AHHHHH same ;;; I love their dynamic because they're both kind of awkward and fumbling but with complete opposite energies, i.e. withdrawn vs. explosive. And Mike needs both other Teens to socialize with and people slightly older than him to learn to trust. Even if Peter's still more a teen than an adult, Mike registers him as being "vaguely Nancy's age", which is around where the "you can't fucking trust adults" line starts. It's also incidentally where the "people to turn to when shit gets too bad to handle with just my tween friends' help" line begins. Basically he's at the right spot for the friendship to be sort of multipurpose.

ALSO. I bit off too much in October, and then when I couldn't chew it all I got anxious and ignored it. Would it be okay if I replied to the month-and-four-days-old demon thread tag??