Little Byers-wheeler Family.

feels so odd to be posting art from wintertime when it's 80F outside

plushie collector will? canon. fashionista will? canon. bratty don't-make-me-do-physical-labor-omggg will? canon. crybaby will? canon. stage musical enthusiast will? canon. artistic will? canon. labeled gay for his clothes n behavior will? canon. comparable to female horror icons will? canon. pacifist will? canon. need a petite actor w big lovable eyes will? canon. walk like a pendulum will? canon. damsel in distress who quite honestly doesn't mind being one as long as he got his knight in shining armor will? canon. most comfortable in a dynamic where his love interest lead him n protect him n speak for him will? canon. mama's boy will? canon. gentle to an unwanted slug baby of his even tho it's a reminder of his assault n caused him misery will? canon. accept himself for what he is even if he resign to a life of loneliness bc will is brave n independent at his core while u struggle bc u insist that gay men like him can't ever be complex human beings that deserve to be represented, not ignored/erased? go seethe in a corner shit ball

mikes such a good ally he would even kiss his gay bff if he got the chance he would smother him and wrap them both up in a blanket and whisper sweet shit into his ear and kiss his hands and be his personal warming machine. um radiator

dad!mike headcanons —

being as tall as he is means that his kids always, always, alwayssss wanted him to carry them and sit them on his shoulders. made them feel real tall. he very quickly mastered the art of doing things one-handed, too.

mike used to wear his hair down a majority of the time and thought it was cute when his kid played with his hair until they gripped onto a clump of it once and YANKED that shit out with no goddamn warning using all of their herculean little kid strength. he started wearing it in a ponytail or bun after that. 😭

will of course kept that clump of hair and put it in one of their photo albums next to the clump from their kid's first haircut. massaged mike's scalp and gave him plenty of kisses to make up for it later, too.

mike has a day job and a part time job as a tax collector, which is to say you already know he's reaching that hand back while driving to collect his rightful dad tax aka a handful of whatever treat his munchkins are eating in the backseat. when they get older, they wise up and start whining about how it's unfair, given that his hands are so big, so maybe they should be using will's hand instead. will sides with his husband, unfortunately for them.

he loves when he and his kid are twinning it up, wearing matching fits. he also passes on some t-shirts he doesn't like so much on to them so they can wear them as pjs. just makes him happy. :)

speaking of clothes, mike isn't so particular about his own style, but he's definitely more hands-on with his kids. they may fuck his hair all the way up the way that they play with it, but he'll be damned if he lets them walk out the door looking like little hooligans. they can come home from school looking crazy, but they're at least going to start the day with their hair combed and done in whatever style they prefer.

when mike reads to them at night, he makes sure to do all sorts of different voices for the characters and really gives it his all, putting on a five-star show.

weirdos on here who clearly haven’t unpacked their own internalized homophobia as well as they think they have: even IMPLYING that byler would do anything more than innocently kiss in fanfiction is a CRIME it is SEXUALIZING MINORS and it should be PUNISHABLE BY DEATH how DARE you

meanwhile the actual show:

two instances of Will and Mike very blatantly checking the other out and then ofc-

but sure. fanfic authors who write heavy byler makeouts and potentially suggestive themes should be shamed and exhiled or whatever

he looks like a hurt puppy i’m literally never getting over this

i love you

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“Of course she likes Ghostbusters, but that’s not the point.”

most intentional design choice i've ever seen

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