#lickey

[postcard-from-the-past]

The Lickey Hills, Worcestershire, England

British vintage postcard

[glvch]

crying at this @abigailspinach

[tc-lp]

Underrated Ship: Lip x Mickey (moodboard + ficlet)

For the 'Underrated Shameless Appreciation Event' organized by @nicheshameless and @deathclassic

Boiling Frogs

Summary:

Speculation about why Terry was booked while Mickey and Iggy walked free was spreading like wildfire that summer. Or, Mickey shows up to Lip's underground fight club, in dire need of money. Canon-divergent AU set early season 2 where Mickey didn't get with Ian and avoided juvie.

Description of violence, bruises and injuries. Or read it on AO3 (385 words).

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The night Mickey showed up at Lip’s fight club, he’d already been sporting a black eye and bruised knuckles. Not that Lip needed any more proof that Mickey could fight; word at the Alibi was that Terry’s face was unrecognizable by the time the cops had shown up at the Milkovich house.

Speculation about why Terry was booked while Mickey and Iggy walked free was spreading like wildfire that summer. Lip knew not to believe most of them. But a part of him was still curious. He suspected it must’ve been bad—really bad—to break through to the brothers. Boiling frogs and all that…

But, that first night, all Mickey said was, “I need the money.” 

So Lip added him to the board and watched from the sidelines as Mickey almost went down; his opponent having no qualms about aiming for the fresh bruises littering Mickey’s torso.

There was something desperate in the way Mickey took the guy down in the end. Like a cornered animal. Something Lip instinctually recognized and understood. Sympathized with, maybe. 

In spite of himself—he didn’t get invested in the fights, only took note of the outcome, of strengths and weaknesses, to better plan matches and maximize betting—Lip was relieved when Mickey exited the makeshift ring on his own two feet.

He was even more relieved when Mickey received his cut and told him he was done for the night.

“Right. Good showing, Mickey,” Lip said. He ignored the momentary embarrassment at his own words. The encouragement made him sound like a football coach giving his players a pat on the head. Hit the showers. Or some shit. 

As if Mickey needed reassurance from Lip of all people.

Thankfully, Mickey was busy trying to pull his muscle tank back on. His entire left side flinched when he brought his arms above his shoulders, but with teeth gritted, he managed anyway. He didn’t comment on Lip’s lame pep talk and instead asked when the next fights were scheduled.

“See ya Saturday, then.”

“Right. Yeah.”

Lip watched him leave, Mickey’s movements deliberate and guarded.

The warehouse’s loading bay had been left open, and a breeze was finally stirring. The fresh air was a welcome break from the stench of sweat. Lip breathed deep as thunder rolled in from the south.

[rememberthesun]

No more sleep. From now on replacing it with listening to Kesha’s RED FLAG. on repeat & picturing Lip and Mickey kissing for the first time. Send tweet

[rememberthesun]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 31/31 - COMPLETED! Fandom: Shameless (US) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Lip Gallagher/Mickey Milkovich Characters: Mickey Milkovich, Lip Gallagher Additional Tags: Drabble Collection, Tropes, Additional Warnings In Author's Note Summary:

Drabbles and short fics. Each chapter uses a trope as prompt.

Every chapter is a separate story unless otherwise indicated.

Prompts:

Secret Relationship - 200 words

Mistaken Identity - 300 words

Foodservice Setting - 300 words

Marriage Before Love - 100 words

Time Loop - 100 words

Accidental Ownership - 100 words

Vampires - 200 words

Fake Relationship - 200 words

Space Western Setting - 200 words

Soul-Bonding - 600 words

Wound Tending - 400 words - continuation of Soul-Bonding

Touch-Starved - 600 words

Homoerotic Sword Fighting - 100 words

Haunted House - 200 words

Love Requited Too Late - 100 words

There Was Only One Bed - 200 words

Prison AU - 200 words

Sickfic - 300 words

Arranged Marriage - 400 words

And They Were Roommates - 900 words

Mutual Pining - 2k words

Resolved Sexual Tension - 400 words - continuation of Mutual Pining

Outsider Point of View - 1k words

Bodyguard - 100 words

Mecha - 700 words

Curtainfic - 200 words

Size Difference - 400 words

Coffee Shop AU - 500 words

Omegaverse - 1.8k words

First Kiss - 300 words

Reincarnation - 800 words

[rememberthesun]

Gazing into the night sky and listening to Wicked Games (the Ursine Vulpine & Annaca version). Thinking about Lip and Mickey. Trying very, very hard not to let their feelings for each other grow. And failing.

[rememberthesun]

Chapters: 25/31 Fandom: Shameless (US) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Lip Gallagher/Mickey Milkovich Characters: Mickey Milkovich, Lip Gallagher Additional Tags: Drabble Collection, Tropes, Additional Warnings In Author's Note Summary:

Drabbles and short fics. Each chapter uses a trope as prompt.

So far:

Secret Relationship - 200 words

Mistaken Identity - 300 words

Foodservice Setting - 300 words

Marriage Before Love - 100 words

Time Loop - 100 words

Accidental Ownership - 100 words

Vampires - 200 words

Fake Relationship - 200 words

Space Western Setting - 200 words

Soul-Bonding - 600 words

Wound Tending - 400 words - continuation of Soul-Bonding

Touch-Starved - 600 words

Homoerotic Sword Fighting - 100 words

Haunted House - 200 words

Love Requited Too Late - 100 words

There Was Only One Bed - 200 words

Prison AU - 200 words

Sickfic - 300 words

Arranged Marriage - 400 words

And They Were Roommates - 900 words

Mutual Pining - 2k words

Resolved Sexual Tension - 400 words - continuation of Mutual Pining

Outsider Point of View - 1k words

Bodyguard - 100 words

Mecha - 700 words

[rememberthesun]

I kind of want to expand on one of my upcoming ficlets where Lip and Mickey are both widowers. It's such delicious angst. And I do like the idea of sending them down a grief-fuelled spiral, just so I can pull them from the brink and build them up again.

I'm a little bit surprised I didn't come across that scenario in the Lip/Mickey tag on AO3? It seems like maybe the easiest (if very painful) way to get them together? Guess everyone else looked at that scenario and was like, "Nah, that's too painful, bro". Which. Fair.