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   I Fell in Love With Him in Stages (My Whole Life) by WouldyoulikeRyersfrieswiththat

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

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M, M/M
   • Complete Work

   12 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Richie Tozier
   • Will Byers & Mike Wheeler
   • Eddie Kaspbrak & Richie Tozier
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
   • Eddie Kaspbrak/Myra Kaspbrak
   • Jonathan Byers/Steve Harrington
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Dustin Henderson
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper & Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Richie Tozier
   • Will Byers's Epilogue Boyfriend
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Maggie Tozier
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Eddie Kaspbrak
   • Myra Kaspbrak
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • ryers
   • ryers endgame
   • Byler If You Squint
   • reddie if you squint - Freeform
   • Second Chance Romance
   • Eventual Smut
   • Eventual Happy Ending
   • Summer Romance
   • Gay Will Byers
   • Gay Richie Tozier
   • Bottom Will Byers
   • Richie Tozier Loves Will Byers
   • Adult Content
   • Recreational Drug Use
   • Implied Sexual Content
   • Implied/Referenced Drug Use
   • Miscommunication
   • Roommates to Lovers
   • First Love
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
   • Mike Wheeler Has Internalized Homophobia
   • Mike Wheeler Being an Asshole
   • Dual Timeline
   • Flashbacks
   • Flashforwards
   • Implied/Referenced Cheating
   • Eddie used to cheat on Myra with Richie
   • imposter syndrome
   • Good Sibling Jonathan Byers
   • Bisexual Jonathan Byers
   • Song: Me & You Together Song (The 1975)
   • Jane Hopper is a Good Friend
   • Richie Tozier is Mike Wheeler's cousin
   • New York University (NYU) Student Will Byers
   • New York University (NYU) Student Jonathan Byers
   • New York University (NYU) Student Richie Tozier
   • Maggie and Karen are sisters
   • Meddling Maggie Tozier
   • He thinks he got ghosted
   • As canon consistent as I could be
   • for Stranger Things
   • Not as much for IT
   • the one that got away
   • mentioned death
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Slow Burn
   • Henderhop if you squint
   • Switch Richie Tozier

   Summary

   Richie Tozier knew he liked Will Byers since he was seven years old, the second the first time he heard Will laugh. Then, during the summer of 1985, Richie finally got the chance to shoot his shot, much to Mike Wheeler's annoyance. The two then fell in love and maintained a secret summer romance, which, for unexplained reasons, ended when Will moved to California. Then, four years later, they by chance end up as roommates at NYU. The unfortunate situation forces them both to confront their pasts, both individually and together. As they get to know each other again and slowly piece together their past, they determine whether or not their first love ever really ended.

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