football player mike x math tutor will (modern au)
summary: mike was too caught up in his life out of school that his grades started dropping, he couldn’t even keep with what they were learning in school. he listened to his coach lecture him about him him slacking off. his coach spoke to his math teacher and hopefully his new tutor will help!
mike & will instagram page
includes ➛ power dynamics, not accurate mike or will 😭, mike lowkey pathetic, no mentions of the party or el, cussing, arguing mentions, grammar/typing mistakes
a/n: hi everyone!! BYLER IS CONFIRMED OMGGG. it’s been quite a while.. i had another byler series but i’ve having mad writers block and i’ve been super busy, i really couldn’t continue this series, thank you for being so patient with me and happy spring break!!! love you lots 🤍🤍
“I’m serious Wheeler, I’m not sure if we can have you on the team next season if you don’t get that math grade up. I’ll talk to your teacher and see what we can do to help you.” Coach Smith let out a frustrated sigh before sending him to the locker room
The next day at school, he was pulled back by his math teacher. He slung his backpack over one shoulder before making his way to his teacher’s desk.
“Michael, I have assigned you a tutor due to your football coach’s concern about your math grade. Your tutor will help you prepare for finals, you two will meet every Tuesday and Wednesday after school in the library. Understand?” His teacher explained, not even making eye contact with Mike.
Oh great, Mike thought to himself. He’s going to have to spend every Tuesday and Wednesday in tutoring.
“I understand.” Mike quickly agreed, trying to not make the conversation longer.
“You really going to those tutoring sessions?” Mike’s teammate asked before shutting his locker.
“I have to before Coach Smith kills me.” Mike let out a groan.
Tuesday rolled around faster than Mike expected. He took his time heading to the library, he doubted that these tutoring sessions will help him with any math. He swung open the library doors and walked over to the table that wasn’t empty.
“Hey, Micheal, right?” His tutor asked, a friendly smile displayed on his face.
“Yeah, please, call me Mike.” He reassured him, soon enough a smile spread across Mike’s face.
“Mike, great. I’m Will, your tutor.” Will pulled out a chair beside him, offering Mike to sit with him.
Mike started with a math worksheet that he had to solve. He quickly answered all the math questions, not caring if the answer were correct or not. He handed the worksheet back to Will. Mike watched Will’s eyes scan over the paper.
Will let out a soft tsk. “Let’s work these out together.” He assured Mike.
Surprisingly, Mike actually understood what Will was teaching him. Will has this certain way of explaining things that Mike could easily understand. The way Will circled Mike’s mistakes and didn’t get angry at him when he messed up. Will gave Mike more problems to solve by himself after helping him.
“These are all correct! You’re doing so well, Mike.” Will said, looking over the paper again.
Mike suddenly felt flustered, he doesn’t usually get compliments for his work in school, it made his body feel all weird and fuzzy.
Soon the tutoring session came to an end. “Same time tomorrow, okay?” Will said.
Mike smiled. “Of course.”
The tutoring session continue twice a week. Surprisingly, Mike doesn’t miss a day. Each session he seems to improve, each session he gets reminded by Will on how well he’s doing. That Friday , Mike’s math teacher assigned a test that is worth 70% of his grade. Mike feels prepared, he feels prepare. Will also made him practice flash cards if he wanted to go over them. The whole weekend Mike was anxious, he wanted to talk to Will, he Will to reassure him that everything will be okay. That Sunday night, Mike was on his bed. He was scrolling through his instagram stories, nothing special. Suddenly he was at the search bar, he typed in the name that’s been on his mind recently. Soon enough his account popped up, Mike didn’t hesitate to press on it. His finger hovered over the ‘message’ button before finally pressing it, he decided to dm him first. He typed for while, just for him to delete the message again. He settled on a ‘hey it’s mike’. It was too late to delete the message, Will had already seen it.
will: it’s pretty late, don’t u think u should be getting some rest for school tmr?
mike: ur right, i should be sleeping, but there’s just a lot of things on mind rn and it’s keeping me awake
will: we can talk about it, if that’s ok?
Oh my god, yes. Is what Mike was going to say.
Mike went on about how he doesn’t usually get anxious after taking a test, but this test was different, it was the first test he had took after the tutoring sessions. He talked about how he’d been stressed in sports, that his coach was ‘on his ass’ about his grades, and also how his parents arguing didn’t help. He felt that it was easier to talk to Will.
will: i promise u mike, u are a good student. i know u did amazing on that test, and I didn’t even see it yet. i know sometimes you can get in ur head, u just gotta stay positive and believe in yourself.
Mike blushed, he blushed so hard that Will could probably see his red cheeks from the screen. It felt good to read those words from Will, his tutor.
mike: thank you, will. i really needed that.
Will hearted his message. Mike smiled.
mike: gosh, i’m sorry to keep u up this late, u must be so tired
will: don’t worry about it, i’m glad i got to talk to u
Mike hearted his message.
Monday morning soon came. Mike sat in math class, his leg bouncing under the desk. His teacher’s slow heavy footsteps approached Mike’s desk, his teacher looked at the paper before back at Mike.
“Nice job, Mr. Wheeler.” He muttered.
Mike’s eyes traveled down to his paper, a big 25/25 on his paper. Holy shit! He couldn’t believe what he was seeing, he couldn’t even remember the last time he got every question right on a test. After school, Mike happily took, out his phone. He was so excited to tell Will, he didn’t even notice that Will had texted him first.
Mike quickly typed a response to his question.
will: omg mike!! that’s amazing!! i knew u would do so well
mike: lol thanks to u i actually passed for the first time
mike: thank you so much, will. it means a lot
will: ah it was really nothing, ur making me blush
Mike caught himself smiling at the message. Blush, I made Will blush. Mike needed to keep the conversation going so he didn’t lose him yet.
mike: have u ever thought abt coming to one of the football games? there’s one tonight, i would love for u to come
Mike suddenly regretted sending that message.
mike: u don’t have to come tho
will: i don’t have anything planned, i would love to go
special note from your author: sorry if this was kinda rushed, just wanted to write something for you all! also this is another fic in mike’s perspective because i feel like it’s easier for me to write??? idk
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