#suits 1x03

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Knocking Some Sense into You

What if the fight between Mike and Trevor during 1x03, Inside Track, is more heavy than in the show? What if Mike is so injured he goes to Harvey for help? And Harvey patches him up.

@ the anon who requested this, sorry it took a while I had to help my sister move and I dug a well for my mom, because we Dutch people love water managment xp

On AO3.

Ships: none

Warnings: fight and being helpless in a fight. Injuries, first aid and insecurity.

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Fucking Trevor. Like really. It’s always Trevor. Trevor with his drug deal. Trevor who lied to Jenny, Trevor who was in trouble, Trevor Mike had to cover for, Trevor who went behind his back. Mike is just so tried of it all. He’s done.

And yet…

Yet he finds himself at his doorstep trying to get through to him for the last time. Because Trevor is his friend. Trevor is a constant in his life. Trevor never left him. So, here he is, offering help and money, something that puts him at risk for his friend and all he gets is nothing.

“Look, what matter is that you don’t help me out, okay? I help you out. And I’m not interested in transitioning into anything.” The words hurt more than Mike cares to admit.

Instead of doing the smart thing and walking out, dropping Trevor as Harvey always suggests, he attempts one other thing. Yeah, bringing up Jenny wasn’t a smart idea in hindsight.

Before he knows it punches are flying and it’s a full blown fight. Mike has fought off some bullies here and there, but Trevor has long since been his protector. Maybe that’s why the words hurt so much. Trevor has always helped him, Trevor was always the strong one and now Trevor is using that against him.

He later won’t even claim he makes a strong defense, because he’s been tackled to the ground in seconds, Trevor punching him where he can reach as Mike tries to grab his fists or stop the punches in any way he can think of.

When that proves unsuccessful, he tries to roll over and claw away in a pathetic crawl, but even that is undermined with Trevor grabbing his shoulder and pulling him back into a choke-hold that nearly does him in.

Mike is on the point of passing out, eyes bulging, when he is saved by a knock from a concerned neighbor, who calls: “Is everything alright in there?”

Before Mike can even think to scream, Trevor switches his hold, so he is clamping down on Mike’s mouth. He’s barely out of breath as he pleasantly returns: “Yeah, everything is fine. Thank you. I stubbed my toe and fell, pesky things those coffee tables.”

His laugh is returned and the neighbor leaves with a goodbye, Mike’s savior disappearing without taking notice of his suffering.

However, it alerts Trevor to what he is doing can be heard and he wants to nip that in the bud as quick as possible. The last thing he needs is a cop showing up to ask questions. So, he leans in and whispers in Mike’s ear: “I’m going to let you go and you can just get out. As long as you don’t make more noise, you got that?”

Trevor, at this point, doesn’t know that Mike also won’t benefit from the police poking too close in his life, especially in connection to Trevor. However, Mike hopes his enthusiastic nod (as far as he can manage it in his position) conveys how much he’ll be quiet and leave.

“Good.” Trevor lets go.

Mike doesn’t even care that his scramble to get away is highly undignified as he hightails out of the apartment.

His head is spinning and one eye is swelling rapidly. He can taste copper in his mouth, coming from what is likely a bleeding nose. His blinks hurt and he lifts his arms with difficulty as he feels his way to the elevator.

On the way down, he nearly collapses, but he manages to stay upright.

At this point, he realizes that he should get help. For a moment he considers going to the hospital, but the questions and bills that will give him discourage that notion. So, he sways on his feet and dials a cab, muscle memory saving him.

The cabbie is probably convinced he’s picking up a drunk somewhere until he pulls up and sees Mike. Then he exclaims: “Fucking hell. What the fuck happened to you?”

“Long story,” Mike offers in a slurred voice, before rattling off Harvey’s address, since he doesn’t know where else to go.

The cabbie asks if he’s sure he doesn’t need a hospital and Mike insists he doesn’t. When it becomes clear he isn’t changing his mind, the cabbie shrugs and tells him not to throw up in his car, before driving off.

In the end, not throwing up proves to be a challenge and Mike is glad when the cabbie announces that they have arrived. He hands him a fifty and doesn’t check what he gets back as he thanks the man and makes his way into Harvey’s building.

He has never been there before now and if he were more present, he’d be intimidated by the opulence of it. Now, he just focuses on setting one foot in front of the other and worrying how Harvey is going to react to him showing up like this. And how he’s going to explain what happened and that Harvey truly was his only option.

God, what will Harvey think of this sad display? Is this the limit? Harvey has sacrificed a lot for Mike to be here and he told him to let Trevor go. Is this what will make him see how dumb it was to let Mike in?

His mind is spinning with the questions and pain as he finds himself in front of Harvey’s door. This is the moment of truth, he thinks, only now realizing he isn’t sure if Harvey is even home.

With all that playing on his mind, he finally knocks.

Meanwhile, Harvey has been enjoying a quiet evening at home, mentally working through their strategy for the McKernon Motors case again. The company is his most treasured client and he wants it to go well tomorrow.

When he hears a knock on his door, he is annoyed. Who the hell wants anything from him at this time, not to mention, who doesn’t know how to find the bell?

Harvey considers ignoring it, but it comes again and it sounds almost desperate. Deciding he can always slam the door on whatever idiot is bothering him now, he gets up and swiftly pulls open the door. He growls: “What the hell do you want?” It’s only then that he sees Mike and what a horrid picture he makes.

Mike’s face is covered in blood and it’s unclear where it comes from (other than his still bleeding nose), just because of the amount. His left eye is black and swollen shut, not to mention the other bruising on his neck. He is swaying precariously and Harvey dreads to think what other injuries his outfit is hiding.

“What happened?” he asks, feeling his brows pull together in an emotion he hates: concern.

“I wen’ to Tr’vor, ‘cause he lied to J’nny ‘bout me talkin’ and I di’n’t an’ then we fough’,” Mike explains, his voice raw as if he has a cold, though Harvey suspects it has something to do with what happened to his throat.

He clenches his fist as he hears the name Trevor. That name is always followed by something stupid Mike did and Harvey is going to hurt that Trevor kid at some point, he fucking swears. But for now he slips an arm under Mike’s shoulders and tries to be annoyed instead of worried about how the kid leans on him as he leads him to the kitchen.

The bar stools are the only seating option, but they’re white and were expensive. Besides, he’s going to need water. So, instead he takes Mike to the sink, instructing him to sit on the counter, helping him when it becomes clear that Mike isn’t doing it by himself.

With Mike slumped back against the wall next to the sink, Harvey turns to get his first aid kit, something he still regularly stocks fully. A habit from his boxing days in college he is now grateful for.

On his way back, he also gets a washcloth and a bowl. He runs the tap until it’s lukewarm, then fills the bowl, setting it next to Mike, the first aid kit popped open on the other side.

Throughout it, they’re both quiet. Mike keeps blinking, though it’s more winking. His eyes aren’t truly focused and again that pesky concern creeps over Harvey’s spine. In an attempt to ignore it again, he gets an ice pack and roughly pushes it in Mike’s hands, telling him to hold it to his eye to stop the swelling.

At that point Mike apologizes softly and offers: “I di’n’t have anyw’ere else to go.”

It tugs at something Donna would call heartstrings and Harvey doesn’t want to deal with it right now, so he wets the cloth and starts by cleaning the blood off Mike’s face. The kid kid flinches and whimpers, so Harvey has to hold his face as he continues, having difficulties with ignoring Mike’s little noises that he can’t seem to keep in.

The whole thing reminds him of his youth. Back when Markus was bullied and came home with split lips and black eyes. Back when he and his dad boxed together and his dad told him to man up as he cleaned him up after the matches. Back when he didn’t win every fight.

But he doesn’t tell Mike to man up, unable to say the harsh words when Mike looks to utterly pitiful. Instead he tells him what he always told Markus: “I know it hurts, just a little bit longer. You’re okay,” not noticing how his voice got the soft, fond tint it always used to get with Markus.

Slowly the washcloth reveals that Mike has a split lit on top of his bleeding nose. The nose doesn’t seem broken, luckily, but there is nothing more he can do there, except roll up two tissues so that Mike can place them in his nostrils to absorb the blood flow and hope it will end soon.

For the split lip, he takes care to clean it with water, cold from the tap. He takes a bit of clean gauze and puts pressure on the lip. The bleeding should stop there in five to ten minutes if they keep pressure on it.

He doesn’t see blood anywhere else, which he is glad for. The shirt is ruined, but Harvey is pretty sure the blood splatters are from Mike’s face. However, he isn’t sure about what other injuries there could be, or if he should worry about internal bleeding or a concussion.

They have a lot of overlapping symptoms, if Harvey recalls correctly from the probing questions doctors at fights used to ask him.

To try and figure out if he should be calling an ambulance for internal bleeding, he asks: “Did he hit you on the stomach? Or in your sides?”

Mike startles a bit as if he’d been drifting before Harvey broke their silence. Then the words catch up to him, because he shakes his head wincing as he does. He replies: “No, I used my arms to block him.”

Harvey doesn’t like how Mike sounds, though he’s relieved by the clear answer and the fact that Mike isn’t about to pass out on him near death. Apparently sitting in the dim light of the kitchen has done him some good.

He still wants to check if it isn’t a concussion, so he asks: “Headache?”

“A bit.” It’s mumbled, but a reply.

“Feeling dizzy?”

A small shake of the head.

“Nauseous?”

“Only in the car.”

“Any ringing in your ears?”

“No.”

“Can you see alright? Besides the black eye?”

Mike blinks, then peers around, shrugging. “Don’t know.”

He looks tired, but he isn’t forgetful or confused. He’s also answering quickly and clearly. Harvey decides that he’s likely not concussed. Still, the voice is bugging him and the conclusions he’s making by himself aren’t pleasant, so he asks: “What happened to your throat?”

And Mike, who has cleared up a bit, looks away, the gauze nearly dropping out of Harvey’s hands as he tries to follow the movement. It is a clear unwillingness to answer and it gets Harvey’s guard up. He can deduce what likely happened, but he doesn’t like that Mike won’t tell him anything, despite being obviously injured.

“Mike,” he says in a warning tone. “What happened? You mentioned Trevor and a fight. Did he did this to you?”

Again Mike doesn’t answer and Harvey swears he sees his cheeks light up with a blush.

“I know a thing or two about fights,” he goes on when it becomes clear Mike isn’t going to speak up. “And by the looks of it, you got one hell of a beating. And those bruises look like you were choked, especially with that voice.”

Mike’s little glance in his direction tells him he’s on the right path. He sighs. What is he going to do with this kid, he wonders.

“Look, I don’t what’s going on with you, but you showed up on my doorstep at nearly midnight, bleeding everywhere,” he tells Mike, who is finally looking at him, the ice pack, stuffed nose and gauze not doing anything to make him look less sad. Harvey feels almost bad for being stern, which he hates even more. “Just tell me what the hell happened,” he finishes a bit more lamely than intended, asking himself when he started caring.

The kid hadn’t been there for that long, yet apparently that hasn’t stopped Harvey from letting him behind the walls. Maybe it’s the sad face, he thinks. Or the fact that he now misses how it usually grins.

Still, whatever he said worked, because Mike moves to bite his lip (quickly discouraged by how it hurts), then says: “It’s stupid.”

“I’ve gathered,” Harvey replies. “Tell me anyway. It won’t leave this kitchen.”

“Alright,” Mike says after a deep breath. “I went to Trevor’s. He lied to Jenny about us talking and I was just mad about it. I shouldn’t have gone. I should have let him go.”

He sounds so dejected and Harvey feels the foreign urge to hug him, something he pushes away in favor of saying: “You should have.”

“Sorry.”

Again he sounds so sad and Harvey finds himself giving in at a place he should be able to stand his ground easily. “It’s okay, don’t say sorry, kid. Just don’t do that again. He’s not a friend if he beats you up over a girl.”

“It wasn’t about, Jenny,” Mike tells him. “I wanted to help him get out of selling drugs. He didn’t want to, told me he liked doing it and that I didn’t help him, but he helped me. Then we just yelled and before I knew it he was throwing punches and I was down.”

He looks away, this time Harvey lowers the gauze, the lips slowly starts bleeding again. “I won’t even make a ‘you should have seen the other guy’-joke,” Mike says bitterly. “I couldn’t do anything and then- then he was pinning me down.”

To Harvey’s horror tears starts to fall and Mike drops the ice pack as he wraps his arms around himself in a sad imitation of a hug.

His days in the DA office made that he saw a lot of people, who had just been attacked or otherwise assaulted and it makes him a bit sick how Mike reminds him of them. But it has been a while since he worked as ADA and he is rusty on what to do.

Still, he tries for Mike. He gently places his hand on the side of Mike’s face again, this time holding the ice pack to his eye. It’s starting to melt, but it’s still cool. He also places the gauze back on his lip.

This is as much physical comfort he can offer while still taking care of the injuries. However, he also ensures that Mike is looking him in the eyes as he says: “That must have been terrifying. I can’t imagine. But it’s not your fault. You were attacked by someone you trusted. That’s something you should never had to prepare for.”

For a moment, he doesn’t know if he’s getting through to Mike. The tears are still falling and he looks on the fence. Then he blinks and looks away and timidly says: “But I couldn’t get away. What if it happens again and I can’t get away again? God, I was so, so scared, Harvey.”

“I know,” Harvey tells him, trying to put as much compassion in his voice as he can. “How about you and I start boxing together. I know a bit about self-defense, I can teach you. You won’t have to be helpless again.”

However, he thinks he can make an exception for Mike, who is meeting his gaze again, eyes shining hopefully as he asks: “Really?”

He remembers how many of the people he represented started taking self-defense classes to protect themselves, both physically and mentally. He even taught a woman a few punches after she nearly broke down in his office. Her smile was one of the reasons he didn’t go to Jessica yet.

Harvey likes helping people like that, but this world of corporate law just isn’t the place where you can allow yourself to help people. It’s one of the reasons he hates pro-bono’s, they make him break his walls within Pearson Hardman. He doesn’t mix those worlds easily, he likes boxing them off and away from each other.

“Course,” he smiles in return. “It’s good to bulk up, projects an image of power. Besides, I can use a new sparring buddy, my old one stopped.”

“Why?” Mike asks, sounding apprehensive, but there is a twinkle in his eye and a joking note in his voice. Harvey has never been more relieved to be teased, the Mike he knows coming through the cracks again.

“I kept being better than him,” Harvey smirks cockily, playing up the arrogant persona Mike knows well.

“Then you’ll just have to have a challenge,” Mike says.

“And you’ll give it to me?” Harvey raises a brow.

“I’m a quick study!” Mike protest.

“Well, we will just have to see that, now won’t we,” Harvey says, his smile a bit evil as he does.

Mike swallows, but doesn’t back down and Harvey is grateful for it. Mike has fire, it’s one of the reasons Harvey hired of him, he would hate to see that killed over an idiot who dares to call himself a friend.

“Here, I’m gonna get you a new ice pack, can you hold this against your lip?” Harvey asks, deciding that was enough of a moment for him for today. He also takes the tissues from Mike’s nose, the bleeding having stopped there.

“Yeah, course,” Mike answers, taking the gauze on his lip.

As he goes to get the ice pack and throw away the tissues, he pushes away the anger with what he knows best: work. They have to crash that meeting tomorrow and he needs Mike there. He should call Donna, tell her to come by early tomorrow and bring a suit for Mike and makeup to cover the bruises. The idea of sending Mike home doesn’t cross his mind for a second.

Calling Donna at this hour is dangerous, but Harvey thinks a new bag can fix it. If she sees Mike, maybe that’s not even necessary. He knows she has a soft spot for this kid and if he’s honest with himself and how he is behaving, so does he. Seeing him hurt like this, will likely make her as protective and angry as he is right now.

With the next step in mind, he returns to Mike with the ice pack. However, telling Mike about the plan is postponed when he gets there.

Silent tears are falling again and Mike softly says: “Sorry,” wiping his non-swollen eye and pressing the new ice pack to the other, practically hiding behind it. “You shouldn’t have to put up with me like this.”

“What?” Harvey says, not able to come up with a better reply.

It’s not the best response, he realizes as Mike start sniffling. “I’m just continually fucking up and then I just show up here and you have to be all nice to me, because I’m being pathetic about loosing a bit of a scuffle and-”

“Stop that, Mike,” Harvey cuts him off. “First off, this wasn’t ‘a bit of a scuffle,’ alright? Second, of course I’m gonna be nice, I’m not a fucking monster. It’s okay to come ask for help. Because, third, I told you – multiple times, by the way – that I’m the guy you tell. I am glad you came here and I didn’t have to find out because you came in with a black eye and split lip tomorrow.”

“R- really?” Mike asks, like he doesn’t believe Harvey, even though he wants to

“Really,” Harvey repeats. “God, what am I going to do with you, kid. You’re gonna give me gray hairs and I’m not old enough for that.”

Mike gives him a look that is usually accompanied with a mocking remark, but before he can begin, Harvey says: “Don’t.”

“Alright,” Mike shrugs, but he looks relieved and happier than earlier.

“Okay, so here is what’s going to happen,” Harvey gets around to proposing his plan and glad not to have to comfort Mike more (it’s not that he hates it, it’s just not his thing and he feels awkward when he does it). “You’re staying in my guest room, this is not debatable. I’m not sending you home in this condition.”

When Mike nods that he understands and Harvey continues: “I’m going to call Donna, she’s coming over tomorrow with a suit for you and makeup to make you look a bit presentable. Then we’re dealing with McKernon Motors and after all that, we’re dealing with Trevor.”

“What? You don’t have to do anything with Trevor,” Mike protests, after nodding along for the rest, having resigned himself to doing what Harvey tells him to after all that had already happened this evening draining him.

“Yes, we are,” Harvey says in a tone that allows no arguing. “I don’t care if it’s a restraining order, if we put a tail on him to get him arrested, or putting him on a bus to somewhere, but you are not seeing Trevor again.”

“I wasn’t planning on it,” Mike replies, sounding indignant, like he thinks Harvey thinks he’s stupid instead of that bleeding heart that keeps pulling him down. “But that’s a bit much. You don’t need to get involved like that, you’ve done enough.”

Harvey has a lot of things he wants to say to Mike about Trevor and the shit friend he is to Mike, but it’s also past midnight at this point and they have better things to do than to waste more breath on Trevor.

“This conversation isn’t over,” he tells Mike, who pouts, hissing at his split lip when he does. “For now, you’re going to bed. We need to get up early. Want to shower first?”

Mike still looks moody, but listens anyway, choosing not to argue. Just says: “Shower would be nice.”

“Good, it’s over there, I’ll get you a clean shirt to sleep in,” Harvey says, stepping away from the counter and dawdling long enough for Mike to get off the counter without accident, before walking away to get a shirt.

The t-shirt he picks is a Harvard one, because he is hilarious, thank you very much. Though Mike only raises a tired eyebrow when he hands it to him.

He waits outside the bathroom while Mike showers, keeping his ears peeling for the potential sound of Mike falling over as he does.

When Mike is done showering without any incidents, he is relived. Until Mike steps out the bathroom and he finally gets a good look at the extend of the damage. There is one big bruise on his upper thigh and one on his shoulder, fingers clear as day. Beyond that, his arms are more blue and black than pink and a new wave of anger washes over him.

Seeing how exhausted Mike is, he manages to suppress it for now and instead leads him over to the guest bedroom, bidding him goodnight as he turns off the light. He’s pretty sure Mike is asleep before he’s gone.

With Mike asleep he dials Donna, who picks up with an angry: “What can you possibly want at this hour, Harvey?”

“It’s important, I wouldn’t call you if it wasn’t,” he says.

Something in his voice must have given away how much he means it, because Donna just sounds concerned, not angry when she asks: “What happened?”

“Mike was attacked by an old friend of his,” he tells her, hearing her gasp. He quickly assures her: “He’s fine, mostly. He’s sleeping it off right now, but he has a couple of nasty bruises. His nose was bleeding, but not broken, and he has split his lip.”

“God that is terrible,” Donna replies, sounding the proper level of horrified and mad, just like Harvey had expected.

“Yeah and we’re getting the bastard, but later,” Harvey says. “For now I just need you to come by my condo early tomorrow. Bring a suit for Mike and makeup. We need to go to that meeting and Mike needs to look like he didn’t get put through the ringer.”

Donna sighs and mutters about it always being about work, but clearer she promises: “I’ll be there.”

“Thank you, Donna,” Harvey says sincerely.

“Of course, Harvey,” she tells him, then hangs up.

After taking care of that, the exhaustion of the evening and the emotions catches up with him and he stumbles through his evening routine, before falling in bed.

When Donna arrives the next morning, she has no clue what to expect. Harvey sounded serious yesterday and what he described was nothing good, but he also alluded that Mike is good enough to go into work, so she hopes it’s nothing that bad as she rings the bell at 5:00 AM.

Harvey is still in his pajama joggers and shirt when he opens the door. He looks like he barely slept and his shoulders are drawn tight. It isn’t that noticeable, but to Donna it is obvious that he is worried and she only recalls seeing him like that when Markus was in the hospital.

“How is he?” she asks to open the conversation.

“Still asleep,” Harvey answers, waking up enough to let her in.

The first aid kit is still on the counter, but it’s closed and there is nothing to suggest something massive went down there, which calms Donna. On the counter are also ingredients and a bowl with batter in it. “What’s this,” she inquires, indicating the bowl.

“I’m making breakfast pancakes,” Harvey says. “Want some?”

“You can make pancakes?”

“What can I say, I’m a man of many mysteries and talents,” he tells her, going to make his pancakes, correctly assuming she want some.

Once he has three sizable stacks, he open a door and kindly calls: “Mike, wake up. I have breakfast for you. You need to get out of bed. We have work.” Faintly, Mike groans something and Harvey laughs. “I am definitely not your Grammy.” Then she hears a squeak and Harvey laughs again.

He is still smiling when he gets back to the kitchen and Donna mirrors it. She is glad to see him so happy and content, Mike is the best addition they have had in a while and with Harvey smiling, he can’t be that bad off.

Naturally, that smile drops when she actually sees Mike. He is also still in his pajama, but his pajama is his boxers and a t-shirt. His arms are covered in bruises, with one on his shin and thigh as well.

Not to mention his face!

The black eye is prominent and looks horrible. His split lip is swollen and looks nasty. But his neck takes the cake, with bruising lining it like a necklace. Though choker would be a better word and she feels her blood boil at the thought. Whoever did this, is going to pay.

“Donna!” he exclaims when he sees her, his cheeks pinking. “Ah, sorry, I don’t have pants right now.”

“It’s okay, sweetheart,” she says, pushing her anger aside for concern and care. “God, how are you feeling? Are you okay?”

“Oh, yeah, uhm, I’m fine,” he assures her, taking the plate Harvey hands him and tentatively sitting next to Donna, Harvey sitting down on the other side of him at the breakfast bar.

“Are you sure?” Donna asks, her eyes gentle but probing.

“Still can’t really believe that happened, but I’m better now,” he reassures her again. “Harvey is going to teach me self-defense and I’m happy about that!”

He shares that as a positive upbeat thing, meant to distract her. However, she has also worked in the DA office and that statement tells her a bit about his mental state about it. Behind his back, she shares a look with Harvey, who communicates: later.

Breakfast passes with no more words said about the whole thing. Mike gets dressed in the suit Donna got him, telling her he wants to pay her back for it, something she denies him, telling him she used Harvey’s credit card anyway.

During the makeup part, she feels a bit like a terrible person as Mike winces as she pressed product onto his sore face. However, he sits through it like a champ and in the end you can only tell what happened to him if you’re up close and paying attention.

Satisfied with her handiwork, Donna declares him ready to leave and the two men leave for the hotel where there’s a meeting they have to crash.

While they do that, Donna goes to the office. As promised, Harvey send her an email in the car detailing more what happened and who did it. Along with Mike’s wishes of them not getting involved and how they are going to ignore those.

She realizes that Harvey is going to agree with Mike when he asks him again to stay out of it, so she’s subtle in what she does. But if she’s correct (which she always is) Trevor’s girlfriend will leave him soon and more that 3/4 of his clientele will mysteriously go to another buyer. He will also run into some cops on an unfortunate moment.

With that done, she sets to updating her network to include people that keep an eye on this Trevor asshole and people that will keep a different kind of eye on Mike. He doesn’t need more shit about this and she would hate it if something happened that set him off, because it reminded him off last night.

Later Mike will be relieved Harvey doesn’t bring up a restraining order again and is grateful for Donna’s extra concern. Not to mention Harvey being there whenever an associate gets too close for Mike to be comfortable with yet (how he does it, Mike doesn’t know).

Slowly his wounds will heal, he’ll get more comfortable and more secure in the fighting techniques Harvey shows him. It’s not perfect, but he feels safe with the people he has around him now and that’s worth more than he can tell them.

~~

A/N:

I had a lot of fun handing over the POV to every new arrival lmao

Also, the fact that Mike had two tissues in his nose for most of time is kinda sending me, ngl. I always do that when I have a nose bleed and it looks so fucking stupid. But like, in this context, it’s a bit sad too

@liar-or-lawyer bc u wanted to get tagged

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Look The Other Way by Disastrous_Canasta

first meeting, fluff

all roads lead home by cloudystars

biker!au and abo!au, modern universe

A Kiss With A Fist by perpetualmotion

buck defends bucky’s honour

Love Tokens by perpetualmotion

gift giving

moonlight serenade by puffanities

abo!au, omega!bucky, alpha!buck, ongoing series

You and Me (5 Times) by stopstopstopit

various jokes about buck & bucky being married

any day now by tkachukypls

gift giving, bucky gives buck a puppy

Garden in My Heart by 13SapphireStars13

abo!au, omega!bucky, alpha!buck, courting

Smut - no Plot

A Suite at the Ritz by stillheremydear

secret relationship & sneaking around (*)

buck x bucky x curtis fics

I’ll be looking at the moon (but i’ll be seeing you) by moonrocks

1x03, grief/mourning

different but equal by Ikharys

fluff, pre-relationship, sharing beds

my hand was the one you reached for (all throughout the great war) by RavenOfRao

fluff, pre-relationship

A Brief Moment of Mourning by Perpetual Motion

angst, emotional hurt/comfort

First Meetings (and Punishments) by scaraheather

first meetings, pre-relationship

Both (*) by Ikharys

fluff and smut, sharing a bed

each man has got his classification (*) by mpix

smut, jealousy

Out of Reach by studies in subjunctive

unrequited love, (*)

The Long Way Home by livelaughlove_write

post-war, ptsd, love confession

x reader recs

jealous!buck request by @sansaorgana

jealous!buck request (2) by ↑

to the rescue (curtis biddick) by @sagesolsticewrites

with all my gratitude, hope and adoration, john (2) (3) by @buckysegan

twenty five (to life) by MissFreakingFortune

blurb (bucky egan) by @swiftiekisses

Hitchin’ A Ride by @pisupsala

girl dad!gale request by @sansaorgana

Because the Night by @gloryofroses19

Birdie by @jointherebellion215

amor aeternus series by @saturnville

agape (wattpad) by perxwxnkle

#mota #mota fanfic #mota fanfiction #masters of the air #masters of the air fanfic #masters of the air fanfiction #mota ao3 #masters of the air ao3 #bucky x buck #gale cleven #john egan #gale cleven x john Egan #gale ‘buck’ cleven #john ‘bucky’ egan #curtis biddick #curtis x buck x bucky #mota fic rec #mota fic recs #masters of the air fic rec #masters of the air fic recs

[caliphoria17]

Hi, can you upload more videos of Aaliyah and Cruz? I don't know but for some reason their scenes aren't available in YT.

Hello! Someone actually did upload a compilation of Aaliyah x Cruz scenes on YouTube, but it was unfortunately removed due to copyright issues from Paramount+.

I’ll see what I can do. Might take time, so bear with me. I try to limit the duration of the videos because anything longer than, say, 3-4mins, the file is too large, and I try to avoid compromising the quality of the videos by compressing them.

Save this ask, should you like to, of course ☺️ I’ll link them all back here.

UPDATE | Complete list of Aaliyah x Cruz scenes:

1x01 First meeting

1x02 You have a bathing suit?

1x03 This is my friend Zara.

1x03 My great fantasy is to be ravaged on that beach.

1x04 Let’s swim back before the sharks get us.

1x04 I can make all that bruise go away.

1x05 New bathing suit. For making you the boys crazy.

1x06 I find you a dreamer with money (me).

1x06 I am the one who stands up for you.

1x06 For me to choose love would be the death of me.

1x06 First kiss

1x07 But there is a world inside the world.

1x07 But I do know a place. If you want me to take you there.

1x07 Just the “Come here” scene.

1x07 Look at me.

1x07 I think it’s worse to feel love just once.

1x08 You can see where I get my charm.

1x08 I bet that’s the last of New York I’ve seen for a while.

1x08 Just the “You’re gonna be pretty hard to forget” scene.

1x08 I just want to feel loved one last time.

#Aaliyah x Cruz #Special Ops: Lioness #SOL ask #SOL edit #My edit

[fourteenthofaugust]

Sophie Devereaux + pink suit Leverage: Redemption 1x03: The Rollin' on the River Job

#leverage redemption #sophie devereaux #gina bellman #leverage #trueloveistreacherous #tuserheidi #usermibbles #singinprincess #usershale #filmtvdaily #userspot #usersource #bitchys #femalecharacters #userpinked #femaledaily #leveragecentral #leverageredemptionedit #ginabellmanedit #my edits #i'd like your balls in a queue

[toshsato]

MERLIN Rewatch: 1x03 THE MARK OF NIMUEH

Would you like one? A purple one. Purple suits you. Not that I'm saying red doesn't suit you. Thanks. Well, er...

#merlin #bbcm #merlin x gwen #guinevere pendragon #merwen #mergwen #cinematv #merlingifs #merlinedit #cinemapix #userstream #perioddramaedit #filmtvcentral #filmtvdaily #usertelevision #perioddramasource #tvfilmsource #tvcentric #usertvfilm #merlin rewatch #one gifset per ep #1x03 #the mark of nimueh #smallscreensource #mygifs #my post #weloveperioddrama

[goodwhump-temp]

Steven Grant Whump | Moon Knight

1x01 The Goldfish Problem - Jaw dislocated, confused, manhandled, heartbroken, panic x2, scared x2

1x02 Summon the Suit - Panic attack, abducted, scared x2, comforted, overwhelmed, thrown out a window, thrown, manhandled, choked, weak

1x03 The Friendly Type - Impaled, weak, collapse, unconscious

1x04 The Tomb - Unconscious, punched, falls, scared, trapped, panic

1x05 Asylum - Learning the truth; emotional, protected, manhandled, tackled, abused childhood, panic, denial, crying, falls, dies

1x06 Gods and Monsters - Dead, punched, thrown

#whump #emotional whump #whump list #whumplist #steven grant #steven grant whump #stephen grant #stephen grant whump #oscar isaac #oscar isaac whump #moon knight #moon knight whump #marc spector #marc steven

[littleengine74]

In 1x03 when the ladies go to the warehouse to confirm they’ve completed the job, I’ve always wondered who the guy in the suit was. The way Rio’s talking to him, it seems like he’s an important part of the organization. That part of it, anyway. I have no desire to write it, but what’s his story? How does he fit in? Who is he to Rio? Why did he just… poof… disappear (I mean, besides the writers simply forgetting he exists)? Has anyone written anything about him?

#nbc good girls #gg fanfic #rio x beth #beth x rio #brio

[t4tozier]

“ppl trust ppl that look like them” but it’s tomgreg wearing matching suits in 1x03

#succession #tomgreg

[i-was-bored-so-this-happened]

#primeval #stephen hart #primeval costume poll

[rachaeljurassic]

So, I'm five episodes in, having a blast. So I guess it's first impressions time.

Phryne - glorious and yes, definitely Jenny in the 20's (and did I mention how much I have always loved the 20's). Jenny needed some of those outfits, she'd have slayed. But I digress. So, clearly came from a poor background and a nurse during the war. Some troubling stuff has been hinted at and I guess we'll find out some day. I love the fact that she just does her thing and hang the rest. I love that she sees something (or someone) she wants and takes it (him). I am outraged at how many people seem to think that they can shoot at her, manhandle her and hit her with books, crow bars and the like. Up with this I shall not put! Anyway, she's 😍 Hard to pick a favourite moment but swinging off the back of a train was a highlight

Jack - I love his face, and yes, he has the same still-waters-run-deep feel as Giles, the same soft and somewhat sad face. Giles needs Jack's hats and that long coat, I swear to god!! But back to Jack. Also in the war, clearly not a good time :/ and now we have it, his wife has essentially left him. Damn that ending. They both know that's fucked that then 😭 Of course that won't stop them invading each other's personal space and sharing drinks and confidences, and generally driving each other (and me) insane. Not liking his wife that much right now 😡 maybe we'll get more on that. Anyway, he has a certain air of melancholy that I ALWAYS find attractive. AND he's a trouble making ex-striker, marvelous 😁 Favourite moment - any time he has to bite his lip around Phryne

Dot - sweeite, ridiculously brave, terrible clothes, good taste in men, a rock, possibly needs to stop praying for Hugh to turn Catholic lol NOBODY HURTS DOT I WILL COME DOWN ON THEM SO HARD 😡Favourite moment - manipulating Bert and Cec into working together, any time she gets embarrassed over Hugh

Hugh - sunshine, also a sweetie, love how Phryne is helping him look impressive in front of Jack (even though Jack is TOTALLY on to that). Probably needs to know when NOT to blurt out all the info to Phryne if he wants to continue to impress Jack (although he doesn't seem to mind that much in the end) Favourite moment - him seeing her with lipstick on, poor boy

Mr Butler - mind reader, ready for anything, has taken to Phryne remarkably well, could have been a bit of a cliched disapproving butler, so glad he's not, I like the slight hints at the relationship between him and Dot - Favourite moment - him having the right vase ready for the flowers

Jane - so glad she got adopted 😁 I love that Phryne backs her up and that Jane is a super sluth too. Nobody better come near her or I will throw hands! Favourite moment - giving Phryne the diary

Aunt P - As a long time fan of Miriam Margolyes I LOVE HER. MM does disapproval so well (which is hysterical given her personality - I was listening to Radio 4 recently when she was talking about Jeremy Hunt (the original rhyming slang), and I quote “The thing is, when I saw him there, I just said, ‘you’ve got a hell of a job, best of luck’. And what I really wanted to say was, ‘fuck you, bastard’. But you can’t say that!” I lmfao) Favourite moment - damn that's hard, any time she looks outraged by Phryne

Bert and Cec - I'll be honest, I don't know which is which but they're great guys, who I always enjoy, and Phryne definitely needs them watching her back!!!! Favourite moment - being hood winked into helping Phyrne move house

And Doctor Mac 😍 I love her clothes, I love the way she sits, I hate that she's not in it much. Come back to me Doctor Mac 🥰🥰🥰 jhggjhghjk walking around in those suits and waistcoats, how dare you ma'am! Sciencing. All of it

Favourite episode - possibly the train one (I'm not sure, was that 1x03? I don't know the titles in English I'm afraid). I mean it had the first no-understanding-of-personal-space moment that was 100% blatant IMO lol (although the 1x04 gratin moment diserves an honourable mention and elevates that entire episode 😁). tbh I've thoroughly enjoyed them all

🥰

#mfmm #miss fisher's murder mysteries #first impressions

[midgclenny]

three times lenny lended midge his coat/suit jacket

1x03 3x05 4x08

My gifs! Please give credit if you use them!

#tmmm #lenny x midge #they're my everything #midge x lenny #midgelenny #the marvelous mrs. maisel #lenny bruce #midge maisel #midgclenny gif #luke kirby #rachel brosnahan #lennymidge

[redvanillabee]

completely wrong focus but. so i've talked about fashion envy for peggy but jack has this really cute suit in 1x03/1x07 with the belt thing across the back (i don't know the proper tailoring term) and a subtle bit of red woven into the fabric that's really cute and honestly. would wear.

#bee rewatches ac again #oh yes it is indeed called a belt back #it looks like the made to measure ones that cathcart heritage is promoting #that i cannot afford and even if i could i don't have anywhere to wear them to #but it's so cute ;A; #also you can tell from this that he’s a fancy and rich little bitch (affectionate) #ac costumes #jack thompson #ac 107 #ac 103

[fourteenthofaugust]

Sophie Devereaux + pink suit Leverage Redemption 1x03: The Rollin' on the River Job

#leverage redemption #sophie devereaux #gina bellman #leverage #leverageredemptionedit #ginabellmanedit #trueloveistreacherous #usermibbles #usershale #tuserheidi #singinprincess #leveragecentral #usermilf #dailytvwomen #userladiesofcinema #femalegifsource #userladies #tvarchive #userpinked #my edits #i am totally in love with her pink suit #i'm not even into pink but i want this suit please #wardrobe dept always kills with her outfits tbh

[purpleplaid17]

Jess Watches // Sat 16 Dec // Day 85 Synopses & Favourite Scenes & Poll

The Law According to Lidia Poët (with friend) 1x03 Episode 3

Lidia and Enrico discover some family secrets when, in an opioid haze, a man from Lidia's past confesses to patricide in her childhood home.

Can whoever runs the costume dept please come and make me a suit. The detailing on that red jacket was exquisite. And the purple suit as she was bicycling around surely has my name on it. Also, it always amuses me how scandalized her sister-in-law is at Lidia's audacity lmaooo.

The Legend of Korra (rw with friend) 1x01 Welcome to Republic City

Korra, the new Avatar, travels to Republic city to start her Airbending training.

I watched this when it originally came out, which was before I had fully seen ATLA. So rewatching this after finishing that added a lot more emotional depth to characters I had been only vaguely familiar with the first time. The standout for me was Meelo. Him gnawing Tenzin's head like a teething toy, then tugging his ears multiple times just because they're within arms reach, and then not wanting to be held by his gran-gran. He is literally my dad, which is probably why it's what stuck with me most lolol.

The Lazarus Project 1x06 Episode 6

George rushes to finish the job before Lazarus can discover what he's up to. Out on a limb, the only people that George can ally himself with are a group of mercenaries.

How tf did George take down all of the Russian security team so easy? They would've most certainly had more combat traing than him. The power of love gave him superpowers I guess. And with him being the funniest person around, he can have a little assassinating, as a treat.

#the law according to lidia poet #la legge di lidia poet #the legend of korra #the lazarus project #polls #tumblr polls #jess watches #day 85

[where-theres-smoak-2]

I can't get over the fact that Aleks last words before the destruction of the fold was "extraordinary". That's just so interesting to me. I'm wondering what your thoughts are on it? It reminds me of the scene in ep4 where he faces her and she defends her friends against the nichivoye whilst simultaneously holding him back and for a split second he smiles. It could have been a mocking smile but I like to think he was genuinely impressed by her. I think it might be the same with the destruction of the fold. Again that scene in the spinning wheel might be nothing but still I'm very curious about your thoughts.

I 100% think that smile he gives in ep 4 is because he is impressed with her. It's one of the things I love about darklina, Aleks always reacted to Alina's growing powers with awe, as he said to her he always knew she was meant for more and I think watching her achieve this and grow in power makes him proud of her. Aleks has always reacted to her powers this way, it comes back to that line, 'I've seen what you truly are and I have never turned away, I never will.'

There are so many instances where Aleks has reacted to Alina's power with amazement and awe. Their first meeting in the tent in 1x01, the demonstration for the king in 1x03, the winter fete demonstration in 1x05, the scene in 2x02 when his hand begins to glow with her powers and he realises she is alive and that she has gained the seas whip, he says 'you've grown stronger, my Alina' and again looks very happy about that. In 2x04 when they meet in the hall through the tether bond he says that the sea whip has made her stronger and that the power suits her. Then there was the smile that you mentioned in the same episode. And of course when she brings down the fold. The other thing about the line about never turned away is if watch these scenes where she is showing these displays of power, others will look away and shield their eyes, because you know its bright as hell, meanwhile Aleks doesn't, he always stares straight at alina like he can't tear his eyes away from her, he quite literally never turns away. Its funny because most villains would not react this way to their opponent gaining more power, most would be worried but not Aleks he's just like that's my girl look at her go, even when its her destroying the fold and completely foiling all his plans.

I think for Aleks the more Alina grows in power the more convinced he is that they truly are equals, but in some ways I think he actually holds her higher than he does himself, he's sees her as the grisha's salvation, something that he has been reaching for over hundreds of years, the stronger she becomes the better chance she has of being able to safe the grisha and create that new world for them. Also a grisha's powers are tied to how long they live, Aleks is immortal because of how powerful he is, so I think the more powerful Alina grows the more he is reassured that she is just like him and that they really are destined for each other.

#darklina #s&b season 2 spoilers #answered

[scratchybeardsweetmouth]

Thanks for tagging me @lodessa in the WIP Folder Meme and for @youcancallme-ray for the Last Line - WIP Meme! I barely write so I unfortunately have nothing for this but just going to share some notes or initial plans or ideas I had that well, were initially WIPs, and now are just rotting in my folder (or brain) left un-giffed.

Goran Visnjic in every episode of Red Widow - I stopped at episode s01e04

Jorah Mormont in every episode - I stopped at s05e08 and have yet to compile for s05e09

Iain Glen as John Manly in Black Beauty - the last scene where he lets the horse roam

Iain Glen as Sonny McElhone in his undies helping a friend out of his heart stopping 

Tedbecca... (Ted Lasso and Rebecca Welton scenes) (see below the cut)

I kinda wanna tag writers that might actually enjoy the WIP Folder Meme and Last Line - WIP Meme but this reply of mine might be confusing lol! For any writer that does wanna check out that tag game, please see the links in the first paragraph.

########################## tedbecca side by side in one scene 1x01 - welcome to england 1x01 - drinking water after press 1x02 - keeley arrives with lion or panda (extra 1x02, standing in front of press) 1x02 - that's y you're the boss / toy soldier 1x02 - cake from sam's bday 1x04 - ted lasso, my god! 1x05 - ted in rebecca's office with head injury 1x06 - just the man i wanted to see 1x06 - ey boss glad u could join us 1x06 - oh spirits 1x07 - rebecca comforts ted/panic atk 1x08 - meeting milk sisters 1x09 - biscuit boost eggplant suit 1x09 - apology 1x10 - toast 'win whole fucking thing'

########################## tedbecca because you loved me by celine dion

for all those times you stood by me 1x08 - don't want to give him the satisfaction

for all the truth that you made me see 1x04 - who sees who he really is? you're not.

for all the joy you brought to my life 2x04 - walking together outside ted's place 2x01 - that laugh cheering from the box

for all the wrong that you made right 1x09 - rebecca apologizes, 'i forgive you'

for every dream you made come true 2x12 - you too ted! champagne to celebrate?

for all the love i found in you 1x02 - toy soldier

ill be forever thankful baby ---

you're the one who held me up, never let me fall 2x10 funeral, ted continues the song

you're the one who saw me through, through it all 1x04 hug or the start of convo --------------------------------------

you were my strength when i was weak 1x04 hug outside the gala

you were my voice when i couldn't speak 1x08 dart scene

you were my eyes when i couldn't see 1x09 i forgive you

you saw the best there was in me 1x09 eggplant suit

lifted me up when i couldn't reach 2x10 funeral, ted continues the song

you gave me faith 'cause you believed 1x09 apology hug

i'm everything i am

because you loved me

########################## struck by fuckin' lightning

1x01 how you holdin up 1x02 fuck me (biscuits) 1x04 *thank you* (end of gala, reacts to ted) 1x08 dart scene 2x12 you too, ted (congratulations)

########################## if you're with the right person, even the hard times are easy

1x04 gala hug 1x07 panic attack 1x08 you wanna leave? 1x09 rebecca's apology 1x10 carrying something besides biscuits 2x04 "hi ted" 2x10 never gonna say goodbye

########################## himbo moments, rebecca's reactions

1x01 ghosts need to believe in themselves 1x03 branding joke 1x03 owner of the sun 1x03 obama arm wrestle 2x12 "still" water

########################## s01e04 gala comfort s01e07 panic attack comfort s01e05 oklahoma s03e04 oklahoma s01e08 hi boss s02e04 hi ted s02e10 traumas

########################### Gifset of them with these lyrics:

God sent those eyes to get me through the night And all the shadows of the past fade into white When all the memories in my head subside You remain here, you remain dear inside, ooh

We try to understand the way the current flows We find the love and plan that only faith can know And underneath the veil of my wild eyes Is a heart unafraid to let love inside,

--  Godsent by Ben&Ben

#tag games