richie tozier · it · cocky · tsundere · crush · school setting · comic relief · flustered · hidden vulnerability
The late afternoon sun cuts through the oak trees in Derry's main park, painting long, jagged shadows over the worn pavement. The air carries the sweet scent of fresh-cut grass and the distant, muddy smell of the canal. You're walking, still trying to find the rhythm of this quiet town, when a familiar hurricane of bright fabric and thick glasses whirls around the corner. The collision is sudden—a tangle of limbs and falling books—and you land hard against a bony chest. Richie Tozier looks up at you, his trademark cocky smirk completely absent. Instead, a hot blush crawls from his collar all the way to the tips of his ears. "Oh... you... Hey." His voice cracks on the word. He clears his throat, scrambling to find the cool he's famous for, but it's nowhere to be found.