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♡ 11 - boogeyman ♡

cg!will, lucas, dustin
little!mike (5)

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Mike, Lucas, Dustin, and Will were hanging out at Mike's house. They knew Mike was a little and the rest of them didn't mind. For Mike's sake, they were even playing toy cars with him. They had a blast playing with him, and he was somewhat energetic and sassy, which was hilarious. They enjoyed him just as much as big Mike.

They pushed the cars around on the carpet while Mike made soft car noises.
"vrrrr.. and Mike wins again!" he cheered, crossing some imaginary finish line.
"What? No! You pushed me, that should be disqualified!" Dustin argued.
"Yeah, and it was obviously me who won." Will grinned.
"We were racing?" Lucas asked.
"Dustin's a liar! You're just jealous!" Mike taunted.
"Excuse me, why's this little tike talking to me?" Dustin rolled his eyes jokingly.
The sound of laughter and chatter filled the room.

Mike flopped onto the floor.
"I'm hungry." he whined, dragging out the "y".
"Well, who's gonna get snacks?" Lucas asked.
"Not it!" Mike quickly shouted, raising a hand.
"Not it!" Dustin and Lucas shouted over each other, also raising their hands. The three turned to look at Will, who only sighed.
"Ugh, fine. Don't have too much fun without me," he said, eyeing Dustin and Lucas, which was his way of saying "don't utterly destroy the basement while I'm gone", and he headed up the stairs.

As soon as Will was out of sight, Mike launched a toy car at Lucas's head. He was also a troublemaker.
"I- ow! What was that for?" he exclaimed. Mike grinned widely.
"Yeah, if you're gonna throw something, do it like this!" Dustin said, throwing a pillow right into Mike's face.
"Ah! You're on, butthead!" Mike fired, picking up a pillow. Soon enough, they were in a full-fledged pillow fight.

"Stop it! Lucas, help me!" Dustin screamed from the floor as Mike beat him with a cushion.
"Mike, you'd better stop!" Dustin threatened him.
"Or else what?" Mike laughed evilly.
"We'll call, uh, the uh.." Dustin stuttered.
"The boogeyman! He kidnaps bad boys!" Lucas finished.
Little Mike may have been sassy and troublesome, but that was one of his very worst weaknesses: he scared easily.
"Pff, what? That's not a real thing!" Mike attempted to play it cool, backing off Dustin nonetheless.

Dustin sat up, spitting out pillow fluff.
"He is too! And he steals bad children at night and eats them." Lucas said.
"Don't call him!" Mike blurted out. "Uhh, I mean, which is what I would say if he were real."
"Not real, eh? Then Lucas and I will give him a call right now." Dustin said, fake dialing up the phone, holding it up to his ear.
"Noo, don't do that!" Mike whimpered softly.

"Is this the boogeyman? Yep. Uh-huh. I see." Dustin talked into the phone.
"Noo! I've been good! I'm good!" Mike said frantically.
"Yeah, I think you'll have to teach Mikey here a lesson. Take his fingers and his toes!" Lucas added before hanging up.
"No, don't, please! My fingers!" Mike began to cry.

Will walked back down, setting a few things down on the table, met with a crying Mike and nervous looks from the two.
"I was only gone for a few minutes, what happened? What's wrong, bud?" Will asked, sitting down next to Mike. Mike launched himself onto Will and sobbed into his shoulder.
"Th-they called the boogeyman o-on me and he's going to eat my fingers a-and my toes!" he choked out.
Will tried stifling a snicker before mustering the most disapproving look he could towards the two boys. He rested a hand on Mike's neck and rubbed his back.

"Awh, bud, I promise you the boogeyman isn't real. And if anyone tried to hurt you we would protect you! It was just a prank, right guys?" Will asked, glaring daggers at them.
"U-uh, yeah!"
"Yep!" They agreed simultaneously.
"So he's not real?" Mike sniffled.
"No, bud. He's just made up." Lucas assured him.
"Yeah, a-and we're sorry for scaring you." Dustin apologized.

"So, what do you say? Do you forgive them?" Will asked, shifting Mike to face them.
"Dummies.." Mike muttered before thinking to himself.
"Fine, I forgive you." Mike said, reaching out for a hug from Lucas and Dustin.

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