Richie stepped forward the same time Eddie moved back so they were next to each other. He slowly let one hand reach out until his fingers brushed the back of Eddie's. He wanted to give Eddie something he could use to ground himself, but he kept the movement subtle; both to keep from alarming the man clearly touching one weapon and probably reaching for another and for plausible deniability if Eddie didn't want to tell Ben or this new guy about them just yet.
"Heya Haystack." He added to their greeting thinking maybe the nickname might help Ben see that it was really them, though he sent a quick zip-zip to Bill and Eddie too (lol Cowboy Thor). Might have been a bad time for jokes, but he'd never been great at timing, and he was sure at least one of them was already thinking it.