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eds-trashmouth · 5 years

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PolyJAMorous

A/N: hi I hate this! But it’s here and it’s not what I intended but I hope you like it regardless. I’ve also decided that people probably don’t care about word count and all that so I’m not going to put it on anymore (unless you guys want me to) Thank you for the support and the next one will be better. I promise ❤️

A road trip was certainly not how the losers thought they would be spending their summer break before they all packed up and headed off to college. Yet, Richie had the bright idea to make the trip from Derry, Maine to Colorado. He’d come up with the idea a week or so into the start of their senior year. Luckily they’d had all school year to plan and save up money.

Richie got a job at the Aladdin, the local theater, taking tickets and cleaning up after the shows. He ended up making decent money and buying a used suv by the middle of the year. He had to cut out smokes but Eddie says it’s better that way. He’d do anything for Eddie so giving up cigarettes was nothing, although on his very stressful days Bev was nice enough to share a cig or two with him.

Eddie on the other hand, wasn’t allowed to get a job. Mrs. K turned down that idea almost immediately, yelling about how any job he would get as a teenager would be flipping burgers and she couldn’t have her precious Eddiebear flipping burgers in a “disgusting” fast food place. So, he decided he would tutor some underclassmen after school. He had put up flyers around campus to try to get some tutoring jobs but ultimately he didn’t get that many. He even tried to back out of the trip because he felt bad for having less than everyone else. Richie was the first to shut that idea down. “You’re going Spaghetti. Even if I have to pay for you myself. It’s a losers trip. Gotta have all seven of us!”

It took Beverly until the middle of the school year to finally find a job. Through no fault of her own, it seems that when the whole town thinks you’re dirty as a child, you don’t find many people who forget that kind of thing. She eventually landed a job with Richie at the theater. She suspected the Trashmouth himself had something to do with that, but she knew he’d never tell.

Now, Mike and Stan had a pretty easy time finding work. They’d been together since Sophomore year and Stan loved helping out on the farm, so Mike asked his grandfather if they could get paid for some of the farm work. It took a little convincing but by the third week of school, Mike and Stan were already getting their first week of pay. Stan definitely enjoyed rubbing it in Richie’s face that he got to see his boyfriend and get paid to do so. Maybe Richie took a quick glance at Eddie when he did so. Maybe he didn’t.

Bill also had a pretty easy time finding work. There was a new YMCA opening up in Derry and Bill already had experience lifeguarding for the past two summers so he applied to work at their pool. Obviously he got it, and he even snuck the losers in a few times for a late night swim.

Ben had been working at the library since sophomore year so he didn’t have to do much worrying. He had the money saved up by December, and a little extra for Eddie just incase. Although, Richie already called dibs on paying for Eddie. Even if Eddie didn’t know it yet.

Today was finally the day. They’d made it through the school year and even stayed for graduation. The losers had all met up at Richie’s to help get ready for the trip. The sun was blazing down upon them as they packed everything into the van. Each loser had a duffle bag and they’d brought a cooler filled with lunchables, sodas, and flavored waters requested by Stan and Eddie. It didn’t take too long to load everything and hit the road.

Richie insisted on taking the first shift driving. The trip was a whole days worth of travel, inevitably they would need to stop for gas, food, and possibly even a hotel but Richie was determined to drive as much as he could before stopping. This trip was his baby, he’d been planning it all year. They hadn’t really set a destination yet, other than Colorado, the whole idea was to just decide to stop somewhere pretty. Of the losers, Richie, Ben, Bill, and Mike were the only ones with a license, they’d done the math and needed to switch every 7 hours or so.

“What are these idiots thinking?!” From the passenger seat, Eddie rolled his eyes. The roads were bustling by mid day, and the cars were just flying by. “Don’t they know the speed limit is only 70? They’re going to cause an accident.”

“Eds, I’m only going 65. They’re probably going like 75 or 80.”

“Well regardless, that’s still over the speed limit Richie! It’s dangerous!” Eddie was talking with his hands, overly exaggerating everything, giving it the emphasis he always seemed to. Richie couldn’t help but glance at the boy beside him. He smiled fondly as Eddie noticed his attention. “Eyes on the road Chee!”

“Would you two lovebirds q-quit bickering? I’m t-trying to nap before it’s my turn to drive.” Richie peeked into his rear view mirror to see Bill with his eyes still closed and his head on Ben’s shoulder in the very back seat. Ben didn’t seem to mind the intrusion, his attention was fully on the game Beverly was playing next to him. Stan and Mike were seated in the middle of the vehicle, a bench seat to share, and wearing one earbud each watching Netflix. Richie would’ve gagged had he not fully intended on doing the same with Eddie once he was done driving.

“Let’s listen to some classic Richie tunes then Spaghetti! Everyone else is doing they’re own thing.” He could see Eddie roll his eyes once more in his peripheral vision before he leaned down to get the aux cord for Richie. He laid his hand out, waiting for Richie’s phone, which he gladly handed over. “Alright, I wanna listen to something good. Let me think.”

“I’m playing something while you decide then.” Eddie already went to work, plugging in the aux and setting up the radio. He opened the phone with his thumb and in seconds was on Richie’s Spotify. Richie couldn’t help but think how much of a routine this was. Just for them. None of the losers had their thumb print on his phone, everyone else had to ask how to work the radio or where his aux was, but not Eddie. His Eddie.

“No Jonas Brothers. That’s my only request.”

“You love them, don’t pretend to be hardcore.” Eddie was already scrolling down his playlist to search. Before long a familiar beat filled the air. A Jonas Brothers song.

“Don’t out me like that, and then play my favorite JB song. You can’t do me like that Eds.”

“Not my name, and this is your punishment for calling Spaghetti as well.” Don’t Throw It Away off their newest album blessed the speakers. Richie couldn’t stop himself and soon began screaming the lyrics at the top of his lungs. His fingers tapped happily to the beat, while he danced in his seat. As the chorus hit and Richie had given into the music, he glanced over to see Eddie recording him.

“I know I’m famous but no pictures please. I’m just trying to live my truth!” Richie’s hand came up to cover the camera while he let out a loud laugh. Eddie was too quick for him though and moved the phone right out of his reach, leaning into the side door.

“Hands on the wheel and eyes on the road. You wouldn’t want us to die before we even get to Colorado would you? And besides, I have to document the trip. This is the last trip that we all get to have together before we move on.”

“I’ll never move on from you Spaghetti.” With his eyes still on the road, Richie tried grabbing for Eddie’s cheek only to get smacked away from the boy himself.

“Ha ha. Very funny Trashmouth. You know what I mean. We all have our own livings waiting for us when we get back. I want to remember this. Remember us Chee.” Out of the corner of his eyes Richie could see the slight flush on the boys face. “The losers that is. All of us.”

“Eddie,” Beverly spoke up from the back. “You know we’ll still be best friends right? Us going to college doesn’t change that. We can still have movie nights and study dates. Sure, it’ll be different because it’ll be through a screen but we will still be together. Once a loser, always a loser.”

The car fell into a comfortable silence after that. Richie’s mind always wondering to Eddie. This trip was really important to him, and Richie didn’t even know it. Eddie hadn’t told him and he hadn’t noticed. What kind of best friend is he? He couldn’t even see how worried Eddie was about the future. The future of the losers club. Of course Richie knew they’d always be together in some way, but he shouldn’t have assumed Eddie was feeling the same.

“Hey Eds,” Richie made sure to talk quietly, a conversation just for them. Eddie turned his attention from the road to Richie with a slight hum. “You know you’re my best friend right? And nothing will ever change that. Not even distance.” Eddie nodded in understanding but turned back to the window. Richie glanced at the time. They’d been driving for about 6 hours at that point, and the gas tank was getting pretty low.

“Alright. We’re stopping, we need some gas and then it’ll be Big Bill’s turn.” There was a chorus of okays as he looked for an exit with a gas station. Luckily the next one was only 10 miles down the road. He pulled off the exit and into a Speedway. “Go pee now! No accidents in my baby please!”

Everyone did their business and Bill paid for this round of gas. Richie checked the cooler to find only four more lunchables and a few flavored waters. He grabbed for the extra soda he’d packed to fill up the cooler again, making a mental note that they all needed a proper meal soon. Everyone piled back into the suv, Bill and Ben in the front, Stan and Mike once again on their middle seat, and Eddie Richie and Bev on the back bench seat. Then they were back on the road.

“Hey Eds, do you wanna watch some Netflix or something? I brought earbuds.” Eddie was in the middle of him and Bev and currently watching Bev play whatever game on her Switch. He’d been watching her since they left the gas station about an hour ago and Richie was jealous. Not of Beverly of course, just that she was getting Eddie’s attention. Richie had already listen to her explain her game to him, twice, and he wanted some Eddie time.

“Maybe later Rich. Bev is just about to beat this level but she only has like four units left. It’s really intense.” He didn’t even glance in Richie’s direction. If he would’ve, he would see the pout on his face and the hurt in his eyes.

“I don’t know what that means. What game are you even playing?” He was still pouting.

“Fire Emblem dude. I’ve already said that like five times since you’ve been back here. The new game came out and I’m obsessed. You get an X amount of fighters, they all have different abilities, and you have to try to kill all the enemies on the board. This game makes you a professor, so you have to train your students. This is a big deal. My class is about to kick ass. Now shush. It’s intense.”

“Sorry.” Eddie barely spoke as he continued watching Bev. Richie simply hung his head and plugged in his earbuds. He knew he was being a little ridiculous but he couldn’t help it. He’d spent 6 hours driving so it’s not like Eddie got much of his attention, and he deserved all of it. That just wasn’t in the cards this trip it seemed. It didn’t take long for Richie to get bored of Netflix, he was just watching old episodes of Criminal Minds anyways. Not even his guilty pleasure show could lift his mood. Looking over at Eddie once more, the other lad was still watching Beverly, but he also had his phone out on Instagram. Beverly had already finished the battle and he wasn’t even fully watching her. Yet, he hadn’t said a word to Richie. He’d be lying if he said that didn’t hurt, but he didn’t blame him. He wouldn’t want to be annoyed for hours either. Unless it was Eddie annoying him of course.

Richie went back to his own little world, turning on his ‘sad boi’ playlist, it felt fitting. He knew it was silly, but he felt like a fool. Of course Eddie would rather do anything else than spend this trip with Richie. This was his last trip with most of their friends, but Richie was going to UCLA with him. Why would he want to spend time with him? He already had to spend at least four more years with his annoying friend who made stupid jokes that weren’t even funny...and was secretly in love with him.

Fuck.

Richie’s mind was jerked to consciousness as the car came to a stop. He didn’t even remember falling asleep. With a yawn, he lifted his head off the arm of the seat. Man, his neck was killing him. As he cracked his neck he wondered how he even fell asleep lying on that in the first place. The doors were slammed open as everyone filed out one by one. Richie being the last to emerge, he caught a glimpse of the Taco Bell beside them and realized he was indeed starving.

“Lets fucking eat!” Beverly exclaimed running toward the restaurant doors. Everyone followed suit and mumbled their agreement. Eddie fell behind with Richie.

“Hey Chee. Did you have a nice sleep?” Richie didn’t even bother lifting his head as he simply shrugged. His mind was still elsewhere. He’d never admitted to himself that the things he was feeling were more than platonic but now it’s the only thing he could think of. The way he enjoyed the other boy’s attention, his eyes, his lips, his whole fucking face. He wasn’t ready to reveal his feelings so he suppressed them, even if it meant ignoring Eddie. He was sure Eddie would be relived anyways.

“Did you wanna watch Netflix after we eat? I’ve been looking forward to that Blake Anderson movie you downloaded.” Richie finally looked at him, honestly in shock that the other still wanted something to do with him. Which was a mistake. He shouldn’t have looked, then he wouldn’t have caught the sun in Eddie’s eyes.

“Nah it’s okay Eds. You can keep watching Bev play, I don’t mind.” Richie waved him off as they stepped inside.

“But I want to! Have you seen the trailer for Game Over Man? It looks fucking hilarious.”

“Oh. Sure, you can watch it. I think I’m just going to drive the rest of the way. I took a nap.” With that, Richie walked to the register to order. The other losers were already sat a table toward the back, waiting for their food. Eddie could pretend to want to spend time with him, but Richie could tell he wasn’t interested in the car. What would change that now? He had accepted it, and just wanted to drive. It helped him get away. Neither boy spoke the entire time they were eating, while the others engaged in casual conversation. If they noticed the two being quiet they didn’t mention it.

“Hey. I’m going to drive. I napped.” Richie grabbed the keys from Bill as he started toward the drivers side. He didn’t wait for a reply as he got in and started the suv. They had around 8 more hours until the reached Colorado and Richie intended on driving the entire way. It seemed like every could sense the tension but was too afraid to say anything. By the 20 hours mark everyone in the back was sleeping soundly while Richie jammed out. Everyone except Eddie. He’d been listening to Richie play half a song then change it, then listen to half another song then change it, and so on, for the past hour and a half. Richie knew he was probably being annoying, but he was more interested in keeping his mind off his own insecurities than noticing. It took another five songs for Eddie to finally snap.

“What the fuck Richard? Why do you keep changing the song?! Let one finish.” Richie didn’t need to look at him to know he was rolling his eyes, and probably pouting as well.

“Eds, did you just meme me? The meme lord.”

“First of all. No one says meme lord anymore. Second of all. We haven’t listened to a full song in hours, and it’s driving me insane.”

“I have multiple favorite songs and I love them equally. What can I say? I’m polyjamorous.”

“Ugh. Just shut up and pick a fucking song already.” Eddie turned his body to look out the window as he went silent and crossed his arms. Richie didn’t say another word, simply choosing a playlist and letting it play. This was going to be the longest five hours of Richie’s life. He hated making Eddie upset, but he didn’t want to open his dumb mouth and make everything worse. He always made everything worse...

“Hey, uh, Eds?” Richie finally broke the silence, Eddie had been staring out the window for two hours now and Richie was starting to worry. “I’m sorry about the music.” Eddie’s attention snapped to him as he turned back to him.

“That’s not why I’m upset idiot. Why are you being like this? We barely talked this entire trip! I was really looking forward to this, but now I’m just thinking it was a mistake.” Richie sneaked a glance in his direction before turning back to the road. He saw Eddie’s hurt expression and suddenly felt like an asshole.

“You made it pretty clear earlier that you weren’t interested in watching anything with me. I was just making it easier for you, by taking myself out of the equation. You can do what you wanna do now.”

“What? What are you talking about? I literally asked if you would watch it with me!”

“I know you only asked because I seemed down. But I’m okay Eds. You could’ve watched Bev play more. I didn’t take it personally don’t worry.” Richie tried to give a smile but it didn’t even meet his eyes.

“No Chee. I am worried. You’re talking non sense. I asked because I wanted to spend time with you. Dumbass. I was only watching Beverly because you needed to sleep! You’d just driven like seven hours in the early morning and I know you don’t sleep at night.” Richie’s eyes widened at Eddie’s words. He was officially speechless. Eddie wanted to spend time with him? He was just worried?...about Richie’s well-being? No way. No way Richie had misread the entire situation. No way.

“Richie. If you don’t say something I’m going to be more upset. Just being honest.” Eddie’s arms were once again crossed.

“I...don’t know what to say. I thought you seemed really disinterested in Netflix...with me.”

“I’d watch anything with you.” Eddie’s voice was so soft, Richie had to lean closer to even hear him.

“But...why?”

“Because I love you. You big dumb idiot.” Richie’s hands gripped the steering wheel as his brain processed what was just said. Platonic Richie. Platonic. He means it platonically....doesn’t he? Of course he does.

“Richie...” Eddie’s voice was soft once again as he leaned over to lay his hand on Richie’s. “When we stop, we should really talk.”

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nerdiests · 6 years

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tis the season (Christmas Truce)

so. it’s the day we’re supposed to start sharing these. and here we are, with a fully written fic. so, @linziedraws happy holidays! i’ve never written dani before, so this was an adventure, but a good one!

here it is on ao3!

Dani had been all over the place. She loved to travel and had no real pressing obligations, so travel she did. Anywhere and everywhere. From Toronto to Paris to Tokyo, Dani really had been everywhere. But one particular thing stuck with her as she travelled. Most people that were as old as she appeared were travelling with family. Something Dani didn’t really have… Well, she had Danny but was she really his family? She didn’t think so.

As October ended and November began, Dani noticed people around the world putting up fake pine trees and light displays. She had heard of Christmas and Hanukkah and holiday celebrations of all sorts across the world, but she hadn’t yet experienced them. She hoped that she would get to soon, though. And considering that most - scratch that, all of those holidays occurred in December, there was a very high likelihood that Dani would get to experience the holiday cheer.

When Dani got caught up in a crowd going shopping on “Black Friday” the day she decided to come back to the US, she realized that the holiday frenzy was really… Fierce. Dani should’ve probably waited to come back until after the holidays, but she’d wanted to truly experience the holidays in their entirety and the celebrations technically started the day after Thanksgiving in the US and Dani had wanted to head back to Amity Park at some point anyways. After all, you can’t have the holidays without people to celebrate them with, right?

December was in full swing before Dani knew it. People began to put up holiday decorations, and wow those trees were really big and really sparkly. It got colder, too. There was snow all over the place, and Dani got to have a snowball fight with a group of preteens in Colorado in mid-December. It was great. 10/10 would do it again. She’d got to have hot cocoa afterwards, and needless to say, Dani had a new favorite drink.

By the time December 22nd had rolled around, Dani was in the Amity Park area, debating internally whether or not she should go and see Danny. On the one hand, Dani didn’t really have a family and Danny was as close as she would get to family, and people celebrated holidays with family, right? On the other hand… She would be intruding on his own holiday and she really didn’t want to do that. She didn’t particularly want to be alone, though.

“This is a bad idea,” Dani said to herself as she flew into Amity Park. Danny’s house should be where she remembered… Aha! The big sign kind of helped, especially since it was decked in holiday lights. Now… How would she go about getting in…

“Dani?” The girl in question whirled around midair, seeing an open window and-!

“Danny!” Dani flew towards the window, skidding to a stop right before she would hit the window.

“What’re you doing here?” Danny asked, before furrowing his brow in concern.

“You’re not melting again, are you?” he asked worriedly, and Dani shook her head rapidly.

“Nope! I’m just here ‘cause it’s the holidays and I’ve heard a lot about them, like the celebration and quality family time! And I was wondering… CouldIstayhereandcelebrate?” Dani rushed out. Danny blinked once, twice, thrice.

“...Why would I tell you you couldn’t?” Danny said slowly. Dani paused for a moment, before zipping into Danny’s room and landing on the floor.

“Oh this is gonna be great!” Dani said, pumping a fist into the air.

The next day, Dani hassled Danny into taking her shopping. She needed to get gifts for everyone, didn’t she? Danny looked a bit grouchy, but when Dani asked about it, he muttered something about rhyming and giant nutcrackers. Dani didn’t ask.

Shopping was eventful. Dani found something for the… Five? People she knew? It took time (and Danny giving advice on what to buy Sam/Tucker/Jazz/Valerie) but it was accomplished. She also snuck something for Danny that she thought he would like. Hopefully. Dani didn’t notice Danny pull his phone out and let his friends/sister/ghost hunting rival (? He didn’t know) that Dani was getting them a present (didn’t say Dani in Valerie’s case but) so they could possibly reciprocate.

The next day, Dani grew even more excited for the 25th of December because, y’know, it was tomorrow!! It would be Christmas and Dani knew that Danny had mentioned that Sam celebrated Hanukkah and that started today and Dani was just really excited for the holidays!!!

“You’re all jumpy today,” Danny commented at one point as the two walked around town looking at all the decorations people had put up for the holidays.

“Tis the holiday season, Danny! How could you not be excited? Plus I’ve never experienced the holiday season, soooo I’m really really excited!” Dani spun as she spoke, arms whirling around as she did. Danny laughed at her antics.

“I may not really like the holiday season, but I hope you can enjoy it,” Danny said. Dani grinned, before spotting a café and dragging Danny towards it, talking a mile a minute about having to try hot chocolate because that’s her favorite drink ever, c’mon Danny!!

The majority of Christmas Eve was spent like that, going around town, wishing people a happy holidays and Danny letting Dani appreciate the holiday traditions that Amity Park had to offer. Dani specifically liked the holiday lights competition Amity Park did - Danny said the theme this year was “Enjoying the Lights of Amity Park” and Dani found it beautiful. One person had strung up golden lights all over their house, and another person had stars on their roof. Danny pointed out Sam and Tucker’s house - the former had colorful lights decking out the house of all sorts and the latter had icicle-looking lights all over his roof and a cheeky sign up. Danny later told Dani Tucker had made the sign himself.

That night, Dani went around to deliver the three gifts she had bought for people that weren’t Danny or Jazz. She politely asked Sam to not open her gift until the next day, as her family had likely already opened their gifts for the day. Sam had told Dani she would wait, as it would be impolite to not. When Dani gave Tucker his gift, she told him to open it the next day with his gifts he’d get the next day, he looked at the gift longingly, before nodding and rushing inside to put it under his family’s tree. Valerie looked shocked to see her, but accepted both the gift and the condition around opening it. And as Danny and Jazz and their parents went to sleep that night, Dani snuck Danny and Jazz’s presents under the tree for them to open.

Dani woke up on December 25th full of excitement, and had to prevent herself from flinging herself through the wall to go and wake up Danny. It was Christmas!!!! And Dani had to sequester herself where Danny’s parents couldn’t find her because she technically was staying there without them knowing but? It was the holidays, and Dani wanted to spend time with her first ever friends. Which she had gotten to do, and it was nice.

A knock on the door startled Dani out of her thoughts. She blinked and looked at the door in confusion. She began to grin when she was greeted by Danny standing in the doorway with an armful of gifts.

“Heh, these are yours,” Danny said as he placed the small pile on Dani’s temporary bed. Dani’s grin grew even wider as the presents were placed and Danny gestured at them as if to say ‘what are you waiting for?’ So Dani attacked the presents with fervor.

“Sweet, a hiking backpack! Useful! Thank you Sam,” Dani said happily upon opening the first package. All the others were opened with the same enthusiasm. She loved the DS Tucker bought, along with a game called Animal Crossing and a second game with Legos on it. The novel Jazz had given her, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, looked really interesting. Valerie’s gift of a pocket knife would be practical. Danny looked a bit uneasy about giving Dani a pocket knife but Dani was ecstatic. Another useful gift! And Danny’s gift… It was wonderful.

“A book all about the stars, oh this is wonderful! Thank you Danny!” Dani exclaimed, jumping and hugging Danny. He froze, if only for a second, before returning the hug and smiling fondly.

“Merry Christmas Dani.”

#nerdiwrites #Christmas Truce 2017 #danny phantom #the dani-centric holiday fic we all knew we needed but never acknowledged we needed

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