#Mikey Pearson

[cateyeswrites]

The gentlemen was so extremely good but HOW MUCH BETTER IT COULD HAVE BEEN IF NETFLIX COULD HAVE PAYED FOR MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY 😫 I like Bobby glass okay but the lack of Micky Pearson was a crime NOT EVEN A NAME DROP? Like how incredible would have been if Susie had been Mikey’s daughter😫 we didn’t even need to know he was her father until the end , she could have stayed as Susie glass pretending to be just another employee like UGH honestly what a waste of an opportunity.

I do love Susie so much she was my absolute favorite character of that show along side Geoff! What an icon✨

If they do continue the series I am so excited for the evolution of Eddie and Susie, what a dark romance tbh

[zepuckinghockey]

NHL Wedding Season 2024

We're back again for another summer of NHL weddings! If you'd like to see last year's, check out this post.

If you see something wrong or someone missing, let me know! I'll continue to update this list until September when the weddings fizzle out. I appreciate the replies, reblogs, and asks with corrections and additions ❤️

6/7/24: Adam Larsson: (private wedding, no idea)

6/19/24: Jake Evans: Brendan Gallagher, Joel Edmundson, Tyler Toffoli, Nick Suzuki, Joel Armia

6/22/24: Max Jones: Trevor Zegras, Jacob Bryson

6/26/24: Adam Fox: (looked to be just family)

Josh Anderson: Nick Suzuki, Max Domi, Nick Foligno, Seth Jones, Cam Atkinson, Scott Hartnell

6/29/24: Ryan Pulock: Matt Martin, Noah Dobson, Casey Cizikas, Oliver Wahlstrom, Adam Pelech, JG Pageau, Josh Bailey, Mat Barzal, Anthony Beauvillier, Cal Clutterbuck, Bo Horvat, Simon Holmstrom, Pierre Engvall, Mikey Reilly

Jake Oettinger: Mason Marchment, Tyler Seguin, Ty Dellandrea, Wyatt Johnston

7/3/24: Mason Marchment: Jake Oettinger, Tyler Seguin, Ty Dellandrea, Brandon Montour, Mike Carcone, Owen Tippett, Sam Reinhart

7/6/24: Nic Hague: Cody Glass, Owen Tippett, Zach Whitecloud, Alec Martinez, Shea Theodore, William Karlsson, Keegan Kolesar, Nic Roy

Brendan Gallagher: Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki, Carey Price, Jeff Petry, Chris Wideman, Tanner Pearson, Nate Thompson, Philip Danault, Christian Dvorak, Jake Evans, Sam Montembeault

7/7/24: Adam Fox 2.0: Ryan Reaves, Kevin Rooney, Will Cuylle, Vincent Trocheck, Jacob Trouba, Barclay Goodrow, Alexis Lafreniere, Blake Wheeler, Jimmy Vesey, Jonathan Quick, Ryan Lindgren, Braden Schneider, Sammy Blais, Ryan Donato, John Marino

7/10/24: Elias Lindstrom: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

7/11/24: Jared McCann: Jordan Eberle, Yanni Gourde, Vince Dunn, Jamie Oleksiak, Jaden Schwartz, Matty Beniers, Will Borgen, Kailer Yamamoto, Justin Schultz, Andre Burakovsky, Ryan Donato, Darnell Nurse, Brandon Tanev

7/13/24: Jack Campbell: Tyler Toffoli, Jake Muzzin, Kyle Clifford, Evander Kane

Alex Carrier: Frederick Gaudreau, Mathieu Joseph, Jimmy Oligny

Pierre Engvall: Simon Holmstrom, Owen Wahlstrom

Andrew Mangiapane: Johnny Gaudreau, Rasmus Andersson, Mikael Backlund, Noah Hanifin, Erik Gudbranson, Mack Weegar, Troy Stecher, Jonathan Huberdeau

Kyle Connor: Zach Werenski, Evgeny Svechnikov, Connor Hellebuyck, Tony Calderone

Eetu Luostarinen: Niko Mikkola, Lundell Anton, Aleksander Barkov

Tyler Madden: Alec Turcotte, Akil Thomas

Zack MacEwen: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

7/18/24: William Carrier: Mathieu Joseph

7/19/24: Kaapo Kahkonen: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

7/20/24: Jamie Benn: Tyler Seguin, Joe Pavelski, Jordie Benn, Jason Robertson, Roope Hintz, Joel Kiviranta, Miro Heiskanen, Esa Lundell, Ben Bishop, Luke Glendenning, Ty Dellandrea, John Klingberg

Alex Killorn: Yanni Gourde, Pat Maroon, Brandon Hagel, Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman, Zach Bogosian, Anthony Cirelli, Luke Schenn, Ryan McDonagh, Tyler Johnson, Blaine Gabbert, Cam Brate, Andrei Vasilevskiy

Thomas Chabot: Josh Norris, Brady Tkachuk, Tim Stutzle, Mathieu Joseph

Sebastian Aho: Teuvo Teräväinen, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Seth Jarvis, Antti Raanta, Nino Niederreiter, Jesper Fast, Jani Hakanpaa

7/22/24: Michael Bunting: Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews, John Tavares, Jake Muzzin, Morgan Reilly, Fred Anderson, Wayne Simmons, Alex Kerfoot, TJ Brodie, Kyle Clifford

7/26/24: Jake Lucchini: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

7/27/24: Connor McDavid: Leon Draisaitl, Darnell Nurse, Zach Hyman, Evander Kane, Cody Ceci, Evan Bouchard, Vinny Desharnais, Brett KUlak, Connor Brown, Ryan Mcleod, Derek Ryan, Stuart Skinner, Philip Broberg, Warren Foegele, Devin Shore, Kyle Turris, Luke Gazdic, Zack Kassian, Patrick Maroon, Sam Gagner

Carter Verhaeghe: Matthew Tkachuk, Aaron Ekblad, Evan Rodrigues, Stolarz, Ryan Lomberg, Nick Cousins

8/3/24: Travis Sanheim: Travis Konecny, Scott Laughton, Shayne Gostisbehere, Joel Farabee, Morgan Frost, Tyson Foerster, James Van Riemsdyk

Connor Ingram: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

Cody Glass: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

8/4/24: David Pastrnak: Taylor Hall, Tukka Rask, Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand, Zdeno Chara, Charlie Coyle, Hampus Lindholm, Jeremy Swayman, Linus Ullmark, Torey Krug, David Krecji

8/9/24: Alex Tuch: Shea Theodore, Zemgus Girgensons, Tage Thompson

8/10/24: Tyler Johnson: Yanni Gourde, Ondrej Palat, Mathieu Joseph, Ryan McDonagh, Alex Killorn, Pat Maroon, Reese Johnson, Adam Gaudette

8/17/24: Cale Makar: Gabe Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon, Erik Johnson, Bo Byram, Darren Helm, Andrew Cogliano, Josh Manson, Kurtis Macdermid

Zachary Sanford: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

Mike Amadio: Zach Whitecloud, Ben Hutton, Brett Howden, Nic Hague, Nic Roy

Andrew Copp: JT Compher, Tyson Jost

Ryan Johansen: Colton Sissons, Luke Kunin, Roman Josi, Matt Duchene, Dante Fabbro, Cam Atkinson, Ross Colton, Miles Wood

8/23/24:

Roope Hintz: Tyler Seguin, Esa Lundell, Patrik Laine,

[nicollekidman]

Perry Pearson is the Josh Kushner of UK high society and Harry Hoare is the Mikey Hess equivalent. Sophie wearing a Like A Kloss shirt years ago is prophetic. Lol. You can thank Tabitha, Sophie’s childhood friend that she kissed on the lips in front of the paps last December, for being the bridge for Sophie and Perry to meet since dear Tabby is friends with Perry and Harry. But you know what, considering that one anon of yours told you to stop outing people then better not post this then since I basically just outed Perry and Harry Hoare who has business dealings in UAE. Lol.

P.S. - Sophie isn’t a flop like that one anon implies because she literally gets paid generously to play beard.

everyone say welcome back, abby’s 2015-2018 inbox!!!

[star0mania]

TWD OC U3U

"I am Eddie Delkins. The Theatre Kid and Carl's awesome boyfriend....NOW EAT THIS SUCKA!" 

Full Name: Edward "Eddie" Delkins

Preferred name: Eddie

Age: 10 (season 1) 12 (season 2-3) 13 (season 4-5) 14 (season 6-8) 15 (season 9)

Date  of Birth: Unknown

Place of Birth: Utah

Gender: Male

Birth gender: Female

Titles: -The Theatre Kid -The Class Clown

Nickname: Eddie (various people) Eds (close friends) Eddie Spaghetti (best friends) Stupid nutbrain (sister)

Sexuality: Panromantic, Demisexual

Weapon: A baseball bat with needles

Personality: Kind Honest Brave Bold Adventurous Funny Loyal Caring Independent Stubborn Impatient Sarcastic  Kind of innocent? Cocky "You hurt them, you die" Tries to make people feel better about the currant situation- 

Hobbies: Playing on piano Solving puzzles Playing with his pet fox Reading Playing on the drums Drawing  Magic tricks

Best Friends: Carl Grimes 

Friends: Judith Grimes Your OC Daryl Dixon  Hershal Greene Beth Greene Mikey Lori Grimes Maggie Rhee  Glenn Rhee e.t.c

Enemies: The bad guys pfff

Family: Cole Moncreo (adopted father), 31, deceased, got beaten by Negan's bat Actor: Pedro Pascal

Elle Delkins (twin sister) alive Actress: Bella Ramsey  Crush: Enid Rhee (soon becomes her girlfriend)

Terrence Delkins (brother) 15, deceased, got shot by Eddie after getting bitten by a walker in season 3 Actor: Tom Holland

Millie (mother) 41, deceased, eaten by walkers -Picture: Unknown-

Jacob (father) 41, deceased, got shot by Rick in season 5 because he was an enemy working for an enemy group, The Fireflies (yes I made it up).

Firestar (pet fox) deceased, suffered from starvation in season 9

Rofee (pet dog), deceased, got stabbed by Elle after getting bitten by a walker in season 9

Cottontail (sister's pet rabbit) alive

"Terry, why doesn't mommy and daddy love me?...."

Actors:

Kid:  Jackson Robert Scott

Teenager: Cameron Boyce   (RIP  our favorite Carlos De Vil  <//3)

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"I'm so glad my awesome boyfriend is okay!"

Love Interest: Carl Grimes

Ship Name: Ceddie Edarl Carlddie

Music in Me- HSM Never Enough- The Greatest Showman A Million Dreams- The Greatest Showman Heather- Conan Gray Teenage Dream- Katy Perry Heat Waves- Glass Animals Rewrite the Stars- The Greatest Show(edit version) Cheerleader- OMI Love is Love- Trey Pearson  A Thousand Years- Christina Perri Bad Romance- Lady Gaga Dandelions- Ruth B.

Love languages: Physical affection Quality touch

Relationship tropes:  sun + moon Energetic x Tired Endgame Right person, wrong time

Relationship Status: Season 1-2: Friends Season 3-4: Crushes Season 5-8: Dating

Relationship Variants: Robin x Finney (TBP) Shinsou x Denki (MHA) Kai x Adam (The Hollow) Amity x Luz (TOH) Kirishima x Bakugou (MHA)

Character variants:  Sammy (JWCC) Hawks (MHA) Izuku (MHA) Squirrelflight (Warriors) Michael Afton (FNAF) Luz (TOH) Rodrick (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) Richie (IT) Boris (The Goldfinch) Hiccup (HTTYD) Jack Frost (ROTG)

Dead or Alive: Dead

Cause of Death: Influenza 

First Appearance:  1x2, Guts  First Line: "For a kid my age, you're kinda short, short-stack"--- to Carl Grimes when they meet Last Appearance:  8x2, The Bridge Last Line: "Meet ya'll on the other side..."---- to Elle and the group before succumbing to the illness

Theme songs: Mary on a Cross- Ghost Ghost- Justin Bieber  Lovely- Billie Ellish Its Been So Long- The Living Tombstone  Waiting on a Miricle- Encanto Requiem- Dear Evan Hanson Walking the Wire- Imagine Dragons Enemy- Imagine Dragons Believer- Imagine Dragons Changes- Hayd Daddy Issues- The Neighborhood  Home- Nick Jonas Family- Mother Mother See you Again- Wiz  Khalifa Poker Face- Lady Gaga Boys don't Cry- The Cure

For the Delkins family: Its been so long- The Living Tombstone Afton Family- KryFuze

"I should be dead...but I'm not...." "Hurt my friends and I will kill you..."

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Backstory: Edward "Eddie" Delkins was born to a "happy" married couple named Millie and Jacob Delkins.  He had two siblings. An older brother named Terrance and a two-year younger sister named Elle. His parents always expected a lot from him but hey, he still loved them. He revealed he was trans when he was 6 but of course his parents didn't like that, but his siblings accepted him and helped him go through treatment. When the outbreak happened, he was in his room, reading until he heard his older brother yelling. When he went to check what was going on, he saw two zombies eating his mom. He   lets out a horrific scream as his brother practically threw him, his sister's bunny Fluffball, the family dog Rofee and his sister into the van and drove off. They soon find Pedro who raises them like his own children. In season 5, the Delkins siblings and their dad were reunited. Elle and Eddie had their suspicions and didn't trust him but Eddie pretended to so he could get the truth from him. Once Eddie and his dad were alone, Eddie's dad told him about his plan to wipe out the survivors and demanded him to join them, even guiltripping him but Eddie refused, causing his dad to go off the edge. He soon went  to the survivors and attacked them with the Fireflies. But the fight stopped when Eddie shot his dad. And the rest is history :D

𝐹𝒶𝓋𝑜𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒𝓈;

Spicy Food:  Butter Chicken

Sweet: Candy

Book: Warriors

TV show: Stranger Things

Movie: IT

Anime: My Hero Academia

Manga: MHA and Assassination Classroom

Animal: Foxes and Wolves. Can't forget bunnies or dogs

Song: Running up that Hill by Kate Bush

[sevenclowds]

My Chemical Romance, Warrington 27th May 2022

Photos: Vicky Pearson

[lakings9]

Credit: LA Kings

[weirdcanucks]

Off the ice, it has been adjusting to the new reality of training in a COVID-19 world, especially in hard hit southern Ontario. DiPietro’s off-season home is the tiny town of Amherstburg, a 35-minute drive from Windsor.

“And in June, I did a two-hour drive to London to skate with Bo Horvat and Tanner Pearson four times a week. Those were some long days.”

✏️: Ben Kuzma [x]

On the other side of the Canadian Rockies, DiPietro knows it’s incredibly unlikely that his services will be needed in Edmonton. But he’s willing to skate every morning and take daily COVID tests, because he’s missed being part of a team — and he’s missed playing the game. Usually, at this time of year, players are gearing up to return to training camp — not watching the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

But everything is different now. There is no normal. So he watches his team from a distance and practices like they might need him in a playoff run tomorrow. It’s all he can do, because no one is really sure what comes next.

“We don’t know what comes after this,” DiPietro says. “I’m just trying to stay in the moment.”

✏️: Bubble backups: What it’s like to be an emergency goalie right now by Thomas Drance [x]

📹: Penguins @ Canucks - Dec. 21, 2019

[slipmethevicxdin]

ICYMI: Mikey Sawyer got the original swanposting taken down and Tilian actually gives a shit???? ngl im surprised but damn get it

[enemymarkus]

Masterlist

started: 30/4/22

ended: 

 wlw, mlm, poly relationships are allowed !

NO: the platonic ones are only platonic!

minors DNI! if its 18+ (yes there can be smut, but again minors DNI!)

no abusive relationships (if its explaining the readers or character past then thats okay)

i wont be using “y/n” i will either be using reader or if it a boy/man reader then “M/n”

Marvel

bruce banner

doctor strange

wanda maximoff

pietro maximoff

helmut zemo

loki odinson

thor odinson

peter quill

sprite (mostly platonic)

tony stark

ikaris

sersi

druig

makkari

howard stark

peggy carter

steve rogers

bucky barnes

yelena belova

shang-chi

and more!

the vampire diares

damon salvatore

stefan salvatore

matt donovan

tyler lockwood

bonnie bennet

enzo st john

kai parker

caroline forbes

elena gilbert

jeremy gilbert

vicky donovan

katherine pierce

the mikaelsons

alaric saltzman

victorious

tori vega 

jade west

beck oliver

trina vega 

cat valentine

andre harris

robbie shapiro

Z nation

10k

addison carver 

dj qualls

st claire

cassandra

Twilight

alice cullen

emmet cullen

jasper hale

rosalie hale

edward cullen

carlise cullen

esme cullen

bella swan

jacob black

seth clearwater

leah clearwater

sam uely

embry call

Quil ateara

paul lahote

alec volturi

jane volturi

demetri volturi

felix volturi

mike newton

spiderwick chronicles

simon grace

jared grace

mallory grace

descendents

ben

mal

carlos

chad

doug

evie

harry

audrey

jane

jay

harry potter

ron weasley

the twins

bill weasley

percy weasley

ginny wealsey

harry potter

james potter

lily evans

sirius black

remus lupin

tom riddle

neville longbottom

luna lovegood

cho chang

cedric diggory

viktor krum

hermione granger

draco malfoy

goyale

crabbe

pansy parkinson

adrain pucey

oliver wood

Teen beach movie

seacat

giggles

brady

tanner

mack

butchy

rascal

the goonies 1985

brandon walsh

mikey walsh 

data

mouth

andy

chunk (only platonic)

stef

euphoria

rue bennett

maddy perez

cassie howard

fezco

ashtray (only platonic)

nate jacobs

mkay

lexi howard

stranger things

mike wheeler

dustin henderson

steve harrington

eleven

billy hargrove

max mayfield

nancy wheeler

jonathan byers

will byers

lucas sinclair

robin buckley

erica sinclair (platonic)

Season 4:

henry creel (001/vecna)

eddie munson

jason carver

patrick McKinney

rappers

2pac

eminem

biggie smalls

cheaper by the dozen 2003

charlie baker

lorraine baker

sarah baker

henry baker

nora baker (only platonic)

hank

dylan shenk

devil all the time

arvin russell

tommy matson

lenora laferty

lee bodecker

preston teagardin

willard russell

IT 2017

bev marsh

bill denbrough

richie tozier

eddie kaspbrak

henry bowers

stanley uris

mike hanlon

reggie huggins

patrick hockstetter

victor criss

ben hanscom

Actors

johnny depp

chris evans

Arron taylor-johnson

tom welling

Many many more!

Slashers

billy loomis

brahms heelshire

chucky

stu macher

jason

micahel

freddy

pennywise

alot more that i cant fit

fear street (all of them)

deena johnson

kate schmidt

heather

 cindy berman

simon Kalivoda

samantha fraser

nick goode

ziggy berman

josh johnson

sarah fier

ruby lane

The batman

bruce wayne

selina kyle

edward nashton

gordon(platonic)

hannah montana the movie

hannah montana

lily truscott

jackson stewart

oliver oken

rico sauve

travis brody

OBX

John b 

jj maybank

kiara 

sarah cameron

rafe cameron

pope

topper

wheezie (only platonic)

ward cameron

rose cameron

barry

Noelle

noelle kringle

nick kringle

gabe kringle

jake hapman

ParaNorman

norman

courtney

alvin

mitch

divergent

beatrice prior

Tobias eaton

peter

caleb prior

eric

will

al

christina

Fresh

steve/brendan kemp

noa

ann

chad

penny

mollie

The greatest showman

anne wheeler

jenny lind

phineas taylor

phillip carlyle

charity taylor

lettie lutz

and more!

Aliens in the attic

bethany pearson

tom pearson

jake pearson

lee pearson

ricky dillman

hannah pearson (platonic)

The 100

bellamy blake

octavia blake

lincoln 

clarke griffin

monty green

jordan green

finn collins

ontari

raven reyes

lexa

murphy 

cage wallace

roan

and more!

coraline

wybie lovat

coraline jones

ghost kids (platonic)

cat (platonic)

other mother

mama mia!

sky

donna

sophie

bill anderson

sam carmichael

harry

pepper

tanya(platonic)

rosie(platonic)

The amazing world of gumball

gumball watterson

darwin watterson

penny

tobias wilson

anais watterson (platonic)

Encanto

mirable madrigal

pepa madrigal

felix madrigal

julieta madrigal

agustin madrigal

alma (platonic)

dolores madrigal

antonio (platonic)

camilo madrigal

bruno madrigal (platonic)

Turning red

jesse

tae-young

Aaron T

Aaron Z

robaire

panda mellin

priya mangal

miram Mendelsohn

devon

tyler Nguyen-Baker

Z-O-M-B-I-E-S

Addison

zed 

bucky bunchan

Eliza

bonzo

bree

zoey (platonic)

Tracey

stacey

The maze runner

Thomas

Gally

Newt

 Alby

chuck (platonic)

minho

teresa

The black phone

finney blake

vance hopper

gwen blake ( platonic)

bruce yamada

billy showalter

griffin staggs

robin allerano

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If you want to request please msg me or add my instagram enemymarkus

im going to post the stuff i will write wont write for <3

__

I will add more later :)

[its-deputy-caleb]

If you're feeling up to writing a bit of Mikey, could I please request him being an asshat to everyone and being told off by his S/O after he asks Jack if he wants to earn a dollar?

(You know the part where he says to ask Arthur about the stick up his butt?)

He's such a dickhead and I find myself telling the screen off when he does it! 😂

OR

His S/O giving him a slap and a bollocking after he kicks Cain, then they fuss over Cain and force Micah to make friends with him.

I dunno, it's up to you 😂 You could write any scenario you want, I'll still love it 😘😘

i am always up to writing for a bit of mikey (that nickname is so cute) but ngl i had no idea how to write this or put this together. I watched the clips again so i could get it accurate but i changed it bc i didn't know if u wanted a happy ending or not but i hope i delivered <33 also u asked for either and i gave u both :)

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Clemens Point was a strange place with even stranger people. After leaving valentine in a hurry it seems the entire gang was on edge and ready to blow like a stick of dynamite. It seems having to act like upstanding heartfelt citizens to the Grays and the Braithwaites has meant everyone is that aggravated and pent up.

On more than one occasion you’d seen Sadie lose it when Pearson got to pushy with chores and it seems Abigail and John couldn’t stand to have a normal conversation for five minutes before one of them broke. It wasn’t much better with Dutch and Hosea who were constantly disagreeing on the right moves for the gang, although they were much more civil about it.

You did your best to keep out of everyone’s way, to avoid the confrontation but knowing your luck you’d end up getting involved one way or another.

You were returning to camp one sweltering hot afternoon with Sadie after you finished collecting the gang’s weekly stock from the general store. You were only half listening to the hustle around the camp as you were too busy listening to Sadie tell you all about Pearson’s dear aunt Cathy. You stepped off the wagon and headed to the back to start unloading some of the supplies when the sound of Micah’s voice could be heard talking to Jack.

“How’d ya like to earn a dollar?”

His voice with thick with malice as he hunched over the wooden table. In Micah’s hands was a silver nickel that he fiddled with between his fingers, much like you’d seen of him do with his knife. Your eyes found Jack who was almost reluctant to get anywhere near the man who you knew scared him. However, being the innocent child that he was his eyes lit up at the sight of something shiny.

“A dollar? Sure.”

You carried the heavy bag of potatoes over to Pearson’s wagon as you went back for another round of supplies but you kept the boy in the corner of your eye.

“Well…go on up to old Arthur Morgan, ask him about the pole he’s got stuck up his ass and I’ll give ya a dollar.”

Micah’s face lit up in a smirk, his accent thick and his typical evil giggle falling from his mouth. He sat back on the chair, satisfied at the mischief he’s caused.

Before you could get anywhere Jack had run off to where Arthur was sitting in his tent, reading over a letter. You placed another round of ammunition into Strauss’ wagon, dropping it hastily and running as you saw Arthur walk right up to Micah with a murderous look in his eye.

“I’ll give you a dollar if you shut your—“

Arthur didn’t get to finish his insult before you stepped in front of him with a soft hand on his shoulder. You gave him a soft smile and a nod, quietly saying to your dear friend that you’d handle this.

With that you turned with your own look of anger directed to Micah. Everyone knew you loved him but they also knew you didn’t hesitate to call him out and get him to behave when you had to.

“Micah leave the damn boy alone!”

He scoffed like he wasn’t offended you didn’t defend him and instead chose to call him out. Micah’s hands came up in his signal of fake defeat as he slowly backed away from his place at the table, acting as if he was nothing more than the innocent bystander and not the one who nearly ended up on the ground with a broken nose for starting it.

You watched as Micah lingered around the edge of the camp, his eyes trained to yours as he lit a cigarette but you ignored him. Instead you walked over to Jack, smiling softly and taking his hand to lead him to the river’s edge.

“Common, why don’t we go see if we can find any beautiful rock on the sand, hmm? I’m sure your mother would love such a beautiful gift.”

-

Of course, it wasn’t more than a few days later when you ran into trouble again with Micah. You’d spent your time ignoring him mostly, instead choosing to go hunting with Charles and Arthur, practice your throwing knives with Javier and help teach Jack to read. You knew how badly it pissed Micah off to do things without him but he needed to understand that there was a way to treat people, especially with people you considered family.

You rolled up your sleeves, using your forearm to wipe the sweat from your forehead as you picked up the knife and started cutting carrots and potatoes for tonights stew.

“Are you a good boy? Yes you are! The best boy”

Your head came up to notice bill sitting against the log by the campfire, scratching under Cain’s chin and giving the energetic dog pats along the back. You couldn’t help but smile at the new addition to the gang and how happy it made you to see Bill less stressed. It seemed that having Cain made everyone feel more caring and loving.

All except Micah.

“You’re the fool that feed’s him Marion. He ain’t nothing more than a filthy mongrel and an extra mouth to feed.”

Micah had stood from his place on the opposite side of the campfire to antagonise Bill. A frustrated noise leaves you as you slam the knife down on the wooden bench, ready to storm over there and chew Micah’s ear off. You take a step forward only for Miss Grimshaw, who was working next to you, to grab your arm and stop you before you get any further.

“There is a time and a place dear, don’t make it worse.”

Of course you knew Susan was just trying to keep another argument from happening but you push past her when you see Micah inching towards Cain who had left his spot at Bill’s feet to hide by a wagon. In a split second decision you pick the knife you’re cooking with and use it like a throwing knife to get his attention. The knife swings through the air, not getting near anyone, it wasn’t like you actually wanted to stab Micah no matter how badly he could get on your nerves and watched as it got wedged into the tree behind him.

Micah’s head shot up, his foot moving away from Cain and stared dumbfounded and shocked, unused to seeing you so skilfully throw a knife but your practices paid off. You walked right into his personal space, taping your finger against his chest.

“Don’t. You. Dare”

Micah’s first response was to try and sweet-talk his way out of it like he always does but you were in no mood to deal with his slyness.

“Dare to do what sweetheart? Common now… weren’t gonna do nothin—“

Your hand came to give Micah a crisp slap across the cheek, apart of you was shocked that you’d even do such a thing but the other half of you was furious.

“Don’t underestimate for a minute that I won’t dump you right now and throw you out of camp Micah. I’m not some stranger you can sweet-talk when you get in trouble. I swear, if I see you go anywhere near Cain the knife isn’t going to hit the tree next time.”

Micah’s eyebrows shoot up in shock as you lecture him in front of almost the entire gang. Even Dutch put his book down when he heard your slap. He was lost for words, truely, having now other thought as he watched you walk away back to preparing tonights stew. He didn’t move from his place until he heard you whistle for Cain to sit by your feet, where he went and meandered off into the forest to give you space. All he knew was that he must have fucked up bad if you threatened to leave him.

-

A few hours later you’d managed to calm down, watching the sunset after Ms Grimshaw gave you the rest of the night off to relax at how pent up you were. Now sitting here you couldn’t help but feel like you may have over reacted but Micah had pushed your buttons one too many times and if Micah was going to listen to anyone it would be you. You let out a soft but hearty sigh as the tension and stress from your shoulders left with your breath. Your body relaxed against the tree and you watched the sun gently dip below the horizon.

It was well and truely dark before you heard the rustling of grass and the thud of someone sitting next to you. You thought it may have been Arthur coming to check on you but that thought died when arms wrapped around your waist and you felt Micah rest his chin on your shoulder, his stringy hair tickling your face at the gentle breeze.

“…M’ sorry…”

A very quiet and forced apology was pulled from Micah as he cuddled into you, mumbling it into your shoulder at the pain of actually having to apologise.

“Sorry won’t cut it Micah. You have to stop treating people that I care about— people that are family better.”

Micah sighs, the defeated, tired one that shows he’s willing to listen because no matter how badly he stirs up trouble, the thought of losing you is enough to have him turn his mind around.

“I know…gonna make it up to ya I promise.”

A soft and very cautious kiss is placed on your shoulder with Micah knowing he’s still not forgiven by you yet.

“You’re damn well gonna make it up to me. Firstly you’re apologising to Jack first thing tomorrow and secondly you need to pull your weight for this gang— and no I’m not talking about robbing another coach. To start you can sit on guard duty with me and you can wash my clothes.”

“I’ll just buy you new clothes”

You give Micah a death glare as you tilt your head to look at him. Instantly his teasing smirk leaves and his arms come to wrap tighter around your body, resting his hands on your stomach and intertwining your fingers.

“Alright, alright… guard duty ain’t so bad.”

You sit together for a while in a comfortable silence. All the energy from today had left you and you no longer had it in you to keep arguing. You’d hold Micah to his promise to do better but for now you leant back into his embrace and rested your head against his.

“Can I at least sleep in the tent tonight?”

You smiled softly as you hummed in contemplation just to tease him. Micah hadn’t come to sleep in your shared tent since the day he messed with Jack and both of you had missed each other despite the frustration and anger you had.

“Hmm, we’ll see.”

Micah thinks you’ve said no, panicking internally but is stopped when you turn your head and place a soft kiss to his cheek over the mark from where you’d slapped him not so long ago. It wasn’t the kiss that he wanted but he still needed to make it up to you before you gave him what he wanted.

You reached a soft hand up behind you, cradling his head and rubbing your thumb over his sore cheek.

“Is your cheek okay?”

Micah let out a gravelly noise, deep from his chest as he leaned into your hand.

“Ain’t gotta worry sweetheart, I’ve survived much worse”

You don’t get to reply when a tentative and cautious Cain makes his way over to the two of you. You pat your leg and he curls up beside you with his head resting on your leg and his tail thumbing, relaxed and happy.

Micah on the other hand was not relaxed or happy as he tensed up and moved away from the dog and you. If it wasn’t for your hand holding the back of his head he probably would’ve jumped away.

“Micah Cain isn’t going to hurt you, he just wants attention like you. See? No need to be afraid.”

To prove your point you reach a hand out and gently brush over his short, grey fur, watching as he perks up.

“I ain’t afraid!”

You would’ve believed him if you didn’t catch the waver in his voice but you knew. You knew after seeing him be spooked by the animal more than once around camp.

The hand that was still intertwined with his gently guided his hand pat Cain, letting him slowly get comfortable to him.

It took some time but finally Micah had gotten used to Cain enough to realise he was clearly not a threat. At some point Cain had moved over to Micah’s side, resting beside him as the night became later.

A yawn left you and you slowly sank into Micah’s embrace, your eyelids falling shut as you dozed, clearly exhausted.

Holding Micah to his promise was a job for tomorrow, but for now you let yourself fall asleep in his arms, the tent be damned.

[schrijverr]

Miracle Worker 5

Chapter 5 out of 10

Mike has dropped out of High School at sixteen to take on a full time job as a bike delivery boy to take care of Grammy. He lies that he’s eighteen to get better hours and more pay, somehow ending up working for Harvey on a project that will get him Senior Partnership. Mike and Harvey become friends during the course of it, Mike looking up to Harvey as all he wants to be, but probably never will. However, when things go south with Grammy, he considers taking Trevor’s offer to do a drug run, instead ending up with Harvey offering to be his mentor. Offering him help.

In this chapter, Grammy get worse and Mike needs money. Trevor offers him a job to get the money, which Mike knows is stupid, no matter how much he needs it. However, is coming clean to Harvey a smart idea? Is it worth the potential help?

On AO3.

Ships: none

Warnings: deterioration due to age, poverty

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What

With Harvey’s words to Louis and him after the meeting, Mike feels like he’s on top of the world, which means it all comes crashing down not even a day later.

He comes home that evening to his Grammy convinced he’s trying to poison her with the pills loudly exclaiming that she can’t believe her own son would do that to her, leaving Mike unsure if she’s referring to him or him as his father, neither a fun option.

There is also no food in the fridge, since he forgot to do groceries and ordering in is too expensive, so he needs to go out and buy food too, leaving his Grammy alone when she’s upset.

After that it is a whole battle once more, taking an hour before he manages to get some food in her and carting her off to bed.

The whole thing leaves him exhausted and he has just dropped onto the couch in a tired heap when he phone goes off. Annoyed he picks up without checking who is calling him at this hour: “Is it important?”

“Wow, Mikey,” Trevor’s voice greets him. “That’s not really a way to greet your best friend now is it. You sound stressed, come over, I have some of the good stuff.”

“Trevor, hi,” Mike sighs. Going over to Trevor sounds like heaven right about now, but he can’t afford it. “Dude, I’d love nothing more, but I can’t pay you back for that and-”

“You don’t have to, man,” Trevor cuts him off. “I own this part of the supply route. It’s mine, I can totally hook you up with a coupon or something.”

Immediately Mike is snapped awake and with a beating heart he asks: “Trevor, please tell me I misunderstood what you just said. You haven’t become a fucking dealer, have you?”

“Come on, Mike, what’s got your panties in a twist?” Trevor doesn’t sound at all affected by his terrible life choices. “I’m making good money.”

“You already have good money!” Mike snaps. “What the hell are you thinking? That’s highly illegal, dude. And you are more likely to die while dealing drugs than being on death row. In Texas. You can’t be serious.”

“We both know my parents were going to cut me off soon, Mike,” Trevor says. “Lets not kid ourselves, I’m just looking out for my future by making a move into a new business.”

“This is not a business, Trevor. It’s becoming a criminal and it’s dumb,” Mike says and he knows it is dumb, because he considered it as one of his options before deciding that dropping out to work is the safer option. “And you could have kept your parent’s money if you got into college and tried a bit. We both know that too.”

“Since when did you get such a wuss about the law, Mike?” Trevor asks, sounding a lot less jovial than before. “Smoking is illegal too, you know.”

“Yeah and a lot less risky than selling,” Mike shoots back.

“What the hell is up with you, Mike?” Trevor snarls. “I’m trying to share in my first success, offer you to join in on it and you spit in my face? I make good money right now. I could set you up in this business, you’d be making your monthly salary in a day, Mike. A day.”

Mike has to admit that sounds incredibly tempting, but working for Pearson Hardman is good, working as a bike messenger is good. It’s safe and legal and the better option, even if he is technically committing fraud every single day by pretending to be Mike Sorkin and eighteen years old.

He’s been quiet for too long, apparently, because Trevor tries again: “I made a few thousand dollars today, a single drop. Just one briefcase full of pot for a briefcase full of cash.”

“Look, man, Trevor,” Mike starts, “obviously I think that what you’re doing is bad choice, but your life, whatever. But don’t drag me into it. I got enough on my plate already, I don’t need this right now, okay?”

“Okay, spoilsport,” Trevor says, again lighthearted. “Tell me if you change your mind, alright. I’m always here to hook you up, you know that right?”

“Yeah, Trevor, I know,” Mike tells him, before hanging up, falling back onto the couch with a sigh.

Why can’t Trevor just be normal and finish school and stay out of trouble? It would have hurt to see his friend succeed while he could not, but it’s at least without having to fear he’ll get shot in the streets or arrested.

He knows he told Trevor that it’s his life and choices, but he knows himself well enough that this is going to eat at him. Everyday he is going to wonder if he gets called by the Evans that Trevor has died, or from the police that they have him in custody, or even a fucking ransom call for the inevitable moment he starts to owe the wrong people money.

Mike should be pulling Trevor off this path, telling him to get his shit together and quit this nonsense.

But he is just so so tired.

That night, Mike falls asleep on the couch, worrying himself into a state of exhaustion and waking up running late with no answer having presented itself.

For the entire day he’s distracted, unable to pay too much attention to the worrying glances Donna sends him and the concerned frowns from Harvey. He’s glad to be out on his bike again and avoids the Pearson Hardman offices as much as he can.

When he gets home in the evening, Grammy treats him like James Ross the entire night, leaving him emotionally drained when he gets her to bed.

He knows he needs to snap out of it, if he doesn’t want Harvey, or god forbid, Donna to dig and figure out everything. He also needs the distraction from all that is going wrong in his life. So on Wednesday, he throws himself into work again, finding joy in the one thing he is apparently good at.

Harvey at least looks relieved when he gets in with a thick packet of files and asks: “What’s in the box,” in his best Brad Pitt.

And it almost looks like things are turning back to normal when Grammy is okay that night and Trevor never calls, but causally answers his texts about nothing in particular.

Thursday rolls around, leaving Mike vaguely optimistic as he makes the rounds. At Christoffersen’s office, he isn’t even yelled at by the man, since he is too busy reaming a poor worker about the latest numbers.

So, Mike waits patiently, looking through the glass into a conference room and seeing a presentation about the earning structure still projected on the wall. Whoever is currently getting yelled at has just given a presentation with news Allard Christoffersen doesn’t want to hear.

The man still looks angry when he shoves what he needs into Mike’s arms, but Mike isn’t too bothered, since the anger is still directed at someone else. He flees the scene before Christoffersen can change his mind about who he wants to yell at.

Jones is late with his work as always, but Mike gets a cup of coffee from his secretary while he waits and he chats with Jones about the wife as he finishes up the last bits of work.

With the rounds finished, he hops on his bike and gets to Pearson Hardman, where he greets Jose happily, the man smiling and greeting him back with a wave. They really have come so far, he muses as he gets into an elevator and pushes the 50 button as is routine.

All the sharply dressed workers of Pearson Hardman don’t even turn their head when he walks by with his helmet hair and ratty clothes, some even smiling at him as he passes. He stops at Donna’s desk, handing her the coffee, like he always does.

“You’re a saint,” she thanks him. “Be careful, the bear is grumpy.”

Mike looks behind her. He can see Harvey sitting there, a hand going through his hair, obvious tension in his shoulder. Mike feels a bit of apprehension about going in there, hating the idea of Harvey yelling at him, but he squares his shoulders and enters: “Florals? For spring? Groundbreaking,” in reference to the tie Harvey is wearing.

It snaps Harvey out of his concentration, sure, but, before he can get mad, the reference sinks in and incredulously he says: “The Devil Wears Prada?”

“You know that movie?” Mike asks, glad his head didn’t get bit off. A true miracle. “I totally thought you wouldn't.”

“The Devil Wears Prada is a classic in a Legally Blonde sort of way,” Harvey shrugs.

Mike’s eyes nearly fall out of his sockets: “You know Legally Blonde?”

“What, like it’s hard?” Harvey grins.

“Certainly looks that way,” Mike nods to the work on Harvey’s desk as he changes the subject to what is bothering Harvey. “You don’t look pleased. Did Mr. Hafler call you to say he changed his mind again?”

“No, it’s actually Christoffersen,” Harvey sighs and Mike can’t believe the lawyer is really telling him about the case. “He demands they all get equal shares of Atlas Finance when it is reestablished, however, his company is the smallest and the others think it should be based on how much each company brings onto the table.”

“What?” Mike frowns, a few pieces of information flashing through his mind. “That is not correct at all. Who says Christoffersen is the smallest?”

“The books, Mike,” Harvey answers and any other day Mike would have caught the ‘what the fuck are you talking about’ in those words, but right now he’s too busy thinking.

“No, because I was here last week and those books were on the table,” Mike starts to verbalize what he’s thinking. “Jones Finances was lying open, page 367. It was a conclusion page. Their networth was 1.3 billion dollars.”

Harvey is looking curious and suspicious as he grabs the documents in the box next to his desk and opens it to the page, confirming what Mike just told him.

“However, I was just at Mr. Christoffersen’s office and he was yelling at this guy after the annual reports, like really unhappy about it,” Mike says. “There was this chart on the wall. They dropped two percent, which is manageable, lets be honest, they were even on the uptake again. With the drop, they were still worth 1.7 billion. They can’t be the smallest.”

Mike rubs his eyes trying to recall the fight he witnessed earlier, not seeing that Harvey is speechless.

“Mr. Christoffersen was yelling, he said something about a subsidiary company, Lemmin Inc. he called it. If they aren’t directly tied to the parent company, he doesn’t have to report that income per se, since it’s not tied to Atlas Finances when they split. He could have just omitted them and if all went to plan he got bigger stakes in the new Atlas Finances with less risk while also maintaining a say and stocks in the Lemmin Inc.,” he concludes, breathlessly.

Then he looks up and Harvey is staring at him with wide eyes, Mike is about to get self conscious and play it off when Harvey asks: “How do you know all that?”

“I like to read,” Mike explains. “And once I’ve read something, I understand it. And once I understand it, I never forget it.”

“So you just understood the entirety of the financial side of this merger by reading a few documents on my desk and overhearing a conversation?” Harvey doesn’t sound like he believes him.

“Law interests me,” Mike shrugs. “I read up on it. … And I might have read a lot of the documents I delivered. I’m sorry, I know I wasn’t supposed to, but it’s just interesting and I wasn’t going to tell any-”

“How did you not get into- well, every college with a full ride?” Harvey asks him

Mike isn’t sure how to answer that, because he is pretty sure he could get into college if he just finished High School, but he hadn’t gotten a chance to prove that quite yet. But he knows he has to tell Harvey something, so he just blurts out: “Because I dropped out of High School.”

“You what?” Harvey exclaims. “You said you were taking a gap year and saving for college. Did you just lie to me?”

“I did say that,” Mike says, panicking as he comes up with another lie. Luckily, he has become quite good at it, so he lies: “I’m taking a gap year before I finish High School, because of unrelated reasons. I need to survive until then and it won’t hurt to have some savings built up.”

“This conversation is not over,” Harvey tells him, “but you did just give me leverage and save me a headache. So, I’m going to call Christoffersen, threaten him, call in a meeting with the four of them and then you and I are going to have a talk.”

Mike swallows and nods. His heart is beating irregularly with fear as he watches Harvey pick up the phone. He flees the room, locking himself in the bathroom to have a minor breakdown.

Okay, Harvey knows he has lied.

Harvey is mad about it.

Holy fuck he is so screwed.

This is the moment it all comes falling down, Mike thinks. He is going to get angry and yell at Mike before figuring everything out and then it all comes crumbling down around him and he’ll have to find a way to keep his life together as it falls apart once more.

No, he can’t panic. Panic is bad. He needs to focus. Okay, take a deep breath and think. Harvey is upset he lied, he’ll just have to convince him it isn’t that bad and not tip his hand more.

He calms himself down, before coming out the stall, splashing some water on his face and taking himself in through the mirror.

His reflection looks tired, but he always looks tired these days, so that won’t be suspicious. He naturally still has a babyface, but overall he looks fine and not at all like someone who just had a breakdown. Though he supposes he has become quite good at hiding.

Taking another deep breath, he prepares himself as he makes his way back to Donna’s cubicle, greeting her softly.

Donna regards him for a second. Then she says: “He hates being lied to, especially by those he trusts. Why didn’t you just tell him?”

“Yeah, because I really wanted to tell the very successful lawyer, who is also my boss and putting part of his promotion in my hands that the kid he was hiring was a High School drop out, who despite his smarts is failing to make something off himself,” Mike replies, sounding exhausted to his own ears.

It’s pretty close to the truth anyway and he doesn’t feel bad for saying it when he sees Donna’s face mellow slightly. She leans in and whispers: “I’ll soften him up for you.”

“Thank you, Donna,” he says emphatically. He is so glad, he decided to keep her on his good side right now.

She pats his cheek, kind of condescendingly, but he lets her, because he 1) deserved that and 2) she is going to make Harvey not mad at him anymore.

He waits by her desk as she goes in and watches as Harvey says something, still frowning, before Donna puts her hands in his sides and replies with a pointedly raised brow. Harvey sags in his chair slightly, before making a gesture to which Donna smiles victoriously, as she turns and walks out of the office again.

“Harvey wants to see you,” she tells him.

He nods at her, lips pressed into a tight line as he makes his way into the office of Doom. It might be a bit dramatic, but he feels justified in how this can backfire should things go wrong.

Harvey is sitting in his imposing chair, doing nothing to make Mike feel more at ease. He regards him for a moment, then says: “Donna says I should hear you out.” He looks away for a moment, nearly pouting, “And that I was a bit harsh.”

“I mean, I get why you don’t want me to lie to you,” Mike gives in slightly, trying win a bit of good graces and feeling bad about the mix of lies and half-truths he’s about to tell Harvey. He likes the man, who has become a mentor and friend to him, but he has enough self preservation to know that lying will be better in this situation.

“You do?” Harvey challenges.

“Yeah, you hired me, you are not only liable for me, but I also reflect on you,” Mike explains, rising to the challenge without being stupid about it. “Me lying to you is bad for your reputation, should it come out.” He hesitates for a moment, then adds, “And it’s just not nice.”

“I guess you do know,” Harvey says. “So why did you do it?”

“Look at you, man,” Mike gestures. “You are this successful lawyer, who actually acknowledged my existence and seemed impressed by me. You were about to become my boss and I wanted you to at least not think me an idiot. Besides, I am truly interested in the law, I’ve wanted to be a lawyer since I was eleven and I guessed having you think well of me was a good move.”

“If you want to be a lawyer so bad, why aren’t you finishing High School right now?” Harvey asks, which is a valid question.

“I need the money,” Mike shrugs, it’s the most honest answer he can give.

“What for?” And Mike doesn’t blame Harvey for how suspicious he sounds. Having someone tell you they need the money is almost never a good sign. Mike knows it isn’t for him, but he doesn’t want Harvey to know that. His contract is almost over, this merger on the cusp of being signed, he isn’t going to mess with the status quo now.

“It’s just me and my Grammy. We need money to live, Harvey. It’s kind of how the world works,” Mike says. “I can put off education until we’re on steadier ground. She has had to stop working recently, I’m just getting us through a rough patch.”

Harvey gives him a look over and Mike tries his hardest to not squirm. “Alright,” Harvey says, Mike has apparently passed whatever test that was. “Just stay out of trouble between now and tomorrow evening. I can’t have you ruin this deal.”

“Of course, Harvey,” Mike promises.

“Good. These need to be delivered to all of them except Christoffersen,” Harvey replies, as he hands Mike a stack of files. They have returned to how they have always been and Mike is glad for it.

And that is apparently that. No more words are wasted on the lie and Mike bikes his legs out from under him as he races by all the offices, with the three in foul moods as they learn of Christoffersen’s deceiving trick.

Naturally, the fact that he has gotten away with it for now, means that he comes home to something terrible.

All the lights are still of when he gets home and when he calls out to Grammy, he doesn’t get a response. Immediate panic grips his heart and he starts flicking on the lights and calling her name as he rushes through the appartment in search of her.

She is on the floor next to her chair when he finds her. He drops to his knees, heart pounding in his throat as he asks: “Grammy?”

To his relief, she blinks and only looks confused not hurt. When she sees his look, she says: “Oh, Mike, don’t look so worried now. I must have slipped in the puddle, just happened.”

Mike doesn’t see a puddle, though he doesn’t mention it. Instead he checks her over, making sure she is okay and safely in her bed. She is naturally tired after that and nods off easily, leaving Mike to drown in his worries.

It’s not going well with Grammy. Her bad days are starting to outnumber her good days and Mike can’t do anything to make it better.

She needs help.

He needs help.

He can’t keep doing this. He isn’t there for her like he needs to be and if he was, he would need to stop working, which he can’t, because the moment he stops they go down in debt.

God this is a mess. How did he ever let it get this bad? A small voice gives him the answer he has been denying for a long time: You let it get this bad, because you aren’t ready to let her go. You’re being selfish by keeping her here. You’re afraid to live without her and you know that the moment you let her go, you’ll be placed in foster care and disappear.

The moment the revelation comes, he is hit by a wave of despair and self loathing. He is hurting his own Grammy. He’s not doing right by her like this. She deserves good care after all she has done for him and he is taking that from her.

Determination comes over him. He needs to get her into a good home. He’ll figure something for himself out later, maybe they won’t even ask questions and he can keep living in their apartment by himself. Or he can use the profits of it to keep her in the home while he goes and lives with a foster family. Or on the streets if he has to.

Right now, he just needs money. A lot of money. Like $5000 kind of money. And quickly.

A terrible idea springs to mind.

With shaking hands he grabs his phone and dials a familiar number. He tries to convince himself to hang up, to not be stupid, but he doesn’t know how else to get the money. His current job isn’t enough and he’s definitely not asking Harvey. The man nearly went ballistic over something that Mike didn’t even need to disclose, he doesn’t want to think about how he’d react to what Mike truly did to him.

“Yo, Mikey,” Trevor sounds sloshed but happy when he picks up. In the background there’s a party going on and Mike can’t bring himself to feel hurt about not being invited.

“Hey, Trevor,” he knows his own voice is shaky, fortunately Trevor is too drunk, high or both to pick up on it. “Remember when you said you’d be happy to hook me up?”

“Finally decided to join the good life?” Trevor practically cheers.

“Maybe,” Mike still isn’t sure about his decision, but he has to consider it with all the facts at least, he owes Grammy that. “Could I- Could I make $5000 with one delivery?” he asks.

“$5000?” Trevor repeats. “Easily, man. I can set up next week. Come by Tuesday.”

“I’ll be there,” Mike promises before hanging up, a weight that should have been lifted, pressing more on his shoulders than before.

When Grammy forcibly stopped working last year, he had seen for himself that she needed help. So, he’d done some research. To get her into an affordable home with the care she needs was $5000, he might need to move her when she gets worse, but he has hope that it will take a while and he’ll have the time to get a good job, before it gets to that point.

But he had also thought he could scrounge the money up by dropping out and working hard, before she truly needed to go into a home and that clearly hasn’t worked out either.

Fuck, he just didn’t want see and now it was too late.

He’s sure that if he calls for help someone will come and take care of Grammy, but then he’d be put in the system and she in a state facility and he doesn’t want that for her. He’s also in too deep with Fly Delivery and Harvey to tell someone.

Mike knows exactly how he ended up like this, but still he is left to wonder why he got there, when he really thought he’d made all the best choices.

It just isn’t fair, he thinks. It’s not fair how he has to loose his parents to a car and then his Grammy to her age, while unpaid bills are piling up. It’s not fair that he had to give up his future to help, not fair that even when he tried his best it’s still for nothing.

Before he’s even aware of it, he’s crying, sobbing quietly on the couch to make sure he doesn’t wake Grammy as the despair of his situation washes over him.

The next day he wakes up on the couch in his clothes from yesterday. His eyes are crusty with leftover tears and his back aches from the uncomfortable position. Most of all, however, his shoulders feel heavy with what is to come.

Today is the last day working under Harvey. After this he’ll go back to running errands for just anyone and no one will ever know the lies he told there. Except of course if he gets caught committing yet another crime by delivering drugs for Trevor. It’s a stupid thing to do, he knows the odds, but it’s for the best.

With a heavy heart he collects the last of the paperwork for the negotiations happening today. It’s almost funny, he muses, as he goes through the familiar motions of listening to Hafler complain, politely talking to Thomas, letting Christoffersen yell at him, before waiting for Jones. Nothing has changed for them, but everything has for him.

In the office he stops when he sees Donna and Harvey talking by her desk. They haven’t noticed him yet and he doesn’t announce his presence when he hears his name, too curious for his own good.

“How do you know Mike wants that?” Donna asks.

“He wants to be a lawyer, Donna, I know what that’s like,” Harvey replies. “All he needs is support and a kick in the ass to get him going. He can go places.”

“You care about him,” it almost sounds like an accusation, but it’s too delighted and fond to be one.

Harvey is silent for a moment and Mike can’t help, but hold his breath. “He reminds me of me, I suppose,” Harvey shrugs then. “And I know I needed a friend in that time.”

“Like Jessica?”

“Exactly,” Harvey agrees. “She got me out of that mail room and into Harvard. I would be nothing without her, I can be that for someone now.”

“As long as you know what you’re doing,” Donna says and Mike knows the end of a conversation when he hears one.

He quickly jumps back, pretending to just come walking up to them, saying: “What are you two gossiping about?”

“Just going over my planning for today,” Harvey lies straight to his face. “Not that is any of your business, though you’re not really one for keeping your nose out of it.”

Mike blushes a bit, though it’s dampened by the fact that he knows that isn’t what Harvey was really talking about. Instead he just cocks his head and shoots back: “My curiosity paid off, you know.”

“Yes, I do,” Harvey gives in, which is more than Mike expected of the lawyer. “Last day, hopefully. I sign this deal today, do the paperwork tomorrow and have my promotion once everything is finished up at the companies. The only time I’ll ever have to see those four again is when they come here to sign, then they’re off to retirement and out of my mind.”

“Are you that happy to get rid of all your clients?” Mike asks with a laugh. Talking with Harvey makes the dread of the world seem less heavy, the man always seems to be in control, like nothing can go wrong as long as he is here. A protective presence Harvey would hate to know he has.

“I’m never glad to be rid of clients, I’m always happy to not see them for a while that’s all,” Harvey grins. “Now, do you have the last of the paperwork?”

“Yeah, here you go.” Mike hands it to him with a flourish.

“Thank you,” Harvey says, flipping through it. “You’re probably going to have a slow last day, but I need you here in case something is forgotten and needs to be picked up fast. So, you can hang around Donna or whatever it is you do, as long as you stay close. I need you to go immediately when I call, so do things that you can drop.”

“Aye, aye captain,” Mike assures him.

Harvey rolls his eyes then walks away towards the conference room he is in to get ready for the meeting today. Watching him leave makes the heavy feeling in his chest return. He nearly calls out, spilling his guts to Harvey, but instead he lets the man go.

It’s his last day, he reminds himself, he doesn’t need to fuck over the last good thing in his life right now.

Donna, of course, notices something is up. She raises a brow and holds up a cookie, asking: “Want to tell me what’s eating you?”

“Not really, no,” Mike replies honestly. He doesn’t know what to even say, because no lie he can think of comes close to the truth of what’s crushing him.

“Alright,” Donna surprises him by not pushing. “But I’m here if you want to talk.”

On some level Mike wants to tell someone. Wants to go to someone he trusts for advice to tell him that he’s being stupid. If he is honest with himself, he just doesn’t want to be responsible for everything, even just for a moment. He wants to put his troubles in the hands of another and just let them be solved.

It’s exhausting to be an adult, to have to decide every little thing around you. To have not only your own, but the life and well being of another in your hands as well.

He doesn’t want to make all the decisions anymore. He doesn’t want to weigh one option against the other and decide what will be the best, praying that whatever he does won’t come back to haunt him again.

A small part of him wants to have someone hear him and tell him that what he’s thinking about doing is a bad idea. That he shouldn’t do it. That he should find another way. That he will be offered another way.

He thinks back on the conversation he overheard. He remembers Harvey telling him how Jessica got him out of the mail room and into Harvard, how she made a success out of a screw up.

Harvey wanted to do that for him.

Him.

It sounds almost untrue that the great Harvey Specter would see the potential in him. However, it is also right, because Harvey has been the only one who has ever truly seen Mike, seen what he can do, how good he is at what he does. The only one who has given him a chance.

And how tempting it is to try and get that support, get that push towards greatness he has longed for his entire life.

But he knows he should refuse when offered. Harvey has already given Mike enough, a little taste of the life, letting him help, even if he really should have reported Mike for reading all those documents. He has already put Harvey in jeopardy by signing on for all that, he can’t drag Harvey down with him even more. He just can’t.

Still, that is a hard sell to the corner of his mind who wants nothing more than to get help, get that push, get away from all the problems that make his life suck.

“Mike?” The sound of his name snaps him back and he sees Donna looking at him in concern. Once he has acknowledged her, she frowns: “Are you sure you’re okay?”

“Yeah,” he lies. “Yeah, I’m fine. Just busy up here,” he waves in the direction of his head.

“Well, don’t let it get too busy up there, okay,” she tells him gently. “It’s not good if you get lost in the foot traffic of your own mind.”

He smiles at that. “That’s a fun metaphor.”

“I have my moments,” she replies. “Now, I also have boring staple work that I don’t want to do and a lot of gossip, so sit down.”

Mike gladly sits down on the stool that appeared in Donna’s cubicle on his second day. He has spend a lot of time there and is probably more aware of the coming and goings of Pearson Hardman than the average employee.

It’s a relief that Donna is acting normal and not pushing. He needs to be able to just sit and listen to her. It keeps his mind distracted from darker things.

In the end, Mike is only send on a coffee and lunch run, which he would roll his eyes at, since that is technically not his job. However, he’s happy to have something to do, so he goes out anyway, returning with the food.

The four CEOs all still look unhappy to see each other and Harvey looks about ready to pull his hair out. Mike decides to save him a little bit.

He comes in with a smile. They have taken a break for lunch, but are all ignoring each other. He, in turn, ignores the tension in the room and happily says: “Hi, I have everyone’s lunch!” He pulls out the first one, “Ah, grilled corn salad, probably not like the missus makes, but you’ll see her soon, Mr. Jones.”

Jones takes the food with a smile, looking less tense than before.

“And then, let’s see, a chicken salad sandwich. Here you go, Mr. Christoffersen,�� he hands the frowning man his sandwich. “They put an extra cookie with it, but I won’t tell, don’t worry.”

Christoffersen has been on a diet for some time, which is well known. Mike has often come into the office to him looking angrily at a salad. And if he asked for the extra cookie instead of it being an accident, well then truly no one has to know that.

Naturally Christoffersen doesn’t smile, but he looks less angry and content when he sees the extra cookie.

Mike is already moving on to the next lunch. “A Mediterranean chickpea salad with extra onion and feta, less bell pepper and no lemon juice. I checked twice, Mr. Hafler.”

Hafler inspects his lunch closely, but Mike is used to his work being scrutinized. However, it passes inspection and Hafler gives him a nodded thanks.

“And an Italian pasta salad for you, Mr. Farone,” Mike pulls out another container. “I went to the little place on the corner as asked. Mrs. Rossi sends you her best.”

He doesn’t know Farone very well, but the man seems pleased to hear it and nods politely when Mike hands him his food. Success.

Then he turns to Harvey and says: “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get. So, mystery lunch of,” he gives a dramatic pause, “a hotdog.” He winces apologetically as he hands it to Harvey, “I know it’s not what you asked for, but they were closed and this was the closest alternative I could find. Sorry.”

“It’s alright, kid,” Harvey assures him, taking the hotdog. Mike hopes Harvey remembers it being victory food and gets a little hope from it.

His whole act has at least ensured that there’s a more relaxed atmosphere in the conference room and he leaves feeling like he did something right.

The initial agreement is signed at 5 PM, perfectly on time and to be fleshed out at a later date. Mike sees them all shaking hands, looking like they can’t wait to leave, before watching them go. In a weird sense, he’ll miss them.

However, he doesn’t feel the need to say goodbye. He doesn’t think they’ll even care if he tries, no matter what he has done for them this past month.

But he does want to thank Harvey and say goodbye. Luckily, once the man has seen the four out, he comes their way again. He greets with: “Forrest Gump? Really?”

“I thought it was fitting,” Mike replies.

“Well, stupid is as stupid does,” Harvey tells him with a smirk.

“Rude,” Mike says to the quote. “But I see how it is. I’m leaving and you’re just waiting to kick me out.”

It has broken some sort of spell by acknowledging this is now over. Harvey sobers up slightly from his victorious high. “No, Mike, you did good. Thank you for coming in there and saving me. I was about three seconds away from strangling Hafler with his tie.”

“He did have a pretty ugly tie,” Mike agrees, making Harvey snort. “But, I had fun with this project,” he says turning serious again. “Thank you for having me on board. I’ll probably see you in passing after this.”

“You’re going to continue working as a bike messenger?” Harvey asks, sounding a bit too casual for him to be it.

Mike wants to look to Donna for help, but finds she has subtly removed herself from the situation, so he’s on his own. “Yeah,” he answers, which is technically true. “Not much else for me to do right now.”

“Can I talk to you about that?” Harvey says and Mike knows what’s coming.

He nods anyway.

“Lets go into my office,” Harvey offers.

Mike follows after him into the office he has been many time before. He still hasn’t flipped through the records, which he’s sad about, but he does know who signed all the different balls lining the windowsill. It’s a good office. He’ll miss it.

Harvey doesn’t beat around the bush. As soon as he sits down, he says: “You have a lot of potential, Mike. You can go far and I want to give you a chance to do that. If you finish High School, I can convince Jessica you’re worth investing in. Pearson Hardman can get you the funds to get through college and law school. You’ll be guaranteed a job here to repay us in cases won. I can get you your dream of being a lawyer, kid. All you have to do is say yes.”

And by god does Mike want to say yes. He wants to grab Harvey’s hand and shake it saying yes over and over again. He wants to grab this opportunity with two hands and run, leaving his shitty life behind him.

But he can’t leave it behind him, because it has Grammy in it. He can’t finish High School and get the money to get her situated. And he can’t say yes to Harvey when he’s about to do something that might get him arrested.

They can’t be tied together more than they are, should that happen. Because just signing a kid, a fraud, without knowing, is different than offering to put him through college.

Still, as much as he hates himself for it, he hesitates for a moment, the yes itching to get out of his mouth.

It’s an itch he stamps down before it can get anywhere. He shoves it right by the part that wants to explain to Harvey why he is really saying no, the part that wants him to tell Harvey everything so that he can tell him he is an idiot for considering what he is about to do.

“That’s-” he starts, “That’s a very generous offer, Harvey. I- It means a lot that you think I can make it, but I can’t accept it.”

“Why not?” Harvey frowns. “It’s your dream and it won’t cost you a thing, besides hard work. And I know that’s not stopping you.”

“I know that, but I’m not in a position to finish High School and I can’t expect you to wait for me to get my shit together on that front,” Mike tells him, staying close to the truth. “I have too much responsibilities to do that right now. It might take a few years before I can. I can’t accept this offer, knowing that you should focus on different people, who are more likely to get there.”

“Mike…” Harvey starts, but Mike cuts him off: “No, please, Harvey. I know this is a good deal, trust me, I know. But I am asking you not to push. I don’t want to refuse, but I have to.”

Harvey sighs. “I don’t get it, but I respect it, because you have earned that respect.” The comment slashes through Mike’s heart. “But, you have my number. If you ever decide to say yes, don’t hesitate to call, alright? If you change your mind, I’m right here. Sometimes you just need to think it over for a second.”

“Thank you, Harvey,” Mike is glad this hasn’t turned into an argument. “I’ll keep it in mind.”

“That’s all I can ask,” Harvey replies.

It’s a bit awkward after that, but they say their goodbyes with Harvey assuring Mike that he’ll call for urgent deliveries if needed. And before he knows it, Mike is standing outside Pearson Hardman, having said no to the greatest chance in his life and leaving the best month this year behind him.

At home, Grammy is clear minded and Mike greets her with a kiss on her cheek and tells her how his day has been.

They’re sitting in the living room after dinner when Grammy suddenly says: “I’m so glad to see you happy again, Micheal. You’ve been carrying so much and I know how hard it has been on you. This Harvey gentleman seems like he has the best interest at heart for you. It’s so good to see you get the chance to apply yourself like you were meant to. Nothing makes me happier than seeing you succeed like that.”

Mike’s heart constricts.

Is he making another mistake for Grammy’s sake that she’d hate if she knew the extend off? Could he keep lying to her? What if he is making a mistake again? What if he gets caught?

He’s been trying so hard to figure out what’s the best thing for Grammy that it never occurred to him to ask her, yet here she is, offering it to him on a silver platter. Grammy has given everything to give him a chance to succeed and he’s throwing it away.

It hits him that he needs to go to Harvey. Needs to tell him everything and hope, pray, beg with anything that might exist, that this will go right.

“I- I need to do something,” he stammers, before racing through getting Grammy to bed, promising to be home before midnight and not do something stupid.

The New York air is cold against his skin, wind whipping around his ears as he speed through the still busy streets of the City that Never Sleeps. His home with it’s familiar drunks, tired workers and celebrating businessmen and students.

He parks his bike in front of Pearson Hardman and goes straight up to Harvey’s office. He hasn’t thought about what he will do if the lawyer isn’t here, but as he predicted, Harvey is still working hard on finalizing everything and looks up in surprise as Mike pushes open the door to his office, interrupting his work.

When he realizes who is in front of him, he smirks his ‘I’m the best closer’-smirk: “Changed your mind already?”

“Yes, but before you actually help me, there is something I need to tell you,” Mike rips off the band aid, knowing that if he doesn’t he’ll never come clean. “I’m about to do something stupid and I need you to tell me I shouldn’t be an idiot.”

Harvey suddenly notices how serious Mike is and he straightens up, a frown coming over his features. “What is wrong, Mike?” he asks, a warning in his tone that Mike hates he’s going to ignore.

“My friend offered me to do a drug run for $5000 on Tuesday and there are too little reasons to say no, even if it’s the smart thing to do,” Mike confesses.

“Are you stupid!” Harvey exclaims. “That’s illegal, Mike. Why would you even think that’s a good idea? You’re smarter than that.”

“Because I need the money.” Mike is close to tears. “Grammy needs to be put into a nursing home and I need the amount to get her in, because if I bring her to a state facility they’re likely to check me and I will loose her forever, because I have been lying even more. My name isn’t Mike Sorkin, it’s Mike Ross and I’m only sixteen. CPS is going to get me if I don’t.”

It is deathly silent in the office.

Harvey’s face turns to stone, becoming completely unreadable.

Mike wants to break the silence, ask what he is thinking, but he doesn’t want to be the one who breaks the dam and he isn’t sure he can keep the tears at bay if he opens his mouth.

“You’re sixteen?” Harvey repeats slowly, the words cold. “You lied when I hired you?”

“I- I lied when Fly Delivery hired me,” Mike whispers, a single tear managing to get past his defenses. “I needed as many hours as I could, even night shifts. And the minimum wage is higher above eighteen.”

“Are you fucking serious, Mike?” Harvey yells. “Do you have any clue what this can do when word gets around? I worked you to the bone with this deal. You signed forms. I am liable for you and now you’re a child? What were you thinking?”

Mike nearly breaks under the wave of words, more tears falling. He knows he looks pitiful, but he isn’t going to let it stop him from explaining: “I- I was going to void any contracts I signed if I ever got found out. I’m a minor, I can do it. If it came back for me, I was planing on trying to weasel out from under it through that.”

“God, you need a miracle to pull that off,” Harvey sighs, nearly collapsing as if strings were cut. “I can’t believe you thought that would work.”

“I had to try,” Mike says, suddenly angry. “What else was I supposed to do? If I went into the system, chances of my succeeding dropped even more and Grammy wouldn't get the care she deserves. She gave up everything for me, I couldn't let her rot in a home somewhere!”

He heaves more angry breaths, before he’s tired of being angry, just like he’s tired of the stress, of feeling responsible for everything.

Softly he continues: “And it wasn’t so bad when I started, I thought I could take care of us until I was eighteen, then get her the care she deserved, before finishing High School. I was supposed to be a senior this year, since I skipped two grades. But she got worse much quicker than I thought. I can’t put it off.”

“So, what? You’re going to do a drug deal, get her into a nursing home, pray they don’t find out about you and then continue to work? Never finish school?” Harvey lays out as if it isn’t more complicated than that.

“That’s the plan,” Mike agrees anyway, because this is really what his future looks like. “I don’t see another way,” not unless you give me one, hangs unspoken between them.

“I can’t give you the money,” Harvey shoots him down before he can start to hope. “If it comes to it, I can still claim I was just your boss and never looked closely into it. I didn’t know when we worked together and I’m not tying myself to an anchor. You’re a good kid, Mike, but I can’t risk what I’ve built for you.”

The words are a punch to Mike’s gut. He hadn’t expected an open armed welcome with the news he bore, but this flat out rejection is a surprise. He needed Harvey to tell him he was being stupid before helping him. Not tell him he was stupid, before showing him being stupid was his only way out.

He- He just jeopardized everything for nothing.

Tears are now truly flowing down his face and he doesn’t even care about that, because Harvey has just sealed his fate and his life was never meant to be like this. It just happened to him.

“Please, Harvey,” he starts, unsure of what he would even say.

“No,” Harvey shakes his head. “I am going to do you a favor by not calling Fly Delivery and informing them of your fraud, but that’s all. Consider the offer from before off the table and your job as urgent delivery boy over. Now get the hell out of my office.”

Shocked Mike does as he’s told, stumbling back along a familiar route, not even seeing anything as the elevator goes down. All he can do is keep moving along on autopilot, like some sort of zombie.

Outside the world is still cold, matching the clammy hand that is grabbing Mike’s heart.

This is it, he realizes, his world is coming down around him and his last escape route just fell through. He’s beyond return and he has nowhere to go anymore.

Mike can barely believe it.

Just this afternoon his life was the best it had been in a year. Harvey was so proud of him for finding leverage, he even wanted to help him, made Mike feel like he could maybe reach out and for once his hand would have been taken instead of being slapped away.

Of course the one time he tries to call out, let someone know he’s drowning, it immediately blows up in his face. He should know better than to expect that something in his life goes well.

He should know better than to hope.

~~

A/N:

Y’all already knew it couldn’t stay all good and fun, welcome to the crash and burn, hope it hurt :)

I finally got my Lemmin Inc. easter egg in there, like with all my suits fics, lmao. I really wanted the companies to be Atlas as a reference to Mike attempting to carry his world on his own, but I needed to do a shout out to be fictional shady company xp

It’s a bit of a longer chapter, but it’s deserved to get maximum impact and the next one will probably be a bit shorter because it will be a quick Harvey POV, so get excited!

[hooraysanders]

SALT - Short Horror Film from Rob Savage on Vimeo.

Awards: Best Horror Short - Hollyshorts Film Festival 2018 - Winner Best Short Form - Canneseries 2018 - Nominated Best Short - LA Shortsfest 2018 - Nominated

Official Selection: London Film Festival 2018 Fantastic Fest 2018 LA Shortsfest 2018 Hollyshorts 2018 Frightfest 2018 Canneseries 2018 Cleveland International Film Festival 2019 Rhode Island International Film Festival 2018 Mayhem Film Festival 2018 London Short Film Festival 2018 Twin Cities Horror Festival 2018 Brooklyn Horror Festival 2018 Ramaskrik Film Festival 2018 Montecatini International Short Film Festival 2018 35mm Grindfest 2018 New York City Horror Film Festival 2018

Directed by ROB SAVAGE Written by JED SHEPHERD & ROB SAVAGE Produced by DOUGLAS COX

Starring ALICE LOWE BEAU GADSON JAMES SWANTON

Cinematography SAM HEASMAN Production Designer JULIA GRUDNOWSKA Editor ROB SAVAGE Costume Designer ALEXI KOTKOWSKA Casting Director KHARMEL CHOCHRANE Casting Director HEATHER BASTEN

Composer PATRICK JONSSON Sound Design CALUM SAMPLE Sound Recordist MICHAEL CHUBB

1st AD (Main Unit) LINA REMEIKAITE 1st AD STUART JONES 1st AD PEDRO RINÓ

Production Manager IRENE MARCO Production Manager ALICE ROSSO

Stunt Coordinator NATHANIEL MARTIN Annie Stunt Double LIANNE BOWLEY Creature Stunt Double JACK BRYDON Stunt Rigger RENARS LATZ Stunt Assistant DAVE NOLAN

Hair & Makeup Supervisor ADDY FRAME Hair & Makeup Artist ELEANOR HART

SFX Designer DAN MARTIN SFX Artist SAFF POWELL SFX Artist IMOGEN ROCKLEY

Art Department Assistants ELEANOR ROSE MATILDA WILD KATIE BRODERICK EDIEJO PREECE

Steadicam Operator JAMES POOLE 1st Assistant Camera KARL HUI 1st Assistant Camera STEVEN FAIRMAN 2nd Assistant Camera AMI BEVILACQUA 2nd Assistant Camera JEAN ASH Grip REECE HEARNSHAW

Gaffer ANTON BADSTUBER Gaffer DAVID SEDGWICK

Electricians CALLUM CRISSELL MIKEY DELANEY SHAUN WALDIE SAM GLAZIER

Pyrotechnics MIKE KNIGHTS

Directors PA ABEL RUBINSTEIN Production Assistant ALIX AUSTIN 3rd AD MILES DICKINSON

Runners KATE TAYLOR-JAMES NAYONICA GHOSH JUSTYNA BOMBA ABDULLAH KAHN JASPER SPIRES THOMAS GOODYEAR WILLIAM HUGHS TARA JENNETT CAMERON KROGH-STONE

Driver RICHY JONES

VFX Supervisor STEVEN BRAY

2D VFX Compositors JOHN SELLINGS MATT HARRIS-FREETH HAYLEY RUMBOLD GILLIAN SIMPSON NIC DURBER GUY PEARSON KEITH LYNCH

3D VFX & Grade by Absolute Post

Post Producers SALLY HEATH GERI KRASTEVA

2D Lead ZDRAVKO STOITCHKOV 2D Assistant ARION MEHMETI 3D Artist JAMES COORE 3D Artist AARON MASIH

Colourist ADAM CLARKE

Catering TERESA BENTINCK

Title Design PETER RUDD

Thanks GAVIN TIFFIN CARVALHO RONALDO KAITE BONHAM EDDIE DIAS SHAYLAH DUNCAN TODD LUOTO REED BAUMGARTEN GARY UNGAR JACK THOMAS OLLIE AZIS ROB WATSON KATE HERRON DAVE HERRON HELEN WEST IAIN BENTINCK KATHERINE BENTINCK NOEL GOODWIN IYARE IGIEHON BRIDGET MURTON NURU RIMINGTON-MKALI

Behind the Scenes: instagram.com/jedshepherd/

[daltonficbigbang]

Prompts - Week 5

1. Haven

Haven is the band that consists of Clark Sawyer, Raven Woods, Sinclair Langdon, Corey Pearson and Mikey Collins. You can use any time period or set of characters for this day!

2. Serendipity Hill Hunters

Dwight’s group of ragtag hunters from Florida, though half are soon to be in Ohio as well. Use any time period or mix of characters for this day.

3. Something Damaged

The drama show that Julian Larson acts on. You can use the actors (Julian, Clark, Oslo, etc), or the characters (Grant, Olivia, Will, etc) for this prompt.

4. The Next Exit

The crazy little brother band of Clay Rizzo, Jake Paige, Jasper Miller and Robin Woods. Write about any of them, any time period and any setting.

5. The Warblers

The Dalton Academy Warblers, the reason we’re all here after all. Again, use any time period, characters, etc but please base it around the Warblers as a group.

6. The Jocks

A lot of these characters play a number of sports, so brush up on your sportsball talk and show+tell us about the jocks of Daltonverse.

7. NSFW Day 5.

Every Sunday is the day of NSFW. This does NOT have to relate to any of the prompts of the previous week, it’s just a free-for-all NSFW day. Go buck wild!

[luneeatic]

𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘀.  

nome: raelynn  ‘ lynn ’ pearson  •  idade: vinte e dois anos  •  ocupação: universitária (engenharia da computação)  •  orientação sexual: heterossexual  •  signo: áries  •  faceclaim: mikey madison

𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼.

para conhecer a lynn do colégio, das duas, uma: ou você era um aluno exemplar ou era um completo desviado, porque quando não estava em uma das incontáveis aulas extras e atividades complementares que fazia para garantir créditos escolares, lynn estava na detenção por ter arranjado confusão. é algo muito paradoxo que uma aluna tão exemplar tivesse esse tipo de problema, mas é preciso analisar o cenário como um todo. raelynn era bolsista em um colégio de elite, que só conseguiu entrar justamente por conta de suas notas, e além de carregar o peso desse estigma, também precisava lidar com o fato de ser a filha adotada de um casal de mulheres. ela arranjava confusão para se proteger, e a única diferença entre ela e as pessoas que não saiam de seu pé, era que a família de lynn não tinha qualquer influência e nem fazia doações gordas para a escola para garantir que sua preciosa prole não fosse ser prejudicada. por essas e outras, raelynn sempre foi solitária e dona de um temperamento explosivo, mas não era como se ela se importasse com não ter amigos. nem teria tempo para eles, de qualquer forma — sempre esteve muito ocupada estudando para alcançar o futuro grandioso que sonha em ter.

𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘁 — fechado.  

(f/m)  —  um plot inspirado na dinâmica de ben e devi, de never have i ever. eles são rivais acadêmicos em todas as aulas & vivem de proferir ofensas de forma mútua, porém, isso casa com o fato de ambos também serem os únicos amigos um do outro por caírem no estereótipo de nerds excluídos da escola. agora, na faculdade, isso continua, conforme eles competem por uma vaga de estágio em uma empresa grande.

[lesterplatt]

The Most Vicious Cycle | Music Video from Ben Smith on Vimeo.

*** WARNING: Sensitive Content*** A film designed to inspire younger generations to get out and vote for representatives who advocate sensible gun control laws in the November ’18 midterms. Written by Kesha, Sage, Chika, Pebe Sebert, and Drew Pearson, the song was created as an artistic response to the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The film is a looping, metaphoric visualization of the predictable events that follow a mass shooting. Using the overly complicated and at times comical mechanics of a Rube Goldberg machine, the story takes place inside a school while a shooting is occurring. After every shooting, there’s outrage, prayers and false promises. Then it happens again. End #TheMostViciousCycle. Vote for candidates who support sensible gun laws and share the video. #VoteForOurLives on 11/6.

BTS movie here: vimeo.com/299095904

Case study article here: themill.com/millchannel/1810/breaking-the-most-vicious-cycle

CREDITS: Agency: McCann NY Creatives: André De Castro & Nick Larson Producer: Gaby Levy Chief Creative Officers: Sean Bryan, Tom Murphy Creative Advisor: Joyce King Thomas Chief Production Officer: Nathy Aviram Global Creative Chairman: Rob Reilly ECDs: Susan Young, Daniela Vojta President, McCann NY: Devika Bulchandani Chief Communications Officer: Jeremy Miller Senior Social Strategist: Jordan Berger

Production: Mill+ Director: Ben Smith Executive Producers: Ian Bearce & Christina Thompson Producer: Tia Perkins Production Coordinators: Andrew Hollingsworth & Danika Casas Shoot Supervisro: Kyle Cody

Editorial: The Mil Editor: Ryan McKenna Edit Assist: Matthew Campbell

VFX Production: The Mill Executive Producer: Christina Thompson Producer: Grace Tober Line Producer: Roshni Kakas Production Coordinator: Umesh Chand Chief Creative Officer: Angus Kneale Creative Director: Ben Smith Shoot Supervisor: Kyle Cody 2D Lead Artists: Kyle Cody, Venuprasath D 3D Lead Artist: Christian Nielsen 2D Artist: Molly Intersimone, Badarinath Chinimilli, Prasanna Bhatt, Rajeshkumar K 3D Artist: Tim Kim, Ryan Federman, Todd Akita, Tighe Rzankowski, Dave Barosin, Weicheih Yu, Sudakshina Sridharan, Vittal Kuntla, Fazal Khan, Giri Prasath S, Raj Kumar M, Sunil MM, Sendil Kumar J Animation: Scott McGinley, Alex Allain, John Wilson Design: Clemens den Exter Motion Graphics: Laura Nash and Wendy Eduarte Asset Supervisor: Anish Mohan Tracking Supervisor: Senthil Murugan Balasundaram Colourist: Mikey Rossiter

DP: Elisha Christian Steadicam Op: Grant Culwell Gaffer: Alex Gaynor Key Grip: Eddie Apodaca Prod Designer: Ron Beach Prop Master: Mark White FX Lead: Ron Matthews

Audio: Audio Post Production: Sound Lounge Sound Designer: Marshall Grupp Foley: Alchemy Post Sound Audio Mixer: Tom Jucarone Senior Producer, Audio: Becca Falborn

Music: Music supervised by Rob Kaplan and Aaron Mercer from Wool & Tusk

“Safe” Track: Produced and Engineered by Drew Pearson Mixed by Jon Castelli Engineer for Mix by Ingmar Carlson Mastered by Emily Lazar at The Lodge, NY Assisted by Chris Allgood Written by Kesha, Sage, Chika, Pebe Sebert, and Drew Pearson Chika vocals recorded by Mitch Davis at Pull Music Executive Produced by Lagan Sebert and Hampton Howerton for Vector Management Digital Marketing, Jon Romero for Vector Management. Kesha appears courtesy of Kemosabe Records/RCA Records

CLIENT (MFOL): Sarah Chadwick – March For Our Lives project strategist and coordinator Sofie Whitney – March For Our Lives project strategist and coordinator Ryan Deitsch- March For Our Lives Content Creator Jackie Corin- National Outreach Director Matt Deitsch- Chief Strategist

[joshuasumter]

Synopsis for Disney Slam

Synopsis: Get ready to jam Disney style as famous singer and actress China Anne McClain goes on a epic adventure alongside Judy Hopps and a host of other Disney characters for a chance of saving both their worlds in the Disney-fied spoof parody of Space Jam: A New Legacy!

China Anne McClain (Grown Ups 1 & 2, How to Build A Better Boy, A.N.T. Farm, Descendants 2 & 3) wakes up in the middle of an otherworldly virtual realm with no memory of how she got here. But little does she know that she had been transported to and trapped in the world that contains all of Walt Disney Studios’ beloved stories and characters (Including the ones from Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars) known as the Walt Disney Server-verse, currently under the control of an all-powerful A.I. ruler known as System, who plans to make the entire world take notice of her...by force!

Now an unwilling prisoner, China is being challenged by System to a game of basketball and she’ll do anything to get herself out of a jam and get back home safely to the real world in one piece - even if it means becoming animated and travel through different Disney worlds to assemble an elite team for the big game. 

With the help of Judy Hopps from Zootopia, China must navigate and traverse through the Walt Disney Server-verse filled to the brim with beloved classics and timeless moments as the two assembled a squad to help beat System and win the game - including Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby Vanderquack, Lena Sabrewing (De Spell), Violet Sabrewing, B.O.Y.D., Gosalyn Waddlemeyer from Ducktales; the lovable alien Stitch from Lilo & Stitch; the duo of Pip the Penguin and Freddy the Flamingo from T.O.T.S.; Brock Pearson from Monsters University; Penny Proud and LaCienega Boulevardez from The Proud Family; The Recess gang from Third Street Elementary School, consist of T.J. Detweiler, Vince LaSalle, Ashley Spinelli, Mikey Blumberg, Gretchen Grundler, and Gus Griswald; and the titular character Ace “Chicken Little” Cluck from Oakey Oaks.

Only China can turn this roster of undisciplined Disney characters into a cohesive basketball team of champions capable of beating System and her team of captured NBA basketball superstars-turned-gamified monsters in time...and save both sides of the real world and the Disney Server-verse in the process because all the characters and creations of Walt Disney, Disney Television Animation, Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars are being threatened to be deleted from existence as System is going to erase all the hard work Walt Disney have made throughout the decades while trapping everyone from the real world in the Server-verse forever.

In the tradition of Space Jam and its sequel, Space Jam: A New Legacy, this Disney-fied parody spoof will have China and her team of Disney characters supercharge their talents and surprise the world by playing basketball their own way!

FAIR WARNING: China Anne McClain’s portrayal in the story is completely fictional. It does not reflect the life of the actual actress.