"Watch a movie?"
Mickey shook his head in a way that suggested he was utterly amused by this idea.
"You serious, Firecrotch?" He couldn't stop himself from laughing. It earned him a hard punch in his left arm.
"Fuck you, Mick." Ian muttered while blowing smoke into the air at the same time. They were lying side by side in the wet grass, with their shoulders touching. Mickey was fucking freezing his ass off, while at the same time Ian's skin felt strangely hot on his own.
"Why not? My family won't be home, so we could get hammered and high and have lots of sex." Ian seemed to be genuinely excited. Mickey still couldn't believe that Ian apparently wanted to spend all of his time with an ex-convict. He didn't complain, though, he loved to spend time with Ian as well - and not only when they were fucking. No, Mickey actually enjoyed doing things with the redhead more than he would ever admit.
"You know, last time someone invited me over to watch a movie I was 13 and lost my virginity." Mickey hadn't really intended to say that last part out loud and hoped that Ian hadn' t listened or would simply ignore this comment. Of course, when it came to Ian Gallagher, Mickey had learned pretty quickly, that hoping the guy wouldn't listen to his words or ignore one thing he was saying, was in vain.
"Is that the reason you don't wanna watch a movie with me? Cause you suffer from some first-time-trauma?" Ian started giggling. Mickey found it fucking irritating.
"Shut the fuck up, asshole. I never said I don't want to, did I? But you gotta admit it's a kinda desperate proposal."
Mickey sat up and looked down at Ian. His eyes were closed and his cheeks were all red from the cold air. Mickey couldn't take his eyes off of the redhead's freckles.
"Desperate?" Ian quietly replied.
Mickey could make out a certain bored tone in his voice which was a sure sign that Ian would nod off in a few minutes.
"Yeah, desperate like some retarded freshman who is convinced that it's a brilliant idea to watch a movie in order to get laid."
Ian chuckled. "Whatever, Mick. Who was your first then? Must have been a shitty
experience if you have such hard feelings about watching a movie."
Mickey didn't answer. He tried to be pissed at Ian Gallagher. Fortunately, Mickey didn't really remember all that much about the day it had happened. What he did recall was that at that age he had been determined to ignore "being gay". So when Jackie Donovan had asked him if he wanted to watch a movie at her house after school he had agreed. Mickey had had to picture a naked Johnny Depp to even get a hard on, but with Jackie screaming his name in her high-pitched voice -which had made Mickey want to puke right into her face- and the way her vagina had felt all uncomfortably slimy and too warm, it had been difficult to stay aroused. "Doesn't matter." He told Ian after a while, having forgotten about his refusal to speak. "You're right, it was completely shitty."
When Ian stayed silent, Mickey realized that he had eventually fallen asleep. Mickey thought Ian looked 5 years younger than himself when he was sleeping, even though Mickey was only a year and a half older. It made him wonder if everyone looked younger in their sleep. He also wondered if Ian knew how much he really meant to Mickey. He wondered if he was aware that Mickey would do anything to protect him. Or if he knew that Mickey would say yes to even the most stupid ideas Ian would come up with. Mickey wasn't planning on telling Ian those things. He just lay down beside him again and touched his face, wishing that Ian knew all of this anyway.