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1. It Started By Chance by writeandburn

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

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   12 Sep 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Richie Tozier
   • Eddie Kaspbrak/Richie Tozier
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
   • Troy Walsh/Mike Wheeler
   • Richie Tozier
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Eddie Kaspbrak
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Bill Denbrough
   • Beverly Marsh
   • Stanley Uris
   • Ben Hanscom
   • Mike Hanlon
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Troy Walsh (Stranger Things)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Post Season 4
   • mentions of abuse
   • Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Gay Will Byers
   • Gay Richie Tozier
   • Jealous Mike Wheeler
   • long lost twin
   • Aged-Up Character(s)
   • Developing Relationship
   • Self-Acceptance
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Mike is Having an Identity Crisis
   • Richie Helps Will Accept Himself
   • Love Triangles
   • Unrequited Love at Different Times
   • Eventual Smut
   • Self-Harm
   • Sexual Assault
   • Homophobic Language
   • the losers are background characters for the most part
   • Troy Walsh needs his own warning tag
   • Character Death
   • this is not a byler or reddie fic
   • we live on angst here
   • Richie Tozier Has ADHD
   • Bisexual Mike Wheeler
   • Blind Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Panic Attacks
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Senior year

   Summary

   It all started by chance, when Bill noticed the black eye Richie was sporting. Then came the downward spiral of social services, finding out you are adopted and have a long lost twin brother, and leaving the town you grew up in to go live with the family that adopted him.
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   You mean I didn’t just get stuck with the worst parents on the face of the earth by the fate of conception? You mean they actually chose me just to wish they hadn’t all these years later? You mean I now have two families that don’t want me? It makes sense really. I'm just a big trashmouth. I’m a disappointment. Why would anyone want me?
   ***
   The Wheeler's really are polar opposites from the Tozier's. What will it take for Richie to understand he can actually be wanted? How will these boys react to the change in family dynamic? What happens when they both are pining over the same boy? Get ready for a deep dive into the emotions of Richie, Mike, and Will as they navigate these life changes in the last few years of high school. Can they handle it? We'll just have to see.
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   CURRENTLY BEING REWRITTEN
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