bit of a numbing problem

Noah Schnapp doing the sorcerer pose with fans in Madrid recently!

This months prompt is...

MYTH at 502 WORDS.

You have until June 30th, 2026 to submit your microfics to be shared to the blog (and the AO3 collection if you wish!)

Mike had a ways to go working at Mythopolis before he could be promoted to jouster.  In his current position, he walked the floor in an awkward dragon costume with disproportionate wings, knocking kids over with his heavy tail. The dragon’s mouth was permanently open as Mike’s dark porthole to the world, just behind the tongue.

Will knew Mike wasn’t allowed to talk or take his head off while on duty, and that just made visiting him all the more fun.

When Mike saw him leaning casually in the golden glow of the redemption counter, he turned with a jump and knocked a kid over as he stomped towards the light.

“Hi, I’m not sure if you can help me,” Will said cheekily. “I’m looking to deliver lunch to a…Kraktor the Incinerator?”

Mike looked around and pointed at himself with a shrug.

“Are you sure? You look like more of a Kraktor the Delicate Protein Searer.” 

Mike folded his green arms and tapped his foot.

“Ah, who am I to judge?” He handed him a brown paper bag. “Homemade stromboli. Made by me actually, not mom. She wouldn’t make them shaped like shields.”

Mike looked in the bag through the dragon’s mouth and was frozen like that for a moment. He touched his plush green cheek, then pumped his hand out from his heart.

Will’s face flushed. “Shit, that’s cute. Maybe you are an incinerator.”

Mike fanned himself with a green claw and could tell Will was getting flustered.

Will looked at his watch. “How about that. It’s time for your break…ok-don’t-ask-why-this-is doing-it-for-me-and-just-meet me-in-the-boiler-room-please and-thanks,” he mumbled  without stopping to breathe.

Mike struggled to fit his wings and tail through the boiler room door as he dragged him in. Will pulled his head up and off like a veil and kissed him, pressing up against his soft scales as Mike almost toppled over. “Wow, okay. This—is happening! I should be the one thanking you for the like, sweet gesture—“ 

“You can eat in a minute, I just had to do this. You’re so cute when you’re a dragon mime.”

“Oh. Should I be quiet now too?”

“You can try,” Will panted, peppering his face with kisses and latching hard onto his lips.

“Mmh—Will—? Are you harboring a secret attraction to sports mascots?”

“Uh, no?”

“This is like a—a weird fever dream,” Mike managed between kisses. “You can call me Kraktor if you want.”

“Again, no,” Will grinned. “But I’ll admit, I’m jealous of this costume. I wish I could just zip up around you like this.”

“Me too. I want you to be sweaty inside me.”

It flew right over his head how delightfully bad that sounded. Will sighed. 

“Push me against the chamber door, dragon tamer.”

“Your tail’s getting in the way,” he laughed, deepening the kiss. “God, if I’m this gone for you as a dragon, wait until you’re jousting.”

“I won’t be able to set foot in this place again without thinking about this.”

This months prompt is...

MYTH at 502 WORDS.

You have until June 30th, 2026 to submit your microfics to be shared to the blog (and the AO3 collection if you wish!)

walk with me: will knows he’s connected to the hive mind, and he knows that vecna will always be able to use him if he is. nobody’s saying it, but they all know there’s a possibility of will dying if they don’t find a way to kill vecna without killing will. will resents that nobody is acknowledging that, even though they do love him (and secretly, mike is just ignoring it because he refuses to believe that will could die for good). will, because he thinks it’s the right thing to do, prepares to die, just like harry potter is passively suicidal near the end of the series. they have that in common: they’d do it for those they love.

outwardly, mike is the leader. he’s the heart. and part of that is because of will. he’s also focused on helping el get ready to defeat vecna. she’s the one he seems to be concerned about. he thinks will’s fine, or ignores the truth, and so when will’s plan is revealed, he’s taken completely by surprise. now he’s panicking to make sure will doesn’t sacrifice himself. this would highlight the difference between mike’s relationship with el and will: he unconsciously hides his emotions from el, because he thinks that what she needs is for him to be calm. but in regard to will, he lets go and is honest about some, if not all, of his feelings. he doesn’t feel the need to hold back, and he doesn’t have the capacity to hide how devastated he is by will being ready to die (a deeper look into mike’s mindset would be that will has lied to him again. he’s betrayed him. and that’s exactly what it feels like to mike).