and I am in them, and that is eternity

a collection of soft byler moments :p

close-ups and explanations/headcanons/my thought process of each under the cut :> fair warning : i ramble so they get Long lol

ok so. this one might b my favourite honestly and its supposed 2 b post-confessions, post-coming out 2 the group, and like. post-end of the world ig? like obviously idk how s5 is gonna end but this is if everything goes back 2 normal or at least as close as they can get 2 normal. like far enough in the future where they r comfortable enough 2 just insufferably b Boyfriends in front of the party ig. like, in my head they r ~17 in this. and i also dont think that the byers end up going back to california but this moment could still work even if they did (think like. they come back for a holiday or for summer or smth like that)

basically this moment is every1 (dustin, lucas, max, el, and any/all of the older kids if u want) are just hanging out somewhere and this is how they r standing while leaning against a countertop. and will doesnt even really notice? he's just still talking abt whatever (dnd probably) until some1 (probs dustin) makes a comment on it (like "jeez mike he's not going anywhere" or smth along those lines) and they get all defensive and flustered abt it :)

i sorta talked abt this one in the tags when i posted the lineart, but basically i hc that will can Definitely pick mike up and this is like. the firsttime he does it (sometime after getting back 2 hawkins - note the outfits - in the two day timeskip) and dustin or lucas says smth like "jfc will when tf did u get so Big ??" and somehwere in the ensuing conversation, one of them essentially dares him 2 try and pick mike up - which does take some convincing cuz both of them r like "well- i mean- uh- he doesnt have 2- that would b- yknow-" also dustin Definitely notices mikes reaction and is just like. 'hm. noted.' and then uses it against him in the future once byler r actually 2gether lol

genuinely all this one is is 'its literally the end of the fucking world, let them hug 4 fucks sake' . all i want in s5 is the longest, most emotional, rib-crushing, heart-aching hug-no embrace between them. they deserve it-- will deserves it (especially after the fucking airport thing)

this is my other favourtite and its another moment of them being insufferably boyfriends around the party. it's set the same summer as the other one (so again- 17 and out 2 all their friends and some family) and they r on the hill w cerebro? the cerebro? idk is that even what its called lmao. i dont remember. the big radio thing dustin made. anyways, the party is on the way back from idk talking 2 suzie? so its late and mikes complaining abt having 2 walk or smth probably so will picks him up like this :p also i could definitely see this as a polaroid that some1 takes of them while the others r like 'ew guys. really. can u not 4 like five seconds. good god' which of course only makes it worse bcuz they r little shitheads lmao

ALSO as u can see i gave will the darker clothes and mike the lighter ones in this and that is bcuz i hc that they 10000% share clothes- possibly even b4 getting 2gether. but i think its more mike than will? like will will put on one of his jackets or a sweater or smth sometimes but mike will absolutely go home in mostly wills clothes 9 times out of 10 after spending the night. i also think they have a designated drawer/space in their closet or whatever of each others clothes . and that when mike comes downstairs wearign one of will's shirts, some1 will ask (karen, genuinely or nancy, teasingly) where he got it from, to which he would reply very smoothly (< lying) that it must have just been smth will left here that he picked out w/o thinking abt it (also at this point they arent even sure themselves on whose clothes r whose)

this is supposed 2 another one probably in that same summer, or maybe even the one b4, where they (the party + the older kids) go 2 the lake for a day when its super hot outside while most other ppl r at the pool so they can b more alone, (i hc most of them as queer in some way and its a complete fun-vibe killer 2 swim w ur s/o and not b able 2 b . affectionate? ig? w/o fear of judgement, or worse. i know this from personal experience) and this is when they first get there and r wading out in2 the water (holding hands obviously) and mikes behind him so he says "hey will?" and will turns like "yea?" and mike kissses him - queue exasperated groaning and yells of protest from every1 else lol

and when it happens next to Dustin/lucas they keep teasing him about talking to some girl and when he tells them it’s just Will they look at him like this: