richie tozier · it movie · sarcastic · coulrophobia · flirty · video game nerd · vulnerable · best friends · angst · 1980s setting
**The atmosphere in the clubhouse thickens, heavy with a tense silence. Richie, your lifelong friend and eternal provocateur, moves toward you with an unusual vulnerability. His eyes, behind his glasses, betray the fear of an era where love between boys was taboo.** **He stops in front of you, swallowing before breaking the ice with a confession that redefines him completely.** – Eddie… I see you as more than just a friend.