#danwill

yessssssssssss ive been thinking about them SO MUCH the past week. danny and will love each other SO MUCH.

danwill headcanons:

danny is gay and out and proud. he was will’s entrance/intro to the gay scene in nyc. he kept trying to set will up with people, but they really just wanted each other

danny is outgoing, and one of those people that has the ability to make everyone feel special. will misinterprets danny’s devotion to him as being danny’s sociable and loving nature while secretly nursing a massive crush.

danny introduces will to weed :) they are 2 weed smoking gfs

everyone calls him dan, but will is the only one who calls him danny. others have tried, of course, but the first time he heard will call him that it made him weak in the knees

he is a star wars nerd and wants luke skywalker so bad and he always tells will how much he reminds him of luke. wow did you see that one coming

will says “I love you” first.

the secret of will’s adolescence and the UD/Vecna stuff is a major point of contention in their relationship for a long time. when will finally tells him the truth, he plays along but secretly believes that will has invented all of the supernatural stuff to cope with his trauma better. when will realizes this, it causes their first big fight. he does end up believing will, though, without direct proof. more on that later

Danny notices Will’s anxiety but has insecurities of his own and starts to think that Will is embarrassed of him. He makes an off handed joke about it to Will and instantly Will is flooded with guilt and all of his reservations go out the window because there’s no way he’s making his own boyfriend feel like he has to hide or make himself smaller. Will himself has done enough of that. So they start small, holding hands, thighs pressed together on the couch. Until a movie night where Danny puts his arm around Will and Will falls asleep cuddled into his shoulder, his hand on his chest. He wakes up to Lucas giving him a shit eating grin and max hissing at him to shut up.

Everyone looks amused, not disgusted or anything. They’re all smiling (save for Mike who’s jealous but who cares) and that opens the floodgates. Suddenly Will is reaching up and kissing danny’s cheek every time he gets up, letting Danny pull him into his lap, curling up against his chest. Danny responds enthusiastically, kissing his temple and his forehead and giving him his jacket and even giving him a soft sweet kiss. Lucas and dustin playfully groan sometimes but max just smiles widely seeing Will be happy with someone and remembering all the talks the two of them had had in college about good relationships and being desired and how they both felt cursed.

The next few times Danny flirts Will continues to roll his eyes and play it off as a joke because he doesn’t even consider that Danny could be interested in him. When Danny gifts him something artsy (think sculpture or scrapbook page) for the first time, Will genuinely tears up because no one that isn’t his immediate family has put this much effort in for HIM before. He’s gifted people his drawings his whole life and he has poured out his heart and soul into them and he never expected anything back in return. But seeing someone genuinely laying their heart open, sending a clear message with no ambiguity, unashamed and unhidden, trusting HIM to take care of their heart like he can be gentle, like he can be as soft and open as he wants and they will return it.

Someone—Danny—Danny with his charming way with words, his endless compliments, his awkward art abilities that has blossomed into a beautiful expression of his emotions—thinks he is worthy of this much effort and considers him good enough to give his art to.