BACKSTORY: Micke

ok so, a fair disclaimer, this all are just the basic events of micke's backstory that i think are relevant or important to understand him, this backstory only gets to the point prior some of the main events, what im trying to say is that this is a rogue draft of the ideas i have for micke's backstory 

also a fair warning that there is mentions of emotional abuse 

he came from a small town in Mexico, a town near the coast, where the sun always had a shine, where the water was always near, a town where everyone seem to know each other by name, that’s most of what he remembers, he was only four before moving from this quiet town to the city, his father got a job as a security guard, his uniform look almost like a police officer, something that made Micke excited, since police man where supposed to fight the bad guys. 

when they moved, they left a lot of their family behind, his grandpa and grandma and all his uncles and aunts, he remembers seeing his mother sad about leaving, since she was really close to all of them, his father on the other hand was relieved, he never got along with any of them

on his father side the only relative they were leaving behind was his grandfather, a serious man who never seem to smile about anything, the only thing Micke remembers clearly about the man was the look of displeasure he often had across his face, like if the man was constantly stepping on shit and couldn’t get it out of his boots

they moved to a bigger city, where life was a lot faster, their small house was replaced by a smaller apartment, the room he had was too small to even fit all his things, so they had to give away some, and there was a policy of no animals allowed in the place, which made his mother happy since she had wanted to get rid of their dog for a long time 

talking about his family, they weren’t exactly the happiest family, between his parents always fighting over everything, a father that was exhausted from his night job, a mother who felt alone most of the time, and Micke not being exactly a normal child, things got often out of hand 

his mom would yell at him constantly, over everything, he never seemed to do anything right enough, he will always find a way to fuck up no matter how hard he tried, his mom always saying how he brought out the worst of her 

they didn’t have a good relationship to begin with, Micke had never felt comfortable with the gender he was born in, and while he didn’t really know how to say it, he made the mistake to tell his mom he wanted to be a boy, to which she cried and told him he didn’t knew what he was saying

things started to get only more difficult from there, his mom monitoring all his activities and cutting out anything he actually enjoyed, putting him in all these dresses and often yelling or crying when Micke didn’t enjoy any of them, always pointing out Micke’s lack of trying, always asking why Micke couldn’t be normal instead of always making a scene, he didn’t really understand why either, he just hated every second of it 

His dad was perhaps, the one he liked the most, he was less strict and more accessible, he was more fun and they had a good time together, his dad would spare with him and play fight, saying he would teach him how to throw kicks and punches, but that was only when his dad wasn’t sleeping or watching tv, which was not often since he worked the night shift and often sleep the entire day 

none the less, he had a lot of admiration and love for his dad, since he would often be the one to protect him from his mom’s rage, even tho that made the fights between both of them worse, something that made Micke feel extremely guilty 

Micke’s lack of self-esteem made it pretty difficult for him on school, where he often would be singled out and made fun by others, he would spend all his time alone at school, and then spent all his time alone at home, trying to avoid his mom at all cost. 

he started to talk to himself around this time, even tho that made him feel weirder, but making imaginary friends and talking with them made him feel a bit better, he would make sure his parents weren’t around to do so, because he didn’t want another reason for them to think he is weirder 

as he started to grow up and change, the words used with him started to get more harsh and harsh, his father would start to make fun of him constantly for how he looked, calling him names, saying he was just joking around, tho to Micke he sounded like he was angry at him most of the time; his mother on the other side would get angry and start interrogating him at all times, asking if he was a dyke, if he was a lesbian, if he knew that wasn’t ok, why won’t he act like a normal person, when will he grow up, when will he stop hurting her, why would he do this to her, questions and interrogations all times, always ending with her crying while Micke ended up apologizing, and saying he is trying to change but he doesn’t like to, or with Micke finally snapping and telling her that he just wants to be himself, always crumbling when he didn’t even knew what he meant by that 

this constant abuse would fuel the issues his parents had with each other, where they used to only argue, they started to throw things around, to make threats of physical violence, they would often say they hated each other and how they ruined their life’s, his mom would often tell Micke to go talk with her at night only for her to tell Micke everything she hated about his father, and telling Micke all the wrongs and bad things his father did or said, specially about him, she would at some points get angry and blame the whole thing on Micke, saying he was so difficult that he should feel a bit of empathy and change for her so she doesn’t have any more problems anymore 

Micke took those talks at heart, he felt constantly on edge and would often just hide in his room, not knowing what to do nor what to say, he just wanted to get out, to not be around anymore, he started to wish he was never born, or wish he was born differently, often his fantasies where about he switching places in another universe, where he would be a boy and things wouldn’t hurt so much maybe, cause he wouldn’t be a disappointment to them 

one night after his parents fought again, he saw his mother put her stuff away in a suitcase, he tried to talk with her so she wouldn’t leave, but she didn’t want to listen to him, she told him to do the same and start packing his stuff, he didn’t 

he was scared of how unhappy and miserable he would be if he went to live with his mother, tho he hated to think about it, he had undeniable biases, he preferred to stay with his dad that to go with his mom

without saying anything, his mom realized this, and she didn’t took it well, she cursed Micke and yelled at him about how disappointed and hurt she was, and while Micke tried to say sorry she wouldn’t listen, she slap him in the face and called him ungrateful, then she run out of the apartment and when Micke tried to follow her to stop her she locked him out of it, only to leave, despise Micke’s crying, he spent the entire night locked out of his apartment until his dad came in 

things where starting to change, and change became a synonym of things getting worse, the open minded and comprehensive father he had known started to disappear, and was replaced by a controlling and manipulative man, who would often made Micke feel ashamed and without control over his life 

Micke now was on the uncomfortable situation of having to play wife, son, and house keeper, all while also having to keep in line school and his failing social life. 

he lost almost all privacy, his dad would make inspections of Micke’s cellphone and make sure he wasn’t talking with anyone about what was happening at home, this due to one unfortunate visit to the medic where he talked about how anxious and nervous, he was about his dad’s threats of violence

this kept going for years, his middle school became a blur, he really didn’t had friends, and high school became just a noise or a moment of peace for him, he couldn’t sleep anymore at night so he compensated it by sleeping constantly in class, which made his grades drop 

his life was miserable all around, he constantly thought about killing himself, about numbing himself, he started drinking the small amounts of alcohol he found in his apartment, or over dosing any medication that had a side effect of drowsiness, usually just ending with him getting a headache or just managing to sleep trough the night 

then one day, fate changed his life forever, when in the middle of the night, when his father was working, a guy crashed against the side of his window, making a loud noise and making Micke investigate 

this guy had landed badly and was in a bit of pain due to the hit, Micke was at first hesitant and scared that he would be a criminal, but after hearing how in pain he was he let him in, after patching him up a bit they got to introduce each other, the guy’s name was Sky.