Can You Imagine When This Race Is Won?
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“Okay, all right, well, I think we’re done here,” Eddie sighs, but when he glances into the rear-view mirror, he sees a smile on his face, and his cheeks are flushed. He frowns as something occurs to him. “Wait, are we? What did you call me for?”
“You called me, Eduardo.”
“I called you back, idiot!”
“Yeah, yeah. I dunno, man,” Richie says easily enough. Eddie can hear his fingers rattling against some hard surface as he talks, restlessly drumming as he speaks. “I saw Stan, and suddenly I realised that I fucking missed him, and then hot on the tails of that I was like… man, do I miss Eddie, jeez! So I called. That’s all. No biggie.”
“Oh,” Eddie breathes, and does not try to stop the pleased smile blooms with Richie’s words. “I, uh. I miss you too, jackass. God only knows why, but I do.”
Richie groans happily. “Man, that’s the stuff! Nobody insults me like you do, Eds.”
“Nobody deserves it like you,” Eddie grins, and Richie bursts into laughter. Eddie’s soul soars at the sound of it.
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- Part 1 of Can You Imagine When This Race Is Won?
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“Hey, Rich?”
“Hmm?”
“What’re we gonna do for Christmas?”
“What do you mean?” His hands tug lightly at Eddie’s hair. “Is this about – listen, I’m telling you, man, your gifts aren’t even hidden in the damn wardrobe, so -”
“- That’s not what I meant.” Eddie pauses, and raises his head to smirk at Richie. “But you wouldn’t mind if I checked, then?”
Richie’s face moves through panic, terror, and finally morphs into an unconvincingly casual mask. “I mean, I would care, because you’d have to hire a crane to get yourself high enough to see up there, and that can get pretty expensive, y’know?”
“Oh, so you only care about my finances? That’s what this is about?”
“Obviously. Your money, and nothing else. How am I supposed to be a trophy boyfriend if my man ain’t even loaded?”
“More like a trophy dickhead,” Eddie snorts, without any fire, and snuggles into Richie’s shoulder. “That really isn’t what I meant, though. What’re we gonna do for Christmas, like, to celebrate it?”
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- Part 2 of Can You Imagine When This Race Is Won?