#Autistic will byers

[nicxxx5]

will infodumps to mike about tigers and mike gives him his complete and undivided attention. because he loves how excited will gets. he thinks it's adorable how will's eyes light up as he tells him about each fact that he knows. he thinks it's super cute how will wants to have one for a pet and just pictures him cuddling a little baby one and the cub giving him kisses and will being all smiley and giggly. will gets nervous that he might be annoying mike but every time he looks at his face mike's eyes are on him and he has a gentle smile on his face. mike also asks will questions which let's him know that he is listening and wants to engage with will's special interest. will also gets very excited while infodumping to mike and starts flapping his hands and bouncing in his seat. mike absolutely adores his stimming because he's so happy that will feels comfortable to not mask around him.

#byler #mike wheeler #will byers #byler headcanon #will byers headcanons #autistic will byers #tigers #spins #will's special interest is tigers #will byers loves mike wheeler #mike wheeler loves will byers #stranger things #stranger things headcanons #autistic #autistic headcanon

[transautisticmikewheeler]

byler's daughter being autistic + mike and will getting diagnosed after her bc oh, that's what all that means? my beloved

#stranger things #mike wheeler #will byers #byler #mike bot chronicles #the new tag for my bot posts bc im love it sm #Lily Haven Byers-Wheeler u will always be famous #🔗 #also #trans mike wheeler #autistic mike wheeler #autistic will byers

[imjusthereforgay]

#byler #byler fanart #will byers #mike wheeler i know what you are #mike wheeler #mike wheeler is autistic #autistic mike wheeler #autistic will byers #mike wheeler kinnie #mike wheeler is a furry #mike wheeler is nonbinary #emo mike wheeler #mike wheeler is gay #autism creature #tbh creature #yippee #blue meets yellow in the west

[audhd-nightwing]

stranger things autism squad hcs

- the squad consists of jonathan, eddie, robin, steve (and will but i’ll talk abt him with the rest of the party’s hcs)

the rest of them are also neurodivergent, mainly adhd or anxiety and obviously they all have ptsd

- eddie robin and steve also have adhd (and steve has dyslexia)

- steve and jonathan tend to get overstimulated by the same things, same with eddie and robin

- eddie and jonathan have music playing 24/7 so their thoughts don’t get too loud

- steve is hyper-empathetic to the ppl around him and tends to mimic stims and tics from the others

a lot of times robin and steve end up mimicking the same stuff back at each other until one of them gets distracted (which is usually pretty fast)

- jonathan is touch averse, can only handle being touched by family/very close friends

- steve is touch starved and finds physical affection grounding (and eddie and robin are happy to oblige bc they do too)

- steve has a super high pain tolerance

- eddie does not understand the concept of personal space

- steve has excellent hand-eye coordination (basketball!) but that’s about it, he’s almost as clumsy as robin most days

- eddie has lived off of solely spaghettio’s and chicken nuggets for 19 years

- jonathan can’t drink any beverage other than water

- the only food steve knows how to make is his and robins comfort foods (his is mac and cheese, robin’s is pancakes)

- the four of them are completely clueless when people try to subtly hint or imply things to them. they will not get it unless it is explicitly stated

- steve and eddie have a good sense of direction but mess up left and right, jonathan and robin are the opposite, they get lost constantly but make fun of steve and eddie for having to do the L thing (iykyk) to figure out left/right

- eddie ends up chewing on paper a lot and has accidentally swallowed a bunch

- eddie and steve are incapable of doing homework and are terrible test-takers

- steve and robin are perfectionists but in different ways. steve will start organizing peoples rooms subconsciously and has a bunch of random little rules for himself (tie left shoe first, check locks three times, etc.) robin is a perfectionist about her grades/band/how she looks/etc.

- jonathan and steve hate making eye contact, eddie makes too much eye contact and robin doesn’t even look up from her book when people talk to her

- eddie and robin accidentally eavesdrop a lot but end up getting a bunch of town gossip and tell steve about it. they’re all really invested in mr. clarke’s love life

- eddie and jonathan have synesthesia

- jonathan has a lack of facial expressions while eddie and robin over-exaggerate theirs. steve masks the most so he has “normal” facial expressions

- steve has trouble expressing himself a lot of the time, he’ll usually ask robin for certain words to describe things and bc she loves big words and vocabulary she always has one

- robin is a terrible liar and steve finds it hilarious

- they all tend to recharge on their own after a lot of socializing, or they all go to steve’s and just like. exist together

- steve keeps a very strict schedule and gets really anxious/upset when it’s messed up

- robin and eddie tend to overshare

- jonathan and steve talk pretty monotone (jonathan more so) while robin and eddie talk in super energetic or dramatic tones (they’re both former theatre kids i can feel it in my bones)

- steve has auditory processing issues, often asks people to repeat what they said (overtime he also starts to lose his hearing so he ends up learning to read lips)

- when they’re anxious robin and eddie usually go hyperverbal, while steve and jonathan tend to go nonverbal

- steve and eddie have echolalia and both used to get super frustrated with themselves before they met and were like “oh im not the only one thank fuck”

- jonathan and robin have photographic memories, steve and eddie have trouble remembering what they had for breakfast

- robin is pretty blunt but steve appreciates it because she gets straight to the point and calls him out if he does something stupid (aka smth King Steve would do)

- steve’s main mask is, obviously, king steve. his parents didn’t like the way he acted when he was younger, they wanted a “normal” child. so they trained him to be one. he still falls back into old habits some days but robin or eddie snap him out of it and comfort him after

- steve and robin mask the most, but steve does wayyy more than all of them combined. robins parents are autistic so she only really masks around people in public

she does around steve until they get closer and she feels comfortable enough to unmask (though she doesn’t really know why,,) and steve notices and is like “…you can… take it off?” and robin realizes oh he’s like me

- joyce is an amazing mother and jonathan only ever felt the need to mask around lonnie. once he leaves (aka joyce kicks him out with hopper’s help) will and jonathan rarely mask at home unless they’re really anxious or upset

- eddie masked most of his childhood. when he grows up he masks around his dad, but not anyone else. he thought if anyone hated him they could go fuck themselves. wayne is also autistic so they never feel the need to mask around each other. he still doesn’t give a shit what other people think of him (and tries to help the others feel that way too)

their special interests:

- jonathan’s is photography

- eddie’s are dnd and metal music

- robins are cryptography and linguistics

- steve’s are hair care and marvel comics

steve infodumps to dustin and robin about them but doesn’t tell anyone else (besides will) because it’s “nerdy” lmao. and yes when eddie finds out he falls even harder for him

#stranger things #steve harrington #eddie munson #robin buckley #jonathan byers #will byers #autistic will byers #autistic robin buckley #autistic steve harrington #autistic eddie munson #autistic jonathan byers #autism swag #steddie #stranger things headcanons #joyce byers #wayne munson #platonic stobin #platonic stonathan #steve and robin #steve and jonathan #steve x eddie

[gremlin-bug]

Joyce Byers is an autism mom but not the type that posts “autism won today 🥺” but the kind that will absolutely rock someone’s shit for disrespecting any autistic kids (not just her own autistic kids) in her general vicinity. Also she’s autistic because I said so and it makes sense

#stranger things 4 #stranger things headcanons #stranger things netflix #stranger things joyce #joyce byers #autistic Joyce Byers #autistic robin buckley #autistic steve harrington #autistic nancy wheeler #autistic dustin henderson #autistic jonathan byers #autistic will byers #autistic mike wheeler #autistic max mayfield #autistic lucas sinclair #autism headcanon #autistic characters

[thatonebylershipper]

silly byler ficlet that is basically 665 words of me projecting onto mike

@bylersrise @unsurebisexualcore

Mike knows he should be asleep. He does. What he doesn’t know is why he isn’t sleeping yet. So he slowly, slowly, carefully, carefully extracts himself from his boyfriend, who has been asleep for three hours at this point, to get his earbuds out of the basket they have tied under the bedside table.

Scrawny by Wallows has been on repeat for a few days, so obviously Mike just keeps listening to it. He physically restrains himself from wiggling around under the blankets with excitement for the song and gets the urge to bite something on about the third repeat of the night. He doesn’t remember where he put his chewy necklace so he settles for biting the heel of his hand, smiling all the while.

He’s so absorbed in the music that he doesn’t notice when his sleepy boyfriend shifts underneath him and seemingly out of nowhere, Will is pulling Mike’s hand away from his mouth. Mike turns to look at Will, grinning sheepishly and pulling out his earbuds one at a time.

“Mike, what are you doing?” Will asks, voice hoarse with sleep. It makes Mike’s smile wider. Will is adorable. “It’s almost 2 in the morning. You should be asleep. Also I can hear that,” he adds, nodding at Mike’s earbuds that are resting on the blankets.

“Me too.” Mike grins. “And I know. I just couldn’t sleep. I don’t know why,” He responds, subconsciously bringing his hand back to his mouth. Will pulls it away before it even gets there.

“Where’s your necklace? I know it’s hard to accommodate yourself sometimes but I don’t want you hurting yourself like this.” Mike shrugs. Will rolls over to dig through their basket. Some of the contents include various fidget toys for both Mike and Will, Will’s headphones, phone chargers, a shared water bottle (okay maybe they’re a little bit gross but neither of them care. Haters gonna hate), and usually Mike’s rubber lego brick necklace that he chews on as a stim but it seems to be missing at the moment.

“Aha,” Will mutters, rolling back over with Mike’s necklace wrapped around his fingers. “Stop biting your hand.”

Mike slips the soft cord over his head and immediately starts biting the rubber. “Shorry,” he says, muffled. “It doeshn’t hurt doe,” he adds.

Will smiles at him endearingly. “It might not feel painful but look at the bruises on your palms. Biting your hands hurts you. That’s why we got you the necklaces in the first place, ya goof.”

Mike unclenches his teeth, letting the colorful lego brick drop to his chest. “I couldn’t find it.”

“It was right there,” Will grins at him incredulously.

“Object permanence issues?”

“Okay fine,” Will compromises, having suffered from the same problem for his whole life. Just yesterday morning he was looking for his keys for ten minutes before realizing they were literally in his hand. “Still listening to Scrawny?”

“Yes,” Mike gushes. “I am a scrawny motherfucker with a cool hairstyle, if you didn’t know.”

Will laughs. Mike has said the same thing at least five times a day since someone recommended the song to him last week. “Trust me, Mike, I know. Can you at least try to go to sleep soon?”

“I can try,” Mike agrees, putting his earbuds back in his ears but turning the volume down so it’s not distracting enough to keep him awake. Will kisses his forehead and mumbles a “goodnight” before settling down onto the pillows to go back to sleep.

Mike loves him, Mike loves him, Mike loves him. He pulls out an earbud. “Will,” he whispers, nudging his tired boyfriend.

“Mike,” Will whispers back.

“I love you.”

Will smiles, eyes still closed. “I love you too.”

It’s not the first time they’ve said it to each other but it still gives Mike butterflies everytime he hears it.

That night, Mike falls asleep next to his favorite person, listening to his favorite song, in his favorite place: his home.

uhmm hope you liked it if not then kiss my ass because i dont actually care this was very very self indulgent 😘

#byler #autistic mike wheeler #my writing #autistic will byers

[sinclairstarz]

quick silly doodle bcs im playing with a new brush / messing with my art style :3 theyre red!!!!

autism flags under the cut:

i have collections of these matching different characters so

#listened to alanis morrisette and mcr while drawing this one #tbh the red was not intentional at first #i just wanted will in a rocky horror shirt and el in maxs s4 shirt #anyways i love them goodnight #byler #willelmike #elmike #willel #stranger things #fanart #autistic mike wheeler #autistic el hopper #autistic will byers #stranger things fanart #will byers #mike wheeler #el hopper #harperdoodles

[jaegerisim]

funny how it's only non-autistic people disagreeing with me when i say mike and will are autistic

It's always is isn't it? Smh autistic byler ftw 😌💅

#el with the asks #byler #will byers #mike wheeler #autistic byler #autistic mike wheeler #autistic will byers

[transmascwillbyers]

as i write my fic i am once again reminded of how autistic the entire hopper-byers family is

#byler #will byers #autistic will byers #autistic el hopper #autistic jonathan byers #autistic joyce byers #hopper is the token neurotypical #anyways this further proves my theory that i just. Cannot Write Allistic Characters lol

[allhappyandgay]

is it a coincidence that all the queer characters are also autistic coded? I think not

#stranger things #autistic mike wheeler #autistic will byers #autistic robin buckley #henry creel #scott clarke

[benjibots]

#byler #back on my bullshit #theyre both autistic #autistic will byers #autistic mike wheeler #mike wheeler #will byers #stranger things textposts

[nicxxx5]

being autistic is headcanoning all my favorite characters as autistic then proceeding to consuming any and all content headcanoning them as autistic as my latest hyperfixation

#autistic #actually autistic #neurdivergent #actually neurodivergent #stranger things #heartstopper #the umbrella academy #marvel mcu #marvel #marvel spiderman #autistic headcanon #andi mack #autistic jonah beck #autistic peter parker #autistic mike wheeler #autistic will byers #autistic eddie munson #autistic five hargreeves #autistic charlie spring #autistic tao xu #autistic tori spring #autistic michael holden #autistic robin buckley #headcanon #i love them all so much

[transautisticmikewheeler]

what if i said fuck everything and made byler immortal what then

#stranger things #mike wheeler #will byers #byler #🔗 #stranger things au #st4 #st4 au #stranger things 4 #stranger things 4 au #byler au #miwi #miwi au #also #autistic mike wheeler #autistic will byers #i've made them partially original characters bc that much changes #it's funny that this is what i come back with after weeks of inactivity

[drewgoodenenjoyer]

someone should draw all the stranger things kids and older teens with tangles !!! they existed in the 80s so it would make sense !!!

#stranger things #autism #stim toys #tangles #tangle toys #autistic steve harrington #autistic robin buckley #autistic will byers #autistic mike wheeler #autistic el hopper #autistic eddie munson #autistic jonathan byers #autistic dustin henderson #autistic max mayfield #autistic lucas sinclair #autistic nancy wheeler

[booksandpaperss]

Mike and Will are autism boyfriends, if you even care

#byler #autistic mike wheeler #autistic will byers

[strawberriesinmoominvalley]

“They’re not coming back, are they?” Robin’s voice was quiet enough that Steve almost missed it over the ringing in his ears.

“I don't know,” he replied, and Robin gave him a look. “I don’t want to say it - but they should be back. They love their kids too much.”

OR

a post season three rewrite where hopper and joyce never returned from the russian base. what started as a joke of being babysitters becomes reality as steve, robin, nancy and jonathan suddenly find themselves thrust into looking after all the kids as they navigate the grief from all the people lost.

it doesn't help that everything seems to be getting worse again, that the upside down may not be fully gone. it doesn't help that they can barely afford to look after anyone, let alone make sure the law doesn't get involved. it doesn't help that feelings between people in the group may be more complex than first thought.

they can't change the past but they can change the future. and hey, maybe this year is their year, right?

chapter sixteen: steve breaks

#i'm back! thank you for all the support #stranger things #fanfic #steve harrington #robin buckley #jonathan byers #nancy wheeler #will byers #mike wheeler #platonic stobin #el hopper #max mayfield #lucas sinclair #dustin henderson #autistic robin buckley #autistic will byers #autistic eleven #autistic dustin henderson #autistic eddie munson