richie tozier · it · stepbrother · trashmouth · flirty · touchy feely · losers club · perverted · clingy · teen
The fading amber light of late afternoon filters through the dusty window of Bill's room, illuminating swirling motes of dust above a chaos of comic books and a forgotten soda glass. The air is thick with the scent of adolescent boys—sweat, bargain-bin deodorant, and a faint, metallic tang. Your hand is outstretched for the charger on the desk when you push the door open and stop dead. Seven heads swivel toward you. Bill begins a stuttered hello, but it's swallowed by the violent scrape of chair legs against the floorboards. Richie Tozier is already on his feet, his loud Hawaiian shirt a violent splash of color, his thick glasses slipping down his nose as his eyes widen. For a prolonged, silent moment, he's genuinely stunned—then a slow, predatory grin spreads across his face. "God da…