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EDDIE KASPBRAK it: chapter 2 voice strength: ★★★★★ shipping: i'm reddie trash but i'm also all about that platonic love with the other losers preferences: gen, smut, shippy, angst, au, cross-canon, slice of life. notes: for some fun starting points: some random assortment of memes and aus for days; feel free to go the other worldly route; also throw pics or random sentences at me and a kink generator because why not. hit me up for starters if you'd like. there's no crying in baseball but there is crying in my rp but let's have fun, ok. picture prompts • quote prompts • music prompts • etc

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[respirations]

❪ he vanishes into the kitchen for a minute to dig out one of the many kits that eddie has left around their place. safety, he had said. never mind he's also just a neurotic mess of a human. whatever the case, he returns with it in hand and toes off his shoes before settling in on the couch.

popping the kit open, he arranges a few things and listens as rich talks with a pang of hurt. he swallows and breathes out a sigh as he tears open an alcohol wipe, gently taking one of richie's hand into his own and carefully beginning to clean up the blood. ❫

I spent nearly three decades wanting you without realizing it. We went through a literal hell and back together. I'm not gonna leave you, Rich. You're stuck with me.

[sloppybitch]

[Richie definitely winces a bit at the alcohol, his eyes scrunch up, but beyond that, there's no real reaction. It's difficult to have normal reactions to pain after everything the two of them had been through. It smarts but that's about all he can say for it, his hands are already a little black and blue, bruising over some of the knuckles because of impact.]

It still fucking happens. I just want to be with you, y'know? I should be allowed to be with you.

[The last part is spoken mostly to himself, he pulls his phone out with the hand Eddie's not working on, and there are six new messages from his PR consultant, his manager, shit on twitter, so much for keeping a low profile.]

This might be a bad time, but I'm not seeing much room for recourse. I'm gonna have to tell people why I lost it, and that means you might have to be in the picture too. Is that okay? I know shit's still pretty fresh, but I want to make it clear I'm not on some fluke out of control binge or something.

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❪ eddie can't help but frown as the blood gives way to the beginnings of bruises that are already forming. once he's pleased enough with his cleaning, he sets the dirty wipe aside and digs around for the triple antibiotic to smear it over the open wounds that he's cleaned. ❫

I know. You're the only thing that matters though, Rich. Not what that jackasses or anyone else says. We're gonna stay together.

❪ he watches rich's movements with his phone curiously. his is still in his coat pocket but he's felt it go off more than once and wonders if one of the other losers have already seen what has happened. once rich starts talking, he has eddie's attention and he listens quietly before nodding. ❫

Yeah, of course, it's fine. Whatever you need to do, okay? I'll be fine.

[sloppybitch]

[The treatment is fair and there's something intimate about them cleaning each other up that gives him soft eyes again, it's been such a journey to get to where they are now and Eddie's so grateful.]

We should take a vacation, let this all blow over. Where do you want to go?

[It's the best idea he's had in a while and city life was compact and their day to day was routine, they deserved to splurge a little bit and he could post to his social media through all that, when he felt more up to it.]

I'll handle the rest when it fucking comes. They're gonna ask questions but I'm the one with the answers, so, my terms.

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❪ with the wounds clean, he goes about setting the bandages in place and then wrapping them gently with gauze. eddie can't help taking a moment to admire his work before pressing another kiss to richie's fingers with a chuckle at his question. ❫

Somewhere where it's just us and fuck all. Mountains, desert, fucking Nebraska prairie.

❪ because it's been awhile since they've gotten their lives back on track after he was cleared and they moved out here, settled in and returned to work separately. it's been harder at times when rich is gone or he's working late so the idea of a vacation or just fucking off and getting away sounds like a dream. ❫

Yeah, well, I'll do what I can to help. ❪ he says as he sets one hand down and reaches for the other. ❫ Or just sit around looking pretty, fucking whatever. I'm gonna be with you if I can.

[sloppybitch]

As fun as that sounds I was thinking something more like Cabo or Puerto Vallarta, but sure let's go to like Akron, Ohio - I guess.

[The smile on his face is telling, yes, Richie might be flashier than most but an out of the country trip to Mexico and a resort would be on his dime, well his career's dime and that would afford them all the time they'd need together.

He moves to offer the other hand, taking a look at Eddie's handiwork with an appreciative grin.]

You still got it, Dr. K. Both, the answer is both. If we're going on this vacation we're going to do it right.

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Ooh, Akron. Fucking fancy there, Rich. I thought we were only at the Toledo, or maybe Cleveland, stage of this relationship.

❪ eddie, in turn, can't help but smile with a huff of laughter. god, he loves seeing rich smile. it's more than enough to smooth any of the panic still lingering in his system. ❫

But, uh, let's see— Mazatlán, Isla Mujeres. You know I don't think I've had a fucking vacation since my honeymoon. ❪ if one could call it a vacation.

still, he grins in response to richie's comment and continues his work on the other hand. soon enough, finishing it as well but keeping a hold of the hand in both of his. ❫

We're gonna go, Rich. You don't need to convince me of anything.