"and he smiled at me and it made my heart do flips." mike said, explaining yo dustin what had happened the day prior.
"that's cool, but i didn't ask." dustin said.
they waiting for eleven and will from the airport. being told last minute that they're visiting.
they stop talking when they see the two heading toward them.
"hey guys, sorry for not being in touch. couldn't get any letters to send and my mom's been using the phone non-stop." will said.
"it's fine. welcome home." dusin said.
"hey," mike said, giving will and el awkward side hugs. he's not much of a hugger anyway.
"hi," will responded
"what's up? long time no see!" a very familiar voice was heard. dustin and mike had been the only ones confused.
"james?" mike exclaimed, remembering one of the last incounters with him and troy. he wondered how dustin might feel, knowing it was just as- if not scarier for them.
"that's right frog face. i'm back." he smiled.
"i think i'm going to throw up." dustin said.
"where's lucas?" eleven asked, not paying attention to james.
"basketball," both mike and dustin said.
"why are you here?" dustin asked james.
"because, me and will are dating. did neither of you know that?" james wondered, kissing wills cheek.
if this would have happened a month ago, mike would have been jealous. but he's confused.
"why are you dating? how are you dating?"
"well, troy taught me some things that will helped me unlearn, he wasnt that good of an influence on me. then things just kind of happened."
"well, james, uh, there's only room for five people in my sisters car so uh you're gonna have to-" mike tried to make an excuse as to why troy has to leave but got interrupted.
"actually, i know the console lifts up into a seat." will stated.
it's true, in nancy's car, the consol lifts up and someone can sit beside the driver and the front seat passenger. will used to sit in it when joyce would agree to let will go on trips during breaks.
mike sighs, but let's james ride with them.
nancy drove, then dustin was right by here in the middle, and mike was riding shotgun. in the back it was eleven behind nancy, in the middle was will, and behind mike was james.
they got to the wheeler's and went inside, the kids heading to the basement like always.
"okay, what happened while we were gone?" will asked.
"okay, well, we joined another d&d club, lucas and max barely talk to us, we made more friends, that's basically it." mike said.
"no, don't forget the fact you have a crush." dustin reminded.
"yeah, that too,"
"so, nothing much?" eleven asked.
"nope," dustin said.
"not really," mike said.
el and will nodded.
"so, frogface- i mean mike, sorry." james said. "who do you like?"
"someone in hellfire." he admitted but won't say much more.
everyone got the hint to drop the conversation, so they ended up talking about everything and nothing at the same time.
james ended up being cool. turns out, he was just putting up a "bully" front to impress troy, but it ended up not working out.
sometimes, dustin would catch mike staring into space, probably thinking about gareth, and snapping him out of the trance.
jesus they need to get together already.
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love at first campaign |gareth x mike|
Fanfiction(2022-present) "you make everything better, i'm so glad i met you." mike and will had broke up, they had moved on. will got a boyfriend in california and mike and dustin had just joined a dungeons and dragons club called 'hellfire' in their first we...
