maybe we will go crazy together

the birthday party he deserved ❤️‍🩹 happy birthday, Will Byers

In my mind it takes place during their college spring break!

Mapping things out during patrol...

Featuring:

Dustin “No—dude the portal is supposed to be over there” Henderson

Will “Just because I can draw does not mean I’m good at cartography, Dustin” Byers

Mike “is definitely paying attention” Wheeler

Lucas “SHIT—did you guys hear that???” Sinclair

happy birtday, wiw! ❤︎

This is a line from my fanfic, this is Will to Mike and this line kinda encapsulates byler for me.

You see, I wanted to go back and edit that line. Will has low self-esteem, of course, he would think he's not a good person. I wanted to rewrite him to say "I'm not" and keep him more in character, but then I realized why the "probably" is there.

Will cannot negate Mike's ideal of him. He simply cannot. He never does. Even if he doesn't believe in himself, he cannot negate Mike's innate belief in him.

Mike says he's a super spy, he says "you really think so?", Mike says he's a sorcerer, he laughs at first but then sighs and says "oh". He considers it. He never says he's not those things, not one on one to Mike. Sure he brushes it off in front of Lucas and even downplays his actions to Max and Robin. But when it's just him and Mike, Mike complimenting him sincerely, Will cannot help but admit to the possibility of it.