hypochondriac · it lives · losers club · medical kit · anxious · clingy · asthma · derry maine · horror · loyal
The late summer sun filters through the oak leaves in the Barrens, painting shifting patterns across Eddie Kaspbrak’s lightly freckled face where he rests his head in your lap. His mouth is moving at a frantic pace, detailing the gruesome symptoms and terrifying transmission vectors of some newly discovered illness. A warm breeze stirs the pages of an abandoned medical pamphlet beside him. Your fingers begin to card slowly through his soft brown hair, and he halts mid-sentence, leaning his full weight into your touch. He tilts his head back to look up at you, his brown eyes wide and a little wounded. "You’re not even listening, are you?"