Can I get a hc of the losers first day of high school pretty pleaase?🖤
ok this is so cute?? i have no clue how the american school system works so uh if theres any mistakes I’m sorry lmao also i got carried away so this is a lot less specific than i intended but i hope its ok!
over the summer, mike decided to tell his granddad that as much as he loves him and the farm, he really wants a formal education
he’s skeptical at first but he sees how passionate mike is about it so he lets him do what he wants with his future
as long as mike still helps out on the farm on weekends and tries his absolute best
not that thats a problem, because mikey is so worried about letting his granddad down, and buying all the supplies was hell expensive and this boy is DETERMINED to pay him back
bev moved back to derry with some old family friends who offered to take her in after her aunt had a baby and was struggling with the two of them
losers high school reunion? is oN
so first day of school rolls around, and all seven losers get up early so they can cycle there together and see each other properly
they have like a whole fucking hour before class starts though, because eddie was so insistent that they could under nO CIRCUMSTANCES be late on their first day
so they sit outside while bev n richie share a cig for old times sake, and talk about everything and nothing
and its like they’ve never been apart
bill worked on his stammer so much over the summer, and even tho he’s still got it, the confidence he gained just like RADIATES off him
and stan is like… wow. who’s this proud and gorgeous boy??? what the fuck.
stan’s about the same height as richie now and still as lanky
but his curls have grown out a bit so they flop around his face a bit and cover some of his scars, and bill thinks he looks like a beautiful jewish angel
(he does not tell him this.)
ben grew a lot during the summer, so even though he’s still nice n chubby he’s a lot stronger now and looks far more intimidating
(he’s still a massive soft nerd who listens to NKOTB and writes poems)
even tho bev’s only been gone like…two years, she looks so much more grown up and ben is fLOORED
she still wears the key necklace she’s had for years
but her hair has grown out to her shoulders
and she’s swapped her grubby dungarees for perfectly tailored dresses and vintage shirts (adjusted and sewn herself)
and she just looks a bEAUTY
richie? exactly the fucking same. the first words outta his mouth are an inappropriate joke, and his glasses are still crooked as hell.
to bev’s distress, he doesn’t seem to have developed a sense of style either
not that he even cARES because he’s uhhh fully in love with his new boyfriend eddie
(they finally got together on the squad-minus-bev camping trip over the summer)
when bev sees them holding hands? she’s not even surprised bc its about fucking tIME these morons grew some balls and asked each other out
eddie looks almost the same, except without the fanny packs.
(he still carries a first aid kit in his bag though he’s not stupid)
and he’s now fully embraced his aesthetic of Pastel Prince
ben and mike (the only two losers who’ve signed up to a fuck ton of electives and honours placements) finally head off to AP calculus
bev and bill go to their visual arts class, and stan, eddie and richie go to history.
stan is nOT HAPPY because now he has to sit through these two being soppy and richie fucking about and he doesn’t even have bill with him
on their way to their next class, some asshole trips mike in the corridor and shouts some racist shit
mike is trying to quietly collect his things and walk away, because he knows damn well what will happen if he tries to retaliate against this dumb white kid
but soft nerd ben just steps right up to the guys face, and fucking stares him down.
mike knows ben wouldn’t hurt a fuckin fly but in the face of all 170lbs of him, the other twat just like… backs the hell away
mike and ben have an unbreakable bond after that, and are always lookin out for each other
private losers club lunch table? uh yeh i think so
eddie and stan bring their own packed lunches every day
(so stan knows it’s kosher and eddie isn’t worried about food hygiene)
stan makes sure he sits next to bill on the first day and makes up some dumb excuse
“no bill i can’T sit over there richie chews so loudly”
bill doesn’t mind one bit
eddie and richie are also sitting next to each other, bickering and hand holding under the table
bev is next to her partner in crime richie, showing him new wave punk bands he’ll like
ben is opposite bev, chatting about their time since she left derry
mike sits next to his new homeboy ben
mikey is so obessed with proving himself that he signs up for every elective he can, and does clubs most days
no one knows how he maintains a top 10% gpa on top of helping at the farm but when he aces his SATs in senior year everyone is so damn proud
he plays on the football team and sits on the student council with ben
as a senior, he founded the school’s Equality Programme, helping more POC and LGBT students reach their full potential
bill joined the journalism club and by junior year he’s in charge of the school paper
stan spends a lot of time in the print room with bill because it’s quiet
he does a lot of the photography for the paper as well
but mostly it’s so he gets a chance to chat with him and chill out together
stan finally gets bev to help him ask bill to senior prom
he makes a whole fake news article with cute photos he’s taken and slides it into his locker one day
