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    Richie Tozier is in town to visit his cousin, Mike Wheeler. Though Richie thinks Mike is the most boring person to ever walk the face of the planet, he finds himself actually enjoying this trip for once. Particularly because of Mikes beyond perfect best friend.

    Richie learns making Mike jealous is his new favorite pass time, besides spending time with Will Byers.

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    08 Feb 2026

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    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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    08 Feb 2026

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    The village Hua Cheng lives in has a peculiar legend associated with it; even though the sea was forever tepid and calm, you were never to swim in its waters, lest you be pulled down and drowned by one of the mermaids who patrol its depths. When he was a child, Hua Cheng almost met that same end.

    Intending to slay one of the beasts and claim the bounty set on its head, Hua Cheng soon finds himself hopelessly drawn to the wanted merman and, in time, begins to uncover the true history behind his village and the curse which plagues it.

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    02 Feb 2026

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    Xie Lian has spent long enough around sirens to have some grasp of their communication, and some of it is even a little similar to mer noises. This sound, for example, is like the one podmates use to call for each other—curious, beckoning. He suspects it means much the same thing for sirens. Has this siren lost someone, maybe?

    Hopefully it will find its lost someone soon, so Xie Lian can go back to sleep.

    Then, because nothing good can ever happen to Xie Lian, the siren peeks beneath the overhang. It hangs its head over the jut of stone, its hair billowing like a crown of ink and the yellow sclera of its eye bright against the black. That singular eye catches on his, its pupil dilating, and Xie Lian stiffens.

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    25 Jan 2026

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    A dragon cursed to be trapped in human shape by the royal family of Xianle, Xie Lian has already long accepted the reality of his situation by the time he finds himself being pulled out of Ghost City’s harbor. It’s fine, really. After hundreds of years, pretending to be something he isn’t is as easy as breathing.

    So why does San Lang, with a pearl in his hair and a dragon-eyed sword on his belt, make it so easy to forget why he was pretending to begin with?

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    24 Jan 2026