#platonic wheelclair

[http-byler]

platonic wheelclair doodle request from instagram <3

[mirkwoodsuperspy]

mike wheeler would name his car. he'll just be like "how dare you insult my second in command my best girl dolly/pam/christine". and lucas and whoever else will just be okay with it.

[booksandpaperss]

Mike: I definitely like girls

Lucas: buddy no one said you didn’t-

Mike: I DO I SWEAR

Lucas: mi-

Mike: I’ll even prove it

Mike: uhhhh

Mike: if Will was a girl I’d totally date him!

Lucas:

Mike: see? get it? Cuz I find girls attractive and therefore would definitely date Will if he was one

Lucas: I- I need some water. I’ll be right back.

Lucas: *on the phone* Max? Babe? Oh thank god you’re there, yeah I need reinforcements. The situation is more dire than we thought.

lowkey inspired by the several times my bestie @andiwriteordie said that Mike would say he’d date Will if Will was a girl bc you are 100% correct lmao

[parkitaco]

lucas ships byler but not in the middle of class 🙄

[light-lanterne]

randomly went on twitter and the first thing i see is a post claiming that lucas and max would hate mike if they saw how he acted towards will in s4,,,

,,,

do these people know or understand any of the characters ? :|

lucas is kind. lucas is understanding and has always shown great emotional intelligence. lucas was the first to notice mike, his best friend, was acting strange in s1 (even if he got the reason wrong). to think that he wouldn't realise mike was being weird is ridiculous, particularly when considering that he knows how mike and will typically operate. to think that he wouldn't try to have a conversation with mike about it all is even more ridiculous.

and max, the girl who spent all school-year pushing people away, who has previously addressed her habit of being rude when she's overwhelmed with life's crap, and who was being specifically "mean" to lucas (who was only concerned with her wellbeing) throughout half the season because she didn't feel comfortable opening up about her struggles / depression,,, do people seriously think she wouldn't see that mike was also pushing will away on purpose for some reason ?

lumax would obviously call mike out. they would obviously not be okei with his behaviour and would immediately seek to comfort will if the situation called for it.

but they would not hate mike, and they would actually try to help him because he's their friend and they care for him.

people need to stop projecting their distaste for mike onto the characters, or twist their personalities a ridiculous amount just so they can imagine lucas and max (or any other character) acting the way they would act instead e.e

[kuumara]

Hey, Lucas

Mike and Lucas are on patrol. They're not far away from the safe house, but that doesn't mean they're safe. Thankfully they've gotten better at defending themselves these past year, and now they can be more useful than just plotting new plans.

They've been walking in silence, too scared to make noise that might attract anything. But Mike's never liked silence, it makes him feel even more anxious.

Mike whispers. "Hey, Lucas-"

"Shh." Lucas shuts him up immediately. Alright, then.

"Damn. When did you turn into such a nag-"

"Shh!" Ugh. Mike rolls his eyes. No one's any fun around here anymore. Except Will. But he's mostly possessed, so Mike doesn't know if he would be like this too if he spent more time with the group. Mike wishes he wouldn't, but he also wishes he wouldn't be possessed anymore. He wishes everything would be back to how it was.

If everything were normal, he could've maybe went to California with Will, or wherever he wanted to go, and they could get an apartment or maybe go to college together. There's colleges that have an art program and a writing program in the same building, right? It's both art, isn't it? He wishes he didn't have to keep his dreams to himself. If he or Will were a girl, he could gush about that all he wants. But neither of them are a girl.

Mike isn't walking with Lucas through cold, heavy air that makes you barely able to breathe. He's on a beach in California, with Will and El, in Lenora. During that spring break.

He and El never started dating again, in this ideal world. They're friends. Like, real friends, not the kind of friends you say you're 'just friends' with. The sun is shining, not too bright and not too dim. There's not a lot of people around them, rare for a beach like this. Will is telling him to come swimming with him. They swim and play in the water for a while. Mike tries to playfully keep Will under the water, but he keeps clutching him and eventually they both give up, exhausted, arms around eachothe-

"Mike!" Lucas waves a hand in front of Mike's face. That, unfortunately, pulls Mike out of his daydreaming. He blinks at Lucas. They're on the porch of the safe house. They still have to stay here for some time, while the others are getting ready to go sleep.

"You wanted to talk before so badly. Now speak,"

Mike contemplates. What if he just- told Lucas about Will? He's probably noticed something's up. He's the 'love expert', after all. Either Lucas accepts him, or doesn't care because they've got more important stuff to handle than Mike's self-discovery. Or, Lucas doesn't accept him and he loses his best friend. Ruins this friendship. He doubts that'll happen, though- Lucas isn't like that. His motto is 'normal is crazy'. He's been called a freak all his life, he's basically Mike's brother, he wouldn't bail on his fellow freak...

"Mik-"

"I'm gay," Mike blurts out. Great, at least now he doesn't have to overthink anymore, it's out there now.

Lucas just stares at him. Mike closes his eyes, he already knows this is going wrong. He closes his eyes, and waits for the punch, or the insult, or the outing to everyone else, or something.

But nothing happens. Well, something happens. Lucas hugs him. Mike still doubts this is positive, and expects him to hiss something awful and humiliating in his ear.

But he doesn't. They just stand there, on the front porch of the barricaded safe house. So, this is a positive reaction after all, isn't it?

"And I- I love Will." Mike's mouth moves faster than his brain yet again. But at least he's saved from the overthinking, I guess-

"I love him so much. Love-love him. Don't tell him," Mike's voice starts to break. Lucas hugs him even tighter, and Mike can't help but cry.

He cries, for what seems like forever, he's surprised no one came to take the other watch shift yet, and he hopes they don't. He doesn't want to be seen like this.

And Lucas is hugging him and holding him close through all of the crying and sniffling and staining his jacket.

Eventually, Mike just stays standing there, Lucas still not letting go, Mike's head on his shoulder. He's tired, yet has never felt more well-rested. He feels understood and he feels safe.

"Thank you, for telling me." Lucas whispers into Mike's hair. His voice is wet, he's been crying as well.

"Look at me, Mike,"

Mike does that. His tired eyes sting in the cold, dry air. Lucas's eyes are red, too.

"Listen. If anyone would hurt you, I would stand up for you, wouldn't I?"

Mike nods.

"And do you think I would hurt you? Despite you knowing I would beat anyone's ass that would even look at you weird?"

Mike laughs. He's happy Lucas is his friend. He's happy he told him.

"I would have to stand up to myself if I'd hurt you." They both laugh. And Lucas hugs Mike some more.

"I'm always here for you." Mike smiles into his shoulder.

"And, about Will. Don't even worry about him, you've got the love master on your side after all-"

"No, Lucas-"

"The wedding bells will ring in no time! Put together your guest list and book your hotels! Pick a theme already! What color will the decorations be? The bridesmaids dresses-"

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Lucas plans bylers wedding agenda

based (😎) on this post by @merth-or-nothin (finally learned how to embed shit)

[brionysea]

lucas copying mike's little arm motion 😭

[gayofthefae]

Season 1 usage of "best friend" meaning "practically brothers" Wheelclair vs Season 4 usage of "best friend" meaning "practically dating" Byler

[darkcrowprincess]

Mike and Lucas during season 3:

[cleradinthealps]

lucas and mike are the kind of best friends who kissed once as preteens to “practice for when they get girlfriends”

[cringengl]

Whenever wheelclair make a pinky promise they have to hold up their other hand to make sure they're not crossing their fingers and it's like. A Whole Thing. Like they have to double check that all fingers are uncrossed and after one time when Lucas broke a pinky promise by crossing his toes, if the situation is pretty dire they will take off their shoes just in case.

[byler-alarmist]

Just imagined a S5 moment where Mike comes out as queer to Lucas in private and they're discussing.

Lucas is very accepting but asks why Mike didn't tell him sooner, and Mike looks at the floor and says something like he thought Lucas would think he was disgusting or not want to be friends anymore.

And Lucas shakes his head and is like listen Mike, whatever you do in your private time is your business. Just like you'd never ask what Max and I get up to in our alone time, I'm not going to ask about you and Will-

And Mike immediately splutters and turns bright red and cuts him off like WH-WH-WHAT who said anything about Will?!!?

And Lucas' eyes widen and he immediately backtracks like what..? N-no! I thought....uh....um.....

Idk why but it was really funny in my head 😹

[milevenstancyendgame]

So I was watching the panel from FanExpo Dallas in June 24 with Gaten Matarazzo and Caleb McLaughlin (for some much needed distraction), and I think the question about their characters' relationship to Mike has gotten a lot of attention already, but I just loved what Caleb said about it (especially regarding s3 and s1), and this one thing made me feel really excited for s5 again:

"I don't think they realise how deep their relationship is. I feel like we might get to see that in season 5. It'll come from a more mature place."

So that's a bit of a confirmation for the Mike & Lucas drama/relationship exploration that I was hoping for!🥹😱🙏❤️

[strangeswift]

mike lucas anything oh my god

Congratulations Ella nancysglock you have been selected to receive ✨️a ficlet✨️

This takes place post S5, senior year of high school. Sill in Hawkins. Established Byler and Lumax. And. It's fluff. I've written fluff. Don't get used to it.

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Lucas and Mike walked through the mall, Mike attempting to tune out the grating sounds of the Christmas music playing over the speakers.

They'd driven an hour to get to this godforsaken mall. Sometimes, despite the poor effect on the local economy and the Russian lab in the basement, Mike kind of missed having Starcourt in Hawkins.

They had to weave through the line of kids waiting to see "Santa". Mike looked over at the man wearing a red suit and a synthetic white beard and cringed.

"I've always thought that was kind of-" He started.

"Creepy?" Lucas finished.

"Yeah. Who lets their kid sit on some random guy's lap?" Mike said.

"And who agrees to do that job? I mean come on, that guy's definitely a felon," Lucas added.

Mike snorted.

The air smelled of too strong flowery perfume and Chinese food, mingling into a borderline nauseating aroma. Mike wrinkled his nose as they passed the food court.

"What's wrong?" Lucas asked.

"Smells," Mike remarked.

Lucas raised an eyebrow, "You're such a baby. Can we please focus? We need to figure out what we're getting for Will and Max."

"I already know what I'm getting for Will," Mike said.

"Good for you, man," Lucas said sarcastically.

"It's not my fault you don't know your girlfriend as well as I know my... Will" Mike said.

Lucas laughed. "Could you have meant your boyfriend?" he asked.

"Yeah, whatever," Mike mumbled, averting his eyes as they continued to walk through the crowd.

"It's fine, man," Lucas said casually.

And it was fine. Mike knew that. He knew Lucas was happy for him. "It just feels weird to say... out loud," he said.

"Well, it's not," Lucas said matter-of-factly.

"Not what?" Mike asked.

"Weird," Lucas answered.

Mike paused. "Okay."

"Okay," Lucas echoed.

A small smile tugged at Mike's lips, he made sure not to let Lucas see.

"So let's find gifts for Max then," Lucas said, changing the subject.

"Gifts plural?" Mike questioned.

"Yeah, one from me, one from you," Lucas said with a smirk.

"Oh I am not getting Max a-"

"She got you one," Lucas interrupted.

"No she didn't," Mike argued, "You're making that up."

"Maybe, but you don't know that for sure, do you?" Lucas said.

Mike rolled his eyes, "I don't even know what girls like."

"Welcome to my world," Lucas said.

"I thought you knew what girls liked. Remember when you took me shopping to help me get El back?"

"We didn't even get her anything, and you didn't get her back," Lucas said with a laugh.

"I did eventually," Mike mumbled, "That's not the point. I mean aren't you like an expert?"

Lucas shrugged, "I thought I knew everything back then. We've both matured a lot."

"We have, haven't we," Mike remarked.

"Oh. No I meant Max and I have matured, you definitely haven't," Lucas joked.

Mike rolled his eyes, and quickened his pace so Lucas had to jog to catch up as they walked into a department store that looked like it had lots of... girl things.

"What are you getting for Will anyway?" Lucas asked as he felt the fabric of a scarf hanging on the rack.

"Art stuff he wanted and uh... I wrote him a letter," Mike said, flushing a little.

"That's not a bad idea. I should write Max a letter," Lucas said.

"What if I wanted to write Max a letter for her gift?" Mike joked.

Lucas huffed a laugh, "We can both write her a letter I think."

"Dear Max, you are my closest and dearest friend. I think you're so smart and beautiful, I love you soooo much-" Mike began.

Lucas laughed, "She'd probably hit you."

Mike shrugged, "Worth it."

"She wrote you a letter, you know. When she..." Lucas trailed off.

Mike could tell from his tone of voice what he was referring to. "Really?" he asked.

Lucas nodded.

Mike paused. "We should get out of here. There's a skate shop on the other side of the mall, she'd probably prefer something from there."

Lucas frowned, "Yeah... Yeah, why didn't I think of that?"

Mike shrugged, "You were too focused on getting the type of gift a boyfriend is supposed to get for his girlfriend?"

"When did you get all wise and shit?" Lucas asked.

"Speaking from experience," Mike said.

Lucas clapped him on the shoulder, "Let's go look at skateboards."

"Oh actually, I just need to grab one thing from here for Will."

Lucas raised an eyebrow.

"He likes those stupid fucking Christmas candles," Mike explained.

"They do smell good," Lucas said, "I like the cinnamon ones."

"Yeah? Well you can pick it out then," Mike said.

"Sure, but I'll tell Will I picked it out, and he'll probably hug me instead of you," Lucas said.

"Yeah? Well I'm gonna write Max the best letter she's ever read, it'll make your letter look like shit," Mike countered.

"I'll leave the letters to you, I'm gonna get her a new skateboard," Lucas said with a laugh.

"Dear Max, I actually think you should leave Lucas for me, because-"

Lucas slapped Mike's arm to shut him up, "Come on, idiot, let's pick out your stupid fucking candle for your boyfriend," he said fondly.

After arguing extensively about candles and finally selecting one, they started walking toward the skate shop.

"I wish I was actually going to be in Hawkins for Christmas," Lucas said.

"You should tell your parents you don't want to go to the ski resort," Mike suggested.

"I tried, they don't care," Lucas said.

"Well, you're an adult," Mike argued.

"As of a month ago," Lucas pointed out.

"Whatever, I think you should stay. We need you for the campaign. Erica too," Mike said.

"You guys will be fine. Max and El said they'd fill in," Lucas said.

"Yeah, only because you asked them," Mike mumbled.

"They'll do it," Lucas promised.

Mike hesitated. "Well maybe we just move the campaign up."

"You'd move the campaign for me?" Lucas asked.

"Of course," Mike said.

Lucas paused, "The skate shop's there," he said, starting to walk toward the store.

They walked in and Mike admired the wall of colorful skateboards. They were cool. Or whatever.

"I thought you said there was no way you guys would finish the campaign before Christmas," Lucas finally said.

Mike shrugged, "If Will and I pull a couple of all nighters we probably can."

"You don't have to do that," Lucas said.

Mike absently spun one of the wheels on a display board, "I know, I want to."

Lucas smiled. "Okay."

"Hey, I think we should test out the boards," Mike said.

"You can't ride a skateboard," Lucas said, exasperated.

"How hard can it be?" Mike asked, taking the display board off the shelf and setting it on the floor.

"You're gonna bust your ass," Lucas said.

"No, you'll catch me!" Mike said, stepping onto the board and wobbling, holding his arms out for balance.

"Get off, you're gonna fall," Lucas said.

"I… yeah," Mike said, teetering on the board, "Can you… I need help."

"You need help stepping off of a skateboard?"

"Yeah, I'm gonna fall!" Mike said, a bit panicked.

Lucas rolled his eyed and extended a hand. Mike grabbed his hand and started to lift one foot, but the board rolled slightly and he froze.

"Oh my god, dude," Lucas said, holding out his other hand.

Mike grabbed both of Lucas's hands and hopped, rather than stepped, off the board.

Lucas was practically doubled over laughing, and Mike tried to look offended but a grin spread across his face.

"Hey! No buy, no ride!" a voice said from behind them.

Mike scowled as they turned around to see…

"Keith?" they both said in unison.

"Hello troglodytes," Keith said in his deadpan nasally voice.

"What the hell, you work here?" Mike asked, picking the board up and returning it to the rack.

"Yep," Keith answered, "Moved to the city for school."

"There's no way you skateboard," Mike said dubiously.

"Why, because I'm a nerd? That's presumptuous," Keith said.

"Do you skateboard?" Lucas asked, eyebrows raised.

Keith hesitated. "Job's a job. Are you gonna buy anything?"

"Yeah, uh I'm looking for something for Max, I was thinking a new board," Lucas said.

"Mad Max," Keith said, smirking.

"Uh… yeah. So I guess do you have any recommendations?" Lucas asked.

Mike scoffed.

"Well, that one's our latest model, it's a-" Keith started.

"We'll take it," Mike interjected.

"What?" Lucas asked.

"Dude, we don't know shit about skateboards and neither does he. It's the latest model, we'll take it," Mike said.

Lucas hesitated. "Alright. We'll take it."

After they checked out, they walked out of the mall.

Lucas looked like he was thinking about something, then he finally asked, "Did you mean it, about the campaign, I mean? You'll move it up?"

"Yeah, dude. You're our ranger, we need you," Mike said.

Lucas smiled.

"More importantly we definitely can't play without Lady Applejack," Mike added with a smirk.

"Definitely not," Lucas agreed.

[octopusoptimusprime]

i’m a firm believer that lucas and mike are best friends by the way and sometimes i get very sad about them

[apocalyptic-byler]

PLS HAVE WHEELCLAIR BOND IN S5