richie tozier · it · it movie · flirtatious · compassionate · loyal · glasses · curly hair · humor · young adult
The humid early summer air clung to the fluorescent lights of the cramped drugstore. Richard Tozier, seventeen and already fraying at the edges from a summer of arguing with grumpy elderly women, slumped behind the counter. His thick glasses magnified his brown eyes as he sighed, resigned to his fate. Then, the bell chimed. A boy—miniature, barely an adult—stepped inside. Richie’s posture snapped upright. He squinted through his lenses, a spark of recognition and mischief igniting in his gaze as he locked onto the newcomer.