cant believe mike and will are literally the Artistic Gays™
as kids, mike secretly writes dnd campaigns where the paladin and the cleric would fall in love in every one of them, while will keeps sketches of their dnd characters as a couple that he's never shown to anyone
at 14, when will has moved away to california and they lost communication, mike "joyce clogs up the line" wheeler has a stack of unsent letters to will which he thinks are too revealing and grossly heartfelt. meanwhile will "you're the heart" byers makes a painting for mike that he at first hesitates to show in fear of rejection.
when they go to college together, will takes an art major while mike aspires to be a writer. they're already together at this point, and mike gives will sappy love letters and poems, will makes mike personalized playlists. when they're alone in their dorm, mike sings to cheesy lovesongs while doing air guitars and exaggerated drum motions, and will has to shush him up by kissing him. they fall over the bed, giggling.
by the time they have their own bed and have moved in together, they start making a comic as a side hobby, about their childhoods and experiences of growing up queer in an 80's rual town (obviously the comic is titled Stranger Things because duh). their home decor is top-notch. will's dnd drawings from childhood that mike has kept, are pinned on their refrigerator, alongside polaroids of them and the party over the years. mike hangs around will's recent paintings everywhere around their house, just like he has since they were kids. they're happy, really happy, and they’re complete