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but they have this great idea like wait let's go through eachothers' memories instead because facing someone elses' fears is better than facing your own right

until max stumbles upon the rain fight and the rink o mania fight and every little conversation mike has had with will where he's so obviously repressing himself and all the moments when he's alone in his room looking at will's art and sobbing and all mike's deepest darkest thoughts about will hating him if he ever found out and max is running through trying to process all of this because oh my god mike wheeler is in love with will byers, THAT'S why he always acts like this, she GETS it now

and when they meet back up max just immediately gives mike a big hug and he's absolutely mortified because shit shit shit shit she knows but max just looks him in the eyes all like "it's okay mike, you're allowed to love him"

and then, especially when will comes out, max mayfield does NOT let mike wheeler stay silent because she 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙨

You’re wrong, mom. It’s my fault.

cleradin who save eachothers' lives on a daily basis and use the danger around them as a 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 from being in love

cleradin who aren't repressed because they're scared of being gay (the concept of labelled sexuality doesn't exist in their world), but cleradin who are repressed out of fear of losing the other one if they don't feel the same way

cleradin who cannot afford that risk because they are 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨 in fighting the danger around them and cannot physically SURVIVE if they lose eachother

cleradin who someday see byler happy and together in a world where danger doesn't exist in the same way, a world where mike and will are tied together purely by their raw love for eachother and not because their partnership is formally necessary

Happy Birthday Will Byers!!!

My chemical byler