The call came through, Mikes fingers hovering over the accept button. He angled the camera away from his face, switching it off the second he joined the call.
“Aw, shy?” Will mutters, his camera on. He seems to be lying in bed, and the casualness of it all is sending a warm feeling through Mike’s chest. He felt stupid. But then again, this whole scenario was stupid.
“So are you gonna finally rip off the Band-Aid? I can’t wait to see your ugly face and uninvite you to my house.” Mike gulped, scared to even speak.
“Fuck off.” He mumbled, feeling shy about his voice.
Will, on the other side of the phone, turned a shade of red the camera hopefully didnt pick up. That was not what he was expecting. He dropped his phone face down on his chest, running a hand over his face with a sigh.
“I’ll only turn my camera on if you stop being so mean- hey wait where did you go?”
This might be a little too much for Will. He sounded like a lost puppy in his tone, but had the voice of a man.
Will was not open about his sexuality, but everyone knew that Will was gay. He hoped Mike knew so too, he hoped that he knew exactly what hearing that voice was pulling up from the depths of his heart.
“Byers?” Mike mumbled, voice perking up in question.
“Don’t call me that.” He grumbled back, having to keep his teenage girl level excitement down. Will wiped a hand over his face, readying himself before picking up his phone.
“So what are you waiting for…”
The small twist of Mike’s throat is barely caught by the microphone, but Will already knew he was nervous.
“Hey, it’s fine. I don’t really care what you look like… and honestly no bunnybyers fan is ugly.” Will’s tone sounds… soft for a moment, and the juxtaposition of his usual demeanour made kindness seem a little more meaningful.
“Okay so…”
Mike clicked on his camera, mouse sounding like thunder.
He held his hands out, a guilty smile on his face.
“If you wanna like scream and cry and block me that’s fine as long as you don’t tell anyone I’m super ugly.” Mike braced himself for the worst, eyes squeezing shyt as Will just stared at him with his mouth gaped.
“No- no. I…”
Will mumbles a little, trying to subconsciously soothe Mike while being winded by large amount of emotion.