#i think we’d work better as a team. >>> 𝐀𝐒𝐊𝐒

[hiisheart]

》》 @oracle-venus whispered: “I just feel calmer. When I’m with you.” ((Will at Mike

┊ ┊ ┊ ┊ ♥︎ . *. ⋆ 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧, dark eyes shift to the right , the movement quickly copied by the rest of his head. mike's attention issues often meant that his eyes were 𝙿𝙷𝚈𝚂𝙸𝙲𝙰𝙻𝙻𝚈 𝙻𝙾𝙾𝙺𝙸𝙽𝙶 at things he was trying to pay attention to , but the catch was that he may not actually be 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 what he's looking at. given the somewhat serious hint he thought he could pick up in the other's tone , he figured that whatever was about to come next deserved to be seen , not just looked at.

and will deserved it , too. too many times had mike witnessed the 𝙸𝙽𝚃𝙴𝙻𝙻𝙸𝙶𝙴𝙽𝚃 && 𝙲𝚁𝙴𝙰𝚃𝙸𝚅𝙴 𝙱𝙾𝚈 being thrown under the bus , chewed out by some mouthbreather just because he was different. everything that made will himself had to come from 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 , and mike would be damned if he didn't at least take some interest in that.

it was still surprising , though , hearing such a heartfelt statement from the other. will had always been honest , but this was almost 𝙰 𝚆𝙷𝙾𝙻𝙴 𝙽𝙴𝚆 𝙻𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙻 of honesty , one mike wasn't sure he knew how to handle. if anything , it sounded like some kind of 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 , like the words provided him the outlet for him to get out some long-since repressed emotions. it wasn't like mike didn't believe him ; in fact , hearing the sentiment made a 𝚂𝙾𝙼𝙴𝚆𝙷𝙰𝚃 𝙾𝙳𝙳 𝚈𝙴𝚃 𝙰𝙻𝙼𝙾𝚂𝚃 𝙵𝙰𝙼𝙸𝙻𝙸𝙰𝚁 sensation of warmth begin to spread throughout his body , and a gentle smile tugged at the corners of his mouth.

❝ ... i'm glad you do. you 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎 to feel safe. ❞ he hoped the words didn't sound awkward ; he wasn't used to receiving such high compliments. he licked his lips , letting the next set of words linger at the 𝚃𝙸𝙿 𝙾𝙵 𝙷𝙸𝚂 𝚃𝙾𝙽𝙶𝚄𝙴 before turning his head away ever so slightly. ❝ but , i guess ... why 𝚖𝚎? you don't have to answer , i was just curious. ❞

》》 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.