Small continuation of this role swap doctor Sanji art bc I couldn't get out of my head how funny it is that it meant that Zoro and Mihawks fight happens outside an A&E in this universe
I feel like Mickey is definitely lowkey famous around the South Side
Everyone already knows (and fears) the Milkoviches and Mickey was pretty much seen as Terry’s second in command for years. Even when he was barely 16 he had grown adults afraid of him.
Then he comes out in the middle of the alibi?? Fights his dad - the Terry Milkovich - and wins?? Breaks out of prison successfully?? Works for an international drug cartel?? Successfully finds a way to get back to the states with a lighter prison sentence??
Then he comes back to Chicago and moves out and gets married to his husband and sets up a successful business. He’s just openly and happily himself?? And successful??
Like I can imagine queer kids in the neighbourhood hearing about him and hardly believing it’s real. Everyone’s probably heard stories about him for years.
Imagine Ian and Mickey deciding to help out at a local youth centre or something and the kids are all whispering and looking at them like 😧😧
And Ian’s like shit because he thinks he’s about to hear whisperings of “that’s gay Jesus” but instead what he hears is
My headcanon (heart-canon) that Mickey is Ian’s peace goes hand and hand with my headcanon that he is also Ian’s safe space.
Mickey is the safe space Ian needs when dealing with bipolar episodes.
As soon as Mickey found out that Ian was bipolar, he immediately took it as just another one of his responsibilities. It was a given to him that they would deal with it together. Fiona suggested having Ian committed, but Mickey was not having it. Yes, it would be tough to deal with, but Ian is not a burden to him, and they would work through the episodes together.
When Ian was manic, Mickey provided a safe environment for him have his episode. When Ian wanted to kill the homophobes, he helped rein in the “crazy” and provided an alternative. Instead of murder, just your regular old run of the mill blackmail would do. He didn’t try to stop Ian because he knew that wouldn’t be possible, but instead helped him through his episode in a manner that was less risky.
I just know that if he would have been around during Ian’s Gay Jesus era, Ian wouldn’t have ended up in prison. Mickey would have helped him accomplish his goals in a less destructive manner while he found a way to express his concerns over it being a manic episode.
Because, unlike others, Mickey’s first reaction is NOT to ask about meds, but instead to observe and see how he can help Ian through whatever he is going through. We see this when he observes that Ian is feeling down about losing his shitty warehouse job. He does ask about meds but only after spending the entire day together and giving Ian something else to focus on. Mickey knows that sometimes Ian needs him to be chaotic so Ian can get out of his own head and focus on whatever nonsense Mickey is doing.
However, Mickey knew when it was time to get outside help. The summer that they were living together he researched, and he was willing to ask Lip more about looking for outside help. When Ian did the porno Mickey was mad because of the cheating, but I also think he realized that he could no longer provide the safe space Ian needed. Ian went and did this extremely unsafe thing in a place where he, Mickey, couldn’t protect him.
Mickey allows Ian to have feelings and emotions. He doesn’t immediately label Ian’s joy and energy as mania or label his sadness and anger as a depressive episode. Mickey observers and tries to understand Ian. Just because Ian is bipolar doesn’t mean that he can’t have extreme emotions like any other person. It doesn’t mean that he can’t have an off days.
So Mickey Safe Space Milkovich, knows his husband and understand that sometimes he has to be a concerned husband and sometimes he has to be the shit-talking, bitch-slapping piece of south side trash Ian fell for.
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