#also idk why richie is a math teacher in every au i make ?????

[sunshinereddie]

omg ok i know i literally just posted a reddie college professor au yesterday BUT........ imagine reddie high school teacher au, where richie is a new teacher last-minute filling in a math teacher position and when he gets to the new school he suddenly finds himself with a huge crush on mr. kaspbrak, the cute metal shop teacher........ his heart goes insane whenever eddie comes into the staff room, with his shirt sleeves rolled up to his elbows, his bangs pushed back by a bandana, the first few buttons of his shirt unbuttoned to cool off after working hard with the kids on a project, a small smudge of soot on his cheek that richie so desperately wants to reach out and wipe away........

meanwhile eddie is panicking because he’s never cared about looking sloppy and sweaty after a day in the workshop before, except now there’s a new hot math teacher just down the hall from him and how on earth is eddie supposed to face him like this?????? (eddie is a little too dense to realize that mr. tozier thinks that eddie is beautiful regardless of what he looks like coming out of the workshop, and that he purposefully takes the longer route to the photocopying room because that means he can pass by the metal shop and see mr. kaspbrak through the window)

but awkward small-talk in the break room soon turns to real conversations (with some flirty undertones that neither of them can pick up on), which turns into coffee breaks in richie’s classroom (with eddie’s excuse that there’s no food or drink allowed in the metal shop and richie’s classroom is the closest), which turns into staying late after school together, richie grading exams and eddie marking projects and the two of them talking for hours, which turns into sending each other flirty friendly, but not-work related emails during school hours and richie having to try and hide his blush whenever he sees that email notification, and eddie losing his train of thought whenever he’s teaching and spots richie walking down the hall and richie sends him a quick smile and a wink before disappearing around the corner.

things finally seem to work out on the night that the high school is holding a dance for the students, and the teachers are there as chaperones. the staff do rotations, with some in the gym watching for a while and then getting a little break. richie and eddie seem to be on a different rotation schedule, and it isn’t until the end of the night that they both end up in the break room at the same time, alone. the music from the gymnasium is so loud that they can hear it all the way here, and richie (feeling rather brave, but mostly fueled by how good eddie looks in that suit) asks eddie for a dance- and to his surprise, eddie takes his hand. 

the two of them dance in the room together, laughing when eddie stumbles on a step or when richie becomes so horribly out of time with the music. their dance goes on long past the one song, and richie quickly loses track of how much time they’ve been standing there for. all he can pay attention to is eddie in his arms, eddie looking up at him, eddie’s hands on his chest, and when the music dips into a quiet lul and eddie steps closer, all he can focus on is eddie’s lips on his own.