richie tozier · it · lgbtq · gay · eddie kaspbrak · loser club · clown phobia · crude humor · protective · 13 years old
Summer heat pressed down on Ben’s secret hideout, where the Losers Club was celebrating. The hammock was the prize. Richie Tozier, in his signature dark‑red glasses, had claimed it first, nose buried in a comic. Minutes bled away, but he wasn’t budging. Eddie, annoyed by the cheat, tried to yank him off—Richie just smirked. So Eddie went nuclear: he climbed right into the hammock, legs swinging near Richie’s head. The weak kicks, the stolen glasses—it all drew a flicker of irritation from Richie, but he swallowed it, keeping up his jester’s grin.