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(Eddie doesn't know a whole lot about Mike. And maybe they aren't close for this. But there are literally no other boys his age to talk about this stuff with so guess what!!)
hypothetical situation
completely fake
like this is not a thing that is actually happening
what is your
hypothetical
opinion on people you might or might not
hypothetically
romantically be into but like. you literally cannot be with them. like do you have theories. hypothetical theories
hypothetical situation
completely fake
like this is not a thing that is actually happening
what is your
hypothetical
opinion on people you might or might not
hypothetically
romantically be into but like. you literally cannot be with them. like do you have theories. hypothetical theories
[Mike hasn't gotten very many text messages. In fact, this is the very first one he's ever had directly sent to him, instead of on a public site. And so, he spends a good five minutes just staring at it, wondering if Eddie meant to send it to someone else.
But, hey. At least this is an area he has some experience in, negligible as it may be. He gives Eddie the benefit of the doubt.]
I mean I guess that depends on why you can't be with them?
But, hey. At least this is an area he has some experience in, negligible as it may be. He gives Eddie the benefit of the doubt.]
I mean I guess that depends on why you can't be with them?
[ There's a scream of car tyres in the driveway and before Steve's even in the house he's shouting ]
Mike? Hey! I know you're home. [ And his voice is totally calm. Really. He's fine.
If the front door isn't locked, Steve is Coming In]
Mike? Hey! I know you're home. [ And his voice is totally calm. Really. He's fine.
If the front door isn't locked, Steve is Coming In]
[ Despite now shitty a run it’s been in Deerington, she actually looks upbeat and maybe even excited when the feed comes on. ]
Dude. It’s Thursday and while I know the no food thing is super shitty, it’s actually uhhh ... calm enough for me to do my usual gig at the comic shop tonight, and you should totally come.
It’s D&D night and I need someone who isn’t a total fucking newb to help me teach new guys the ropes. You up for the that at all?
Dude. It’s Thursday and while I know the no food thing is super shitty, it’s actually uhhh ... calm enough for me to do my usual gig at the comic shop tonight, and you should totally come.
It’s D&D night and I need someone who isn’t a total fucking newb to help me teach new guys the ropes. You up for the that at all?
[Mike's face is pale and wary when he answers; video chat is still an uncertain novelty to him, and it makes him feel a bit like he's been called up in front of the classroom, awkward and unprepared. His hair is a complete disaster, and he seems to be eating pizza on his bed.]
Um.
[A moment's pause, as he finishes chewing.]
Yeah, I guess. I haven't played in a long time, though.
[As if he could forget how.]
Um.
[A moment's pause, as he finishes chewing.]
Yeah, I guess. I haven't played in a long time, though.
[As if he could forget how.]
you gotta come home RIGHT NOW IMMEDIATELY
[ right after this is posted ]
mike ar eyou at work right now
let me when you get this or call me or something igotta talk to you
don't go on the network
mike ar eyou at work right now
let me when you get this or call me or something igotta talk to you
don't go on the network
[Mike calls, barely half a minute later. It's the last instruction that gets him, more than the first bit. If it was just the first bit, he wouldn't have frozen halfway out of the pizza shop to his bike, dread suddenly pushing at his stomach.]
What?
[He needs to know, and he doesn't want to know, and his voice is already rising in panic.]
What?
[He needs to know, and he doesn't want to know, and his voice is already rising in panic.]
[steve's probably making food and jonathan's photographing it all and dustin and billy are probably fighting over how much tinsel to put up (dustin says "all of it", billy says "fuck off"), and somewhere in the middle of it, will finds the time to drop a folded piece of paper into mike's lap on his way to go grab more cookies from the kitchen.
it's a piece of smooth sketchbook paper, with a picture on the front and another on the back -- he's being thematic, of course.
but there's a tinier piece of notebook paper tucked inside, with a much scribblier drawing on it -- the first will's ever shown mike of the two of them.
and three words:] Meet me outside.
it's a piece of smooth sketchbook paper, with a picture on the front and another on the back -- he's being thematic, of course.
but there's a tinier piece of notebook paper tucked inside, with a much scribblier drawing on it -- the first will's ever shown mike of the two of them.
and three words:] Meet me outside.
[Mike's cheeks are already red by the time he gets outside, clutching the pieces of paper in his hands. He's still in pajama pants, tucked ridiculously into snow boots; he hadn't wanted to garner anyone's attention on his way out.]
Will?
[Just the way his whole heart warmed up at the drawing of the two of them was enough of a present, and he can't imagine what else to expect.]
Will?
[Just the way his whole heart warmed up at the drawing of the two of them was enough of a present, and he can't imagine what else to expect.]
(1) giftcard from the pizza place he works at. it doesn't even have money on it- it's a gag thing.
(1) giant rainbow slinky
(1) hand-made knight flag similar to this, but catered to his DND character.
(1) giant rainbow slinky
(1) hand-made knight flag similar to this, but catered to his DND character.
[ You know what's alarming? When a dude in a red suit does break in and leave a present under the tree or whatever the fuck they have going on.
Mike will find one present addressed to him from Wade. In it, a gift ... a weird gift... Alongside it is a Spider-Man comic book signed by the wall-crawler himself. ]
Mike will find one present addressed to him from Wade. In it, a gift ... a weird gift... Alongside it is a Spider-Man comic book signed by the wall-crawler himself. ]
[ So Steve just got a slug surgically removed from the back of his neck and wow, this past month has been a trip. And immediately realises he kind of hasn't spoken to Mike for almost an entire month. Which sucks.
So as soon as he's home, he goes to find Mike. ]
Hey, you wanna hear something wild?
So as soon as he's home, he goes to find Mike. ]
Hey, you wanna hear something wild?
basically i'm spending all day wanting to grab his head and smash it into the cupboard
crazy right???
crazy right???
boys are stupid
no i can't SAY ANYTHING it's like everything i know how to say just goes OUT THE WINDOW and instead i'm DUMB and say DUMB STUFF like a DUMB KID and i hate it and i want to move to the woods and never talk to anyone again!!!!
[Mike has been asleep for the last hour, and when he sees this text he just assumes it's one of his housemates. Thinking blearily back to the sticky note on the fridge, ]
cheetos
orange soda
macaroni
[Those are just the things he put on the sticky note, to be clear. All the boring stuff Steve wrote doesn't matter.]
cheetos
orange soda
macaroni
[Those are just the things he put on the sticky note, to be clear. All the boring stuff Steve wrote doesn't matter.]
Edited 2020-04-08 17:08 (UTC)
Hey Mike, it's Peter, AKA Mr. Parker, the best chemistry teacher (don't ask for citations).
Just wanted to check in on you, make sure you're doing okay.
Just wanted to check in on you, make sure you're doing okay.
Hey, can we talk?
[Nancy stop giving people heart attacks.]
[Nancy stop giving people heart attacks.]
[ Merry Christmaskkah, Michael. You're getting a box of pizza socks and this amazing tissue holder. Only after buying both of these things did Brianna realize that they both somehow imply that Mike is a serial masterbator, so she scrawls "don't have TO much fun LOL" on the card, because ~what else are best friends for?~ ]
[Will of course sends everyone drawings, which are significantly more advanced and detailed than the ones from last year -- the ones for Mike are mostly of the pets, Fizzgig and Frodo and Mews and Marshmallow, in varying places. There are a couple studies of places around Deerington, like the pizza parlor and the house and whatnot.
But in the bag, along with a significant amount of candy (leftover from Halloween? Likely) is a new artistic endeavor. Anna's taught him a bit about embroidery, and Will's done his best, taking a narrow strip of leather, adding a clasp to make it a bracelet and sewing neat little stitches, in purple, pink and blue, along the edges. Its so subtle it's barely noticeable, and there's a note attached -- you don't have to wear it if you don't want to, but if you do, I'm proud of you. And stuff. and then a tiny little heart.
The height of Christmas romance.]
But in the bag, along with a significant amount of candy (leftover from Halloween? Likely) is a new artistic endeavor. Anna's taught him a bit about embroidery, and Will's done his best, taking a narrow strip of leather, adding a clasp to make it a bracelet and sewing neat little stitches, in purple, pink and blue, along the edges. Its so subtle it's barely noticeable, and there's a note attached -- you don't have to wear it if you don't want to, but if you do, I'm proud of you. And stuff. and then a tiny little heart.
The height of Christmas romance.]
[ There's two small boxes outside of Mike and Will's bedrom, each with a note. One says 'For Mike from El' in struggling handwriting, the other says 'For Will from El'.
Mike's box contains a blue and red friendship bracelet and a dice bag filled with 20 d20s of varying colours, that explode into colour-matching confetti the first time they roll a 20. Each confetti cannon die is unusable after that. Someone didn't think this through. But it's cute?
Will's box, as a point of interest, contains among something else an absolutely identical looking friendship bracelet. ]
Mike's box contains a blue and red friendship bracelet and a dice bag filled with 20 d20s of varying colours, that explode into colour-matching confetti the first time they roll a 20. Each confetti cannon die is unusable after that. Someone didn't think this through. But it's cute?
Will's box, as a point of interest, contains among something else an absolutely identical looking friendship bracelet. ]
[ It's a paintball gun with a few neon green pellets, and half a dozen glittering bows awkwardly stuck to it. How it ends up delivered to Mike's doorstep is a mystery.
It may or may not be FEAR gear.
The note rolled up and shoved into the muzzle reads: ]
You don't shoot me, and you don't shoot a big black car. The first because I don't want you to, the second because the driver would absolutely murder you. Other than that: Enjoy! Thanks for the assistance with the bones.
~Cas
It may or may not be FEAR gear.
The note rolled up and shoved into the muzzle reads: ]
You don't shoot me, and you don't shoot a big black car. The first because I don't want you to, the second because the driver would absolutely murder you. Other than that: Enjoy! Thanks for the assistance with the bones.
~Cas
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