#not deadnaming not correct naming but a secret third thing (area boring man that doesn’t like shortened names)

[fruity-phrog]

I headcanon that Richie is trans and Paul keeps messing up his name. He doesn’t deadname him, but his brother’s eight year old kid came up to him at a family reunion and said “Hey Paul, my name’s Richie now” and Paul just went “Ah, okay, hello Richard”.