Sometimes, I feel like people forget that Richie is kinda a little gross in npmd. Like that part where he told Pete he should just "hit it and quit it" about Ruth, like that's a weird if not gross way to talk about your friends. I'm not saying that he's the worst human being on planet earth, I just think that because so many people in this Fandom relate to his character that they throw an insane amount of headcanons on him and now his original character traits are long gone. Guess thats just what Fandoms do though
i hc that richie lives with paul, but their house is too far from hatchetfield high, so paul needs to drive richie at school every morning. but paul starts his work earlier, so richie spends an extra hour there doing nothing before his first period
when max joined the group, he offered richie to drive him at school instead of paul because they live close. sometimes while paul is about to leave home max arrives and just hang outs with richie before school. or sometimes he sleeps