Stan the Man (![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} stanbyme) wrote in ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} snapthread, |
"Big Bill?" Stan's mouth fell open in disbelief. "Come on you're kidding, there's no way!" He laughed, delighted at the idea of it. "Oh man I can't believe it, that's amazing. I can't believe it's taken you this long to tell me. It seems like a first five seconds kind of thing." It was obvious that Stan was pleased by the way things had turned out, finally being taller than someone was an achievement all its own. "Any other big news like that I should know that you've just been waiting to spring on me?" He asked curious now.
He'd missed out on a lot when he hadn't made good on his promise, not just the rest of his life but the chance to see the Losers again, to see how they had all turned out for himself, to reconnect and finally feel whole again. But that would have meant facing his fears and he hadn't been able to do that. "I'm glad I'm here too." He agreed, and he was maybe a little surprised to find that it was true, for all that he was still worried about what all of this meant, he was glad that it turned out that what he'd done wasn't quite as final as he thought it might have been.
It was an easy thing to hang on to Eddie like this, to wrap an arm around him and press close and it didn't feel weird or wrong or bad or any of the things that it might have felt with someone else, or if he'd been younger. It was just good and he was glad they could do this again. He could understand that wish that the other could be here too, but it felt a little bit cruel to wish that on someone, especially someone he loved. He laughed and shook his head though. "I love you Eds, you know you never have to fight for a little bit of my attention."