Old & new || mike wheeler x male!reader - part 1
A/n: started this at 00:36am so I apologise for any spelling errors or grammar or shit.
Notes: mostly angst, some fluff at the start/end.
Random: I DECIDED TO MAKE THIS AN AHS HOTEL CROSSOVER CUS WHY TF NOT SO THAT IS IMPORTANT ASWELL!!!!
Warnings: swearing, violence, homophobia, jealous!el, underage smoking, reader ends up in the hospital, extreme gore, seizures, injury detail.
Summary: Mike broke up with eleven over a year ago and has found someone new. That only one person actually knows about in the world. But when el follows Mike home one night she finds something out and loses her temper... badly.
It had been a quiet night with the party. Their d&d gey together had been overtaken by a night of pizza and talking about random stuff. El and max had spent the whole time gossiping about stuff with Nancy, who crashed their party with Steve, Robin, Jonathan and argyle. Will and dustin talked about their usual nerdy stuff with eddie, Jonathan and argyle sat in a corner while Mike spoke quietly to Steve and Robin which was unusual as he didn't seem to know them brilliantly. But all the same the night went on.
Eventually, the pizza ran out and the conversation got boring so the group packed out of dustins living room and went their separate ways.
The night sky was dark and a glow with small white stars that flickered elegantly above the small town of Hawkins, indianna. Will, Jonathan, argyle and Nancy all got into his car and drove off. Robin and Steve got into Steve's pickup and waited until lucas got in the back.
"You comin' Mike?" The boy asked him, leaning out the window.
"Nah, I'm walking back." He replied subtly, not revealing the fact that he wasn't going home. He was going to visit his secret boyfriend who had to remain a secret or they would be disowned and probably homeless for the rest of their lives.
The cars all took off eventually and mime began to walk left down the path on the side of the road. He was wearing a back to the future hoodie he had stolen from y/n, his boyfriend, and some jeans and converse that he had bought a few weeks ago. It kept him surprisingly warm fortunately and he walked along the path with a smile, unaware of the two girl watching as he walked in the opposite direction of his house.
Obviously Nancy knew as she left without him, 'a friends' he had told her. But el and max didn't know that.
"Hey max." El said as the girl skated along the pavement next to her.
"Where's mike going? His house is that way?" She pointed left, to where Jonathan's car had gone.
"I dunno." The red head shrugged.
"We should follow." El suggested. Max wondered why she wanted to follow her ex boyfriend somewhere at 10pm but agreed nevertheless and they both set off after the black haired boy.
Infront of them, Mike walked happily, turning a few corners unt he found himself in a run-down part of town. It was knows mostly for junkies and homeless kids but he didn't walk nervously as it was a daily occurrence and stuff lime that failed to bother him, considering the fact he'd been to the upside down and seen a weird gruesome flesh demon crush the local mall.
He walked along with his hands in his pockets until he reached an apartment block. It was an ancient looking brick building that neither el nor max had seen before but they followed slowly until max checked her watch.
"Shit." She whispered to the shirt haired brunette standing slightly infront of her.
"What?" El asked, turning around.
"My curfew is in ten minutes. I gotta go. Will you be okay here?" She asked.
"Yeah, it's fine. You can go." Eleven reassured her best friend who was quick to skate back the way they came. The girl continued to follow her ex until she reached the concrete stairs.
Mike was climbing them effortlessly. The apartment block was one of those buildings where the stairs were open and each floor had 2 apartments, one on each side of the stairs. This meant you could see from outside if someone was walking up them and from the inside if someone was approaching the building.
He continued until he reached the seventh floor. He knocked 4 times on the left apartment and was let in after a few moments. El watched from the lower staircase as a y/h/c boy opened the door and greeted him, looking around before closing it behind him.
Inside the apartment, the boy, y/n led Mike to the sofa. It was a decent sized apartment. The kitchen was right neat the door and the sofa was on the other side of the room, a floor to ceiling window on that side, a huge, L-shaped couch in a sage shade covered in rugs and pillows. There was a round, beige rug on the floor beneath it and the television was a meter or two away from the floor of the L. There were two bedrooms and a bathroom. The bathroom was to the left upon entering and fitted with a blue-tiled interior, a sink, toilet and shower. The first bedroom was y/n's sister's Elizabeth's room but she was almost never home as she had a second house in LA. She still paid for everything as she had become surprisingly wealthy on her time over there. The second room was y/n's. Again, a floor to ceiling window, he had it fitted himself as he was fond of the view, a comfy double bed, covered in green blankets and pillows, a desk with a pin board, littered with all sorts of things, a wardrobe that sported numerous band stickers and a bookshelf that not only held all sorts of wonderful stories, but an entire collection of comic books which Mike adored.
The two boys walked over to the sofa and sat down. Mike pulled his hoodie over his head an discarded it on the back of a chair, sitting down next to y/n who was leaned on the mountain of cushions.
"You left your sweatpants here so if you wanna change out of your jeans and into something more comfy you can by the way. They're on the back of my desk chair." The boy smiled at him and Mike leaned in for a kiss that dragged out a few seconds before going to get them. Y/n rolled of the couch and onto the rug, laying on his chest and digging through the dvd cabinet.
"Hey, love?" He said loudly.
"Yeah." Mike's voice fed back from the bedroom.
"We have top gun, that new movie 'the lost boys', teen wolf, and back to the future."
"Ooh," Mike began, coming back into the main area of the apartment. I haven't seen teen wolf in so long."
"You wanna watch that one then?"
"Nope, back to the future." Y/n chuckled and put the tape into the player, the movie starting and Mike staring at the screen intently like he did everytime he watched the film. Y/n moved himself to the kitchen to get snacks. He pulled out four cans of doctor pepper, some chocolate, marshmallows and two glasses with ice.
He brought them all over and placed them on the table as the beginning credits played and then went into his bedroom for a moment, grabbing his cigarettes and running back to the kitchen.
There was a small window in the kitchen that looked toward the starewell. The drawer where y/n kept the lighters was just under it and he grabbed it lighting his. He was about to turn around to offer Mike one but his eyes caught another pair. A girl around his age, staring angrily at him through the glass.
He dropped the lighter of the counter, cigarette in hand and shouted.
"WHAT THE FUCK MAN!" He stumbled back as the girl came through the door. It was locked though? He was sure of it?
By this time, mime had gotten up and spotted eleven.
"EL! what the he are you doing here? Get out!" He shouted.
"You know this chic?" Y/n asked quietly.
"Yeah she's my ex girlfriend man." He said awkwardly.
El moved forward and held up her hand. She began to choke y/n using her powers and the boys face turned red quickly, his hand dropping the cigarette, which fell to the floor, scattering small bits of Ash onto the wood.
His eyes were wide with fear and mike began to shout.
"WHAT THE FUCK EL! PUT HIM DOWN!" He grabbed her arm but she was persistent and threw him into a wall, his head hitting it harshly and knocking a paining which landed on his arm. A loud crack could he heard throughout the room and the boy let out a pained scream. Blood ram down his forehead as the girl lifted a glass with her mind and threw it at him, hitting him square in the face, knocking him out.
"Y/N! HOLY SHIT EL WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU! YOU DONT EVEN KNOW HIM!"
"He is your- your boy... boyfriend?" She spat at him, jealousy riddling her words along with a side of disgust for it.
"What?" Mike laughed, trying to avoid a terrifying conversation. "Where did you get that idea?"
"I saw it all mike. You kissed him. Why?"
There was silence for a moment and el went to lift her hand again, blood running from her nose.
"Okay fine!" Mike shouted, tears in his eyes. He desperately wanted to help y/n but he knew el wouldn't let him before she got answers. "He's my boyfriend. But you can't tell anyone, promise?"
"Please el! You have to. Please!"
"No!" She screamed, more glass shattering above y/n's head, this time from a wooden picture frame that promptly dug itself into the unconscious boys knee.
"Wait! Wait!" He was really crying now, his face so damp from tears it felt like he was underwater. "If you tell anyone about us, I'll tell everyone what you did."
"No bu-" el went to protest.
"NO BUTS EL! just because your jealous doesn't mean you get to kill someone I love and try to win me over because it won't fucking work okay! I DONT LOVE YOU ANYMORE! WE BROKE UP AGES AGO AND YOU CANT RUIN THIS! not for him. I love him and God help me I will make sure you pay if you say anything."
Eleven just stared at him and muttered 'fine', storming out of the apartment that was now half trashed and back home.
Mike rushed over to his boyfriend, calling 911 from the phone next the where he was layed.
"Hello? I need am ambulance now! My b- my friend is really badly injured and is losing alot of blood. Come quick please!" He gave over and address and hung up the phone. He knelt down on the splintered floor and held y/n's hand. He had been speaking to Robin and Steve earlier about y/n. About his relationship and being... gay. He began to cry quietly, his tears running down his face and onto y/n's.
"You- you lo-love me?" He chuckled suddenly. It took strength for him to talk and his neck had already bruised.
"Yes. I love you so so much and I am so so so sorry. I will never let anything hurt you ever, ever again. I promise."
"Hey! Hey its okay you idiot. I'm fine." He looked at his leg and tuned to the side to spit up some sick and a little blood which did nothing to calm down the boy.
"Well. Maybe not fine but I'm feeling fine. Ambulance is on its way."
"Yeah, I'm so so sorry baby. So sorry."
"Hey Mike," he held the boys check softly. "It's okay. But you might wanna call Steve or Robin or my sister for that matter."
"Yeah, yeah, I'll do it when we get to the hospital. Okay?"
He nodded and lenses back against the blood-covered wall. Soon the paramedics arrived and took y/n into an ambulance on a stretcher. Mike went with him and y/n was taken into surgery for his arm immediately, his artery had been partially severed and he needed transfusions. There was luckily enough blood of his type on site and the doctors reassured Mike he would be out of surgery within the hour.
The black haired sixteen year old slowly walked over to the phone in the waiting room and dialed Steve.
"Hey Steve, it's Mike. I know it's late but I'm at the hospital with y/n. He's in surgery right now and everything should be okay but can you let Nancy and maybe my mom know where I am?"
"Oh shit, sure. I'll let them know then I'll be right there. Don't go anywhere. Promise?"
He hung up and picked some folded paper from his pocket.
He dialed the number and it rang for a minute. Then a man picked up the phone.
"Um, hi. Is Elizabeth there?"
"Elizabeth Johnson?" He asked.
"Sure, one minute please." There was static for a moment before a strong, feminine voice began to speak.
"Elizabeth Johnson speaking."
"Hi Elizabeth, it's Mike. Y/n's... boyfriend." He said in a hushed tone. Elizabeth was cool with their relationship which was good.
"Hi Mike, what do I owe the pleasure?" She said cheerily.
"Umm, y/ns in surgery right now. I can't explain everything right now but can you be here by tommorow?"
"Fuck of course. Is he gonna be okay?"
"Oh- okay. Thanks Mike. I'll see you first thing tommorow."
Steve arrived half an hour later with Robin, Nancy and Mrs wheeler. They sat in the waiting room all night, awaiting news.
When y/n was out of surgery, which took a lot longer than everyone expected, he was taken in for his knee which was apparently twisted or something. It was an all night process and by the time it hit 8am. Most of the party were waiting to meet someone they didn't know existed.
"So Mike? Who's y/n and why are they here?" Dustin asked from the seat next to him.
"Y/n's my friend. Good friend, yeah. He lives in the old part of town in one of the apartment blocks. I don't really wanna say right now cause I'm on an hours sleep and that was over the course of a 5 hour period of me hitting my head on the armrest and waking up."
He was just speaking to his mom when he saw Elizabeth run through the doors in a red suit, a tall man following her closely.
They hugged briefly, having firmed a close relationship in the past year and Mike brought Elizabeth and her friend over to a different corner of the room where his friends couldn't hear, leaving them all confounded.
Mike stared at the other man who he had never met and then back at liz.
"Oh right, Mike this is Donovan, Donovan this is Mike, y/n's boyfriend." Mike looked nervous but Donovan whispered to him.
"Don't worry, I'm not exactly hetero either." He winked and Mike smiled slightly before getting back to the matter at hand.
"So, whats happened with y/n? Is he okay?"
"His surgeries just finishing now. He had a huge blood transfusion cause one of his arteries was severed partially and then his knee got broken so they're trying to fix it and also his face is a bit messed up and I was so fucking scared."
"Jesus fuck." Liz muttered. "It's worse than last time when he fell of the roof of uncle robs bungalow."
Donovan chuckled lightly as did liz before asking a question.
"How did it happen?" He asked, looked at Mike andeaning against the wall, awake of the large abundance of teens staring at him.
"Long story but basically my ex girlfriend eleven has powers and shit. And we broke up a year ago. So last night, we were watching movies at the apartment and when y/n was getting a cigarette from the drawer, she was stood outside the window and turns out she was watching us the whole time. And she came in and started throwing shit at him and I tried to grab gild of her but she threw him into a wall and then said she was gonna tell everyone, but then I said I would tell everyone that she stalked me and what happened if she did anything and she left and I haven't seen her since." He pet out a loud breath and leaned against a pillar.
"Holy fucking Jesus man."
Suddenly, the doctor came into the waiting room. "Michael wheeler, Elizabeth Johnson?" He called and they walked over, dono following them.
"Y/n is still unconscious but he should wake up soon. He's on an iv for the time being and will need to stay for the remainder of the week. You can see him now." The man smiled and led the three to the hospital room.
The boy was layed peacefully in a bed, his face was stitched in various places but one prominent scar was from just under his right eye to his jaw. It would surely scar but it would look badass all the same.
"I'm gonna kill that kid." Elizabeth whispered, stroking her brothers arm and sitting in the chair beside the bed. "I'm going to make her pay for this."
"I don't think we'd be able to do anything. She's too strong and her adopted father is the fucking police chief. He should be here soon too, asking questions and all that bullshit."
Donovan sighed and watched the young boy sleep. He was also like a brother to him and they had known eachother since y/n was 3. He was nicknamed donny for a while, y/n was the only one allowed to use it in his eyes.
Eventually, Steve, Robin, Nancy and Mrs wheeler came into the room. It was private and spacious so it didn't feel overcrowded as everyone was spread out.
"Is he okay?" Steve asked, he had only met y/n a handful of times but he took a liking to the teen, it was like a superpower some days.
"Yeah, should wake up soon."
"It's awful what happened. How did it even start?" Karen asked.
" I don't really wanna talk about it right now." Mike replied, will walking through the door. He didn't know the boy but he made sure Mike was okay before leaving to inform dustin.
After a while, most people left, leaving Mike, Nancy, Donovan and liz. Nancy and dono chatted quietly amongst themselves, getting to know eachother, as Mike and liz sat at either sides of y/n's bed, watching him breathe slowly.
"You've been here all night Mike, you need to eat at least if you aren't going home." Nancy reasoned with her brother. She was protective, much like liz, and understood he didn't want to leave. She had a hint at why but noted she'd mention it later.
"I'll go too." Donovan suggested. The pair walked out together, leaving liz and Nancy.
"I'm sorry about your brother. From what Mike has said he's pretty strong. Im sure he'll be okay."
"I know he will be." Liz smiled at the younger woman. "I just hope it's soon. I feel terrible being so far away from him all the time bu it would ruin him if I told him to come to LA with us. This is his home."
There was a minutes pause between the two.
"Are they- are Mike and y/n- are they dating? By any chance at all?" She asked nervously. Liz made eye contact with her. She was a very psychological person and knew Nancy was good hearted. She slowly nodded and Nancy smiled in realisation.
But that was soon interrupted by a commotion in the corridor.
Mike and Donovan had walked slowly toward a vending machine. Mike held five dollars in his hand a punched in some numbers. He was about to insert his money when he was stopped.
"I'll get it kid. Don't worry about it." Dono said, putting his own money into the giant metal box.
A kit kat, a diet coke, and a bag of doritos fell to the bottom of the machine and Mike bent down to pick them up. He held them tightly as to not drop them and the pair made their way back to y/ns ward.
They were almost there when a certain someone approached them. Jim hopper.
"Hey Mike. Why are you at the hospital today?" He asked.
"Yeah, I'm here visiting a friend. He was admitted yesterday night."
"And who is this?" He said, referring to Donovan who was chewing a Mars bar contently.
"Oh, I'm Donovan. I'm basically like y/n's brother. I assume your working his case beacuse the police were due an hour ago and I haven't seen any other officers." He said sassily, finishing the chocolate and putting a hand on Mike's shoulders.
Everything was going slightly okay until eleven walked around the corner with max Mayfield, smiling as if she hadnt just attempted murder.
"Hey Mike! What're you here for?" Max said, confused.
"Hi Mike." El said happily. Like she wasn't going crazy on his boyfriend less than 24 hours ago. He didn't reply. Just turned to Donovan. He started straight at him and he got the gist instantly.
"Well, we've got a friend to check on, so let's be off now Mike." He fake smiled at Jim and began to walk. Jim just walked on the opposite direction to go fill in some papers. But max and el followed them.
"Who's that Mike?" Max asked. "You have actually friends other than us now? Who are you visiting?"
"I'm visiting a friend. And yeah, the party isn't my only friend group." Eleven tried to speak to him but he ignored her and walked back.
Donovan mouthed if he was okay and Mike nodded.
"Go back to see liz and y/n. I'll be there In a minute."
"Are you sure? Isn't that psycho bitch." He eyed el.
"It's fine. I'll handle it."
Donovan nodded and walked into the hospital room once more.
"Why are you ignoring me Mike?" El asked, desperately.
He rolled his eyes. "Why do you think, El." He said harshly.
"Did you guys get into a fight or something cus I'm not getting through here?" Max said, tilting her hair slightly.
"Something like that yeah." Mike replied, staring el down. The gi just looked at him innocently.
"What do you mean Mike?" She said it in such a way that anyone even remotely gullible or on the edge of the situation would miss it, but to anyone other wise it would sound faker than autotune on a baby. "We never got into an argument?"
"Oh I can assure you el. It was much more than a fucking argument."
"I never did something!" She said. He was monetarily confused by her unfortunate grammar skills but his point was set across surely within the next moments.
"Oh really? You know what? I don't even care what you tell people anymore El! You broke into y/n's apartment! You strangled him, threw him into a wall, trashed his place and threw glass at him until he was out cold. HE COULD OF DIED! DONT YOU GET THAT?" his face was that of pure rage and his fists were clenched so that his knuckles turned white under the pressure.
"Wait who the hell is y/n? I don't know a y/n!" Max questioned, turning front Mike to el.
"Y/n," Eleven spat. "Is Mike's boyfr-"
The spiteful revelation was cut off abruptly by a loud clatter and a scream from y/n's hospital room.
"DOCTOR! DOCTOR! WE NEED A DOCTOR!" Elizabeth's voice screamed from behind the white wall and Mike ran into the room, the two girls following him.
"SHIT WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING?" Mike shouted, running over to nancy who was leaned over his boyfriends shaking body. He was convulsing violently and blood was leaking, dripping from his mouth. Nancy moved him onto his side, recovery position Mike guessed, to stop him from choking on his own blood while the seizure continued.
"Mike its okay. He's having a sezirue." Three nurses and a doctor ran in hastily and moved Nancy to the other side of the room. Mike was crying, Nancy held him close. Liz was shaking horrendously in Donovans hold and she collapsed to her knees and screamed out for her brother.
The boy was wheeled out into a different room and it was only crying for a long moment. One of the nurses came back eventually, standing over lizzy and Mike as calmly as possible.
"Y/n is going to be okay. There was some inter- internal bleeding that wasn't noticeable until now. He's going in for more transfusions now and he should be conscious by tommorow. I suggest rest is the best option."
"Thank you." Donovan replied for the two incapacitated people who were both huddled together on the floor. Nancy knelt down next to Mike and rest a gentle hand on his shoulder.
"Mike, you're coming home. We'll bring you back first thing tommorow. As soon as he's awake. But y/n wouldn't want you to worry, nor you Elizabeth. We have a spare room with two bed in. Normally Mike's friends use it but it's free. If your apartments not in great shape we'd be happy to help." She smiled at the blonde who looked into her eyes kindly.
