Billverly

Billverly is the Het ship between William "Bill" Denbrough and Beverly "Bev" Marsh from the IT fandom.

IT: Chapter One
"Just so you know... I never felt like a loser when I was with all of you."

- Bev to Bill, before their kissing scene, paralleling when Bill told her about how the losers, and especially him, didn't believe the rumors.

Bev and Bill met before IT even started, around third grade where they had a school play together and kissed there. The reviews said that it was impossible to fake that sort of a passion, implying that they were into each other since then.

In IT: Chapter One, they’re first seen together when Eddie, Stan and Bill are all at the pharmacy looking for supplies. Beverly appears, and since the group is without money, she helps them distracting the cashier so they could run away. Just right after, Bill goes to meet Beverly to pay her back, but before she even gets close he gets distracted and pins for her with a longing look, admiring her in a complete dream-like and beautiful way with his jaw even dropping. She blinks at him, and they go take a look at Ben, who’s hurt. He reassures her they will take care of him, and thanks her again for her early favor. Before she goes, Bill warns her they’re probably going to the quarry the following day, and that she could go with them. There’s two shots of Richie and Ben looking at them in a suspicious way, thirdwheeling the conversation. The losers bring up Bev’s history, and Bill is the only one to defend her by saying they were just rumors.

In the quarry, Bev does appear, accepting Bill’s request. They pin for each other mutually this time, Bill going to stare at Bev who was already looking at him before. Bhim ecause of that, he turns his gaze away embarrassingly. She smiles and keeps looking at him non-stop while the others are all playing in the water. Just like all the losers, Bill admires her when she’s sunbathing. Knowing he was looking, she, again, shots a smile at him, who licks his own lips and turns away again. She sits next to Bill in the rocks, and he starts to comment about her hair with a smile, seeming to have liked it, but before he could say more he’s interrupted by Ben.

After Bev’s bathroom gets dirty with blood because of Pennywise, all the losers go to help her clean it, including Bill. They have a one-on-one conversation, starting casual with Bill talking about Derry Summer Fair and both just giggling together. She gets next to him, closer than before, and opens up about how what they said about her weren’t true at all, that she was only ever kissed by him and it was a nice one. While the poem is important to her, she brushes it off after making sure it wasn’t Bill who made it. Bill tells her, truthfully, that he had never believed in any of the rumors at all. They grin at each other, and he clarifies how all the losers like hanging out with her, and how that, consequently, also made her a loser.

"Just so you know, I... I never believed any of the rumors. And none of us Losers do. We like hanging with you."

- Bill reveals with a smile.

Bev and Bill were the only ones who agreed with each other when the entire group fought, with Bill claiming how they could defeat It next time and Bev quickly getting behind him in the argument and that no one else would do anything, so they all should. They’re left alone by the others, and turn to each other sharing a look of mutual agreement.

Bev gets caught by the deadlights, and when Bill finds her he promises he'll find a way to help her. The first thing she asks when she's free is where Bill was. Later, they have another hug.

Because of Bev’s deadlights vision, Bill makes the entire group swear that if It isn’t dead, they’ll all come back. She’s the first to stand up and agree with it, holding hands with him in the circle. They’re, again, left alone after all the losers get out of there, having another heart-to-heart, this time about Bev moving away, and they take advantage about the fact they’ll probably not see each other for a long while to share things they never said before.

"Just so you know, I... I never felt like a loser when I was with all of you."

- Bev reveals with a smile.

After the confession, Bill shyly turns his head away from her, but clearly not in rejection. She keeps staring at him until she gets up, but before she could successfully walk away, Bill runs after her and kisses her. She gets static, but quickly smiles and gives him another kiss, putting her bloodied hand in his cheek during it. The kiss is longer, and they still stay closer after it. Bev quietly mutters bye, still admiring him before finally walking away, leaving a bloodied cheek in Bill, who’s still looking after her and smiling. IT: Chapter One ends with Bill pining for her.

The words Bev used directly parallel Bill’s when they’re talking in the bathroom. Both phrases start with “just so you know”, and a reveal from themselves about the other: Bill never believing the rumors, and Bev never feeling like a loser when she was with them, but especially with Bill. This parallel shows how they’re always on the same page and have a relationship of mutual reciprocation, mutual agreement and especially mutual pining multiple times throughout the first movie.

IT: Chapter Two
A flashback from the losers fight is shown, and it reveals a secret conversation Bev and Bill had after their shared look.

Quotes
"Y-y-y-your hair...!"

- Bill’s reaction when Beverly appears with her cut hair, but getting interrupted by Ben trying to finish the phrase

Fanon
Billverly is a forgotten ship in the IT fandom, being easily overshadowed by their biggest rival, Benverly, that got the endgame status out of the love triangle between the two ships. Because of that, Billverly hardly shipped or even acknowledged at all in fandom spaces and is always looked down upon as the "bones ship". Another rival, this time from Bill's side, is either Stenbrough or Hanbrough, both that have more following than Billverly do. Almost everyone sees them as puppy love that they grew up out of it in IT: Chapter Two. Still, some of the few Billverly shippers create content about what they could've been if they'd gotten together in alternative universes and even argue that they should've been endgame compared to Benverly. Rarely, few prefer to just ship the two in Denbenverly, solving the problem.

Since IT and Stranger Things are heavily targets of crossover between the two by the fandom, most compare Billverly to Mileven by their somewhat similar dynamics.

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Trivia

 * They’re both called short names starting with B.

Variations

 * Denbenverly refers to the ship between Ben Hanscom, Bev and Bill
 * The Losers Club refers to the ship between Ben Hanscom, Bev, Bill, Eddie Kaspbrak, Mike Hanlon, Richie Tozier and Stanley Uris