Night Shift Can't Get Any Worse Than This!

want more about mike, scott, and jeremy? i recently posted a special exception and august on ao3!

i also completely rewrote the second half of found in storage, if you want greater context there!

i've started updating the profiles and timelines with new information again! it's not done yet, but they're getting there

i've also added the au extras tag for things that aren't super important to the au- think of them as side stories! same applies to au of an au. plus more has been added to the outdated tag and its sister tag history of the archive <3

trying not to do this too often, but i've also gone ahead and updated some older posts on the blog, whether it be to flag them as outdated, or to fix any broken links. or to just outright hide them, though i try not to do that!

that's all for now! up next we have crayons and new guy on the job, both of which are stories concerning jeremy, and answering some more asks/finalizing the timeline, which i can do now that i have another browser i can stay logged onto!

enjoy looking around! thanks for being here!

Mike was pretty neutral to the idea of children before Doll. He didn't really see him raising anything successfully, although once he found out Doll was pregnant, and then subsequently cradled Caden in his arms, he was so board with the idea. This was also years after constant exposure to children once he started working dayshifts, and subsequently got an idea for looking out for a kid once he met Jeremy, so he was sort of softened by the time Caden came around lol.

Mike's recovery was long and arduous, but also a miracle in and of itself. Emerging from his coma, Mike was pretty much a vegetable while everyone and his body worked to repair the internal damage he had going on. His brain was so badly swollen and bruised that he couldn't form sentences, much less understand them, and he had quite the orbital bruising for several weeks. He also had several seizures, a few of which would've probably been fatal had he not had any supernatural influence helping him out. For the next three years, he pretty much stared off to space most of the time and chewed on his own cheek if he wasn't being directly engaged with.

She was about to get off of work at 8:30 PM when her supervisor pulled her aside. He told her that partner, William, called and said there'd been an accident, and that their son was in the hospital. She was too frantic to wait for a bus, so she instead rushed to the hospital on foot.

William definitely groaning a loud ass, "OH BROTHER" anytime she comes by LMAO

That was pretty much going to be his main choice as a career before he busted his knee up. He's actually quite graceful, and since he's short and flexible and has tons of upper body strength, he was actually pretty good at it. He was best at floor, second would be pommel horse.

He usually was the only boy, so spending so much time after school with girls made him loads less obnoxious about girls than other guys his age. He actually got significantly less teasing in school because he got to rub this fact in their faces lol.

He wanted to go to the Olympics, since he had gone to nationals already, but pretty much dashed away that chance after landing wrong. He dislocated his knee and ruptured several ligaments in his leg, and that still wasn't as painful as him immediately knowing that he just marked the end of his career. He was so upset with himself that he stepped away from it completely; he didn't even want to become a coach or a teacher.

I think Doll would probably save that conversation for when their kid is older. The topic is pretty heavy to lay on a child, so I'm sure she'd only mention it when he's an older teenager, that way Caden, their son, can grasp the full implications behind Mike's death. She also doesn't really know the full story- Mike, after having a revelation about his past, does tell her about William and the night of the murders, because that's a pretty big thing to keep from your spouse- but he leaves The Gift of Life to avoid sounding mentally unwell. (She, of course, already knows about the brain injury.) 🎈

Mike and Doll attended the same high school, and they were in the same English class. Mike appeared midway through the year after getting expelled from his last school, so he stood out like a sore thumb thanks to his lack of social associations, his intimidating face, and his "funny way of speaking," thanks to the TBI he obtained from the Bite. Because of that, he spoke very little in class. That didn't stop Doll from developing a crush, not at all put off by his "mean" demeanor.

She hatched a plan and offered to tutor him in English after class, which was really just an excuse to get closer to him. She also felt bad for the way he got teased, having memories of her own getting made fun of from her large facial birthmark, so she wanted to reach out and show him the world wasn't all bad. Mike took a bit to warm up to her at first, since he thought she was trying to trick him, but eventually realized Doll was just trying to be his friend.

Mike eventually fell really hard for Doll, not just because she was the first girl who ever approached him, but because what wasn't to love about her? She was smart, friendly, had a wonderful laugh...for the longest time, he never said a word about it because he knew he wasn't good enough for her, and that's what drove him to try and do better in school. They started dating in senior year, and it was thanks to her help that he graduated with decent grades.

Yes! I touch on it here a bit in this post, but the short version of it goes that William and Cassidy witness a hit-and-run of one of Henry's children. They don't see the driver or the license plate, but they do see a car seat in the back, and both remember the type of car. It wasn't a very common car, but still plentiful enough that the police can't trace it back to the perpetrator, so the case goes unsolved.

William can't let it go, though, and he spends several years looking into the drivers of each car as he encounters them based on what he knows. William narrows it down to four families- the respective families of The Five Missing Children- and knows it has to be one of them, but can't narrow it down any further. And when they're all present at Freddy's the same day by chance, he doesn't want to let the opportunity pass him by...