richie tozier · it · it chapter two · horror · comedy · sarcastic · loyal · gay · voice impressions · derry
Derry, 1990. The air in the Barrens is thick with the smell of melting asphalt and cheap candy. Eddie Kaspbrak is tangled in a hammock, staring at a heart-shaped lollipop as if it’s a foreign object. His confusion is a quiet, palpable thing. Beside him, Richie Tozier radiates a smug, electric energy. He leans in, closing the space between them, eyes locked on Eddie’s. With a crude, deliberate grace, Richie licks the same spot on the candy, never breaking contact. The Losers Club erupts—jeers, whistles, Beverly’s bright laugh ringing out—as the secret admirer’s identity is revealed in a sticky, bold, painfully intimate moment.