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Warning for this chapter: M/M action

CHAPTER 7

Knowing what was happening didn't help Mike deal with it any better. Scottie was beautiful in her green gown and her radiant smile, draped all over Harvey. And Harvey was smiling too. Not his usual smirk, but a soft, gentle smile as he was parading her around and introducing each other to other people. They owned the room and they were perfect together.

Donna and Rachel hadn't left his side all night but there was nothing they could do. Maybe the redhead already knew what was going on but Rachel was as clueless as ever. If she didn't know about him and Harvey, how can Mike even begin to explain why he was so upset and drowning his sorrows in liquor? Jessica threw him an apologetic look when Harvey tilted his head back and let out a full belly laugh after Dana whispered something in his ear. He needed to run and hide.

…

Donna left Mike's side only once during the night and only to give Harvey a piece of her mind.

"Scottie would you excuse us for a second? I need to talk to Harvey about something that came up."

"Of course. See you in a bit." Scottie smiled and Donna dragged her boss away from prying eyes and ears.

"What do you think you are doing? Shouldn't you, oh I don't know… Tone it down a little?"

"What did I do now?"

"What did you do? You son of a bitch! Mike is standing right there and you've been flirting with her all night! What happened to this being just business when I told you about Jessica's plan?"

Harvey froze and started recapping the night in his mind.

"Shit! How bad is it?"

"Pretty bad, considering the love of your life is about to need a liver transplant."

"Come on, give me a break… Mike is having me on hold for ever, I just got carried away a bit. It's not like anything is going to happen with me and Scottie."

"But Mike doesn't know that! You meant the world to that kid and you broke his heart and now you are telling me that you can't keep your hormones in check just because you haven't gotten laid for a couple of months? I love you Harvey, but Mike deserves better than that. Either set the record straight or tell him that it's over. He might fall apart but he'll pick himself up much easier than getting through this. Honestly! You wonder why he can't make himself trust you again" she finished her rant and remained still as stone expecting a reply. Harvey chanced a look Mike's way and saw him standing miserably in a corner, drink in his hand, his eyes trailing Scottie and his shoulders slumped and felt a pang of guilt.

"I'll revert back to the first plan. Strictly business."

"You do that…" She stepped away from him and Harvey returned to Dana's side. He didn't stand a chance though as, when he reached her, she reached up at the same time and placed a soft kiss on his mouth. Without thinking, he pressed his lips back and the next time he looked up Mike was all but running outside and Donna was sending him disapproving looks.

…

"Stupid! How could I be so stupid! Of course Harvey doesn't love me! Of course he wouldn't wait for me. I should have never gone back to work. He is with her and they are both laughing at me! Was Jessica just trying to warn me about this? Stupid! He is Harvey Specter and you are nobody! He told you himself…"

A knock and somebody shouting his name interrupted Mike's internal monologue.

"Mike! I know you are in there! Just open the door and let me talk to you, please… Baby, just please…"

Mike walked to his door but didn't open it. He didn't think he could keep his peace of mind if he had to look at his lover ("Ex-lover", his mind supplied) right now. He rested his forehead against the wood and took a deep breath.

"Did you sleep with her?"

"No… I came straight to find you, I promise."

"It's been 4 hours!" Mike yelled incredulous.

"I came straight to you as soon as I could leave the party. When I saw you leaving I woke up Mike. I saw the chance of losing you for real and I couldn't do it." Silence. "Open the door Mike."

"You know, I came in there thinking that you would only be keeping up a façade. But it wasn't just that, was it?"

"No… No it wasn't. But it didn't mean anything… Not to me."

"You kissed her."

Mike heard a loud thud; Harvey had slammed his head on the door too.

"I did. I could say to you that I was just caught by surprise but I should have known better. I've been feeding the fire all night and I'm sorry. I should have seen it coming."

"Because she loves you."

"I don't know. Maybe she does in her own way."

"Do you love her?"

"Yeah Mike. I do."

"Do you love me?"

"Yes." Harvey's answer was firm and without hesitation.

"Do you love me more than you love her?"

"Always Mike…Always…I just…I miss you ok? I feel so alone and I could go with her tonight and end things with you, take the easy way out, but I didn't. I'm here instead, talking to you through a stupid door. What does that tell you?"

"Harvey…" Mike's voice broke.

"Open the door Mike."

Harvey heard the door unlock and he looked up. Mike was in his boxers and a t-shirt, his eyes red and his cheeks with dried tear marks. He was staring at him unsure, like he was waiting for Harvey to tell him what to do, to put him back on track. Harvey himself wasn't faring better. Tie askew, the two top buttons unbuttoned and his jacket forgotten hopefully in Ray's car.

"Come here," he opened his arms and Mike fell in them and held on tight.

"If you don't want this anymore tell me… Promise me that you'll tell me yourself Harvey."

"I promise baby." He started peppering his neck and face with gentle kisses like he was handling something fragile. Maybe he was. He lowered his hands softly from Mike's shoulders to his sides and finally he entwined their fingers and led him to the bedroom, kicking the front door close behind them.

They stood in front of the bed, silently observing each other and only their palms touching until Harvey gave in and took a step closer. He lifted the blond's t-shirt up and over his head and knelt in front of him. His finger's touched his waistline and worked themselves slowly inside his boxers, Harvey's lips always in contact with Mike's stomach, feeling the trembling vibrations with his mouth. He pushed them down his hips and Mike, dazed, stepped out of them and stood naked in front of him. The older man placed an open-mouthed kiss on the inside of his left thigh and stood up to face him.

"Tell me to stop."

"I can't."

Harvey gave him a soft smile at this. Not like the one he was using with Scottie earlier but a more loving, more intimate one. Mike wondered why he hadn't noticed that before."Blinded by jealousy."

Harvey bent down to kiss him again, still chastely, and Mike's hands found their way into his hair and pulled him closer. The older lawyer picked him up, never breaking the kiss, and laid him on the bed.

"Off!" Mike said impatiently tagging at the other man's tie and shirt. Harvey chuckled but did as he was told. The tie was off first, then shirt, pants and briefs, all thrown on the floor until he was completely naked. Mike spread his legs and Harvey knelt between them, covering the thinner man's body completely with his. They both let out a groan at the contact.

"God, I missed you so much. Don't you ever do that to me Mike…Never again."

"It's not only up to me."

Harvey smiled sweetly at him and stole another kiss.

"No it's not."

He bent down as Mike lifted up and the kisses became more frantic, more desperate.

"I want you…I want you so much." Harvey replied to Mike's plea with a thrust of his hips, pushing their groins together. The blond let out a soft moan like crying and his head fell back on the pillows.

"Shh, I've got you baby…I've got you." Harvey reached inside the nightstand and pulled out condoms and some lube. He deftly coated his fingers and nudged Mike's thighs to open more. When he pushed the first finger in, Mike's hole clenched around him and Harvey groaned, resting his forehead on his lover sweaty hip.

"Harvey…"

Harvey started pushing his finger in and out and soon they became two, scissoring the younger man apart until Mike caught his hand and stopped him.

"I'm ready, please…I need you now…"

Harvey didn't have the strength to reply. He simply nodded and reached for the condom but Mike stopped him again. They stared at each other until Harvey thought fuck it and he pushed in with a single, quick thrust. Mike could feel his whole being stretching to accommodate Harvey.

"God you are so tight…I missed this…Missed being inside you…Missed your stupid puppy eyes…Every little sound…Missed you." He started thrusting in earnest, certain that he wouldn't last long and wanting to take Mike there with him. It was their first time with skin on skin contact and Mike felt amazing around him.

He angled his hips and found his prostate, the head of his cock nudging the little band of nerves with every thrust. Mike's little ah ah ah's with each thrust were driving Harvey crazy. He pulled out and, with an abrupt move, turned the lighter man on his stomach and slid back in. The extra friction of his cock against the sheets gave Mike more edge and soon he was backing his hips to meet Harvey's and drove them back again to fuck the mattress.

"Come on sweetheart. Come…" Thrust thrust thrust… "Come for me Mike."

And Mike did with a soft "Harvey" leaving his lips, collapsing on the bed. Harvey took hold of his hips and locked them on the mattress, his own thrust now more erratic as Mikes walls were still convulsing around him. He bit down on Mike's shoulder to hide his scream as he came, filling his lover's hole and collapsing on top of him.

Mike squirmed underneath him after a few moments when he felt Harvey's come dripping out of his body.

"Sticky" he murmured and Harvey chuckled, placed a soft kiss on the back of his neck and pulled out.

He reached for his own shirt to clean them up but Mike rolled on his back and stopped him.

"I thought you were sticky."

"Mmm…You were just heavy." Mike said sleepily, lifted Harvey's arm and curled around him. Harvey nudged his chin with his nose.

"Don't fall asleep on me Mike. We need to talk about this." Mike opened one eye and Harvey almost chocked from the cuteness.

"Since when Harvey Specter wants to talk about it?"

"Since he screwed up when he didn't."

Mike sat up and pulled his legs towards his chest as Harvey turned to look at him supporting his head with an elbow.

"It wasn't the thing with the merger you know," Mike said after a beat, "nor what you said to me about loyalty and betrayal. I really believed that we'll get past that once you'd let me explain."

"And you came to find me to do that."

Mike nodded. "I did. I wasn't actually expecting to solve anything that night. I just needed to see you, try and calm you down so you could maybe listen to me the next time we'd see each other. I told myself that I'd keep trying every day if I had to."

"But you didn't."

Mike shook his head.

"Because I said you were nobody." Silence. "That's what the issue here is Mike, isn't it?"

Mike took his time trying to find words to explain what Harvey did to him that night.

"Before I met you, even for a while after that, I was a nobody. I was a kid barely keeping a roof above his head and you gave me everything Harvey. When we got together I guess I still had an inferiority complex. I couldn't understand what you of all people were doing with me."

"I get what I want and I never want anything less than perfect. If you know me at all Mike then you should know that."

Mike smiled at that and lay back down, his hand tracing Harvey's sculpted chest in reverence.

"I knew deep in my heart that you cared for me, loved me even. And I was so in love with you I wanted to scream it but I never did. Because you never gave me anything. Even before the whole Darby deal we were never together outside our homes, and on the rare occasion you'd decide to take me out you were always keeping your distance. I didn't know what to do with that."

"And so when I called you a nobody you thought that you deserved it."

"I thought I was being put back in my place."

"Mike…"

"No…You don't have to say anything. I know that it was stupid. I knew you better than that and I knew that I had hurt you. I should have calmed down and think about it again but you cut me out from work too and then grams got sick and died…I just lost it…I was grieving and all I could think about was that you weren't there."

"And you decided that if you couldn't trust me with common decency how could you trust me with anything else. But I didn't know Mike. I had no way of knowing. And if you believe for a second that I'd willingly leave you alone through this…"

"I know…" Mike didn't let him finish. "I was trying to get over it after I came back to work. I was talking myself into giving you another chance but then…"

"Scottie?"

"Yeah…I guess I should have showed a little bit more faith."

"No…You really shouldn't."

"Harvey…"

"No Mike…You said your piece, now shut up and let me say mine." He softened the shut up with a kiss. "Scottie will always be a part of me. But not the best part…Not my favorite part. Because at the end of the day, if you were still in my life I wouldn't think to even look at her again, let alone participate in hers and Jessica's games. But you weren't, and the whole thing just spun out of control. Maybe subconsciously I was trying to make you decide what you wanted; all this waiting was getting on my nerves. But I never set out to hurt you willingly and I guess that's the only defense I have to offer because I'm sorrys are not going to cut it."

"So what now?"

"Jessica informed me that the divorce is final, that's why it took me four hours to get here. Now Mike it will happen whatever you want to happen. If you want out I'll never bother you again. If you want this I'll spend the rest of my life showing you what you mean to me. And if you want the whole world to know I'll personally call every newspaper in the god damn USA."

Mike laughed a clear, happy sound for the first time in months and pulled Harvey on top of him. Harvey smiled back at him in adoration.

"So Darby is out?"

"Yeah."

"And Scottie?"

Harvey hesitated. "She'll work for us."

"So she's staying."

"Yes, but you have nothing to fear. I can't imagine what I could do with someone else if at the end of the day I'll have you to come home to."

Mike smiled shyly and blushed and Harvey couldn't help but kiss him again. He slid back in easily, Mike still slick with come, and this time they made love face to face, fingers intertwined next to their heads, bodies locked in a lazy, unhurried pace.

They were both oblivious to the fact that Jessica, Donna and Scottie were sharing a celebratory drink in Harvey's own office. Someone was going to be pissed tomorrow…Or maybe not so much…

THE END