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When worries bring two hearts closer together

some ‘attack on melon lord’ scribbles

edit: read this for some clarification 

grabbing lunch from earth-50101 before saving the multiverse🍟

“They can be dangerous,” said Jane calmly. “But they are not very big.” She lifted her hand again and sent them away even farther, chittering shrieks fading as they scampered into the woods.

There were so many words trying to spill out of Lucas’s mouth but all he could manage was “holy shit, holy shit, holy shit” over and over like some kind of mantra as Max faintly mumbled “Not very big?”, so it ended up being Dustin who managed to say what they were all thinking.

“Max was right! You do have superpowers!”

“That’s not what I said,” said Max, but Jane was already glancing between them hesitantly. Okay, Dustin might have yelled it. “But like, you do, don’t you?”

“Did you not see the way she moved them with her mind?”

chapter nine: hide and seek, freak

cleric's radio hour part 21 :)

sorry not sorry for yet another cliffhanger... i pinkie promise things start to get resolved in the next installment, so stay tuned!

all other installments here! <3

✨coming this weekend✨

“He made me promise I couldn’t tell. And it’d been getting better. I thought it had, anyway.”

mini hiatus is over, coming this weekend~~

“Mike? I thought he was still at school. I haven’t seen him.”

This got me thinking.

You’ll notice Mike is sitting on the couch, literally in the same spot he was sitting almost a year earlier when Will confided in him for the first time about the mindflayer. Will also asked that Mike not tell the others because they wouldn’t understand.

And here we are again. Nothing's changed.

Except it has.

Now, instead of Will being right beside Mike, with them on the same level both sharing something that is weighing down on them, we have Mike sitting next to Lucas, while Will is sitting higher up above all of them. It’s only now after several signs of the mindflayer, and with everyone present, that Will is deciding to come clean about what he’s been seeing. Not one on one with Mike like before.

Just makes me wonder what Mike could have been thinking at this moment, in this exact spot.

I wonder why Will lied to me about being okay that first time at Day of the Dead? Did he really think it wasn’t a big deal? Or was something else stopping him from opening up to me like he normally would when I asked if he was okay?

Then he’s suddenly thinking about the second time it happened, at the field, which is when he ran off with El. Obviously Will wouldn’t have been able to tell him then. And then the final time at castle Byers after their rain fight… yeah that's when Will finally told them, but look what brought them here?

This also makes the ending of s3 hit a bit harder. 

I guess I’ve been feeling distant from you. Like, you’re pulling away from me or something.

While Mike has his own battle he’s dealing with when it comes to choosing El over Will and the party at times, I think this realization that this played a role in Will distancing himself instead of confiding in Mike like he did before, is such an interesting concept.

I was worrying too much about El and… I don’t know. Maybe I feel like I lost you or something…

It's as if Mike has already outright told us why he latched onto El in the first place and how it directly correlated with why he felt like he lost Will (lost exclusive best friend perks? idk dude is dramatic).

That it was about worry for him when it came to El. Concern. Care.

What he feels for El is deep and meaningful, but it also comes with a dose of obligation and responsibility. Mike feels extremely indebted to El after everything she has does for them. Not only has she had to endure so much because of those around her expecting things from her, but that also includes Mike. His worry for her is fairly warranted.

Mike's attempt in s3 to be as normal as possible, while simultaneously trying to juggle his care for El and his relationship with Will and his other friends... it's just interesting seeing how it plays out and where it all leads to.

In s3, but especially s4, there is this distinction that Mike makes, where he separates Will from their other friends. He also then compares his relationship with El to theirs and how it's negatively impacted them because of his feelings and behavior...

If it was really platonic between him and Will, why in the hell is he making these distinctions at all? Why is he separating Will from the category with his friends and putting him into a category with his gf...?