5 Times Harvey Saved Mike's Life and the 1 time Mike Returned the Favour…
1. A Near Miss….
The first time Mike had the dream he thought nothing of it, that it was just the work of exhaustion and staying up until 3 in the morning to finish off the files for Harvey and the meeting tomorrow. Mike had drifted off mid-sentence and dreamt of being at work at Pearson Hardmann.
It started out like an ordinary day at the office, Harvey and Louis piling work on him, being badgered by the other associates, but then Mike was suddenly standing outside on the corner of Pearson Hardmann in the middle of being yelled at by Harvey. Mike yelled back, and Harvey glared at him before storming off, and Mike merely stood watching him go. It was like it was happening in slow motion, the squeal of tires and shouts of people followed by a blur of red heading straight towards Harvey. Mike tried to warn Harvey, but his shouts were muffled and he could only hear buzzing in his ears, Harvey was busy on the phone, Mike tried to run but his legs wouldn't move. He could only watch as the car sped up and got closer and closer to an unknowing Harvey. Mike yelled one last time but just as Harvey stepped off the curb towards Ray's car the car reached Harvey and…
Mike bolted up in bed in a cold sweat and breathing heavily. He frowned as he considered the dream and what he meant, he shook his head and pat his ears as he could still hear buzzing. When it persisted Mike realise the buzzing was not coming from his ears. Turning his head he saw it was 8:10 and he was late for work, the meeting was at 8:30 and Mike knew Harvey was going to kill him, literally.
"Hello?" Mike said with a gulp as he answered his phone, not bothering to check to see who it was, he already knew.
"Where the hell are you?" Harvey yelled back at him, and Mike could just feel his glare
"I'm sorry Harvey I-"
"I don't want to hear your damn excuses, just get your ass here in the next ten minutes or don't bother coming in at all." Harvey slammed the phone making Mike wince and hesitate slightly before jumping up and rushing to get ready for work. He just hoped the answer he found in the files last night was enough to make Harvey overlook his tardiness.
Mike pedalled like he'd never pedalled before, whizzing in and out of traffic. He swore he was close a few times to getting hit by a car, and left behind him a trail of angry motorists. But he had to ignore them and focus to getting to work, he made the mistake of checking his watch, because when he looked back up he saw another car heading straight towards him and only just managed to swerve and ended up on the sidewalk right outside Pearson Hardmann, right in the path of an angry Harvey. Squeezing his brakes, Mike stopped about a foot away from Harvey and let out a sigh of relief.
"I made it with a minute to spare." Mike saw with a small smirk as he chained his bike up, when he turned back around Harvey was still frowning at him
"What to explain to me what just happened?"
"I know I'm late I'm sorry Harvey, but I found the answer we were looking for." Mike said getting out the folders and holding them out
"That's not what I mean Mike. I mean you nearly getting hit by that damn car on that death trap you call a bicycle!" Mike could have sworn he saw a glint of concern in the man's eyes before it was replaced with fury that Mike dimissed it.
"What? You told me to get here in ten minutes and I did." Mike retorted as Harvey propelled Mike into the car, and heard Harvey mumble something about a cab and puppies ending up under one.
"You better have found something in those files." Harvey growled from Mike's right, and Mike merely rolled his eyes as he looked through the files to find the page he highlighted last night. But then his expression quickly turned into a frown as he realised he couldn't find the page.
"Well Einstein? I'm waiting." Harvey said from beside Mike, and although Mike didn't turn to look at him, he could just hear the amusement in Harvey's voice.
"It's here. I know it is, I found it last night!" Mike babbled
"Well you got 5 minutes until to find it."
"2 minutes." Harvey said, but Mike swore it was only about one minute later.
"I can find it!" Mike huffed feeling his hands shake and the thought that maybe he left it at home
"Yeah well find it in the lobby as we're here." Harvey said rolling his eyes as he opened the door to the car and stepped out.
Mike followed suit a moment later, with paper in both arms and a file in his mouth, he stepped out into the road and was about to shut the door when he realise he couldn't, he had his arms full
Harvey found it funny to see the pup rattled, because he knew that Mike would find it eventually, he just liked to see him squirm. He was still smiling when he stepped out the car, but as he turned to face the back end of the car he was a car speed around the corner a bit too fast for Harvey's liking. His blood suddenly ran cold as he realise the car was heading this way, right towards Mike. Snapping his gaze from the car to Mike, who had his head down in a file, and back at the car again, and suddenly he felt real fear
"Mike!" He yelled hoping the associate would turn his head,
"Just a minute!" Mike yelled back as he focusing on looking through the last file, his last glimmer of hope, that he didn't hear the squeal of tires, the beeping of a horn, or in fact see the car heading right at him.
"Found it!" Mike yelled pulling out the piece of paper and holding it to wave in Harvey's face
"Mike!"
"Hey Harvey-" Mike started lifting his head just at the moment the car was literally only a few feet in front of him, and Mike froze, his eyes widening and his heart skipped a beat as fear consumed him. He knew he didn't have time to run, besides his legs weren't cooperating anyway, he was frozen. This is it, Mike thought just as the car reached him and Mike thought that was the end of him.
Next thing Mike knew he was on the ground staring up at the sky, and he tried to tell what was damaged when the car hit him, but he couldn't feel any pain besides a slight throbbing in his head, and the sound of blood rushing to his ears.
"Son of a bitch!" Mike heard a familiar voice yell making him jump
"Harvey?" Mike said frowning, waiting for the pain to hit him, thinking it was just the adrenalin, when Harvey's face suddenly filled his vision, and this time Mike was sure he saw concern. And he realised that he was suddenly on the sidewalk beside Harvey, and not in the middle of the road under a car.
"Mike? Dammit? Mike are you alright?" Harvey said helping Mike up to his feet, and Mike still felt wobbly, he was still trying to process what happened.
"What? What happened?" Mike rambled glancing around and then back at Harvey
"That car nearly hit you!" Ray said suddenly appearing into view; "Sorry Harvey it didn't stop and was going too fast, I couldn't get the plate."
"Dammit." Harvey said before turning back to Mike; "Mike? Mike are you alright?"
Mike didn't hear Harvey, he was trying to figure out how he ended up out of the way of the car, and when he looked down he saw all the files and papers on the floor
"Oh god."
"Mike what is it?"
"The files!" Mike said going to bend down and pick them up when he felt something on his arm and when he looked , Harvey had a vice grip on his arm, and then it clicked. Harvey had pulled him out the way
"MIKE!" Mike suddenly looked at Harvey; "Forget the damn files! Are you ok?"
"Yea…Yeah I'm fine. I don't think anything's broken, I've just got a headache from when my head hit the sidewalk."
"You're lucky you weren't killed!" Harvey fumed
"You saved me? Could it be that you actually care about me?" Mike asked Harvey, and Harvey quickly let go of Mike's arm and rolled his eyes
"I just don't want to have to go through the trouble of training another associate, one puppy is enough trouble."
Mike merely smiled, ignoring Harvey's denial, knowing that he didn't mean it, he knew Harvey did actually care about him, and a good thing too. The car that almost hit him was a near miss…
AN: Hope you guys liked this! Keep reading as there will be more soon. Next chapter titled – Through the Glass Window, containing, arguments, mild violence and one hurt Mike!