Micheal my absolute beloved <33
Here's a little blurb I wrote a couple days ago with some Uncle Phil content
“You're immawtal?” Micheal asked Phil slowly, trying out the new word on his tongue. “Whas that?”
Phil closed his newspaper. “Well who said that?”
“Papa said so!” Micheal pointed towards the kitchen, where Tubbo was baking with Ranboo. “He said you were old as cwap, ‘cause you're im- immawtal.”
Phil laughed, covering his mouth for a moment before composing himself. He took a breath. “Yes, Micheal. I am immortal. It means that I can't die.” Well, he could die if something killed him, but he couldn't die of natural causes. He figured he'd keep it simple for the kid.
“Woah.” Micheal put his chin in his hand, just like how Ranboo would when they were deep in thought. “How many birfdays have you had?” He asked, sitting down at Phil's feet, his good eye shining with wonder.
“Hundreds of thousands.” Phil said with a chuckle. He had honestly stopped counting ages ago, but seeing Micheal's face light up almost wanted to make him do the math and find the exact number, just for him.
“Woah!” Micheal said again. He snorted and got to his feet, waddling to his bookshelf. “H-have you seen the dino-saurs?” He pulled a book from his shelf and ran back to Phil, plopping a picture book of dinosaurs in his lap.
Phil chuckled. 'I'm not /that/ old.' He thought. “I-,” he paused, watching Micheal flip open the book, bouncing on his hooves as he pointed out each prehistoric creature. “Well, Micheal,” he ruffled the piglin’s head. “I used to /ride/ dinosaurs!”
The absolute joy on Micheal's face was unparalleled. No war, no battle, no victory, had ever felt as satisfying and glorious as the knowledge that Phil had just made this little piglin's entire week.
“Really? Really really?” Micheal flipped a few pages of his book and pointed to the dinosaur. “Did you ride a steg-a-saur-ous?” He spoke each syllable carefully, brow stitched in concentration.
Phil nodded. “Yep, rode it every day.”
Micheal was absolutely delighted with this news, squealing loudly and jumping onto Phil's lap, making the old man grunt and grab Micheal under the armpits, hoisting him up with a laugh. Michael continued to ask questions, and Phil continued to answer until Ranboo came in to gather Micheal for his nap.
“Aww, Papiiii!” Michael pouted. “I don't wanna nap! Uncwe Phil is telling me about when he rode dino-saurs!”
Ranboo looked at Phil, who shrugged and grinned. “Well, I'm sorry to interrupt, but you need to nap, Mikey, mmkay? C’mon.” They gently scooped Micheal up, smiling as the little piglin tried not to yawn. They made a slightly amused and confused face at Phil, who just shrugged again, picking up his newspaper to hide his giant grin.
I'm working on a few original things (mostly new, lmao I can't focus on a project for nothing) and I'm working up the courage to post that and a dsmp! karlnapity au I've worked really hard on and love.
I'll most likely make an Ao3 account for the au thing so I'll link it if I end up posting it