"BUT WHAT'S THE GOOD IN GOODBYE ANYWAY?"
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In which a heartbroken Richie Tozier receives letters from his missing best friend.
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RICHIE X EDD...
"I will stand by you when all of your dreams are shattered and your world is left in tatters. When you're lost, we're lost together. I'll stand by, I will stand by you. If black is your brightest color if hurt is your only lover. When we fight, we fight together. I'll stand by, I will stand by you."
-Marlisa Punzalan
(Stand By You, Marlisa Punzalan)
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Richie's truck came to a stop. He hopped out slowly and stood in front of the sewers. Richie let out a loud sigh while he took small steps towards his destination. Did he really want to do this? Did he want to get himself killed? A lot of the time he already felt dead. Maybe this would just make it permanent. He was forced out of his thoughts when he heard soft sobs. Richie's eyebrows raised as he followed the noise. His heart was beating faster than before and his palms were sweating lightly. His mouth dropped open at the sight in front of him.
"Bill?" he asked while taking in his friend's appearance. Richie couldn't see his face because it was buried into a yellow raincoat. "What's going on?" Bill didn't lift his face, all he did was cry harshly into the piece of clothing. Richie sat next to him and awkwardly patted his back.
"W-w-w-what do you want?" Bill cried. "I'm st-stupid, right? Because I l-live by what I feel and n-not what I know?"
"You aren't stupid, Bill," Richie sighed. "I was being an asshole. I shouldn't have said those things to you. I was being harsh and you didn't deserve that. I could never do what you do, Bill. I could never just go with what I feel, I wish I could but it's kind of scary," he explained. "I'm really fucking sorry. Eddie being missing has been so hard and I took it out on you. I shouldn't have done that because you're one of the only people who truly cared about him. I'm not used to Eddie not being here and it's fucking killing me, Bill. You were right about Georgie and you were right about Eddie-"
"N-no I wasn't," he sobbed. Bill held up the yellow raincoat. Richie could barely understand him. He never heard Bill so out of breath and he never saw him this emotional. "I w-w-went in because I was tr-trying to find Georgie and Eddie. I didn't find th-them, Richie. I tried but I d-didn't. I just wanted to do s-something right. I f-f-found Georgie's raincoat. Th-the one he wore the day he went m-missing."
Richie frowned at Bill. "Well, there's still hope, right? You didn't find Georgie but you found something that belonged to him. Doesn't that mean you're getting closer? Isn't that good, Bill? We can't give up, alright? We gotta find them. We just have to. Everything I said was bullshit. Most of the words that come out of my mouth usually are," he ranted. "It doesn't matter what we have to do, we need to find them. You need Georgie and I need Eddie. If we just work together- we can do something great. We can bring them home. Are you in? I'm gonna do this with or without you- so I need to know if you're in."
