Chapter 33
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A little while after he woke to an empty bed and a note Harvey walks into Pearson Hardman, but instead of heading to his own office he heads straight to Jessica's.
"I still don't want to talk about yesterday." Jessica says as Harvey walks in.
"Well, you don't have a choice anymore." Harvey reveals, "Mike read the transcript of what happened at the Deposition."
"What did he do?" Jessica asks worriedly.
"Punched Hardman." Harvey reveals, "And became even more determine to fix this, because he thinks this is all his fault."
"I told him it wasn't." Jessica tells Harvey.
"So did I, but he doesn't seem to have listened to either of us." Harvey reveals, being worried about that, though he is trying his best not to let that show.
"Where is he?" Jessica asks.
"No idea, as far as I know he's not here yet." Harvey explains to Jessica.
"When he gets here tell him I have to see him." Jessica tells her son.
"I will." Harvey says before leaving Jessica's office, though he suspects that he won't see Mike until he's done what he feels he has to do.
A couple of hours later Jessica is in the conference room, getting ready for Monica's deposition, having seen no sign of her son all day and because of that she can't help but worry about what is going on.
"Mom." Mike says, walking into the conference room.
"I'm a little busy at the moment, Mike." Jessica tells her son, as she continues to fix the camera.
"Monica Eton, I know." Mike says, walking towards his mother. "Look, Harvey didn't' want my help, but I thought that maybe you would." Mike explains to his mother.
"Harvey is right." Jessica says, "I need you on top of Folsom Foods." Jessica explains to her son.
"This is about Folsom Foods." Mike reveals.
"What do you have?" Jessica asks, looking at her son.
"If you can get Monica to admit that her affair was with Daniel, this isn't about gender anymore." Mike explains.
"Because they were both dismissed. A man and a woman." Jessica realises.
"Puts you back in the driver's seat on Folsom Foods." Mike explains.
"Okay, do you have a line of questioning?" Jessica asks.
"Right here." Mike say, handing a piece of paper over as Harvey walks into the room.
"You ready?" Harvey asks as he walks in.
"He is." Jessica says, referring to her son, "I want you to let him take the lead on this." Jessica informs Harvey.
"What?" Harvey asks shocked.
"Not a discussion." Jessica says as she walks past both Harvey and Mike.
"Where are you going?" Harvey asks curious.
"Oh, I'm not spending another moment in the same room with those people." Jessica reveals, "Mike, come to my office later, we've got to talk." Jessica says before leaving.
"Got it Mom." Mike responds.
"So, this is what you were doing this morning?" Harvey asks once Jessica leaves.
"Yeah, I couldn't sleep, and I had to something, Harvey." Mike admits, "But I am sorry about leaving you in bed alone." He admits, telling the truth.
"You should have woken me." Harvey tells Mike, who goes to respond, but before he can Hardman and Monica walk in and so Harvey and Mike have to go and sit on the other side of the table, both Harvey and Mike feeling a little bit of satisfaction when they notice the bruise that is starting to form on Hardman's face.
A couple of minutes later Harvey, Mike, Daniel and Monica are all sitting around the table and everything is all set up.
"Miss Eton…" Mike starts to say.
"Him? You're bringing in the "B" Team?" Hardman asks surprised.
"As you pointed out, the "B" team drafted this suit in the first place." Mike points out.
"And ran you out of dodge." Harvey says.
"Right into Jersey." Mike adds.
"Well, if he doesn't go well, he can always approach my client outside of her place of employment, again." Hardman reveals, causing Harvey to look at Mike in surprise, "Hmm? I guess he must have learned from you not to always tell dad what he's up to." Hardman says and Mike and Harvey both resist the urge to pull face at the dad comment.
"You want to know what he learned from me? Not to let some tow-time loser get in his head." Harvey reveals and after giving Mike a reassuring nod the deposition begins.
Hours later Monica's deposition is over, a deposition that ended with Monica accusing Louis of sexual harassment and placing the entire blame on him, and Mike is just arriving at his mother's office so that he can talk to her.
"Can I come in?" Mike asks from the doorway.
"Of course." Jessica says and Mike walk sits on the couch across from his mother.
"This is about what I did to Hardman isn't it?" Mike asks as he sits down.
"Yes." Jessica confirms, "You shouldn't have done that Mike."
"So Harvey said. I just couldn't let Hardman get away with saying those things about you." Mike explains to his mother.
"I appreciate that Mike, but you didn't need to handle that. I can handle Hardman." Jessica tells her son, "And I stopped letting his words bother me a long time ago."
"I never thought you couldn't handle him, I just…. had to." Mike admits, "I'm sorry, and I'm sorry if I made things worse."
"You didn't." Jessica assures her son, "And it's okay."
"Yeah, I better get back to working on Folsom Foods." Mike says, getting up.
"I appreciate you taking charge on that, Mike. With this Monica Eton case going on I need to know that is being handled, and I trust you to do that." Jessica explains to her son.
"I will Mom." Mike promises, before leaving.
The next morning Harvey walks into his office and he isn't at all surprised to find Jessica waiting for him.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Jessica asks.
"Me?" Harvey asks surprised.
"You tried to settle with Daniel." Jessica says, sounding annoyed.
"You're damn right I did." Harvey says, "Did you read what happened in that deposition?" Harvey asks angrily as judging by the fact that he didn't see or hear from Mike at all the night before he's going to bet that his boyfriend took what happened hard.
"I don't care what happened in that deposition." Jessica argues.
"I do." Harvey says, as he not only cares about what happened, but he cares about the effect it's bound to be having on Mike, "You're out of control."
"What did you just say to me?" Jessica asks angrily.
"Mike wasn't ready for this." Harvey tells Jessica.
"He volunteered." Jessica argues.
"He went to see Monica Eton." Harvey reveals.
"You've done the same." Jessica reminds him.
"I'm a senior partner, not an associate." Harvey argues.
"Me to you, you to him." Jessica says, hand singling as she does.
"Fine." Harvey says annoyed, walking towards his desk, "You want to know why he went to see Monica? Harvey asks, once he is behind his desk.
"I'm sure you're gonna tell me." Jessica responds, being able to tell that.
"Because he doesn't know the idea to stir her up against Daniel was yours in the first place." Harvey says, being pretty sure that it is going to hurt Mike to learn that, and honestly he wants to protect Mike from that pain, he just doesn't know how to.
"He doesn't need to know." Jessica tells Harvey.
"So you want to keep things from him, and yet still have him go up against Daniel himself, without knowing all the facts?" Harvey asks, being surprised as he honestly thought that Mike and Jessica's relationship was better than that.
"He came to me with a way to put us back in a position to win Folsom Foods." Jessica explains to Harvey.
"Well, it failed. We're behind on both." Harvey reveals.
"Excuse me." Mike says, walking into the room.
"Mike." Harvey says, sounding surprised to see his boyfriend.
"I just wanted to apologize to you both for yesterday." Mike informs his mother and boyfriend.
"It was a good idea, just didn't have the right execution." Jessica reveals.
"What are you saying?" Harvey asks.
"I'm saying it was a good idea, but the questions were being asked of the wrong person." Jessica explains causing Mike to look over at Harvey for some explanation.
A couple of hours later Jessica, Mike and Harvey are sitting in the conference room that used to be Hardman's office sitting across from the man himself.
"Three on one. All for a deposition of little, old me." Hardman comments, looking between Jessica, Mike and Harvey.
"Would you be more comfortable over there, where your old desk used to be?" Jessica asks curious.
"No need. We won't be here long. Our confidentiality agreement prohibits most questions." Hardman comments.
"Actually, it only prohibits disclosures. We can ask you any questions that any lawyer who hasn't signed a non-disclosure agreement could ask." Jessica explains.
"We just can't make statements." Mike adds.
"I'm sure if you were to ask Judge Henderson, say, out by his pool, he would agree." Harvey says.
"There's no court reporter here." Hardman notes.
"I thought you might want to talk off the record." Jessica reveals and Hardman leans over and turns the camera power off.
"If you ask me anything about embezzlement, I'll deny it. If you bring any proof forward, it's a violation of our non-disclosure." Hardman says.
"That's why we won't be asking about your embezzlement. We'll be asking you about your affair with Monica." Harvey reveals.
"And if you lie about that, we won't be the ones who need to come forward with proof." Jessica tells Hardman.
"Because we found six people working at the hotel who are willing provide it." Mike reveals, pulling out a piece of paper.
"No, you didn't." Hardman says, needing to believe that.
"Room service, concierge, housekeeping." Harvey reveals.
"You really should tip better, Daniel." Jessica says.
"Maybe you want a cigarette?" Mike asks, sliding a pack over, "Remind you of the woman you cheated on." Mike says and Hardman turns the camera back on.
"Go ahead. Ask your question." Hardman request.
"Did you have an affair with Monica Eton while you were employed at Pearson Hardman?" Jessica asks.
"Yes, I did. Any other questions?" Hardman asks.
"I think we're good." Harvey says.
"Yep. You got me to embarrass myself, but you already did that, the day you told everyone in the office about my affair with Monica. You and you." Hardman says, pointing to both Mike and Jessica as she speaks, "Yeah, I know what you told Monica about Jessica not knowing, but take a good look, she was behind it." Hardman says and as Mike looks at his mother he realises that Hardman is right, which means both his mother and boyfriend have been lying to him, and they both used him, "Who needs a cigarette now?" Hardman asks and as he does Harvey looks at his boyfriend and he sees the look of betrayal on his face and Harvey knows that it is not just Jessica that his boyfriend is feeling betrayed by, "And as far as my admission goes? You're still the one who fired her, twenty-four hours after you found out. That's what a jury's gonna focus on. Nobody's gonna care about what I did." Hardman says and as soon as the deposition finishes Mike leaves the room, and it is clear to both Jessica and Harvey that he has no intention of talking to either of them any time soon.
After leaving the deposition Mike doesn't allow himself to dwell on the anger and betrayal he is feeling as there is something more important that he has to do.
Not caring about what his mother or Harvey would say Mike has once more made his way to see Monica Eton.
"You here to depose me again?" Monica asks, "Didn't go too well for you last time." She comments.
"No, I'm here to say I'm sorry." Mike admits, "You were right, about my Mom." Mike says, pain in his voice.
"You really didn't know it was her." Monica realises, "Welcome to the world. Stings, doesn't it?" Monica asks.
"Yeah, more than you know." Mike answers, telling the truth.
"So you came all the way here just to tell me you're sorry?" Monica asks, sounding surprised.
"No, I didn't." Mike says, "Mom was wrong to fire you, but she didn't' fire you because you're a woman. She fired you because she didn't trust you." Mike explains.
"I know that." Monica assures him.
"So then you also know that keeping this suit alive is sticking it to her." Mike comments.
"That's the whole point." Monica admits.
"No, the whole point is that she's not the only one you're sticking it to." Mike admits.
"What I said about louis Litt is factually accurate, and if you think I'm gonna drop the case because him…" Monica starts to say.
"I'm…. I'm not talking about him." Mike admits. "I'm talking about the 113 woman who are suing Folsom Foods right now for gender discrimination."
"Those cases are their own thing." Monica argues.
"They're being told they can't get where they want because they're not good enough." Mike explains to Monica.
"That has nothing to do with me." Monica says, causing Mike to scoff.
"Who's being naïve now?" Mike asks, "He's using your suit to drive us into the ground, and driving us into the ground means losing these cases."
"What do you want?" Monica asks curious.
"Just read these files, decide for yourself." Mike says, handing them over, "These women deserve to be treated the same way you were?"
"What makes you think I would even care?" Monica asks curious.
"I'm naïve, remember." Mike says before walking away, leaving Monica with the files and a hope that she'll do the right thing.
A couple of hours later Harvey has learnt what Mike did, but he isn't mad or upset as the reason he knows is because Monica came to him, willing to settle for an amount they can handle, and so Harvey is waiting in Jessica's office to tell her.
"Mike went to see Monica Eton again." Harvey asks as Jessica walks in.
"At your direction?" Jessica asks.
"On his own." Harvey answers.
"Goddamn it, he's becoming another you." Jessica says to Harvey, realising that she should have seen that coming the second her son started to work for Harvey.
"Not exactly." Harvey says, "He went to apologize for lying to her the first time." Harvey reveals.
"He didn't lie." Jessica says in a kind voice.
"No, we did." Harvey says.
"Can you honestly say that you two have never lied to me?" Jessica asks, and honestly Harvey doesn't even want to go near that can of worms, "That's what I thought." Jessica says when Harvey doesn't answer, "What are you lying about Harvey?" Jessica asks Harvey.
"He got her to settle." Harvey says, showing Jessica the paperwork, knowing that it an obvious avoidance, but the settlement may just distract Jessica
"There wasn't an offer." Jessica says, taking the papers.
"There is now."
"This does not get us off easy." Jessica says with a frown.
"Hell of a lot less than fifteen million." Harvey comments.
"She doesn't deserve a dime." Jessica says as she sits down on her couch.
"Doesn't matter." Harvey responds.
"I was right to fire her." Jessica says.
"That's not what this is about, and you know it." Harvey tells Jessica.
"He made me look a fool with her then, and he's made me look like a fool with her now." Jessica reveal.
"No cares what he said in that deposition." Harvey says, though he knows that that isn't strictly true as Mike cared, because he cares about his mother.
"You think I give a shit about what he said in that deposition? I meant getting me to sign that agreement." Jessica explains.
"You can't win every move." Harvey says kindly.
"I should have seen it coming." Jessica tells him, truly believing that.
"You made a decision under the gun."
"I let him put me there." Jessica says, pain in her voice.
"We beat him because you kept your cool when I wanted to lose mine. Keep your cool now, sign this agreement, and let's beat him again." Harvey requests.
A couple of hours later Mike is in the file room, where he has been working ever since he went and saw Monica and as he works Mike hears footsteps, and because of the shoes Mike knows that they are his mother's.
"Mike." Jessica says, when Mike doesn't even look up from what he is doing.
"You need something, Mom?" Mike asks, still not looking up from what he is doing.
"I thought we should talk." Jessica admits, "And I thought I should apologise." Jessica tells her son, who does look up at that.
"If you wanted me to go to Monica with the law suit you should have just asked. I would have done the exact same thing if you had." Mike tells his mother, "I'm not mad that you were behind all this, I'm mad that you lied to me." Mike explains, "You used me, Mom, and you had Harvey lie to me."
"I'm am sorry, Mike." Jessica tells her son, meaning that, "I needing you to be convincing, I need Monica to believe that I wasn't behind this so that I could try to get Daniel to."
"I would have lied! If you asked I would have!" Mike says angrily, "I'm on your team, Mom, always. If you need something you just need to ask, don't trick me, or use me."
"I'm sorry, Mike. I really am." Jessica tells her son, "I won't do it again."
"Then I forgive you." Mike tells his mother, smiling back at her.
"I'm glad." Jessica says, sounding glad about that, "How about you take the rest of the day off." Jessica suggests.
"Sure, that'd be nice." Mike responds and he starts to pack up his stuff, "Love you." He tells his mother once his stuff is packed up.
"Love you too." Jessica responds as Mike leaves.
Hours later Harvey is just returning to the firm after handling some business outside of the office, and once he steps outside the elevator Harvey is surprised to see Donna.
"You going home?" Harvey asks curious.
"Unless there is something pressing." Donna responds.
"No, I was just….." Harvey starts to say.
"He's already gone." Donna reveals, "He's been gone for hours. Jessica gave him the afternoon off." She explains.
"Oh." Harvey says, sounding disappointed.
"What happened here?" Donna asks, referring to the sign.
"What are you talking about?" Harvey asks, pretending to be confused.
"It's off." Donna says, walking over to the sign.
"Looks fine to me." Harvey comments.
"It isn't." Donna says, walking over to the H in Hardman and realising that there is a problem, "Wait a second. Your eye for detail? One record askew, and I don't hear the end of it for a week." Donna reveals.
"You scratched my Miles Davis." Harvey argues, and Donna just gives him a look, "It was me."
"What were you thinking?" Donna asks.
"I was pissed."
"You're so emotional.
"I lost my cool."
"You shouldn't have done that." Donna informs Harvey.
"I know." Harvey confirms.
"I shouldn't have hit Hardman." Donna reveals.
"You didn't?" Harvey asks, being surprised that two people hit Hardman.
"I did."
"When?" Harvey asks curious.
"Right before Jessica's depo." Donna reveals.
"Closed fist?"
"Open palm." Donna answers.
"Bitch Slap." Harvey says with a grin.
"Damn straight." Donna confirms.
"How'd it feel?" Harvey asks curious.
"Good enough that I did it again." Donna reveals, causing them both to laugh.
"Look at you." Harvey says, as Jessica walks up to them, "You're beautiful, you have a date?" he asks curious.
"As a matter of fact, I do. Bitter and barren, my ass." Jessica comments.
"Someone special?" Harvey asks curious.
"You never know. Could be the one." Jessica says as the elevator dings, "Oh, and why don't you go ahead and take down that damn name." Jessica requests and Harvey just gives her a surprised look as the elevator doors close.
"Guess we should get on that." Donna realises.
"Yeah." Harvey confirms, planning on doing that then going to see Mike, as that is something he needs to make right.
After his mother gave him the rest of the afternoon off Mike road around on his bike for a while before ending up at Doctor Jenkins's office and after an appointment Mike returned to his apartment where he has been hanging up framed photos, doing so as it is something he's been meaning to do for a while but hasn't had the time.
As he hangs the second last picture Mike hears a knock on his door and so after making sure that the picture is sitting straight Mike heads to his door and as he looks through the peep hole Mike isn't at all surprised to see Harvey, and so after taking a deep breath Mike opens the door.
"Hi." Harvey greats.
"Hey." Mike responds
"Can I come in?" Harvey asks, thinking that there is a chance that Mike isn't going to let him in, and without a word Mike opens the door fully and lets Harvey in.
Once he does Mike walks back over to the photos and hangs the last one.
"You're hanging photos." Harvey says, closing the door behind him and walking over to Mike, who is standing in front of a wall of photos, "Nice photos." Harvey says, meaning that
"I think so." Mike agrees.
In the centre of the photos are three photos close together, the photo of Mike, Jessica and Edith the day Mike's adoption became legal, a photo of a young boy with two people that Harvey assumes are Mike's biological parents, and the picture of Mike, Harvey, Donna, Katrina and Jessica that was taken the day Mike moved into this particular apartment.
Surrounding those three picture are eight different pictures, each consisting of some combination of Mike, Jessica, Harvey, Donna, Katrina and Edith. Taking a step closer Harvey sees the picture that Mike is hanging and he can't help but be surprised as it is the two of them, from the day they moved Mike in, but he doesn't remember the picture being taken.
"Where'd you get that from?" Harvey asks curious.
"Donna gave it to me." Mike says as he hangs the photo up and makes sure it is hung right.
"You're mad." Harvey realises, planning on asking Donna for a copy of that picture as he really likes it.
"I don't know what I am." Mike admits as he turns back around and looks at Harvey, "I went to Doctor Jenkins today." Mike reveals, "I realised that you don't deserve my anger, you were just following your boss's instructions." He says.
"Have you talked to your Mom?" Harvey asks curious.
"Briefly. I told her I forgave her." Mike admits, "And I meant that."
"Okay." Harvey says, walking the last few steps that separate them, "I'm sorry for lying to you, Mike, and I'm sorry that I didn't tell you the truth once you started to blame yourself."
"I forgive you." Mike says, wrapping his arms around Harvey and kissing him.
"Good." Harvey says once the two of them break apart, "I love you." He tells Harvey, "And I'm going to do better with this couple thing.
"I love you too." Mike responds, before Harvey kisses him.
"And in all attempts to do better, I want to tell you that a couple of weeks ago, right after we dealt with Allison Holts, I asked your Mom to put my name on the wall and she said no." Harvey reveals, doing so because he shouldn't have kept that from Mike.
"I'm sorry." Mike says before hugging his boyfriend.
"Me too." Harvey admits.
"I think you'd make a great named partner." Mike tells his boyfriend, meaning that completely.
"I think so too. It's your Mom who doesn't agree." Harvey reveals.
"Maybe she just needs some time to see it." Mike suggests.
"Maybe." Harvey answers, sounding uncertain, and the two of them drift into silence, "So, have you eaten yet?" Harvey asks curious, breaking the silence after a couple of minutes.
"No, not yet." Mike responds.
"Want to go out or order in?" Harvey asks curious.
"Let's go out."
"Sounds good." Harvey responds, sounding glad about that, and not even five minutes later Mike and Harvey are leaving Mike's apartment to have dinner together.
Hours later Mike and Harvey are once more back in Mike's apartment, lying on Mike's couch together, watching a movie, though Harvey keeps noticing that Mike's eyes keep flickering over to his photo collection.
"Do you want to tell me the story behind each of the photos?" Harvey asks curious.
"You know some of them." Mike comments.
"Not all of them." Harvey notes, though he can guess some of the stories, "If you want to tell them I'll happily listen." Harvey reveals.
"I'm thinking about Mom." Mike admits, and Harvey looks at him in interest, "And how mad I was when I realised she was lying to me."
"You don't want to keep us a secret from her anymore." Harvey realises, being pretty sure he wouldn't have been able to guess that if he didn't know Mike so well.
"No, I don't." Mike says, turning to look at him, "I love you Harvey, and I think we're working."
"We are." Harvey confirms.
"I know it will present a world of complications, but I want to tell Mom." Mike reveals, "I want her to know how happy I am with you, I want her to know how much I love you." Mike reveals, it being clear that he completely means that, "And if we keep this from her too much longer, I'm worried that we'll just hurt her, and damage both our relationships with her, in ways we can't fix, and I don't want that." Mike reveals, completely meaning that.
"Neither do I." Harvey assures him, "Your Mom means something to me Mike, and I don't want to hurt her." He assures Mike.
"So, does that mean we're in agreement?" Mike asks curious.
"Yeah, it is time we tell her." Harvey says, meaning that, "But I don't think telling her right now is a good idea." He admits.
"What are you thinking?" Mike asks, being pretty sure that Harvey would have another idea in mind.
"I'm thinking that with everything going on right now, everything with Hardman, it might not be the best time to tell her." Harvey admits.
"Not when all three of us have to work together." Mike realises.
"Exactly." Harvey confirms, "I understand you wanting to tell your Mom, and I agree, but I think it might be best to wait until after we've kicked Hardman's ass." He reveals.
"I think you might be right." Mike realises, as telling her now could result in losing to Hardman which is something that none of them want.
"Always am." Harvey says, kissing Mike.
"Almost always." Mike corrects, once they break apart, before kissing Harvey once more and for a few minutes the two of them continues to kiss, "How about we move this to the bedroom." Mike suggests, and Harvey just gives him a look, that involves an eyebrow rise, and a nod.
Together Harvey and Mike head to the bedroom, both exchanging kisses as they go, and removing clothes. When they finally get to Mike's bed, both of them are shirtless and Mike hasn't felt a single moment of fear, something which isn't surprising as he and Harvey have made it to this point before.
As they continue to kiss Mike and Harvey hit Mike's bed and Mike falls backwards, Harvey fulling back on top of him.
"You okay?" Harvey asks as they do.
"Yeah." Mike confirms kissing Harvey.
As they kiss Harvey reaches down and removes Mike's belt and starts to undo his pants, watching Mike carefully as he does to make sure he is okay, and as he does Harvey sees no sign of panic or fear.
"I'm okay, Harvey." Mike assures Harvey as his pants are pushed down, and Mike undoes Harvey's, and before look both Harvey and Mike are only in their underwear. Slowly Harvey begins to kiss along Mike's body.
After a few minutes Harvey has kissed along Mike's chest, stomach and torso, along with up both his legs. Putting a finger under the waist band of Mike's underwear he looks up at the man he loves and as he does he sees a brief flash of fear and the second he sees that Harvey pulls away.
"Harvey, I'm okay." Mike says, though he isn't sure that he believes that.
"No, you're not." Harvey tells him, sitting up next to him, "You might think you're ready, but you just looked afraid."
"I don't want to be." Mike admits, "God, Harvey, I want this so much." Mike admits, completely meaning that, "I just…."
"Can't." Harvey realises, "And that's okay, Mike." He assures him, "I don't want you to do anything you're not ready for." Harvey tells him, "We'll do this, Mike, we'll have sex, but only when you're completely ready."
"That might still be a while." Mike admits, "I don't know when I'll be ready Harvey." Mike admits, as he's been trying so hard to be ready, but he doesn't know when he will be ready, and honestly he doesn't want to think about the possibility that he may never be ready.
"That's okay, Mike." Harvey assures him, "I love you, and I'll wait as long as you need." Harvey says before kissing him once more as while he wants to have sex with Mike he has no problem with waiting until Mike is completely ready.
"I love you too." Mike responds, honestly feeling that he doesn't deserve someone as great as Harvey.
"How about we get some sleep." Harvey suggests, knowing that they aren't going to do more tonight, he's not going to let them.
"Yeah, okay." Mike says with a nod and they both move under the covers and without putting clothes back on Harvey wraps his arms around Mike, pulling him in close,
"I love you, Mike. Always, and I'll wait as long as you need." Harvey assures him, placing a kiss to Mike's shoulder.
"I love you too." Mike responds, feeling that he is letting Harvey down because he wants to do more, but just can't not yet.
"Stop thinking, I can hear you from here." Harvey tells Mike after a few minutes.
"I'm trying not to." Mike admits, leaning back against Harvey, feeling safe in Harvey's arms, though he knows if they were to do much more tonight then all he'd be feeling is fear, and so he just lets himself take comfort in Harvey and before too long they are both fast asleep.
