Thread by @didntseeyouau

» didn’t see you coming «
» a #reddie social media au «

a forgotten number. a teenager in need of a new home. a high school teacher.

it’s obvious richie doesn’t have 20/20 vision, so nobody can really blame him that he didn’t see those curveballs coming.

» s h i p s «

» reddie { centric, eventual }
» hanbrough { est }
» stanpat { est }
» benverly { eventual }

» h o u s e k e e p i n g «

» qrt, no replies please!
» reddie centric, but doses of all ships.
» general warning for a shitty/emotionally abusive parent, homophobia (tws posted on updates when necessary)
» all of the losers are 35
» set in NY — most places mentioned are fake

» let’s meet our losers «

R I C H I E

» mid-day DJ at WKTM radio
» performs stand-up gigs at local bars
» gay; recently publicly out
» tried the dating thing once like 6 months ago but he’s good, thanks.
» close with his niece but not any of his other family

E D D I E

» economics teacher at eastern high school.
» into men, hasn’t established to what degree just yet. out to a very close circle. it’s all very new.
» finalized his divorce just over a year ago.
» coach for eastern’s cross country team.

the center of the venn diagram »

B E V

» guidance counselor at eastern high
» advisor for the fashion club
» working on her own line in her free time
» eddie’s work wife
» grew up with stan + richie
» richie’s first girlfriend, still his best friend
» styles richie for gigs

» » richie’s friends « «

B E N

» architect/associate architectural engineering professor
» got his masters and his phd, then held a three year fellowship in europe
» recently came back to NY!
» lived with stan + richie their senior year

S T A N

» accountant 
» richie’s childhood best friend-turned-college roommate
» allowed richie to drag him to one (1) company party to meet someone.
» that someone was patty. they’ve been married for 2 years now.
» part of a birdwatcher’s group on facebook

P A T T Y

» producer at richie’s radio station
» saw one of richie’s stand up shows four years ago and got him in for an interview. the rest is history.
» easily the coolest person richie knows.

» » eddie’s friends « «

M I K E

» librarian at eastern high
» met eddie in grad school
» known as the hot librarian, which nobody on faculty will ever let go of
» dropped a hint to eddie that he thought bill was cute and eddie got to work
» now happily engaged to bill

B I L L

» english lit teacher at eastern
» eddie’s childhood best friend-turned-college roommate 
»self-published one book, working on another
» happily engaged to mike

» » our curveball « «

E L E A N O R

» richie’s 18 year old niece
» senior at EHS
» comes to NY from derry after richie’s brother didn’t approve of her coming out 
» SO many nicknames. richie calls her ‘leo’.
» goes by anything but eleanor since her father insists on it