#about Ian & Mickey

[heymrspatel]

hey, have you ever thought about the fact that ian gets the courage to come out to fiona while sitting in his little twin bed? the same little bed he sits on to get ready on the morning of his wedding? to yank his fiance forward? to kiss him and promise him their future? hmm?

[sunflowerius]

happy pride month to whatever the fuck the literal human incarnation of a guard dog and that fucking ginger have going on and to THEM ONLY !!

[thirstyvampyr]

LET HIM SLEEP 🗣️📢

[romidoes]

[…] that can be touched. a love that i can write about gracefully if and when it ends.

[theyaremycrocsyoudonut]

A CRIMINALLY underrated Gallavich scene is the one where Ian is admitted to the mental hospital. Holy fuck. I am not normal about it. Everything was executed to perfection. How Ian didn't sign the form until Mickey gave him a little head nod and Ian realized that this is what's best for him and everyone around him. How Ian said goodbye to everyone else, including Yevgeny, and left Mickey for last because he quite literally couldn't face him due to the guilt. How even then he couldn't get the words out without drowning a wave tears. How Mickey couldn't let him go without a hug, and not just any hug, THE hug, the mother of all hugs. And most importantly that question, THAT GODDAMNED QUESTION. "Can I go in with him?". Mickey didn't care about anything else. The world could be on fire and he wouldn't notice. It gives me chills.

[ohkate]

He's not afraid to kiss me.

[ohnopeh]

i like to think this happened after ian confronted mickey, resulting in him agreeing to give west side a shot.

mickey feels anxious still, doesn’t sleep well and the moon is too fucking bright but this time ian is comforting and holding onto him. ‘cause ian knows they both need to feel one another in any way to relax— they’re in this together and can rely on each other.

i also like this little details of ian nervously moving his fingers when mickey keeps lying to ian about liking the place, sleeping nicely there etc. it means ian’s mind is working overtime so quickly trying to figure out how to fix things and fidgeting comes instinctively when overthinking etc.

which is also why ian tried to make mickey happy by telling him they can hit the gym together (as mickey started going to kev’s in previous episodes) or going to the pool mickey wanted to try so bad! but nothing worked as mickey refused to do any of that, so ian makes sure mickey won’t run away again trying to hint it being subtle ( which mickey catches on quickly with ‘i’m not going anywhere’ ) and then ian kisses him (psychical touch once again as a way to comfort one another) and reminds him he’s happy they’re trying to have a better life.

[swiftfootedachilles]

camo jacket, robbing corner stores

hard odds to beat when you're on all fours

words from Crush by Ethel Cain | pattern and embroidery by me

[sleepyheadgallavich]

Gallavich x grabbing hands

[haunted-phantom-student]

Quick reminder that Mickey himself said that he turned himself in to be with Ian in prison because it was the right thing to do; he had no idea if Ian would be down to get back together or if he even still had that boyfriend, all he knew was that Ian was going to prison and would need him in there and that was enough reason to give up his freedom and come back to be there for him

[golden28s]

another thing that should be extremely important for us a society is mickey letting ian take care of him

[iandarling]

Ian Gallagher is the kind of annoying guy who would get chickens and then make every part of his personality about him owning chickens

“So yesterday when I was clearing out the chicken coop…”

“My husband build me the chicken coop, he’s so talented and the chicks love it!”

“This morning when I cracked the eggs for breakfast, the ones I get from my own chickens, I had a double yolk! Isn’t that fun?”

“Oh you’re moving? That’s great…I could never move because the chickens love our garden too much”

“Debbie is baking a cake tomorrow…maybe she would like to use my eggs - I should call and ask”

“We’ve saved SO much money on owning chikens- what was that? How much it costs to run ahahah don’t ask me that, Mickey takes care those things, I only look after the chickens”

[thirstyvampyr]

Ian & Mickey being cute as shit 2/?

[lupeloto]

just a reminder that ian wants to be where ever mickey is. in case yall forgot.

even in prison

[ohnopeh]

i find it incredibly funny and telling seeing ian's reaction to mickey going to a hipster concert with his 'boyfriend'

he's there making faces and describing them looking at mickey as in 'this is everything you hate, are you for real?'

i love how his reaction is to laugh and not to feel jealous at mickey ''trying'' to ''fit in'' for the guy, cause he knows he's just doing that to keep the whole ''i've moved on'' thing going and byron. it also made me think how this is what ian did with his other relationships, trying so hard to be loved. he knows that doesn't work and that mickey isn't like that so he doesn't feel threatened by ian's poundland's version. but ian? ian had to listen to trevor's music, tried to be ''cool'' and go to the club cause trevor kept pushing himself over ian i'mnotafraidofanything gallagher.

i feel like ian's need to fit where people tell him to increased with s4 when he was maniac and away from his family. him being at the club, having ''regulars'' and parties (e.x. the one he went with mickey) he had this whole life that he didn't like but kept on shoving on himself cause he thought that's what he has to do to be loved. but then he's with mickey and s5 has him move on from that life as he's with someone who doesn't make him feel like he needs to try and pretend being someone else. s6 happens and the whole EMT is amazing but still, ian is still being used in ways (making caleb's father's angry + fucking a girl) so people want him just cause he fits with their needs and not what they can share together. its always ian giving to others. s7 with the whole trevor thing felt so awkward, he made ian feel like shit for not being up to date with every lgbtq term. trevor's group was basically this

despite that, ian was never enough. trevor kept telling him off and showing how cool and superior he is compared to ian. which is why i love how ian can see through mickey's bullshit, knowing that doing so its just trying too hard, not being genuine. its not what mickey and ian are. ''can't we just be ian and mickey?''

and i think that also reflects on s11 arc for them. ian wants to make the marrige work, he doesn't want mickey to regret it so he tries so hard, but by doing so they struggle to understand each others at first. they both want monogamy but a misunderstanding makes them both think the other wants to include people in their sex life. debbie and mickey point out that ian gets influenced by lip and that he doesn't have other friends. he thinks they seem it as something bad, something he needs to change. so what does he do? he decides that he and his husband are going to have gay friends and do the whole 'sex with others' thing. what's funny is that they both know they don't want that so what does ian do to convince mickey to tag along? he makes him jealous

''...who knows what will happen?'' and mickey sees through his bullshit

he's like ''are you really pulling this shit on me?'' so when he reminds ian what their decision was, ian tells him ''then i guess we should make some friends together.'' he tags along, they hang out with other gay people just like the ones trevor was friend with. but this time ian is comfortable saying that's not going to do it for him. but mickey? he's is a little shit and wants ian to learn a lesson so they stay till the night and all that shit. but THEN

they come back from the shitty hang out and mickey knows! he knows that ian finally understands. ian didn't have fun, ian didn't want to be with them, didn't want to force that lifestyle cause this time he's not with someone who's asking him to do that. ian even says

mickey's face is a clear ''no shit, sherlock.'' despite being himself with mickey, he's still struggling to accept that mickey wants ''all of the fucking versions of me.'' so he tries to force what he thinks will be the best for mickey, for them. which is also why he regrets getting the house on the west side after mickey's breakdown. he did sign the paper cause mickey was the first one to suggest checking it out, he knows that mickey deserves more than being a ''southside trash'' but he pushed it without giving mickey a chance to elaborate it. once ian finally realises that, he's willing to take a step back go back to where mickey is comfortable. this time though, mickey knows that ian is doing it for them and to show mickey his life is so much more than being what his father wanted him to become. and then the anniversary day? i have this headcanon that ian didn't say anything first because he wanted to check if mickey still cared about it, if he didn't regret getting married to ian. after a year together ian tried and 'failed' to make things work the way he thought they were supposed to be. is mickey still 'fucking crazy' for wanting that? so he waits, tries to remind him. they go to the alibi and ian has given up, he doesn't want to go out, he wants to go home and he's so desperate for mickey to remember their anniversary before the day ends. so he tells him but mickey reaction is anything but hurtful to ian. patting him on the shoulder and saying ''that's great.''

he must be thinking, 'this is the same person that fought so hard for us to get married, went all crazy over it and planned to kill his father for ruining it-- and now that we've hit the one year mark he's forgotten and just pat me on the shoulder?' cause ian knows what it feels like to be loved by mickey and he doesn't see it in that moment, he's scared.

the face he makes once he realises that he planned a big surprise for him, for them. for their love? its like he can finally breathe, they're okay, they're going to be okay. because they're ian and mickey and they love each other and go through everything together. ''thick and thin all that shit.''

and finally he knows he can stop trying so hard to fit somewhere he doesn't want to be, because he's loved for who he is, with all of his flaws that others made him think he wasn't worth the trouble. but just like ian makes mickey free, mickey himself makes ian feel free.

bonus 'mickey's ''no way i would forget about that'' expression.'

[ange1sang]

forgiveness

@galladrabbles prompt by @michellemisfit <3

wc: 100 ; canon compliant, soft

Forgiveness used to be about big things. About things their fathers did. About bruised ribs and busted lips. About months alone in Mexico, picking at sunburnt skin and dousing regret in tequila. About going over the speed limit on the highway with no seatbelt on, deaf to the phone ringing tirelessly on the console.

Nowadays forgiveness is softer. One of them left the toilet seat up. Someone didn’t take out the leftovers before turning on the oven. Boxers shrunk in the wash. A favourite shirt stained with wine. Forgiveness now is soft, easy. They wouldn’t have it any other way.