on his way to the quarry one day, eddie kaspbrak notices a new carving on the kissing bridge: R+E.

in which richie and eddie fake that they aren't dating for more reasons than one. [sequel to pretend; reddie] [ranked #1 - richieandeddie]

"Richie, I-" Beverly's voice broke. "It's been years since Eddie has left us, all right? We're already 18! You've got to move on. He's gone - and as far as I know, he won't come back." Richie huffed. "You make it sound like he's dead." "You make it seem like he's dead." Salty tears streamed down the girl's face. "You smoke too much, you grieve nonstop, you d-" "I know! Do you think I don't realize that?! I know I smoke too much and all that shit. I know damn well that he's not going to come back." / Years have already passed since Eddie moved out of Derry. The Losers are having a hard time. Will the two lovers meet again? - Sequel for "Hurt | Reddie"

"It has been over a year and a half since I've seen him... I needed to know he was okay." *ps none of this is meant to be sexualization, they're like 16/17 in this*

"𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬." "𝐨𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐭 𝐮𝐩, 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡!" 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥. 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐝, 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐲.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐄𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞'𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐲𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐄𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭, 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚.

It's been a year since the Losers faced and defeated It. Now, it's just themselves and their weird revelations to one another. As they figure out each other's secret, what will happen to them? What lies beyond the path they willingly took but never chose?

"you're supposed to pretend like you love me!" "but what if i'm not pretending anymore?" or in which richie and eddie pretend to be in a relationship for more reasons than one. [ranked #1 - reddie]

"we're g-g-going t-to find each other, o-okay?" stanley took in a shaky breath before responding. "promise?" "p-promise."

to bill, you remind me of the moonlight & the stars & the dark night. quiet, serene & under-appreciated. others would ignore you & wait instead for the morning to come. not me, though. midnight is my favorite time of day. xx