#theres like over 100k suggested words 2 read here so thats why im excusing how short this is

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reddie fic recs: theyre 40 edition

💕these are all Eddie Lives bc fuck canon💕

When This is All Over: (Not Rated, a little over 4k words) “- Richie and Eddie in the hotel after Bowers attacks Eddie, having a moment, taking a chance, making declarations, fuckin smooching -“ (also i lied this takes place b4 the final battle so it is open ended if eddie lives sorry but it’s so good and u can make it what u want!!!)

In This Cold Heart: (E, nearly 17k words) Eddie and Richie both try to follow Stan’s advice in the year following the demon alien clown murder of ‘16

Rewrite: (M, a little over 13k words) Stan is dead but Eddie can see him during the events of It: Chapter 2. (I love Stan being fucking wise and shit. but also RIP to Stan but Eddie’s different)

you never know who you’re talking to: (G, 1.6k words) they’re MARRIED and it’s DOMESTIC and eddie gets 2 shit talk richie to a fan 👏

Risk Analysis: (M, 4.4k words) ok folks i can’t even visit the page this one is on without crying bc just the excerpt in the description makes me cry so i’m going 2 give it to you straight, this is long af, sorry but u need to see it (richie and eddie go through door #3 and enter into richie’s memories, angst heavy but not too heavy bc eddie lives): Young Richie tilts his head, smirks, and announces, “I knew you’d stay pretty. Are we good, then?”

“Uh,” Eddie hesitates, noticing the way Richie’s hold has gone strict, and hard around his arm again, “Good? What do you mean?”

“You have a wedding ring on!” young Richie observes cheerfully, pointing at Eddie’s free hand, “So, it becomes legal? People know?”

“Know what?” Eddie wonders.

“Eddie,” Richie says too softly, “Please. Stop. We need to leave.”

“We’re married, aren’t we?”

The first shoe is dropped, and Eddie watches in shock as young Richie steps aside, to show the fresh ‘R + E,’ he’s carved into the wood.

those summer nights seem long ago: (M, a whopping 53k words that are all worth reading) eddie wakes up in the hospital, richie asks him to leave with him instead of going back to new york, they have feelings and road trip it to LA

and i will not remember that i ever felt the pain: (T, 79k and u better read every fuckin word, WIP but updates regularly and it’s at 20/25 chapters) if you follow me u have heard me bang on and on about how much I love this fic, eddie’s technically dead but he’s not Gone, he can kinda interact with the physical world, and he stays with richie after everything, and slowly but surely the veil between where the living and where eddie is gets thinner?????? it’s lyrical and beautiful and angsty but Beautiful and loving and it’s EVERYTHING to me, *pelle from midsommar voice* i feel held by this fic

Love It If We Made It: (M, 19k words and counting, WIP, 11/? chapters but just read ok) the summary sold it to me so i’ll let it sell itself to u — Eddie lives. Richie stumbles through being in love with the man who used to be, and could still be, his best friend, and maybe something more. This is how they find each other again as adults, in the aftermath of finally killing It. (Its fucking cute as hell and i love their relationship in this 😩)

hit me baby one more time (T, 11k words) and its sequel a door opens to a room that has never gone away (T, 10k words): #1 richie gets caught in a motherfucking time loop, #2 richie is not in the time loop anymore. sweet as fuck and so very They

and they read off our names: (E, 22k words) aaaaaaaaah this one got me started on the “i love them as 40 year olds being in love” train SO u need to read it, eddie shows up on richie’s doorstep after he leaves myra and they Live Together, and it’s domestic and loving and beautiful

in the morning: (T, 3.3k words) eddie’s in the hospital and the losers are waiting for him to wake up. i love the losers being perceptive and supportive so let me just give u the excerpt that makes this fic stand out in my clown hört: When he looks up, Mike is looking at him. And then Beverly, and then Ben. And they all look between each other, and to Richie, who’s ahead of them. Right on that nurse’s heels. And Bill’s steps start to slow. When Richie looks back in confusion, seeing all his friends stopped, looking at him all in the same way, Bill smiles at him.

“Go on, Trashmouth. Be brave.”

for better, for worse: (not rated, 23k words 5/6 chapters) YOOO eddie’s therapist suggests that maybe he has deeper feelings for richie than friendship and eddie’s therapist is Right and then richie and eddie reunite for ben and bev’s wedding and richie is being so sweet and it’s all too much for eddie. he’s been very brave lately and he doesn’t know if he has enough brave left in him for This. 100/10 will read again, it’s really just lovely and the losers are great but eddie and richie are The Best.

Dead Man Walking: (E, 44.8k words) YOWZA this is a HELL of a resurrection fic that focuses basically not at all on resurrection and 99.9% on richie and eddie living together and being domestic and it being the most natural thing in the world for the 2 of them. so so so so so so so good. infinitely grand. i love this very much.

💕 So that’s all for now bc i’m running out of steam but i’ll definitely be updating this 💕