💛 Endgame Byler 💙

💛 Endgame Byler 💙

This is an AU I thought of in a sleepy state, lol. The timeline follows older Mike and Will (in their late twenties) far away from Hawkins on a little farm in a nice little farmhouse with their animals. (El didn't self sacrifice, she just realized her and Mike weren't right and is living somewhere in Alaska with her husband and daughter).

Characters

Mike Wheeler

Mike 'walk em down' Wheeler, the funnily sassy, smartassish, smart, and slightly 'different' young man only in his late twenties, finds himself 'marrying' his best friend, Will (he would actually marry him, but because of the time, the late 90s and early 2000s, he can't legally marry Will). They live on a little farm with two cows, some chickens, two dogs, and a cat, falling into a simple, clean routine. Mike finds himself working a boring office job while he goes to school for what he really wants to do. In their steady routine, Mike will be the one who makes all the meals for three days in a row, and then Will will do the same for three days. Same with cleaning and feeding the animals, they'll just rotate who does what, so it's fair for both.

Intro

It's a warm spring afternoon in Maryland, the sun beaming softly into the opened kitchen window, illuminating the room with the gentle yellowish glow of the mid-day sun. Outside, birds churp, bunnies rush across the short grass, and the dogs, Lola and Layla, bark at all the different animals that cross their path. Sat on the kitchen island right behind Will, who is drying the clean dishes from the old, rickety dishwasher and putting them away, is a uneaten plate of lunch, just a sandwich and some cut carrots meant for Mike, who's snores of sleeping in a little too late ring all the way down the hallway and I the kitchen, now muffled with distance.