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1. How Long's It Been Since You Called Your Mother? by riveatstoes

   Fandoms: IT - Stephen King, IT (Movies - Muschietti)  

   • Mature
   • Major Character Death
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   19 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Beverly Marsh & Richie Tozier
   • Richie Tozier
   • Beverly Marsh
   • The Losers Club (IT)
   • Minor Ben Hanscom/Beverly Marsh
   • The Rest Of The Losers Are All Mentioned
   • But It's Very Richie-Centric
   • Post-IT Chapter Two (2019)
   • Canon Compliant
   • Drug Addiction
   • Depression
   • Canonical Character Death
   • Eddie Dies And That's The Catalyst For This Whole Thing
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Implied Overdose
   • Angst with No Happy Ending
   • Hurt No Comfort
   • I'm Not Kidding This Doesn't End Well
   • IDK If I Should Dead Dove This Since It Doesn't Get Too Graphic But
   • You've been warned
   • no beta we die like men

   Summary

   Technically speaking, Bev doesn’t shower him. He explicitly asked her not to do that, and she respected his wishes even in his fucked-up state. She just stood on the other side of the curtain, on call in case he slipped and fell, which he didn’t, thank you very much. He just sorta…cried. A lot. That’s equally embarrassing as falling, but he finds that being three bottles of Budweiser deep makes it hard to care.

   “I put your sheets in the wash,” Bev says once Richie’s out of the shower and dressed in semi-clean clothes. “But I think that you should probably just order a new set.”

   Richie just groans and rests his head on the arm of his couch. “Fuck you.”

   “Yeah, yeah, fuck me, I get it.” She sighs. “What exactly are you on right now?”

   “Just high on life, Bevvie.”

   -- -- --

   As it turns out, becoming an axe-murderer, crushing an alien killer clown's heart, and having your first love die in your arms all in the same day isn't the most helpful thing for a recovering addict's mental state.

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