Fics Where Mike And Will Have Been Estranged Since High School And It’s The Late 90s And Mike Is A

byler having sex could be extremely important to will's coming of age as a gay man.

hear me out.

(also - before anyone comes at me for sexualizing minors - i'm not saying i want an explicit sex scene. i don't! something like jancy's s2 fade to black would be more than enough for me.)

now back to the point:

will has heard his whole life how being gay is this disgusting, dirty, vile thing - from his father & from bullies at school. likely other adults around the town, as well, considering we hear troy referencing what his dad said about will being killed by "some other queer" in season 1. not to mention this story is set in the midst of the aids epidemic. i mean, he's from a small town in bumfuck indiana, he's no doubt heard his share of casual and overt homophobia throughout the years. (and then there's the alan turing poster in s4...) long story short, he's only heard negative things about being gay. about loving other boys and wanting other boys and desiring other boys.

but then there's mike. his best friend. the one person that makes him feel like he's not a mistake for being different. for being gay.

mike & will having sex, being intimate and together in a way will was always taught was gross and wrong, and learning that it isn't any of those things - will learning that loving mike and wanting mike and desiring mike is beautiful, and wonderful, and right - and having mike want him back, desire him back, learning that it's okay, it's good, continuing that arc of mike making him feel like he's not a mistake, that he's better for being different because he gets to have this with mike - he deserves that moment, i think. and mike does, too.

I'd make some joke about s5 spoilers but i think ill just smash my head into the wall instead

They both had butterflies in their stomachs in these scenes and I'm sure their little hearts were beating so fast and 🥲

the fic is always pov loser mike totally flustered idiot down bad mike wheeler but never pov will the flustered loser down bad love sick idiot and that’s a crime 😔😔😔

the party + younger versions of their parents

inspired by this post

🟣🟣so silly mike

one year of this blog: my favorite byler scenes [6/7]

season four, chapter four | dear billy dir.: shawn levy.