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fix-it hc where reddie saves adrian and don:

total au but what if richie and eddie are already in town at the time of the attack and are driving back from the jade orient and see the attack about to happen on the bridge?

richie comes across them first and beeps because he thinks it’s just a bunch of kids blocking the road after coming home from the carnival

but then he sees adrian getting kicked to the ground and don being held back by these gross hillbilly motherfuckers

at first richie is all, don’t get out of the car man, you need to get the fuck outta derry

but of course he doesn’t do that so he beeps again to get the attackers attention

john garton and co. stop what they’re doing and look over at the red mustang and start yelling at richie to stop being a pussy and get out of the car

richie realises that shit he didn’t think about this plan too well and he’s kinda drunk and hasn’t been in a fight since he was a teenager

then eddie’s car pulls up behind him and he sees him in the rearview mirror looking all confused and he gestures a ‘what the fuck dude?’

then richie looks at adrian coughing on the ground and reaching for his aspirator and he just loses it

he thinks of all the times bowers and co. scared him shitless and bullied eddie right in front of him and he wishes he had done something. anything

he gets out of the car, leaving the engine running and slams the door shut yelling out ‘hey shit stains, leave them alone!’

garton gets off adrian who is wheezing and coughing on the ground. the other guys still have a hold of don who is desperate to get to his boyfriend

eddie who has been trying to figure out why richie has just decided to park in the middle of a bridge, rolls down his window to lean out and ask what’s going on

‘richie, are you having a goddamn stroke? why the fuck did you —’

but he stops when he sees richie get out of the car and slam his door closed and walk out further onto the bridge

worried that the stupid idiot will drunkenly walk into oncoming traffic, eddie also begrudgingly gets out. just to ensure the dickwad doesn’t get hit by a car before they’ve even escaped the clown

richie is face to face with garton and he also notices a kid who spits on the ground near his feet. he’s unfortunately not surprised by how early the hate starts in this town. he’s a little replica of bowers

‘are you their boyfriend too?’

richie freezes and he’s getting flashbacks to being 13 and not knowing why the bowers gang is yelling at him and why they’re calling him a fairy

‘i asked you a question f**’ and garton pushes richie’s shoulder

eddie runs up to them at that point and before he can even think of his personal safety he notices adrian struggling on the floor and fumbling for his aspirator that’s too far away for him to reach

‘holy shit’ he stumbles to the ground and picks up the familiar device and takes in all of the blood on adrian’s face. he shakes the dispenser and hears the comforting rattle

‘here, take a deep breath. it’s okay, you’re going to be okay just breathe.’

adrian grasps at eddie’s hand and takes the puff allowing the medicine to open his tight airways

eddie instantly thinks of richie helping him with his own aspirator when they were teenagers and looks up at the gang now surrounding him

richie looks terrified

‘eds! what the fuck are you doing? get back in the car!’

the two cronies let go of don, noticing this new threat and he immediately runs to adrian’s side

‘i’m helping you numb nuts. you trying to be a martyr or something?’ with richie here with him eddie doesn’t feel as terrified as he know he should

‘what is this? some sort of old queer reunion?’ the kid spits out and blocks eddie in from the side

eddie ignores him and sees a chance for the guy on the ground and his boyfriend to escape

‘make sure he gets another puff of this and get him straight to the hospital. his nose is broken.’ he pulls out the keys to his rental and passes them to don

richie can’t help but smile proudly at eddie and his fucking balls. but he was always better in a crisis, can’t resist giving someone medical advice

‘thank you.’ adrian groans out as he grabs onto don for support

‘just get the hell outta derry.’

don smiles thankfully and they stumble to eddie’s car, the attackers ignoring them now that they have richie and eddie

‘maybe we just give a derry welcome to this one boys’ the kid rounds on eddie who now realises how much danger they might actually be in. the gang turns on him

richie panics and calls out for their attention. ‘look fellas if you wanted us to suck your dicks all you had to do is ask’

eddie eyes richie down with a why are you so stupid look

but it distracts garton and his cronies long enough for richie to pull his arm back and swing a punch at the ringleaders nose

he gets him, blood flying everywhere

richie is in shock that it actually worked. and then he’s groaning as he clutches his hand as the pain radiates up his arm

‘fuck me that hurts’

eddie, who is in awe of the whole thing, watches as garton stumbles back holding his bloody nose, the ratty kid next to him moves to help his friend so eddie trips him over as he’s not looking

the two other numbskulls turn on them

‘run!’

‘eds i just fucking punched that guy’

‘that’s great. now run!!’

eddie bolts for the passenger door of the mustang and richie catches on and scrambles for his keys as the gang closes in on them

‘unlock the car dipshit!’

one hillbilly tries to swing at eddie and he ducks, the guys fist going through the car window. eddie laughs hysterically in both terror and elation

‘holy shit that actually worked!’

richie jumps in the car and yells at eddie to get in before locking the door

‘we’re gonna get you, fucking f**s!’

richie looks over at eddie who is grinning like a madman and nods at him to drive.

‘yipee ki yay motherfuckerrrrrrs!!’ he punches the gas, hollering out the window, eddie flipping them off

garton panics to get out of the way of the speeding car and stumbles backwards over the side of the bridge

the hillbilly cronies all run down to the kenduskeag to save him. pennywise gets a 3-course meal instead

‘that was fucking awesome! did you see their faces? they shit their pants man!’ eddie’s eyes are shining as he looks on proudly at richie

he frowns when he notices richie’s smile has faded and his hands (including the bloody one) are shaking on the wheel. he turns down the music which is blasting a talking heads album

‘rich...hey richie. hey man, you okay?’

richie is pale behind his glasses, and wipes sweat from his brow. ‘who me? sure am eds. never better buddy boy.’

eddie is unconvinced but rather than push him he just says ‘you did good richie.’

richie tries to concentrate on the road and it takes all of his might to not turn the car around and drive straight out of town. he already has eddie in the car. but he can’t get the image of adrian mellon lying on the pavement out of his head

but he doesn’t. he just drives to the town house and he and eddie escape upstairs before the others arrive

‘come with me.’ eddie grabs richie’s arm and drags him into his room

richie would follow him anywhere

eddie digs through his very large toiletries bag and pulls out a first aid kit. ‘your hand needs cleaning.’

‘it’s fine.’

‘bullshit. just let me clean it before you get an infection and it falls off.’

richie knows better than to argue and he flops onto eddie’s bed, his hands are still shaking

eddie picks up the hand, inspects it and then starts cleaning with antiseptic. richie lets out a hiss between his teeth but can’t deny that he’s been wanting to hold eddie’s hand all night. he just didn’t think it would be like this

‘what you did tonight...’

‘it was stupid, i wasn’t thinking...’

‘it was brave. you didn’t have to help them. you know most people in this shithole town wouldn’t.’

richie smiles and is overwhelmed by the sincerity in eddie’s eyes. he quickly looks down at their hands where eddie is now applying some sort of smelly salve

‘this town. it hasn’t changed one bit. it’s...it was terrifying even without the clown...’

‘yeah...i know what you mean...’

eddie pulls out a bandage and wraps it around his knuckles. richie is mesmerised by how methodical he is and how soothing it is just to watch him at work. he should have been a doctor

‘do you think that couple is okay?’

‘i hope so. all thanks to you rich.’

richie knows that tonight was just another moment that will scar their hearts. watching someone you love being hurt like that...it never leaves you. richie blinks back tears as eddie finishes with his hand

but he doesn’t let go, just rubs his thumb along his knuckles

‘did you see he had an aspirator?’ eddie barely whispers out and looks up at him through his eyelashes

‘...yeah’

richie smiles through the tears and squeezes eddie’s hand back

‘yeah I did...and it terrified me’

they soak in each other for just a moment

until the others arrive downstairs

#reddie #it #tw: violence #tw: slurs #it chapter 2 spoilers #never written a hc before #did i do it right?#adrian mellon #don hagarty #richie tozier #eddie kaspbrak #my writing

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