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1. Love's What You Deserve by Cheese_Cart

   Fandoms: IT: Welcome to Derry (TV)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   15 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Rich Santos/Marge Truman
   • Marge Truman
   • Rich Santos
   • Marge Truman's Mother
   • Marge Truman's Father
   • Rich Santos's Mother
   • Rich Santos's Father
   • Will Hanlon
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Anxiety
   • Panic Attacks
   • Underage Drinking
   • Underage Smoking
   • Peer Pressure
   • Pennywise is His Own Warning (IT)
   • Mental Breakdown
   • Mental Anguish
   • Emotional/Psychological Abuse
   • Marge Truman Has A Bad Home Life
   • Marge Truman needs a hug
   • Rich Santos needs a hug
   • Rich Santos Lives
   • but he doesn't want to
   • Yep that's right we've got a
   • Suicide Attempt
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • via train I'm afraid..
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Heavy Angst
   • Fluff and Angst
   • The Author Regrets Nothing
   • The Author MAY regret some things because
   • I Made Myself Cry
   • Why Did I Write This?
   • I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping
   • Cuddling & Snuggling
   • Forehead Kisses
   • you'll have to pry these two out of my cold dead hands
   • Derry (Stephen King) is Terrible
   • Toxic Masculinity Mentality
   • Rich Santos Has A Savior Complex
   • Depression
   • Song: Freaking Out On The Interstate (Briston Maroney)
   • Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
   • Marge Truman has a mild eating disorder
   • The Trumans are AWFUL FUCKING PARENTS
   • Arguing
   • Body Horror
   • Mild Gore
   • Period-Typical Racism
   • Drug-Induced Hallucinations
   • Implied Sexual Content

   Summary

   "I really didn't want you to see me this way," Rich sighed, she lifted his head up with a gentle palm to tender skin. Marge squinted at the bruises forming over his cheeks, the dark crescents beneath his eyes, running a soft thumb lightly over them.

   "Rich, if I never saw you this way, I fear I would've never seen you again. I wouldn't be able to live with that.."

   -OR-

   Episodes happen, and they're one of Rich's least favorite experiences. It's not possible to come out unscathed in a town like Derry, but Rich sure as hell wishes he could've.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   23,159

   Chapters:

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