There for you- a Richie x Reader Fanfic

Finally Together-The End

3168 words
"Hey, wait!" Richie calls, and you shake your head. Flashbacks of his dead lifeless face stop you dead and tears run down your face. "Y/n?" Richie sounds worried now. You feel him take your hand and you pull away, but your efforts are small and weak, and he takes you down the alley where his bike is laying and pushes you down to sit on the crates. He sits beside you and you wipe your eyes and look directly at the ground, not speaking. In your peripheral vision you see him stare at the ground too. "It's fine, I just saw IT again and," you choke on your words and shake your head, "IT, IT, IT... was, was eating you!" You sob and quickly wipe your eyes. Your voice drops to a whisper, "I was just worried." You see his head snap up and you quickly continue, "I just don't want anyone else to get caught by that clown." You move to stand up, "but it was just a fake image, I'm ok now." "Why you would say you're ok when you're clearly not?" You ask yourself the same time Richie does. You look back at him, "yeah ok I'm terrified, but at least none of my friends are dead." You put on a small smile and then begin to walk away, but Richie jumps to his feet and grabs your hand, spinning you around and bringing you closer. "Richie let go, I just want to be alone right now." You stare at him demandingly but he merely grabs your waist and pulls you in closer, pausing when your noses touch, then you both lean in. You pull away quickly though, cursing yourself for letting your emotions get the better of you. Looking at Richie you feel bad and maybe it wouldn't be so bad to give into the emotions... so you quickly lean in and kiss him again, smiling into the kiss. "Now can I go?" You ask kinder this time. "Or maybe you could just hang out with me today?" Richie asks hopefully and you bite your lip and nod, "but a) you can't tell Bill, and b), we need to talk." You narrow your eyes. Richie glances away but nods his head. "Why the hell would you set-up a kiss with Beverly?" You cross your arms. "Why?" He looks up, bright red. "Well... I kinda wanted to see if it made you... made you uh jealous?" He poses it like a question and you nod, "yeah well it hurt, so I guess it worked, but why Beverly, and couldn't you just ask me?" "I dunno, afraid you'd reject me? I thought it would be easier if I tried to make you jealous. Also you kinda hurt me when you kissed Stan..." he gives a small smile, "Beverly kicked me after anyways. I couldn't ask any other girl cause you know, I'm a Loser. No girl in school would kiss me." "I would." You mumble softly. Then glance up at him, he smiles back at you. You glare playfully, "don't you dare mention it." He jumps up, grabbing your hand. "Come on, let's go inside, I'll show you my Street Fighter skills!"
Inside Richie explains to you how Bill punched him hard after you left, and you notice how his nose is bent slightly weird. Richie pretends the enemy he's fighting is Bill, and that he is beating him up. You can't help but inwardly chuckle because his life bar is quickly depleted and he only gets in 2 or so hits as far as you can see.
Just then Bill walks in, looking worried. You nudge Richie's shoulder, "look, it's Bill." Richie glances over and glares then resumes playing. Bill spots us and I quickly avert my eyes to Richie playing. Bill walks over, "Richie... y/n!" There is urgency in his voice and you look up, so does Richie. But Richie quickly looks back, scowling. "I'm busy pretending this guy is you Bill." Bill ignores Richie, "guys, IT took Bev."
-time skip to at Neibolt house-
You noticed Eddie seemed to eascape his over protective mother, and was wearing a cast that read LOSER, but Eddie had painted over the S with a red V so that it reads LOVER. When nobody wanted to come into the house Bill stood at the top of the steps and faced us. "Look, you don't have to come in with me, but what happens when another Georgie goes missing, or another Betty, or another Ed Corcoran, or... one of us? Are you just gonna pretend it isn't happening like everyone else in this town? Because I can't. I go home and all I see is that Georgie isn't there. His clothes, his toys, his stupid stuffed animals... but he isn't. So, walking into this house, for me, it's easier than walking into my own." With that we all begin to move forward. "Wow. He didn't stutter once." Richie remarks, incredulous. When everyone is gathered inside Bill turns to Stan who's still standing outside. "Stan come on, if we stick together, all of us, we'll win." Stan hesitantly obliges, cautiously stepping in.
You guys quickly make it down to the Well. Standing there you flashback to being on the ladder and shiver. Even now there's a large purplish bruise on your shoulder that aches. Mike produces a length of rope.
When the rope is secure you begin to climb down. Bill, then you, then Richie, Eddie, Stan, and Ben. Mike is preparing to climb down when he is abruptly pulled backwards. You hear tousling and peer up, but can't see anything. You hear someone, and listen carefully. "Is that... Henry Bowers?" You whisper, and some the boys shrug. You hear the air gun go off and gasp. Suddenly Henry's body plummets over the edge, bouncing off the wall with a sickening crack, and then disappearing into the murky black. Mike shortly shimmies down, looking traumatized but for the most part, unharmed.
As we continue we realize we're missing Stan. As we call around we hear his screams and run that way. When we get there there's this lady, with a long curvy 2-dimensional face, and razor sharp teeth dripping with Stan's blood. Everyone runs over, the lady retreating into the shadows. As Stan rambles about us leaving him behind you attempt to calm him. When he's calm enough to function properly, but still very mad, you glance around to find Bill missing. You growl in frustration, "guys! Bill's gone!" Everyone looks around frantically as they help Stan up. We continue walking, hoping that we are going the right way. You hear something as fan your arms out, "guys be quiet!" They hush and you confirm what you thought you heard before, Georgie's voice.
As you quickly walk in the direction of Georgie's voice you come across a giant stone chamber of sorts. You notice the giant pile of garbage, and kids toys in the centre and shudder. "This guy has got a serious hording problem." Richie notes. You also notice something floating around the pile, something that is... "are those... kids?" Ben asks, his voice shaking. You nod slowly, licking your dry lips. "Look! It's Bev!" Ben exclaims, and you all make your way over. She is floating, like the rest of them, but not around the pile. When we get there we try jumping to grab her foot but none of us can reach. Lifting Ben up he grabs hold of her foot, dragging her down as we lower Ben. When you push her down so that her feet touch the ground she doesn't float up again, but her blank, dead, expression doesn't change. Her eyes look dark and murky as the boys try to wake her, perfectly still. You look at her, then at Ben. His face has dropped and he looks so heartbroken. You look back at the motionless Beverly then nudge Ben. He looks at you and you make a kissing face. He looks nervous so you nudge him again, this has got to work, it just has to.
Ben steps forward, leaning in and touching his lips to hers, his cheeks glistening a bit from shedding some tears. When he pulls away a single tear falls down as he watches Beverly stand there, pallid faced. Then slowly, like fog drifting away every so slowly, her eyes become unclouded. She gains expression and moves her head, and she is back. You immediately give her a hug, "no time for any questions." then back away, "guys Bill!" You grab her hand and continue walking, just knowing what way to go by twin sense you guess. You hear Georgie's voice again and your palms become sweaty, dropping Beverly's hand and running around the giant pile.
You see Bill, and... Georgie, with his yellow slicker and right arm missing. You choke back a scream and watch. "Georgie..." Bill takes a step closer and Georgie begins to sob lightly, "What took you so long Bill?" Bill sounds so guilty and... afraid as he responds, "I-I was looking for y-yu-you the whole time..." Georgie continues his sobbing, talking quietly now, "I couldn't find my way outta here..." you know something is wrong. The way Georgie sounds, so pitiful and... just not himself. "Bill." You say warningly, stepping backwards you shake your head, "that's, that's not Georgie." Bill doesn't seem to be listening, as Georgie quietly cries, "I was so scared Billy, I just, I just wanna go home, can we go home?" Georgie looks up at Bill pleading. Bill's hand shakes, and you notice the air gun in it. You flashback to the bullets disappearing down the hole, and gasp. Luckily Bill seems to have come to the conclusion something is off about Georgie, and takes small steps backwards, raising the air gun as he reaches the group. He takes a shaky breath, then shoots. It goes straight through Georgie's head, leaving a small hole there. Georgie falls to the ground, but you know it's far from over. Within a couple seconds Georgie begins convulsing and screaming, arms and legs popping out longer. Georgie's whole form changes, until Georgie's form in gone, replaced by Pennywise lying starfish on the ground. IT abruptly sits up, as if mechanical, staring at us. People start chanting to shoot it, but you, and apparently Mike too, remember the bullets tumbling down the well, which means... "no more ammo! It's not loaded!" Mike yells, and you understand the problem that will cause if Bill shoots and nothing happens. "Bill no!" You cry out trying to reach for him, but he shoots before you can do a thing. IT lurches IT's head back in false pain, then slowly turns, a terrible grin on. Suddenly Pennywise lunges, knocking Bill over. We each try hitting and smashing at IT with weapons, but we are no match. As Pennywise opens IT's awful jaws Bill stuffs the empty air gun into its mouth. The air gun is merely crushed in IT's jaws, and IT yanks Bill up, crouching as IT holds Bill in a headlock, slightly stroking him. "Bill!" Mike yells reaching his arm out. Bill looks terrified, but manages not to whimper or squirm. Beverly tries to keep a shake out of her voice as she looks directly at the clown, "let him go!" Pennywise merely smiles evilly. "NO! I'll take him! I'll take all of you! I'll feast on your flesh as I feed on your fear... Or... you'll just leave us be... I will take him. Only him, and I will have my long rest and you will all live to grow and thrive and lead *happy* lives, until old age takes you back to the weeds." A silence ensues until, "l-leave." Bill manages to choke out. "I-I'm the one that dragged you all into this, I-I'm s-s-sorry." The clown eyes us, as Richie gets up off the ground where he was tossed . I see his eyes flick to the trash pile, but I'm not sure what he's looking at. He pushes up his glasses "I fucking told you. I don't want to die, it's your fault." Closer to the pile now, and I can see he's getting close to arms reach of... a baseball bat! Oh thank god he wasn't actually going to leave Bill. You let him continue though. "You punched me, made me walk through shitty water, dragged me through a crackhouse..." he lists them of on his fingers as he stands beside the bat. "Now...." he grabs the bat and readies it, "I'm gonna have to kill this fucking clown." Pennywise pushes Bill away and runs at Richie as Richie screams at IT, "welcome to the Losers Club asshole!" Richie brings the bat around, hitting IT square in the head. IT pinwheels wildly, and Richie smashes him again. Pennywise begins shaking side to side, spurting blood. Ben runs up and pushes IT. Pennywise's head spins around, changing and morphing as it does, becoming this strange beast with tentacles coming from its face. You don't get a good look though because it quickly attaches ITself to Ben, reeling in his face. None of you waste any time, grabbing sticks, pipes, even a length of chain. You begin smashing IT and IT falls off Ben, re-becoming the clown once more. IT spins on IT's knees, facing Eddie and then puking a black tar like substance all over him. Suddenly IT's morphing again, now a rotting face, the Leper Eddie was talking about before. Eddie is shaking in what you assume it fear, of the germs and sicknesses that could come from this, but you soon find it's rage when he looks up and charges at Pennywise, "I'm gonna kill you you fucker!" he shrieks. Again and again you all pound at him, bats, pipes, even the chain lashing out like a whip. Back, back, beating Pennywise back farther with every hit. Then IT changes again, becoming Georgie as IT faces you and Bill. "Come with me Billy," he pleads, "please y/n?" he looks so sad, and helpless, but... no. This, is not your brother. Your brother, whether you like it or not... is dead. You glare at the imposter Georgie, "go to hell." and then stab your metal rod into IT's chest, as Bill brings his broken pipe around like a bat at IT's head. Reeling Pennywise let's out a gurgle, eyes spinning wildly. Looking for someone, anyone, to terrorize, Pennywise turns to Beverly and IT's head becomes her father's head. "You're still my little girl, aren't you Bevvie?" With only a moments hesitation she plunges her weapon straight into her fake father's mouth. IT stumbles back and hits against a short wall sepatating solid floor from a dark, deep hole of eternal black. You are all gathered in a half circle around Pennywise and Bill steps forward, "you lose." He prepares to take the final swing, but Pennywise flips backwards, so that IT's hanging over the edge, looking up at us. "Kill it Bill!" Everyone urges, but before Bill can do anything IT's head starts to crumble and float apart. You stand watching transfixed, as IT's head crumbles, and before IT let's go into the pit, IT utters a single word, "FEAR." And then IT, Pennywise the "Dancing Clown", is gone... for now. You peer over the hole, and seeing nothing, join the group hug.
-time skip-
As you and Bill sit in the grass, wind lightly blowing the vegetation, your eyes dart around. Finally you can't stand the silence. Looking at Bill you nudge him, "Bill?" He looks up, and his face, it's so overwhelming upset you almost question if this is your brother. "Bill I-" you stop yourself and just move over to him standing up outstretching your arms. He stands up too, and you embrace. Together tightly clutching each other, heads buried into each other's shoulders, and let the tears go. You stayed wrapped in this sibling embrace for almost 20 minutes before you hear people walking down and slowly sit down, hands still clasped. You use your free hand to wipe away the tears and then smile at Bill. He gives a smile back and you know things can, and will, get better.
Eventually everyone is gathered around in a circle. That's when Bill picks up a shard of broken coke bottle in the grass and looks at us dead on. "W-what if IT i-i-isn't dead, what if IT comes back?" He holds out our answer, the broken glass. "P-promise me. P-p-promise me that i-if I-I-IT isn't dead... y-you'll all come back." He looks at each of you expectantly, so Beverly and you step forward together, "yes." You say reaching out your hand, you know exactly why he picked up that glass shard. He looks at you with love and you smile back. You are twins, and you will stand together better or worse. He reaches out and slits your palm and you wince, taking a short gasp of breath as the blood pools in your palm. You step back in the circle and Bill cuts Bev's palm, then moves around the circle cutting everyone else as they stand up and hold out their palms. Bill ends by cutting himself and then drops the shard, joining hands with Beverly on the right, and you on the left. You hold Richie's hand in your left, and he's holding Eddie's hand. Eddie's holding Mike's hand, and Mike's connected to Stan, who is holding the right hand of Ben. And Ben's left hand is holding Beverly's right.
When you've stood there for almost 20 minutes for your promise Stan lets go. "I hate you all I'm leaving." He announces. You all smile at his sarcasm as he waves to leave, head bandaged up. Next Eddie leaves, insisting his mother is probably having a heart attack right now. Then Mike is off to go to chores at his farm. You get up, hugging Bill on your way, "I'll probably go back to the house." Richie follows you out too. You're walking through the trees, Richie trailing along, when his pace picks up. You glance back and start running, smile on your face. Richie is faster apparently, because he quickly catches you and tackles you into a mossy clearing. You roll away and he grabs you, leaning over... and pressing his lips on yours. You smile into the kiss and push back. When you break apart you're gasping for breath. He rolls off so that you're lying side by side and you lock your hands together. You lie there, and then Richie turns his head to look at you. You look back and he blushes. "Y/n... will you be my girlfriend?" He asks, and you kiss him again. Leaning away you nod and grin. Maybe this summer wasn't that bad.

I'm SO sorry it took me so long! At least this was a long chapter! Hope you liked it!!!