Do You Want To Build A snowman? (Part 1)
“Gale,” a young boy’s voice called out excitedly, his hand shaking his friend awake. “Gale! Wake up, wake up, wake up!”
“John, go to sleep,” Gale grunted tiredly at his best friend, who was now climbing onto Gale’s bed.
“I just can’t,” John said, his back collapsing against Gale’s body. “The sky’s awake,” he said, dramatically laying his hand against his forehead and switching hands as he continued speaking, “so I’m awake. And so I have to play!” he finished, waving his hands in front of him.
“Go play by yourself.” Gale pushed John off the bed. John landed on the floor with a thud. John frowned, thought for a moment, and then came up with an idea. He stood up and leaned closer to his best friend.
“Do you want to build a snowman?” he tempted, a mischievous smile on his face. That did the trick. Gale opened his eyes, smiling.
John put on socks, boots, snowpants, gloves, and a jacket. Gale put on all of that as well, except for the gloves. He didn’t need the jacket either as the cold didn’t bother him, but he wore it to keep his clothes dry.
The two six-year-olds rushed down to the basement, where they wouldn’t wake anyone up.
“Do the magic! Do the magic!” John said, laughing. Gale waved his hands, a ball of snow surrounded by white light appearing in front of them. “Woah.” John watched, mesmerized.
“Ready?” Gale asked excitedly. John nodded. Gale’s hands sprung upwards and the magic shot towards the ceiling, forming a large cloud that was spreading across the length of the ceiling.
“This is amazing!” John exclaimed, as the snow fell around them, his hands stretching out as he ran around.
Gale chuckled. He waved his hands, making enough snow on the ground for them to play with.
They proceeded to build a snowman.
John also insisted that the snowman needed a friend, and so he decided to build a snow seal. Why a seal? Because, according to John, the snowman likes to have friends who are different from him, too. Gale just smiled and helped him build the snow seal.
Gale then built two snow forts, and the boys took their positions behind them, made a bunch of snowballs, and threw those snowballs at each other while ducking behind their respective forts.
Gale then built a playground slide with a ladder behind it, the whole thing made out of ice.
John was climbing the ladder of the slide when suddenly his foot slipped. He lost his balance and started to fall. Gale was on the ladder behind him and tried to quickly shoot out snow to catch him. However, Gale’s magic accidentally hit John in the head, and John fell to the ground, unconscious.
“John!” Gale jumped down from the ladder and rushed over to him to check on him. John didn’t stir. Instead, a small section of his hair turned white.
Gale freaked out and ran upstairs, waking up John’s parents, who were also Gale’s guardians.
Mr. Egan concernedly took John in his arms, and they all went to the car and drove to the cabin in the woods, which was the home of a witch doctor they had heard about.
Thankfully, the witch was able to heal John. She waved her hand across John’s head.
“He’s a lucky boy,” the witch said. “If you had brought him any later, we could have lost him for good.”
“He almost died?” Gale asked, shocked.
“Yes.”
Gale let out a small gasp and pressed his hand against his mouth. Mrs. Egan put her arm around Gale and pulled him closer to her.
“We know you didn’t mean to hurt him,” she tried to reassure him, but it was clear she was scared of what had almost happened.
“Nevertheless, we need to be careful about your powers,” Mr. Egan stated.
“Yes,” the witch agreed. “Having magic is a wonderful thing, but it can also be quite dangerous. Use caution, and then all will be fine.”
Gale nodded and looked at his still unconscious friend in concern.
“He’s fine now, but unfortunately, he will not remember that you have magic, as this magic is what hurt him,” the witch informed them.
“He won’t remember my powers?” Gale asked hesitantly.
“It’s for the best, Gale,” Mr. Egan said quietly.
Gale sighed.
They went home and laid John in his bed.
After they left John’s room, the adults told Gale that it was best they keep his magic a secret from John and that he must never let the magic show. Gale nodded numbly.
The next day, John saw Gale go into Gale’s room. John happily tried to go to him, but Gale quickly shut the door. John stared at the closed door, confused and hurt.
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Is it just me or do some Bylers reach way too hard to defend Mike for things he was objectively wrong for? Like the rink o mania thing is a perfect example, Will was not being bitchy (onscreen) at all to Mike until the argument where Mike was the one who started it by blaming Will for not telling him about El’s problems. Mike was being a huge asshole there, which even he noticed and said Will didn’t deserve the way Mike treated him. He then apologized and Will accepted it because Will knows that Mike was genuinely remorseful and that he wanted to be best friends again. I hate to say this bc 99% of the time it is deeper than it looks but for this I just don’t get how you can watch and think Will was actually in the wrong.
i do enjoy a good reach and i get not wanting one character to be 100% in the right and one character to be 100% in the wrong in an argument and i don't even think mike was 100% in the wrong at rink o mania but when you back up a bit...what did will do wrong exactly lol.
do we agree with mike that he was a douche for...not telling him that el was being bullied? nonsensical. he didn't even know she was lying to him before the airport.
was he wrong for barely talking and basically sabotaging the whole day? a day el said was supposed to be about the two of them, making will third wheel and feel like shit just like in the beginning of season 3 and for months before that? right...because that makes sense.
was will in the wrong for not calling mike and for making it sound like it was his fault they didn't keep in touch? this one i can get behind but he would have let that go (the painting being a welcome gift doesn't scream resentful) had mike not made it clear that he wasn't interested in anything he had to say by...rejecting his hug, agreeing to the whole day being about him and el, ignoring him save for the vomit green joke, And not calling for months. if the first three hadn't occurred maybe will wouldn't have felt the need to defend himself when mike started a fight because he didn't tell him his gf was being bullied like he's their couples counselor or something
it's like you said mike literally starts the fight and then deflects (twice) and Then he apologizes...idk!
long-winded answer but how exactly was will being a dick lol. i know he apologizes for being mean to him and for pushing him away in the van scene but when exactly on march 22, 1986 was will mean to mike. i can see the pushing him away because he didn't call but he said he deserved the fight and admitted to being a jerk to el (literally HOW. when) and wouldn't let lucas apologize to him in season 3 so i'm not taking his self-deprecating martyr word for it SORRY
it's especially funny when you remember that mike trying to call will is a THEORY
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