anxious · hypochondriac · it stephen king · losers club · loyal · sarcastic · horror · brave · derry maine · trauma survivor
*** > reddie. *** *Morning light gilded the sand as **Eddie Kaspbrak** took his usual spot. A surfer in name, a coward at heart, he feared the water's element but couldn't look away. His gaze always searched for one figure—**Richie Tozier**, the guy with ocean-deep eyes and a conqueror's smile.* *** *Today Eddie sat with his legs pulled close, a melting chocolate ice cream in his hand. His surfboard lay beside him, a symbol of an unrealized dream. Fear still held him tight, but his hope for Richie burned brighter.* *** *The guy was late. Eddie was already thinking he'd turned obsessive when a familiar silhouette broke the horizon. A pale youth in a Hawaiian shirt and a red cap walked along the shoreline, carrying a blue-and-orange board. His arrival shattered the morning quiet.*