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1. Endurance by ALostHeart

   Fandoms: The Bear (TV 2022)  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   14 May 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Rape/Non-Con
   • Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto/Richard "Richie" Jerimovich
   • Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto & Richard "Richie" Jerimovich
   • Sydney Adamu & Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto
   • Sydney Adamu & Richard "Richie" Jerimovich
   • Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto & Natalie "Sugar" Berzatto
   • Natalie "Sugar" Berzatto & Richard "Richie" Jerimovich
   • Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto
   • Richard "Richie" Jerimovich
   • Sydney Adamu
   • Natalie "Sugar" Berzatto
   • Whump
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Slow Burn
   • Slow Build
   • Rape Recovery
   • Past Rape/Non-con
   • the rape tags are obv not between carm and richie
   • Post-Season/Series 03
   • Dissociation
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • this one gets pretty heavy y'all
   • it's about the pain and the devotion
   • EVERYONE NEEDS A HUG IN THIS
   • even me tbh
   • Depression
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Hospitalization
   • Major Character Injury
   • Medical Inaccuracies
   • Medical Procedures
   • Hurt Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto
   • POV Alternating
   • no beta we die like Carmy's mental health

   Summary

   Richie came tonight to honor Mikey, not to help Carmy. This isn’t a fairytale. Richie is no savior. And Carmy is not someone worth saving.

   Following Ever's funeral, Richie receives two calls from Carmy. The one he answers steers the path of their relationship towards unexpected places, ones that neither of them ever intended or wanted to uncover. Carmy, Richie, the pain they deal, the pain they endure.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   24,185

   Chapters:

   6/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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