These are the moments that make the rest of the week worth it. The shit job, long hours and crap pay, but Mick does it all without complaint. He has to keep the apartment because Leonard needs it, needs the sanctuary for him and little Lisa.
Hell, he'd saved for weeks just to buy that vcr so she could watch her favorite movies.
Mick is sitting on the other side of the bed, half listening to the movie until his partner says something. The almost-suggestive tone makes his throat go dry. He sets the old, battered Zippo on the floor before shifting to lay with him.
"Not what I asked." He smirks a little wider this time. He's a shit and he knows it, but would Mick really have him any other way? It was that dumb way he always ran off at the mouth that had led them to meet in the first place, after all.
A snort of laughter as he leans to kiss that smirk away. Mick isn't sure what this is between them, what it means, but he knows that his life is always better when Leonard is close. Well. More interesting anyway.
No. It's better. Mick has been hung up on Leonard since the days they met in juvie. While it isn't unheard of for two guys to hook up, it wasn't exactly considered acceptable, even in the circles that they ran in. He couldn't do more than touch him behind closed doors. Anything public would get them beaten up, maybe get him fired and as much as Mick hated his job, he needed the stability for Len and Lisa.
"We order pizza. Take Lise ice skating tomorrow. Maybe go to that park she likes." Leonard lives to indulge his little sister and Mick? He lives to see those little smiles slip free when Lisa is truly happy - far from Lewis.
He grins and leans up into that kiss. This had taken some time to get used to, but he trusted Mick in a way he'd never trusted anyone before. Once he got beyond some of the initial twitchiness, Leonard found he really enjoyed this shift in their-- what's the right word? Friendship doesn't fit, relationship feels weird...
"You hate ice skating," he tips his head a little and smirks. He knows Mick does a lot of things for them, because he actually gives a damn about him and Lisa. That was an adjustment in its own right, and a dangerous one. Because Leonard knows he and Lisa both are coming to rely on this, on Mick, so much. Enough that if something happened, if he betrayed it, or something else ripped him away from them, it would be hard to recover from. But he's looked at every angle he could come up with and the risk seems worth it. Which is as exciting as it is terrifying.
Partnership. They'll figure on the right word soon enough. For the moment Mick is content to kiss him again, savoring the last bit of spice on Leonard's lips that lingered after dinner.
"Hey, I never said I was getting out on the ice with you two," he qualifies with a smirk of his own. The Snart siblings are all the family Mick has in the world and unlike his own family, Mick matters to them. So they matter to him. Plain and simple. So taking them skating so Lisa can laugh and just be a damn kid for a little bit, watching the tension melt from Len's shoulders?
Yeah. It was always gonna be worth it. He'd probably even let Lisa beg him to get on the ice with them just so she could laugh when he fell on his ass. Because he always did.
So Mick stays straight. Keeps working, struggles with his fascination with fire but Leonard helps him with that, gives him focus and keeps him grounded.
"I got some overtime pay, figure we can spend it right this weekend."
He huffs a laugh at that and drops back against the mattress, a quick, gentle tug on Mick's shirt, not enough to actually pull him down with him, but an invitation all the same. "You really oughtta lemme teach you some day. It's fun, once you get your balance under control."
The comment about having extra cash is intriguing, and Leonard has to wonder what it might be like for them if that's always the case. One day, he thinks, they won't have to worry any more. He's learned a lot of things working for--for, not with, there's a distinction that Leonard keeps separate in his head--his dad. He could use those skills one day, when Lisa isn't so tiny and she can handle herself a little more. He has ideas, big ones, and one day he's gonna realize those dreams.
"But that's later," he comments, reaching up to idly drag his fingers through Mick's hair. Leonard never keeps his long, it's annoying and also it's less risk. DNA testing is still new enough of a science it isn't perfect, but anything to decrease his chances of being connected to a robbery gone wrong with Lewis is a good thing in his book. "right now, it's still early and we have all this time to kill."
And as always, Mick goes where he's led when it comes to Len. A tug at his shirt and he's dropping down beside him, hooking a leg over his and just enjoying the closeness of the moment. There's something slightly reckless and wild when Leonard is happy like this and Mick can't get enough of it.
A hand slips beneath his shirt to rest on his stomach, tipping his head as Lenny combs his fingers through his hair. "Like I said, pretty sure we got ways to keep ourselves busy tonight."
The promise of an entire weekend with Mick, and away from Lewis, is enough to put Leonard in a great mood. Much more apt to fall into territory like this because he's completely at ease here with Mick, not a single worry on his mind.
"Good," he tugs him down closer and crashes his lips against Mick's. He wants to stop thinking for awhile.
Long after they're sated and laying side by side in the quiet dark, Mick still touches him. A hand sliding along his arm, the curve of his shoulder or the sweep of his collarbone. He has Lenny and Lise for an entire weekend and Mick would give anything to keep it like this forever.
He won't be able to bid for custody of Lisa - his record is still public record and someone would remember the kid that burned his entire family to death.
Mick can't give them that, but he can give them as much shelter as he can in the meantime. A few moments to breathe while that asshole was off doing god knows what and if Mick was still even remotely Catholic he'd pray that the bastard got locked up in the process of whatever he was doing.
There are a million and one things for Leonard to worry about all the time, and usually he does. But moments like this, here with Mick, everything can just be paused for a little while and he takes the brief reprieve for all it's worth.
Leonard would sink down into the feelings of comfort and protection he gets from Mick and live there forever if he could. It's addictive, like a drug in its own right, and he can never have enough of it. But it's dangerous and he knows it. The idea that this sanctuary he's built around and in Mick could be stolen from him worries him. What happens when that particular house of cards falls?
He shifts and curls into Mick's side. He doesn't say anything, because everything in his head would ruin the peace of the moment. Instead, he just lays there and soaks up every ounce of this he can, knowing it will end all too soon.
"I can hear you overthinking things Lenny," a quiet murmur, his hand never quiet stopping in its quiet path. The touch helps soothe Mick as much as it does his partner. He knows what he's doing, worrying about the week to come and the one after that, the next idiotic scheme his father is going to cook up or the next time he gets blind drunk and comes after him or Lisa.
Mick can't protect them from that. He'd happily burn Lewis into ash, but that would cost him both Leonard and Lisa. They'd live free of the bastard, but Mick would lose them too and he's not strong enough to handle that.
"Jus' think about tomorrow. About me falling on my ass on the ice and Lise laughing her head off about it. It's just us this weekend. The three of us."
"Shut up," he mumbles, smirking slightly at the not quite admonishment. He leans into the touch, almost like he craves it. It's a wild thing, really, to think he even could crave it; it'd taken Mick three years to make him realize he could handle it at all, and Leonard is pretty sure he'd rarely, if ever, tolerate it from anyone else.
That smirk just widens at his next words. "It will be pretty funny," he teases. "We can take Lis for ice cream after."
A chuckle as he nudges him. Three years of figuring out each other's quirks, three years of being able to trust one another enough that they can have something like this. "Asshole," but the mutter is just as affectionate as he brushes his lips across his forehead.
"Ice cream, hot dogs, the works. Stuff the two of you with junk food the entire weekend."
"Obviously." He agrees with the term, still amused. He really wishes they could be like this forever. One day, he thinks, one day he'll be able to take Lisa away from that hellhole and things will get easier. That mythical day in the future is what gets him through most days.
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Date: 2017-07-16 10:30 am (UTC)Hell, he'd saved for weeks just to buy that vcr so she could watch her favorite movies.
Mick is sitting on the other side of the bed, half listening to the movie until his partner says something. The almost-suggestive tone makes his throat go dry. He sets the old, battered Zippo on the floor before shifting to lay with him.
"Pretty sure we can come up with somethin Lenny."
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Date: 2017-07-16 01:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-07-17 02:44 pm (UTC)Well. More interesting anyway.
No. It's better.
Mick has been hung up on Leonard since the days they met in juvie. While it isn't unheard of for two guys to hook up, it wasn't exactly considered acceptable, even in the circles that they ran in. He couldn't do more than touch him behind closed doors. Anything public would get them beaten up, maybe get him fired and as much as Mick hated his job, he needed the stability for Len and Lisa.
"We order pizza. Take Lise ice skating tomorrow. Maybe go to that park she likes." Leonard lives to indulge his little sister and Mick? He lives to see those little smiles slip free when Lisa is truly happy - far from Lewis.
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Date: 2017-07-17 05:30 pm (UTC)"You hate ice skating," he tips his head a little and smirks. He knows Mick does a lot of things for them, because he actually gives a damn about him and Lisa. That was an adjustment in its own right, and a dangerous one. Because Leonard knows he and Lisa both are coming to rely on this, on Mick, so much. Enough that if something happened, if he betrayed it, or something else ripped him away from them, it would be hard to recover from. But he's looked at every angle he could come up with and the risk seems worth it. Which is as exciting as it is terrifying.
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Date: 2017-07-17 06:39 pm (UTC)They'll figure on the right word soon enough. For the moment Mick is content to kiss him again, savoring the last bit of spice on Leonard's lips that lingered after dinner.
"Hey, I never said I was getting out on the ice with you two," he qualifies with a smirk of his own. The Snart siblings are all the family Mick has in the world and unlike his own family, Mick matters to them. So they matter to him. Plain and simple. So taking them skating so Lisa can laugh and just be a damn kid for a little bit, watching the tension melt from Len's shoulders?
Yeah. It was always gonna be worth it. He'd probably even let Lisa beg him to get on the ice with them just so she could laugh when he fell on his ass. Because he always did.
So Mick stays straight. Keeps working, struggles with his fascination with fire but Leonard helps him with that, gives him focus and keeps him grounded.
"I got some overtime pay, figure we can spend it right this weekend."
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Date: 2017-07-17 07:00 pm (UTC)The comment about having extra cash is intriguing, and Leonard has to wonder what it might be like for them if that's always the case. One day, he thinks, they won't have to worry any more. He's learned a lot of things working for--for, not with, there's a distinction that Leonard keeps separate in his head--his dad. He could use those skills one day, when Lisa isn't so tiny and she can handle herself a little more. He has ideas, big ones, and one day he's gonna realize those dreams.
"But that's later," he comments, reaching up to idly drag his fingers through Mick's hair. Leonard never keeps his long, it's annoying and also it's less risk. DNA testing is still new enough of a science it isn't perfect, but anything to decrease his chances of being connected to a robbery gone wrong with Lewis is a good thing in his book. "right now, it's still early and we have all this time to kill."
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Date: 2017-07-18 05:50 pm (UTC)A hand slips beneath his shirt to rest on his stomach, tipping his head as Lenny combs his fingers through his hair. "Like I said, pretty sure we got ways to keep ourselves busy tonight."
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Date: 2017-07-18 09:07 pm (UTC)"Good," he tugs him down closer and crashes his lips against Mick's. He wants to stop thinking for awhile.
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Date: 2017-07-19 01:30 pm (UTC)He won't be able to bid for custody of Lisa - his record is still public record and someone would remember the kid that burned his entire family to death.
Mick can't give them that, but he can give them as much shelter as he can in the meantime. A few moments to breathe while that asshole was off doing god knows what and if Mick was still even remotely Catholic he'd pray that the bastard got locked up in the process of whatever he was doing.
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Date: 2017-07-19 03:43 pm (UTC)Leonard would sink down into the feelings of comfort and protection he gets from Mick and live there forever if he could. It's addictive, like a drug in its own right, and he can never have enough of it. But it's dangerous and he knows it. The idea that this sanctuary he's built around and in Mick could be stolen from him worries him. What happens when that particular house of cards falls?
He shifts and curls into Mick's side. He doesn't say anything, because everything in his head would ruin the peace of the moment. Instead, he just lays there and soaks up every ounce of this he can, knowing it will end all too soon.
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Date: 2017-07-19 04:40 pm (UTC)Mick can't protect them from that.
He'd happily burn Lewis into ash, but that would cost him both Leonard and Lisa. They'd live free of the bastard, but Mick would lose them too and he's not strong enough to handle that.
"Jus' think about tomorrow. About me falling on my ass on the ice and Lise laughing her head off about it. It's just us this weekend. The three of us."
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Date: 2017-07-19 05:10 pm (UTC)That smirk just widens at his next words. "It will be pretty funny," he teases. "We can take Lis for ice cream after."
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Date: 2017-07-19 05:42 pm (UTC)"Ice cream, hot dogs, the works. Stuff the two of you with junk food the entire weekend."
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Date: 2017-07-19 06:40 pm (UTC)"Sounds like a plan to me."