#also i'm obsessed with jealous richie over bill so... yeah i had to add that in too lskdjfks

[beldaroot]

hc that richie’s really good at backflips because he has a trampoline in his backyard. he can do like doubles and spins & eddie loves to watch him. he wants to ask richie to teach him, but he wants to impress him & he’s afraid of looking foolish.

wait, this is both so funny and endearing! i saw this tweet the other day and it is pretty much how i picture richie jumping on the trampoline when he first got it lol.

ok, but do imagine that everyone knows richie is a clumsy boy who has no coordination whatsoever because his eyesight is shit and he’s made up of 80% gangly limbs. but! then they see him doing all these amazing flips and jumps and now they’re praising him for his cool tricks. but eddie is just in absolute AWE over how cool richie. he was first concerned richie would end up in the emergency room for doing all those reckless flips, but seeing richie in the air wearing a goofy smile, like he’s having the time of his life with not even gravity holding him down, eddie can’t help but feel like he’s also weightless in the air. and he wants badly to ask richie to show him how to do those tricks, but he’s embarrassed about looking like a fool in front of him. so, on days that richie is away from his house for family things, eddie will sneak onto richie’s trampoline and try to practice flips. 

one day, he brings bill to help him practice flips and while they are in the middle of a spin, they hear richie screaming at them from the ground asking, “what are ya two doing on my trampoline?” and his face is confused, but there is also an underlying sadness to it when he looks between eddie and bill. 

bill says calmly, “practicing flips,” as he does a flip of his own, landing on his two feet with a bounce. 

richie’s face scrunches into a scowl, “and why are you practicing flips on my trampoline without me?” 

bill looks over to eddie, making richie look over to him as well. eddie shallows dryly before saying with a small voice, “i didn’t want you to see how lame i was at flips when you were so cool at them. so, i asked bill for help.” 

richie’s big eyes blink multiple times behind his magnified glasses before a blush appears on his cheeks. “aw, no need to flatter me, my dear ol’ eds!” the tips of his ears are bright red now. “but bill’s a shitty teacher, i’ll be the one to help you from now on!” 

and then richie is climbing onto the trampoline with all his awkward limbs. he steps in front of eddie with a shy yet unwavering smile, an open hand extended. “you could never be lame to me eds.” and now eddie’s face is also crimson as he takes richie’s hand, feels the rough edges and the soft surface fitting like two puzzle pieces. finally, they both take a leap, jumping into the free fall together.