#iand and mickey in love

[shannee10]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/65156404

NEW CHAPTER

[chrisbuckleydiaz]

It’s really happening.

shameless has been a part of my life for the last 4 years. It came into my life during an especially hard time when my antidepressants weren’t working properly and made me feel totally numb.

In 2018, when I wrote my bachelor thesis and was unemployed for a few months I binged fanfiction after fanfiction after fanfiction. I started writing my own. I wrote several versions of “Iand and Mickey are together, they are both safe and happy and love each other deeply”. I was there when Cam “left” and I cried myself to sleep. I was there when they both came back. I watched the shitshow that was s10 and I didn’t stop grinning for a few days after I watched the finale. I read the announcement and one of my first thoughts was “finally this shit show is going to be over”. For s11 so far I enjoyed two episodes. Others made me fuming mad. I L.O.V.E. filming. I love Noel posting content every week. It’s ending. Filming is going to be over by the end of this month. And I have no clue how to deal with this kind of pain. How to be nice to myself and not invalidate my feelings. It’s going to be hard, end of filming and then the end of the show. Part of me is glad because shameless isn’t the show I fell in love with anymore. Part of me is heartbroken...

[depressedstressedlemonzest]

the tulips are SO PRETTY!!!

I like to think while Iand and Mickey are in Holland Ian grabs a bunch of tulip bulbs and takes them home so he and the kids can plant them.

OH GOD NOT THEM LEAVING THE NEST LIKE LIL BABY BIRDS

Mickey would be itching out of his skin at the silence, Ian too, but they handle it so differently. Mickey goes full "stupid fucking moon" attitude and Ian just yaps on everything that flows through his head.

Mickey has to hide their phones so Ian doesn't send off a hundred texts to each kid asking questions and calling them.

It annoys the shit out of Ian who gets angry and feels the old fighting blood coursing through him like when they were young.

But he's older now, they're older now, they know how to communicate.

"I just don't want you annoying the kids."

"It won't be annoying to tell them I love them and miss them and ask them how their days were." Ian argues.

"Trust me it's annoying."

"Did our parents ever do that for us?"

Mickey is silent for a moment, "No."

"Our older siblings?"

Mickey glances away, "Not really."

"Fiona did after she moved out, once a week, then once every two weeks. Now it's biweekly or monthly. Us younger ones that live close have the group chat."

"Mandy checks in when she isn't being pulled in all directions by the twins."

"I just want them to know, how much we love them. And I want to be different for them, want them to have different than we did, even when we were old enough to be on our own. It would have been nice, I think, to have someone who you know cared and loved you, just giving a little note on how much they love you and miss you. Not to guilt trip, but just to let them know, even if they aren't here with us, in the house, they're still in our hearts." Ian's voice cracks as he speaks, but he means what he says.

Mickey wipes at the corner of his eye with the heel of his hand, "That's the corniest shit I've ever heard, but fuck if you're not wrong. Okay, tell you what, we'll ask the kids, on Saturday when we do our weekly zoom with one another, if they're okay with that, us just dropping a message at the end of the day, if they are sure, if they're not we won't. But I want them to have the option."

Ian agrees.

And of course all the kids want messages from them both every day. Each of them get their own message from Mickey and Ian, and they each reply back.

Sometimes it's as simple as a gif or a meme, sometimes it's just a heart emoji, but they all get a message, and send a message in return.

And while the house is empty?

Ian does Mickey as often as he can, making up for all the busy-ness from the kids growing up where they couldn't fuck for weeks, sometimes months. There was a stretch when they had their six kids, plus three new temporary fosters, and two neighborhood kids and they didn't have sex for six months.

They're making up for all the times they couldn't.

ASGJG:ALSJG: YOUR TAGS LEM!!! 🥺🥰 YES THEY HAVE SIX KIDS it's way too much but Ian has always wanted a big family. One of the boys thinks he might be gay too, which is why Mickey thinks they're the perfect fit for them, he just wants to give them a safe home, like he never had 🥺 on top of that, the boys instantly started grilling them about what kind of home they'd get and he loved that about them, while Ian just thought, what a bunch of brats, I wanted a baby! He thinks a baby means bonding from the start; it's weird to suddenly have a house full of young people with already formed opinions and ideas. But he gets used to it and ends up loving them anyway. Then later on they just get more and more kids, including a baby 🥺 they get to have it all and be a happy little family! 🥺

I love that they have six kids, I can see that for them!!

NOT MICKEY WANTING TO GIVE THEM A SAFE HOME LIKE HE NEVER HAD 😭😭😭😭

OMG that sounds like shit Mickey would do, and it reminds me of Carl when they were in foster care for a bit when he and Liam were with the gay couple.

I can TOTALLY see Ian being pissy about that, and wanting a new life to help mold into a small person and then into an adult, who would have thought kids with already formed opinions and ideas would cause such mayhem? He shouldn't have to debate with this eight year old about why he should clean his room. "It is clean it just isn't clean to YOUR standards, why should I do that when it's MY room and where I spend MY time? It's my safe place right? It should be how I want it!"

Mickey nodding, "He's got a point Red, let him keep his room how he wants it. It's not like we're having family pictures in there or having people gather there for Thanksgiving."

"Mickey his room needs cleaned that's one of his chores!"

"Ian, as long as there's a clear path from the bedroom door to the bed in case of a fire I really don't see what the big deal is."

Ian gets all huffy thinking Mickey is picking the kid over him so the kid would like him more.

"Ian, this isn't about picking sides, it's about compromising between you two. When he gets sick of clothes being on the floor he can do with them what he wants. Now he should have to bring dirty dishes out of there, and make sure he isn't giving any critters a nice place to hide, but other than that? Who cares? Our home is his safe space, but his room is his sanctuary away from everyone else when he needs his privacy, when he needs to calm down."

Ian takes a deep breath and sighs but he does understand what Mickey is saying and then gathers the humility to apologize to the kid, maybe open up to him about how he hated his room being messy as a kid because there was three of them shoved in one place together and he doesn't want the kid to feel that way.

Or how one kid absolutely won't eat tomatoes, grapes, strawberries, basically any fruit.

"You're not leaving the table until you eat that, and if you do? when you come back you're going to have the same fruit to look at."

"Ian why are you so hung up on fucking grapes, bananas, and strawberries?"

"Fruit is important! It's part of a balanced diet and kids need two cups a day! It isn't like I'm asking for him to eat an entire watermelon!"

"I would eat a fucking watermelon, maybe not a whole one at once, but I can eat that."

Mickey and Ian both look at the kid in surprise, "You like watermelon?" Ian asks.

"Yeah, sometimes, it doesn't bother me like grapes and strawberries and bananas do. I can eat apples too, but the red ones, not the green ones."

"Why can you not eat grapes and bananas and strawberries?" Mickey asked gently.

"The texture bothers me, strawberries are inside out and the seeds are gritty, bananas are too mushy and are like someone's already chewed them up, grapes and tomatoes for that matter are too icky tasting, and they have a skin that I don't like, it gets stuck in my throat."

Mickey takes a moment to breathe in all the kid said, "Ian did you ask him if he liked it before giving it to him?"

Ian gets defensive, "I shouldn't have to, do you think anyone gave a shit about what we ate as kids? I know we both would have been lucky to get a half eaten peach. I don't want our kids being stunted because of the food they eat and fruit is important!"

The kid looks at Ian in surprise, and Mickey does too, but for different reasons.

"Ian, maybe this time we can skip the fruit, and next time we're at the store we can get ones he likes so he'll eat them? That way he's getting fruit that he'll eat and we're making sure he's having a nutritious intake."

"I'm your kid? You mean you really want me?"

Ian and Mickey both lose their shit and come hug the kid tight, then they hug each of the other kids.

Sorry went on a little bender there but I can totally see both things happening.

I would love to read any and every future gallavich parent fic you have!!!

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/65156404

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****PLEASE READ TAGS****

They were young, in love and careless, but the shock of Mickey becoming pregnant forced them to grow up in ways that would soon be unimaginable to them. Come along for Ian and Mickey's journey in an alternate universe that centers around male carriers, and the risks the two men are willing to take in order to have their happy family.

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**NEW CHAPTER**

Brothers talk. Discoveries are made. Pizzas are assembled. Confessions are told.

Mickey has divulged some pretty serious information, possibly taking their relationship a step further, but Ian's reaction... might just take the cake.

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**NEW CHAPTER**

Love declared. Best friends informed. What is next for these two crazy star-crossed lovers. Ian and Mickey take the next step in their relationship and decide to cap it off with a weekend away together. Come along for the ride.

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**NEW CHAPTER**

First weekend away together was a success if you ask the men. Good food, good views, and great sex. Mickey can't help but relive their dinner and be thankful for meeting a terrific man. But fate has a way of changing things.

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*NEW CHAPTER*

Mickey has confessed, and now they move onto dessert...

The step forward, to be honest with Ian, seemed right, but one step forward almost always means taking two back. And that's how it feels when Mickey receives a threatening phone call.

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Tonight there will be some adjustments to the menu and Mickey has made up his mind on what he would like served, but only after a few confessions. Let's just say he is left satisfied in more ways than one.

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**NEW CHAPTER**

Bella Luna

Not only is Ian consumed by the article, he needs to find who is responsible. That is until he is distracted by a certain mystery man when Penny is able to drag him out for an adventurous evening of fun

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NEW FIC**

Ian Gallagher, talented chef, chasing a Michelin star.

Mickey Milkovich, food critic, hiding in Palm Springs.

What will happen when their paths cross after a terrible review, putting Ian's future at risk.

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NIEL_C_FRECKLES IS BACK, BABY!!!

In this alternate universe of 9x6, Ian and Mickey are on the verge of building a life together. Their bond appears unbreakable, with a promising future ahead. However, one fateful night changes everything for the couple.

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**NEW CHAPTER**

With Mickey a memory, the hopes of the restaurant succeeding have re-emerged for Ian. But he's still missing something from his life, and he aims to make that complete.

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NEW CHAPTER*

Mickey and Ian can't hide any longer, and with Penny at risk and Sandy now in the picture, it is time for Ian to make decisions on what is important to him. Love or his restaurant.

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** NEW CHAPTER**

Mickey Milkovich, or Aleks Soroka as he is known around Palm Springs' upper echelon of restaurants, is a food critic, a job that simply fell into his hands, but he has found to make a legal living with in the end. He has escaped his family and hopefully broken the chain of a history of violence and life in prison. That is until a certain chef comes into his life.