kurtzbrak
Recent bookmarks
-
Tags
Summary
“You know, once you do it the first time, it’s really not that big of a deal anymore,” Richie says, his tone comforting. Eddie feels his shoulders relax at his words.
“Sure, but when is that ever going to happen?” Eddie complains, shrugging hopelessly. “People don’t like me as is, I doubt someone would like me enough to want to put their mouth anywhere near me.”
“I put my mouth near you all the time,” Richie replies, then pulls a sour face like he wants to suck the words back in.
Series
- Part 1 of therapy sessions
Bookmarked by kurtzbrak
25 Oct 2024
-
Long-Term Sub, or Mr. Tozier's Tips to Not Suck at Teaching by micki914
Fandoms: IT (Movies - Muschietti)
06 Apr 2026
Tags
Summary
Richie Tozier is a closeted English and theatre teacher who has been fighting a war of attrition with burnout. Eddie Kaspbrak is a first-year math teacher who recently moved from New York City, leaving his wife and his old career as a Wall Street analyst.
After they discover they're from the same small town, though, Richie and Eddie slowly realize they have a few more things in common…
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 148,993
- Chapters:
- 26/26
- Comments:
- 410
- Kudos:
- 703
- Bookmarks:
- 139
- Hits:
- 17,422
Bookmarked by kurtzbrak
10 Sep 2024
-
i don't know how to tell you (and you wouldn't understand) by starcat
Fandoms: IT - Stephen King, IT (Movies - Muschietti)
22 Nov 2021
Tags
Summary
It occurred to him slowly but clicked into place in an instant. An understanding and a realisation that had begun festering in his brain for so long that it had begun to make it’s home there; built with bricks made of an internalised self-loathing that sometimes felt like it was so heavy Richie could barely inhale. It was like a weird, fucked up puzzle from the universe that was being given to Richie in fragments. Piece by piece. And as the picture became clearer, the details less murky and more defined, Richie began to feel as if his life was over before it had truly begun. That everything he had hoped for was instantly torn from his grasp.
Richie knew a lot. He knew that without Buddy Holly, there would be no Beatles. He knew that modern ventriloquism started in nightclubs and originated as a religious practice. He knew that rabbits could not puke, the oldest ‘your mom’ joke was found on a 3,500-year-old Babylonian tablet, and that shellac was made from insect poop. And he knew, without a shadow of a doubt, that he was most certainly going to hell.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 249,434
- Chapters:
- 32/32
- Comments:
- 515
- Kudos:
- 697
- Bookmarks:
- 192
- Hits:
- 31,729
Bookmarked by kurtzbrak
12 Aug 2024
-
Tags
Summary
“I didn’t tell Myra I even applied to come here. I don’t really know why, I just… I had to, you know? It felt like… it was my last chance.”
“Last chance for what?”
“I don’t even know, that’s the fucked-up part. To do something, I guess. To do anything.” He turns to Richie. “Pretty stupid, right?”
“No,” Richie murmurs. “I don’t think so.”
---
Or: Richie and Eddie meet while studying abroad, featuring drinking games, bad dancing, things getting lost in translation, personalized playlists, leather jackets, photo shoots in ancient ruins, karaoke, and one (1) gay bar.- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 389,319
- Chapters:
- 32/34
- Comments:
- 1,011
- Kudos:
- 866
- Bookmarks:
- 230
- Hits:
- 39,649
Bookmarked by kurtzbrak
08 Aug 2024
-
Tags
Summary
“No fucking way.” Richie said. “How’s a dude who literally disinfects the entire gym before laying a hand on the equipment cool with fucking around so much?”
“I don’t know the logic behind that one, but it’s true.”
Bookmarked by kurtzbrak
05 Aug 2024