Note: Mostly in Mickey's point of view, but switches throughout the chapter, Mandy's point of view happens during both Ian's and Mickey's point of view. But Ian's POV will have - before and after it. Just to try and make it more clear. This chapter mostly wrote itself, and there was no plans originally besides it getting to the end scene.
Sorry for the delay, after finishing Season 10, I lost motivation to write and was inspired to make videos instead. Also I don't have a proof reader so I apologize if there's any spelling or grammatical errors.
Mickey woke up the next day and he felt like his normal self, no dreams of Gallagher, no longer being consumed with wanting to see him like he was in Juvie, he let out a quiet content sigh. It was about time, he wasn't sure how much more of this soulmate longing bullshit he could deal with. Mandy was still sleeping, seems like she hadn't been sleeping well before last night, he hoped nothing bad had happened to her when he was in juvie, He was sure she could tell him soon if that was the case.
He also knew that she would probably ask who his soulmate was at some point, and it made him feel a bit nervous but he also felt relieved that he had someone who he could talk to about the whole soulmate thing, he should of known she wouldn't care what gender his soulmate is. Mandy was never one to judge and she always just stayed silent when Terry would make homophobic comments or went on about fag bashing whoever he'd come across. If he was being completely honest, he knew that even if she was against gays that if he told her she would overcome it for him, just like he'd do for her if the situation was reversed.
He got out of the bed silently, then went to enjoy a shower that didn't have other guys showering around him. He never could relax when he showered in Juvie, not that any of the guys targeting him, they seemed to know and fear his last name. But he had to make sure his eyes didn't wander and that he kept his guard up at all times, at least here the worst that could happen would be his brothers or dad came in to take a dump.
He finished his shower peacefully, though he planned on skipping any shaving in the future, he figured he could skip shaving and just maintain his hair and he'd still look like he didn't care about anything, while in jail he started actually cleaning his hair more often to distract himself from the people around him and now it was habit to him, he even used a small amount hair gel that he'd stolen on the way home yesterday.
Just when he was about to go check on Mandy she walked out of her room, still tired from just waking up but in a good mood. She made her way to the kitchen before shouting at him.
"Eggs and Toast, okay?" She asked, though she was already pulling the food out before he responded.
"Anythings better than the shit they had in Juvie." Mandy let out a laugh and easily made them breakfast, while Mickey sat on the couch and enjoyed some TV, just what he needed to relax and keep him mind off of pointless shit.
The spend the most of the day just relaxing and watching TV while insulting each other once in awhile like they usually did, Mandy told him how dull it had been since he went to Juvie, and that she'd mostly just been spending time with Ian and occasionally Lip too. Just when Mickey thought that Mandy wasn't going to bring up last night for awhile she looked at him, and switched to a more serious tone, her voice getting quieter just incase someone walked in.
"So... Have I met your soulmate before?" Mandy stared at him, patiently waiting for him to answer, didn't ask who it was because she figured if she slowly lead up to that it would help make him more comfortable with possibly telling her. Mickey just stopped what he was doing and stared blankly at the TV like he was before she asked the question, just when she was about to ask again in case he wasn't paying attention, he turned to look at her.
"...Yeah, he is from our shitty ass neighborhood, kinda hard not to." She nodded and was about to ask her next question when her phone rang, seeing it was Ian she held up her phone to show Mickey who it was before she picked up. Ian asked her how she was and then paused for a bit before he asked.
"Is Mickey, with you by any chance?" She lifted her eyebrow though Ian couldn't see it through the phone, but it made Mickey wonder what the redhead had said.
"Yeah he is, why?" Hearing that response Mickey almost wanted to pace, why was Gallagher calling his sister and asking about him, He knew he hadn't got a phone with being in Juvie, but Gallagher should know better than get in contact with him through Mandy. He tried to hear his responses to Mandy's question but couldn't make it out. Mandy let out a small laugh, a small smile on her face. She then held her phone out to Mickey, he gave her a confused look and tried to calm his racing heart, as her took the phone from her.
"What do you want Gallagher?" He heard Ian laugh before he responded.
"Hello to you too Mick. I called cause I got you a job at Kash and Grab, told Mandy you mentioned it to me when she went to the bathroom yesterday that you needed to find a job. Linda owed me one so she agreed to give you a chance." Mickey felt himself relax, glad he didn't have to work at the meat plant, and secretly glad that he got to hang out with the redhead, not for himself but it should calm the soulmate bond down enough for him to be less bothered by it.
"A job huh? What will I be doing?" Mickey asked casually, knowing that Mandy was listening and still smiling to herself.
"Security mostly, but also stocking shelves with me when its not busy. Just gotta come over and fill out the paper work." Ian answered with amusement in his voice, Mickey chose to ignore it, knowing it was because it was his own suggestion to work security.
"Security doesn't sound too bad, better than whatever my PO was gonna find me." Mickey said with a shrug, trying to look like he didn't care at all while Mandy watched and waited for her phone back.
"Yeah, just come down and fill out the paper work, I'm done my break soon so I'll be working and waiting with the papers." said the redhead, Mickey decided it was a good reason to escape his conversation with Mandy for the time being.
"Okay, fine I'll head over there." Mickey replied hanging up before Ian could respond. He handed the phone back to Mandy before going to put his shoes on.
"Gotta go fill out some stupid paper work for the job, be back later." Mandy nodded to herself in response, a bit unsatisfied that she wouldn't be able to ask about his soulmate but happy that Ian had helped her brother find a job that wouldn't end up in work related injures.
"Okay, tell Ian not to forget about our date!" She yelled as he walked out the door, he shook his head to himself, guess he could bug the redhead about their 'date' that he was sure wasn't an actual date.
Filling in the paper work was easy enough, though he did have to ask Ian the spellings of a few words here and there. Spelling was never his strong point, then again considering he barely goes to school it wasn't surprising.
Linda said through a walkie talkie that she'd be watching to see how he did, and that he could start now or tomorrow. Mickey decided to start now instead of going home to have Mandy possibly try and get answers from him,better off giving her time in hope's she let's it slide for a bit. Ian told him they'd have a vest for him tomorrow.
After stocking shelves for a bit and scaring some kids from even considering stealing he decided to bug Ian.
"Your girlfriend told me to remind you of your hot date tonight." Mickey says sounding sarcastic with a grin on his face. The redhead looked confused for a second before he grinned back at him.
"If by hot date you mean we talk about boys and I keep the creeps away from her, then sure. If anything last night was closer to a hot date." Ian said with a chuckle and sounded suggestive. Making Mickey regret his idea of bothering Gallagher as he eyed the walkie talkie and gave Gallagher a warning look to get him to shut up. Which apparently the redhead didn't get as he opened his mouth again.
"Linda kinda knows already, she doesn't care as long as it doesn't keep us from working." He rubbed the back of his head as he spoke, looking a bit sheepish, nervousness and guilt came from the soulmate bound, which Mickey pushed from his mind.
"You can't just go around-" He started in an angry tone before the walkie talkie chimed in.
"Ian screwed my husband, and my husband left cause Ian stopped screwing him to screw you, and he still works here." Mickey blinked at Gallagher in disbelief at Kash's wife knowing about him and the towel head. But he still felt like he should just leave and screw working here, he felt too exposed. It seemed Linda seen him take a step back cause she spoke again.
"Not counting today I won't be listening unless I see something suspicious or have something to say. I don't care either way, at least you two are around the same age. Also I don't plan on telling anyone, If it causes any issues I'll just fire you." Linda said, her tone neutral and it sounded like someone just stating facts. Mickey let out a breath as he steadied himself, nodding slowly.
"Okay, fine... I need a smoke." He said leaving out the front door.
"Thanks Linda." Ian said quietly but sounded thankful.
"Thanks for helping me with the store after Kash left... Who you date is up to you and I'm not cruel enough to ruin the life of someone who's in the closet for obvious reasons. Even if he's got a bad record in this store." Ian nodded to himself Linda saw it along with the smile on his face.
Mickey exhaled the smoke as he tried to process everything. Just someone outside of Ian and Mandy knowing he was gay felt weird and someone who didn't care, it shouldn't of surprised him so much, but he had always assumed that being a Milkovich everyone was gonna be against him. And Linda had no reason to be nice to him or owe him any favors. It just didn't make sense to him.
At least he was pretty good at knowing if people were lying and that didn't seem to be the case this time. He finished up his cigarette and headed inside, ignoring the redhead at the counter as much as he was able to, being grumpier than he had coming in, and Ian happy emotions just made him grumpier, it's not like he stayed cause of Ian. He just didn't wanna lose a finger at the meat packing plant.
Linda told mickey to leave when Ian did, something about not wanting their part time scared on his second shift, not that he cared. It was when Ian started following him home that he snapped.
"Why the fuck are you following me?!" He said as he whipped around. The green eyes stared back at him in amusement almost like they were mocking him, before Ian shook his head.
"You forget about my hot date tonight? I'm picking Mandy up then were going out." Ian said with a small grin on his face, mocking Mickey as he said hot date.
"Right, forgot you were gonna braid each others hair and shit." Mickey replied ignoring the way the other said hot date. He didn't really want to think how it went the last time he said it.
"Well I don't really have hair to braid at the moment." Ian said with a laugh
"Yeah you went all army on it" Mickey replied in a tone that sounded a bit unhappy but not at the same time. Ian just shrugged and they continued walking in silence, though oddly it didn't really feel awkward. Well until they got to the Milkovich house and Mandy clung to her 'boyfriend', maybe Mickey would question their relationship next time Mandy tried to ask about his soulmate, could be a good distraction.
Just as he finished that thought, Mandy went and kissed Ian. Mickey froze for a moment and Ian made eye contact with Mickey as he kissed her back. Breaking him from his thoughts, Iggy yelled at Mandy to get a room, Terry's laugh echoing in the background. Mickey ignored the uncomfortable twist in his stomach, and went to get a beer from the fridge. He tried to feel if he could feel any of Gallagher's emotions but came up empty.
He knew the kiss wasn't real, at least he was pretty sure that it wasn't. But then again Ian could like both genders, he sure hoped that wasn't the case. Not cause he cares but he wouldn't want Mandy's actual boyfriend to cheat on her with him, that would be all kinds of fucked up.
Ian and Mandy left on their date and Mickey left briefly to get himself a new cell phone for cheap then him and Iggy spent time just drinking with an already drunk Terry. Who was in a good mood for once, so they drank without a hitch until it got dark and Terry left to the bar.
Mickey texted Mandy that he got a new phone and that Terry was gone in case she wanted to sneak her boyfriend in, he laughed at that one but found it less funny when they came in a half hour later, loudly and then went into her room. He felt fondness from the soulmate bond during the night that he tried to pretend he didn't feel. But he figured the redhead would probably end up coming to his room at one point over the night when it was late and Mandy was asleep. When it got late enough he went to check on them, check on Mandy he corrected himself. He opened the door just enough to see them, Gallagher's arm was around her, he felt his stomach twist before he squinted at them and he could see they both still had shirts on, but the feeling in his stomach remained. He shut the door quietly and forced himself to go to sleep. He woke up the next day to Ian leaving his room, with just a t shirt and boxers on after using the washroom. Mickey pulled out a cigarette and refused to think about it.
Ian enjoyed walking to the Milkovich house with Mickey even if they barely talked and when they did it wasn't about anything important. Though he wasn't sure what to say when mickey said he went all army on his hair. He couldn't tell if mickey wasn't complaining about his new haircut or just mentioning it.
Ian was surprised when Mandy kissed him shortly after he entered the house with Mickey. But him and Mandy did talk about how they should kiss here and there, and how Iggy questioned Mandy about them really being together since she kissed her last boyfriends a lot and didn't care about showing PDA around her brothers. She had lied and told him Ian wasn't used to PDA and was getting used to it for her do he made sure not to push her away or act weirdly.
He just didn't expect to share a kiss with her in front of Mickey, at that thought his eyes went over to Mickey who was watching but his expression was blank. He would of grinned if he could do it without informing Mandy. Instead he made eye contact with Mickey as he kissed her back, he wished he could kiss Mickey but he was against them kissing for whatever reason. He saw some kind of emotion in Mickey's eyes but it disappeared before he could figure it out, either way it was some kind of reaction which was better than the blank look he had on his face. He hoped this would get Mickey to at least reconsider kissing him, even if they weren't soulmates.
His date with Mandy wasn't really a date, it was more like two friends hanging out where he payed, Ian couldn't complain he enjoyed time with Mandy she was quickly becoming one of his best friends. To think he'd get along with two Milkovich's, then again neither were like the rumors said, and now that he knew them, he knew he'd probably end up mad at whoever mentioned the next one.
Mandy got a text and then she asked him to spend the night, he was considering saying no when she mentioned how she'd never had a sleepover with any friends growing up and always wanted to have one where they could just relax and talk about boys. Then told him he didn't have to and tried to make it seem like she didn't care.
He smiled to himself, these Milkovich's and trying to seem like they didn't care, Ian agreed to spend the night and sent Fiona a text, telling Mandy they would talk about boys all they wanted, then joked that he drawled the line at painting their nails. She smiled at him and told him that he'd look good with so some nail polish and how she could make it rainbow colored for him.
The thought of going to Mickeys room crossed his mind multiple times through the night but he decided against it, he was enjoying his time with Mandy, and when she told him things about Mickey, that was just a bonus. She told how Mickey was protective of her and how her brothers seemed tough but they all had a softness for her, how Mickey was their father's favorite son even though he was least like Terry. They obviously talked about boys too, how Mandy despite sleeping around truly wanted to find the person she could spend her life with, who would understand her. Ian told her how the guy he was seeing on the down low wasn't his soulmate but how he didn't care and still wanted to try and be with him.
Mandy asked him if he could tell her who it was, but Ian said was how he didn't want to out him to anyone or break the little trust they had built. He felt guilty for not being able to tell her and it most of showed on his face cause she put her hand on his arm.
"I understand, I would do the same, and haven't told anyone about you being gay and wouldn't tell anyone if I found out anyone else was. Just let me know who he is when you are able to."
"Thanks Mandy." He said as he hugged her, then she said they should sleep cause it was getting late. He asked if she had a sleeping bag or blanket he could use. She shook her head then laughed.
"Just sleep in the bed with me." Ian blinked at her in surprise.
"Wouldn't that be weird?" He asked, the question coming out before he even finished processing the idea.
"Its not that weird, my bed is big enough and we can sleep back to back if that helps. Me and Mick shared the bed last night." She said not thinking about it before she realized she probably shouldn't of said that.
"I shouldn't of mentioned that, Mickey probably wouldn't want anyone to know. I asked him to, and we slept together as kids often after our mom died." She fidgeted slightly before she looked over at Ian.
"So if you could not mention it to anyone." Ian couldn't help the feeling if fondness he felt towards Mandy and Mickey at this new information. He nodded with a smile on his face.
"Of course I won't tell anyone Mandy. It's sweet really that you two are still close like that." He said honestly, smile still on his face, Mandy smiled back but punched him in the arm.
"Whatever, let's go to sleep." She said as she started getting undressed, Ian turned away, giving her privacy and only removed his jeans and socks. He was glad he wasn't wearing the underwear with the holes in it. Mandy wore just a shirt and underwear.
He crawled into the bed, feeling a bit embarrassed because he never shared a bed with anyone since he was like 5 years old. Laying on the pillow he caught a slight scent of Mickey from the previous night which seemed to relax him from any embarrassment.
"Just like a girls slumber party." he said with a laugh, Mandy laughed with him.
"I don't share beds often so If I hog the bed or anything just poke me in the sides. Ill jolt awake. " he said with amusement.
"Just don't confuse me for your the guy your sleeping with." She laughed before getting into the bed next to him.
"Well you do both have blue eyes." She let out an exaggerated gasp.
"Oh! A new detail about your mystery guy, I'll have to look out for any blue eyed guy you talk to. Luckily for me my soulmate also has blue eyes so I can see them."
Ian laughed and didn't comment further. They both fell asleep back to back, but Ian ended up rolling over, and cuddling up against her. She woke up when he moved but just smiled, it had been awhile since anyone cuddled her and it made her feel safe. She went back to sleep, wishing it was more socially acceptable for friends to cuddle with each other.
Mickey stayed in his room until he got hungry and needed to eat before he got ready to head off to his new job, he wished he could just not show up but he didn't want Gallagher questioning why he didn't show or having to get a shittier job instead.
Just as he was leaving his room Mandy spotted him and followed him to the kitchen.
"It was you who came and checked on me last night?" She asked, it sounded like a question but also that she was pretty certain she was right.
"Yeah." He said without explaining further, it wasn't odd for him to check on her after all.
"Thought so, but you knew Ian was over so I was fine, gotta be careful. You could catch us having sex next time." She said teasingly, not noticing how mickey almost dropped the food he was getting for himself.
"You sure he's not cheating on you? Could of sworn I saw him having sex with some guy recently." He said before even thinking of what he was saying, though not loudly enough to be overheard by anyone else. Once he finished saying it he wish he could take it back, and pretend it never left his mouth. Mandy looked at him in surprise but he didn't see any hurt on her face.
"...Did you see who he was with?" She asked quietly, though her eyes were glued to him. He swore at himself mentally, he really wished he hadn't opened his stupid mouth. He broke eye contact with her and went back to making a sandwich.
"Who cares who he was with, shouldn't you be more concerned about him cheating on you?" He said as he tried his best to focus on his sandwich.
"Just wanted proof, It could of been a different ginger you saw. Guess you didnt see them well enough." She said as she walked out of the kitchen. He let out a small sigh of relief to himself and went to sit down and eat his sandwich before work.
He went to work after he finished eating, not surprised that Gallagher what threw him off was that the redhead kept staring at him when he thought Mickey wouldn't notice. He did his best to ignore that and the small anxious feeling he was getting from him. After only talking when it was needed, Ian broke the silence around them.
"So Mandy texted me." Mickey's eyes widened but he was facing away from him already so plastered an annoyed but neutral look on his face as he spoke.
"Your point? Figured you texted her normally." Ian just stared at him, like he was trying to see through him. Mickey kept the same expression on his face as he stared back.
"She said one of her brothers saw me having sex with some guy, but that they didn't see who it was." He said staring straight at Mickey with a confused but curious expression on his face. Mickey internally panicked, he should of known it would get back to Gallagher if he told Mandy something like that.
"I just wanted to make sure you weren't tricking Mandy, she's still my sister." He said shrugging and looking like he didn't care.
"But your the only one I'm having sex with. Right now." Ian responded, adding the right now after feeling Mickey wouldn't appreciate them being anything close to exclusive.
"Didn't know if you were serious with Mandy, someone people fuck both genders, you could just have some weird ass Milkovich fetish." Ian laughed loudly at his response, and needed a minute to gather himself before he responded.
"Almost thought you were jealous for a second. Mandy agreed to fake date me when I told her I was gay, she's like my best friend I wouldn't hurt her like that. I thought you knew that. " Ian responded seriously, though he still had an amused smile on his face.
"Well as long as she knows its whatever." Mickey responded feeling awkward with it after knowing that he was right to begin with. He turned away from Gallagher thinking the conversation was over. He heard Ian let out a small sigh.
"I'll let Mandy know that you confronted me about cheating on her and I ended up telling you the truth... You seem more grumpy today." He responded still looking at Mickey. He didn't know why Ian was paying attention to his moods so much, maybe he was just really grumpy with the whole Mandy thing that it came out without him noticing.
"Maybe if we stopped talking so fucking much and you put your dick to good use, we wouldn't have this problem." Mickey smirked at Ian, Mickey knew this would be the perfect distraction from everything, and he preferred it over talking. They did skip fucking yesterday with his first day of work and Ian's date with Mandy, then again he might have to wait for after work.
"Hmm I think we've earned a break." Ian said as he went to lock the front door, and walked back towards Mickey.
"What about towel heads wife and the fucking cameras?" Mickey asked as he stepped away from the crazy redhead.
"As long as the door are locked and we don't take over a half hour she wont care. There's no camera's in the freezer still." Ian said with a grin and turned to walk towards the freezer instead. Mickey followed him but looked warily at the camera's as he walked by them, and he looked around the freezer for any camera's, needing to make sure himself that there was none in there.
Once he finished his sweep of the freezer, he relaxed a bit and grinned at the redhead before turning away from him, and going near the wall closest, he moved his pants and underwear down in one go. He looked briefly back at the read head just to see the aroused expression on his face, already feeling from the soulmate bond how much Gallagher wanted him.
Gallagher prepped him and the sex was just what Mickey needed to de-stress from the last two days. Ian had him pressed up against the wall as they fucked, creating friction between his dick and the wall, and allowing Ian to press his upper body against him, which aroused Gallagher alot which was sent his way through the bond. Mickey came faster than usual and failed to hold back a loud moans when he came, which pushed Ian over the edge right after him.
Ian pulled out some paper towel and cleaned the cum off the wall before passing paper towels to Mickey. Mickey just took one sheet to wipe the cum that was dripping down his leg, pulled up his pants and underwear and walked towards the door.
"Gonna use the washroom." He said before walking away on unsteady legs to clean himself up better in the not cold washroom. As he cleaned the cum out of his ass he realized that he couldn't just leave like he normally did, he was still at work,he always felt the need to get away from Gallagher after they fucked, insured that it didn't turn into more and he usually had to push away Ian's feelings of affection afterwards and it unsettled him. He let out a sigh, he would just have to focus on work and block him out.
He finished cleaning himself up and left the washroom and went back into the front if the store. Ian was already back at the counter and there was a customer in the store. He made sure to ignore Ian, even as he felt the the affection from the other. Once the customer left of course Ian had to talk to him, he should of expected the redhead wouldn't keep to himself after.
"Thought you were gonna stop being grumpy?" Ian asked trying to sound like he didn't care and wasn't happy but neutral towards him. The bond giving him away completely with the feelings of happiness, with just a tint of nervousness in there. Mickey bit his lip slightly to calm himself before he responded.
"In case you haven't noticed Gallagher, I'm more the type to keep to myself after. Don't need the affectionate bullshit that most people want after fucking. Which I know you're all for but that's not me." Mickey said more than he planned, he couldn't even help it sometimes. Just said things before he even noticed what he said when he got overwhelmed or didn't control his emotions well enough. He thought for a second he got his point across and Gallagher would be let down and leave him alone for a bit. What he felt was the opposite, affection trying to blind him. Fucking Gallagher and his weird misplaced affection, he was smiling at him too. If only the stupid bond explained why he felt things instead of just fucking blinding him with the other emotions.
"Who said I was all for it?" Ian responded, still smiling. Mickey opened his mouth then closed it. Fuck, hes right he never did say he wanted the affectionate stuff after, never even tried to make him stay. It was just what the bond had been telling him. And Mickey wasn't gonna tell him that, the other option wasn't much better but he didn't have much choice.
"I pay attention enough to be able to tell, even if you don't act on it and my intuition is pretty good too." Ian continued smiling but tried to control it a bit more, though Mickey could feel that response made him more happy but he expected that when he said it, he would normally never admit something that pretty much said. 'I pay attention to you and know you well enough to know without you telling me.' Then him being right just inforced that more. The feelings from Ian were trying to spread to him, and he needed to get them to calm down, fighting them off just made it harder to concentrate on not responding in the way that went with Ian's happiness.
"Its not in purpose it a so-" Mickey caught himself this time, before he revealed the worst thing possible in this situation. Ian looked confused and like he was trying to figure what Mickey was gonna say. Mickey couldn't believe he almost said it was a soulmate thing. He blamed the bond for his almost fuck up, luckily he was good with thinking on the spot. He let out a sigh, guess he was revealing something else to Gallagher instead.
"It's a self defense thing, gotta observe and pay attention so I know who to look out for." Which was true with most people cause he didn't trust anyone well aside from Mandy and somewhat his brothers. And though he wouldn't admit it, Ian too. Finally he felt the happiness go down to a normal level, still there but not as emotionally blinding. He could handle that at least.
Mickey and Ian worked in a more comfortable silence after, which helped Mickey get a hold on himself and calm down. When he got home Mandy pulled him into her room and shut the door, he was confused for a moment before he remembered Gallagher told her that he told Mickey about their fake dating. It wasn't hard to forget with his mind more focused on the slip up from earlier.
"So he told you?" She stared intently waiting for a response and reaction from him.
"Yeah, not a big deal at least I know he's not cheating on you." Mickey said with a shrug, trying to show he didn't care. Mandy seemed pleased with his response.
"Well after he turned me down I was hurt and I sent you guys after him, he ended up finding me and running after me and confessing he was gay. We walked around and talked and I wanted to help him and make it so there wouldnt be another girl like me who gets hurt by something he can't help. So I offered the fake dating. " She felt she needed to explain, after hiding it from Mickey for so long. Mickey just gave her a small smile in response, knowing she wasn't done explaining he nodded for her to continue.
"I was attracted to him obviously but I got over it with him being gay and all. Now hes like my best friend, I've never had any close female friends who'd hang out with me after school, and talk about boys and have sleepovers with me." She said with a laugh and was done explaining. Mickey shook his head in amusement before he gave her a more serious look.
"Glad you found a close friend you can rely on." He paused briefly then grinned at her in amusement.
"Talk about boys huh? Gallagher tell you all about his boyfriend and crushes? Might have to bug him later." Mandy looked a bit surprised before she grinned back at him.
"Of course he does, you could always join us in some girl talk Mick." She said teasingly, laughing a bit after she said it.
"Oh gee, no thanks. Last thing I wanna do is talk about feelings with Gallagher." He said with a roll of his eyes.
"Why just with Ian, figured you just wouldn't want to talk about them in general." She said with a curious glance.
"Your my sister so it's not too bad sometimes." He responded which was believable but he had answered to quickly which was suspicious, Mandy lifted an eyebrow at him.
"...Do you have crush on Ian?!" She raised her voice, though out of her room you wouldn't just heard her say Ian. Mickey eyes widened and his face heated slightly, causing him to look away.
"Fuck no, he's too pale and ginger, fucking alien looking." He said huffing but not looking at her. He couldn't believe he was having this conversation, the world had to be against him or something.
"You totally do, you would of just said no disgustedly if you actually didn't." She said with a small laugh, finding it cute more than anything.
"So he's attractive, but I have my soulmate remember?" He said as he calmed himself, while he knew he couldn't hide it from her forever, he also knew that Mandy would never expect that Ian was his soulmate so it was a good way to end this conversation. She nodded to herself and stopped her teasing.
"You gonna tell me who he is? And well if you need a gay friend I'm sure Ian would be willing." She said seriously, waiting for his answer and smiling when she mentioned him being friends with Ian.
"I'm sure he would, he seems like the type." He stalled for a second before responding to Mandy's original question. Answering her seriously, as he looked away from her.
"I will, but right now I'm still trying to get a better handle on it. And I'm not sure if I'm ready to admit who it is out loud to myself, let alone anyone else." Which honestly he wasn't, but of course the main reason being it was her best friend. Mandy gave his shoulder a squeeze and nodded.
"Well you I'm always here if you wanna talk about him even if I don't know his name." She responded with a gentle smile before she laughed a bit.
"Though I can't promise I won't ask you for details, you've never even seriously dated anyone. And I'm kinda wondering if hes a jerk if you don't want him to know about it." Mickey felt himself relax with knowing he didn't have to tell her for the time being. He let out a small laugh as he responded.
"Nah, hes not. I'm the jerk there, I don't plan on being with him, I'm hoping he'll realize he wants better and move on." Mandy's smile faded and she shook her head.
"Just you wanting him to be with someone better means you want whats best for him instead of yourself... Why not just stop being a jerk and try to be better for him, or just be yourself without the barriers and let him choose himself?" He heard Mandy say, like it was so easy to do. He shook his head, looking at his tattooed knuckles.
"This is who I am. I'm not someone who's nice and I don't need a soulmate in my life." Mandy frowned in response then go up to leave, stopping right before she opened the door.
"Are you sure that's who you are or who you had to be?" With that Mandy opened the door and left him alone in her room, she hoped he would change his mind and at least try with his soulmate. But she also knew that he was stubborn and changing his mind would take time.
Mickey wasn't sure how he would of responded to that, so he was a bit glad she left instead of waiting for him to respond, he didn't think they were different things, who he has to be is who he is now. He tried to not think too much about it, and it wasn't too hard when he didn't really understand what she meant by that line.
Over the next couple week everything went normally, Mandy treated him the same as she always did, even a bit nicer sometimes, which weirded him out but she didn't bring up his soulmate or ask any questions and he was grateful for that. Him and Ian continued working together and fucking at work at least once a day, which helped his one sided bond, aside from getting Ian's emotions he didn't feel any tugs to go see Ian, or have any dreams about him. Ian was studying to join the army which Mickey didn't see as a good idea, but aside from the comments here and there that showed he didn't approve he knew it was Ian's choice if he wanted to go die in some war, and he told himself he didn't care. They also had been trying different positions with sex lately but it had mostly been against walls, even the ground once. It was all going as well as Mickey could see it going, and he was fine if things continued this way.
Mickey had grown out a beard, he thought Gallagher would comment about it but he didn't say anything, so Mickey kept it and couldn't be bothered to shave. It was their daily sex break when Ian decided they were going to have sex facing each other, which Mickey was dead against.
"We don't need to see each other when we fuck, its gay enough without that shit. Plus I don't want you using it to kiss me, by distracting me with your dick." Mickey said grumpily with his arms crossed.
"I just want to see if it allows me to go deeper, maybe it'll even feel different... I promise I won't kiss you, cadets honor." Ian replied as he put his hand over his chest, he would of tried for the kiss if Mickey didn't mention it, but even just watching as Mickey came undone sounded good enough by itself, and he'd be trying to slowly work up to it for the last week.
"Fine, just no kissing Gallagher or well never attempt this again and you can fucking get yourself off today." Mickey said giving in, he knew that Ian would keep his word once he said he wouldn't, he just hoped that Ian's emotions wouldn't show on his face or something. Ian smiled at him as he took his shoes and pants off and moved closer to Mickey.
Mickey kicked off his shoes and removed his pants and underwear, not looking at Ian as he felt his heart racing a bit, that was also the issue with this position, he knew he needed his legs unrestrained, with probably his leg being pinned up. Usually they just left their pants and underwear at their ankles when it was from behind, he was really reconsidering having agreed to this but it was too late and backing out now would seem too cowardly and his pride wouldn't allow it.
Ian moved forward and just rubbed their dicks against each other, but stayed true to his word and he even turned his face away from Mickey as he rubbed against him. Which as much as Mickey didn't want to admit calmed his nerves a bit, and it felt good to have Ian cock getting harder against his. Once they were both leaking precum Ian pulled away and got out the lube, then prepped Mickey quickly with his fingers, it didn't take too much prep with them fucking daily but the lube was still needed. Mickey watched as Ian stroked himself to get the lube on his dick before he gestured for Mickey to move his one leg up.
Mickey felt himself flush a bit but he knew it could come across as arousal and didn't turn away, he moved his leg up a bit, and felt Ian's hand move to it to push it up more and the rest of his body was pushed up onto some stacked up boxes.
"Ready Milkovich?" Gallagher asked with a grin, even though Mickey could feel the arousal and how he was barley holding back. Mickey did his best to look annoyed.
"Fuck just get on with it already." Ian mumbled something about him being impatient before he pushed his dick inside slowly, it felt different with the angle and the curve of Gallagher's dick inside of him rubbing different parts then they usually did. He let out a groan, but was secretly thankful that Ian was going in slowly and giving him time to adjust. He could of lied back on the boxes but wrapped his arms around Ian's neck, there was more friction on his dick when there was less of a gap between them, was what he reason in his mind. He refused to look at Ian, as he took Ian dick to the hilt, the other was right in that it went deeper than normal.
He felt stronger arousal than normal coming from Gallagher, he looked up after a few seconds of the other not moving, when he did they made eye contact, which made Mickey feel weird, uncomfortable he told himself, he nodded at Ian to move, then broke the eye contact and Ian started thrusting in and out at a slow pace, building up the speed slowly. Mickey was letting out small moans, and his eyes went back up to Gallagher, arousal shooting through him from the other as he ended up making eye contact briefly as he moaned at the same time.
He saw Ian's eyes break the eye contact this time, going down and stopping at his lips. And he felt how much Gallagher wanted to kiss him, it was overwhelming, but Ian didn't make any attempt to. Mickey's eyes moved to Ian's lips by themselves, Ian's pink lips parted in front of him letting out a small groan, and he remembered how soft they felt the time Ian had kissed him. Fuck he wanted to kiss him, but he knew he couldn't, that wasn't part of his plan at all. But as Ian's dick brushed against his prostate and he let out a breathless moan, his mind went blank and he moved forward, his lip's approaching the pink ones in front of him.
"Hello boys." He heard from behind Ian, and it felt like a bucket of ice water had been poured on him, he shot away and his foot knocking down a glass bottle. His eyes darting to where the voice came from. Fucking Frank Gallagher.
"Front door was locked so I came in the back, no pun intended." The old man said with a small hint of amusement, he felt slight annoyance come from Ian, but only for a second before his own panic and shock took over blocking it out.
"Might wanna check the locks." He added as they heard him start helping himself to whatever he wanted in the store. They both quickly started putting their clothes back on, easily avoiding the broken glass, not hat Mickey would of cared if he accidentally stepped on it at this point, his mind was just going over Frank being a drunk loud mouth and telling everyone, his stomach twisted and he felt anxious and paranoid. Frank said to put it on his tab, stole money from the til, then called them sailors. It was enough to get Mickey seething underneath the panic. Mickey paced subconsciously around the store.
"We gotta kill him." He stated as soon as the shock completely wore off. Someone knocked on the door to get in.
"Fuck off!" He was to wound up to deal with annoying customers right now, he was feeling homicidal enough without them.
"Look nobody will miss Frank anyway. We shoot him in the head, we dump him in the river." Mickey said quickly, the anxiousness coming out as his mind raced and he spoke quicker than normal.
"He has a lousy short time memory, he's probably already forgotten." Ian said causally, looking unconcerned.
"We can't chance that." He said looking directly at the redhead.
"I'll talk to him." Ian said, but Mickey barely heard him over his thoughts.
"Cut his hand off, pull his teeth, he can't even be identified." Mickey said, thoughts spiraling, knowing he had to fix this, Terry couldn't find out.
"You stay here watch the store, I'll take care of it." Ian said in the background, walking towards the door. He started to seem less calm as Mickey continued talking.
"My uncle Joe works at the foundry, he'll dump the teeth into the chrome plating vat and it's done." Mickey said as he removed his security jacket. Ian walked towards him, seeming like he was gonna try and calm him.
"Mickey you need this job for your probation." Gallagher said as he stepped into his space. Mickey made eye contact, not calmed in the slightest.
"No, what I need is to take care of Frank and his big mouth... Stay here." He said more aggressively than planned before he broke eye contact as he walked to the door.
"This won't take long." Mickey said as he walked out the door, no time to wait for a response, this was something that had to be done. He wasn't taking any chances with an alcoholic like Frank. He made his way home, he knew his brothers would help him with any hit, as long as it wasn't someone who mattered to them. After the discussed the best method of murder to do without getting caught, they went out looking for Frank with no success.
He even went to the Gallagher house, where he would of laughed at Fiona's comment at never knowing when Frank will be back, if he wasn't so anxious and on edge. He spent the rest of the day looking, only getting 4 hours of sleep. Mandy asked if he was okay, and pulled him aside making him talk to her, he was on edge, unable to sit still but wasn't able to just give Mandy the cold treatment when she was worried.
"What happened?" She asked calmly, after they were in her room away from anyone hearing them.
"Fuck, someone caught me and my soulmate fucking. Gotta make sure he keeps his mouth shut." He said quickly in the way that he did when his mind was racing.
"Who caught you?" She asked calmly, though worried herself about what would happen if Terry found out.
"Frank Gallagher." He said, not looking at her. Hoping telling her wouldn't reveal who his soulmate was, but he told his brothers who they were trying to kill for false reasons but it could get back to her either way. Mandy felt torn, she knew that while Ian didn't seem to care about Frank, he was still his father. And wouldn't want him dead, but she also knew how loud Frank could be.
"You talk to Ian? Maybe he could talk to Frank or something... Even if he's a shitty Father, he's still Ian's dad." She said slowly, knowing this was a tricky situation and she wished it hadn't happened to begin with but it was too late for that.
"Can't chance that. Terry can't find out about this..." Mickey said, she could hear the fear in his voice, and she put her hand on his shoulder.
"I understand, just be careful Mick." He nodded at her and left her room, making his way to the store, knowing Ian was working. He went around the back, when he knew it was around the time they got the truck for the food. Seeing the overhead door still open he went under, coming face to face with Ian.
"Where is he?" Mickey asked, the lack of sleep making him more impatient than he was normally.
"I have no idea." Gallagher replied, though he sounded to casual for Mickey's liking.
"He's had twenty four hours to run his mouth already. Where is he?" He repeated his question impatiently, he knew his mind wouldn't be quiet until he found him .
"He won't" Ian responded simply, taking a puff of his cigarette.
"If my dad finds out about this, he will kill me himself." Mickey explained, hoping that Ian would understand how serious this all was, the redhead flicked his cigarette outside as he walked into the store.
"I've been to sixteen bars, the homeless shelter, shantytown under the El, your house, batty Shelia's." He said as he followed Ian into the store, who wasn't saying anything.
"Where the fuck is he?!" he yelled as he pulled Ian's shoulder to make him turn around.
"I don't know!" Ian yelled back at him.
"Bullshit!" Mickey yelled as pulled his hand away from Ian. Looking at Ian and putting his observant self survival skills to use, it seemed like Ian was being only half honest with him. Then it clicked in his mind, and he smiled ironically.
"You warned him." He said, licking his lips nervously as he made his way to the register.
"I hate him more than you do." Ian stated, as Mickey ignored him and opened the register.
"I ain't stealing this, this is less than what I'm owed for my hours this week." He counted the money as he spoke, Gallagher just watched him and didn't say anything.
"I'm done... Done. Done" Mickey said as he gestured towards the store then towards Ian. Intent on leaving if Ian was going to remain silent. He felt uneasiness coming from the other.
"Frank's walked in on Fiona and her boyfriends, walked in on Lip and his girls. We got nothing to be ashamed of!" Ian said, trying to convince him to just let it go and that everything was gonna be okay, he could feel that Ian meant it too. But in Mickey's world that wasn't true and wasn't how things went, maybe they just didn't live in the same kinda world, even if they were both from the south side.
"What fucking world do you live in?" He said, lacking the anger he had previously.
"You can't." Ian said, struggling with words, Mickey could feel Ian's emotion of desperation coming through but pushed them from his mind.
"You can't... you know. I don't want you to!" Ian said as he formed what he was trying to say, taking a step towards Mickey to try and touch him, Mickey stepped back from him in response.
"What did I just say to you? Done is done." Mickey said, not backing down on this and knowing they couldn't continue with the chance of Frank opening his mouth or with him being the reason for Frank's death.
"What, you think we're boyfriend and girlfriend here? You're nothing but a warm mouth to me." He spat out at Ian, his anger controlling his words, he felt how much his words hurt Ian being forced on to him from the bond, it felt like Ian was barely fighting off tears. Mickey pushed away how Ian's emotions made him feel, knew he had to leave before he actually witnessed them, and he knew this would be better for Ian in the long run. Ian just looked at him, unable to respond, looking at him with heartbroken puppy eyes.
"Sorry I gotta go kill your dad, but I'm doing a lot of people a favor." Mickey said as he walked towards the front door.
"Including you." He added as he left out the front door, glancing back at Ian one last time as he spoke before the door shut behind him. He did his best to ignore any emotions from Gallagher as he continued looking for Frank. When night fell him and his brother went out again, with masks, hoping to spot him.
Finally they spotted him at the Alibi, after waiting a couple hours he left by himself, he quickly made a plan with his brothers telling them that they'd go ahead and that he would catch him and they were just to help him with the kidnapping. they put their masks on and went ahead as Mickey followed Frank down the street, his mask on top of his head.
Mickey followed the stumbling Frank down the street, and his mind started to race again but in a different way. He remembered what Mandy said and then Ian's fallen face, and his sadness from the bond. He felt emotions blindside him, his own emotions towards everything, how he'd be the same as Terry with just killing anyone who threatened him, he never planned on killing anyone, how hurting Ian hurt him and fuck he couldn't go through with this. he struggled with the choice, his dad would kill him if he found out.
At the garbage can he stopped, stepped forward then back. Feeling his eyes water, he dropped the mask into the bin, he heard police sirens in the background. Then he saw them pull up to a store near him. He looked towards them then back at Frank, rubbing his eyes he gained control over his emotions and dropped the gun into the bin too. He walked back towards the police, he made oinks at them and put his frustration at the situation into a punch that landed right on the officers face.
"This violating my probation?" He asked with a laugh as he was handcuffed. At least he would be safe from his dad if it got out and he wouldn't have to kill anyone, and his brother would just assume the cops caught him with the gun.