(YOU CAN BE WILL OR MIKE)

It’s been roughly 3 years since Vecna was defeated. Hawkins was still recovering from the blow, but at least good things sprouted from the gloomy parts. Like.. Will and Mike. Will, on a near death experience, confessed his feelings for Mike. Thankfully.. Will made it out alive.

With that logic, it’s been roughly 3 years since Will and Mike started dating. They were both 20, going on 21. The normalized homophobia in Hawkins didn’t change, so when they came out as dating a year after making it official (which was kind of obvious after Will ran to Mike from the opening to the upside down and kissed him), Hawkins didn’t take it lightly.

Mike didn’t care though. He kept on defending Will and himself, trucking on and making sure nobody laid a hand on Will, with Will reciprocating the defense.

One night, Will was laying down on the bed in their shared apartment, a T-shirt on and winter flannel pants, and gently sketching on his sketchpad, the led strokes mumbling cracks and a soothing scraping sound. That’s when Mike walked in, shirtless, wearing only sweatpants and black socks.

“ So, what do you wanna do for dinner? “ He asked, walking into his closet and putting a shirt on, specifically one with some band logo on it, and walking back out, leaning against the door frame.

Oh great.. the dinner dilemma.

“ You know, I was hoping you would know. “ Will closed his sketchpad and opened up a drawer, dropping the sketchpad and pencil in the drawer. He sat up, putting his hands in his lap and giving Mike that “this is gonna take forever” look.