Chapter 1
The Problem
"That was awesome! You were awesome! You crushed them, well we crushed them." Mike yelled as they stepped onto the empty elevator at Pearson Hardmann. They had just been to court and won a big case; thanks partly to Mike, for finding a weakness in the opposition
Harvey just smiled at Mike's rambling; he'd always found it adorable when Mike got excited about winning a case. There was a certain sparkle in his eyes and his smile lit up his whole face.
"I still can't believe the look on their faces;" Harvey turned to face Mike and rolled his eyes. Mike raised his arms and pointed at Harvey; "You were awesome."
"You've already said that" Harvey unbuttoned his suit jacket; "And don't you mean 'you are awesome' instead of 'were'. Are you putting limits on my awesomeness" Harvey frowned and put on a serious face
"Oh right yeah well that's what I meant..you are awesome Harvey..I just-" Harvey put a hand over his mouth to contain his smirk at seeing Mike flustered
"You're messing with me aren't you?" Mike narrowed his eyes and Harvey chuckled
"You can be a real ass you know" Mike shook his head and elbowed Harvey
"That's a real nice thing to say to your fiancé" Harvey smirked and held Mike's hand, twisting Mike's ring round his finger
Harvey had been dating Mike for over a year now, and had proposed to Mike last week. He loved seeing the ring on Mike's finger, and fell more in love with Mike each day
"Fiancé. I like that word." Mike grinned as he faced Harvey
"Me too" Harvey kissed Mike and then felt the elevator start to slow down. Harvey ended the kiss as the elevator stopped and pulled back, but held onto Mike's hand. Everyone at the office already knew they were together months ago, so they didn't have anything to hide.
They stepped off the elevator and headed towards Harvey's office chatting about what to do to celebrate their big win;
"Ahh my lovely boys" Donna beamed at seeing Mike and Harvey holding hands
Harvey inwardly groaned and rolled his eyes, then he saw a man sitting in his office.
"Donna why is there a man in my office?"
"He's a new client, Jessica was supposed to meet but he said Jessica was called away to an important meeting. So Jessica told him to come to you."
Harvey frowned;
"Be nice Harvey" Mike whispered into his ear as let go of Harvey's hand and pushed him into the office
The man stood up and stared at Harvey, then shifted his gaze to Mike, where Harvey thought it lingered too long
"Harvey Specter, and you are?" Harvey held out his hand and the man shook it
"Walter Gibbons, Jessica was originally going to meet me but she was called away. She assures me you are the best?" The man looked a little shifty for Harvey's liking, and he noticed the way he was glancing at Mike
"I am" Harvey said it firmly and the man stared at Harvey expressionless and nodded
"And this must be the famous Mike Ross?" The man smiled at Mike and shook his hand; the hand with Mike's ring on
"Famous?" Mike glanced at Harvey surprised
"Yes I've heard many good things about you Mike; from Jessica" The man's smiled dropped and he looked down at Mike's hand, which was still in his grip and saw a ring.
"Oh you're engaged?" Mike felt the man's grip tighten on his hand;
"Er yes I am" Harvey saw Mike tense a bit and moved closer to Mike, not liking the way he was gripping Mike's hand
"Who's the lucky man?" Gibbons looked back at Mike
"That would be me" Harvey put an arm around Mike's waist and pulled him close to him
Gibbons looked at Harvey, then let go of Mike's hand, which Mike yanked back quickly
"Well then congratulations" Harvey could tell the smile was fake
"Thank you" Mike put on a smile
"Why don't you tell us what you need help with?" Harvey interrupted Gibbon's gaze at Mike
"What? Oh yes, right" Gibbons sat on the couch and Harvey put his hand on Mike's lower back as he sat Mike down in a chair next to him; far away from Gibbons
Gibbons handed Mike a file, which he flipped open.
"I own a number of manufacturing warehouses and am looking to expand, unfortunately the location I want is wanted by another buyer and thus I need your help in making sure I get what I want." Gibbons smiled at Mike, then at Harvey
"It's sounds like a simple case, why do you need us?"
"Well you see the other buyer is accusing me of using harmful toxins in my warehouses and has claimed some sort of environmental protection on the place I want to purchase. I need you to make that go away. And soon. Can you handle that?" Harvey clenched his fists, there was something about this guy Harvey didn't like, and he swore he looked familiar.
Harvey stood up; "I'll have this case wrapped up as soon as possible" to get rid of you. He gestured to the door and Gibbons nodded and got up to leave, not before turning back to Mike; "Pleasure to meet you Mike" Then he left, Mike waited till he was out of sight then jumped up
"Harvey what the hell was that?" Mike felt really freaked out.
"I don't like him" Donna walked in;
"Not surprised the way he was all over Mike like that?" Harvey frowned at her, then turned to see Mike shudder
He went over to Mike and grabbed his hand; "That guy was creepy" Mike said as he gripped Harvey's hand
"I think you should stay away from this case." Harvey said as he let go of Mike's hand and went and sat at his desk
"What?"
"Mike I don't want you anywhere near that guy" Harvey's tone was serious
"Are you worried about my well being?" Mike gave Harvey a small smile, to which Harvey couldn't resist but to smile back
"I'm serious Mike. You stay away from him"
"Alright Harvey. For you" Mike winked at Harvey and left Harvey's office, heading for his cubicle
"You handed that far better than I thought. For a moment I thought you were actually going to hit him"
"So did I" Harvey sighed as he leant back in his chair, he did not want this case. He would have to have a word with Jessica when she got back
~~SUITS~~
Mike was quite glad he wasn't on the case with Harvey. The man; Gibbons, really freaked him out the way he was staring at him and holding his hand a little too long.
Besides he had too much work to do, thanks to Louis. Who seized the opportunity to give Mike more work. So Mike had been working in the file room most of the day as there was more space and it was quiet; no associates. He missed Harvey, but he knew he would see Harvey later.
Mike was excited about moving in with Harvey, now that they were engaged they decided it was time and Mike would be moving Saturday. Which was 2 days away. It took some convincing but Mike said he wanted to spend the last couple of nights at his place, he was going to miss it. Even though he was going to miss Harvey next to him in bed,
He had stayed pretty late finishing the files; 10 and felt exhausted, but he finally finished. All he had been thinking about the last few hours was collapsing on his bed and sleeping through to Saturday. Mike gathered up the files and walked slowly to Louis' office and dropped the files off, he was the last one to leave. Even Harvey had left. Mike was a little concerned about biking home at this time of night, but he didn't want to make Harvey come all the way back and get him, and he didn't have enough money for a cab.
Mike collapsed against the elevator and closed his eyes as it went down. He was close to falling asleep when the doors opened and he walked out the lobby half asleep. He headed straight for his bike when he heard his name and turned. He saw Harvey with his black overcoat on leaning against his black sedan smiling at him
"Come on, did you really think I would let my fiancé bike home at this time" Mike practically ran to Harvey and hugged him. Harvey smiled and tousled his hair as they got in the car
Mike rested his head on Harvey's shoulder as Harvey held his hands.
"You sure you don't want to come over to mine?"
"Harvey we already talked about this"
"I know. I just hate to think of you at that death trap you call an apartment" Mike could tell Harvey rolled his eyes
"But it's been my home for as long as I can remember and I would like to say goodbye to it before I move on to my new home with you" Mike kissed Harvey's cheek and smiled at him
Harvey grumbled something and kissed Mike's head
Harvey was reluctant to leave Mike alone, but Mike assured him he would be fine.
As soon as Mike walked in his door he locked it and collapsed on his bed and fell asleep. He didn't even bother taking off his clothes
Harvey sat on his sofa alone thinking of Mike as he sipped his scotch. He couldn't wait for Mike to move in, he hated how quite his condo was without Mike.
Harvey had also found it odd how Jessica was gone practically all day, he hadn't even seen her once and had left her a few messages with no response. He'd have to call her again in the morning
~~SUITS~~
Harvey did indeed call Jessica in the morning again with no reply. He didn't have time to wait for her to call back he had to go to court. He'd sent Mike a text saying to see him at the office after court. Harvey just prayed Mike was ok, h hated Mike's apartment
After court Harvey got out the courthouse and went to check his phone only couldn't find it. He searched everywhere in his suit and briefcase, even back in the courthouse. He retraced his step and remembered someone bumped into him, he groaned as he realised someone stole it. He was in a foul mood the rest of the ride back to the office. It got worse as he went into his office to find Jessica, Donna and his detective friend Bradshaw in there waiting for him.
"Jessica what's going on?"
"Harvey, we have a problem. A big one" Jessica said gravely as she stood up