",why follow your soulmate when you can follow your heart?" An AU in which people get a colored streak to define who their soulmate is, the person with the same streak as you will be yours and you will love them unconditionally... But what if that wasn't the case for everyone?

𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞'𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐊𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞. 𝐒𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐨, 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐄𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫'𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐄𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧. 𝐄𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞'𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 (𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬

Eddie; well, now I feel bad Richie; why is that? Eddie; cause I'm not gay. Richie; oh. {HIGHEST RANK ON RANDOM #20}

Richie; so... eds, you wanna go have sex? Eddie; what! no, ew. gross. and don't call me eds, Richie. Richie; you're kidding me, come on smalls. Eddie; yeah. how did ya know? {HIGHEST RANK ON RANDOM #8}

This is Mixtape by @hauntcore on instagram or @tatelandgon on wattpad. I don't own or claim this story or any of the characters in it. Yes this is the story we've all been mourning over since they took it off of here. Enjoy 🙃

"There's not much of a reason for me to stay here. Besides the fact that you're here, Eds."

❝Derry's gonna have to deal with us, Eddie. If they can't handle us being together, then that's on them.❞ ♚ In which Eddie and Richie haven't talked for awhile, but fall in love again. And now they have to hide it from the homophobic world.

richie worked his ass off at the pharmacy. nothing ever happened, until a boy came barreling into richies life, asthma and all. he happened to faint in isle 5 as richie was closing for the day. 𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐬, 𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭. tw/ slurs, homophobia

When Richie Tozier joins the infamous circus on the outskirts of Derry he is engulfed in a wildfire of emotions: fear, dread, isolation and above all of that... love? Love for the sweet, talented aerialist Eddie Kaspbrak. In a messed up world full of secrets, lies and misery, together can they find the light? Illustrations by myself ( @doubleawrites ) :) Enjoy x

I'm not giving spoilers :)