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Richie Trashmouth Tozier ([info]trashmouthloser) wrote in [info]snapthread,
@ 2019-11-28 10:37:00

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Entry tags:beverly marsh, richie tozier

Who: Richie Tozier and Beverly Marsh
What: Finding Beverly (some shoes)
Where: All about town
When: November 28th





Beverly fucking Marsh.

Richie went half wild over finding her on the network posts and went the rest of the way wild pulling on a sweater and his own shoes, ransacking his own clothing to find something warm for her (one of the Ugly Christmas Sweaters he’d been on a mission for the other day) and realizing he’d have no kind of shoes that would even remotely fit her because even if Beverly was the biggest badass the world had ever seen, it was in a tiny package and no men’s size shoe was going to do her any kind of favor.

Not even Eddie’s much smaller ones.

He probably should have said something before he left. To the rest of the Losers. But every time one of them showed up here, Richie found himself in such a state of panic and disbelief (and worry, maybe, that if he didn’t move fast enough, they wouldn’t actually be there when he arrived) that his tunnel vision didn’t allow for pit stops of any kind. They could yell at him later, but assuming he found Bev — real, alive, et cetera, they wouldn’t have a reason to yell anyway.

The snow was crunchy beneath his shoes, and Richie was a mess of wind blown hair and slightly askew glasses and it didn’t matter for even one fucking second because the moment he spotted out Beverly in the town square looking a little like — well. Exactly like he’d seen her last — he had to pause for one long beat and remind himself that breathing was what all the cool kids were doing these days.

Beverly fucking Marsh. Wet, shoeless, looking miserable and scared. Richie had never seen a woman more beautiful than her just now, or maybe ever. He wondered, vaguely, if all his constant thinking about her (and the rest of them, all of Them) had brought her here. A whoosh of breath escaped his lungs and he fixed on the stupidest fucking smile he’d ever worn. “That’s not a good look,” he said, ever complimentary.


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[info]mollyringwald
2019-11-28 09:01 pm UTC (link)
"Before - oh. Oh, Richie, I'm - " The cigarette dangled limply in Beverly's grip, smoke drifting toward the sky, grey streamers unfurling. "He doesn't know he died?" It wasn't much of a question, since she had a feeling she already the answer.

If Eddie didn't know, then she wouldn't tell him. Or not the details, anyway - mostly she just wanted to make sure he was fine, that he was whole and in one piece and there was life in his eyes and a distinct lack of a claw wound in his chest.

Her lower lip wibbled and she tried not to cry, but it wasn't working too well. Beverly sniffled, wiping at her lashes with her opposite hand, tears hot and burning on her pink, windburned cheeks (she'd always had sensitive skin, literally. Figuratively, she was tough as nails - but sometimes, sometimes she didn't want to be).

Like right now.

"I wanted to tell you that I'm so sorry. I wish I had known - but the Deadlights, it doesn't work like that." As soon as they all reunited in Derry, they changed the future - it veered off course from what she had seen, and because of that she felt like she failed Eddie and Richie too, along with Stan.

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[info]trashmouthloser
2019-11-28 09:14 pm UTC (link)
It wasn't a good question. It wasn't like it wasn't fair, though -- Beverly should definitely have asked it. But based on Richie not being able to bring it up now and going a little hollow even as he tried -- there wasn't a goddamned way Eddie didn't know about it. "He's a weirdo, but he's not stupid," Richie said, smiling without humor. "He knows. We just haven't-- you know. Talked about it."

Richie had spent a very long time, most of his life, talking constantly but never really saying anything. This wasn't new. Even if he was trying to fix that, had been working toward a better version of himself, that didn't mean there weren't still things he couldn't say.

"No," he said, and it came out a little too sharply, a little too knowing, even as Bev started up. "No - don't. Bev. Please." And it came out too much. Too fast. He backtracked. "It isn't your fault. You can't apologize. It's--" God, the shit he still saw. Nightmare stuff. "Fuck."

Beverly was crying, and Richie pulled himself together enough to realize that he was too, and oh weren't the two of them probably a sight? He sniffed, looked away for a moment and then gestured vaguely to a cluster of houses. "Over there. We've got a place. Me n' Eds. You should stay with us." Because they were together again and the idea of ever being apart again hurt. Richie knew what it felt like, to lose. And he was so tired of it. Maybe just tired in general, sometimes. "And Stan. He's there too. Surprise."

Look, there was no easy way to tell her that Richie was living with his two dead best friends. Any way he would have said it would have been a shock to the system.

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[info]mollyringwald
2019-11-28 09:28 pm UTC (link)
Mentioning Stan made her actually hiccup, the shock of it all rattling her bones. Beverly didn't understand this world but if it meant she had Eddie, and she had Stan, then maybe it was okay. Now she knew what Richie meant, when he said it had nothing but also everything.

Her nose was running - freezing cold snot, and her eyes were rimmed with red and bloodshot; surely she'd looked better in her life but it wasn't like she cared right now. She still had Richie's ugly sweater and she used the sleeve to dab at her eyes before sucking back the rest of that cigarette - stress, stress, more stress. The embers were flicked to the winds, and they drifted.

"Yeah," she decided. "I want to. I want to see Stan, tell him I'm sorry." Actually finding a place to stay had been a thought in the back of her mind, but she was glad that it was settled now - one less thing in this cacophony of weirdness and changes and feelings of acrobats in her stomach to deal with. "I want to talk to you too," she added, reaching out, squeezing Richie's arm. "When I get used to this and...everything. After all that happened, I'm worried about you."

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[info]trashmouthloser
2019-11-28 09:50 pm UTC (link)
That wasn't true. Beverly was beautiful. She always was, and even in this moment, full up on emotions and teary eyed, a little snotty, she was lovely as ever. Of all the women Richie'd ever met in his entire life, he thought maybe Beverly was the only one he'd ever truly be in love with. Maybe not the same way he loved Eddie, or the same way Ben loved her. But it was still love, true and pure. She'd never looked better. Because she was here, and he'd selfishly wished for that so many times.

He wiped under his glasses with his free hand and then finished off his own smoke, flicking the butt away from them into the snow.

"I don't know if he'll want to talk about it," he admitted. Because Stan knew. He'd already done the deed before he'd gotten here. It was confusing, and overwhelming and weird. They didn't quite talk about it, either, even if Stan knew he knew because Richie hadn't been subtle about removing all the razors from the bathroom. "But god. They'll be happy as fuck to see you, Ms. Marsh. Maybe happy enough to not yell at me for running out to get you without a warning." His smile was lopsided over that. Practically cheerful, like Richie couldn't think of anything he loved more than being yelled at by Stan and Eddie.

"I'm fine," he said, "There's nothing to worry about." But they'd probably talk anyway, eventually. Because he wasn't always sure if it was true, and because Beverly was stubborn. "You still want that coffee?" He asked, even though he sort of knew the answer. "Or to go home?"

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[info]mollyringwald
2019-11-28 10:07 pm UTC (link)
"It's okay, he doesn't have to talk about it. I just want to see him. See if - he still has that curly hair," Beverly let out a soft, quavery laugh, wiping at her face again. She was stubborn though, and she wasn't about to let Richie get away with never acknowledging what she knew was there - the darkness, and conversely the light, the night terrors and the fear. It was possible he hadn't talked about it with Eddie or Stan, so she was going to fill in that slot. Come hell or high water. And sure, working through the muck and mire would be a tough job, but she had the combat boots for it. Not to worry.

Coffee sounded good but she didn't know if she could keep anything down right now. Maybe later. When everything didn't feel like a washer load off balance inside of her. "Let's go home," she decided, taking Richie's hand again - with most people, Beverly recoiled from touch. But the Losers weren't most people. Not even on the same wavelength.

She loved them. They were all in love with each other, with everything about it. Innocence, the blind faith that children had in each other, in what they believed in - that was what had defeated IT the first time, after all.

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[info]trashmouthloser
2019-11-29 02:31 am UTC (link)
"Oh boy, does he ever," Richie said, clearly pleased to be off the subject of himself, and on to more normal things. "The curly hair. The button nose. He got the Loser's Club Glow Up, Bev. It's not even right." Stan, like so many of the other Losers, had grown up almost inexplicably hot. Richie wasn't ashamed to say he'd looked -- obviously, for all the ribbing he'd given to Ben back at the Jade.

"Home it is." He was glad, glad she'd agreed to live with them, glad she used the word Home without argument, even if Richie full well fucking knew that this place was fucked and weird and showing up with no warning wasn't a homey sort of feeling. But they'd always been pretty good at making the most out of what they had and this didn't seem much different.

"They're gonna lose their shit," Richie said, grief and nerves getting lost in the pure chaotic glee that he was clearly getting from the concept of Eddie losing his goddamned mind.

It was the little things, sometimes.

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