pairing: eddie kaspbrak/richie tozier (reddie), side bill denbrough/mike hanlon/ stanley uris (stenbranlon) and ben hanscom/beverly marsh (benverly)
wc: 175,371
chapters, 9/12: september, october, november, december, january, february , march (part one) , march (part two) , april **NEW**
summary:
// you’re the only friend I need
sharing beds like little kids
laughing ‘til our ribs get tough
but that will never be enough //
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Almost every time the lights turn off and they cram in the shitty twin bed, Richie seems to become a different person. Maybe not different, per say, but the stupid jokes and teasing die down, the guard of nonchalance dropping. Eddie feels lucky to see this side of Richie, soft and caring—vulnerable. It’s not like he hates the other side of Richie, he secretly enjoys their constant banter and his dumb jokes. No, it’s that this side is rare, and it’s something beautiful. Here, safe in the soft flannel sheets, it feels like they are the only two souls for miles, and they can be themselves, and that is terrifying and reassuring all at once.
“I’m gonna miss this. When we go off to college,” Richie admits, the weight behind his words telling Eddie he felt the same about their shared nights.
“Yeah,” Eddie agrees softly, “me too.”
you know that feeling of trying to get your work or schoolwork done while the world is ending?
yeah, that's a feeling I empathize with
no, I've never experienced that
@fadel-dani is only 23 years old, a third-year IT student, and he and his family have been displaced multiple times in the genocide. When his university was destroyed by Israel, he registered to study remotely. Imagine the world falling apart around you and still trying to complete your school work!
When his family, after being displaced 5 times, returned to their home, bombs were dropped, and they survived an explosion which destroyed their house. He fainted.
Fadel woke up in a hospital and learned that, because hospitals in the north of Gaza had completely collapsed, he and his family were transported under extremely dangerous conditions to a hospital in the south of the Gaza.
Further he learned that while unconscious, he had undergone surgery to remove iron fragments that shot into his body in the bombing. Because of the extreme danger and the collapse of the health system, some of the pieces could not removed at their location. The doctor assessed his health and told his family that he needs to receive treatment in another country as soon as possible.
Obviously, doing so safely requires coordination and funds for both travel and the surgical fees once they get to a hospital. They have been trying to raise funds since then.
He had bled a lot that day. His normal bloodcount is weak because he has thalassemia. The price of the medicine is too high for them to afford, and so he has fainted many times.
So far they have waited over 300 days to meet their fundraising goal so he can get needed surgery. 300 days of suffering the physical and psychological pain of feeling shrapnel from the Israeli bombing that destroyed his childhood home embedded in his body.
He is currently sitting in a tent, sending me messages on tumblr.
His campaign was vetted (gazavetters #197), and you can help him raise funds to get medical care as soon as possible by sending some funds here:
GoFundMe | Help Fadel the injured to undergo surgery and live safely