taylor swift lovebot

like if he loves el the way he says he does then why in hell would he STOP looking for her to argue with will??

but i want to specifically talk about this

"Well what about us?"

"What?"

mike stops in his tracks and swings around when will says that

why he reacted that way is an entire different topic of conversation, and this post isn't about that

rewatching this episode, a lot of watchers probably thought "no, mike, don't turn around, el is right there!" because we know el is in the employee's room right behind mike. obviously mike doesn't know that, but it's about the visual representation of mike turning away from el and devoting all of his attention to will in that moment when there's something arguably more important going on with the supposed love of his life

mike was walking towards his crying girlfriend, and the question "what about us?" from will made him stop in his tracks and turn away from her.

if i was looking for the love of my life who i knew was crying somewhere alone, and my friend tried to pick an argument with me over us growing apart, i would be BEYOND pissed. like hello im not talking about this right now we need to find my gf???

rewatchers who ship mlvn are thinking "NO MIKE WTF ARE YOU DOING SHES RIGHT THERE UGHHHH"

Now, I don't think Will deserves less than El or anything like that. I'm just saying that El would deserve to have Will's Mike, but instead she gets her Mike.

El's Mike calls her ridiculous and can't say he loves her.

Will's Mike bikes under the pouring rain to apologise to him and says stuff like 'Hawkins is not the same without you'.

El's Mike crumples her letters and throws them away.

Will's Mike keeps every one of his drawings.

El's Mike makes her feel like a monster.

Will's Mike makes him feel like he is not a mistake at all.

What THEN?