M. WHEELER

I’M OUR PALADIN — i thought we were f r i e n d s, you know? but friends tell each other the truth. and they definitely don't lie to each other. you h u r t m e, do you understand? what you did sucks. independent selective & private MIKE WHEELER of netflix’s STRANGER THINGS. canon & hc based. au & crossover friendly. loved & written by ASH.      CARRD.      ST MULTI.

                            ‘ i mean... it kind’ve is, isn’t it? ’ mike doesn’t know if there was another word for it. he’s not even sure if he believes in fate, or if everything happens for a reason, but if any of that is true, then mike knows for sure that hawkins has been cursed from the beginning. all of their problems started in the last two years, but mike thought there was always some type of badness lingering around their small town. ‘ just because we know the truth, doesn’t make hawkins suck any less. it does. we just know the reason why now, ’     @bukley​.

                            ‘ okay, yoda, ’ the scoff is half hearted, nose scrunching a bit when mike looks up at his sister. dull, half lidded eyes land on her, unexpecting of the fairly cryptic wisdom she had just bestowed upon him. ‘ so wise, you are, ’ says he in his best yoda impression, though quiet follows shortly after, mike taking in the words and contemplating them. there were parts of himself that he knows he hasn’t faced yet, and apparently, nancy could see that, too. the dark parts, the deep insides that held secrets and shame and things mike didn’t want to face. and he isn’t whole. he doesn’t know if he ever has been. pieces were missing from the boy that he hasn’t been able to find again yet, though mike desperately wishes he could. he’s quiet for a long moment, boy biting at his inner cheek as he thinks. ‘ how do you... face the bad parts? without, i dunno... getting lost in them or something? ’ though he’s never said it, mike had an underlying fear of turning out to be the bad guy ; the monster. eyes move up to nancy, his brow slightly furrowed. ‘ what if i have more bad parts than good? ’     @hawkinsgenius​.

eyes flutter open, trying and failing to focus on eddie as mike takes a deep breath. one... two... three... blurry vision begins to center until mike can finally look at eddie. there are involuntary tears is his eyes, ones mike pushes back without much effort, used to doing so. ‘ i - i’m okay, ’ he finally speaks, giving a quiet, shaky sigh, now embarrassed that he was caught. ‘ how - how’d you find me? ’     @banisheddie​.

                          deep wheeler sibling conversations were usually reserved for the times right before a potentially fatal fight. which is why mike was so surprised when nancy found him in the basement, sitting down beside him. he almost makes a snarky remark ( he’d be amiss not to ), but nancy gets her words out first. words that make mike’s face scrunch into a look of shock and confusion. ‘ what does that even mean? ’ he’s so surprised by nancy’s lack of esteem that there’s no way for mike to hide it from his features. her, a monster? the big sister who takes him to school, who plays with holly when she asks, who would never let anything bad happen to her family or friends? as much as they bicker and fight and pretend they can’t stand each other, mike knows better than anyone how much nancy cares. ‘ why would you even think that? you helped save the world. like, multiple times. you’re not a monster - you’re a hero, ’ in a rare feat, mike’s features soften when he looks at his older sister. ‘ so don’t say that, ’     @petitefighter​.