Primary skill: crying about Bill Denbrough

For the most part. Maybe I’ll come back to it one day, because I do want to finish that Pirate AU, but at the moment I’ve lost interest in IT. There’s no more new canon content to look forward to and my favourite pairings (Bichie, Pennybill/Billwise, and Hanbrough) only get a trickle of content, so it’s hard to maintain interest.

Oh, he definitely didn’t sleep with her while with Audra! She was his book agent when he was 18/19 or so. When he left New England (or escaped, rather, since IT was still haunting his subconscious at this time), she never saw him again. Actually, the relationship they had is questionable since he was a teenager when she took his virginity and she regarded him as a kid.

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Go ahead with exploring, but best to keep in mind that the maturity gap might be uncomfortable for some people!

Summary: “We did,” said Bill. He raised his hand to the nape of Mike’s neck and spread his fingers over the stiff, tawny hair there, so close now that he could feel Mike’s breath rolling over his lips. “You aren’t torturing yourself over that thought, are you? Because none of us are angry. We’re just- tired, and relieved, and…” He swallowed thickly. “You know, when you were standing there, ready to die, I was so fucking scared. If I’m mad about anything, it’s that you would ever think you deserved that. Losing you after just getting you back would have been... I don't think I'd have been able to cope with it, and- God, I was just so fucking scared, Mike.”

Mike and Bill work through their trauma with intimacy.