The scene unfolded in slow motion. Ines saw the woman’s feet skid underneath her and knew she would tumble to the ground, but she was too far away to do much good. She stumbled forward herself, but it was no use. She could only watch in horror as Mickey hit the ground. “Oh no!” she echoed, finally crouching at her side just a moment too late. “Are you okay?”
mickey groaned and covered her face with her arm. even the sound of ines’ warm voice couldn’t shake her out of her stupor. “everything hurts,” she said, finally peeking out from behind her arm. definitely embarrassed from the fall, she let out a quiet laugh. “so graceful, huh? got any pastries to numb the pain?”
she’s just donning her scarf again as she leaves the coffee house, laptop tucked back into her bag. chloe is literally just barely out the door into the icy day when she sees mickey’s fall, just moments too late to help. “looks like that was a bit of a rough spot.” she says, a bit of a laugh falling off her lips as she attempts to brighten the mood just a touch. the girl approaches and extends her hand to help mickey up if she’d take the offer. “i can get you a new drink if you’d like? i know sometimes you need the caffeine” again, the soft laughter pours over the edge of her words, ease in her manner of speaking allows the younger to brighten eyes even in times like these, she works with children after all.
“not to sound like a thirty-something year old white person in a sitcom, but i think i will malfunction if i don’t get my caffeine fix,” mickey replied, forcibly brushing hair out of her face. she pushed herself up, but her leg slipped again and mickey found herself spread out on the ground once again. “no. nope. no. it’s over. i’m finished.”
Rowan had just stepped out with her own steaming cup of tea when she watched, all too quick, the other person slide and fall right onto the ice. She hastened her own step, trying to carefully maneauver the ice. “Are you okay? That looked rough.”
“two years here, and i still can’t deal with the freakin’ black ice here,” mickey complained, lying back down on the freezing ground. all she wanted to do was lie there and melt away, but unfortunately for her, the day still existed. “maybe if you pour whatever hot drink you’ve got there on top of me, i can tell my boss that i can’t come in today.”
nose in a book, he only caught some wobbling in his peripheral vision. his reflects far too slow for his own liking, samson closed his book and raced next to the woman with his arms uselessly outstretched. leaning forward, he offered her his left hand. “are you alright? do you need any help getting to that bench?” his head tilted toward the sitting place.
“no, i could never interrupt a good read,” mickey replied sarcastically, the pain from the fall setting her on edge. she attempted to get herself to the bench without his help, but the jolt of pain through her back stopped her. “alright, i’m interrupting the good read. i need help,” she admitted reluctantly, reaching out her arm for assistance.
“Oh, my!” Ali exclaimed as they saw the other fall to the ground, rushing over. Their hands tightened around their own coffee cup, the warmth sipping through the fabric of the gloves. “Are you alright?” They asked, offering a hand for the other.
“does it look like i’m okay?” mickey snapped, irritable from the fall and the cold biting at her exposed cheeks and nose. she groaned as she pushed herself up, ignoring the hand that was offered to her. the last thing she wanted to do was pull them down with her -- how horrible would that have been? mickey paused before she speaking again, feeling a little guilty about lashing out at someone who was just helping. “sorry, i’m just in a bad mood...” she muttered under her breath, hoping it was loud enough that she wouldn’t need to repeat it.
Quinn was walking back to her accommodation when she heard the cry. Her eyebrows quirked upwards, scanning around for the source of the noise. “Are you alright down there?” She mused, holding out her hand, “You’re not hurt, are you?”
“ugh...” mickey groaned, falling backward on the ground. she could feel the cold seeping through her jacket but her butt was so numb from the ball, she couldn’t care less. “i’m definitely hurt, but i can’t tell if my pride is hurt more from falling like a complete tourist.” seeing the hand offered to her, she grabbed it to try and pull herself up. unfortunately, she pulled with such force that she accidentally pulled quinn down with her. “shit-- sorry!”
it was hard for edward not to wince at the sight before him – he’d just been heading out for a walk right before witnessing mickey’s fall, and he quickly rushed over to check on her. head tilted and arms crossed across his chest, he grimaced and covered a laugh with a false cough. “you’re.. are you doing okay? that was… quite the fall, wasn’t it?”
“that was a horrible fake cough, i think you could do better than that,” mickey grumbled as her eyebrows furrowed in annoyance. it wasn’t bad enough that she fell and dropped her coffee, but now some weirdo was going to laugh at her? with her boots planted firmly on the surface -- hopefully not on an icy surface -- mickey tried to push herself up again. this time when her feet skid, it took out the man standing over her. “oh shit--!”
MATTY HAD BEEN a second too late to catch the girl before she smacked to the ground. “ shit – are you okay ? that was a nasty fall you’ve taken. “, the young man spoke as he kneeled down beside her, offering her a hand to help her back up on her feet.
“ugh, how do you know if your ass has been broken?” mickey groaned as she grabbed the stranger’s hand to pull herself up. her back ached from the pain that radiated down there, but her heart was more broken from the spilled coffee. “what’s that saying again? don’t cry over spilled milk? can i cry over spilled coffee instead?”
“And, got it,” Kori teased as they held their phone up, giving off the impression she was recording Mickey. “I bet if we add some funky filters, we’ll make it go viral, maybe end up in a here’s what you missed on tiktok this week article on Buzzfeed.”
“you know what?” mickey started to say, gingerly pushing herself up from the ground. her foot slid again, and she landed on her butt once again. “oh my fu-- i better get paid huge amounts of money for that video, kori! and if this really does end up on buzzfeed, maybe i’ll retire to a place where there isn’t black ice everywhere! now help me up!”
“no, oh no!” mickey cried out as her feet skid over the black ice on the ground. cold kissed her cheeks while she flailed around to try and catch her balance, but her efforts were useless. she landed on the ground with a big thud, her coffee spilled next to her. “oww...”
( normani kordei, 24, cis woman, she/her ) i think i just heard someone humming CINNAMON by HAYLEY WILLIAMS, must be MICHAELA MCCOY walking about. Rumor has it they’ve lived here for TWO YEARS and work as A MECHANIC + BLACKCOMB SNOWMOBILING. In their spare time, they love going to THE CRYSTAL LODGE. I hear MICKEY can be BOLD but on their worst of days, they can also be BRUSQUE. Still, they remind me of GREASY RAGS COVERING THE FLOOR, BLAZING HOT SHOWERS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, AND THE GENTLE DRIPPING OF THE COFFEE MACHINE. Can’t wait to see what they have in store for us.
hello i’m anne and i love to mf vibe!!!! you can read mickey’s full background here, but below are a few bullets to summarize her (if you can’t read like i can’t read lmaooooo). unfortunately, i will have to use 80x80 icons bc those are the most resources available for normani )))):
she’s only been in whistler for a couple of years, so she’s still slowly growing her roots here
her family (two older brothers and her mom) is back in washington, so she’s a little isolated in whistler, but it’s okay because she’s got an old beagle named momo to keep her company
will simply walk awaaAAAAaaaAAy if you call mickey by michaela, so don’t do that (or do if you wanna cause problems, i love conflict)
she’s a mechanic for the blackcomb snowmobiling, and she’s good at what she does
mickey can keep up with a heavy partier, but she definitely prefers to stay inside with a cup of hot coffee and a fun puzzle
that’s all i can think of for now, but it’ll be fun figuring her out with the rest of you lmaoooo
