i can't for the life of me picture mike and will ever deciding to have a kid. that being said their kid's name is winona but everyone calls her winnie, will came up with it because joyce let it slip once that winona was the name she would've chosen for her daughter if she'd ever birthed one. winnie is artistic just like her dad (will) and loves to cook just like her dad (mike). she takes the making of gingerbread houses veeery seriously every christmas without failure.
dustin adores winnie and winnie adores him. they're just two only children unknowingly brightening each other's lives significantly.
jane makes sure to always take a moment to sit down with winnie and fix her hair whenever she visits the maldonado household. she knows how much the girl loves getting her hair styled, and unfortunately both mike and will are incompetent when it comes to stuff like that.
kali likes to just sit and watch the two on the rare occasion that she shows up along with jane. she usually doesn't say much, but winnie can tell from the way kali hugs her that she cares.
robin is the best at making winnie laugh, whether it's intentional or not. she's one of the people winnie feels the most comfortable being unapologetically herself around, and thankfully robin doesn't seem to mind that at all. she answers all of winnie's questions seriously and never deems them stupid or annoying, and whenever winnie rants about something robin joins the conversation with zero hesitation. winnie likes to show off her room and her current projects and can always count on robin to show the right amount of enthusiasm.
winnie has will's hazel eyes and mike's unruly, black curls. she has mike's freckles as well as his smile, but the bunny teeth that poke out whenever it makes an appearance are undeniably will's. when she frowns she looks an awful lot like nancy, and on the rare occasion that she cries she tries to muffle her sobs with her hands no matter how many times will reassures her that it's okay to let it all out. mike would be a liar if he said that seeing his daughter like that doesn't terrify him. sometimes he cries behind closed doors because he hates the way he sees himself in one of the people he loves most, hates the way there's no stopping her from one day deciding that she doesn't trust him enough to tell him things, if that's what she deems necessary. that, if anything, is love. mike knows it. it scares him.
whenever winnie's red-rimmed eyes catch a glimpse of a pretty butterfly or a nice new dress jane and her best friend max got for her, a gentle reminder that good things haven't ceased to exist just because she feels hopeless at the moment, it's karen's determination to keep going that's reflected in the last remnants of tears lingering at her waterline.
winona "winnie" maldonado, daughter of mike and will maldonado. she's magic in the only ways that truly matter. she's the beating heart that makes having hope feel worth it, makes it seem like the only right decision.