I am a queer that was baited.

thinking about jonathan byers putting up missing posters and looking at caskets and organising the whole funeral practically by himself

thinking about jonathan byers forcing himself to go and see his abusive father because he felt he needed to check his house and his 𝙘𝙖𝙧 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙩 for will just in case

thinking about jonathan byers watching his mother refuse to accept will was dead, while the whole town was grieving, and he really really thought will was 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙙

that boy who was three months clean? he cut again.

the nonbinary? they couldn’t stop crying for three days and every time they tried to eat they threw up.

the girl who was getting out of depression? she can’t get out of bed.

the little will? he never thinks he’s going to find love, and that his crush is never going to like him back.

the queer teen living with a homophobic family? she was starting to accept herself and now she has to start back at square one.

their parents and relatives? they’re crying themselves to sleep because their families and children are hurting and they can’t do anything about it.

How much do you want to bet that Joyce is behind the camera, holding up Will like this:

she saw max drifting apart from the others and alone listening to kate bush

she saw dustin, lucas and mike join hellfire

she saw lucas trying to get max to come around again and him joining the basketball team

she saw steve and robin talking at family video about vickie and other girls

she saw max and mike hang out in the wheeler's basement from time to time

she saw nancy thriving at the school newspaper and applying to emerson college

she saw mike writing letters to her and him writing thousands of unsent ones to will but never told anyone