Mike’s face was right there. Just inches from his own. So close Will would have had to crane his neck to look at him if Mike hadn’t been slouching slightly, holding the sides of the jacket open for Will to slip his arms into the sleeves.
When Will stood there frozen for a little too long, Mike shot him a questioning glance. Will quickly snapped out of it, shoving his arms through.
He did his best not to meet Mike’s eyes directly, or to notice the faint scent of coffee and just… Mike enveloping him. At this point, Will wasn’t even sure if it came from the coat or from Mike himself.
Even once the coat was on him, Mike lingered, pulling the sides closed a little, his fingers twitching as though he might reach for the zipper. Instead, he hesitated and pulled back… just his hands. He stayed where he was, half a step in front of Will, searching his eyes. Something uncertain flickered in them, and it made Will’s already unsettled heart skip another beat.
Just the two of them, standing on the Wheelers’ porch in the rain… It made an old fantasy resurface. One Will had once turned to for comfort – a different ending to one of their most painful fights.
A version that ended with Mike leaning down to kiss him.
He’d really tried. These past few months, Will had truly tried to see Mike as just a friend. His best friend. To stow his feelings away as best as he could.
But now, standing this close to him, bundled in Mike’s jacket that Mike had put on him, with Mike’s soft eyes flicking over his face just like they used to do all the time…
Will’s guard slipped. All the feelings he’d so desperately tried to suppress came rushing back at once, as if to remind him there had never been any other way.
There was no reality in which he wouldn’t love Mike with everything in him.
Will swallowed past the lump forming in his throat. He really should go before he did something incredibly stupid.
From chapter 2 of Charisma Check (DnD is just an excuse for flirting without consequences) 💛💙
https://archiveofourown.org/works/81391611/chapters/213985466
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