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That stuff was also happening around the same time IDW Mikey and Slash had a very similar close bond with romantic overtones. They, too, characterized themselves as friends, but they still had some remarkably romantic exchanges, and even April noticed how affectionate they were together. And the way they repeatedly gave each other candy as a special token between them, they might as well have been giving each other flowers. After Slash died, Mikey admitted to loving Slash, though Leo observed that Mikey seems to love everyone. The relationship was shown in the language of ambiguity and plausible deniability, but there was enough there to make you think maybe they were more than simply friends.

My take is that it's possible 2K12 Mikey and Leatherhead did not necessarily think of themselves as boyfriends. They just acted like them, because the same chemical process was happening anyway that made them bond romantically whether they intended it or not&mdash;that's why they call it "falling in" love. And Mikey may have also genuinely been polyamorous, similar to the way IDW Mikey has multiple crushes and keeps spreading love and friendship around to practically everyone, with the exception of a strong reciprocated resentment of Hob.



"I thought we were friends." But the sudden dramatic dilation of his eyes is what happens when a strong jolt of dopamine floods the system. This was by far one of my favorite easter eggs in the entire 2012 TV series, and whoever scripted that was a genius for detail. Mikey may not even have been actively aware of it, but his irises were telegraphing loud and clear that he was in love with the person he was talking to.