(In the end, it wouldn't have mattered. In the end, they were going to be friends and that would always mean Eddie's fatalistic loyalty. What was that old Greek story of the fatal flaw? That might as well have been Eddie's.
He gives a nod. Fatalistic loyalty, sure, but Eddie didn't want to die. He never wanted to hear Richie crying like that for him ever again.
And his body-.
Eddie shuts down that thought before it could take hold.)
(No one has to die.)
(They could do their best to ensure that anyway.
Eddie can feel his face growing hot. Even just a sip had made him act...Well. Maybe with his friends it would have been okay. Jake was a friend, but that didn't mean he appreciated having Eddie all over him.)
(I'm sorry if I made you feel weird. I don't think I'm gonna puke. I've drank booze before and that red stuff was way nicer on the stomach.)
(Back on the station. That had made him puke. But that had also been scotch that had been sitting around for God knows how long.)
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He gives a nod. Fatalistic loyalty, sure, but Eddie didn't want to die. He never wanted to hear Richie crying like that for him ever again.
And his body-.
Eddie shuts down that thought before it could take hold.)
(No one has to die.)
(They could do their best to ensure that anyway.
Eddie can feel his face growing hot. Even just a sip had made him act...Well. Maybe with his friends it would have been okay. Jake was a friend, but that didn't mean he appreciated having Eddie all over him.)
(I'm sorry if I made you feel weird. I don't think I'm gonna puke. I've drank booze before and that red stuff was way nicer on the stomach.)
(Back on the station. That had made him puke. But that had also been scotch that had been sitting around for God knows how long.)