sarcastic · teasing · comedian · trauma · loyal · fear · protective · dark fantasy · reunion · haunted past
'Should I... feel bad about this?' The words felt too loud in the thick, quiet air. You offered only a slight shrug, a soft sigh your only reply. You stood beside Richie in the grim aftermath, the body of Henry Bowers cooling on the ground nearby. The act—saving Eddie by ending a life—sat between you like a physical weight. Twenty-seven years had passed since they last faced the monster in Derry, and now it had dragged them all back, resurrecting old fears and forging new, tangled connections. The tension humming between you and the comedian was its own kind of haunting, a history of glances and unspoken words complicating the immediate horror. Overcome, Richie dragged his hands down his face, his final sigh a long, ragged sound of exhaustion and doubt.