One night that changed everything
After a long night of work, Harvey left the firm around one in the morning to go home. While he was enjoying the peace and fresh air of the quiet streets of New York, he was attracted by a small noise coming from an adjacent street. Getting closer and closer, he stopped dead in his tracks when he saw a baby in a car seat alone, next to the trash cans. If the lawyer panicked and didn't know what to do, he decided to do what he had always done, go see Donna. For three days, the lawyer and the secretary pretend to be parents of a baby, and lived in their little bubble until it burst, calling into question the life choices of the two adults.
If Harvey had never imagined one day living the life he was currently living, he was still far from imagining living this moment right now. As he waited, his wife's hand in his, while sitting on a chair for his daughter to come up on the stage, he already felt the emotion rise in him just picturing the moment he'll see the second love of his life becoming like him. Or, the eldest Specter graduates from Harvard Law School as number one in her class, and dedicates her speech to her parents.
Uncle Harvey and Auntie Donna
As Marcus and the kids come to visit Harvey at the firm, Paula realizes that Donna is not only familiar to the lawyer, but to his family as well. If Harvey's niece and nephew were huge fans of their Auntie Donna, the therapist understood that their uncle was too, much to the blonde's dismay.
After Donna avoided jail, the redhead and the lawyer spent the night together after he told her he loved her. Except that, if they thought everything was back to normal, Terrence Wolf called Harvey the next morning to tell him that he would not give up and file another complaint against Donna. If the lawyer drank to forget the hell he's currently in, the secretary tried to understand what their night together means. But as she insisted, Harvey, overwhelmed by the situation and angry with the whole world, threw his glass against the wall, missing Donna by a few inches. Faced with this moment that had just changed their lives forever, Donna left Harvey and New York, taking with her an immense sadness and the consequence of their night of passion without even knowing it.
What if Donna and Harvey both work at the firm when Mike gets hired as the lawyer and the redhead share a big secret that the new recruit will soon discover?
When Donna once again found herself testifying on the stand, Malik did not do her any favors and humiliated her in front of the entire audience by implying that she had slept to get her position. If until now Harvey had not had the opportunity to make himself heard, seeing the redhead's moist eyes and hearing her voice tremble, the lawyer felt himself explode and decided to defend the honor of his former secretary.
Early termination of contract
The day Harvey had decided that Donna had all the rights to the firm, no one had ever questioned the lawyer's choices, much too impressed by him to dare to say something about it. But if everyone kept quiet, the majority thought no less. If one day Rachel overheard a discussion between other employees about the redhead, she couldn't stand to hear all these degrading and misogynistic remarks about her and went to talk to Harvey about it. Hearing what the brunette had to say, the lawyer decided to do something to defend the honor of the woman he loves, bringing his share of surprise and revelation.
As Donna woke up one morning with the most hangover ever, in a Las Vegas hotel room, with her clothes on from the night before, a sexy lawyer lying in her bed, a beautiful engagement ring and a sparkling wedding band on her finger, the redhead panicked. Did she just married Harvey Specter? What the hell.
I’ll be there, I promised you
What would have happened if Donna had walked into the hotel room with Mark and Harvey found out about it? AU where Mark is divorced, Donna is single and lost, and Harvey in a relationship with the wrong person while being head over heels of the redhead and jealous of her hot date, wishing it was him instead.
After Gordon's death and disastrous funeral, Harvey sinks into despair and lies to everyone around him, including Donna. Unlike the others, the redhead understands that there is a problem with the lawyer and goes looking for him, but what she discovers will change everything for them both.
When another lawyer shows up one afternoon to tell Harvey that he is going to end his days in prison for something he did ten years ago, the world of the lawyer and his secretary collapses. He doesn't have much time and must resign himself to accepting the consequences of his actions. For that, he will turn to the only person he truly trusts to tell her what will happen next. Around the dining room table in apartment 206, the redhead's life changed when she saw what the lawyer made as a decision concerning her a few years ago. Between papers, agreement, revelation, fear and declaration, Donna is far from imagining the turn her life would take in barely forty-eight hours.
What if during Mike and Rachel's marriage, Donna and Harvey shared more than a dance, that both realized that they cannot remain friends but that being truly together remains complicated. How will they react when each of them has different desires that will make them take different paths? Will they finally be able to be together or will this evening drive them away?
What if the deal proposed to Evan Smith doesn't go through, Donna is found guilty of intent to commit fraud, and she goes to prison. How will Harvey react when he realizes that the woman in his life will no longer share his daily life because she finds herself behind bars?
Donna waits for an answer that Harvey is unable to give her, pushing the redhead to move on with another man while Harvey slowly dies as he realizes he just lost her forever. How do two people who were meant to be together and never imagined living without each other suddenly find themselves as strangers?
The day Harvey discovered the love story between the redhead and the architect, it didn't take him more than a few seconds to be jealous of them. One night, while they were arguing in the lawyer's office about her relationship, they ended up sleeping together without thinking about the consequences. If Thomas left the redhead after she told him the truth, eight weeks after that night, Donna understands that she is pregnant... but who is the father?
After Jessica left, Harvey realized that he couldn't lose Donna, that she was way too important to him, and that he should accept that she always had been more than a colleague. But as he confessed his feelings to her, Donna was resistant to the idea of the two of them getting together for two reasons: first, she's working for him, and then, she doesn't want to be hurt by his fear of commitment. Wanting absolutely to be with the redhead, the lawyer decided to do something about it: help her get her MBA to become chief operating officer in order to stop working for him, and prove to her that he was ready to spend his life with her. For almost a year, Harvey will do everything to show that he was the one for her, even if it means devoting himself body and soul to the love of his life, which he did with joy of course.
Desperate to spend a few days in Richmond for work, Harvey had convinced Donna to accompany him for the trip. As the redhead had given in as usual, unable to say no to him, the two colleagues found themselves more than three hundred miles from New York, not expecting this journey to lead to such an adventure. Between sharing a room and misunderstoods, the two friends will find themselves confronted with more than ten years of repressed feelings, forcing them to face the truth, causing radical consequences in their lives without them being prepared for it.
After Harvey confessed to Donna that he loved her, the two adults started a secret relationship. Only, a few months later, while Mike is arrested for conspiracy to commit fraud and Harvey is ready to sacrifice himself with him, the older lawyer learned that he was going to be a father. Torn between letting Mike take the hit alone when he is just as responsible as him or abandoning his family to jail, Harvey faced a real dilemma where he felt like he was losing on both sides.
As Paula rummaged through her boyfriend's belongings, she discovered that Harvey had spent $30,000 at Cartier but had no idea what it was for. If she directly imagined that the lawyer had planned a gift for her, she quickly became disillusioned when she realized that this exorbitant amount was actually for earrings that hung from the redhead's ears. While the blonde decided to confront the redhead, she would never have imagined what would happen next.
I'll do anything to win you back
As Harvey has just left Paula and goes to Boston to settle a family matter, he discusses with his brother his relationship with Donna. Since the lawyer chose the redhead over the blonde, he had the feeling of flirting more and more with the limits, especially since their conversation about tomatoes. So when Marcus pushes his brother to do everything to show the redhead that he wants everything with her, Harvey is quickly cut in his tracks when he learns that Donna is already taken. But not wanting to lose her for the umpteenth time, he decides to do everything to win her over. For days, the lawyer will devote himself to showing his former secretary that she is not like all the others and that he is crazy about her, even if it means making her lose her mind.
Mike had always known that something was wrong with Harvey. So one night, while both men were high and slightly wasted, Harvey went to some confessions where Mike learned a little more about his boss's past. If he was surprised that Harvey had opened up to him, Mike was even more surprised to learn that the older lawyer had been married and that his deep sadness was linked to the absence of his ex-wife. He wanted to help him, but he never thought that the failure of his marriage would destroy him so much. Or : Harvey and Donna divorced, and the lawyer can't seem to get over it no matter how much time passes.
Harvey is stuck in a toxic relationship with Paula that is causing him to slowly lose control while Donna is there for him, emotionally and physically, leaving the lawyer no choice but to seek comfort in her arms. Harvey was against cheating, but right now, it felt like the only solution.
While Harvey and Donna pretended to be a couple to help the lawyer on a case, if it was supposed to be only for one night, they never thought that the secretary's half-sister would have ruin everything. As Anna ran into them together at the restaurant during a business meeting, she rushed to repeat it to the redhead's parents who were eager to meet their new son-in-law. If the two colleagues decided to pretend one more time, it was without thinking that this little act would have repercussions on them, this new life as a couple affecting them more than they would have believed, changing the perspective they had of their futures.
Since they met in that bar, Harvey and Donna always knew they would end up together. Even though the redhead had a rule about not getting involved with men she worked with, that was before the lawyer, who did everything in his power to win her over. Unable to resist him, she eventually gave in. They fell hard for each other, married quickly, and for a time, it seemed nothing could come between them—until Harvey’s mistake shattered it all, leading to an inevitable divorce. Six months later, they unexpectedly cross paths at a gala. Despite Donna’s request for time and space, Harvey is unable to move on. Desperate to win back the love of his life, he pulls out all the stops to charm her, hoping that one day, they can return to the way things were before, when they felt truly alive.
They had a deal — Donna wanted a baby, Harvey simply wanted to help her. She hesitated, and he left her the choice. She wanted to dedicate herself to it, and he didn’t want to be involved. She wanted to be a mother, and he didn’t want to be a father. But while everything was clear from the beginning, over time, they both realized that this secret was becoming harder and harder to bear, until everything exploded around them.
The Greatest love of his Life
Just as Harvey Specter was about to take the next step with Scottie — vowing eternal loyalty despite the quiet doubts buried deep inside him — he remained convinced it was the right thing to do. But while his fiancée was away on a business trip, fate intervened, bringing back the one woman he had never truly forgotten — the redhead who, ten years earlier, had taught him what it really meant to be loved. In the span of a week, Harvey’s entire world was turned upside down. His carefully structured routine, his future plans, his certainties — all began to fade, swept away by a whirlwind of memories, emotions, and a connection he thought he had lost forever. In the midst of it all, Harvey felt something he hadn’t in years — like he was finally home.
After having a confrontation with Harvey, Donna left the firm, not knowing that the client who had been harassing her and whom she had pushed away earlier was waiting for her, hidden in the dark. On his side, regretting raising his voice at the redhead, the lawyer set out to find her, unaware that he would come face-to-face with her, gasping for air, with his client's hands around her neck. Without thinking, he slammed his fist into the man's face, not caring to see him fall unconscious to the ground, too much concern for his secretary. If Harvey had never imagined finding himself in this situation one day, he certainly never thought he’d be accused of murder, with the risk of spending his days in prison, far from Donna, unable to change what he did.
Have you made your decision?
A few months after agreeing to join Harvey at Pearson Hardman, Donna collapses in the lawyer's office, overcome by pain. In a panic, Harvey rushes to get help, and soon they find themselves in the emergency room, where they are stunned to learn that Donna had been unaware of her pregnancy and was about to give birth. Just when it seems things couldn’t possibly get worse, they realize that the night Harvey had abruptly left her bed nine months earlier was the night it all started.
Donna had always been the perfect woman — a loving mother, devoted wife, and accomplished professional — but under the pressure of society’s expectations and her own vision of motherhood, she breaks. One night, as Harvey returns home and finds his wife sitting on the couch with the children screaming in the background, her gaze empty, as if she were dead inside, he realizes something is terribly wrong. In that moment, the lawyer understands he’s on the verge of losing his wife and decides to do whatever it takes to save her, even if it means sacrifices and major adjustments in their lives. If Donna had always been Harvey’s support, this time, the roles would be reversed as he would have to learn how to take care of his wife and support her through the darkest times.
What if the other time had consequences? One unexpected result. Two very different lives. And a choice that changes everything. When Donna finds out she’s pregnant after that night with Harvey, neither of them is prepared for what comes next. But ready or not, their lives — and their relationship — are about to shift forever. A multi-chapter fic exploring how one moment can rewrite everything they thought they knew about love, timing, and each other.
Things had always been complicated since Paula came into Harvey’s life. Despite the growing distance between him and Donna, she remained the most important person in his world — and he truly believed he had everything under control. That is, until Tanner showed up. Now that the best closer in New York was officially in a relationship, his longtime rival saw an opening: Donna was finally free from him, and that made her the perfect target. What started as a petty game to get under Harvey’s skin quickly turned into an all-out competition between the two men for her attention. As tensions rose, Harvey found himself losing control — consumed by jealousy, obsession, and everything he thought he had buried — as the question was no longer whether he would lose his mind… but whether he would lose the game too.
One night, as Jessica, Mike, and Louis all received a mysterious message from Harvey summoning them to an urgent meeting at the firm, the three of them found themselves seated at the conference table, listening to him. But after he explained the reason for their presence — something about a trial involving a teenager who had assaulted a teacher — none of them could shake the feeling that there was more to the story. As they tried to talk about it, they all froze mid-conversation when they saw the redhead and the teenager approaching from a distance. But as they imagined a thousand different scenarios, none of them could have predicted seeing a sixteen-year-old version of the lawyer sitting before them, his face adorned with subtle freckles, making them realize that this case might be more personal than they had originally thought.
Donna was done waiting for Harvey to choose her, so she moved on with Mark, the man who offered her the life she thought she'd never have with the lawyer. Harvey, wounded and prideful, did the same with Paula, convinced love wasn't meant for him anyway. They both tried to forget, tried to pretend, but when grief brought them face-to-face again, one stolen moment shattered the lies they’d told themselves — and changed everything. Now caught in marriages built on denial and surrounded by the fallout of a single choice, Donna and Harvey must fight for the life they once gave up… even if their spouses are ready to destroy them for it. Because sometimes love comes too late — and still refuses to let go.
Harvey Specter, surrounded by colleagues settling down into their lives, began to feel that maybe it was time for him too. Yet, despite being in a relationship with Zoe, he couldn’t find himself in it anymore — their worlds had drifted apart, leaving him restless and disconnected. Then Donna arrived: a young secretary, a decade his junior, whose natural confidence and unintentional charm turned his world upside down. Without even realizing it, she challenged everything he thought he wanted, pulling him into a new and unexpected chapter of his life. For the first time in a long while, despite having broken every rule he once believed in, Harvey finally felt truly alive.
Three years ago, after a night of undeniable passion, Donna told Harvey she was pregnant but scared and full of guilt, the lawyer took the out she gave him — and walked away. For the next three years, he punished himself for a choice he could never fully explain until everything changed the day Donna showed up at his office, her voice tight with urgency and fear in her eyes. Their daughter — the child he had left behind — was sick, and doctors suspected a genetic heart condition as Harvey might be the key to saving her. In a single night, Harvey was thrown into fatherhood. No warning. No time to adjust. Just guilt, lost time, and a deep instinct to protect the little girl with fierce eyes and a fragile heart. There was no time for regret anymore, they had one goal now: saving the heart that matters most.
Harvey Specter and Donna Paulsen have spent two years living the perfect lie — brilliant lawyer and loyal secretary by day, madly-in-love fiancés behind closed doors. With the world convinced he’s dating another powerful attorney, their love story has remained hidden… until a Coldplay concert, a kiss cam, and 20,000 fans change everything. Now, exposed to the world, Harvey and Donna must face gossip, scandal, and a storm of headlines that twist their deepest love into office drama and scandalous betrayal. But as the firm buzzes and the media spins, they realize maybe — just maybe — being caught wasn’t the worst thing that could happen.
Harvey Specter was at the top of his game — confident, unstoppable, and untouchable in the courtroom. That is, until a summer intern arrived at his firm. There was something about her he couldn’t explain, a spark of déjà vu. Slowly, she began to crack the walls around his heart, just like someone had almost twenty years ago.
Harvey Specter had it all — money, power, success. But there was one thing he still wanted: to lead the international law firm that had shaped his career. When the opportunity came, he was ready to do anything to get it, but Jessica made it clear — he wasn’t the stable, responsible leader Edward Darby wanted. Determined to prove them wrong, Harvey decided it was time to change: no more parties, no more flings, no more late nights. To fix his image, he began searching for the one woman who could stand by his side — someone who’d make him look less like an eternal bachelor and more like a devoted husband. That’s when she appeared: a stunning redhead with doe-like eyes who would turn his world upside down before he even knew it.
Almost ten years ago, over half-empty glasses of whiskey and the haze of late-night laughter, Harvey and Donna made a ridiculous deal: if they're not married by thirty-five, they’ll marry each other. Neither of them thought it would actually matter — Harvey didn’t believe in marriage, and Donna wasn’t sure she believed in Harvey, but life had other plans. Years later, when the deal resurfaces, Harvey brushes it off as if it were nothing more than a drunken joke. Donna, however, remembers every word — and she knows exactly what it implied. Yet even as she reminds him, it doesn’t seem to change anything. Because deep down, they both feel it: the deal was never just a scrap of paper. It was a promise, the start of something neither of them could walk away from.