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“And see your coat of arms here? It’s a heart. And I know it’s sort of on the nose, but that’s what holds this part together. Heart.” Mike couldn’t help but stare at Will, transfixed, did Will feel it too? Everything between them?
“Because, I mean, without heart, we’d all fall apart. Even El. Especially El.” Will looks away from him again after that, but Mike doesn’t. His friends liked to tease him relentlessly for being ‘totally oblivious’ but he didn’t think they were right. He could hear Will’s hidden meaning.
'Without heart, we’d all fall apart. Even me. Especially me.'
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OR: Mike Wheeler is not as oblivious as people make him out to be. He understands what Will is saying in the van, he understands it's Will's words. He just doesn't realize that it wasn't what Will intended to convey to him. So when Will references him being the heart while El is fighting 001, Mike doubts his realization. He was wrong. Will didn't need him. El needed him, even though he was certain now that she wasn't the person for him.