m i c h a e l ☂ ☂ clifford au

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this wasn't supposed to happen. his mother, going back into the habit of gambling again. it already left them with nothing.

"hey there mikey, why don't you entertain us? yeah, entertain us." derek smith, one of his mother's many cheap boyfriends, had called to him, obviously intoxicated.

"no thanks." michael was about to go back into his room, but his mother's cackling laugh stopped him.

"i told you he was shy." derek slapped his only good knee and bent forward giggling, almost vomiting on their cardboard-like floors. he just wanted him and anyone else in poor mom's life gone, forever.

"christine, fix your boy and tell him to get that stick up and out of his ass!" michael's chest seized at the fact that his mom was laughing along too.

"i'm going to my room now." which wasn't really a 'room,' more like a place sanctioned off by stained shower curtains.

one day. he thought. one day, i'm getting out of this place. and then he drifted off to sleep.
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so part one is up, and yeah. if you're wondering why michael's mother's name's is not karen, and why daryl's not present, there's a reason why 'au' stands for 'alternative universe' which means that this story doesn't depict anything related to michael's life (only some parts) but other than that, he's just a person that's not in a band. which is pretty hard to imagine, but oh well, i'm just clearing this up if you had questions.