Author's Note:
Hello again people!
I'm sorry for the late update.
Long story short (and without bothering you with my problems), I just wanted to say that I am in a pretty bad place mentally right now and I'm really struggling to see the meaning with everything, sadly that also includes that I'm not really seeing the point of me writing my fics.
That being said, I'm not going to give up on my fics but the updates may take longer depending on my mental state.
Motivating comments is appreciated but of course in no way necessary.

CHAPTER 10

At first he had just been amused that Mike wanted to borrow a law book, he had fully expected that the kid would just look through it before returning it.
He had expected that an 11-year-old would be more interested in reading Harry Potter or whatever it was that the kids read these days, but he was pleasantly surprised when Mike demonstrated his little "super power."
It was truly amazing, sure he had expected or at least hoped that his son was smart.
Harvey considered himself pretty smart and even if Nina had her quirks, she had always been a very intelligent woman.
The fact that his son not only had a photographic memory but also the ability to understand books meant for people almost a decade older than him was way beyond his expectations, and he would be lying if he said that it didn't impress him and even make him feel a little proud.
Mike even brought the book back to the apartment and while Harvey was making them dinner, the boy was still absolutely absorbed by the book.
He even had to tell Mike three times to please put the book down when it was time to eat.
It seemed as if he had taken a real interest in the law and he could suddenly hear Donna's previous words about picturing Mike in a suit.
He could easily see the kid walking around the office, dressed in a three piece suit and learning about the law.
It was kind of adorable, he had to stop his own thoughts there because Harvey Specter simply didn't think of something as 'adorable'.
Although he did get an unexplainable warm feeling in his body at the thought of his son becoming a lawyer just like him, just like his dad.

After dinner they decided to watch a movie and Harvey cringed as Mike rummaged through his movies and totally ruined the perfect order he'd placed them in.
"You have the Godfather?"

The kid exclaimed in awe and pulled out the movie before looking at the cover.

"Yeah, have you ever seen it?"
"No, mom wouldn't let me see it, she thought that I couldn't handle it."

Mike stared at the cover for a couple of seconds before he turned to Harvey and gave him the puppy eyes.

"Can I watch it, Harvey?"

His first instinct was to say no since he could understand why Nina hadn't let him watch it, the movie was more suited for the older audience but he hesitated since it was a really good movie.
If Mike was mature enough to spend an entire afternoon reading an old Harvard law book then he should be mature enough for the movie, besides Harvey had only been a year or two older than him when he watched it for the first time.

"Please, please, please."

Mike said and those bright blue puppy eyes were impossible to say no to.

"Okay fine, just don't tell Donna. "

He said, suspecting that his secretary would have the same opinion about the movie as his ex-girlfriend.
Mike let out a squeal of excitement before he put the disc in.
During the movie, Harvey kept glancing over at Mike to look for any signs of the movie affecting him badly, but the kid seemed totally fine.
The only exception was the scene where they placed a cut off horsehead in the bed, but that scene made even Harvey a little uncomfortable, especially since he knew that the horsehead was real.

The next day he was very glad that he had allowed Mike to watch the movie, because they spent the whole morning talking about the movie or making references to it and it felt like they had managed to bond a little.
Donna stopped him when they passed her desk, apparently she had been instructed to send him to Jessica's office as soon as possible.
He could already guess what it was about, Louis had probably told her about Mike and now she wanted to know how he suddenly had a son and why said child was running around the office.
Harvey told Mike to stay in the office in the meantime, and the boy nodded before walking into the office, he didn't think that Mike would go exploring again, not after running into Louis.
As expected, Mike was the reason behind Jessica calling him to her office.

"Can you please explain to me why there's a Specter junior running around the firm?"

Harvey sighed and sat down, deciding to explain everything from Nina not telling him about her pregnancy to Mike getting suspended from his school.
In the end she was more understanding of the situation but she still didn't like it, she shared Louis' opinion about Mike's presence at their workplace being unprofessional.
"I am making an exception because it's you Harvey, but if that kid breaks something or screws something up."
Jessica didn't finish her threat, but she didn't need to for Harvey to understand.

Mike was sitting by Harvey's desk when he returned, and Harvey just smiled at the sight until he entered the office and saw that Mike was looking through the file on his ongoing, very big and very important, case.

"Mike what are you doing?"

He demanded to know, not only was it important information that shouldn't be seen by outside parties , even if the outsider in this case was an 11-year-old, but he had yet again managed to ruin the order Harvey had put the papers in.
Mike jumped a little at his raised voice before he seemed to realize that he wasn't supposed to touch the papers and that he had just been caught red handed.
Harvey then spotted the pen that Mike was holding in his hand, and he swore that his heart stopped for a second, had the boy been drawing on his important papers?
That was something a five year old would do, not an eleven year old.

"I'm sorry."

Mike apologized while he scrambled to get all the papers into the folder again, misplacing them even more.

"Just go and sit on the couch."

Harvey ordered and the kid didn't hesitate a second before he left the office chair and sat down on the black couch.
Harvey took a deep breath while resisting the urge to yell at Mike, at least until he had the chance to assess the damage.
He went through every paper, looking for what the kid had done and finally he found the ink but it wasn't a drawing like he expected, instead it was some words written in the margin.
Harvey read it and then he looked at the document, realizing that Mike hadn't been destroying the document he had just observed some faulty information.
He re-read both the document and Mike's note, and realized that the kid had found a mistake that probably not even half of the associates would spot.
Mike was looking at him while nervously fidgeting on the couch.

"I'm sorry, Harvey I just-"
"How did you find this?"

Harvey interrupted and pointed at the section of the document that contained the error.

"I read something similar in the book yesterday."

He answered and pointed at the law book that had been discarded on the couch next to him.
While Mike's discovery didn't help him win the case, it actually did help him get unstuck.
If Mike ever decided to become a lawyer, he would become a great one.

"Thank you, just don't touch my papers again."

Harvey smiled at him to show him that he was no longer mad, and Mike returned the smile with a proud look in his eyes.