#wbg mikemichael

[hyperfocusedcloneshipper]

I'm in love with this gorgeous commission of Mike and Michael from Woe.Begone and (inspired by my fanfic Mike/Michael series ) done by the amazingly talented noah dea. It's so perfect.

I can't get over how warm and tender they are 🥺💕

[solipsistful]

the best part of waking up

is the most aggressively mikemichael episode since e60

in your cup

- ace

[hyperfocusedcloneshipper]

It’s a slippery slope. One day you wake up having never written a fic in your life, the next thing you know you’ve got a very gay fic series with 20+ chapters and no end in sight.

it's just me and my gay fanfics against the world

[wukongfeetpics]

remember: you can always improve a ship by making them both as stupid as possible and incapable of communicating in normal or sane ways. 100% success rate

[felixcosm]

Once I finish my Mike/Michael fanfic it's all over for you

[hyperfocusedcloneshipper]

It has been exactly ONE YEAR since I posted my first chapter of my WOE.BEGONE Mike/Michael fanfic series Love in the Time of Iterations and Retrocausal Pockets, which is BONKERS.

Since then I have:

posted 46 chapters (that averages out to almost a chapter a week!)

written over 400k words

only fallen harder for this ship

I'm currently working on chapters 47 and 48 and have commissioned, not one, not two, but three artists to make art to celebrate this series.

I'm honestly so fucking proud of this series and the story that I've crafted.

If you already follow the series, have no fear, I've got quite a bit planned out so there's much more to come!

(the image of Mike and Michael was a gift and is inspired from a scene in the second chapter and was done by the extremely talented Noah Dea)

[hyperfocusedcloneshipper]

"Welp... [drums fingers across closed laptop]... yeah, no I can—I can def be normal about this."

Five minutes later

[frantically writing missing scene fanfic]

[solipsistful]

i do have to say, "iterationship" is such a good term lmao

- ace

[hyperfocusedcloneshipper]

Michael was reading on the couch when he heard Mike stirring awake through the thin walls of their apartment. Furrowing his brow, Michael glanced at his watch. Only 7:45. He still wasn’t used to Mike getting up before noon though it was a welcome change.

He stretched and launched himself off the couch, heading to the kitchen to throw together some breakfast. As Michael fried up some bacon he heard a door open and another one close followed by the sounds of the shower running. A bit later Mike shuffled into the kitchen wrapped in a towel and shivering.

“Y’alright?” Michael called to him while scrambling eggs in bacon fat. He glanced over to see Mike digging through a laundry basket.

“Yeah we’re just terrible at actually doing the last step of the laundry and putting it away,” Mike called back. “Is this all your stuff? Where are my clothes? Fuck. I told Boris I’d take Bruno before he left for the weekend.”

Michael snorted. “In your room, pilgrim. I didn’t put em away cause as you say that ain't our strong suit but I did put our stuff in separate baskets. You even open your eyes before you hopped in the shower? It was right by your door.”

Mike groaned and shuffled back out of the kitchen and presumably to his bedroom.

Michael was sitting at the kitchen table eating his bacon, eggs and toast when Mike walked back in. Seeing the plates of food Mike paused.

“Somethin’ wrong?” Michael asked, blowing on his coffee.

Mike shifted uncomfortably. “No just- The laundry and the breakfast…”

Michael grunted and kicked out a chair for Mike, “Just sit down and eat, you don’t have to make a whole thing about it.”

Just as Mike sat down they heard a thump from outside their apartment door.

“We’re not expecting Mikey are we?” Mike asked, looking to Michael.

Instead of answering Michael got up, went to his bedroom to grab his pistol, and then went to the door. He had a feeling he knew what he’d find when he looked through he peephole and he’d been right.

“Fuck,” Michael muttered under his breath.

“What? What is it?” Mike asked as he came into the living room.

Michael huffed a sigh. “Right. So I’m gonna send you down to Boris’s with the calculator so you-”

Mike blinked, “What? Michael what are you talking about?”

Michael pressed on through Mike’s interruption, “you better grab your plate cause your taking breakfast to go.”

“For fuck’s sake, this is insane, just tell me what’s going on,” Mike griped.

“This ain’t up for debate, grab your coat and your plate while I get the calculator,” Michael ordered, already headed back toward his bedroom.

Mike considered doing what he was told but ultimately his frustration with Michael’s caginess won out. He reached out and opened the apartment door.

“Mikey?”

Sitting on the floor in front of the door was indeed Mikey. But he looked… wrong somehow. Too skinny. His face was gaunt. It made him look older.

“The fuck are you doing? What did I tell you?” Michael growled coming up behind Mike. He pulled Mike back from the door like there was a feral animal on the other side rather than a weak and half starved Mikey.

Mikey groaned a little as he shifted his sitting position on the floor. Mike made to move forward, to help Mikey to his feet or offer him comfort, something. But Michael’s hand on Mike’s chest was firm.

“Mike, you need to head on down to Boris’s. Take Bruno for a long walk. Mikey and I need to have a chat.”

Mike shook his head, still confused as to why Michael seemed so insistent on keeping him away from Mikey. And then it struck him. This wasn’t Mikey. Not their Mikey, anyway. Dread followed quickly on the heels of that realization. “Michael, what are-”

Michael turned back to Mikey and pulled him up to his feet, half carrying, half dragging him into the apartment. Mikey groaned but otherwise didn’t protest. “Mike, you have somewhere to be and it ain’t here.”

Mike waffled for a moment before standing a little straighter. “I don’t like the idea of leaving you to deal with this by yourself. We’re a team, I should-”

“Mike, I appreciate that you’ve rediscovered a sense of responsibility lately but I’m gonna need you to go on and git for the time being. I’ll see you in a hour. Breakfast will keep.”

Feeling thoroughly dismissed and yet somehow disappointing Michael all at the same time, Mike finally did as he was told and left the apartment.

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Full fic up on AO3 and it’s part of a regularly updated ongoing series with a timeline that diverges from the original timeline a little after ep 72 (Council)! Mind the tags and enjoy!

[hyperfocusedcloneshipper]

Not to be dismissive of my own work but I recently described my woebegone fanfic series as "some stuff happens and then they kiss" and I can't stop laughing about it.

[hyperfocusedcloneshipper]

Chapter 21 of my Mike/Michael Woe.Begone Series in which:

Matt & MW get a playdate

Mike & Michael watch a movie

We learn that wild boars are crepuscular

Everything is fine! Totally Fine! Don't even worry!

If you're just jumping in you'll want to start at the beginning since this is a serialized story.

[hyperfocusedcloneshipper]

The 20th chapter in my Love in the Time of Iterations and Retrocausal Pockets Woe.Begone fic series.

“I have exactly one question for you. Does he know?” If you're just jumping in you'll want to start at the beginning since this is a serialized story.

[hyperfocusedcloneshipper]

Love in the Time of Iterations and Retrocausal Pockets Chapter 25: Unwell

Chapter 25 of my Mike/Michael Woe.Begone Series. Highlights include:

Michael gets a stew going

Mike & Latvia Mike reminisce about old times

Edgar has a late night visitor

If you're just jumping in you'll want to start at the beginning since this is a serialized story.

[hyperfocusedcloneshipper]

Chapter 23 of my Mike/Michael Woe.Begone Series. Highlights include:

Mike relaxes in a coffee shop

Mike, Mike, MW, and Michael workplace shenanigans

Mike realizes he'll never be a teen model

If you're just jumping in you'll want to start at the beginning since this is a serialized story.

[hyperfocusedcloneshipper]

Chapter 22 of my Mike/Michael Woe.Begone Series. Highlights of this chapter include:

Edgar & Michael have several secret rendezvous at a discreet location

Michael gets some time alone with himself

Base Mike tries out Mama Bearing

If you're just jumping in you'll want to start at the beginning since this is a serialized story.

[hyperfocusedcloneshipper]

I am just getting distracted all over the place today. No complaints. Would recommend.

don’t you hate it when you walk in on your two older selves close to making out

(”hey ace, you know there’s a canon relationship you could be drawing—” nah :) )

- ace