college #byler pre-relationship. will finishes his art history assignment sometime around nine. by the time he finally closes his laptop, his eyes hurt, his neck is stiff, and he's already sick of looking at academic articles for the rest of the week. +
#miwi ⭐️❄️ snowball is supposed to be fun. everyone else seems to be having a great time. the gym’s full of music, twinkling lights, & awkward middle-school dancing. meanwhile, mike and will are sitting side by side against the wall, watching the whole thing from a distance. +
(cw // mature)
college #byler established. will had an exhausting day. between back-to-back studio classes, a painfully long art history lecture, and a closing shift that ended thirty minutes late, he’s barely functioning by the time he drags himself onto the subway home. +
#miwi ☀️🦸🏻 mike has been obsessed with superman for months. it starts with a few comics. then a few somehow turn into an entire stack in the corner of his basement, followed by action figures, hand-drawn logos, and long explanations that nobody asked for. +
(cw // suggestive)
college #byler pre-relationship. the phone call starts innocently enough. will’s curled up on max's couch beneath a blanket, half-listening to whatever movie’s playing in the background while mike complains about his day from the other end of the line. +
barista!mike x florist!will au. the complaint shows up three times in the same week. the coffee is good. the service is good. the atmosphere is... boring. at least, according to several customer feedback cards currently sitting on the counter in front of mike. +
college #byler pre-relationship. mike is trying very hard to be responsible. unfortunately, this becomes significantly harder when will spends half the night attached to his side and the other half accidentally wearing his drinks instead of… drinking them. +
college #byler pre-relationship.
it starts with will running late for class and ends with a sprained ankle, a sprained wrist, and several horrified freshmen asking if he's okay. +
college #byler pre-relationship. will’s nightmare always starts the same way. the darkness pressing too close. cold air that burns inside his lungs. the feeling of being watched by something enormous and patient hiding just beyond sight. +
established relationship #byler. morning arrives soft and domestic after a night that absolutely was not. mike wakes up first, warm, sore in a few places, and immediately decides two things:
one, he’s not waking will up yet.
two, he can probably make breakfast. +
college #byler pre-relationship. movie nights at their apartment are usually uncomplicated—cheap takeout abandoned on the coffee table, one blanket dragged across the couch, and a quiet hum of the heater. except tonight, will can’t focus on the movie he picked. +
college #byler pre-relationship. lucas and max spend a genuinely embarrassing amount of time arguing over whether they should call mike and will a cab or just drive them home themselves. +
college #byler pre-relationship. will is balancing an iced coffee, a sketchbook, his portfolio case, and far too much confidence while digging through his bag for apartment keys.
predictably, this ends badly. +
college #byler pre-relationship. mike wakes up gasping. hoodie clings damply against his skin, breathing uneven as the nightmare hangs stubbornly around him. the room’s dark except for faint streetlight slipping through the blinds. for one disorienting second, he’s still there. +