owenpatrickjoyners:

so hear me out, the willex hug. 

if we sit down and hyper-analyze it like i did, we get a lot of feelings because they’re so cute and this scene simultaneously makes me whole as a human and tears apart my insides bc they might never see each other again. 

the way alex pulls him into the hug, as if it’s the only one he’s ever going to get (let’s face it probably) and it’s like he’s trying to convey how much willie means to him in one hug so he’s like, i gotta make this count. and it’s not your average joe embrace, it’s like a deep embrace filled with so many emotions and alex isn’t good at saying how he feels but maybe he’s better at showing it?? (i’m a mess i need to go to bed)  BUT IT DOESN’T STOP THERE. OH NO. 

THEN THERE’S WILLIE WHO IS INITIALLY JUST TAKEN ABACK?!?! and then he realizes what’s happening and that he might never see alex again so he relaxes, and accepts the embrace, but he holds on like he never wants to let go. peep how alex wraps his arms tighter around willie once he realizes he’s reciprocating the hug. like end me now, writers. because i can’t. it’s almost like willie wants to say something, tell alex everything’s going to be okay and that they’ll see each other again soon but he can’t so he just stays there and holds him. 

and i’m crying, we’re all crying right? but there’s more. 

the way willie’s eyebrows knit together in anguish. like he wants to hold onto this moment forever so they both try so hard but then know it has to come to an end. he curls his fingers against alex’s back in hopes that it gives alex some sort of comfort. he knows how anxious he probably is about the whole thing. and it’s not awkward, it’s such a genuine, warm embrace. like coming home and saying goodbye all at once. 

and then we have alex finally who doesn’t want to go, but he knows that he has to. he has to let him go, because he needs him safe and because he cares so so much about willie and he just hopes this was enough to say everything and nothing at the same time. he’s so reluctant to let him go and the way his face is buried in his shoulder i -