#his ability to love will both platonically and romantically and his crush on el morphing into platonic love is a perfect recipe for comphet

[robertdownerjunior]

mike having a small crush on el in s1 that just went too far is my favorite fruity mike hc.

like, in the beginning, he had a tiny crush on her because she's pretty and cool and powerful and so a small crush developed. but then she (allegedly) reciprocated these feelings and suddenly this went from a tiny crush to an actual relationship.

and mike gets will back, and no matter his crush on el, he loves will. but he's in a 'proper hetero relationship' so we get repress repress repress and comphet comphet comphet.

mike does the relationship things. he tried to appear cool so el finds him attractive by giving up dnd. he told her he loved her. he did all the proper relationship things. this is what 'proper' relationship things are, so this is what i'm going to do.

and in the process he's losing will, his best friend, the person who he's always been the most attached to. he's losing will who was the best thing that happened to him.

but hey! that's what relationships are, right? they matter most, so mike is doing the normal thing.

el tells him she (allegedly) loves him too, and it makes him uncomfy, but he pushes it away. why didn't he like it when she kissed him? why did he like it so much more when wills said he wont join another party?

doesn't matter. they've moved away. and mike pushes it down more.

he's going to visit them in california. will apparently has a crush on some girl, which he's very normal and not awkward about.

before he leaves the plane, he puts his sunglasses on. there's no specific reason he doesnt want her to see his eyes when they kiss, just like there's no reason he puts the flowers in between them which makes them separate faster. that's just a side effect. he goes to hug will, but it feels too weird, even though he can hug lucas and dustin without problems. there's no reason for that, don't think about it.

will has a painting. maybe the painting wasn't for a girl, but instead a gift for mike, will's best friend! or apparently not.

oh, angela? angela is probably whoever the painting goes to. not that mike cares or anything.

he's not avoiding will for a specific reason, it just feels too weird.

he cant tell el he loves her, but that's not for a specific reason either.

oh my god, the painting was for him!

nevermind, this was something el commissioned.

oh, el needs him? he has to stay with her. she matters a lot to him, he cant lose her because of whatever he's feeling. he's in love with her. he has to be.

mike has to save el. she wanted him to tell her he loved her. love at first sight is a good relationship thing to say, right?

el isn't talking to him since the love confession. he misses her. they're probably going to break up. why doesn't that bother him?