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Will seems to scan him, eyes darting over his face, until he says, “Sure, go for it.”

Mike swallows, works the words in his mouth, and then finally asks, “Did you ever, y’know. Did you ever have a thing for me?” He makes a valiant attempt to sound casual. It just comes out slightly strained.

He risks a glance over.

Will looks like all the blood drained from his face. His lips part silently. Finally, he says, voice cracking, “What?”

Mike leapt off the edge of a cliff and is dangling suspended in the air. He hears wind and blood rushing in his ears.

He laughs. “I— I was just wondering. Stupid question, sorry. Obviously— obviously not.”

“Mike,” Will says, disbelieving. Like he’s praying this is a joke. “You— you know I did.”

Free fall.

Will's eyes desperately search his, and Mike is lost. “What?” he breathes. “Will, that’s not— what do you mean? What are you talking about? I don’t—” He breaks off, and says, weakly, “Will, if I knew, I would’ve…”

His mouth snaps shut and he swallows hard. Looks away, furious tears prickling his eyes.

“Mike, you would’ve what?” Will’s voice trembles. Does he fear this is a joke?

Mike wants so badly to spare himself this — it’s his own fault for fucking asking, why did he ask when he knew whatever answer would be past tense anyway? — but he can’t refuse Will.

He turns to look at him, meeting his glossy eyes. “I would’ve thrown myself at you,” he says brokenly. “Jesus, Will, I—” He curls over his knees, hugging them to his chest.

The stretch of silence drags on, long enough that when Will finally whispers his name, Mike instantly blurts out, “Forget it. It doesn’t m— it doesn’t have to be a thing. I’m sorry.”

“Would you still?”

The question hits him like a bullet. He turns, slowly. “What?” Careful. Like reaching out to a dog that’s sitting pretty for once, knowing you’ll probably still get bit.

“If I felt that way now, would you still?”

“Will… don’t joke.” He doesn’t think he’s joking. He has to say it anyway. His eyes scan Will’s face for some hint that this is a dream, a nightmare, something to wake up from.

He sees nothing.

“Mike,” Will whispers. Answer me.

Huh.

and then it dawned on me. we kid and we joke, but there's a lot of truth behind the idea that no one hates mike wheeler as much as mike wheeler hates mike wheeler. and mike see's how much will having feelings for him has caused him pain. and nothing, absolutely nothing, is as important to mike as will's feelings. the last thing mike ever wants to do is for will to hurt. and to be the cause of that pain? mike wheeler would find that excruciating.

and I believe will's friendship does a lot for mike's self esteem. but something you learn as you mature, is that love can't fix you. someone loving you won't make you stop hating yourself. someone loving you is like your hand being tenderly held as you go on the long and arduous voyage of building up some self esteem. but someone's love won't give you self esteem.

and mike's self esteem by the epilogue is in tatters.

so because of this, a deep seated belief settles within mike: will moving on from him is the best thing that could have happened to him. for mike, it's not just, "I've lost my chance." it's also, "thank god he got away." in mike's mind, all that will has gotten from having feelings for him is misery. this is the same boy who felt so worthless that, when comparing el to superman, he couldn't even imagine himself as lois lane. it's very much a thing of "if you love someone set them free." if will gets to escape hawkins (and get away from mike), no way is mike pulling will back in.

if you touch her again, i will kill you again

Post-finale Jane Byers–Hopper and Will Byers 💜💛

Yes, she’s alive, she’s with Kali, and Dr. Owens helped them to regulate all problems with the military/government of USA (the ones who knew) and now lives with them outside of USA (he was also the one to provide them with new ID’s).