Mike And Richie Twins AU Part VI: How They Make Each Other Feel Better

Mike and Richie Twins AU Part VI: How they make each other feel better

Featuring: The idea that Mike is the only one that’s allowed to call Richie ‘Rich’ and Richie is the only one that can call Mike ‘Mikey’

Again: reminder that this is modern setting

-Richie is used to hiding all of his emotions, but Mike ALWAYS knows when something is up because he gets quiet and shuts people out

-So whenever he notices Richie is feeling upset he’ll convince Richie to act sick with him so Karen will call the school and tell them that the boys are sick (funny how when IT was a problem Richie and Mike were sick a lot more often)

-But Karen is a working woman so the boys are home alone

-So Mike is like “Okay Rich, it’s time for a movie marathon”

-They watch whatever Richie wants and eat food

-Usually after a while Richie will tell Mike what’s wrong (he cries but will never admit it) and they just sit and talk about it and Mike will either just listen to him rant or give his advice about the situation

-Some of these problems consisted of his crush on Eddie (“Just go for it Rich! I see the way he looks at you!”), his fight with Bill (“Really? His brother just DIED Rich, just do the right thing and help him!”), etc.

-By the end of the day Richie usually feels much better

-They’ll both magically feel better at the end of the day and Karen has caught on tbh but let’s her boys take the day off because they both do well in school (seriously you’d never guess it but Richie is an honor roll kid and does better than Mike is some classes) and deserve a break sometimes

-Bonus: after Eddie and Richie get together Mike texts Eddie and he will come by after school and Mike goes upstairs and lets the two be in the basement alone for a while— then they usually invite him down and they’ll watch Richie’s guilty pleasure show (it’s Good Luck Charlie and y’all can fight me on this)

-Late at night they’ll be laying down in bed and Mike will hear “Thanks Mikey… today was really helpful”

-When Mike is upset he’ll pick fights with everyone and act out

-So for example: when Richie asks Mike what time it is and Mike responds “You’re the one with glasses, look for yourself you son of a bitch”(Richie can tell when Mike is joking or not and he was not joking) Richie knew something was up

-People usually leave Mike alone when he does stuff like this (which is honestly what he wants to happen), but when has Richie ever done what others do/what they want him to do?

-So he’ll ask Mike what’s wrong repeatedly what’s wrong until he gets so annoyed that he confesses

-And the two will stay up all night talking about what’s wrong

-Richie will sneak down to the kitchen and get snacks and then come up to the room and he and Mike will sit in the top bunk and eat and talk (funny how when El was missing Mike refused to eat the Eggos Richie brought/there were a lot more midnights spent talking)

-And it’s one of the few times Richie doesn’t crack jokes because he knows that it’s not easy for Mike to open up and he wants to make it easy on him

-When Mike is finished talking Richie will just reassure him that everything will turn out okay (“That asshole Troy will get what’s coming for him don’t worry”, “Mikey, I promise you one day you’ll see Will again”, “Listen, I know how much El means to you, and I tell you Mikey, she’ll come back eventually”, etc)

-And Mike always feels somewhat better afterwards because Richie is one of the few people that have never let him down, so if he says it will be okay then Mike will be damned if it’s not

-If things get really bad Richie calls in reinforcements (El—Richie ran into the problem of  not having reinforcements when she’s not there so he’d bring up a blanket from the fort)

-It doesn’t matter how late it is or how much she has to beg Hopper— she’s there

-She comes in and climbs up (Richie gives them some space and goes to his own bunk) and she’ll just hug him and reassure him that she’s here and isn’t going anywhere and they’ll fall asleep like that (and because Richie is the best brother ever he wakes up early the next morning to wake them up and get El out before Karen comes in)