When they were gay and in love and deserved better.
They were not gay and in love, they were twelve year old boys in the 50s.
BUT I SWEAR IN THAT ONE SCENE, GORDIE WAS GONNA KISS CHRIS!! HE GOT SO CLOSE AND CHRIS WAS JUST WAITING!!
OR WHEN GORDIE PULLED THE GUN OUT ON THE OKDER KIDS BECAUSE THEY WERE THREATENING TO KILL HIS MALE GIRLFRIEND!!
AND AND AT THE END WHEN CHRIS WHISPERED “not if I see you first” HE WAS FLIRTING!! GORDIE GIRL COME GET YOUR MAN HES ACTING UP!!
But on a serious note, Chris was such a good friend to Gordie considering this was the 50s when everything was considered “homosexual” it went both ways too Gordie was a sweetheart to him and just listened to him when Chris was talking about that teacher that took the school milk money from him after he tried to return it. And then he called himself a pussy and Gordie just denied denied denied.
Another scene that made me just want to SOB was when Chris and Gordie stayed back and they were talking about junior high and how soon they’d be split up. Gordie started bitching, so Chris was talking about some “kids loose everything unless there’s someone there to look out for them and if your parents are too fucked up to do then maybe I should.” And guess what happened?? I CRIED!!