Last Night’s Clothes and Tomorrow’s Dreams - Chapter Nine
Relationship: Ian Gallagher/Mickey Milkovich
Tags: #Friends With Benefits #Slow Burn #Personal Growth #Slow Dancing #Falling In Love #Internalized Homophobia #Secret Relationship #Dancer Ian #Mechanic Mickey #Canon Character Death #Bipolar Disorder
Summary:
Mickey never thought he'd have a future beyond four cell walls, and now that he finds he does, he has no idea what to do with it.
Life is okay. And for Mickey that's pretty much as good as he could have ever expected it to be, but when he hooks up with the ardent Ian Gallagher, a local dance instructor who dreams of turning his passion into a career, Mickey finds that there are things in this world he never knew he was missing out on.
Or: The dancer Ian fic nobody asked for!
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Bedsprings creak and Mickey pushes himself to his feet, palm pressed forcefully to his temple as he shuffles his way toward the window, retrieving the pack of cigarettes and lighter from on top of his dresser on the way. It’s still light out, there’s a strip of glowing orange illuminating the inch wide parting between his curtains. Mindlessly, he forces them apart and the sun, still poking through the surrounding buildings, floods the room, almost blinding him for a second. Even now, close to 7pm, he can feel the warmth of the dying summer soaking into his skin. The sun will set soon, but the world always feels brightest – golden and untouchable – right before it sinks beneath the waiting horizon, leaving in its wake the patient and reassuring dusk and the promise of another day.
