#I’m feeling emotional about argyle and the Byers man

[surferboypizza-argylespeaking]

I don’t know man. I feel like because Argyle is so genuine and loves being there for other people he often forgets to take care of himself. He is the type of person who will go out of his way to make someone feel included and taken care of but I don’t think a lot of people do that for him. Argyle is human after all. He has moments of self doubt and anxiety. He has moments where he feels like he isn’t good enough.

That’s why I think Jonathan and him are such a good pair. He can recognize when Argyle is giving too much of himself. When Argyle does something for him he tries to do something in return. When Argyle lets him vent he extends the offer to talk over anything with him. When Argyle started to teach him to skate he teaches him a few things about photography. It’s a mutual give and take.

I think Jonathan is the first person in his life to really take care of him. To remind Argyle he is allowed to have bad days. And that he has someone there to support him in the way he supports everyone else. Most importantly to remind him he can rest. To let someone else do something for him.

The first time Jonathan brings it up a few months into their friendship it’s the first time Jonathan sees Argyle get emotional. He gets quiet and misty eyed. Argyle just pulls him in for a hug and mutters a quiet thanks man. Jonathan hugs him back and Argyle relaxes more. He learns eventually that the Byers give the best hugs. And that they are a perfect cure for just about anything.

#jargyle #argyle #jonathan byers #stranger things #I’m feeling so emotional about how supportive and friendly argyle is and it got me thinking about how people who are like him tend to #overtend themselves being there for others that they don’t take the time to take care of themselves #like argyle is the type of guy that remembers all your favorite things #he just remembers the little details about people #and I think that before he met the Byers a lot of his relationships were one sided #another reason why I think he says Jonathan is his only friend #I think he had friends before but it was all take take take #and I think Argyle meets the Byers and they are just such loving people who have been dealt a bad hand and just know how to care for people #so well and it’s the perfect match for Argyle because no one has really taken care of the Byers and then here comes argyle who will bring #dinner when he knows Joyce is working late #who drives the Byers kids to school and back #who likes to help el with homework and encourage wills art skills #argyle who treats el and will like normal 14/15 year olds #I’m feeling emotional about argyle and the Byers man

[nancys4gf]

OMg I just had an idea, what about best friend reader is in California ant the Byers house and fell asleep while watching a movie with Jonathan and argyle and while they both think reader is sleeping they're having an argument about Jonathan being in love with the reader and the at some point the reader says" I like you too" and they turn to teh reader but they're already asleep again

YESSS!! i love jonathan and argyle's dynamic and more jonathan!friends to lovers omg

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“he’s definitely going to die.”

“he’s not going to die, jeez!”

“he keeps saying emotional shit to everyone, dude,” argyle frantically pointed to the tv. “my man’s going to die.”

jonathan rolled his eyes. “what do you think?”

but when he turned to you, he found your eyes closed, your mouth slightly open, completely asleep as you lay your head on his shoulder.

“i told you we should’ve let them pick the movie.” argyle whispered, but jonathan paid no mind to him, only being able to think about how beautiful you looked.

jonathan had memorized your every feature a long time ago, he was sure he could draw your portrait by heart. yet, he watched you sleep as if it was his first time seeing you. as if you were something from a dream he wanted to hold onto, not wanting to forget it when he woke up.

argyle glanced at his friend, and shook his head disapprovingly.

“dude, you’re pathetic.”

“what?!” jonathan whisper-yelled.

“i don’t think i can stand another second of you looking at them with those puppy-dog eyes. especially not when they look at you like that, too.”

“like what?” he asked, surprised.

“like they want to have your babies. it’s stressing me out.”

“they don’t look at me like–” he scoffed, not being able to finish the sentence.

“oh yes, they do. and if you don’t grow some balls and tell them the truth about how you feel, i might lose it, man.”

“you know i can’t do that,” jonathan spoke quietly, glancing at you as you nuzzled up against him, hiding your face in his neck. he could feel your steady breathing against his skin.

“you only live once, dude. you’ll never know unless you try. be brave.”

“that’s very inspirational. thank you.” he said sarcastically.

“look, you just need some of purple palm tree delight and you’re ready to go, then you come up to them and say–”

but argyle didn’t get to finish the sentence, because a quiet, drowsy voice interrupted him.

“i like you too, jon.”

both of them gasped, directing his gaze towards you. your eyes were half-opened, and a small smile danced on your lips. jonathan merely looked at you, not knowing how to react, until argyle jumped from the couch and cried out,

“see! i told you! i was right. i’m always right. you should know that by now, dude. just like i also know he’s going to die.” he pointed at the screen once again, but jonathan’s attention was fixed on you.

“wait, what do you mean you like me…”

you only let out a snore in response, completely asleep again. jonathan sighed and planted a kiss on the top of your head. even though he felt his heart would burst out of his chest if he didn't find out the way you felt about him, he couldn't bring himself to wake you up and disrupt the peacefulness you looked so angelical in.

“well, let’s hope they remember that tomorrow,” argyle concluded. “can we finish the movie now?”

#jonathan byers #jonathan byers x reader #jonathan byers imagines #jonathan byers au #jonathan byers fluff #stranger things x reader #stranger things au #stranger things imagines #stranger things fluff #argyle #requests

[wibble-wobbegong]

What are your thoughts on the wild fluctuation of Mike's outfits in s2? He's either wearing his fancy ass collared argyle sweater OR a blue hoodie that's falling off one shoulder half the time

The juxtaposition always gets to me

OH MY GOD this was actually something me and @aemiron-main talked about once and i think his perspective differed a little but also was incredibly based so he’s getting @ ed in case he wants to jump in on this

this is something that happens every season, but mike’s clothes always tend to parallel ted’s. for the two outfits you’re talking about, here’s ted’s versions of them

same hoodie, same argyle print. there are a few key differences though

I know your original question was about the difference between mike’s outfits, but first i wanna look at each of them in relation to ted. at their base, both of these colors are light grays, arguably white, and white is a color a heavily associated with self acceptance or living the truth (think el at the end of s4 or nancy’s halloween outfit when she admits to not loving steve). both ted and mike are comfortable in who they are on some level this season. yes, mike is insecure as always, but he knows what his goals are and he’s strong in his relationships with the people around him. the first two seasons are mike at his most confident, and mike doesn’t hold back his emotions this season nearly as much as he does in the later ones. he’s not afraid of himself here. ted seems to be pretty okay with being the stalest man alive

so the difference? ted’s clothes are particularly plain in comparison. there’s nothing else adding to his personality, he’s mostly a blank slate. he’s the epitome of normal, which makes it easy to accept who he is. mike’s, however, maintain the pattern of horizontal stripes. we see it in pretty much all of his outfits in season 1 and 2. the costume designers talked about including triangles in robin’s s3 outfit to indicate queerness, but in my opinion there’s an even more obvious design choice that indicates queerness. stripes.

we see stripes in a lot of will’s outfits too, but an even more obvious example of this design choice are the scoops ahoy outfits

steve has horizontal stripes, but compared to robin?? the stripes go unnoticed in steve’s outfit, but robin is shoving the stripes in your face because they’re an important part of the outfit.

what does that mean for mike’s outfits? mike has self confidence, but there’s more to it than that. there’s also that indicator of queerness that greatly differs from ted. it’s directly showing us that mike is different from ted through the clear change in pattern.

the jacket itself also works as an indication of how open mike is being with his queer feelings. i’m of the belief that mike realized his feelings in s2, hence the repression kicking in during s3, and his jacket gives us a visual of mike slowly realizing his own feelings, unconsciously at first but by the time the jacket is open his feelings towards will become more and more obvious

the jacket slowly opens up, starting where you can barely see the shirt underneath, to it being more open at the top when he goes to the byers and it stays like that up until will goes to the hospital. we don’t really see mike’s jacket until the scene where will is trying to recall his memory. mike was probably starting to pick up on something here, considering we can literally see him getting shy about it, which we haven’t really seen from him before (crazy together wasn’t really shyness in the same way though there were soft smiles. mike was more entranced by will and feeling the warmth of no longer feeling alone than he was being shy like he is here)

even though he’s starting to question things, i don’t think he fully understands what he’s feeling till his shed monologue, which adds the half lighting we see in s3 and 4 in regards to mike’s romantic life

mike has one other outfit with this hoodie

his undershirt is the polar opposite of the one we see him wear with will. where his other shirt has a light under-color and blue and yellow stripes, this shirt has a much darker under-color and the the stripes are very thin, barely visible blue bands followed by prominent red and white. mike’s relationship with el in the way we last saw it (romantic) isn’t opening mike to being who he really is and we can barely see himself in these moments. a lot of his feelings for el are rooted in survivor’s guilt, feeling indebted to her, and grief. that small bit of white shows that some of his care for el is legitimate, but only on a deeper level; he cares for el at her core, but a lot of mike’s current perception is rooted in things that aren’t true to himself because he’s gay and isn’t actually romantically interested in el

but yeah! hope that makes sense!! i’m writing this during my psych class lmao

#asks #mike wheeler #byler

[manycoloureddays]

i was talking to a friend about eddie & steve bringing their first kid home from the hospital the other day & thought i’d put it here too:

neither of them had what you would call a traditional upbringing (”what does that even mean?” is a question that gets brought up a lot in their extended family. the wheeler household is as traditional as they come but none of them would say ted was a good example for parenting. the conclusion tends to be “as long as there’s love and support and we’re trying our hardest” but it’s a complicated question) 

anyway, neither of them had the picture perfect nuclear family growing up. steve dragged himself up into adulthood with inconsistent boundaries & very little emotional support, and eddie had all that good love and support from wayne but he was every bit as much of a latchkey kid as steve, what with wayne’s work hours. and while they have seven practice babies, the youngest they started with was a 10 year old, so when they get handed a baby and told “congrats dads” they maybe freak out a little bit. it’s not a big freak out, but it is both of them, which means there’s no level head in the car on the way home. eddie’s brain is going too fast for any of the worries to loom larger than the others, but steve is stuck in a loop of “dad was alright for the first few years of my life, what if i go bad the same way”. they get inside, put the baby carrier with their beautiful baby girl down on the coffee table and call, in this order, the buckley-wheeler apartment, joyce byers, uncle wayne, claudia henderson, and then the jargyle household. 

robin tells steve to calm his tits, she’s on her way over with nancy and a bag of parenting books they got from the library just in case there’s any in their pile that steve and eddie haven’t read yet, nancy yells out “you’ve got this, i promise!” and robin reminds him “you’ve saved the world multiple times and nancy would never lie to you!” which makes eddie feel a lot more sane (nancy is his barometer for normal reactions these days). 

wayne reminds eddie that even his biological parents managed to keep him alive for the first 10 or so years of his life and eddie’s a damn sight more cautious, kind, and prepared. “just hold her as gently as you held the strays at forest hills and feed her slightly more often and you’ll be fine, ed. i had no idea what i was getting myself into when i took you in, it’s okay to be scared, just as long as you love her.” 

joyce reminds steve that “no matter what your little girl is going to grow up so loved and cherished, and that’s more important than anything else. she won’t remember that it took you a few days to find the best way to calm her down, or if you couldn’t figure out the quickest way to change her diaper. she won’t remember when you gave her a too cold bottle, she’ll just remember the love.” and hop jumps on for a quick “we’ll be there this weekend kiddo” which is as good as a long distance shoulder squeeze. 

claudia is in the middle of packing a care package while she’s on the phone and tells steve and eddie all sorts of stories about trying to wrangle dustin on her own, “he was always too clever for his own good, but sometimes they need to learn things on their own. they just need you there to pick them up once they’ve fallen over, to kiss it better and remind them they’re never really alone.”

jonathan and argyle congratulate the dads and jonathan reminds steve that family is what you make it, “you’re nothing like you’re dad, man. none of us are. we made our own way and the fact that you’re worried you’ll fuck up is a pretty good sign that you’re going to keep on trying to do your best by her. but how about i promise you this. if you ever look like you’re heading down a path that leads back to him, i’ll pull you out. you’ve got all of us, an insane number of aunts and uncles who aren’t afraid to call you on your shit. but steve, you’re as much like dick as i’m like lonnie.” 

by the time nancy and robin let themselves in with their spare key, the boys have exhausted themselves emotionally, and all three of them are snuggled together on their bed. steve with his back to the headboard, eddie between his legs, and their daughter on his chest, steve’s finger clutched tight in her hand. robin takes a photo, and then she and nancy creep back down the hall to the kitchen to make dinner

#steddie fic #steve harrington #eddie munson #eddie x steve #it's about finding your own family and letting them catch you when you feel like you might fall #robin buckley #nancy wheeler #joyce byers #wayne munson #claudia henderson #jonathan byers #argyle #madeleine writes #stranger things #otp: coparents to lovers

[jonathanssweatercollection]

stranger things s4 volume 2 thoughts. profanity warning lol

* i’m sick to fuckin death of yuri. when is he dying

* steve talking about having a big family is like. obviously fan service but i love it and also i’ll be using it for stoncy fuel bc fuck you

* i need nancy to break jason’s nose

* i also need el to brutally eviscerate brenner in ever horrific way she can manage

* argyle nolastname is my best fucking friend. like what IF nina was a small woman. let’s hear him out

* why the fuck wasn’t jonathan included in the byers-hopper sibs hug. i’m mad. i’m gonna fucking bite someone

* why the fuck are the duffers so against jonathan being hugged by his family. i’m gonna kill

* MAN I THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA RUN BRENNER OVER. MISSED OPPORTUNITY (though at least the cunt is dead)

* robin didn’t have to go out of her way to get that fruity little beret but i’m so glad that she did

* i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again. max mayfield i would kill for you

* “take your hands off me, potatohead” okay i still want him dead but that was funny as fuck of yuri

* I THOUGHT THAT I SAW HOPPER’S ASS. POINTED AT THE SCREEN AND YELLED “BUM”

* TWAS HIS FUCKING ARMPIT

* yay hopper kiss <3 good for them :)

* robin helping nancy up the rope <33 that’s so cute

* omg omg theyre playing the score from previous seasons

* god i feel so fucking unwell. i’m so anxious and jittery what the fuck

* EL’S LITTLE DRAWING OF MAX ON THE VAN WINDOW 😭 I’M GONNA COMBUST THAT’S SO FUCKING CUTE 😭 THE LITTLE CURLS AND THE LITTLE SMILE

* argyle voice: my dude is a gender neutral term of endearment

* JONATHAN SAID MY DUDE. HE’S BRIBING PEOPLE WITH WEED. HE’S HOLDING A BLUNT IN A WAY THAT NO ONE HAS EVER SMOKED WEED HAS EVER HELD A BLUNT. THIS IS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE

* robin rly runs like a weirdo i love her

* st@ncybaitgate: *happening ig* // my mother: “don’t” // me: “don’t” // my mother: “don’t” // me: “don’t do do it” my mother: “don’t” // me: “don’t i’m begging you” like a fucking greek chorus

* ugh my family are so fucking mean about the characters’ looks. it’s even worse when theyre making fun of the kids’ appearances

* lumax are making me so emotional i’m gonna throw up

* el being a pineapple on pizza truther. makes so much sense

* her and argyle teaming up to feed mike pizza nd chanting “try before you deny” <33

* BYERS BROS BYERS BROS BYERS BROS BYERS BROS

* MY BOYS. MY BOYS ARE SO GOOD

* i love el’s socks

* oh man she’s gonna have wet jeans. has she not had a bad enough day already

* max praying for bad things to happen to b*lly and him dying. so true same bestie like me too exactly

* max and el being foils particularly in regards to the abuse theyve suffered and in turn the deaths of their abusers. so fucking true

* sadie is giving an award worthy performance to a light. she is one of the greatest young actresses of our generation i mean this wholeheartedly

* ELMAX RIGHT ELMAX RIGHTS LET’S FUCKING GO ELMAX RIGHTS HELL YEAH

* omg are we finally gonna learn why max had to move to hawkins. pls i wanna know

* FUCKING HELL THAT PIECE OF SHIT IN JASON’S GANG FUCKING TACKLED ERICA. THAT’S AN ELEVEN YEAR OLD YOU CUNT. SHE BETTER SUE HIS ASS

* omg the snowball my beloved <3

* i can’t tell if theyre doing an aliens homage. if so fuck yea

* steve’s little dancing jumps 🥹 hopscotch king

* ROBIN HOLDING NANCY’S HAND BC SHE’S NERVOUS AWW

* “a memory inside a memory” my guy argyle is gonna fucking love inception

* “i’m not having another funeral” yes this is a kinda funny line on surface level but also my fucking god that’s such a tragic thing to say. joyce byers you deserve the world

* the hawkins group spent like at LEAST over a hundred dollars on all of their ammo and shit and dustin nd eddie are fighting for their lives with sticks, little bitch knives and bin lids

* steve handing nancy her gun. yes bitchman that is true malewife behaviour <3

* i’m surprised by the restrained amount of swearing this season. like this is all very s2 in the way that nobody has said fuck but everybody has said asshole at least thrice

* basically i want max to call vecna a cunt

* i fucking knew eddie was gonna sacrifice himself. this fucking himbo

* oh fuck the sound design is so moody and cool i love it

* SINCLAIR SIBLINGS BEATING THE SHIT OUT OF PPL IN QUICK CUTS. YES

* MAX VOICE: MY GIRLFRIEND’S BACK AND YOURE GONNA GET IN TROUBLE HEY YAAAAA HEY YAAAAAAAA MY GIRLFRIEND’S BACK

* the steve and lucas parallel of getting their heads smashed with cutlery. kings

* “I PIGGYBACKED FROM A PIZZA DOUGH FREEZER” “what” POTENTIALLY A CONTENDER FOR THE BEST EXCHANGE OF THE SEASON

* “IF YOU TOUCH HER AGAIN I WILL KILL YOU. AGAIN” EL I WILL FUCKING DIE FOR YOU SHE’S SUCH A GOOD GF

* ELMAX AS FOILS IN REGARDS TO THE ABUSIVE BROTHER FIGURES AND DESPERATELY SEARCHING FOR PROTECTION IN THE PPL THEY LOVE BUT RUNNING AWAY AND CLOSING THEMSELVES OFF BC THEYRE AFRAID OF FEELING VULNERABLE AND GETTING HURT AGAIN

* YES this mindflayer shit is lovecraftian. this greatly appeals to the horror fanatic in me

* mike’s proclamation of love literally sounds like wedding vows this is so fuckign precious i love them so much

* MAX’S ARMS

* NO NO NO NO THEURE NOT DOING THISGHEYRE NOT

* THANK FUCKING GOD MAX IS ALIVE

* murray saving hopper parallels steve saving jancy in 1x08. bc i say so

* everything is about polyamory. fuck you

* why the FUCK is there a sword. so conveniently placed next to hopper. like i know why but. i’m???

* i mean i’m not complaining bc it’s cool tbh

* YES RUNNING UP THAT HILL SYNTHWAVE STRANGER THINGS REMIX LETS GO

* nancy shooting the living fuck out of vecna is the hottest thing i’ve ever seen. i’m proposing

* the jopper hug im so fucking emotional

* omg is vecna michael myers-ing them

* “I THINK ITS MY YEAR HENDERSON. FINALLY MY YEAR. I LOVE YOU” FUCKING GOD ARE YOU KIDDING ME

* THE RETURN OF THE MOBY SONG

* MAX BETTER BE OKAY

* I’LL KILL KUSELF OLEASE FONT DONT DIE PLEASE MAC PLEASE LELADE MAX LLADEAD PLEASE MAC OLEASE PLEASE I’lL LILL MUSELF PLEASE I’M GONNA FUCKING FIR PLEASE PLEASE I’m GONNA DIE PLEASE MAX NO PLEASE PLEASE GOD FUCKING DAMN IT

* the gate opening up through jason made me fucking laugh tho

* OH FUCK THIS IS EPIC

* fucking elmax rights yet again

* BRING HER BACK BRING HER BACK OKEASE BRING HER BACK

* TWO DAYS FUCKING LATER ???????????

* omg the leaving hawkins sign my beloved

* none of the cali gang have changed their clothes in like a week. that van will reek

* “quaint town of hawkins” bitch how many murders have happened here over the past four years

* THE FUCKING LIBRARY NO. THAT’S MY HOUSE

* NANCY’S MR RABBIT. I LOVE WHEN SHE HAS STUFFED ANIMALS

* IT PARALLELS JONATHAN BEIBG FORCED TO HUNT A RABBIT WHEN HE WAS A CHILD BY HIS DAD. BC RABBITS ARE CLEARLY A SIGNIFICANT PART OF HOW THEY REMEMBER THEIR CHILDHOODS. FUCK I HAVE TO MAKE A GIFSET

* STONCY STINCY STINCY OLEAEE I STONCY STIBCY OLEASE STONCY STONCY PEASE STIVFY stONCY OLEPASE

* FUCKING YES MAX ISALIVE

* YES HE’S READING HER STEPHEN KING FUCK UEAH FUCK YEAH

* el’s little ET hoodie bless

* love all the little parallels of calling things miracles this season

* let’s give a hoot and a hurray for neurotic lesbian representation

* EDDIE’S UNCLE IS GONNA MAKE ME CRY. WHAT THE FUCK

* they need don’t mess around with jim playing the background of them cleaning up the cabin

* jonathan still looks at nancy with these shy lovestruck puppy eyes after all these years. someone kill me

* “OTHERWISE WHO WOULD BE IN CHATGE??? STEVE??” STONATHAN CRUMBS LETS GO

* okay fuck its the coca cola bottle el and max played with in s3. im sad

* max better fucking be okay. i’m so fucking worried for her even now

* JESUS GOD THE EL AND HOPPER REUNION IS MAKING ME FUCKING CRY

* “what do you think?” // “bitchin” I’M GONNA KERPLODE

* YES YES HUGS ALL AROUND FOR EVERYONE YES EVERYONE HUG

* argyle is still hunting for mushrooms while dimensions are colliding isn’t he

* can dustin please have a cane. please my poor guy just give him a cane to help him out please

* the fucking score RULES

* my mother after watching this episode “so the upside down is in the downside up”

* hell FUCKING yea siouxsie and the banshees to close up the season this rules

* seeing the monkey massacre logo always fills me with joy. god fucking bless and goodnight

#i still feel like my brain’s gonna fucking explode #there are so many misspellings going on here. anyways #stranger things #i refuse to tag all of these characters and relationships. goob night <3 #st spoilers #s4 spoilers #mine #abuse #self harm cw #long post #emetophobia #i feel like i talk abt that a lot when i liveblog this show lol #also i’m sorry but it’s not letting me add a read more.

[lilithisamess]

Man Meets Legend

Fandom: Stranger Things // Pairing: Byler // Words: 586

So!! @tsugarubecker organized this really cool event (QHAC, which is the best name ever actually) last week, but I couldn’t participate bc school sucks. BUT this fandom has helped me through a lot, so I thought I’d help keep it entertained. This is just a little something about Eddie meeting Will for the first time that I managed, but I hope you guys like it!

Mike’s so relieved to see the familiar faces swarming out of Eddie’s trailer he completely forgets to be nervous. And there are reasons to be nervous, many of them. It only hits him that this'll be the first time Will meets Eddie when Argyle parks his stupid pizza van, hitting the breaks like a total madman. It provides just the appropriate amount of adrenaline for the scene.

“Mike!” Nancy crushes him, holding Mike like she’d do when he was no older than six. He sees the others greet Will with just as much enthusiasm, like he wishes he could let himself do.

Nancy stops hugging him in favor of looking all awkward at Jonathan. They just hover around each other, waving hesitantly as Mike greets his friends, making sure they’re all still mostly intact. It’s embarrassing and sad and familiar, but Mike has more pressing matters to worry about.

“Will Byers,” Eddie says, approaching the boy himself. Will looks a bit confused, and Eddie looks like he’s coming up to Ozzy Osbourne or something; It’s weird. It’s two worlds colliding. “The man! The legend!” He grins and gestures widely at Will, who looks even more confused, somehow.

“Yes?”

“Man is it good to put a face to the name.” Eddie bows, very low and very ridiculously. “I’m Eddie Munsum. Little Wheeler told me so much about you, Will the Wise. It is truly an honor.”

And there it is. Disaster.

Everyone turns to look at him, like in one of those naked-at-school-nightmares. The metaphor works well because Mike’s eyes widen, also conspiring to bare his soul.

“No, I haven’t! I just... mentioned him once. Or twice.”

“My boy says you draw, and your art’s brilliant. That true? He refuses to let me sample.” Eddie pays no mind to Mike’s desperation. “You like The Shining, right? All that Stephen King shit?”

“Uh—I guess, yeah.”

“Mike would be like ‘will this, will that’ and I’d just wonder how the hell he got himself a friend this cool.”

“I’m not—I’m not that cool,” Will says, almost as red in the face as Mike is. Could Eddie be doing this on purpose? Is he just that evil?

“So you and Wheeler might just have to disagree on this one then.” He nudges Mike’s shoulder, winking at him in a most definitely purposeful way. He’s thankful when Nancy intervenes—there are more important things to worry about, after all—, until he remembers what exactly it is she’s pulling their attention towards. It makes his emotions seem so insignificant, the imminent danger. They might just die. How could Mike worry about whether Will realizes how much he gushes over him to any half-willing listener?

Suddenly, his longing for boys doesn’t sound like the strangest thing in this world or the next. How fucked up does one have to be to feel at ease with that notion? To be at home mid-tragedy? Boys like Mike don’t fit into normal, happy lives, that’s for sure.

“Brilliant and cool? I kinda thought those were mutually exclusive,” Will whispers to him, smirking as they get in Eddie’s trailer behind the others. Mike blushes, a little bashful, but there’s no shame there; no feeling of overwhelming guilt to be spoken of.

“Nobody’s ever thought that,” Mike says, and Will smiles again, less smug and more gentle.

The way his cheeks move with that smile, narrowing his eyes just a bit... it takes Mike’s breath away. He thinks, just for a moment, that there’s nothing more normal than that.

#stranger things #mike wheeler #will byers #byler #byeler #eddie munson #byler fanfic #byler fic #byler fanfiction

[angbu]

Fanfic of Will admitting his crush to Mike

Nothing explicit and also I’m sorry if it took a lil longer than a week like I said I’ve been busy.

Location: Surfer Boy Pizza

Time: 5:30pm ——17:30 military time Saturday

“Mikeeeeeee come on try before you deny” say Eleven as she’s trying to force mike to try pineapple pizza.

Will is in the other room listening to to Mike and El giggling. Will is writing on a paper. “Mike I know you and El are dating but… I’m ga- no no no!!! Ok Mike I really like you and I was wondering if you would consider dating guys?Ok that’s not too bad. Ughhhhhhh I can’t tell him but what if he feels the same”

Jonathan walks in the room “Hey Will I heard you talking to yourself, is everything ok?

“OH HI I didn’t hear you coming” he says nervously “um did you hear what I was saying?”

“I heard a little bit.”

“ ughhhhhhhhh this is so embarrassing”

“Hey after you told me you were gay I automatically knew you liked Mike, I see the way you look at him. Will listen Mike loves El. I’m so sorry but it’s not right I don’t thi-“

“You don’t think I know that!!!!!” He takes deep breaths and looks at him through the door. “I’m sorry Jonathan it just really hurts me cause I really like him and I have for so long now.”

Jonathan hugs Will “It’s gonna be ok… I guess you should tell him. I mean he might feel the same.”

“Thanks I think I will soon”

“-and if anything goes wrong I’ll be here for you ok? Cause I’m your brother and I love you, I always will ok?”

“ ok. thanks Jonathan I love you too”

“Here I can help you with your paper if you want. I mean I don’t really have a lot of experience cause me and nance we didn’t really say anything we just kind of went straight to it” Jonathan chuckles nervously.

“Haha yep I’m pretty sure there’s like zero chance of that happening with me and Mike, I don’t even want to think about that right now. I just need to tell him this and see how he reacts.”

“What about El though she’s like a sister to me Will”

“I know she is like a sister to me too, I just feel so bad that I like her boyfriend but I liked him before she was even around, I need him to know.”

“Im sorry to say this but you really need to prepare yourself for rejection ok? I just don’t want you to get your hopes up to be heartbroken.”

“I know. I just need him to know.”

1 hour and 30 mins later

Will walks toward Mike and El. He’s thinking “come on Will you can do this! You need to tell him.”

“Hey Will! Guys I’m going to go be in the bathroom for a little bit haha if you know what I mean” says El

“Oh ok bye El” says Mike

“Hi and bye haha” says Will nervously

After they see Eleven walk into the bathroom Mike looks at Will and says “ Hey man, you ok? You seem kinda off”

Will in his head “GAY PANIC GAY PANIC” he composes himself to talk “um yeah well actually kind of no, I wanted to tell you something actually”

“Oh sure what’s up” Mike puts down his pencils from drawing a pizza slice on the napkin giving Will his undivided attention.

“So Im….. I’m…. um well” he looks at mike as Mike is giving Will a confused face

“You can tell me anything Will”

“I’m gay Mike” Will looks at Mike waiting for his reaction

“Oh” Mike looks away hiding his emotions where Will can’t tell if he’s mad or fine with it. “I guess I kind of always guessed that you were, but hearing you actually say it feels different. I’m not like homophobic!! I’m glad you told me. Have you ever had a crush on a boy before?”

Will is relieved, half way done! he thinks to himself “well actually yes um I do right no-

“Hey guys!!!” Says El coming back

Mike gives Will a look as if they can talk about it later. “Hi El! I think I’m about done for tonight do any of you know when Miss Byers is coming to pick us up?” Mike says

“What?!?? El and Will say in unison

“My mom usually lets us stay here until like almost midnight on the weekends sometimes!” says Will.

“Yeah but only if Jonathan’s friend Argyle is fine with it.” El chirps in.

“Oh wow ok so what do you guys usually do?” Asks Mike

“We just talk a lot and we play games like 2 truths and a lie and stuff like that. Says El

“But I could call my mom on the restaurant’s telephone if you wanted to go already.” Says Will

“Oh um no I’m fine if you guys do this a lot. So do you wanna play truth or dare?”

“YES!!!” Says El

“I would love to but I’m gonna go talk with Jonathan and Argyle for a little bit.” Will is definitely only going to talk to Jonathan about what Mike said.

“Oh ok then” says Mike, “ So I’ll go first, El truth or dare??” Will can hear Mike say as he walks away wiping a tear from his eye.

The second Wills and Jonathan’s eyes meet Jonathan immediately leaves argyle to talk to Will. “So what happened????”

“I told him I’m gay. That’s all I could tell him before El came back. He said he wasn’t homophobic and he was glad I told him. Then he asked if I ever had a crush on a boy and I said well actually yes and then El came back before I could finish.” Says Will trying his hardest to hold his tears in.

“I’m proud of you your almost done. At least he’s not homophobic. I could try to distract El for a little bit so you can talk to Mike. Only if you wanted to though!”Says Jonathan

“Thanks but im gonna stay here for a little bit. That was so hard just to tell him im gay. I need to chill for a little bit.”

“Oh ok. But mom is taking El to the mall tomorrow remember? To get her new clothes so maybe you could talk to Mike then.”

“Yeah I guess so. I just… yeah I will probably do it tomorrow.”

“Ok! If things go bad me and you can come here and we can get your favorite everything ok?”

“Ok haha” Will laughs trying to stop being sad but he can’t keep it in and starts bawling his eyes out. “Jonathan I-“

Jonathan goes and hugs will and they hug for a while and then Jonathan says “it’s ok. do it whenever you feel like you should. It’s already a big step just coming out to him.”

Will stares at the ground thinking and he says “no I need to do this I will do it soon.”

“Ok. Go play with your friends and stop being all sad over yourself!” Jonathan says playfully trying to cheer him up.

“Hahaha ok.” Will says as he gets a napkin to wipe his eyes and blow his nose.

“Hey guys im gonna play now!” Says Will to El and Mike when he opens the door but sees them making out. “OH I’m sorry guys I thought you were still playing.” Says Will.

“Oh yeah. Um El dared me to make out with her hahahaha”says Mike

“Ugggghhhhhhhh ok will come on and play with us then.” Says El while she rolls her eyes in a playful way.

“Um ok mike truth or dare” says Will

“Truth!”

“Ok so have you ever had a cru- wait no. Hold on let me think.” Will wants to ask something about crush but he doesn’t want El to get mad. “Ok I got it! Is it true that you sold your bicycle?”

“What no! I didn’t sell my bike why would I do that?! Hahahahaha who told you that?” Says Mike

“Oh I thought you did.” Will said even though he had no idea if he had sold it or not he just made up a question. “Oh well” he says like he doesn’t care at all.

“Mike your turn!!” Says El.

“Ok I’ll do you. El truth or dare?” Says mike

“Dare!”

“I dare you too run around the restaurant 2 times!!” Says Mike

“What!!! I don’t want to do thattt!!” Says El

“Have too. Dares a dare.” Says Will with a huge mischievous grin on his face.

“Ok I’ll do it.” Says El

But then Will thinks ‘wait then it’s just gonna be me and Mike. I might have enough time to tell him!!’

“Oh AND me and will get to stay right here watching you through the windows.” Says Mike

“So not fair!! But fine I’ll do it and no more additions!! You two zip it!” El says laughing

She goes outside and starts running. There’s an awkward silence for about 10 seconds until Mike finally says “so will um you weren’t able to answer my question earlier about have a crush on a boy.”

“Oh yeah” says Will nervously as he scratches the back of his neck “ well I don’t really want El to hear me talking about that.”

“Trust me she’s a pretty slow runner we have time to talk.” Says Mike

(Note: I’m pretty sure she’s actually a pretty fast runner in the show but for purposes she’s gonna be slow in this fic.)

“Ok then.” Will says. He thinks ‘ok just get this over with and tell him.’ “Ok I’m just gonna say this. If you get mad I promise I will be accepting of your reaction but I’m just gonna tell you.”

Mike says “….ok?”

“I’ve had a crush on you ever since we were kids. I have always had a crush on you and I just needed you to know that. I’m not expecting you to like me back I just needed to tell you.” He says feeling his heart beating really fast.

“Oh.” Mike says in a long silence “I think I used to like you when we were kids too. I thought it was just because you were a really good friend but now I think it was probably a crush. But I don’t like you Will. El is my girlfriend and I love her ok? We can still be friends but that’s it. I’m El’s boyfriend and she’s my girlfriend. I like her. I do not like you like that. Maybe if you would’ve told me when we were kids things would’ve been different. But those feelings I had for you disappeared the moment I found El in the woods ok? I’m sorry, we can still be friends though.”

Will feels like he’s about to cry. He’s says “ok I honestly didn’t expect you to like me back I just needed you to know. Maybe that is gonna help me move on since I’ve liked you for so long now. I’m glad we can still be frien-“

He gets cut off as El falls on to the table laying down breathing heavy. “You guys suck!” She says with her eyes closed. Mike bursts out laughing and looks at will and so does Will. El looks at them and says. “I’m glad this is funny for you guys. I’m over here about to pass out and here you guys are laughing your asses off. I’m done playing I’m just gonna go lay down on one of the booths.”

“Ok well I guess I can call my mom now since she’s probably gonna be knocked out in a second hahaha!” Says Will

“Yeah probably a good idea.” Says Mike.

Will walks to the restaurant telephone and calls his mom asking her to pick them up. After he hangs up he sees Jonathan watching him from around the corner. “Your a bit of a stalker huh?” Will says laughing

“ well I’m sorry for just trying to study your face trying to figure out how it went.” Says Jonathan when he lets out a chuckle.

Will tells him everything that happened and after he’s finished he’s practically bawling his eyes out. Will says “I’m just glad we can still be friends but there really was a part deep inside that thought he would like me back.”

Jonathan says “well rejection is good for you it makes you stronger and he did used to like you so there’s that. It’s gonna be ok. You’ll find a good guy for you one day.”

“I know.”

And that was what happened today, me and Mike are still gonna be friends and El doesn’t know anything. Well diary it could’ve went better, but it’s fine. Like Jonathan said, I’ll find a good guy one day. Just one day.

Will Byers 6/18/1987

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