Disclaimer: I do not own Family Ties or Spin City.

Author's Note: If you'd like to check out my FT/BTTF crossover stories, check out the following: When Realities Collide, A Very Colourful Christmas, Trapped In Dreamland, and Virtual Reality. The last is also a crossover with Light of Day and The Secret of My Success.

June 25, 2000
4:00 PM EST
Family Ties Universe

As Mike Flaherty was getting ready to leave work for the day - he quietly sneaked up behind his rival, Alex Keaton, as he placed a halothane-soaked washcloth in front of Alex's face. Alex immediately passed out. Mike dragged Alex out to his car - and he began to drove home, as he was grinning widely. In spite of the fact that Mike and Alex practically looked like twins, and they were both so short - the two of them didn't really get along. They were both on opposite ends of the political scale. Well, today, Mike would finally get Alex - and he would get get Alex good.

As soon as Mike was home, he gently lifted Alex's unconscious body out of the car - and he carried Alex up to his apartment. He laid Alex face down on his bed, as he began to mummy wrap Alex from his ankles to his neck - until Alex was pretty snug. He then slowly removed the shoes and socks from Alex's feet. After that, Mike reached for some string, so that he could Alex's two big toes together. Mike waited patiently for Alex to stir.

"Wha-, wha-," mumbled Alex, "Where... where am I?"

Mike reached for two small brushes, as he began to run them up and down the soles of Alex's feet - causing Alex to break out into helpless laughter. Mike grinned, as it was obvious that Alex had very ticklish feet. Alex tried to squirm away, but he was wrapped up so securely. Alex's extremely ticklish soles were completely at Mike's mercy.

"Oh, Alex, listen to you laugh," taunted Mike, as he continued to run the brushes up and down the soles of Alex's feet, without mercy. "You have such lovely ticklish feet. You just can't stand it, can you?"

Alex just gave into helpless laughter, as the tickling sensation was so unbearable. He felt so helpless, and he didn't even know how he ended up here. He just continued to laugh, as Mike relentlessly ran the brushes up and down his extremely ticklish soles. Alex really had no choice but to surrender to the tickling sensation - as he knew that trying to will himself to not be ticklish didn't work. This look-alike of his could be so relentless.

"Admit it, Alex," Mike taunted, as he ran the brushes into the arches of Alex's feet. It was obvious that Alex was especially ticklish there. "You really enjoy having your feet tickled. I mean, with the way you're laughing, you must really be enjoying yourself."

Alex had to admit that he didn't completely hate having his feet tickled - as his wife, Ellen, had a regular routine of tickling his feet. Was it possible that he maybe went a little too far, with giving Mike a hard time? He just continued to laugh, as he was suffering from the ticklish torment.

"You know, Alex," Mike taunted, "I could tickle those soles of yours all night long. How would you like that, huh? I am really enjoying this, you know. I love making you laugh. Your laughter is music to my ears. You have such a captivating laugh."

Alex was laughing too hard to say anything. He just buried his face onto the pillow as he gave into helpless laughter and surrendered to the tickling sensation. He just could never get used to the sensation. He felt himself going insane from the extreme ticklish torment.

"That's right, Alex," Mike teased. "Just keep right on laughing. I really love the way you laugh. The more you laugh, the more I want to tickle those soles of yours. I'm not anywhere near getting tired of this. Your soles are my toys, and I love playing with them."

Alex felt like he wanted to faint. He felt himself getting so breathless from laughing so hard. The more Mike taunted him, the more unbearable the tickling sensation seemed. Alex felt like he was in a daze.

"You desperately want me to stop, don't you?" Mike asked, grinning wickedly. "Well, unfortunately for you, I don't plan to stop anytime soon. You're really providing me with some very nice music, you know."

Mike then ran the brushes into the arches again. Alex was laughing too hard to even attempt to beg Mike to stop tickling him. Of course, his pleas wouldn't do him much good anyway.

"Aw, poor Alex," Mike said, smiling sadistically. "I bet you must be really suffering. What are you going to do about it, huh? What are you going to do?"

Alex tried to just focus on laughing, but he couldn't. There was no way for him to escape the extreme tickling sensation. With the way Mike kept taunting him, there was no way for him to ever get used to the sensation.

"I'll tell you what you're going to do," teased Mike. "You're just going to laugh and laugh. You're going to laugh for me, while I continue to tickle those soles of yours. You really do have such lovely feet, you know. The fact that they're so ticklish just makes them even more lovely."

Mike then ran the brushes into the arches again. He took great pleasure in knowing that the extreme tickling sensation was so unbearable to Alex.

"Oh, Alex, you must be suffering beyond belief," Mike taunted. Mike thought of how much pleasure he took in tormenting those soles. "You're really not such a tough guy after all, are you? I guess I've really found your weak spot - and, oh, I am having so much fun exploiting it!"

It wasn't until after about two hours, that Mike finally decided to give Alex a break. Alex was panting heavily on the bed, as he felt pretty breathless from laughing so hard.

"So, Alex, how was it?" Mike asked, his lips curving into a smile.

"Oh, it was pure torture," Alex said, breathing heavily. "You are such a sadistic tickler. Look, Mike, I'm sorry for giving you a hard time, okay? Can we call a truce? I mean, we can still disagree on politics and get along, no?"

"Right, of course," Mike replied, smiling. He began to see that maybe Alex wasn't so bad after all. In all honesty, Mike himself hadn't been very fair to Alex. Maybe that could change, though. "So we're friends, then?"

"Almost," Alex said, smiling. "There's one thing you have to do first, though."

"Oh, what is that?" Mike asked, a bit nervously.

"You have to let me restrain you the same way you restrained me," Alex said, smiling. "Then you have to let me tickle your feet. Hey, it's only fair, no?"

Mike then felt horrified. He knew that the soles of his own feet were very ticklish, perhaps even as ticklish as Alex's.