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Best Friend!Mike Wheeler, who brings an extra pair of shoes for you on nights out even though you swear you'll be fine in the ones you have (you won't be).
Best Friend!Mike Wheeler, who got you into D&D even though you were reluctant and now writes all his campaigns around mostly keeping you entertained.
Best Friend!Mike Wheeler, who spent wayyyy more time making and painting your D&D figurine than he did on anyone else's.
Best Friend!Mike Wheeler, who thinks about you late at night, trying to replicate every detail of your face behind his eyelids.
Best Friend!Mike Wheeler, who secretly has a momentos box dedicated to all the stuff you did together.
Best Friend!Mike Wheeler, who's worst fear is losing you, and second-worst is ruining your friendship by telling you how he feels.
Best Friend!Mike Wheeler, who always goes scarlet when the party teases him about you.
Best Friend!Mike Wheeler, who sometimes gets genuinely frustrated at how oblivious you are to the fact that he's head over heels for you.
Best Friend!Mike Wheeler, who practices pick up lines and flirty compliments to give you even though he'll never pluck up the courage to ever use one.
Best Friend!Mike Wheeler, who tried to use a pick up line on you once and then spent two minutes stumbling over himself before you assured him it was funny (not what he wanted but...a win is a win, right?)
Best Friend!Mike Wheeler, who keeps the friendship bracelet you made him even eight years after he received it.
Best Friend!Mike Wheeler, who never fails to pick up your walkie talkie signals or telephone calls, because every second he hears your voice is a second he'll cherish.
Best Friend!Mike Wheeler, who's tried so many times to tell you that he's in love with you, only to back out at the last second.
Best Friend!Mike Wheeler, who thought he was doomed until one night, when you were watching a movie at his house, you found his hand and intertwined your fingers with his.
Best Friend!Mike Wheeler, who froze up completely but chased your hand when you pulled away in fear that he didn't feel the same.
Best Friend!Mike Wheeler, who felt his heart actually burst out of his chest when you paused the movie to turn to him and say you needed to tell him something.
Best Friend!Mike Wheeler, who couldn't let himself believe that this was happening until you actually said the words "I like you...I mean--like, not platonically. Not even close--or, like--fuck, I mean I love you."
Best Friend!Mike Wheeler, who sat gaping at you like a deer in headlights for a solid thirty seconds.
Best Friend!Mike Wheeler, who, when you started to backtrack, suddenly found himself shaking his head wildly and then pressing his lips to yours in a nervous kiss that he'd waited way too long for.
Best Friend!Mike Wheeler, who couldn't stop smiling all the next day.