Fics like Eager to be Held

November 15th, 2025 update: This story is unfinished and will remain that way. I'm sorry. College freshman Eddie Kaspbrak tries to enjoy being free to live his life the way he chooses now that he's out of his mother's house, but still finds himself falling back into patterns of insecurity and self-doubt. It makes dating nearly impossible when he barely likes spending time with himself, so he is positively smitten when he matches with a cute, artsy junior named Richie who seems to like him quite a bit. But Richie also likes to party, and drink, and do a lot of things that Eddie has never really done before. So he does them for Richie, and he knows he's taking it too far, but can he really be blamed for it? He's got an almost-boyfriend for the first time ever. And yes, maybe he shouldn't have drank so much at this party, or taken drinks from strangers, or tried to keep up with Richie doing lines in the bathroom, but he's probably in /love./ So getting as drunk and as high and as uninhibited as he does is okay, if he's just doing it this once. Because he can take care of himself.

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