Let them be stupid silly teenagers please not fighting killer clowns

"Alright ready?" You asked.

You were sitting crisscross apple sauce on Richie's bed while he sat opposite to you, knees to his chest. He shook his head no to your question which caused you both to let out a nervous laugh.

You and Richie had been dating for a couple weeks now, nearing a month but despite that the furthest you had gone was cuddling and hand holding. Surprising from the one and only trash mouth. He constantly made not so pg-13 jokes but when the opportunity to partake in such actions came around, he shied off or would run away. The gay panic was a struggle.

Now here you were on his bed, trying to help him gather up the courage to kiss you. Because damn it you really wanted to kiss your cute nerdy ass boyfriend but every time, he'd hide his face behind his hands and say some stupid Eddie's mom joke.

You found it cute the first couple times, but it started getting annoying after a while. To make sure you weren't pushing any boundaries you asked if he was okay with kisses. He had told you he was and that he really, really wanted to kiss you but whenever you got close to him or even leaned in slightly, he went on gay fight or flight mode and panicked his way out of it.

So that's how you ended up here. Knowing Richie did in fact want to kiss you but he's too much of a coward.

"What if I close my eyes?" You asked.

"Maybe?" Richie moved forward a bit.

You closed your eyes and waited for him to kiss you. But you never felt his lips on yours, instead you were met with a slew of cusswords said under his breath as you felt his face get closer to yours then pull back, then get closer again, only to pull back.

Peeking an eye open you were met with a very red in the face Richie, eyes constantly moving from your lips to your eyes, biting his nails, trying to hype himself up semi quietly.

"What if you close your eyes?" You asked.

He looked at you for a second but nodded, "Yeah, yeah, okay."

You waited for him to close his eyes before moving closer to him.

He closed his eyes and held his breath, but as soon as you moved closer to his face he backed up, eyes shooting open. Gay panic ensuing.

"Richie." You said but there was a big smile on your face. It was unfair how damn cute he was.

"Sorry, sorry." He closed his eyes again.

This time you held his face in your hands, noting how he leaned into the touch. Waiting a second to see if he was okay, you leaned in, pausing for a second to see if he moved back. But he was staying still this time. With a quick peck on his lips, you moved back.

Richie opened his eyes and had the widest smile on his face. "You just kissed- we just kissed. Holy shit."

You placed a kiss on his cheek with a smile. "Yeah, think you can initiate another?"

He immediately shook his head no and you rolled your eyes playfully. This dork.

Sorry it's short lol just had a dumb idea

I just love him okay and I know it's a tad OOC but cmon it works