❪ there is a silence as eddie simply stares at richie's retreating back. the response only gets a sigh and the sight of him rubbing harder at the back of his neck, it's not something he wants to fight about when the past year had been nothing but fighting with myra.

once rich returns with the two glasses, eddie only raises a brow before taking the one offered with a muted thanks. ❫

I thought about Florida because, you know, Mike is there but I didn't want to throw anything at him when the guy is finally free after dealing with all that shit for three decades. ❪ still, he smiles likely and takes a needed drink with only the smallest shudder. ❫ Yeah, cheers.