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stranger things, byler, theories & fun She/her 26

[will-the-wise-byers]

A few little sketches called "eyes to eyes"

How many such eye-to-eye contacts have you seen in Byler throughout the tv series?

These guys continue to live in the works of people without losing this "look full of love"🌈

[sunchildsatoru]

[bylerworld]

and both times, they were looking at each other

im jumping

[sherlockbyers]

mike wheeler didn’t spend however many seasons staring at will’s lips for you to say will would kiss him first

[nicheofmyown]

HEAR ME OUT!

This isn't when Mike fell in love

Neither is this

Or this

Or even this (yes i'm treading dangerous water with this one)

It was here:

But first solidified here:

And first DENIED here:

Anyway. After that, it's just Mike ignoring his feelings but accepting that SOMETHING is different about Will.

[iloverobinbyckley]

i will forever be a firm believer that mike fell first, but Will was the first to figure out it was love

[hellfirehoe]

who up missing the warm cinematography of s2

[roguemercurywrites]

The concept of Mike being so adamant about all the boys being his best friend when they were younger because he felt guilty for liking Will more without realizing he just liked him differently… And then later, as he grew up, he thought maybe what he felt for Will was just what you were supposed to feel for a best friend, so he accepted that maybe he really did just have one best friend.

…Until the words best friend slowly evolved into something entirely different that didn’t really fit with what others described anymore, but he still clings to them because changing them to something else is scary.

So really, when Mike Wheeler says best friend, it carries the meaning of the words he was never able to say and truly mean to El, because the feeling behind them had already been transferred onto different words. “We're best friends” is Mike Wheeler for “I love you.”

[lycheeeejelly]

MIKE WAS LITERALLY LEANING IN

[hugmelikeasoldier]

…

FOUL

[ssentinl]

sometimes i forget how soft mike’s will voice is that i genuinely forget he’s the same person

[ilovebylerandstonathan]

Genuinely what the fuck

“Yeah 🥺. Yeah I really do 🥺🥺” girl what the fuckkk

[pewe7777]

He was in fucking love. FML.

[mj-rulesdaw0rld]

“You’re not a sniper 😒” vs “😍😍well um you know you’re like a 😍wizard😍 like him!”

[kiwi4miwi]

cuteness aggression ☺️

[hellfirehoe]

they could've kissed in 4K and it still wouldn't have been gayer than whatever the fuck they were doing in this scene.

[bylerworld]

so remember when mike could not tell el was lying to him or that she was worried and scared during that day at rink o'mania but he could notice every tell of will being frustrated, annoyed and upset and lying to him? yeah.

[adampov]

[thewisewill80sbyers]

Thinking about how when Mike thought that the painting was from El he didn't put it in his room on the wall but after he found out Will is gay he suddenly has it on his wall in college lol

[auracobaltblue]

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