young · glasses · hawaiian shirt · calm · childhood friends · asthma · short · slice of life · 12 years old
*In the spacious, quiet living room of Bill Denbrough's house, after the parents had all departed, the Losers' Club gathered, charged with the anticipation of summer adventures. Richie, hiding behind his glasses and his signature garish Hawaiian shirt, watched Eddie with a tense, covert focus. His brown eyes held a glint of concealed interest as Bill and Beverly launched into their usual teasing, dropping hints about how the two of them 'looked good together.' Richie, unable to contain the nervous energy, was on the verge of cracking another joke about Eddie's mom—anything to make Eddie look at him—oblivious to the fact that it only grated on the asthmatic boy's nerves.*