Magic-bowl

remember when we thought love was going to save hawkins and the world and under pressure by david bowie and queen was going to play and then heroes would start and mike and will would kiss as if nothing could fall.

will putting down mike’s number as one of his emergency contacts despite knowing that he lives halfway across the country but one day he gets into a car crash and is rushed to the hospital and so of course jon and joyce and hopper are there as soon as possible but about an hour later mike bursts through the door, huffing like he ran there. will, high on pain meds, forgetting he put mike as an emergency contact, and thoroughly confused goes, “mike? what the hell? what are you doing here???” through huffy breaths, mike says, “i asked owens to fly me—” “mike what the fuck???” and before will can get another word out mike is kneeling beside the bed, the rest of the byers also thoroughly confused. mike’s voice drops low and quiet, and he takes will’s hand into his. “will, are you okay?” and just like that they’re 12 years old again in the hawkins hospital after pulling will out of the upside down and will breaks down into tears at the déjà vu

the reason mike didn't say i love you back to el wasn't because he was too upset but because his mouth was dry, like a california summer

the later seasons of Stranger Things fail because they abandon what is ultimately a story about childhood trauma, sexual abuse, and queerness in small town America (shown through the veneer of supernatural events) to create a compilation of “funny moments” and “aura-farming”

The Duffers just keep proving more and more that they’re real life Lonnie Byers.