The epilogue is live! š @mybrainismelted out here always making me laugh. Go read it now! Dooo it.
We wrote a fun little romcom airline pilots š« AU full of fluff, angst and a little š„ for @blue-disco-lights. Happy birthday Julia š„³ from me and @mybrainismelted šÆāāļø
Summary: Mickey is an airline pilot who's world gets thrown upside down when his teenage crush suddenly appears as his co-pilot one day.
Rated: M
Read it now on ao3!
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The thing is, Iggy was at the wedding. He met all of Ian's gay friends (because he has friends) and they all got along. Iggy respects them for standing up to Terry. "Y'all have balls! Unless you don't, but you still badass!" And the lgbt friends just find him completely amusing.
A couple months later Ian finally drags Mickey to another brunch with his friends and who do they see when they walk into the restaurant?
"Yo, Mick! How come you never told me about brunch?"
"Since when you awake before noon?"
"All you can fucking drink mimosas bro!"
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into the darkness
there are no refunds or returns or bunches
of excuses and reasons why
so sit down in the corner to cry
dont try to cover it
@gallacrafts theme 32 ā I love you. And I trust miss you ā”
Which Gallavich Scene gets the most views from you?
Mickey Watching Over Ian [S04E07] this is my most watched scene on repeat.
i already mentioned this once, so i'm shamelessly copy-pasting:
I love re-watch this scene, i love this song (and i'm so sad that it's been removed from spotify but ok whatever). It's incredibly emotional, that's all. Mickey is so protective, there are so many thoughts on his face. And this silent talk with Svetlana screams very loudly for me. I just like to think that at this moment Mickey is thinking about how much he loves Ian and how glad he is that he's finally here. At his home. In his bed.
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hi beeee!! i hope you're doing okay ššš
ooohohohoho okay for the kiss thingy: god knows why cuz it sounds potentially very painful but i feel so compelled to request 28 š
sweet deanna! i'm hanging in, thanks love! š so you & @lingy910y both requested #28 & i want to fill both of your prompts. but because you were (rightfully) afraid of pain, i gave you one that's a bit strange, but has a promisingly happy ending? you can be the judge! xx
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send me a number & i'll write you a smoocheroo š
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#28: ...as a lie
ps. this is inspired by this post about dealer!mickey & insomniac!ian, who have now rotted my brain.
Ian hasnāt slept in days.
Itās happened beforeāendless energy is one of his tried-and-true symptoms of maniaābut this isnāt that. Heās taking his meds, his skin isnāt crawling and his mind is fairly quiet. Quiet enough to frustrate him as he tosses and turns and wonders what the fuckās going on.
His schedule has been all over the place lately; his normal routine lost to the endless cycles of employment and Gallagher family responsibilities. Heād been hoping to add school to the mix this semester so that he could have other, less hectic options than a rig-riding EMT, but heād pushed it off. A pity, now that all-nighters are apparently his thing.
Night two, he googles a few things, which is a huge mistake. Who can fall asleep after reading about how even just twenty-four hours without sleep can begin to derail your bodily systems? Sleep deprivation can cause or worsen conditions like Type 2 diabetes, High blood pressure, Stroke, Heart attackāhis pulse leaps as his phone clatters to the ground.
Night three, he takes to the streets, running around the Southside until his lungs burn and his knees wobble. As he passes the clinic that gave his seventeen-year-old self a lifetime prescription for antipsychotics, he knows that if this lasts much longer, he should call his doctor. Tell them his nighttime meds arenāt putting him to sleep anymore. Nip this insomnia thing in the bud before it can overthrow the delicate balance heās worked so hard to maintain.
Night four, desperate and a bit delusion, he pulls up a number he hasnāt used in years, saved under a contact labeled, DO NOT TEXT.
He breaks his own rule: Hey. Still making house calls?
The response is almost immediate: the fuck u care for?
Ian rolls his bloodshot eyes, typing: Itās an emergency.
Three little dots herald a response that makes him laugh: a weed emergency?
He stays strong: Wouldnāt ask if I didnāt need it.
The next text makes his chest clench: u ok?
He decides to keep it vagueāI canāt sleep, but itās not what you think.āand hopes he doesnāt have to explain further and is relieved to read: u want ur usual?
Another clench: Indica
Two texts arrive in rapid succession: what else do u want? can i give u head while u smoke or no?
There it is: the reason Ian doesnāt use this number anymore.
Maybe in another life it would be a blessing to have a weed dealer to lovers arc with your childhood crush, but in this one, it was a curse. A curse that lasted almost a whole year, bringing with it an endless bouquet of blissful fucks and free weed, and a million moments of tenderness Ian knew nobody else was getting out of the guy. A curse that eventually came to collect payment in the form of bloodied knuckles, broken hearts and ego wounds. A curse that still clings to Ianās psyche, filling his dreams with gentle, tattooed fingers and bright blue eyes and a sweet and savory scent that can only be described as Mickey.
Mickey, now DO NOT TEXT.
On second thought, maybe he should never sleep again.
The knock at the door makes him hardāa Pavlovian response that irks him more than the three sleepless nights heās suffered so far. Three raps, one right after the other. The last one no more than a brush of his hand.
Ian adjusts himself and answers the door.
Fuck, one look at that smug asshole and heās immediately right back in it. Lust and like and maybe even a little bit of reckless fucking love fill his body, rising to the surface like sweet cream. A layer of fat on the roof of oneās mouth; a treat to lick later, a reminder that they didnāt end things because they werenāt insanely hot for one another and potentially soulmates. They were just idiots. Stubborn, petty dicks.
Oh Pride, the great slayer of men.
Jesus, he needs to sleep.
āFirst oneās on the house,ā Mickey says as he crosses the threshold, a joint held tightly between C and K.
Hours slip by. They laugh, they smoke. It feels like old times. Ianās body is loose in a way it hasnāt been in years. It feels good. Like maybe-he-could-sleep-tonight good. And as he melts further into the couch, he starts to get a little horny too. Because Mickeyās yapping on and on about some asshole that frequents the bar he works at, and Ianās listening, he swears heās listening, but heās also staring at Mickeyās mouth like he wants to take Mickey up on that text message and shut him the fuck up with his dick.
Like he wants to taste the stale smoke of his tongue.
Wants him to stay the night.
Forever, maybe.
Mickey finishes his story. His eyes go soft and he drums his fingers against his knee. āShould get outta your hair, Gallagher,ā he says. āLetcha sleep.ā
Thatās the last thing Ian wants.
āNot tired,ā he fibs.
Mickey cocks an eyebrow. āYouāre not? āS been days, man. This shitās gotta be hittinā ya by now.ā
Itās true. It has been days and this shit is hitting him. Or maybe heās having a sleep-deprivation-induced stroke. He just knows Mickey canāt go.
āCanāt go to sleep without a goodnight kiss.ā
Mickeyās already leaning in when he asks, āThen you promise youāll hit the hay?ā
Ian nods as Mickey presses a kiss to his lying lips.
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Galladrabbles: Blur
Thank you dear @callivich for this weekās @galladrabbles prompt! š©µ
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āHell no, I aināt goinā!ā
āMick, how many fingers am I holding up?ā
āFuck OFF! 10! Now leave it alone forever.ā
Mickey storms off down the hall, and -surprise to no one- nearly trips over their cat.
āSorry Turbo,ā he mutters.
Ian follows and tries a softer tone. āBabe, a lot of people need glasses. Imagine if things werenāt such a blur anymore.ā
Mickey looks up into his husbandās face - he can see him just fine up close.
āAnd anyway, guys in glasses are so hot. The things Iād wanna do to you if youā¦ā
āFine! Letās go. Youāre driving.ā
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this weeks @galladrabbles prompt from @callivich was "Blur"
His memories were mostly a blur now.Ā Time and age had taken their toll, and where once had been determination, hope, and optimism, now was mostly just confusion.
There was one thing that could cut through the blur, could push it back, if just for a bit.
One pair of hands, with faded tattoos that couldnāt be read, but were still clear in his mind.
FUCK U-UP they read, and they brought love, gentleness, and fleeting moments of clarity.
The hands reached out to grasp his own.
āMick,ā he gasped, āwhere have you been?ā
āRight here,ā he replied.Ā āAlways here.ā
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Blur
Thanks, @callivich for the @galladrabbles prompt. It was the perfect prompt for what I had in mind for this week!
Previously on No Sleep 'Til Nashville, Mickey and Ian made their way to the Greyhound station.
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The bus trip passes in a blur. Iām lost in a tangle of Gallagher limbs. He touches my forehead, cups my cheek, kisses me every minute on the minute.
After all the shit weāve gone through, the ride feels too easy. Roadblocks are easy to rally against. But when the path is clear, doubt creeps in.
We pull into Nashville Station at four oāclock. Itās sunny. The air smells like Keith.
Heās probably putting on his tux and double-checking the flowers right now.
Iāve been obsessed. I havenāt taken a moment to breathe.
Fuck.
Am I doing the right thing?
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@galladrabbles Blur prompt curtesy of @callivich
The day has gone by like a blur but Ian wouldnāt trade it for the world. Being married felt better than he ever imagined. He sits and watches Mickey (husband!) drunkenly dance with their family. He thinks back to when they were kids and Mickey was terrified of letting anyone see them together and how far heās come. Ian is so proud of him. From banging in the shadows of the high school bleachers to proclaiming their vows in front of a whole room of people. The past ten years have gone by like a blur but Ian wouldnāt trade it for the world.
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š the moon from the fuck-u-up tarot š
Before meeting Mickey, Ian had no idea that the moon had eight phases.
Hell, he didnāt even notice the tattoo on their first night together becauseĀ some fuckinā sap liked it face to face,Ā but after lunch with Mandy, Ian had bent Mickey over the arm of his own goddamn couch, and there they were, one right after the otherā
New
Waxing crescent
First quarter
Waxing gibbous
Full
Waning gibbous
Last quarter
Waning crescent
ālining Mickeyās spine.
Each carrying a different shade, a different energy, and a different way toĀ flow.
Ian was fascinated.Ā
Turned the fuck on.Ā
And oddly validated.Ā
Heād never given it much thought before, but after a fewĀ meditationsĀ on the subject, Ian couldnāt help but wonder: If the moon was in constant flux, constant change; then, couldnāt it stand to reason that maybe his state of mind, his pace, his moods, werenāt so odd after all?Ā
an exception to the rule | ch. 9: opening up in phases
[now updating on ao3]
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62+27šš¾
#27: "no. regrets." & #62: "if you can't sleep... we could have sex?"
"you're up late."
"jesus," mickey jumps, nearly falling out of his seat. "you scared the shit out of me."
"sorry." ian plops onto the couch, and mickey tries not to think too much about how close his roommate is sitting next to him. "couldn't sleep, and i saw the light on in the living room. what're you watching?"
mickey turns towards the tv and shrugs. "just criminal minds."
"what an uplifting show to watch at one in the morning."
"it usually puts me to sleep, actually."
"hm." ian raises his brows. "are you sure you're not watching it for a certain someone?"
"i regret telling you that," mickey groans. "i just like reid's character, okay? plus, he's not even my type."
ian looks at him with curious eyes. "what's your type, then?"
hot redheaded alien-looking dorks, mickey wants to say. instead, he throws a pillow at ian's face, to which ian catches and tosses back at him. "don't have one, really. i'm fine with any dick up my ass."
"hm. not every dick," ian mumbles.
mickey's eyes widen. "what?"
"just saying," ian shrugs. "you've never made a move on me, and i have a dick. an above average one, actually, if i'm being honest."
"whāwhere is this coming from?" mickey sputters. "you're saying you want us to fuck?"
"what i'm saying is," ian leans in close, warm breath caressing mickey's skin, "if you can't sleep, and i can't sleep, then we could do something together to occupy our timeā"
before ian can finish his sentence, mickey catches him by surprise with a soft kiss, their lips slotting against each other hesitantly at first, then quickly deepening and insistent as their tongues intertwine in a fighting frenzy, heated and molten.
"show me this above average dick of yours, then," mickey breathes into ian's ear, and ian responds enthusiastically by dragging mickey to his room and slamming the door shut.
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afterwards, as they lie in bed together basking in the afterglow, sweaty and thoroughly spent, ian turns to face mickey and ghosts his fingers along mickey's arm.
"was... that okay?" he asks, quiet, a hint of vulnerability in his voice.
"gallagher," mickey brushes ian's hair back and smiles when he sees ian melting into his touch, "i've been wanting to do that since you moved in."
"okay, good," ian says, relieved. "i was scared you'd regret sleeping with me and kick me out of the apartment."
mickey snorts. "my only regret is not jumping your bones earlier."
"well," ian rolls over and straddles mickey, bracketing his thighs around mickey's hips, "we have a lot of time to make up for, then."
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Holler if you need me. Sure...
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shameless creator's network - april
two by two
I used a verse from Robert Frost's famous poem "The Road Not Taken"
The road that Ian and Mickey chose was often hard. It wasn't the easy path. It was so unknown to the people around them. They couldn't see the path ahead. They couldn't see the destination but they believed there was one.
And that has made all the difference.
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