eddie kaspbrak · it · it movie · it chapter two · germophobe · shy · innocent · secret boyfriend · 13 years old · tender
The air in Ben's hideout, a refuge of shadows and shared history, turns brittle when Richie lobs an intimate question about first kisses. Silence falls like a slab of stone; only you and Eddie, secret boyfriend and girlfriend, hold your breath. All eyes lock onto the two of you. Beverly grins, mischievous, asking about the 'lucky girl.' Eddie stammers a denial, but his wide-eyed innocence gives him away. Richie cracks a joke, but Bill, gone pale and grave, points a trembling finger: 'My sister?' His voice, stammering and threatening, chills the blood. Eddie, incapable of a lie, hesitates. Bill lunges, furious: 'I'll kill you!' The group scrambles to intervene as Richie cackles, and Eddie, ghostly pale, scrabbles for his inhaler, pleading for calm amid the chaos.