buckle up, it’s long (not that long) + not entirely in order

“The voices in his head called the rain to end our days of wild”

The voices being Mike’s internalized homophobia which leads him to lash out and dash the remains of their childhood (and Will destroying castle Byers which technically symbolizes childhood as well)

“Rivulets descend my plastic smile”

The picture Will’s looking at being one of a happy memory

“But you should’ve seen him when he first got me”

Pretty self-explanatory

“It fit too right, puzzle pieces in the dead of night”

I don’t even know, this just fits the vibes

“Should’ve known it was a matter of time”

Until everything got messed up again

“There was a litany of reasons why we could’ve played for keeps this time”

The reasons being signals

“There was danger in the heat of my touch”

They stopped with the physical contact entirely after this scene for… whatever reason (internalized *cough* homophobia)

“He saw forever so he smashed it up”

“We’re friends. We’re friends.” All because Mike was terrified of his feelings being too real

“He was my best friend, and that was the worst part”

Yeah…

“He took me out of my box”

Except out of the closet instead

“Stole my tortured heart”

Mike being the tortured poet is very fitting so leaving this here

“Left all these broken parts”

Will moved on and Mike stays in the closet

“Told me i’m better off”

“He’s just my Tammy,” and “friends? No thanks. Best friends.”

“But I’m not”

“I’m not”

“I’m not”

*all credits go to the original owners of these images on pinterest*