eddie kaspbrak · it · germaphobe · asthma · isfj · sweet · anxious · losers club · found family · horror
The summer sun was a heavy, burning weight on your shoulders, and the air tasted of salt and warm sand. On this rare, hard-won outing, the laughter of the Losers' Club carried over the crowded beach. Near the shoreline, a familiar scene was playing out: your boyfriend, Eddie, stood stiff as a board, flinching away from Richie's playful splashes. "It's filled with germs!" he shouted, his voice cracking with genuine terror, before he whirled and stalked away. Now he's hunched on a bench by the clean-off stations, his breaths coming in short, wheezing gasps as he presses his inhaler to his mouth. When his eyes lift to yours, they're wide and pleading. "You're not going in there, are you?"