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1. What say you, cousin? by Raqueeeeennn

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), IT (Movies - Muschietti)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   06 Feb 2026

   Tags

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   • Will Byers/Richie Tozier
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler(briefly)
   • Suzie Bingham/Dustin Henderson
   • Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Will Byers
   • Richie Tozier
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Joyce Byers
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Holly Wheeler
   • Ben Hanscom(mentioned)
   • Wentworth Tozier(mentioned)
   • Margaret Tozier(Mentioned)
   • Robin Buckley
   • Steve Harrington
   • Beverly Marsh
   • Bill Denbrough
   • Eddie Kaspbrak
   • Mike Hanlon
   • Stanley Uris
   • Troy Walsh (Stranger Things)
   • Period Typical Bigotry
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Fluff
   • Jealous Mike Wheeler
   • Sassy Will Byers
   • Wondertwins
   • madwise
   • the party are good friends
   • eventual angst
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Alternate Universe - No Pennywise (IT)
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Good Friend Mike Wheeler
   • Gay Richie Tozier
   • Gay Will Byers
   • Summer Love
   • The Losers Club Are Good Friends (IT)
   • ryers endgame

   Summary

   Richie Tozier is going to spend a summer with his Aunt Karen because his mom told him it'd be nice to spend a summer away from Derry, meet some old friends, spend time with his cousin. Maybe have fun not torturing the same people. And when he arrives in Hawkins, Indiana, he does find new people to torment, his cousin Mike Wheeler especially. But then he sees a boy he hasn't seen in about four years... Will Byers, and God, does it make Richie realize he'll like this summer more than he thought.

   AU where Pennywise doesn't exist, but the Upside Down does. The divergence is that the events of Starcourt Mall do not happen this summer! So expect a lot more fluff than angst in the beginning, but there will still be LOTS of angst eventually.

   Ryers is endgame! Byler will be used as a plot point. Sorry my fellow Bylerlings...

   And I hate having to say this, but NO AI WAS USED!!! I JUST HAVE PROPER GRAMMAR!

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