because theres too much angst with the party rn how about some mike love
what about mike getting deaged or time traveled from back in That Hell Week (the week without will... :< ) so its like. so i did die ?? where the hell am i ??? so i guess thats what happens when u step of a quarry -- WILL?????? (oh my god how did he get even more attractive)
otoh like... pre-upside down mike is also so cute... minus like 3/4 of The Trauma. even max is reluctantly charmed. everyone is charmed. he was so sweet (he still is so sweet, its just more hidden nowadays)
anyway i just. baby mike.... !!!!
im torn if i want older mike to be there, or after getting aged up he remembers everything
Thank you for the fluff, ngl was in my feelings with the angst 🍪
I love the idea of him aging up and remembering everything. Will come back to that in reblog
“Oh my god he’s so small” Eddie gasped, hands cupped around his face.
“He got tinier, I met him before he shot up and he got tinier?” Robin asked, shaking Steve.
“Yeah thats how being twelve works-you two are too enamored, he’s still able to verbally destroy people he’s just adorable again” Steve groaned.
Smaller Mike, as they’ve all taken to calling the twelve year old version of their friend who’d replaced the fifteen one, blinked. Eyes widening.
“You know he can hear you, right?” Jonathan laughed, stepping past them to ruffle Mikes bowl of hair. Him and Will sort of matched back then. “Hey buddy”
“Jonathan help im in a hallucination, Steve Harrington is hanging out with a band geek and a metal head and he called me adorable” Mike whispered, hiding behind Jonathan’s leg. Jonathan let him, holding back a wobbling laugh. That was too fucking cute.
“Band geek?” Robin huffed. He was right but how’d he clock her so fast.
“Im okay with my descriptor” Eddie cackled.
“God I hope he doesn’t remember this” Steve laughed nervously. He will never live it down.
“I got you buddy, you’re not hallucinating Steve just learned how to make real friends” Jonathan smiled.
Wide black eyes blinked up at him.
“……Good friends? He’s not the asshole dating my sister anymore?” Mike peeked back at the trio.
“Well still an asshole but a lovable one now” Robin joked, poking Steve. He squeaked and she smiled.
“And also not dating your sister now” Eddie added.
“Jonathan is” Steve smiled.
They quickly lost light as Mike whirled behind him.
“Oh fuck you Harrington” Jonathan whined.
“My sister?” Mike looked to tears. “Jonathan no”
“Look ok im sorry Mikey but we love-“
“You can do so much better!”
Steve howled as Eddie and Robin started screaming.
When the rest of the party came back and saw Mike tiny……..
“Why do I want to squish his cheeks?” Max whispered, as Will and Lucas and Dustin lost their minds. Tiny Mike was pin balling between the three as they circled him like gophers.
“They’re squishier then I remember” El blinked.
“Hes so small!” Lucas was beaming, his hands went out to lift automatically.
“No im not-PUT ME DOWN!” Mike yelped, kicking his feet as Lucas lifted him. “YOU ASSHOLE, IM GONNA KICK YOU IN THE FACE!”
“Oh god he’s like a grumpy cat” Dustin awwwed, ruffling Mike’s hair. Mikes face was going ruddy in embarrassment. “You’re so cute”
“Stop calling me that, why is everyone calling me that!” Mike whined, and turned his head to plead. “Will help me”
“Give me tiny Mike” Will held his arms out, Lucas gasped and Dustin laughed.
Strangely Mike did not make that much of a fuss when it was Will lifting him.
“You got tall” Mike blinked, Dustin snickered at how he stopped prickling when Will had him at arms lengths.
Mike’s s ears went pink when Will gave him a lopsided smile.
He got cuter too, how is that possible?
“Nah, you’re still ahead of me in that. You just got small Mike” Will chuckled, letting him down. Lucas booed him. “I’ve missed the bowl cut”
“Youre the only one!” Nancy called from across the room.
Mike flipped her off, at least she hasn’t changed much.
A hand ruffled his hair and Mike stared up through his bangs.
Will laughed, a dimple popping up.
How does present him not die flustered everyday of his life?!
“…….Oh god thats the version of him that wanted me dead” Hopper whined as Joyce approached tiny Mike happily.
“Mikey” Joyce smiled, oh goodness he hadn’t been short in a long time.
“Hi Mrs.Byers” Mike smiled at her, and laughed happily when she swooped down and hugged him. “You haven’t changed a bit”
She hasn’t, seriously does she age?
“Oh you little charmer” She snickered, pulling back and pressing a kiss against his hair. “Look at you, im gonna cry”
Immediately Mike went worried, hands shooting out to hold her arms by the sweater.
Max put her hand over her heart and looked shocked when she realized she’d done it.
“So we’re friends?” Mike asked the red haired girl he didn’t recognize. She nodded. “Okay, have I shown you my action figures yet?”
He showed El them, and she was a new friend.
“…..No but id like to see them” Max coughed, and Mike shot up. He grabbed her by the hand for fucks sake and dragged her up the stairs.
“I probably haven’t shown you them yet, because by the time I met you I probably thought I was too old to play with them” Mike commented, opening his door and blinking. “….When did I become a rat?!”
Max laughed as tiny Mike panicked a bit at his messy room.
He found the box of action fugues after ten minutes of searching he volunteered her to help with.
“Okay so after I show you the gang, we clean” Mike nodded, and then brought out each action figure carefully. “Have you watched Star Wars?”
He thinks if they’re friends the answer will be a yes.
“Yeah I have” Max nodded and picked up Han Solo. “Han is my favorite”
“Good choice! I like him too but Luke is my favorite” Mike brought out the protagonist.
“He looks like Will” Max smiled a bit mischievously, not expecting Mike to beam.
“I know, I told Will that! But he doesn’t see it” Mike looked excited. “He’s brave like Will too and smart so he’s basically already Will. Finally someone agrees with me!”
Max had to bite her cheek hard to not hug-
“Here you be Yoda, since you’re wise”
Okay fuck it she hugged him, and she was shocked when he didn’t bite her but look up at her curiously.
He found something on her face.
“What…am I looking at?” Hopper rubbed an eye and Jonathan blinked.
“Thanks Axe” Mike nodded, as she followed him with her own basket of laundry. “I don’t know how I walked in there, hit me when im bigger if I do it again”
“I don’t think I’ll have the heart to do that anymore” Max sighed whistfully. And when Hopper and Jonathan looked at her she just shook her head.
Tiny Mike was a god damn sweetheart, what the hell happened between the time Will got taken and when she met him?
“Oh my god he’s doing laundry” Nancy whispered as they tracked to the laundry room.
“You need help?” Steve asked, not waiting for an answer and taking the laundry basket form Mike. “Here, Max you give me yours too”
And stared until Steve had to tilt his head.
“…..I don’t like how the niceness has made you look like Prince Charming now” Mike grumbled, a frustrated blush going to his face.
He stomped off as Steve gaped and Max quietly screamed.
Nearby Lucas and Will spat out their sodas, Dustin was currently in shock.
“Not another Wheeler” Robin cackled, bending at her stomach. “Steve, what’s with your track record?!”
Steve’s mouth dropped open. And Eddie was falling off the couch.
“Oh goodness” Joyce giggled, but stopped when Mike wound up next to her and Hopper and Jonathan. “Hey sweetheart”
“You done giving Steve a heart attack kid?” Hopper asked, raising an eyebrow.
“What’s he doing here?” Mike pouted at Joyce. “Did….did he find Will?”
The air around the trio went a bit cold at the memory of that week, which had just been a day ago for this Mike.
But Joyce smiled, and crouched a bit.
“We did, he helped me fight some monsters and we got him back Mike. We all did” Joyce palmed his cheek. “He’s okay”
Mikes posture relaxed, he knew realistically that if older Will was here then Will came out okay. Came back home, but…
But he was glad to hear it from someone he trusted the most, from Mrs.Byers.
Mike turned to look at Hopper, genuine gratitude across his whole face.
Hopper’s eyes narrowed a bit in defense of the brightness.
“Thank you” Mike said quietly. “Thank you for saving my best friend Mr.Hopper”
Oh Mike Wheeler has charmed him, again. The last time had been when the kid had been so happy to see him back from Russia…..
It is a hundred times worse when Mike is tiny, tiny and honest. Hopper had forgotten how frank the kid was at this age.
“No problem kid, I’ll do it anytime” Hopper smiled.
Joyce shot him a warm look and leaned down to kiss his head.
Oh fuck the kid didn’t know he was dating Joy this twelve year old is gonna kill him-
“…..You’re dating?” Mike smiled small, and Jonathan’s eyes widened at the starch difference in reaction. “Thats good! For you, I mean Mrs.Byers is great. She’s really nice and talks to you a lot if you feel upset. And she’s fun too, once she let us all make a fort in her kitchen-”
Mike went on to wax the virtues of Joyce to her boyfriend. Who found himself actively resisting ruffling his hair.
Mike has always been the sweetest kid when he felt safe enough to show you it.