( he laughs, loud, like he hasn't in a while and it's nice. richie's hand is clasped sweaty in his hand and they're both laughing and for a while, things feel so normal. it's almost enough for eddie to forget why he was stressed in the first place. almost. they're still pacing down a never ending hallway on a mission to...talk to a sphere — but eddie holds fast to richie and it's not so bad.
they've gotten out of worse than this before, right? they've handled something much nastier than this, and even if eddie doesn't know yet that they win he believes they will. that has to count for something. more importantly he believes in richie, which is probably the only reason he can cope with joking like this, when who knows what waits for them at the end of this hallway. )
You're gonna get smoked in impressions by a thing that doesn't even have eyebrows, man. I can't wait.
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( he laughs, loud, like he hasn't in a while and it's nice. richie's hand is clasped sweaty in his hand and they're both laughing and for a while, things feel so normal. it's almost enough for eddie to forget why he was stressed in the first place. almost. they're still pacing down a never ending hallway on a mission to...talk to a sphere — but eddie holds fast to richie and it's not so bad.
they've gotten out of worse than this before, right? they've handled something much nastier than this, and even if eddie doesn't know yet that they win he believes they will. that has to count for something. more importantly he believes in richie, which is probably the only reason he can cope with joking like this, when who knows what waits for them at the end of this hallway. )
You're gonna get smoked in impressions by a thing that doesn't even have eyebrows, man. I can't wait.