grrrrr I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE. WHY DOES NOBODY LIKE TALKING ABOUT JEALOUS WILL. WHY DOES NOBODY WRITE FICS ABOUT HIM OR MAKE HEADCANONS. MY MAN LITERALLY *CRUSHED* HIS PAINTING IN HIS HAND WHEN HE SAW MIKE PUT HIS ARM AROUND EL'S SHOULDER. HE LAUGHED WHEN EL DUMPED MIKE. HIS STARES ARE SO FULL OF PINING I'M SURPRISED HE DIDN'T TURN INTO A WHOLE-ASS FOREST. HE IS SUCH A JEALOUS BITCH. WHY DOES NOBODY TALK ABOUT IT.
guys... it's 2024. mike and will are turning 53 this year. they're old. they're probably graying at the temples. they have iphones. and they got married and they're together after so many years.
when they get older mike complains over his graying hair and his wrinkles and crow's feet, and will kisses the pout off his lips and tells him he looks beautiful. mike scoffs and turns away, thinking will is just saying this to appease his whining, but will grabs mike's face and makes it clear to him that he genuinely means it. because aside from the fact that mike would always be beautiful to him — just being able to grow old with mike is the most beautiful thing in the world to will. it's all he's wanted since he was a kid. so with each new white hair, each new wrinkle formed — it's another reminder to will that his childhood dream has come true. it's another reminder that will byers is spending his forever with mike wheeler.
secret relationship byler au where lucas and dustin catch mike kissing will on the cheek, and somehow it doesn't register in their brains that it means that they're dating, but rather it's another special thing only mike and will have. accusing mike of favoritism, they now always demand that he has to kiss both of them on the cheek, too.