I think I speak on behalf of the fandom when I say we need a fic of jesse learning to shave (cause Tatiana sure as hell prob didnât care, so maybe he just did it some rlly dumb way until Gideon teaches him AND ITS A UNCLE NEPHEW BONDING MOMENT). also I absolutely adore your writing â€ïž
Why, thank you so very much! I'm sorry for taking so long to write it, but I loved this prompt! Once I started writing it, I was able to finish it in one sitting! I had to look up how to shave a beard though loll
I hope you enjoy it!
There's a first for everything
Characters: Jesse, Sophie and Gideon
Jesse didnât know how to feel about living with his Uncle Gideon and Aunt Sophie. Before living with them, Jesse had only had a single interaction with Gideon, which is one more than he had with Sophie. If he had had any others, he didnât remember.Â
His Aunt Cecily, for example, had held him for a brief period of time when he was a baby at Will and Tessaâs weddingâhow strange that he attended Lucieâs parents' wedding when he was a baby, considering she was his⊠well, Jesse didnât exactly know what they were to each other yet; they hadnât really had time to discuss itâsomething he has no recollection of.Â
It was strange living in their house. He saw a few pictures of Sophie and Gideonâs children in the parlor when they were young. There was a portrait of Barbara Lightwood, the cousin he never had the opportunity to meet. He looked at her, eyes filled with the promise that sheâd do incredible things.Â
âShe used to ask about you, you know?â
Jesse had startled, turning to find Sophieâs film frame by the door. She quietly walked over to him, so that she stood beside him, gazing at the portrait of her oldest daughter. There was a deep sadness in her eyes that Jesse could observe before he found out sheâd lost a daughter. Though now, he could see a hint of resignation in her expression, an undertone of acceptance. As if she knew that this was the course of life.
âDid she really?â
âOh, yes. âMama, can cousin Jesse come to my birthday?â âcouldnât we adopt cousin Jesse?â âwhat is cousin Jesseâs favorite color?ââ Sophie smiled a little. âShe would fry my brain with questions about you. Sometimes Gideon would joke that she loved you more than she did anyone else.â
Jesse looked at the portrait more meaningfully. Who was this girl who had longed to meet him? How is it fair that she never got to? That he never knew anything about her? It felt so wrong to him, so painfully cruel.
âIf I had known someone had liked me so, perhaps I would have made more of an effort to escape.â
He could see Sophie turn to look at him through his peripheral vision, though he glued his eyes to the portrait, not wanting to look at her.Â
âWe all loved you, Jesse. Gideon and Gabriel were desperate to meet you when you were born. We wanted nothing more than to take you with us the first time we met you and every other time we caught even just a glimpse of you.â
Jesse managed to peel his eyes off of the portrait because he didnât want to seem rude, especially after Sophie and Gideon had insisted on him staying in their home. He offered her a half smile.
âThank you.â
âFor what?â
âFor caring.â
Sophieâs eyes softened considerably.Â
And though they had never met properly before a couple of days prior, after that moment, Sophie and Jesse had shared a mutual affection for one another that only grew each day.
Is this what itâs like to have a mother? Jesse thought. Is a mother supposed to be someone who makes me happy just by walking into the room? Someone to what to tell your troubles to? Though Jesse hasnât done it, he felt an urge to do so. And he has a feeling that if he did, Sophie would listen and offer advice that would most likely make him think of course! but at the same time, not feel foolish for not having thought of it before.
However, Jesse felt conflicted about how to act around Gideon. Heâd never had a father, nor any sort of significant male figure present in his life for that matter. He had had a mother, however cruel she may have been. But he didnât have the slightest idea on how men treated each other. He didnât know how to talk to him.
Jesse looked at his reflection in the bathroom mirror. He had to shave like he did every morning. He got the bar of soap and put some of the suds on his cheek. He got a pocket knife and began the chore that was shaving. The only good thing about being a ghost had been that he didnât have to shave every morning.
âJesse?â He heard someone call. He startled, causing the blade of the knife to slip, making a cut on his cheek. He flinched and washed off the soap that was making his cut sting. Thankfully the knife was blunt enough that the cut was very shallow.
âYes?â He asked.
Jesse saw Gideon outside the bathroom door, that he had left slightly ajar.Â
âWe wanted to know if you wished toâare you all right?â
Jesse nodded.
âYouâre bleeding,â Gideon said. His eyes caught sight of the knife in Jesseâs hand and his eyes widened.
âOh right, yes I was just, having trouble erm, shaving.â
Gideonâs horrified expression turned into one of confusion. âShaving?â
Now Jesse was confused. Surely Gideon shaved, did he not? Otherwise wouldnât he have a beard?
âErm, yes. Shaving.â
âWith a knife?â
Jesse looked down at his knife. âWith what else?â
Gideonâs mouth opened slightly, as if appalled and then, after a beat, closed.Â
âI shall be right back.â He said. âJust, please put away that knife and stay here.â
Jesse furrowed his eyebrows but did as he was told.
Sure enough, Gideon came back after a short while with a box in his hand. He placed it on the bathroom countertop and pulled out a strange looking stick of some sort.
âThis is a razor.â Gideon explained.Â
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âThere you go,â Gideon said and Jesse ran the razor down his cheek.
He was a quick learner. Gideon only had to explain how to shave once, and it was enough for Jesse to understand. Save a couple of times where he almost shaved upwards, Jesse shaved flawlessly, not cutting himself once. Well, save the cut with the pocketknife.
Gideon couldnât believe Jesse had even managed to shave with the dull blade.Â
âMake sure to rinse it off a little,â Gideon said.
Jesse did as he was told. âI canât believe this contraption exists.â He said. âAnd that I didnât know about it.â
Gideon would have laughed if it didnât make him incredibly sad. How could Tatiana not think to teach her son about shaving? Sheâd seen her brothers do it plenty of times.Â
Or perhaps it wasnât that, if not the fact that she didnât let them help her in raising Jesse. He watched the slight grin on Jesse's face as he shaved with the razor and wondered what other things he didnât know how to do because nobody had ever taught him. Gideon was almost sure Jesse didnât know how to tie a tie.
He knew Jesse felt uneasy around him and Gabriel. It took him back many years ago, when he had first met Sophie. How her breath had quickened those first couple of training sessions when he came too close, or how her eyes were constantly darting between himself and Gabriel. It broke his heart then and it broke his heart now when he saw Jesse act similarly, replacing fear with uncertainty.Â
âNow do I just wash it off, Uncle Gideon?âÂ
Gideon looked up. âYes, that should be it. That was an extremely good first attempt, Jess.â
Jesse looked surprised at the nickname. Gideon hadn't intended on calling him that, it had just slipped out of him. Before he could feel regret however, he saw that Jesse was looking at him with wonder and a slight smile playing on the corners of his lips.Â
Gideon smiled back.Â
Sophie and Cecily would comment on the fact that most of the Lightwood men shared what they called the Lightwood smile; Gideon, Gabriel and Thomas all shared the same smile: a slight upturn of the corners of their lips, almost imperceptible if one wasnât familiar with it. It was subtle.
Gideon had never seen it until he saw Jesse smile and it reminded him of Gabriel, years ago, when they were still boys. At the same time, he thought of Thomas, because that was his sonâs smile as well.
Gideon had never felt more connected to Jesse than he had at that moment. He was grateful he was finally able to have a meaningful relationship with his nephew and hoped that he could teach him the things his father never could.
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Does argyle just not have any family or obligations in California that would be a valid reason to not drive all the way to Indianna? Like the dude really just went to drop off a pizza and disappeared for all they know. Bet thereâs missing posters up of him or something of that degree
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âS1/S2 Mike Wheeler would hate s3/s4 Mike Wheeler!â
Oh, would he?
Mhmmm letâs see the facts shall we!!
Season one Mike Wheeler, the one that lashed out at El everytime something went bad with the Will case??
«Whatâs wrong with you? What is wrong with you?!»
«You made me think Will was okay, that he was still out there, but he wasnât. He wasnât! Maybe you thought you were helping, but you werenât. You hurt me. Do you understand? What you did sucks. Lucas was right about you. All along.»
Without even giving her the time to explain. He never apologized.
S2 Mike Wheeler? Your saint? Oh so weâre just gonna forget how he treated Max?
«You agreed to invite her? Sheâs ruining the best night of the year.»
«You donât want me in your party!» «correct!» «why not?» «because youâre annoying!»
«we need to talk, party members only.» «mike câmon!» «no, this is not negotiable!»
«I get why El was your mage now.» «what?» «Lucas told me about her» «he shouldnât have, and just because you know the truth, that doesnât mean youâre in our party. You know that right?»
And he NEVER apologized.
âOh but he was just worried about Will đ„ș thatâs a natural response to finding out your friend is dead đ„șâ
âOh but he was mourning Eleven đ„ș he felt like everyone was moving on from her đ„șâ
SO YOU AGREE? His lashing outs are totally understandable if you put them in the right context? Itâs almost like he prioritizes whoever of his loved ones is in danger/hurt.
Now, I know that yâall care about everyone elseâs trauma but Mikeâs but I think, I THINK, that there is a reason why a model student, classic nerdy kid starts cheating in his tests, misbehaving and vandalizing the school. Itâs not like he saw the girl that he loved fucking disintegrate in front of his eyes at the age of twelve. Because itâs totally healthy for a kid to call a presumed dead girl for 353 days and no one comforts him about it.
Now, by some freaking miracle, he gets her back. But sheâs not just a normal girl, sheâs like Superman, sheâs the one that always gets put in danger. So Mike has to live with the constant fear of losing her. Itâs almost like yâall keep ignoring the broken record of:
«I canât lose you again» - season 2!
«Because I love her, and I canât lose her again!» - season 3 !
«El, I donât know how to live without you. I canât lose you.» -season 4!
This kid is traumatized by losing El. So of course heâs concerned about it when Hopper threatens him saying that he could ban him from seeing her. When the freaking government comes in and tells him that he may never see her again. On top of that, I donât know if you guys actually heard what he was talking about with Will in the car, but his self confidence is in hell. He feels that he is undeserving of Elâs love and thatâs another reason of worrying over how he may lose her.
Yâall mad. Mad because these last 2 seasons it was Will receiving the short end of the stick because for once in his life Mike prioritizes someone that was not him. He tried to apologize to Will after their fight in s3, he apologized to Will after their argument in s4. Thatâs more than what he actually did in s1/2 to El/Max. He still asked him if everything was okay in the theater in s3, he still put a hand on his shoulder and reassured him that theyâd kill Vecna without a doubt.
âBut he didnât realize Will was crying in the car.â Okay cut him some slack for once, FOR ONCE. The military wants to kill his gf and he was thinking about what Will said to him. And even if he confronted him, then Will wouldâve had to lie to him, because I donât know if you have noticed; Will was not ready to explicitly come out to his brother, you think he wouldâve come out to his unrequited crush? He lied about the painting saying it was El who commissioned it for a reason.
Mike loves his friends, he loves his girlfriend. Heâs a fourteen year old boy that canât express his feelings because the last time he interacted with his family was 49292 years go, he has anger issues, abandonment trauma, and yâall act as if heâs Jason or Billy.
People love traumatized characters until they display symptoms of trauma.
Someone needs to write a post s4 fic where everything vecna showed Nancy comes true (or Nancy thinks itâs about to come true: her family dying). it would be cool to see what happens next from Nancy eyes and it would have the added bonus of Nancy and Mike sibling moments, as well as just overall wheeler family moments
I know that Oak is technically 17 in the new series and thatâs as old as Jude and Cardan were in the cruel prince but it doesnât matter, Iâll always picture him as the little 8 year old excited about lunchboxes and wanting to hear stories from his big sister
Can't fight to save his life, and this is in no way a bad thing
Poetic King (personally, I would have pummelled him upon realising his banishment wasn't real)
Would clock Locke
Despite being a sarcastic manipulative tosh, he's a sweetheart and a major softy who hides his emotion as much as possible. He also smiles when's he nervous
.....he has a tail
Would trust you to defend your honour as he cheers from the side
if i see anymore hate for mike in the mike wheeler tagâŠ. me and like 12 other people are literally using our last breaths to defend him right now. if your going to hate on him hate in another tag its goddamn annoying at this point
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