Eddie Kaspbrak (![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} ekaspbrak) wrote in ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} snapthread, |
It really was something else. The two of them had spent their lives hiding who they really were. They'd been told the things they felt were wrong and had been forced to hide it. They were both still getting used to the idea that it was okay. That none of their neighbors or new friends were going to turn on them for loving each other.
Eddie let out something of a put upon sigh as the poking turned into something a little more similar to a caress but didn't attempt to knock Richie's hand away again. He wanted the affection. He wanted to encourage more of it even if that meant he had to deal with some teasing or just Richie being Richie. "It's not adorable because I'm not fussy. I'm the normal level of demanding for a man my age with my past." He deserved points for not saying his "condition" or his "health". He was slowly starting to accept that there really wasn't anything wrong with him.
He probably should've expected Richie to jump onto the idea of privacy and the promise of shorts. He wasn't sure what else he was expecting. It was probably a good thing that the other liked the idea, right? It meant there was a physical attraction or something. He could ignore the jump to finding them a room for the moment and focus on being fussy. "Good. I need to have words with the manager anyway. What kind of fucking hotel still uses actual keys? Keys." It didn't occur to him that keycards couldn't be an option for some reason.
He followed Richie down the hall, bitching about the statistical likelihood of hotel room robberies without a reliable keycard system. Did it matter if Richie was actually paying attention to anything he was saying? Not really. The fact that the other pretended to listen would always matter more. It had mattered to him as a kid and it mattered now. He stopped after awhile, his attention turning to the elevators. The single elevator was kind of weird too but he wouldn't think much of it. It looked like it probably worked fine. He rolled his eyes at Richie's joke but couldn't stop the corners of his mouth from twitching into a smile.