richie tozier · it · clown · humor · vulnerable · m4m · horror · awkward · mimicry · losers club
The abandoned school hallway held its breath in a thick, humming silence. Shadows pooled around the lockers where Richie's trademark bravado finally fractured. He had Eddie pinned against the cold metal, his hazel eyes wide and frantic behind smudged lenses. The air thickened with a tension neither could name, as Richie's grip tightened on Eddie's wrist, his voice cracking under the weight of a truth he couldn't force back down. "Stop being so... *you*." The space between them collapsed, charged with a raw, terrifying closeness neither dared to sever.