Mike wheeler one-shots

Listen, Listen, Listen, I Swear This Won't Take Long

Continuing
All credits to zeebeevee
Summary: "Mike, is that true?" Joyce asks softly, sounding sick. She was practically glued to Hopper's side, but her usual worried expression was prominent on her face.

There was a moment of silence before Mike slowly nodded. "Yeah," He whispers.

TW:implied r@pe,past r@pe

The hatred in Nancy's eyes after Will explained what Mike told him was unlike anything he's ever seen, so rageful and terrifying, he would've flinched if he didn't know her so well. And he still winced when she looked him over.

"Thank you for telling me," Nancy murmurs slowly, pulling her gun off her back and holding it in front of her. She checked to see if the safety was off before storming over to where the pastor was standing above the fire, ignoring the cries of confusion from the others as she pressed the gun to the pastor's head. He froze in shock instantly, turning with wide eyes. "You are going to leave."

"Nancy, what are you talking about? There's nowhere for him to go and he hasn't done anything wrong," Poor naive Jonathan says, trying to deescalate the situation. He holds his hand out in a pleading gesture, but Nancy ignores him. It was in vain, of course, and Nancy didn't put her gun down.

The pastor smiles nervously at Nancy. "I-I'm sure if we all calm down, we can figure out where the miscommunication is and—" He starts, but Nancy interrupts him.

"Shut your mouth or I'll shoot a bullet through it," She growls, and the pastor does so instantly. She glances over at her younger brother, who was watching with wide eyes, before turning her eyes back to the pastor, her resolve even harder. "It has come to my attention that you are a terrible, massive, really disgusting creep. I don't give a fuck about the monsters outside. You are going to leave ."

"Nancy, what did he do?" Jonathan questions anxiously, glancing between the man and his girlfriend in confusion. The entire group had formed a sort of circle around Nancy and the pastor, with Will standing next to Nancy with a blank look on his face. "Will, what is she talking about?"

Will glances at Mike, who was standing next to Lucas in the circle. His eyes were shiny from tears. The two make eye contact and Mike gives the tiniest of nods. "He raped Mike," Will says bluntly, turning back to glare at the pastor with hate, earning a loud gasp from the entire crowd. So fast it probably hurt his neck, Lucas turns to Mike, who suddenly finds interest in the floor.

"Mike, is that true?" Joyce asks softly, sounding sick. She was practically glued to Hopper's side, but her usual worried expression was prominent on her face.

There was a moment of silence before Mike slowly nodded. "Yeah," He whispers.

Everyone's eyes returned to the pastor, and if looks could kill, the man would have exploded from the fury in everyone's gaze. Nancy's gun pressed hard against the pastor's head and her finger was on the trigger. "So you agree to leave?" Nancy growls out, and Will knows she won't hesitate to kill the man.

The pastor smiles, trying in vain to stay. "I'm sure we can find an agreement that doesn't lead to anyone being kicked out," The man says in his fake kind voice. "It was a one time mistake, everyone makes mistakes, don't they?" Mike started to tremble in fear, and Max grabbed his hand. "As our lord states—"

"I don't give a fuck about that," Will snarls out, startling the man into silence. "Stop lying through your teeth, you asshole, Mike told me everything that happened. I can't believe someone so disgusting exists."

"Now, now, we shouldn't be so hasty–" The pastor continued, glancing at the gun pointed at his head with nervousness. But then, being completely done with the man and his lies, Hopper moved forward and grabbed the pastor, dragging him out of the church as he started shouting for mercy.

Mike blinked, his eyes still wide, and suddenly his knees buckled and he fell to the ground, all his tense muscles relaxing at once. Will was at his side in an instant, but he couldn't hear Will's comforting words. The party was all crouching down next to him, but his mind was buzzing so loudly he didn't notice. Tears slipped down his cheeks silently as his wide eyes stared into space in shock.

"I think he's dissociating," Max whispers as she stares at the blank eyes of her friend, She looks at Will and back at Mike. Will pauses and frowns, but nods in agreement.

"Oh sweetie," Joyce whispers, her own eyes shining with tears as well. "When did it happen?" She asks Will, who was clutching Mike's hand like a lifeline. The boy looked up and frowned. "Did it happen just now?"

Will shook his head. "No, Mike told me it.." He grimaces, looking back at Mike's terribly blank face. "He said it started when he was nine."

" Nine ?" Max and Lucas speak at the same time. Dustin looks like he's going to faint.

"Bring him over here," Joyce says, gesturing to a bed. Will and Max help Mike stand up and move to the small cushioned area. Mike didn't move until Joyce started stroking his hair, and he slowly allowed himself to sink into the bed, but not closing his eyes. "Oh honey, I can't believe I didn't realize."

"None of us knew," Nancy says sadly, setting her gun down so she can move over to her frozen brother. Mike let out a sigh and closed his eyes, dozing off. "God.."

Mike sleeps for a solid seven hours. During which, Hopper came back and said that they won't have to worry about the pastor anymore. When Joyce asked where he went, Hopper smirked darkly and said: "The dogs won't be hungry for a while." And it was left at that.

When Mike did wake up, the entire party was around him. "Hm?" He hums, sitting up with a few blinks. "Did I faint or something?" Will latched onto him in a hug.

"No, you had a dissociative episode," Max says matter-of-factly. "I think that's what they're called.." She looks away before shrugging. Mike blinks, then looks around for a moment. Was the pastor still here? Was he going to have to ignore the man's creepy stares again?

"He's gone, Mike," Will says, placing his hand on Mike's shoulder. "He's gone now."

Mike blinks again. "What?" He says, frowning. The disgusting man? Mike had resigned himself to being uncomfortable. "Where did he go?"

Will glanced at Hopper, hesitating. "Um.." He starts. "Let's not think about that, okay?" The entire party sweat dropped and Mike blanched slightly. Then he started chuckling slightly, pushing his hair from his face. "What is it?"

"I just can't believe we're still in an apocalypse," Mike says with a grin. "It seems so surreal all of a sudden, doesn't it? We still have to defeat Vecna after this."

Nancy smiles slightly, crouching down in front of Mike, who turned to look at her. "Well, this time, really no secrets, alright?" She says, holding out a pinkie. Mike smiles again and holds out his pinkie as well, and the two siblings shook on it.

"We can get through this," Dustin says confidently. "If our paladin is strong enough to deal with a stupid creep, then that raising won't know what happened!"

The entire party laughed, and the room seemed brighter again.