Older BF! Mikey Way Headcanons
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Mikey is, despite barely being on social media, extremely aware of the age gap and what people think of it, especially given his history.
lowkey protective about it. MIGHT joke about it in private with you if you call him and old man ("You keep me young!"), but if anyone else does (especially in interview) he shuts it down with an unimpressed stare and an "I'm not here to talk about that today."
texts “you home safe?” every time you leave his place after he thinks an appropriate amount of time has passed that you should be home by now can't/won't relax until you reply. if you forget to text back he's excusing himself from band practice and calling you to check in
"Hi, sweetheart. You home yet?" (said with a concerned furrow of eyebrows and a chew on his nail). "Oh, yeah, like twenty minutes ago. I must've forgot to text back." "Okay, cool," (quiet sigh of relief) "Just...text me back next time. Was worried." "Sorryyyy... I will, promise." "Okay, baby. Gotta go. Love you!"
Publicly quite soft-spoken and reserved when it comes to interacting with you. He’ll rest a hand on the small of your back or kiss your temple, but he doesn’t do PDA. Learned his lesson on this many relationships ago.
Wants to keep you close in big crowds without being overbaring, so keeps his index finger in your belt-loop as you walk ahead of him
Privately, however, he’s VERY touchy. Like, would-climb-into-your-skin-if-he-could clingy. Wants you (if not all of you, he'll settle for just your feet) on his lap whilst he reads or plays bass or writes or does admin on his computer.
tries to buy you big things (because he can) but you tell him off and tell him to save the spoiling for Christmas and birthdays. buys you little, practical things he knows you'll like as a work around: limited editions of your fav books, fancy shampoo or body stuff if you mention you've run out, bringing you home the coffee you usually get when you're out, a new phone case when yours cracks... doesn't want you to feel like you're on unequal footing because he knows you're a broke student and can't really return the favour, financially.
lowkeyyy gets nervous before introducing you to the rest of the band (excluding Gerard who's already met and loves you). He’s already told Ray and Frank about you, but the first time you all hang out he keeps glancing at you with a nervous smile like he’s making sure you’re comfortable. You, being you, are delightful company and have no problems getting on with them all like there were no age gap at all.
if you’re sick or down he goes into full Girldad mode. He’ll show up with soup, medicine, and a stack of movies (yes he still buys DVDs), then just sits with you in silence while you nap against him.
personally I HC that he has a thing for hands. He’ll hold them under the table at dinner/the bar, play with your fingers, or absently trace the lines on your palm while he’s talking.
Again w the PDA thing: Mikey isn’t big on verbal I love yous in public, BUT he says it constantly in private. mumbled into your hair or against your shoulder when he thinks you’re half-asleep. or just said outright when you're both doing something separate next to each other, like you're both reading in bed and, glancing over to you, he'll squeeze your hand and say "love you, by the way," because he feels it most in the quiet moments.
v v v proud of you, and openly so. If you accomplish something, like graduating from college, he literally CANNOT help himself from beaming and telling people about it, even interviewers. "my partner just graduated last month. I'm, like, in awe," he laughs, blushing a little. "I was never very schoolsmart but she's just...she's real everything-smart. Balances me out, I guess." Lowkey regrets it after the interview and worries he's divulged too much about your life and feels guilty when he tells you, but you think it's super sweet and tell him not to worry
age-gap insecurity hits him at random moments and he needs the reassurance more than he wants to admit. BUT he is easily assuaged by your reassurances: "are you fucking kidding? you're like, the dream guy!"
If you, on the other hand, read something negative about your relationship online, he's plucking your phone from your hands, chucking it across the sofa, pulling you into his arms and saying "they don't know shit." it's funny how easy it is for him to comfort you about it, even though he often feels guilty that he's brought this kind of attention to your doorstep.
doesn't need to say much for you to know he loves you. people think you're telepathic; you may well be. head in your lap he's peering up at you with big green eyes and you look down from your laptop with a little smile and scratch his scalp. that's a whole love language to him.
after a few drinks in the garden on a warm summer night (YES in a little gazebo he built by hand for you) he’ll get introspective and talk about how different his twenties were from yours. He never talks down to you about it, but is fascinated by the way you see and experience the world in the present day compared to his twenties in the 2000s.
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fairrrly quiet in bed in terms of his own moaning, but only cus he's he's busy watching your face and getting off on how you come apart for him. you might be granted a quiet "fuckk" when he comes, but i think he's relatively quiet; not because he's shy, but just because he's entranced listening to you.
in missionary you've got an arm thrown over your face because it feels too good and you're too shy and he's gently peeling it from your face, pinning it lightly above your head, kissing your cheek and murmuring "don't gotta be shy, pretty girl" into your ear.
doesn't know how to sext. nearly sent a video of him jerking off to Frank once and has been too scared to try again. not complaining when you send him something tho... he's replying with three smiley emojis.
has a thing for keeping you in his shirts during sex. Something about seeing you in his clothes makes him a little possessive. you go to pull your shirt over your head and he quickly tugs the hem back down and says "NO!!! I mean... keep it on. Like how you look in my old shirts". OBVIOUSLY you use this to your advantage now you know his weakspot <333
ooooo boy he likes taking his time. the type to pin your wrists lightly when you squirm for more and kiss down your body for what feels like forever ("your generation are so impatient...") before he finally gives you what you want five times over and his back hurts ("I'm an old man, baby.")
SIZE KINK! He gets off on how you're smaller than him. He’ll manhandle you carefully but firmly, pulling you down the bed and pouncing on you with a wicked, pleased smile.
I am also a believer that he calls you little girl >:( bc he has a praise kink. Not sure if it's even a kink or if it's just so natural that he wants to talk you up. Soft “good girl,” “just like that,” “you’re doing so well” so quietly you think he's just noting it to himself
OH MY GOD he is overstimulating youuuu with his hands after you bug himmmmm!! Probably has you fully naked between his legs (he is completely clothed, probably wearing a fucking hat) and is reaching around your waist to finger you. "You were so impatient earlier...thought you wanted this?"
SIMULTANEOUSLY, i believe he is a SUCKER for being lightly dommed by you: squeezing your thighs around his head and telling him not to stop or pushing his head down/grinding up into his face while he murmurs "yes ma'am"
first time he makes you cum with his hands and mouth (he's a bassist, duh!) he cums in his jeans, eyes rolling back as he drops his head onto your thighs as you clench around his fingers. "make me act like a fuckin' teenager".
sees that you've got him saved as 'my old man <3' in your phone and gets an instant RAGING BONER!!! because yes he's your old man and you're his baby girl
likes it better when you initiate, probs partly because he's a little shy and doesn't wanna feel like a pest/make you uncomfortable (not that it ever would). If you climb into his lap or start kissing his neck while he’s trying to read or play bass, he goes from busy to completely focused on you in seconds.
i do HOWEVER think he would, on days of confidence, come up behind you whilst you're cooking breakfast, rest his head in the crook of your neck, pull your panties to the side and slowly slip in. he is not a man of many words, but he knows what he likes, and he likes his baby in one of his big shirts and panties making pancakes.
BUT! surprisingly filthy with his mouth when he wants to be. He’ll tell you exactly how you feel around him, how long he’s been thinking about it on tour... I think hours after sex, he's passing you in the hall and blatantly saying "can still taste you" and you turn around shocked like ??? "MICHAEL!" and he slinks off with a quiet grin and a shrug.











