Mudddddd

give me mike the brave asking mike wheeler what homophobia is and give me mike wheeler trying to explain why people in their world don't like queer people

for example: the way mike deals with emotions, the way he bottles everything up until it bursts, and sometimes it comes out the wrong way because he never knows how to properly express himself. how he clearly felt lost for a couple of years, not knowing where he fit in when everything was changing. then he finally finds his place again: being a leader, not just making small plans here and there, but actually taking some charge, protecting his friends, his people, the original qualities that made him who he was as a kid. but now he's older and he's changed because multiple things have happened and he can't figure out how bring back that old spark he used to have when he was twelve before everything had changed.

mike with jane and will: the way mike was dating jane because he thought that's what he was supposed to do, because everyone assumed he liked her, so he felt like he had to. not knowing how to be with her without isolating his other friends. lashing out at will because mike didn't understand himself. not being able to write letters to will when he moved away because mike didn't know how to write casually towards him while writing multiple letters to his girlfriend and not being able to tell her he loved her. mike and will finding way back while living together for eighteen months, and mike possibly finally understand why he feels the way he does about will, but still not being able to express his feelings because a part of him feels like he doesn't deserve it after not understanding himself for so long.

imagine the chaos of the madwheeler duo running rampant in vecnas mind.

imagine them being forced to see each others worst memories and recognising the real reason they butt heads so often is because they just cant stand how similar they really are.

imagine they fight because theyre still in denial about their similarities because theyre both self hating idiots, and/or they have some sort of disagreement, maybe about how to escape or maybe max confronts him about how he's treated el in the past.

imagine that right as tensions are highest, they stumble into another memory and max finds out that mikes big secret is that hes in love with will. and he expects her to berate him. to yell at him, say she just knew there was something wrong with him, but of course she doesn't. she just hugs him and tells him its okay. and he's so caught off guard that he doesn't even react at first, but then piece by piece he just starts to break down and cry into her shoulder, because its such a relief to finally just admit it to someone, and the fact that max, someone who isnt very fond of him on a good day, still accepts him honestly just makes her the perfect person to admit it to.