Ezra
Mikey x Reader
This is a Star Wars/Mcu Au
Summery: You and Mikey are perfect for each other. You learn each others secrets, and keep each other afloat. Mikey gets to know you. He opens your heart again, showing you care and love, making you happy. The universe however, has other plans.
»»——⍟——««A/n: Yes, I’m aware most of the Star Wars info is probably not 100% accurate. I’m more of a Marvel Nerd, deal with it
»»——⍟——««A/n: View Mikey how you want, but this is meant to be him age-up of course but also still with his blonde hair
Summery 2: Time waits for no one. It’s brutal and cruel. Your whole reality changes, and you can’t get the space you want. Maybe it’s all ok, maybe it’s only in your mind, but who’ll convince you of that? Its out of your power to change anything, but what happens when one boy heals your soul?
(That one was more of a joke. See what I did there ;))
Series Warnings⚠️: Fluff, smut, angst, talks of suicide, somnophilia, non-con if you squint really hard, blood, bitting, not technically vampires but vampires, violence
Chapter Warnings⚠️: None
Wc: 4,088
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Chapter 1
Was it wrong to stay alone? To stay in your own little world, away from people, away from problems, cutting yourself off from the world, and keeping your life a secret, keeping your problems a secret. You didn't mind it. You didn't mind being quiet, being unnoticed. Life didn't go your way, and that was ok. You lived with it.
You liked the quiet life. Going to class, learning about the universe, minding your business, not bothering anyone and nobody bothered you. Maybe one day, you'd leave the planet. You'd find somewhere else, find some real friends, forget about the life you'd be leaving behind. It was a nice thought. Who would've thought one project, one partner, one boy would change your life, would open your heart again.
You had heard a kid was joining your class. He wasn't new, but his schedule changed. "Well, Mr. Sano, late on your first day, are we?" your professor scolds. The boy with dark blonde hair walked in with an embarrassed smile. "Sorry, got a little held up," he says. "Take an empty seat, Manjiro," your professor says, motioning to the class.
The boy looks around for a seat, and you watch as the other kids in the class move their bags to cover any empty seats. You roll your eyes, "You can sit here. Since everyone else wants to be lame," you say. He smiles and walks toward you, sitting in the seat. You bring your attention back to the book in your hand, not paying him any more attention.
"Thanks for the seat!" he speaks from next to you, pulling your attention back to him. "Late on your first day to this class. Great first impression," you say, not turning your head from the page. He laughs, detecting the teasing tone. "Yeah. My sibling likes to act stupid and not get out of bed. Got a little sidetracked," he says, "I'm Manjiro, by the way. But you can call me Mikey," he smiles. "I'm Y/n," you respond.
Before either of you can say anything else, class starts. Your professor starts his lesson, talking about the environment and things about certain planets. You zone out after about ten minutes. Near the end of class, he starts talking about a project, saying that you'll have two weeks to complete it, and you have to partner with whoever sits next to you. "Looks like we're stuck together the next two weeks," Mikey chirps from beside you. You turn to him, giving him a slight smile and nodding.
You and Mikey talk about the project. You agree to get supplies after school and then work at his house. After class, you continue with your day. Later, between classes, while you eat lunch, you sit at a table, alone, as usual. You continue to read, minding your business. Mikey's walking and spotted you, sitting alone, reading, and eating your lunch. He smiles and walks toward your table. "This seat taken?" he asks, pulling your attention. "Yes. By imaginary friends 1, 2, and 3." You snicker, looking up from your book momentarily. What's with this guy? Why was he so interested in you? You wanted to be alone, to stay alone, not bothering in his life.
He laughs and sits down. "This supposed to be a friendly gesture or something?" you ask flatly. "Maybe. Figure it's worth knowing my partner a little more. Make the experience more fun," he smiles. "Fair enough, I guess," you say. "Well, I don't know anything about you enlighten me," he says. You think for a moment. What's there to say? Well, there's a lot to say...but what could you say that won't scare him off? Maybe you should scare him off. Not like he's going to stick around a while anyway.
"You first," you say, setting down your book to look at him. "Well, I'd like to leave off this rock someday. My older brother is teaching me to pilot. My parents dropped us off here but never came again to get us. It was around when my brother was 13, and my younger sister was turning 1." He said it like it was nothing like he almost didn't care. It was interesting tho. You wonder how he was when it all happened. If he remembers much. If he misses them.
"I have an older sibling too," you say quietly, "A sister. And a twin brother." Mikey smiles. He opens his mouth to say something else, but then another boy walks up, setting his lunch down and sitting next to Mikey. "You gonna introduce me, man?" he asks, elbowing him in the side playfully. "This is Y/n. She's my partner for that class project," he turns to you, "Y/n this is my stupid friend, Draken." He laughs. "Hi," you say shyly. "So what had you been saying? About your family?" Mikey asks, turning his attention back to you. "Nothing. Just that my family's kinda crazy, I guess," you say, laughing slightly. "Just wait till you meet Shinichiro and Emma," Draken laughs. Mikey rolls his eyes. "Who's that? Your siblings, I'm guessing?" you ask. "Yeah, Shinichiro is my brother and Emma my sister," he says.
You smile at what he says. They sound fun. They sound like it would be fun to be around. You think about your siblings and the fun types you had. You wish it could still be like that. You wish you weren't so caught up in your own head that you could have fun, laugh, make friends, not feel the constant burden of the past. That past you wanted to forget about, but you couldn't, no matter what.
"My older sister's name is Kori, and my brother is Yuki," you say. Draken raises his eyebrow, "Older sister, you say?" he says playfully, leaning in further to the table. You roll your eyes and laugh. "What're your siblings like?" Mikey asks. "She's about the same height as me. She's a little mean, but she's my sister, so that's not a surprise," you smile at the table thinking about it, "My brother Yuki and I are twins, and you can tell. We're basically the same person." Mikey smiles and listens as you talk.
He asks you a few more questions, a little about your parents, some about your life, you didn't tell him much. Soon, it was time for you all to go to the rest of your classes, so you said your goodbyes and parted ways. It was cool talking to Mikey, you got comfortable, but it doesn't change anything. You couldn't get close to him. Your mind wouldn't let you. You didn't know why, but you just couldn't, not after what happened, not after how you felt. It was too much. He seemed fun, but you couldn't stop from missing everything, from thinking about the past, nobody has made you feel better, feel whole again, feel happy again.
After school, you and Mikey agree to work on the project at his home, stopping at the market for supplies. "So, tell me more about your family," Mikey asks as you walk around the market, picking up things to check off your list. "Nothing much to tell. You said you had a brother and sister? What are they like?" You deflect the question back, not having an answer, not wanting him to ask more questions. "Well, my older brother, Shinichiro, has been like the parental figure since our parents haven't been around. He's a bounty hunter. We have to get food on the table somehow," he shrugs, "He has a hard time trusting people, but after you get to know him, he's nice."
You can tell Mikey loves his family. The way he smiles as he speaks of his brother. You know that feeling, loving someone so much, your heartwarming as you talk about the person, it breaks your heart when you think about it, but you push it away, keeping the smile on your face as he speaks. "My little sister Emma, she finds friends with anyone. She's nothing like Shinichiro and me. We've taken care of her since she was a baby. I love her, even though she can be a real pain." He ends with a laugh. Smiling as he thinks about his siblings, no doubt a memory going through his mind of them.
After you have everything you need, you head to his home. It wasn't far from the market. Only a half click away. Soon, you walk up to the house, Mikey typing in the code and sliding open the door. When you step inside, almost right away, you hear little feet running through the home, coming your way. A little girl emerges from the corner. "Mikey!" She shouts, jumping into his arms for a big hug. "Welcome back!" She jumps down, a big smile on her face as she smiles up at him with bright eyes. "Hey, Emma. This' my friend, Y/n," he motions to you behind him. "Hi," you say sweetly. "Hi! What are you guys doing?" she asks. "We have a project," Mikey says, starting to walk past her toward his room.
You follow him, hearing Emma behind you say, "Oh," almost sounding disappointed, "Ok. Have fun," she chirps as you make it to his room. You set your stuff down and get to work with him. It was silent the first few minutes, and surprisingly, it wasn’t awkward or uncomfortable. It felt normal. But eventually, Mikey broke the silence with more questions. "So you had been eating alone today. You have many friends at school?" Wow, great question. You shake your head, "Nope. I used to have one friend, but she's traveling with her family now," you say, not taking your eyes from the project. "Well, then I assume no boyfriend either?" he asks.
"You don't have many friends either, do you, Mikey?" you ask, looking up with a sarcastic smile. "Sorry," he laughs nervously, "I probably could've worded that better." He turns his attention back to the project. "Could've fooled me though, I would've thought a bunch of guys would be after you," he smirks. You smile and blush, rolling your eyes. As you continue to sit there, you hear a storm in the distance, looking up and out his window. "Hm, we might be able to finish before it gets closer," Mikey says.
You continue on the project for the next hour and a half. Every once in a while, feeling the presence of Emma at the door but ignored it. "What a two-week project," Mikey laughs after you finish. "Easy," you say, smiling at him. You turn your attention back outside, seeing the storm had started and was big, and you knew Mikey wouldn't let you leave. It looked really unsafe. "You can stay here until it calms down," Mikey says, seeing you stare out the window. You turn to him and nod, starting to put all your supplies away.
The door swings open. "You're staying?!" Emma asks, looking hopeful. "Yeah, just for a while until the storm calms down," you nod. "Great!" she cheers. Once you are done putting everything away, Mikey gets up, heading to the kitchen to cook dinner. Emma pulls you off to the side, wanting you to play a game with her. You do, smiling at how happy she gets. For once, you relax, playing with her, your mind no drifting, your thoughts and memories not attacking you. You felt happy.
There's a thud on the roof, and then the front door opening, a boy walking through, someone you can guess is Mikey's brother. He has in armor and a helmet. He removes it and looks at you and Emma. Emma jumps up, running and hugging him just like she did Mikey. "Welcome home, Shinichiro!" He hugs her, his eyes flickering over to you. You stand, walking to him and putting out your hand to shake. "Hi, I'm Y/n. Me and Mikey are working on a project." He shakes your hand, "Someone other than Draken. That's different," he says. He looks over to Mikey and walks around you, joining him in the kitchen.
Emma pulls you back to the game, and within minutes Mikey walks in from the kitchen and gives you both a plate. "Thanks," you say. "No problem, hope you like squid," he says. You nod and start eating. Mikey goes back and gets a plate for himself. He sits down on the couch. Shinichiro disappears in the hallway, coming back in regular clothes, and gets his plate. "So, Y/n, you have any siblings?" Shinichiro asks.
"Uh, yeah. A brother and sister," you say. He nods, "How old are they? Are they at the same school as you and Mikey?"
Mikey looks up, giving him a look, "Could you not give her the third degree right now? I'm trying to keep her as a friend," Mikey says.
"I'm just making conversation," Shinichiro shrugs. "Wait, you guys are only friends?" Emma pouts. "Yeah," Mikey looks up at you, "Well, I hope you could at least call us that?" he says, wanting your approval.
"Yeah," you smile at her, "Just friends." She pouts but stays quiet and eats her food.
Friends. It's been a while since you had a friend. If you were honest, you didn't think of him as your friend. You just met him. He was only someone from your class. You only said that to humor Emma. For whatever reason, she wanted you to be friends so much. It didn't matter. After today, he'd forget about you, moving on with his life. You had finished the project, and so he had no reason to want to stick around you. He had his own friends.
Emma gets up after a few minutes, taking all the plates to the kitchen. She comes back, first starting toward Mikey to sit next to him on the couch, but then pausing and turning instead toward Shinichiro. She climbs on the sofa he sits on, sitting next to him and snuggling under the blanket. Mikey turns on the tv, turning to a random channel.
"Y/n, if you want to sit up here, you can," Mikey says, referring to the couch. You had still been sitting on the floor from playing with Emma. You nodded and got up, sitting next to him. You all sit quietly, watching the tv. After some time, your eyes grew heavy, and eventually, against your will, they closed.
Mikey didn't notice until you started leaning on his shoulder. That was one thing about you. You could fall asleep anywhere, but you always lean when you sleep, so you lean on random people sometimes. You hated it.
He blushes, looking at Shinichiro and Emma to see if they noticed, but they hadn't. Emma was cuddling into Shinichiro's side and asleep, and he's focused on the show. Mikey looked back to you, smiling again as he got more comfortable.
Eventually, Mikey falls asleep, but not before you leaned more on him, your head resting on his lap, as you unconsciously moved your body up on the couch. Mikey moved the blanket higher on your body, making sure you were warm before he rested his hand on your waist, closed his eyes, and drifted to sleep.
Mikey didn't have to make the food. He didn't have to be nice to you or care if you left, but he did. Mikey didn't have to make his family seem normal but did. He did, for you. Mikey liked you and didn't want to scare you away. He didn't know why, but he had been fond of you ever since the class when you were nice to him.
Mikey's family is part of a species feared among the planet. It didn't have a name, and anyone who knew about them always kept their distance. The rare species were that of ones who drank blood to live. It had been a weird mutation thousands of centuries ago. They were still normal, just like everyone else, but they had fangs that allowed them to drink blood, and they could heal themselves. That was the one big difference, and people feared it. Mikey and his siblings are among the last to still live on Lothal.
Nobody knew about him and his family. The only person that knew was Draken. He was the reason nobody knew there were still ones of the species on Lothal, he let Mikey, Shinichiro, and Emma feed from him. He helped them stay alive and not always on high alert or in the spotlight of being discovered. So because of all that, Mikey made the food, invited you to his home, let you meet his siblings, kept up the traditional family look, all for you. He didn't want anything to seem out of the normal. He wanted to be close to you.
An hour passes before Shinichiro wakes Emma up, telling her to head to bed. She gets up, looking over at you and Mikey peacefully asleep, saying a quiet "aww" before leaving to the hallway. You stir a little, shifting on his lap but falling asleep again. Mikey wakes up a while later, smiling when he sees you still sleeping. He grabs the tv remote, turning it on low volume to not disturb you.
In the morning, you start to wake up, stretching and opening your eyes. When you realize you were asleep on Mikey, you quickly sit up. "Sorry," you say shyly. "It's ok," he smiles.
There was a moment of silence, then a loud boom of thunder, making your breath hitch and flinch against Mikey. His hand was still on your waist, and he tightened it, pulling you closer, concern written all over his face. "What's wrong?" You let out a breath, glancing at him before turning your head again. "I-um, I'm not that fond of storms," you laugh nervously. "May I ask why?" his voice soft and sincere.
You think for a moment, looking down at your fingers as you fidget with them. "My friend, who is traveling, she had a sister, and she died," your voice gets quiet as you speak, "It was a storm. Her sister was home, and their house got super messed up. After the storm, the house was unrecognizable. She died inside. I've hated storms since then."
Your heart breaks at the memory. You think about what happened, the details you were leaving out. All the feelings you had that day, threatening to return. "I'm sorry. That really sucks," Mikey says. "That's why my friend is traveling right now. Her sister always wanted to go out and see other places. To honor her, they've been traveling all over the galaxy," you finish.
Neither of you speaks for a moment. Mikey keeps his arm around you, unconsciously circling his thumb on your arm to comfort you. You shake your head, snapping out of the memories and looking up at Mikey. "So, how'd you meet Draken? You guys seem close." It was a topic you'd been wondering about but never asked, and now seemed like a good time to change the subject.
"Oh, well, we met a few years ago. I saved Draken's life, and we been together ever since," he smiles. "Really? What happened?" you ask, the change in topic already taking your mind off everything. "Let's say he got mixed in the wrong crowd. He almost got shot, but I took the blow," Mikey sits up straighter, his arm now on the back of the couch, his hand leaning over your shoulder, lightly playing with your hair.
"Did it scar?" you ask. Mikey sits up, lifting his shirt, showing a scar near his heart. You unconsciously reach your hand out, tracing it over the skin. It's rougher than the rest of his skin, darker, and looks like his skin was trying to stretch and heal but instead making a weird scar. You look up, pulling your hand away, feeling embarrassed. "Sorry," you say. Mikey smiles, looking at you but not saying anything.
You and Mikey continue talking, you a little more about his brother and parents. "I don't have many memories with them. It happened so long ago, and so much has happened since then, so I'm not really phased by it anymore. Can't miss what I don't remember, ya know?" His parents had left them six years ago. Mikey, now being 18, Shinichiro 20, and Emma only 7, Shinichiro was the only one who really remembered anything. Even when they were around, they were always gone.
Later in the day, when the storm cleared, Mikey agreed to take you home. Him, and Emma of crouse. You agreed and walked with them toward your home, which was only about a 5-minute walk. You talk to Emma about your family and life, only telling her the good stuff. When you get closer to your house, a part of you hoped your family wasn't home, but they were.
When you get closer, your brother opens the door. "Where've you been," he looks at the people next to you, "Who're they?" You all walk up closer, standing in the doorway. "This' Mikey, from my school. And his sister Emma. I stayed at their house last night cause of the storm. They wanted to walk me home," you tell him. Yuki gives you a knowing nod and steps to the side, "You guys should stay for dinner." You look up at him, your eyes widening, surprised at him, but you whip the look from your face and nod in agreeance when Mikey accepts the invitation. You step inside the house with Mikey and Emma following.
They walk with you as you head to your room. You push the door open, letting the two walkthrough. "There are two beds. You share this room?" Mikey asks, referring to the two beds facing each other on opposite sides of the wall. "Yeah. There aren't many rooms here, so Yuki and I share, and my sister, Kori, shares with-" you pause, "She's the oldest, so she has her own room." Mikey looks confused but lets it go, walking over and sitting on the one he could guess was yours, Emma following.
You excuse yourself, telling them you're going to tell your mom they're staying. When you leave, Yuki walks to you in the hallway. "So, who's this guy?" He asks. "Just a partner from school, why?" you ask.
He gives you a sarcastic look. "Do you really need to ask that? You know why," he sighs, "It's just, not like you, anymore." He scans your face for any sign he could read, but he gets none. "He's my partner. It wasn't my plan to stay with him so long. Plus, you're the one who invited him in. Why the change in heart?"
"I know. I know, I'm sorry. I only want to make sure you're ok. This guy, of all people, he's weird. He gets into fights a lot and will disappear from school for days at a time. I don't want anything to happen," his voice gets barely above a whisper, almost like he doesn't want you to hear what he says next, "You just got better. Anything could be a setback. Especially if you get close with him."
You sigh. "I'm fine, Yuki. It's ok." You move your gaze up at him but quickly avert it. "I'm gonna go talk to mom," you say. You walk past him toward the kitchen to your mom, who's cooking dinner. Yuki loves you, and he only wants to look out for you.
Meanwhile, in your room, Kori went to talk to Mikey. "I'm Kori. So, you're her partner, right? You guys dating or something?" she leans on the door, arms crossed. "Nope. Only friends," Mikey says. "No offense or anything, but Y/n is, how do I say this, well she's different. What I mean is, if you plan on being friends with her, you need to stick close. You need to really stay by her side." Kori uncrosses her arms and steps further into the room as she talks.
"Well, yeah. I plan on being a friend. What do you mean, though? What happened?" Mikey asks, his face turning concerned. Kori sighs, turning to the door and closing it before stepping further into the room. "She'd kill me if she knew I was telling you about this, but I'm guessing she told you about the whole storm thing," Mikey nods, "Well, that's not all. There's a little more to the story."
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