After defeating IT, Richie is moved away and placed with a new family - the Wheeler's. He then decides to change his name (to Mike Wheeler) so that no one would tie him back to Derry, Maine unless he wanted them to. He hoped to live a somewhat quiet life with new friends, but that is thrown out the window when his friend Will Byers goes missing. So once again Richie was thrown into a mosh pit of madness.
However, this story takes place when he is 15 (S4 ending didn't happen --> they simply won against Vecna).
But did he ever tell anyone about his past?, what if his past came to haunt him? What if an old friend of his couldn't wait 27 years, and wanted to take action, hunt Richie down themselves to settle a score?
Starting with Richie and his newest friends in Hawkins.
"I feel like my life started the day we found you in the woods."
Will could feel his heart slowly breaking.
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The gang are now all in Hawkins, struggling to pick up the pieces after Vecna won. Some members still feel the divide left by the drama of the fight, and one especially is feeling heartbroken and devestated. Alone and vulnerable, Will begins to be haunted by illusions of Vecna- and it wants Will on his team.
As everyone races to stop it before the gates open and Hawkins is destroyed, Will and Mike will have to finally face themselves and the shattered remains of their relationship.
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Originally posted on my ao3, thebitchywitcher, im reuploading it here.