Teferin (multi-chaptered):
the Byler fic in which I decided to combine both 18 month timeskips and double down on the mwtfdyd gate!
During the 18 month skip before season 5, Mike starts making up his own fantasy language and gets progressively more carried away. And during the 18 month skip before the epilogue, it all starts coming back again.
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Mike is that level of excited when he seems to be telling the story with his whole body, hands in motion, face going through a hundred expressions in a second, eyes glinting and very intense. The side of his face is lit by the 7 pm light from the window, that part of his hair a sunny fuzz. Then, two facts dawn on Will at once: 1) that might be his favorite version of Mike, and 2) this version hasn’t appeared in so long it feels like being hit and smothered by something really soft and warm.
‘Sounds cool,’ he says and Mike nods, and smiles, and rubs his hands, ‘so how’s ‘water’ again?’
‘Aekhel.’
‘And ‘fire’?’
‘Shangr.’
‘Shangr,’ Will repeats slowly, listening closely to the hissing sound. ‘Does sound like fire to me.’
That makes Mike smile even more, and the tips of his ears get a little pink. Eyes fixed and dark, but then he inhales, sharply.
‘Cool.’
‘Cool,’ Will echoes, and looks at Holly’s drawing.
the fic name is in that made-up language, the meaning of which is revealed throughout the story!
also, i am attaching here my byler edit 'are 'friends' electric?' since i'm proud of it just as much as writing fanfiction again after years of not touching it❤️🩹
