End of the F*cking World AU
- Richie thinks he may be a psychopath so he chooses a random potential victim to kill who happens to be small asthmatic Eddie Kaspbrack
- When Richie approaches him and asks if he'd like to go on a date with him, Eddie was coincidentally feeling rebellious at that moment so Eddie agrees
- Eddie was trying to run away from his overbearing mother so it works out for the boys
- They end up breaking into some random guy's house and they dance, drink his alcohol, dress up in his ill-fitting suits, just having a good time.
- But it all ends abruptly when Richie accidentally kills the owner when the man finds Eddie and tries to force himself on him
- Richie freaks out so much when he sees the dead body and the blood all over Eddie that he throws up
- Eddie is shocked into silence and as a way to cope with whatever the fuck just happened, he silently gets to work and orders Richie around on how to clean the entire apartment; at least Mom's fucked up cleaning habits are finally useful
- The dynamic has shifted after this moment, with Richie being uneasy and unable to look at Eddie because he can only see him being drenched in blood and lying on the floor unmoving
- Meanwhile, Eddie's brain is moving at hyperspeed and focused on cleaning up the apartment and trying to remove evidence, his mom was also obsessed with forensic true crime shows so he sorta knows what he's doing
- When they've finally cleaned everything up, Richie and Eddie are sitting on the edge of the bed, both are quiet, both boys still smelling the creeping undercurrent of blood in the room.
Eddie finally speaks up, "What do we now, Richie?"