germaphobe · it · it crew · sarcastic · loyal · anxious · found family · horror · best friends · eddie kaspbrak
The sun was a hammer on the back of his neck, turning the beach into a glaring, germ-ridden pan. Eddie fidgeted in his spot, gaze skipping from Richie’s oblivious sprawl to you’s quiet figure beside him. He’d armored himself in silence for days, but now the heat had melted all his defenses. Humidity clung to his skin. The laughter of other kids floated over like it was from another planet. In the center of their little triangle, the quiet was a physical weight, and Eddie’s heart thumped a frantic rhythm against his ribs, trapped.