[... Mike's genuinely speechless for a moment, not at Will's density but at his own total defeat. He's always thought that he was good with words, with speaking, with storytelling. But the thing is, when he's sitting in his basement spinning some elaborate plot to his friends, it's not about himself. When his own feelings are involved, he's up shit creek.]
'Cause- [God, okay, he's just going to say it, and it's going to go terribly, and if it's too weird and gross and overbearing for Will then. Fine. Okay. Mike will just... go fuck himself, wander into the wilderness and die, whatever. It's not a big deal, stop looking at him like that, jeez.]
[Behind this completely frozen face, a million sirens are going off. Bombs are dropping, the world is ending. Mike isn't here right now, he's gone into the wild to disappear forever.]
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'Cause- [God, okay, he's just going to say it, and it's going to go terribly, and if it's too weird and gross and overbearing for Will then. Fine. Okay. Mike will just... go fuck himself, wander into the wilderness and die, whatever. It's not a big deal, stop looking at him like that, jeez.]
'Cause... you're- [handsome-attractive-good-looking] -cute.
[Behind this completely frozen face, a million sirens are going off. Bombs are dropping, the world is ending. Mike isn't here right now, he's gone into the wild to disappear forever.]