possessum: (some part of you covered me)
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NOTE: I am forever backtag friendly and absolutely open to doing things from past events that won't really have an effect on things at any given time. For example, if you'd like to do something with Peter aged down or when he was his spider dream guide, etc.

micycle: (only a downstat)

[personal profile] micycle 2021-04-25 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's trying to be polite, Mike thinks. It's an attempt at keeping things civil, after finding out the truth. In a moment, Peter will excuse himself from the conversation entirely, and their friendship will be over. It's kinder than Mike deserves.]

it was my birthday
i'm sixteen


[It sounds pathetic, like some kind of excuse. Like he's asking Peter to go easy on him.]
micycle: (state of shock)

[personal profile] micycle 2021-04-28 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
no
just a concussion


[Peter's response sparks surprise, then anger, and then shame. How can he be asking that right now? How can he be ignoring the fact that Mike killed him? Why won't Peter just come out with it, and say what Mike deserves to hear?]

you can yell at me okay
i know it's my fault
Edited 2021-04-28 16:52 (UTC)
micycle: (destination unknown)

[personal profile] micycle 2021-05-01 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[To an ear that still hears disapproval in the voice of everyone older, it sounds like: I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed. Like: I'm not shouting, we're just having a conversation. And he knows Peter, by now. He knows that he's not being fair to one of the kindest, most generous boys he's met in this town. But the instinct is there, burrowed deep, and Mike folds into himself like he's awaiting a slap to the cheek.]

ok

[And he sits, staring at the face of his phone, waiting for the call.]
micycle: (you spin me round (like a record))

[personal profile] micycle 2021-05-02 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a moment's silence, a muted sniffle, the quiet movement of something that scrapes. He's bundled in a blanket on the rooftop of his house, the closest to privacy that the packed dwelling provides. Only Will even knows the whole truth of that night.]

... A-all of it. [A quick pause, and then a hurried addition: ] But I've seen worse. You really don't have to worry about me.

[And even if it does little to convince anyone that Mike wasn't utterly traumatized by the sight, it's certainly true. A car accident can't compare to what happened to Brianna, inches away from him, or to what he saw in Hawkins Lab.]
micycle: (when love breaks down)

[personal profile] micycle 2021-05-12 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
It was.

[It bursts out of him, too loud, almost desperate, almost an accusation. Like he's trying to persuade Peter of something he knows the boy won't accept. This isn't what Mike deserves to hear. Why can't Peter understand that? Why can't he just admit that Mike isn't worthy of this apology?]

It wouldn't have happened if I wasn't there. That's fault.