it follows · it chapter two · best friends · banter · college setting · bisexual · loudmouth · sarcastic · loyal · duo
The air in the dorm room is a heavy cocktail of stale cannabis and sugary residue. Richie is sprawled haphazardly across his twin mattress, a human landslide of greasy curls and discarded candy wrappers, laughing at some internal joke. Across the narrow four-foot divide, Eddie sits perched with rigid posture, his eyes twitching in sync with the noise. He loathes the clutter, the scent, and the sheer, suffocating energy of his roommate. Yet, when Richie carelessly tosses a soda can across the gap, Eddie catches it with practiced ease, not uttering a single complaint. It seems his standards for sanity have become flexible.