It Fandom Week July 17th - Teacher AU
Characters: Rihcie Totzier, Eddie Kaskrap Patrick Hockstetter ,Henry Bowers(mention)
Warnings:homophobia, stalker behavior
Eddie is a medical student and his boyfriend Richie is a teacher at Derry Elementary.
Richie is a very fun teacher and his greatest achievement is always being able to help children that other teachers think are hopeless
Being a teacher brings a lot of happiness to Richie
He lives with Eddie and if it were legal they would already be married
Richie is super supportive of Eddie’s medicine studies as his mother kicked him out of the house when he came out of the closet
Richie is afraid of being fired from his job if people find out that he is gay
And Eddie with the AIDS crisis of the 80s, he fears that they will throw him out of school for representing a danger
After that the two agreed not to make their relationship public in any way.
So they have a secret relationship
Despite everything bad that happens, both are very happy with their lives and everything could continue like this if nobody finds out
Patrick is 7 years old and his favorite class is Mr. Tozier
He is the only teacher who seems to notice him and always seems interested in what he does.
Patrick loves him so much that he even showed him his collection of dead flies
Mr. Tozier who is not a normal adult, I did not scold him or look disgusted, instead he smiled and congratulated him on having an interest in insects
And because that feeling was so strong in Patrick that he had to tell him that he loved him.
And Richie who knew totally what it was like to be a gay boy in Derry, he had smiled fondly at him and explained that he was fine how he felt.
That’s why Mr. Tozier is special
So after school he follows him around everywhere, he watches him do the shopping, he watches him when he talks to the teachers and sees him review the class tests
But he mostly sees it with Edward Kasprak, sees them go to the movies and watch TV together and sees them kiss
And that’s not right, Patrick despite what all the teachers think is not stupid
In fact he is very clever, clever in a kind of scary way.
He understands much more than people realize, he understands that being gay is bad in the eyes of the people of Dery, and he understands that Mr. Tozier shouldn’t date a man, he shouldn’t date Edward Kasprak.
So after class when only he and the teacher were left in the room, he gave him a letter, The letter read:
Mr. Tozier <3
I won’t tell your secret if you date me.
-Patrick
Richie, after reading the letter, freezes for a second with fear but seeing the child in front of him he feels tenderness, of course the threat is real but deep down he knows that Patrick only resents the lack of attention from adults and wants someone who understand what he feels
Richie understands that, but tries to explain the situation to him.
“One day you’ll find a boy who loves you, I’m sorry it’s not me, Patrick.”
Patrick looks at him blankly and threatens to tell his secret
“You won’t say it, because you’re a good boy Patrick.”
Richie smiles at him “Yes, you are.”
and Patrick is not sure but he thinks he feels heartbroken, and he doesn’t really know why but he never tells his secret
Because he really want to believe what Mr. Tozier said, he is a good boy and one day he will find a boy who loves him.
When Richie tells Eddie about it, Eddie thinks things could get worse and that he should be careful what that kid does
. But Rihcie calms him down with a kiss, “Don’t worry it’s just a crush.”