he’s walking fast, staring down at the two ice cream cones, vanilla and chocolate swirl threatening to drip down onto his fingers. derry is hot this summer, almost unbearably so. and since finley refuses to remove his favorite hoodie, he’s sweating when he finally reaches the bench that stanley sits on. ‘ here. they didn’t have regular chocolate, ’ weird that an ice cream stand was out of a very popular flavor, but fin hadn’t questioned it all too much. he hands one cone to stan as he climbs up to sit on the back of the bench, licking the droplets of the treat from his knuckles. ‘ it was that or rocky road, and that has way too many chunks in it, in my very professional ice cream opinion, ’ @oathfeared.










