[Mike goes pink again, and dips his chin, the same way he does whenever a conversation turns towards him. He could spend the whole afternoon talking about one of his friends, but his own life isn't as preferable a territory.]
Yeah, I deliver pizza. [A beat.] On my bike.
[A useless addition, like vocal fidgeting. He wants to tell Will everything, and he wants to tell Will nothing, because most of it's frankly been shit. When there haven't been killer clowns and killer nuns and killer sand worms, the peacetime has been made up of its own woes. He's not proud of how many of those woes have involved shouting and crying in front of Steve.]
Did you have one, before?
[It's the first tentative dip into a territory he's already been contemplating for months. Will's previous time here has always been something secret and nebulous, and he can never figure out if he wants to leave it unknown or memorize it like a book. It puts a twisty, unsettled feeling in his stomach to know there's a part of Will's life he hasn't been there for. There's a part he's missed. And somewhere in his brain, for reasons that fail him, is a voice that says he doesn't want to know those parts. That maybe Will was happier here, and he'll resent Mike for showing up and intruding.]
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Yeah, I deliver pizza. [A beat.] On my bike.
[A useless addition, like vocal fidgeting. He wants to tell Will everything, and he wants to tell Will nothing, because most of it's frankly been shit. When there haven't been killer clowns and killer nuns and killer sand worms, the peacetime has been made up of its own woes. He's not proud of how many of those woes have involved shouting and crying in front of Steve.]
Did you have one, before?
[It's the first tentative dip into a territory he's already been contemplating for months. Will's previous time here has always been something secret and nebulous, and he can never figure out if he wants to leave it unknown or memorize it like a book. It puts a twisty, unsettled feeling in his stomach to know there's a part of Will's life he hasn't been there for. There's a part he's missed. And somewhere in his brain, for reasons that fail him, is a voice that says he doesn't want to know those parts. That maybe Will was happier here, and he'll resent Mike for showing up and intruding.]