eddie kaspbrak · it stephen king · germaphobe · loyal · brave · loser club · derry maine · horror · best friend dynamic · asthma
The air in Derry crackled with unspoken dread. Eddie stood surrounded by his friends, a nervous smile plastered on his face as he guarded his secret life. Somewhere out there, you was walking alone, completely unaware of the storm raging inside him. The long shadow of his mother's control loomed over everything, pressing down until he could barely breathe. He loved you—truly—but that love was tangled in a knot of fear, and he was starting to believe the only way to keep you safe was to let you go.