#byler dads

[groovinrightalong]

Byler dads…

[sapphic-bats]

Okay ficlet request….Byler as dads??????? 😂🤷🏻‍♀️

UM, OF COURSE?? Request from @photographygirl814

“Mike!” Will says as the door is shut behind him. He fumbles with the bag of groceries in the odd hold he had to use to undo the lock. “Mike, I’m home!”

Instead of Mike rounding the corner, the sound of small bare feet slapping the hardwood flooring alerts Will as to who’s about to appear. Her presence is quickly made as she charges up to Will, not even tall enough to stand far above his knees, and latches onto his leg.

“Daddy!” The little girl squeals happily, putting her face in his pant leg.

Will laughs, still only having one free hand to place on the top of her head. “Sweetheart, I’m so sorry, but I need to set down the groceries. Could you-”

“Nora, step back from Daddy. Give him a second, he has bags, remember?” Mike, suddenly having come around the corner, prods Nora with his reminders.

Respectfully, Nora unlatches and steps back, eyes still big with excitement. “I can help!”

Will’s already smiling. “I think this bag’s too heavy.”

“Not for me!” She proudly announces, placing her hands on her hips.

“I wouldn’t bet against it.” Will chuckles, and Mike steps forward.

“Alright, alright, you two,” he reaches out for the bag of groceries, stepping past Nora’s buzzing frame. “Stop hogging the attention, Nor. I need to see Daddy too.”

Nora giggles, bouncing on her heels before she seems to remember something dramatically. “Wait, wait! I drew a picture!” She cries out excitedly as she turns heel and charges back into the living room.

They both chuckle, well-used to Nora’s antics, and Will, with hands now free, cups Mike’s face and kisses him. “Thank you for picking her up. How’s she liking her new daycare?”

“Oh, it’s great. She loves the kids there, and her teacher is very nice. I’d say this week is going really well.”

Will slides one hand to his boyfriend’s shoulder, smiling. “And how about you? How’s writing going?” He asks. “Do you need my illustrations yet?”

“Almost.” Mike reaffirms, kissing Will’s cheek. “Still finishing the last few chapters, but I think it’ll be good for editing soon.”

Will kisses him again, and they both smile into it. Then, a young voice shouts from the living room.

“Dadda, where’d you put my drawing?”

Mike scoffs a laugh, and Will shakes his head, nimbly slipping his hand into the handle and stealing back the bag. “You go take care of that. I’ll unload the groceries.”

“I’ll help you afterwards.” Mike insists, smiling and striding off to help their daughter.

Will does the “Little Rascals” wave under his chin, which Mike mirrors gleefully. Once he’s rounded the corner, Will chuckled to himself and heads into the kitchen.

If you had asked Will Byers in 1986 if he had any hope of a happy future with quite literally everything he wanted, he would have said no. Truthfully.

But sometimes, it’s a wonderful thing to be wrong.

[oliverhangout]

cat dads 🐈‍⬛

[sexy-sapphic-sorcerer]

My dad's lack of media comprehension serves as a fascinating litmus test for gay subtext. He "didn't pick up on any gay breadcrumbs" between Stede and Ed until the moment they kissed, but he knew that Will Byers was gay just from "it's not my fault you don't like girls" in series 3. It took him way too long to realise that there was something fruity going on in Killing Eve, but he fully believed that Sherlock and John ended up together

[milkvanissonothappening]

I’m a Mike Wheeler girl dad truther

[strawberrybyers]

if the rumors are true about casting a younger mike, will, and jonathan then i think i will actually go into cardiac arrest if we get a flashback scene of them. like i truly feel like if they’re going to have a scene of them when they’re much younger then it’s because vecna is showing memories to mike or will. i’m praying it’s mike who gets vecna’d because we need a tour of that boy’s brain

[gaysforbyler]

One of my favorite pieces of Byler evidence is that Mike treats El the same way he would treat Will.

Like how in S3 he tries to regulate how much El uses her powers, saying that she’s putting herself in too much danger. The problem is, El hates that. She loves her independence, and being able to make decisions about her own body, since that was something that has always been taken away from her.

Will, on the other hand, never stands up for himself. Mike knows that he would sacrifice himself for the greater good without fuss, and needs someone to tell (or demand) him to stand down. Will needs someone to assure him that the weight of everything isn’t on his shoulders alone, and to protect him from people who will walk all over him.

[stevesbipanic]

Hopper and Will bonding over them thinking Mike and Eleven are gross together. Hopper loves this arrangement glad that his new son his some sense in the world. They silently rejoice together when they break up. Hopper is happy finally he has peace. That is until of course he discovers the reason Will hated it when he brings home his new boyfriend.

[booksandpaperss]

Ayo shout-out to Lucas Sinclair for being literally the only member of the party to not have massive boulder sized daddy issues, and therefore is the only one out of all six of them that is capable of consistently owning up to his own actions with more than just one specific person if anyone at all 🫡

[groovinrightalong]

Sneak peek of the next chapter of So Tell Me What’s Wrong With the Feeling? Aka, the estranged byler Dad Will fic:)

Mike, not thinking and saying random shit so he can get off work early to help him out:

Will, who’s seen Mike maybe three times since not seeing him for literally four years, on the other side of the phone: 😦

They are very much not together here they’re barely even back to being friends Mike just does NOT have a filter💀

Also Mike and Winnie (Will’s daughter) shenanigans who cheered

[chirpsythismorning]

Welcome to a series I'm calling:

Yes, that scene did foreshadow Mike's monologue was disingenuous

Because you'd be surprised how many times the show (even prior to s4) has poked fun at Mike's monologue in the most random ways.

The Bingham's Beautiful Performance

First we have Suzie's sister on the floor, bedazzled and sporting a veil all while her brother is filming. This is basically the kids attempting to present a tale of a romance ending in gruesome tragedy.

Our bride here is El. The edition of the veil could be a nod to the loud majority's series long assumption that Mike and El are going to end the show together, preferably getting married.

Unfortunately, this is the closest thing they'll ever get to it, with the acknowledgement of that possibility in and of itself being mocked.

This next shot makes the likelihood that these scenes are connected pretty much indisputable, that being the edition of the record player behind the bride's head.

The only reason they made a point of having Will push the radio out of El's way, was to subtly connect this moment in Surfer boy to the beautiful performance we saw at the Bingham's only a few episodes prior (scenes that are widely known to be filled with foreshadowing for the season's ending).

A few bylers have already talked about these parallels, so this isn't new knowledge per say. But I do know some have dropped it altogether as possible foreshadowing for whatever reason, while most fans outside of the byler fandom insist it only foreshadowed Eddie's death. However, I think there are too many details that equally, if not more connect it to Mike's monologue than to Eddie's death.

Some fans have also noticed how Will was missing in quite a few shots at the Bingham's, which is interesting, but not all that surprising. Especially in this case...

Will. Will is the director

Director Will: GET THAT RADIO OUT OF MY SHOT!

Will directed the monologue when he used his feelings to inspire Mike, with the reminder of it (literally in the moment) directing Mike to confess to El, just like Suzie's brother directed that beautiful performance. Both performances convincingly left its audience thinking that the performers feelings in that moment were believable and...

genuine...

[doofythewhy]

Hey so since I only got four responses to Part 2 of my Byler dads post. I decided to put the four in the poll

[queen-of-hawkins-why-ler]

My dad has officially been converted to the cause, y'all. He started out as a GA and a Milkvan, but last night he was explaining to my mom that Will was talking about himself during the van scene and also that Jonathan knows about Will and Mike and that's why he was watching them in the rear-view mirror. 💀💀

[tiredgaycrisis]

me when i finally convince my STEM friends who have only seen 2 seasons of stranger things to let me talk about the byler theories:

[ice-sculptures]

FAVORITE BYERS BROTHERS SCENES: 5/?