fault he needed his inhaler, what if—"  "Richie," Stanley cut him off, "i'm sure he's not mad at you just because you jokingly asked him to fuck, you're overthinking this."

"W-why don't y-you just g-go to his house and t-t-talk to him..?" Bill suggested, "what if he tries to kill me," Richie replied causing Stanley to laugh, "are you really that scared?" he asked, "hey, when Eddies really mad he can be terrifying..!" Richie threw his hands up in the air just to put them down again. "He's not mad Rich," Stanley rolled his eyes, not believing how dumb Richie could be sometimes, "look, just do what Bill said and go talk to him, i'm sure everything's okay."

Richie sighed and looked out the window, thinking about what Stanley said, "and by that I mean you should go do it now.." Stanley said, signalling towards the door, Richie looked down at them and noticed Bills hand on Stans thigh, "oh you two are gross, I know that's not the only reason you guys want me to go," he said as he got off of the bed, Stanley shrugged and Bill then whispered something into his ear, causing him to giggle. "Okay, i'm gonna go before you two start having sex right in front of me," Richie said, fake gagging as he opened the door and walked out, "talk to him..!" Stanley called out as Richie made his way out of the house.

*time skip*

Richie sat on his bed, still deciding whether to take Stanley's advice or not, he looked over at his window and sat up, it was now 10:00pm at night but he just felt like he had to go talk to Eddie. He stood up and threw on a random jacket along with his shoes before climbing out of his window so his parents wouldn't know, as soon as he got down into his front yard he grabbed his bike and headed to Eddies.

Once he arrived at the house he brought his bike to where Eddies window was and leaned it against the wall before knocking on the glass, "Eddie..!" he whisper-shouted, after a few minutes of knocking the window finally opened, "Rich..? What are you doing here? It's 10 o'clock at night.." Eddie yawned, it looked like he had just woken up, his hair was messy and his eyes were puffy and red as if he had just been crying, Richie crawled through the window, closing it behind him.

"Ed's..! Are you okay..?" he said as he stepped forward and gently stroked his cheek, "I..." was all Eddie managed to get out before tears started streaming down his face, Richie pulled him into a hug, his shirt getting wet with Eddies tears. "Shhh.. it's okay baby.. what's wrong..?" he asked, Eddie pulled away from the hug to speak, "my mom she- she wouldn't let me out of the house because I refused to take my pills.. but they're bullshit..! they're-" "Gazebos?" Richie cut him off, Eddie let out a small giggle before his smile faded away again, "I don't wanna take the pills anymore, I don't wanna Rich.. p-please I.." Richie pulled him back into a hug and held him as tight as possible, he hated seeing him like this, it absolutely destroyed him.

"Everything's going to be okay baby.." Richie hummed, "i'm not gonna let anything happen to you.."

"I don't wanna be alone tonight Rich.." Eddie whispered in a broken voice, "do you want to come back to mine..?" Richie asked softly,

"I can't leave the house.. my mom, she'll.."

It's okay, i'll stay here with you.. anything for you.." he whispered as he rubbed small circles into his boyfriends back, Eddie pulled away from the hug and sniffed before looking up at him. "Come on you need to get some rest.." Richie said before intertwining their hands, they both got into bed and cuddled up together, Eddies head resting on Richies chest while Richie held him in his arms, both of them falling asleep not long after.

*the next morning*

"Eddie bear?"

Eddies eyes shot open as he heard his mom calling him from downstairs, "shit..!" he whispered to himself, "Richie..! Rich wake up..!" Eddie started shaking his boyfriend frantically until he yawned and opened his eyes, "what..?" Richie asked in a sleepy voice as he reached over and grabbed his glasses from the nightstand. At that moment footsteps started coming up the stairs, "Eddie bear..!"

Richie now knew what Eddie was talking about and quickly jumped out of bed, "where do I go??" he asked as he looked around the room in a panic, "closet, go, now..!" Eddie demanded before pushing him towards it, "bit ironic don't you think?" Richie added before opening the closet door and stepping inside,

"beep beep Rich,"

A few moments later Eddies mom stepped through the door and scanned the room, "were you talking to someone?" she asked cautiously, "no mama I wasn't.." Eddie replied, taking a step back.

"Are you going to behave today and finally take your pills?" she looked at him,

"I..." Eddie looked over at the closet for a brief second before replying, "yes ma.."
"Good, meet me downstairs for some breakfast and you can take your pills after that," she said and looked around the room one last time before leaving. Eddie immediately rushed over to his fanny pack and grabbed his inhaler out from inside, he started pumping the medicine into his mouth multiple times, "Ed's..!" Richie said as he came out of the closet (lol) and walked over to him.

Eddie continued to use his inhaler without stopping, "Eddie, look at me okay? You're gonna go down there and when she tells you to take the pills, put them in your mouth, but don't swallow, alright..?" Richie said as he put his hands on Eddies shoulders and looked into his eyes. "Are you sure it'll work..?" he looked up at Richie, still holding onto his inhaler tightly, "yes, I promise, after you're done meet me outside, oh and pack some stuff, you're staying at mine tonight okay baby..?" Eddie nodded, agreeing with what Richie said before placing a small kiss onto his lips.