{I might be lost, but I'm not a lost cause

[myheadisaprison]

PSL with bringstheheat
Pre-canon things, teen things, etc...

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[mypriority]

The extra distance isn't really what he's going for, not on a conscious level, even though it's just as much a part of it as anything else. He needed someone he could trust...he didn't trust anyone better than Mick. It just made sense.

None of the nerves he feels as he waits for Mick to mull it over and give him his answer show on his face. But he can't quite stop the way he grins like a kid at Christmas at the agreement. "Perfect."

[bringstheheat]

That smile will always do things to Mick.
Things like shifting to be closer. Just a bit.

"Y'need me, I'm in. Every time." They both know it, but it's high time he says it out loud.

[mypriority]

Sure, Leonard knows that come hell or high water, Mick will always be there. It's a thing that's been true since they met and he doesn't see it changing any time soon, if ever. But there's always the chance that he could be wrong. So hearing the confirmation? Well, that's just icing on the cake.

"It's the way it should be--" A beat and then he cants his head just slightly to one side as a smirk slowly rolls its way across his lips. "Partner." There it is. The word they'd been searching for, for years now that actually fits in a way that isn't weird (like relationship) or undermining this thing between them (like friendship, but is perfect in all its simplicity.