Trans!Mike & going to prom pt. 1

This comic was inspired by this post by @sunflowersand-bees, I definitely recommend checking out their OG post:

Mike “Athletics? I Don’t Know Her” Wheeler (insp)

bonus:

"and love is love, is love, is love, is love, is love, is love, is love, is love

cannot be killed or swept aside

(…)

now fill the world with music, love and pride"

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

FREE LOVE!!!!!! QUEER LOVE!!!!

this is the same kid who spent a year refusing to give up on finding Will, jumped off a cliff for Dustin, stood up to bullies twice his size, argued with adults when he thought they were wrong, and routinely throws himself into situations with approximately three brain cells and a dream. he's stubborn. he's reckless. he's loyal to a fault. sometimes he's insecure, sometimes he's confident, sometimes he's a complete idiot. he's a person.

and on the flip side, why is Will constantly written as this impossibly confident, emotionally mature person who has Mike wrapped around his finger? have we met Will Byers? the boy is anxious. he overthinks everything. he bottles things up until he practically explodes. half of his character is wanting connection and being terrified of losing it.

like, if you ship them, surely the appeal is that they're both disasters?

Mike isn't some helpless Victorian widow who'll collapse onto a fainting couch if Will leaves the room, and Will isn't an all-knowing emotional support wizard whose entire purpose is managing Mike's feelings. the interesting thing about them is that they're both messy, stubborn kids who care way too much and communicate way too little.

more Leviticus x Byler !!!!!

i don’t think i’ll be able to see it in theaters when it comes out im so upset </3