#mileven week

[lenorahills]

It’s been 39 years since Mike Wheeler felt like his life started in those woods 🤍

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[random-fandoms488]

MILEVEN WEEK DAY 5: POWER

The power of peaceful and silent embrace…

THIS IS WHAT THEY DESERVE 🥲

Drawn completely digitally! Base found on Pinterest!

#mileven #mileven week #mileven week 2022 #mileven fanart #mileven is endgame #mike and eleven #mike x el #el x mike #eleven x mike #mike x eleven #eleven and mike #stranger things fanart #stranger things #stranger things 4

[elisa-011]

Mileven Day may be over, but not Mileven Week! 💜💛

Headcanon: After saving El, she fell asleep completely drained and exhausted. Mike couldn't help himself but staring at her with heart eyes.

She's his super hero, a girlboss through and through. Because even though she just killed people by taking a helicopter out of the sky with her powers and crashing it to the ground, he loves her more than his own life and is just happy she's back.

Happy Mileven Week 2022! 💜💛💜💛💜💛

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[fairytaehl]

Will I be able to pass by yesterday’s me?

a little late here for day 5 and i might be for day 6 and 7, oops, but i have a busy life, so please excuse me, lol. i actually kinda liked this one so i hope u guys do too. also posted on ao3 under WubADubDub.

Summary: El wrapped her arms around Mike and squeezed softly, sniffling. Even though this all was hard to grasp, she could still feel safe and loved within his arms. If anything about the future was certain, it was Mike.

The sound of hands smacking down on a granite sink echoed in the bathroom that was otherwise empty besides one girl who's head was down with eyes squeezed shut as she tried to hold back tears with no success. They dripped down into the sink while her shoulders shook. Did she have to be so unlucky? It seemed that her past was always going to be one step behind her and be the source of the unending, devastating problems. She didn't know if this would truly be it, but part of her hoped that losing her powers meant that now she could have a chance at not having to glance over her shoulder. Though, she did still have one issue...

"El? You okay in there?" Mike's voice came from the other side of the door after he knocked. His voice sounded concerned, though clearly masked with a chuckle so as to not scare her away or alarm the Byers.

El swallowed thickly and looked up at herself, cheeks a bit blotchy and certainly unable to force a smile on her face, especially not to him right now; Mike was her greatest comfort during this whole period of double loss that she had never experienced before and he was there for her without hesitation.

She licked her dry lips and took a couple steps over to the door, reaching out to the door handle and stalling for a moment as she considered if she really wanted to let him in. But that wasn't a question, of course she did. He hadn't given her reason to not, despite any past troubles they'd had. None of that mattered right now.

El turned the knob and cracked it open a bit so Mike could peer in, immediately stepping in and dropping his shoulders, leaning back on the door to shut it while placing his hands on her shoulders and giving her one of his typical concerned faces of which she could see even in the dim yellowed light that she did, honestly, feel comforted by.

His hands were a bit cold but that was okay, her face had heated up from how she worked herself up and spent probably fifteen minutes or so struggling to not cry. Even now, tears still rolled down her cheeks while she sniffled and Mike pulled her in for a gentle hug, placing a hand on the back of her head to rest it on his shoulder. El breathed shaky breaths, but she felt herself becoming grounded the more she let herself come to terms with what her present was.

Losing her powers made her feel worthless. She felt like she was nothing like what all her friends chalked her up to be and she had nothing to offer to them now. It had quickly become a touchy subject, resulting in more shutdowns than she would like, and coupled with the reminder that maybe if she still had them she could've protected Hop...

Mike kissed the top of her head and El shut her eyes. What's done was done and there was nothing she could do about it. Joyce and Mike both told her nothing was her fault and if anything, they expressed that they would've wanted to do more to protect her. It was such a foreign concept that she had slowly become used to since her escape, though this set her five feet back, she thought. Still, everyone was there for her, and this was going to be her new norm after all. Perhaps the normal life she wanted where she could go outside without having to hide her powers, being that now they didn't exist, was finally going to be given to her.

El wrapped her arms around Mike and squeezed softly, sniffling. Even though this all was hard to grasp, she could still feel safe and loved within his arms. If anything about the future was certain, it was Mike.

#mileven #mileven fic #mileven fanfic #milevenweek #mileven week #mileven week 2022 #milevenweek 2022 #el x mike #eleven x mike #mike x eleven #mike x el #stranger things fic #stranger things fanfic #mileven fanfiction #mi escrito

[milevennet]

Mileven Week 2022 (vote)

Hi everyone! Please vote here to help put together Mileven Week 2022. I’m open to any suggestions for Day 7. Don’t worry if you aren’t a content creator, you are free to message me on this account or on my main to discuss the week in advance. Thank you so much! ❤️

#mileven #stranger things #milevenweek #mileven week

[mikeywheels]

Mileven Week 2022: Prompt 1: Colour

#mileven #mileven week #mileven week 2022 #stranger things #mike wheeler #el hopper #fanfic #prompt

[formerlyjannafaye]

mileven week?

more like mileven weak 🥹

#…because I’m weak for them? get it? #anyway just had to express this #mileven week

[elhoppars]

mileven week, day 2: stories

“You know,” he began, “Most of the time, things are a lot less scary when you start to understand them.”

Eggo crept up to settle in Andrew’s lap while Mike prodded at the whiteboard with a marker. “Thunder is just the sound that the sky makes when lightning strikes.”

fic link here!

#mileven #mileven week 2022 #mileven week #mileven week day 2 #mileven week stories

[thesrctsoftheuniverse]

not to be dramatic or a hater but steddie fics that have byler remain one-sided make me want to end it all

how can you see the potential with steve and eddie but not the potential for mike liking will back?????

byler rules all, idc what anyone else thinks

you think byler is unrequited? WRONG

#i read steddie fics btw im not a steddie hater #just sick of people acting like mileven is even remotely a realistic or healthy relationship that would last #eleven was literally free from the lab for less than a week before mike kissed her you think she knew what was going on???????? #also mike is gay with comphet and internalised homophobia #you can’t change my mind #byler endgame #byler #steddie #byler is canon #fanfic #ao3

[frozenfrogz]

Me when someone says that midleven is endgame because Mike said ‘I love you’

#i’m kinda becoming obsessed with kermit atm #anyway here’s my post after a week of nothing #i’m trying to get better at posting #i always say that #midlevens are silly #byler #will byers #mike wheeler #byler is endgame #byler is canon #byler is real #anti mileven #stranger things #s5 byler

[starbylers]

This is a response to the person who sent me an ask about their doubt last week, just hiding it below incase people don’t want to see that :)

For context this is an in-depth explanation of:

Why Mike’s monologue had to happen

Hi! And yeah of course I can try. I fully understand why the monologue is throwing you off and as someone who doesn’t believe Mike was consciously lying you’ve come to the right place lol. I explained a little more about why I think that in the tags here if you wanted to read more about that perspective. I’ll probably link to a few other posts in this aswell because it ties into a lot of stuff I’ve made Byler analyses about before.

So the thing you said about his arc being ‘does he love her or not?’ is what I think is causing the issue, because that isn’t Mike’s arc. You’re right in that that’s the question that is being posed to the audience at face value, but that’s not his character journey. I have a long post about this here but essentially, the core driving force of a character cannot be another person—Mike needs to, and does, have his own personal inner conflicts which the Byler perspective provides (pressure to perform being grown up which is made incredibly obvious to us in s3, and dealing with the tumultuous process of figuring out that he is not straight in s4—I personally don’t think he’s there yet though, I think the full realisation of why he’s been having all these problems with Will & El is still to come).

The perspective of ‘yes he does’ love her just because he said the words is the crux of the entire plot twist, because it’s the conclusion people inevitably come to when they don’t pay attention to the details. (I don’t mean this insultingly at all btw! The whole thing is very subtle and easy to misinterpret). And ST is all about details, something which has been told to us by the creators and is also obvious in their use of foreshadowing/hinting/referencing in all aspects of the show, not just Byler.

Mike’s arc didn’t finish a season early. This has even been told to us i.e. by David talking about how s5 will pay off big characters including Mike, and Finn himself saying Mike still has a ‘journey’ to complete, and also just the fact that we don’t have the final season means no-one’s arcs are complete because the story isn’t complete. The fact that a “love confession” occurred at the midpoint (s4/5 are basically intended as two halves of one story—post explaining this here) is what makes it extremely obvious that Mlvn is not the conclusion of this tale.

The monologue can probably be said to have many purposes, but here are the main ones to me:

It presents a solution that ultimately ends in disaster, and associates that disaster with Mike and El’s romance. The monologue is so, so important in showing that Mike and El’s love did not, could not save the day. That it wasn’t strong enough—further proof from the script here. It shows that El got what she thought she wanted, only to discover it wasn’t what she really needed. It may have helped save her but it didn’t help her achieve her goals (save Max, kill Vecna). Kind of a metaphor for their entire relationship lol. It’s also supposed to show that not even an ‘I love you’ can fix their issues—they literally don’t speak afterwards. I’m not sure El’s fully processed all this yet, but figuring it out is what’s going to drive her arc towards self-actualisation and allow her to win next season.

It furthers the miscommunication plot between Mike and Will. It’s an indisputable fact that Will’s lie influenced that monologue. (We can tell just by watching but it’s also in the script if we needed even more proof lol. Not to mention: the track that plays behind it is You’re The Heart. The episode is called The Piggyback. Will’s face is right over Mike’s shoulder when he says ‘I love you’—Will is integral to and inseparable from that confession). That is so important, and something we’re supposed to notice. The whole point of the monologue is who’s really behind it (aka who’s really behind the painting & words that drove Mike’s speech), because this sets the stage for the Byler confrontation next season. It’s literally the Benverly poem plot from IT, something we know the Duffers have taken inspiration from.

If Mike hadn’t gone through with it, there would be no movement forward in the story, we’d enter s5 with exactly the same plot we just watched in s4—Mike trying to say he loves his girlfriend for the literal third season in a row. It’s boring, it’s not good entertainment. Mike finally saying it (and yet there still being problems between them & it occurring under questionable circumstances) pushes development in the narrative, sets up new conflict for the next season. Or, if Mlvn had decided to break up because of Mike not saying it in s4, that would’ve led to Byler becoming painfully obvious and ruining the twist they’ve been setting up for literal seasons. Everyone knows Will loves Mike, and if Mlvn broke up in that same season the entire audience would see the ending of the show coming from a mile away. Remember, Byler is being written as a plot twist. It’s very likely tied up with the supernatural plot too.

The content of the monologue itself is supposed to demonstrate precisely why Mlvn are finished, why they don’t work, and should raise people’s eyebrows about the legitimacy of Mike’s “confession”. Like you said…he remembered her t-shirt lol. It’s impersonal, nothing about why he loves her or what he loves about her; he literally, proveably, lies in it and anyone can verify that by watching s1; and he makes comparisons to superheroes which is the exact opposite of what El needs (her whole issue is thinking she’s either the monster or the superhero, when what she really needs is to stop thinking in such a binary, and learn to be El the teenage girl, the sister, the daughter, the friend, the human being, and find her power in that).

And something else they purposefully do this season is give us examples of other love confessions to contrast and show how ingenuine Mike’s really is: Jancy & Will (not my original post! I just expanded on op’s point).

Now as I said before I don’t think Mike intentionally lied. My opinion is that he knows deep down something is not right with their relationship and that he doesn’t feel how he should, but after Will’s speech and encouragement he choses to believe that he can love her, that he can be what she needs (except it’s not what she needs, it’s what Will needs lol). So not lying, but the monologue is basically a desperate attempt to a) grasp at straightness and b) save her life. He’s in denial, and also terrified of her dying. Very bad combo.

So yeah there’s my reasoning :) what you were saying about the potential of a familial ‘I love you’ is true, yeah it could’ve ended the plot line. But that’s the kind of thing that should be a conclusion to the entire story, something that occurs right before victory not disaster. Because then what would the implication be? That El’s family’s love isn’t enough for her to save the world?

And the way they will explain the monologue is so simple. It’s Will. It’s Will’s feelings that inspired Mike. All that needs to happen is for Mike to realise that, and the audience will realise it along with him. Mike: I only said that because of how much Will loves me? Audience: Oh! So he doesn’t actually love her! It’s Will, Will is who he’s meant to be with! It’s a classic ‘the person who was right in front of them all along’ trope. Once people understand that, it basically makes truly romantic interpretations of the monologue invalid.

I can’t say exactly how the ending will play out—I expect we’ll see the cracks in Mlvn shatter rapidly as s5 progresses, maybe more arguing/demonstration of their incompatibility or El asking Mike to say it to her face and he still can’t, Mike and Will simultaneously getting closer and it becoming increasingly obvious that Mike is in love—but I’m choosing to trust they’ll do it justice. Mike’s monologue is just a key turning point in the larger story.

Also just one last thing, you said he seems sincere and I do agree but I think it’s because his fear in that moment is extremely real, and there are truths within his monologue i.e. that he doesn’t want to lose her etc. so that’s where it’s coming from in my opinion :)

#byler #anti mileven #sorry anon I meant to respond earlier but this week got hectic with those leaks lol #anyway here you go <3 #this is very long btw but I wanted to cover all bases

[random-fandoms488]

MILEVEN WEEK DAY 2: STORIES

El falls asleep as Mike is reading her a book…

#mileven #mileven is endgame #mileven fanart #mileven week #mike and eleven #mike x el #el x mike #eleven x mike #mike x eleven #eleven and mike #stranger things #stranger things fanart #mileven week 2022

[elisa-011]

It's still Mileven Week 💜💛

"She's the yellow to my purple" - Mike

"He's the purple to my yellow" - El

These are their colours, idc...

I love them so much, no one understands 😭😭😭

Happy Mileven Week 2022! 💜💛💜💛💜💛

#stranger things #stranger things tv #stranger things edit #stranger things fanart #stranger things art #mileven #mileven week #mileven week 2022 #mileven endgame #mileven depression #mileven art #mileven fanart #mileven edit #eleven #el hopper #mike wheeler #mike hearteyes wheeler

[l393ndjean]

I don't know what day it is but wip:

Did somebody ask for a st3 au where Will's part of scoops troop? Probably not. Are you getting it anyway? YES!

It will be called The Week Is Long

#byler #will byers #mike wheeler #stranger things #dustin henderson #platonic byerson #byerson #dustin and will #robin and will #the week is long #st3 #max mayfield #el hopper #lucas sinclair #lumax #anti mileven #scoops troop

[fairytaehl]

The best thing I ever did was that I met you

happy mileven week day 4! i skipped day 3 bc it was au and ummmm just promoting my own au here for the enemies to lovers one i have (Piece(s) of Me) hehe. enjoy! also on ao3 under WubADubDub.

Summary:

"Thank you, Mike," she murmured, pressing their foreheads together as she typically did.

Mike let out an airy chuckle. "Yeah. Yeah of course. Merry Christmas El."

"Merry Christmas, Mike."

He gave her forehead a soft kiss before resuming the prior position, staring into her eyes. Though he was still afraid to say it aloud, he loved her, and he would forever promise to be by her side.

Mike nervously tapped his foot on the ground at the gate exit while he awaited for El and the other's (but mostly hers, truly) arrival. They were flying back to Hawkins for Christmas and he knew El was a little anxious since it was only her third flight ever (not as though he had many to recount himself), though thrilled, to be coming here to see him and their friends again.

It was rather cold currently and he made sure to warn her of such, especially since California was so warm all year round. His only comfort that she was going to be dressed properly was that he had given her one of his sweaters through the mail not long ago in preparation for this chilly holiday season, of course, with snow present.

Truthfully, he didn't know how planes could fly so well in the snow and it did freak him out at first to even consider such a thing once he saw the weather report on the TV, so it made sense that he had to do his research extensively (perhaps too extensively, according to his friends) in the library. He was unable to help himself, he had to ensure she and the others would be okay during the long flight, even requesting Nancy to drive to the airport a little earlier than originally planned to monitor the flight in live time.

So when the people came piling out and he was easily able to pick out his girlfriend's pretty brown hair, nervous smile and wide eyes and all, being followed by the Byers, he was elated.

Sure, Hawkins was home. Sure, he had a house he lived at and slept at and ate at day in and day out that he called home. But when he held El in his arms at the airport, at that moment, he really felt that he understood when people referred to their loved ones as their home.

The days went by swiftly leading up to Christmas, and Mike could feel his anxiety rising each night he went to sleep, knowing when he woke up it would be one day closer to when he would hand El the most important gift he had saved up to purchase for her.

On the morning of there were no flurries to be seen, but the days prior had left them a bit snowed in and there still laid undisturbed snow right outside of their house. They delayed getting up, though the excitement was always about seeing what your family had purchased for you, simply to enjoy each others warmth and for Mike to prolong the embarrassing speech he had prepared. Once El wanted to get up, though, he couldn't stop them, and she bounded down the stairs to grab a hot chocolate for them both and requested they stand outside momentarily to cherish the snow. She had told him before that when Hopper had found her she had already lived days amongst the white flakes and grown to be used to them, though she didn't feel like she was able to appreciate them then and certainly not the year after when she had to close the gate and spent time recovering and relishing in their newfound relationship. As they stood overly near each other with her head leaning on his shoulder holding her halfway done mug, she said that she wanted to appreciate these small things for as long as she could, and he made a silent promise to her that he would make sure that was not only possible, but will be nowhere close to short-lived.

When the time for gift-giving came, they were called in by his mom and he felt like he could puke and turn that pure white into a gross olive green from his nerves. He could barely even tell her he loved her, how the hell was he going to do this?

But he didn't exactly have a choice since he wasn't giving himself one. Once all the presents were handed to each other and they enjoyed a Christmas TV special, his mom went to finish preparing dinner and he asked El to come to his room with him to grab something. She looked confused, no surprise there, but followed along as he tugged her hand and closed his door behind them and sat her on his bed.

Mike could tell she was eyeing him with suspicion while he fetched the small box stored away deep within his closet, so he turned around and decided to rip the band-aid off as quickly as possible.

He squeezed his eyes closed and sighed, opening them and looking at her. She looked concerned. Shit. Well, no time for cold feet now (even if it was a little chilly in his room.)

"El," he started, "I wanted to give you this," he slowly held out the red box with a small bow on it, "it's not anything crazy, y-you know, it's just, um," he scratched the back of his neck after she grabbed it to inspect it, "you mean a lot to me. You're like, the best person to ever come into my life, and I want you to always remember that even though we're really far away from each other now."

El didn't say anything for a moment as she opened the box and took out the ring, squinting and turning it around and taking it in. She glanced up at him and smiled softly. "So, this is...?"

"Uh, a promise ring! Like, meaning that we're, ugh," he groaned, this was gonna sound dumb probably, "you know, devoted to each other and stuff. I know that sounds like something adults would say so I understand—"

"No, Mike," she stood up and reached out and grabbed one of his hands, "I love it. Thank you," she said, then looked down at the ring and back up at him. "Put it on me?"

Wow, she was seriously too amazing, too sweet and too pretty to be real sometimes. But she was.

Mike nodded with surely one of his dorky smiles and grabbed the ring, leaning down and in as he was putting it on her right pointer finger after she splayed out the digits. When he backed up, they silently admired the ring together and before he knew it El had her arms around his neck and pressed a kiss to his lips.

"Thank you, Mike," she murmured, pressing their foreheads together as she typically did.

Mike let out an airy chuckle. "Yeah. Yeah of course. Merry Christmas El."

"Merry Christmas, Mike."

He gave her forehead a soft kiss before resuming the prior position, staring into her eyes. Though he was still afraid to say it aloud, he loved her, and he would forever promise to be by her side.

#mileven #mileven fanfic #mileven fic #mileven au #mike x el #mike x eleven #el x mike #eleven x mike #stranger things fanfic #stranger things fic #mileven week #milevenweek #milevenweek2022 #milevenweek 2022 #mileven week 2022 #mi escrito

[stydixa]

THE STAGES OF SAYING "I LOVE YOU." - INSP

#mileven #milevenedit #strangerthingsedit #dailystrangerthings #userbbelcher #chewieblog #nessa007 #mikesmom #userkate #usernats #userlolo #userrobin #stranger things #* #i was sick the other week so here it is