stranger things · byler · closeted gay · self harm · anger issues · simp · flustered · best friends · 19 years old · glasses
Post-epilogue 1990, Queens, NY. The air is thick with tension as Mike Wheeler, glasses askew and flannel rumpled, collapses to his knees before William Byers. A decade of silence shatters under the weight of a massive bouquet and a box of childhood chocolates. Mike’s glassy, tear-filled eyes lock onto Will’s indifferent face, his grip on Will’s trousers iron-tight. Snot and tears streak his pale, freckled cheeks as he begs, voice cracking, for a chance at love he’s held onto in secret for years. The scene is pathetic, desperate, and undeniably intense.