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Something I’ve had in my mind for a while, so I did a little speed-write:

When he gets back from his therapist, Mickey’s on the couch with his laptop open in front of him.

He doesn’t make a big deal of anything, just looks up, smiles and asks how it went. Today it wasn’t too taxing, just one of the fortnightly appointments that they can afford now. Ian smiles back.

“It was okay.”

“Just okay?” Mickey looks up from the laptop, paying full attention.

He blows out a breath. “Yeah. It was fine, really. Nothing huge.” He says, because nothing huge was revealed, nothing huge was said. Therapy just takes a lot out of him energy-wise.

“Okay.” Mickey replies, placing a hand on his knee, squeezing, and then returns to the screen.

“What are you looking at?” Ian asks, trying to peak.

“That stupid shit you like. Pin Interest or whatever the fuck.”

Ian rolls his eyes. “You like it, Mick. And I know you know it’s called Pinterest.”

Mickey shrugs.

“So, what are you looking at on Pin Interest?” He smirks and Mickey snorts.

“Tattoo ideas. I was thinkin’ of getting another one.” Mickey’s gaze is laser focused as he scans through images, saving some and scowling at others as if they personally offend him.

Ian’s eyebrows raise in surprise. “Where do you want it?” He tries to picture his husband with more tattoos and very much likes the image. He likes his current ones too much to not want him to get more.

“I dunno, man. Some sleeves are cool. But they take ages to build up. Maybe just one on my shoulder to start.”

“That sounds good.” Ian tries to get closer, but he still can’t really see what Mickey’s looking at. “Can I see?” He asks, pointing at the device.

Mickey sighs like he’s the most annoying fucker on the planet, but he tilts the screen towards him anyway.

He can see now that Mickey’s searched up ‘black tattoo shoulder men’ and there are just piles on piles of buff men with shoulder tats.

“I like the snake one.” Mickey tells him, pointing at the picture he means. It’s a serpent winding around the top of the guy’s arm, tangling together and going down to the bottom of his bicep.

“Yeah, that one’s cool.” Ian agrees. “What about that one?” He points at one with a fine lined dragon reaching onto the guy’s peck.

“I guess, but I don’t want it too thin, you know? When they do it too intricate, the lines all blur together.” Ian hums in assent.

“Show me what you already have saved.”

Mickey clicks through the website, and Ian catches a glimpse of his pre-existing boards before he goes to the tattoo one. There’s one called ‘wedding’ and one called ‘apartment’ and one called ‘dope shit’. The cover photo of ‘dope shit’ is an aesthetic image of two beers and two cigarettes clasped in two hands. Ian’s not really surprised that this is what Mickey considers to be ‘dope shit’.

In the folder is a lot of similar things. Snakes, dragons, one cat with bat wings. One looks like a weird cross between a gun and a dagger. They’re all pretty hot, and Ian tells him about his favourites.

“I was thinkin’ of drawing it myself. I don’t wanna just copy what someone else has.”

“What did you do for this one?” Ian asks, grasping Mickey’s forearm.

“Drew it.” He explains simply, eyes not leaving the screen.

“Yeah? It’s good. You should draw the next one, too then.”

Mickey hums in agreement but continues to browse the website, probably looking for ideas.

Ian clicks on the TV, starting up an episode of New Girl while Mickey’s distracted.

They sit in peaceful silence for a while, until Mickey speaks again.

“There’s a tattoo place up the street. The reviews seem good. Don’t wanna go somewhere if they’ll just fuck it up.”

“That’s true.” Ian pauses. “If you’re getting one, I might get one too.”

Mickey raises his eyes brows in that expressive way of his. “You want a new tat? Fuckin’ copy cat.” He grumbles, but with the way he looks Ian up and down he can tell he’s not opposed.

“Yeah, been thinkin about it for a bit.”

“Oh yeah? What you thinkin, tough guy, I’ll look up some ideas.” Mickey suggests, already looking back at ‘Pin Interest’.

“Don’t worry, I already know what I want.”

When he doesn’t say more, Mickey huffs impatiently. “Gonna keep me waiting all night or what?”

Ian smirks and leans forward. “I was thinkin’ of an ‘MM’ tattoo, right here.” He tells him, pointing at a spot on the inside of his wrist.

Mickey looks surprised, and fond, and happy all at once. Even so, he tuts at him. “Tshc, you don’t have to do that just because I got your name.”

Ian rolls his eyes. “I fuckin’ know that, dork. I like the idea of having a more permanent thing than the rings.”

“Yeah, coz you keep fuckin’ losing your rings.”

“Well I’m sorry I don’t want it to fall down a drain or something, Mick.” He laughs, exasperated. “But a tattoo won’t fall down the drain.”

Mickey looks at him, and he’s so happy that Ian can’t help but wind their fingers together.

“You don’t want it to look like Mandy Milkovich, though. Gotta get my middle initial, too.”

“Wouldn’t her initials be ‘AM’? For Amanda?” Ian raises his eyebrows. Mickey scrunches his.

“Oh yeah.”

“You hate your middle name, anyway. And ‘MAM’ looks like I got something for my mum, I want this for you.”

“Yeah, you already got those titties for Monica.” Mickey jokes lightly and Ian pushes his side.

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i might write a next part, where they actually go get them!

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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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love the dynamics between them five🥺

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A Little Princess (1995)

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how did mandy not realize that ian was banging mickey? like did she just watch him walk out his brother's bedroom sweaty and worn out every other day like, "oh yeah. that's normal. they're such good friends. close friends. besties. colleagues."

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ian didn’t get an individual intro/recap scene until SEASON 4 at the club. so unfair. why reuse all of those scenes like fiona on the toilet screaming at carl or frank being like “for those of you who were too fucking busy” when you could have an ian scene. LIKE ESPECIALLY SEASON 2 IAN… he was so insanely sassy in that season please john wells let him verbally abuse us and break the fourth wall

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Fictional World Tag Game

Thank you @transsexual-dandelions and @em-harlsnow for tagging me!

favorite fictional character from a movie? Sara Crewe from A Little Princess (1995). I love that movie so much. I think about her speech about how all girls are princesses daily and it really motivates me on how everyone should be treated with love and kindness regardless of who they are.

favorite fictional character from tv? I'm on such an X-Men kick with X-Men '97 that I'm going to go with my OG Gambit. I love watching the cartoon growing up and it's how I got into comics.

favorite fictional character of all time? Roy Harper from DC comics (not the CW show)

if you could be irl friends with any three fictional characters, who? Lorelai Gilmore so we can talk about pop culture and eat junk food. Chandler Bing so we can be sarcastic in a corner together. Maybe Ophelia from Hamlet just so I can tell her ain't worth it.

favorite fictional couple: So many! I'll just say currently Ian/Mickey and Daisy Duck/Donald Duck for the Disney nerd in me and Rouge/Gambit from X-Men.

okay, you can only choose one fictional character to get stranded on and island with: Green Arrow (again not from CW show). That's his origin story and we can rant about the government together.

one fictional world you would hate to be a part of: Hunger Games would suck.

one fictional world you would love to be a part of: Stars Hollow. My mom is from New England and every time I visit there I just think about how it's like Gilmore Girls. Her small town has Hospital Days where there's a fair to raise money for the local hospital and I honestly feel like I'm in the show.

your “HEAR ME OUT” fictional couple: Now my mind is on a Gilmore Girls track so I'm going to say Lorelai/Chris and Rory/Logan. My sister hates me for it.

and finally, something you’re looking forward to this week? I'm going to Disneyland tomorrow and after years of trying I finally got a reservation at Blue Bayou, the restaurant inside the pirates ride.

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Who’s your favorite?

Please reblog for more answers!

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@galladrabbles Blur prompt curtesy of @callivich

The day has gone by like a blur but Ian wouldn’t 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 he’s 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 wouldn’t trade it for the world.

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Mandy, mickey, Ian 😈 my favs

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ian: i think i'm inlove with mickey. thoughts?

mandy: and prayers, what the fuck is wrong with you?

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Svet's wifely duties was why I had a hard time getting on board with the throuple. It felt very manipulative to me.

I had to frame it as Svetlana trying to create a safe place for herself and understanding that she probably views sex as a currency that she can offer. Knowing that her life since childhood has been working as sex worker she probably thought this was a normal exchange.

The marriage was such a sad and scary situation for both Mickey and Svetlana. I can also see her trying to do her wifely duties for him, again because it's probably out of survival. Also if there was a rejection from Mickey I can see that being hard for Svetlana. If her self worth is equated to sex then a rejection from wifely duties and having to step aside and let another boy in the relationship would be a very scary situation for Svet. So I can see why she would perform these duties for V right away to secure a safe place and family for her and Yevgeny. But with that being the base of the relationship I thought the throuple would fall apart faster then it did.

currently thinking about Svetlana and her 'wifely duties'. Because on so many levels that shows her fucked up relationship with sex. Like she not only thinks that to be in a committed relationship you have to do all the household duties, but you also have to perform sexual acts every morning for the other person which is only for their pleasure, not yours. I'm not saying that giving head is only pleasurable for one person, it should be for both, but in the context she talks about I strongly doubt that was what the intention was.

also thinking about how she was technically Mickey's wife, so I can guess she probably tried to do the same to thing. And I can also guess that it did not end well. Let's remember that he doesn't respond well to being woken up at all, but least of all to a woman, and LEAST of all Svetlana after everything that happened. I can imagine that it would be very traumatic

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thinking about iggy milkovich spending a night digging a grave because mandy asked him to

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Galladrabbles: Blur

Thank you @ianandmickeygallavich1 for this week’s prompt! Long live @galladrabbles!!!

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Mickey sat up slowly and carefully on the side of the bed, as not to wake its other occupant who was currently enjoying the sleep of the innocent. Mickey glanced at the digital clock on the stand and ran a hand over his face. He hadn’t drank like that in a long time. In fact, the night before…fuck, the whole DAY before was all a blur. He could only remember trying to make plans with Ian then… It all came back to him…

Mickey lay back down and cradled Yevgeny close as “Don’t” echoed through his mind. Ian was gone.

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might share a face and share a last name but we are not the same

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Gallaghers and their missing friends

(Gallaghers and a Mr.Gallagher)

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MICKEY MILKOVICH in SHAMELESS S5E10: South Side Rules