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2016
Harvey and Mike were quiet during the long drive to Danbury, looking out at the lovely sunny spring day outside. Both contemplating the wedding they had left behind and their destination once they stopped. Harvey turned to him about halfway through “Reconsider” Harvey pleaded harshly, “Don’t do this Mike, You could go back, have your wedding, the rest of your life, I want that for you” Mike looked at him with gratitude “I know Harvey, but I am not letting you give up everything you have worked so hard for, not for this, not for me. I wouldn’t have anything if it were not for you, when I get out, I may not be able to be a lawyer, but I have so many people that I care about, a fiancé, a best friend…a family. I consider myself damn lucky” Harvey looked at the determined set to Mike’s jaw and the fierce light in his eyes, sighing as he gave in finally. He had made every argument he could think of multiple times, but Mike wouldn’t budge on this, wouldn’t let him go to prison on his behalf. “I can’t talk you out of this” Harvey finally acknowledged but “Don’t think for a second I have given up, I will continue to do everything I can to get you out, you won’t be in there for two years Robin” Harvey told him with grim resolve. Mike smiled at that nickname, “I know, Batman, I know” and reached out to squeeze Harvey’s hand on the seat between them. Neither of them noticed in that instant the truck coming the other way on the road or the driver of said truck losing control as it jack-knifed into their lane and into the black car, they were travelling in. The car crumpled and rolled no match for the large vehicle that had ploughed into them, the darkness overtook them both and they knew no more.
Harvey blinked awake, awareness coming back to him abruptly, he squinted against the bright light and sat up. He looked around frantically as the memory of the crash came back to him, “Mike, Mike” he called, he felt a hand on his shoulder and looked behind him to see Mike sitting up as well. “Thank god You are ok” Harvey said and gripped Mike in a firm hug filled with relief. He felt Mike patting his back, “I’m fine” Mike told him reassuringly, “Are you?” Harvey nodded his assurance and they continued to hold each other for another minute before pulling apart and standing up. They both realised embarrassingly they were naked as they did so and then noticed clothes for each of them on the ground beside them. They quickly dressed with their backs to each other and started to take notice of their surroundings. When they did so, they looked around and realised they were no longer on the road where the crash happened, nor in a hospital as they would have expected. They were in an empty train station? Harvey questioned in his head as he looked around in confusion “This looks like a clean, empty Grand Central Station” he commented “with a lot of misty fog” Mike finished, looking around in slight awe. “Are we dead?” Mike asked him in a small voice, Harvey put a hand on his shoulder in comfort, “I don’t know” he replied.
“Well, we can answer that for you” a cheerful male British voice said from behind them, Mike gasped, and they both jumped slightly and turned around to see two men behind them that hadn’t been there before. The man who had spoken was shorter than him and Mike, with wild black hair, emerald-green eyes and a curious scar on his forehead shaped like lightning. The other man hovering protectively behind the first was tall with brown hair and red eyes. Both extremely handsome and wearing odd clothes - old fashioned robes, Harvey thought as he looked them over.
They didn’t look dangerous exactly, but Harvey was wary nonetheless and stepped slightly in front of Mike, in a protective move. “What do you want with us? Who are you?” Harvey asked, the taller man chuckled at this and spoke for the first time, also in a cultured British accent. “We want to offer the two of you…an opportunity Harvey” he said with an arrogant smirk. The other intervened, “I’m Harry Potter and this is Tom Riddle, I’m the master of death”
“If that was meant to clarify who you are, it was unsuccessful” Mike said sarcastically when he didn’t go on, the other two men both laughed at his snark, “Simple explanation is that there are lots of parallel universes, we come from one where magic exists, where there are witches and wizards. I came into possession of 3 artefacts when I lived that gave me power over death, as my soulmate, Tom, can also use this power. When we both died, we were reincarnated as different people and once we meet, which we always do, we get our memories back. We reincarnated many times as until we eventually got tired of this and decided to stay in the afterlife and “help” Death”. Harry told them with an unrepentant mischievous grin, “Well he doesn’t always appreciate our brand of help but we have been having some fun and it always works out in the end so Death can’t get too mad” Tom laughed at that major understatement but didn’t interrupt as he wrapped his arms around Harry and leaned his chin on the top of Harry’s head. Harry relaxed back slightly against him and put his hands over Toms on his stomach.
Mike and Harvey listened in amazed silence to this story but didn’t say anything, so Tom continued where Harry had left off “You asked what we wanted with you?” Tom started “In one of our past lives we were reincarnated as Harvey Spector and Mike Ross, different universe, to the one the two of you are from” Tom said before they could ask “That was a great life wasn’t it darling?” Tom said with a sappy look down at Harry, Harry smiled in reminiscence and leaned up to kiss him softly. “It was” Harry agreed, “long and very happy”. “You were a couple when you were us?” Mike asked hesitantly, too curious to keep his mouth shut any longer, “Oh yes” Harry answered happily “we usually are once we meet”. Mike looked over at Harvey upon hearing this, another version of them were a couple. Not just best friends.
Tom pulled his gaze away from Harry and focused on Harvey and Mike, “We always take special interest when we find versions of people we have reincarnated as, that’s how we discovered the two of you and with the accident today, it was the perfect opportunity for us to meet” Tom told him calmly. “So, we are dead?” Harvey asked, “Not exactly” Harry said with a smirk “With our help, you could walk away from that accident and continue with your life as it would have gone if we hadn’t intervened. Let us show you a little glimpse of how that future plays out for you both”.
Harry clicked his fingers and the station around them changed, they were in Danbury prison, watching Mike get beat up, Harvey started forward, furious, to kill the person attacking Mike. Tom pulled him back and told him sadly “You can’t help, we can only watch” The scenes flashed by: Harvey and Mike plotting get Mike out, Mike leaving prison after 3 months, Harvey waiting for him, getting into the Bar. Mike marring Rachel, Harvey’s relationship with Paula and Mike getting a job offer and leaving for Seattle.
Harvey watched, devastated at the thought of Mike leaving him. Mike and Rachel living in Seattle, the firm merger, Mike inviting Harvey to join the firm in Seattle, Harvey and Donna getting together and getting married. The four of them in Seattle, double-dates, Mike and Harvey running the firm in Seattle together, playing with their kids in a backyard. Their lives flashed by in front of them, both getting divorced by the time their kids were in high school. Every event of their lives they were side by side, in work and in life as best friends.
Mike and Harvey both felt overwhelmed by everything he had just seen, what their future would be. “You and Donna” Mike said slightly surprised, “I thought you two were done, I mean everyone thought you would end up together, but you were so insistent that you were just friends” Harvey shook his head, he couldn’t believe any of it really, “You are leaving!” Harvey said as if he hadn’t heard “leaving New York…leaving me” he trailed off at that last whispered word. “I’m not” Mike protested, “I wouldn’t” “You did” Harvey replied in a hurt tone. “I…” Mike trailed off, not knowing what to say to defend himself, he had done that in the future they just saw.
Harry gave them an empathetic look, “That’s the future that you would have had before today but it doesn’t have to be the future you end up with”. They both eyed him sceptically, but Harry only smiled mysteriously,” the opportunity Tom mentioned, well you could go back where you left off and make different choices, the future isn’t set in stone. That was the path you were on, but take a different path, make a different choice, it’s up to you how you live your life and who you want to live it with.” Harry gave them a significant look when he said that which they didn’t understand, not yet at least.
Tom spoke up “Did you know you could have met earlier than you did at those interviews that day in 2011? What would the future have been if you had met in a different way?” Tom clicked his fingers and they were in an art gallery, Mike looked young around 19, circulating with a tray of food as a waiter, he bumped into a man as he passed and the person turned around, It was Harvey.
Tom clicked his fingers and everything stopped, “In your past, Mike bumped into you but you didn’t turn around, you continued on flirting with that blonde, annoyed someone had bumped you but you ignored it. Mike moved on around the room and you left with the blond 20 minutes later, Mike left with that waiter over there later that night”, Tom pointed at an attractive dark-haired waiter on the other side of the room. Both Mike and Harvey looked shocked, “You’ve been interested in men in the past?” Harvey asked amazed, Mike nodded “Yes I‘m bi, I’ve never had any relationships with men and usually stick to women but I’ve taken guys home before” he said nonchalantly.
“I didn’t know that, I’ve only ever seen you with women, I thought you were straight, you never mentioned anything about it!” Harry replied in a daze at this new piece of information, “Well it has never really come up before, I would have told you if we had ever talked about it- Are you completely straight?” Mike asked curious now, “I experimented a few times in college but just women since then” Harvey told him absently. They both looked at each other with fresh eyes as this new information sunk in about the other, suddenly possibilities that neither had ever let themselves consider opened for them. Harry and Tom smirked at each other from their places beside them, “Well, Let’s see what would have happened next” Harry suggested still smirking. Tom clicked his fingers again and the scene in front of them restarted.
“I am so sorry; I didn’t spill anything on you, did I?” Mike asked the stranger in front of him, the extremely gorgeous well dressed stranger he noted to himself as smiled broadly. Harvey was similarly eyeing the very attractive blue-eyed man in front of him as he gave him a slow smile. “No, you didn’t, don’t give it a second thought, I’m Harvey by the way”. “Mike” They shook hands and chatted, lightly flirting for a little while before upping that to heavier flirting when Mike realised Harvey seemed receptive to it. They realised they had things in common, both passionate about movies and trivia, one a lawyer and the other aspiring to be a lawyer. The four men watched as the two continued to hit it off, eventually leaving together to go back to Harvey’s apartment.
The scene disappeared at that, and Harry turned to them, “You can see meeting in different circumstances, in a social setting rather than a professional one, your relationship took on a different dynamic right at the start.” “What happened to them?” Harvey asked, Tom smiled, “They became involved that night, their relationship started off casual but very quickly came to care about each other. With Harvey in his life much earlier, Mike pulled away from Trevor a lot sooner, transferred to Harvard, got his degree, then went to Law school up there. He graduated in 2011 and of course got the associate job with Harvey. The two of you stayed together through it all, you learned how to take it easy Harvey, to relax sometimes, that everything wasn’t about work. You and Mike were up visiting your Dad when he took the heart attack.” Harvey looked up with hope “He survived Harvey, he was right there with you when you and Mike got married. Safe to say he adores your husband almost as much as you do and the two of them get on extremely well.” Harvey smiled at that, there was a past/future where his Dad was alive and he met Mike!! Where he and Mike got married.
“This is just one example of how your lives could have diverged from the course you ended up on, giving you a different future. Mike is a legit lawyer, no prison, no fraud. You two doing what you do legitimately, and you do it together so well.” Harry clicked his fingers and they could see the other Mike and Harvey on the dance floor at their wedding, spinning around, completely intent on each other. They watched as Mike leaned up and kissed Harvey tenderly, Harvey pulled him so close, it could barely be called dancing anymore. The look on both their faces was pure adoration and love. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen either of us look that happy or that in love with anyone” Mike commented quietly, “Me neither” Harvey said in a hushed tone back to him. The scene changed again and they were in a townhouse at Christmas, twin boys excitedly unwrapping presents under the tree as Harvey and Mike watched on proudly, Harvey’s Dad and brother and his family were there chatting and laughing.
Mikes breath caught in his throat “Are those our children?” Mike asked in disbelief. “Yes, surrogacy and egg donation, allowed you and Harvey to have the twins, you both donated sperm but never found out which of you fathered them or maybe you both did. Neither you cared which one of you did. That doesn’t matter to either of you though, you both love them so much and legally of course, they are both of yours. Quite the little miracles, wouldn’t you say?” Harry asked with a smile in his voice but neither Mike nor Harvey could look away from the scene in front of them. “You called them Gordon and James” Tom told them before they could ask “After both our Dad’s” Harvey murmured, “I never really thought about having children but seeing this is just unbelievable” he reached out without thinking and took Mike’s hand in his, Mike wrapped his fingers tightly around Harvey’s, as they watched the two boys who looked around 3 years old, jumped up on to the couch beside Harvey and Mike, throwing themselves into their Dad’s arms. Their other selves exchanged a smile over their heads and Harvey reached over to pull Mike and their son towards them in a group hug, the boys giggling as he did so.
“You have a beautiful family in this life” Harry commented softly “Professionally, you both opened your own firm together and went out on your own” “Wow!” Mike said entranced by this new possibility. Tom clicked his fingers and the scene disappeared again. Mike and Harvey looked up still dazed and still holding hands without realising it yet. “When you go back, you don’t have to go back to when you came from”. Tom told them “We can send you back earlier, before 2011, you would keep all your memories including of this, but you could change things, do things differently. It’s up to you though”. “Can we have some time alone to talk about this?” Harvey asked, Tom and Harry smiled at him, “Of course, just call for us when you are ready”.
With that they disappeared, and Mike and Harvey were alone again. They both looked down at their still clasped hands and then met each other’s eyes, Mike gave him a half smile “That was unexpected, wasn’t it?” Harvey nodded with a slight quirk to his lips, “And this?” Mike lifted their joined hands slightly, a questioning tone to his voice. “It was eye opening to see the future we would have if we went back to where we left off” Harvey commented “but to go back further and avoid the fraud, prison, all of it. It is very tempting, isn’t it?” Harvey asked him softly, Mike nodded, “Would you be willing though? I mean with Rachel and everything. You are leaving behind someone you were about to marry, you have more to lose than I do” Harvey told him watching him carefully. Mike looked into the distance for a few minutes before taking a deep breath, decision made, “I love Rachel and I will miss her if we go back but there is no denying that this secret has not been easy for her to live with. Sometimes recently I’ve felt like I ruined her life, like she would be better off without me”. Mike admitted in a low tone, “then there is the whole Logan Sanders debacle, part of me has always wondered if that happened once, who is to say it wouldn’t happen again. It would be tough but Rachel would be fine and she wouldn’t remember any of this. Grammy would be alive Harvey” Mike said, his voice rising with excitement at the thought of being able to see her again.
“I could avoid the mistakes I made before- no taking part in any of Trevor’s crazy schemes and you and I could still…” Mike trailed off Harvey raised an eyebrow for him to continue, “Well you and I only met because of those schemes but if we went back, we could be in each other’s lives earlier and do things the right way. College, Law school, working together”.
“That future we saw where we met in the art gallery, we were more than friends“ Harvey commented carefully with an intense look on his face, Mike nodded silently as Harvey continued “We looked happy together”, Mike swallowed “Is that something you would consider?” Harvey asked determinedly staring into his eyes. Mike smiled hard, soon turning into a chuckle, he managed to calm himself as Harvey starting to look hurt “would I consider it?” Mike repeated baffled,
“Harvey do you know what I thought when we first met - I thought you were the most beautiful man I had ever seen. I wanted you Harvey, always have but you gave me this amazing opportunity and you only ever seemed interested in women so I buried it and focused on someone I thought I could have but it was never gone. It was always there, still is” Mike admitted softly. A blazing look entered Harvey’s eyes, he tugged Mike’s hand and pulled him closer to him “Are you considering it?” Mike asked hopefully, in answer Harvey’s hands came up to lightly cup Mike’s face and leaned down to kiss him, it was unexpectedly soft and gentle, the most achingly sweet kiss anyone had ever given him. Harvey pulled back slightly but continued to stroke his thumbs over Mike’s cheekbones, Harvey leaned his forehead against Mikes and whispered against his lips, “Does that answer your question?” Mike nodded slowly, his hands coming up to rest lightly on either side of Harvey’s neck, feeling his pulse fluttering under his hands and leaned up to press another kiss against his lips. They exchanged several unhurried lingering kisses before Harvey wrapped his arms around him and hugged him tightly, his face buried in Mike’s neck.
“I buried it too Mike, I was attracted to you from the second we met and the more time we spent together, the more I got to know you, the harder it got. Watching you go to prison would have killed me, the thought of you in there is why I’ve hardly slept in months”. Harvey admitted gruffly, Mike stroked his hand soothingly over Harvey’s back as he listened to his heartfelt confession “It’s ok Harvey, we can avoid that now, we can create a different future for ourselves. We can do anything we want If we are together.” Harvey pressed a kiss against his neck which made him shiver as he lifted his head, pulling back but keeping Mike held loosely in his embrace. “We are going back, but when too?” Harvey questioned, Mike thought about it for a moment “Well, I sold that math test at the end of sophomore year so just my life went into a tailspin. What do you think?”
“April 2005?” Harvey questioned; Mike nodded, “That would make me a senior associate at Pearson Hardman at that time, before I was promoted to Junior partner. At least we have a head start on all those cases as we know how to win them”. Harvey smirked at that. “And” Mike added “Isn’t it lucky you had me go back and review all your old cases?”, Mike tapped his forehead and smirked back – “all stored up here”. Harvey laughed “Louis won’t know what hit him” Mike joined in his laughter feeling lighter than he had in years. They were quiet for a moment before Mike went on “I’m not going to Harvard, Harvey” “What? You sure as hell are” he told him sternly, “No, I will finish college in NY and go to Columbia Law School.”
“It was your dream to go to Harvard. Why give it up when you have this second chance?” Harvey asked confused. “Harvey, we just got together, I’m not leaving you to live in Boston for 5 years while I finish college and law school. And Grammy is in New York - its home. Look at it this way Jessica eventually broke the Harvard rule for me and Rachel anyway. We can convince her to do it again. You get her to hire me part time while I finish school. Once she and everyone else see what we can do together, she will go for it.” Harvey looked at him thoughtfully, “It could work” Harvey admitted “but Mike I don’t want you to regret this later or resent me for it.” He was quiet for a moment, “what if I moved to Boston with you, I could easily find a job up there” He had barely finished that offer but Mike was already shaking his head, “Absolutely not, You have worked too hard at PH to do that- I won’t let you give that up. Harvard was my dream when I was younger but getting a redo, a chance to be legitimate after everything we have been through the last 5 years. That’s more than enough for me and getting to do that with you by my side is more than I could have hoped for” Harvey searched his face and eyes and saw the veracity of what he was saying. A slow smile crossed his face, and he pulled Mike back into him for another kiss. “That is settled then.”
They were quiet for a few moments before idly commenting “We would be ok you know even if you went to Boston, we would make it. It would be tough to be apart but we would find a just like we have with everything else.” Harvey told him confidently “I know H, but why put ourselves through that when we don’t have too. I want to see you every day, work on cases with you, spend what free time we have together. That’s more important to me than what law school I go too” “Me too Mike, me too” he said in a husky tone. They smiled at each other softly “Shall we call them back?” Mike asked after a while, Harvey nodded and interlaced their fingers before calling Harry’s name.
Harry and Tom appeared before them sporting pleased smiles (they may have eavesdropped a little), “So are you ready to go back?” Tom asked with a raised eyebrow. They both nodded “When?” Harry asked with a grin, looking at their clasped hands. “April 2005” Harvey told him firmly. “What will happen when we go back exactly?” Mike asked slightly nervous, “You will wake up in your younger bodies, your memories intact and from then on its up to the two of you what you do with this second chance” Harry told them kindly, “It seems like whatever that will be it will be together” Harry remarked teasingly. They both smiled at him happily, “I’m glad you two figured everything out, I was rooting for you. I hoped when we intervened this would be the outcome” Harry admitted with a pleased smirk, which was echoed on Tom’s face. “Thank you” Mike told them earnestly “You’ve changed everything for us and we are so grateful” Harvey echoed his sentiments with more reserve but was no less appreciation. “You are welcome” Tom and Harry told them. “Good luck” Tom told them simply with a small smile, Harry wrapped his arm around Tom’s waist and leaned against him. “We will meet again” Harry told them with a smile “Ready?” They both nodded, Harry clicked his fingers and they fell the darkness consumed them again.
Tom and Harry watched as they disappeared before turning to each other, Harry laughed “That was fun” he told his soulmate with a broad smile, “We were practically playing cupid today!”. “We were indeed Darling, I’m glad they figured things out. I couldn’t bear the thought of letting them end up in unhappy marriages pining for each other.” “I know, that would have been a real shame, they are so perfect for each other, and they make a fantastic team” Mike commented softly. “As we know only too well” Tom smiled lovingly at his other half, Harry kissed him, wrapping his arms around his neck, they only pulled apart breathlessly when they heard Death calling for them. “He’s back” Harry whispered with a slight chuckle, “he’s not going be happy when he finds out we interfered again” Tom laughed unconcernedly “It’s done now, what can he do?”. Tom pulled him by the hand “Come with me, we deserve some alone time after our good deed today. We can check in on Harvey and Mike later” Harry nodded and followed along with Tom to their bedroom, just as eager as Tom to spend some time alone together.
April 2005 (Again)
Harvey and Mike woke up in their own beds, luckily they were both alone when they awoke, it would have been very awkward if either or both of them had had a partner for the night. Mike showered and dressed, checking the time and date and saw it was early on a Saturday morning. He cleaned up the apartment, getting rid of any pot that was there before deciding to bike to Harvey’s. He wheeled his bike outside holding his helmet, only to find Harvey getting out of one of the cars from the car club. Mike grinned broadly when he saw him, he looked so young compared to how he remembered him, though Mike supposed he was around 28 now, he was 33 or so when they met the first time. Harvey locked the car and looked up, finding Mike already there smiling at him and he felt a smile spread across his own face as he saw him again.
They both hesitated for a moment before Harvey pulled him, bike helmet and all, into his arms and hugged him tightly. Mike pressed his face into Harvey’s neck, whispering “I was sort of afraid when I woke up that it was a dream, that I was going open my eyes and be in a prison cell.” “Not a dream Mikey, it really is April 2005” Mike tangled his fingers in Harvey’s hair and pulled his head back gently leaning in slightly to kiss him, Mike hesitated for a half a second, just staring as Harvey gave him a slow half smile, before he leaned in and met Mikes lips with his own. The kiss was even better than the ones they had shared while they were dead, Mike felt sparks everywhere they touched, it was better than anything he had ever shared with anyone else. He could feel Harvey’s muscular arms around him, his strong hands soothing on his face and back as they lost themselves in their first real kiss.
They were breathless and flushed when they both pulled back staring at each other in wonder at what had erupted between them. “Are you free?” Harvey asked after a moment, “I was hoping we could spend the weekend together, work out a game plan now that we are back” Mike smiled at him, “I am, I was just coming to yours when you showed up. Why don’t we head back to your place, grab some food on the way and we can…plan” Mike suggested with a smile as his eyes dropped to Harvey’s lips, he could see Harvey’s lips quirk in a small answering smile as he nodded, a response to Mike’s spoken question and his unspoken one conveyed by that pause and look. “I can’t guarantee if we stay here Trevor won’t show up, I need to find a way to distance myself from him soon” Mike told him regretfully, Harvey frowned in distaste at the mention of his name, he detested him, especially after he threw Mike under the bus at his trial before they came back. “Let’s go” Harvey said, unlocking the car, opening the trunk to let Mike put his bike and helmet in. They chatted and laughed comfortably, exchanging good natured quips, on the way to Harvey’s picking up some brunch along the way.
They relaxed comfortably on the couch after they had eaten, Mike looked around properly realising that the apartment was a lot barer than he remembered. There was a TV, sofa, and a few stools at the bar but nothing else. Harvey smiled as he saw Mike’s look “I only just moved here, by the date we arrived, literally a few days ago so I only have the basics so far” Harvey took a deep breath before continuing on looking uncharacteristically hesitant, “I’m glad about that though, we could decide together how we want the place to look, where all our stuff should go” Mike looked at him wide eyed, he licked his lips and cleared his throat “You…are you asking me to?” He couldn’t quite finish the sentence, “I want you to move in Mike… you can take as long as you want to decide but I want you here with me. I know it seems sudden but we almost lost each other- to prison, in that car crash, to other relationships. It makes you realise how easy it would be to let this slip away and I don’t want that to happen to us. I know what I want, who I want to be with and that is you, you and me together. I would have accepted being your best friend before but now that I know what we can have together, that we are a possibility? I want everything with you.” Mike didn’t move or even breathe for maybe a minute as he absorbed what Harvey had told him. And then the joy flooded through him at the thought of having Harvey offer him everything he had wanted since the day they met.
Mike didn’t look at Harvey as he said with a poker face, looking at the opposite wall “Well Grammys Panda picture would be nice on that wall over there I guess and if my favourite picture was living here I would need too as well, you know to keep an eye on it” Mike turned to Harvey at last with a broad smile, Harvey harrumphed slightly and tugged Mike over to him and onto his lap “We can negotiate where that panda picture will go later I suppose” Harvey said in mock annoyance but Mike could hear the same underlying joy that he was feeling. Mike cupped his hands around Harvey’s face, rubbing his thumb along the underside of his jaw, feeling the slight stubble.
“I’m open to suggestions on that” he told him in a low teasing tone before continuing more seriously, “I want you; I want everything with you too. I don’t want to waste any more time that we could be together, and we already know we make a great team” He watched Harvey’s eyes brighten at his huskily voiced confession, Harvey raised his own hand and cupped it over the back of Mike’s neck pulling him into a tender kiss before deepening it into something more passionate. They eventually stopped for a moment to breathe, and Mike whispered against his ear as he sucked a bruise onto the side of Harvey’s neck “Did you buy a bed yet?” Harvey dragged his lips into another kiss before whispering against them “Super-king, like sleeping on a cloud” “Hmm” Mike said pretending to consider it “I would need to try it out, you know for science, to confirm your cloud theory”.
Harvey grinned “it would be your duty” he bantered back as he helped Mike stand and stood up himself, leading the way to the bedroom with Mike a close step behind. They both kicked off their shoes and socks before Harvey laid back on his side propped up on one arm on the bed and held out his other hand to Mike. It felt like a significant moment in their relationship when Mike accepted his hand and lay down close beside him, mirroring his pose. Harvey moved his hand to Mike’s waist rubbing over the material lightly before letting his hand drift beneath his shirt onto warm skin, watching Mike’s face as smoothed his hand over his stomach and up his chest, brushing over his nipples with his callused palm causing him to shiver slightly. Harvey gripped his shirt and used it to pull him closer to him, throwing his leg over him and shifting so that he was lying over Mike, holding his weight up on his elbows staring down into those bright blue eyes. It was a sight he had long desired to see, Mike sprawled on his bed looking at him with lust and something more in his eyes.
He leaned down and kissed him fiercely, one kiss leading into another and another until he eventually pulled away and trailed his lips across Mikes jaw down to his throat, licking over his adams apple, pressing kisses and nibbling up his throat, sucking a matching bruise onto Mikes throat. He wanted to mark him all over, an unexpected possessiveness took hold of him. He sucked and marked down his throat before sucking another bruise into the juncture between his neck and shoulder causing Mike to groan and push up against him. He murmured soothing nonsense noises to him and ran gentle hands up over his arms, gesturing to him to lift slightly so he could pull his shirt off, Mike did so eagerly, tugging at his shirt as well. Harvey was more than happy to oblige and threw his shirt on to the floor to join Mike’s. He lay back down, causing them both to moan in pleasure as their bare chests pressed together.
Harvey moved slightly against him causing their nipples to rub together and Mike gasped at the pleasure that jolted through him at that contact, dragging Harvey’s mouth back to kiss him, deep hungry kisses that had them wrapped around each other. Mike gripped Harvey’s hair in one hand, the other roaming over his muscular back and down his back over jeans clad ass, squeezing gently, pulling his pelvis against his own where there covered erections pressed together causing them both to groan at the contact. Harvey’s hand dropped from tweaking his nipples to one handedly unbuttoning Mike’s jeans, they pushed and pulled them off him together along with his briefs before doing the same for Harvey, not wanting to part from each other even to undress the rest of the way.
When they laid down, they were both completely naked, they continued kissing and Mike reached down to grip Harvey’s cock in his hand, stoking gently up and down a few times feeling Harvey harden even more, enjoying his little sighs and grunts of pleasure. Mike wanted more so he pushed Harvey on to his back and slid down the bed so that he was lying between his legs. He pressed kisses along Harvey’s lower stomach and his thighs, before lowering his head and pressing light kisses against his balls, he flicked his tongue out a few times before taking them in his mouth and sucking, causing Harvey to groan loudly, pushing up against him and running his fingers through his hair and lightly holding his head. Mike pulled off and looked up into Harvey’s warm lust blown brown eyes keeping eye contact as he lowered his mouth on to his cock, kissing the head and flicking his tongue around it before sucking gently at first, then with more vigour. He took more and more of Harvey in until he could feel the head against the back of his throat. Harvey let out a wordless cry, his hips thrusting up unconsciously, both hands now gripping Mike’s head, tugging his hair as he gasped and groaned in pleasure. Mike moved up and down his cock, licking and sucking every inch, loving the sounds Harvey made, the breathy sound of his name falling from Harvey’s lips as he brought him closer and closer to the edge. Harvey’s face was flushed, a sheen of sweat on his forehead, his chest.
Harvey raised his head again to look down again into Mike’s eyes and moved one of his hands from Mike’s hair and stroked gently down his cheek, cupping his face. He tugged him away from his cock and up toward him, Mike involuntarily let out a protesting moan, but Harvey soothed him gently, pulling him into his arms and pressing kisses on to his face, anywhere he could reach. His hands roamed over Mike’s body, and he followed the trail with his mouth, licking, kissing, and marking every inch he could reach. His hands cupped Mikes balls, stroking his cock as he thrust into his hands, groaning at the pleasure rolling through him. Harvey leaned up and ran his tongue over Mikes lips, begging entrance before being welcomed inside and exploring his mouth as thoroughly as he had the rest of him.
They were both gasping for breath when they pulled away slightly, one of Harvey’s hands continued to lightly stroke his cock while his other moved down to his entrance and rubbing teasingly against him. Mike arched up against him sharply at the unexpected sensation, Mike ran his hand through Harvey’s hair in apology as he moved his hand away slightly, “Sorry” he whispered, “it has just been a long time since anyone has…” Harvey kissed him gently and continued gently rubbing his entrance pressing his finger in a little before moving back. “It’s ok Mikey, its ok, the part of me that is a possessive likes that it has been a while since anyone else has touched you like this. Is this ok sweetheart?” Mike nodded his head, kissing Harvey’s neck, nipping at his throat and Harvey’s fingers continued opening him up. He eventually reached for the lube and used that to prepare him, 3 of his fingers now thrusting in and out of him, fucking him, finding his prostate and causing a howl to break from Mikes throat. “I’m ready, Harvey, I’m ready, please” “Please what Sweetheart” Harvey whispered teasingly as sucked his nipple into his mouth, biting lightly, thrusting his hard cock against Mike as did so, “Please fuck me Harvey, I need you inside me” Mike gasped reaching down and taking his cock in hand again, causing Harvey to gasp harshly, thrusting into Mikes hands.
He reached unsteadily for a condom, putting it on and Mike reached for the lube before he could, slicking him up. “We need to get tested” Mike told him as he stoked him, “hmm” Harvey murmured distractedly “we need to get tested so that we can get rid of these things. I want to feel you properly when you are fucking me, nothing between us. I want to feel you come inside me, dripping out of me” Mike whispered heatedly in his ear, so quietly he could barely hear him. Harvey felt want, lightning hot, flash through him at hearing Mike say that, putting into words what he wanted as well. “Yes, soon as we can Mikey” he whispered in reply.
He reached down and kissed Mike ferociously, taking both his hands in his, interlinking their fingers and pushing Mikes hands gently back against the pillows with his own. He kept one of their hands interlinked and used his other hand to guide himself into Mikes well prepared entrance, pushing gently until he was inside and then thrusting shallowly. Mike widened his legs, bringing them up on either side of Harvey’s hips, feet resting gently on his lower back and ass. He continued to push into him slowly until he was fully seated inside him, at that point he moved his other hand back to Mikes and interlinked their fingers once again. He looked tenderly down into Mikes glittering eyes, getting a soft adoring smile in return, he leaned down and kissed his nose, then his mouth, before rocking against him. “Ok?” Harvey gritted out the question, Mike arched against him, “Yes, Mike gasped out pleading “Please move baby, please” Harvey couldn’t resist a plea from Mike in that tone and calling him that endearment. It completely undid him, how much Mike wanted him, how much he wanted him in return.
He finally began to move, thrusting into Mike slow and gentle to begin with but harder and faster as lust consumed them both. They were both groaning and gasping in each other ears, their names falling from swollen bruised lips in between impassioned kisses. They were joined in as many place as they possibly could. Mike moved his head down slightly nipping and sucking his chest, marking him up and he loved every second of it, every claim Mike made on him. He returned the favour decorating Mikes skin with similar bites and nips. Harvey sped up his thrusts, feeling Mikes cock rub against his stomach each time, leaving a trail of pre-come behind, he was getting close but he wanted to see Mike come for him first. He took one of his hands from Mikes and reached between them, taking hold of Mikes cock and jerking him in time with his thrusts. Mike let out a shout of his name as he came hard against him, ecstasy overtaking his features. Two more thrusts and Harvey joined him in bliss also calling out Mikes name, leaning down to kiss him as he did so.
They panted against each other as they came down from their high, Harvey stayed inside Mike but put his arms around him and pulled them onto their sides to lie more comfortably pressed against each other. Mikes face and neck was flushed, his hair rumpled and sweaty as he breathed heavily against his throat, and he was sure he was no better off himself. He eventually slipped out of Mike and they both groaned at the loss of contact. Harvey disposed of the condom quickly and got them both cleaned up a little, climbing back into bed and taking Mike back in his arms. Mike pressed himself further into his chest, arms, and hands tight around him, their legs entangled. They lay there for a long while, in the early afternoon light from the windows, enjoying being close, mostly in silence but they had a few whispered conversations, sharing some lingering kisses. It was serene and something they both cherished, enjoying this new closeness between them.
Their peace was rudely interrupted when someone knocked on the front door a while later. They both raised their heads and looked toward the open bedroom door. “Are you expecting someone?” Mike asked, “No, not that I remember anyway. I should go see who it is” Mike nodded, and Harvey pulled the sheet up around him, leaning down for another kiss, before he got out of bed and threw on his jeans and what turned out to be Mikes shirt, but it fit so he kept it on. Mike laid back on the bed leaning up on both elbows eyeing him admiringly as he watched him dress, “Keep looking at me like that and I will not be answering that door and you won’t be leaving this bed anytime soon” Harvey warned him gruffly “Promises” Mike laughed wiggling his eyebrows, Harvey joined him in his laughter, “Behave you” he told him amused, giving him another kiss, before closing the bedroom door and padding barefoot down the hall to open the door with a slight smile on his face.
Donna was on other side of the door, hand raised to knock again when he opened it. “Donna, Hi, I didn’t know you were stopping by” “Harvey, you just moved in a few days ago, I wanted a tour of your new home and I brought some champaign and food. I figured we could celebrate, and I could help you unpack if you like.” Donna told him brightly as she breezed passed him into the apartment before he could stop her and placed the food and her bag on the bar. “Wow this place is great, look at that view and the fireplace. It’s incredible” she said as she turned around on the spot taking everything in. “Yeah, it is” Harvey agreed quietly, Donna seemed to notice his slightly distracted demeanour and took a second to really look at him.
His hair looked like someone had run their hands through it multiple times, there were marks all over his throat and what she could see of his chest in that shirt which she had never seen before she realised astutely. His face was slightly flushed and sweaty and he looked like he had just thrown his clothes on, not as well put together as he usually was at all. In the seconds it took for her to put that together, came the realisation that Harvey wasn’t alone, he had glanced over at the closed bedroom door several times already. He had just climbed out of bed with someone to answer the door, she realised numbly. She tried to laugh it off, “I’m so sorry Harvey, I’m interrupting something aren’t I?” She didn’t give him a chance to answer, “I’m going go, pretend I was never here, and I’ll see you at work on Monday”, she said quickly, feeling extremely uncomfortable as she gathered up the stuff, she had brought with her and headed towards the door.
It was one thing to know in the abstract that Harvey dated and slept with lots of women but seeing the evidence, she grimaced as she glanced again the marks on him. Knowing there was a naked woman behind that door waiting for him made her chest and stomach feel tight and jittery with jealousy. Harvey ran his hand through his hair with a small sigh, “Donna I’m sorry, I wasn’t expecting this…and I had other plans for the weekend already. Maybe we can arrange to do dinner another time?” He suggested into the slightly awkward silence that had fallen as he followed her to the door, she turned around with a smile as she opened the door and stepped out into the hallway “Sure but You have nothing to apologise for Harvey, I should have called first and not just stopped by like this. Have a good weekend” “You too Donna” he called after her and she walked toward the elevator.
Harvey closed and locked the door, then called his doorman and told him to announce all visitors from now on before letting them up to his apartment. He didn’t want to be taken by surprise like that again. He headed back to the bedroom to find Mike leaning up against the headboard, arm casually behind his head, chest bare and sheet draped around his hips. Harvey couldn’t help but love the sight of this man in his new bed, very glad that he hadn’t picked anyone up and brought them back with him since he moved in a few days ago or 11 years ago really for him. Mike was the only one that would share this bed with him, smirking at that thought. He looked up into Mike’s eyes finding him smiling at him as well. “It’s odd seeing you look so young again” Harvey commented as he stripped his clothes back off and got back into bed with Mike draping his arm over his waist as Mike turned toward him, “I know, for me, too” Mike told him “He reached out, smoothing his thumb over Harvey’s nose and over his slightly furrowed brow, seeing the tension that hadn’t been present before. “That was Donna at the door?” Mike asked though he already knew the answer, Harvey nodded, “She stopped by to see the apartment, brought food, offered to help me unpack” Miked nodded, not quite meeting Harvey’s eyes. “We haven’t talked about Donna, even back there” Mike told him seriously “You guys have a history, even here in 2005 and we saw that other future we were heading towards, you married her. Do I need to be worried here?” Mike said it jokingly, but Harvey knew him well enough to sense the undercurrent of slight anxiety behind his words.
Harvey took the hand on his face, linking their fingers again, looking contemplative “We slept together last year before I went back to PH, one time, when we left the DA’s office. She said she didn’t get involved with people she worked with so when I offered her the job as my secretary at the firm. She made it clear it would never happen again if we were working together. I was fine with that; I wasn’t looking for any more than we had already had. I wanted her as my secretary more than anything else. For me, at least, It was done after that one night and there have been plenty of women since, plus for me that happened like 11 years ago. It’s ancient history and not something I ever think about. As for that future we saw, the only thing that makes sense to me is that after losing you, it probably felt like Donna was all I had left, and I ended up in a relationship with her. That sounds terrible, I mean, I care about Donna but I have my doubts as to if I was actually in love with her in that future. That happened several years after you went to prison and I already knew that last day when we crashed, who I really wanted deep down, I must have finally accepted that it would never happen when you were married and living on the other side of the country.”
Mike could hear the pain in Harvey’s words as he made that confession at the end and his heart broke at the pain he had caused this man, unintentionally, but nevertheless he caused it. Mike put his free arm around Harvey’s torso and threw his leg over his, leaning in so that he was practically lying over him, chest to chest. “I had no inkling how you felt, I swear it Harvey, if I had known, things would have been different. If I had gathered up the courage years ago to tell you how I felt about you…” Mike dropped his eyes from Harvey’s as he internally castigated himself for his past actions or inaction in this case. He felt Harvey’s fingers under his chin pulling his head up to meet his gaze again, “Hey going round in circles rehashing this isn’t going help, we avoided that future, avoided all of it, we have this chance now to be together without any of that getting in our way. Like Harry and Tom told us, the future is whatever we want to make of it and we know from on, we will be facing it together as a team” Harvey told him sternly, kissing him quickly before pulling back.
Mike was quiet for a moment before musing out loud “Maybe this will work out better for Donna too, once she sees you are off the market, it might allow her to move on. She spent years pining after you before, thinking there might still be a chance, this might give her a clean break.” “I hope so” Harvey agreed before asking Mike something he had wondered about since Donna showed up here, “Does it bother you?” Mike raised an inquiring eyebrow and Harvey went on “That I slept with her, and we still work together.” Mike chuckled slightly, “No”, he replied amused, “it doesn’t bother me, like you said it was a onetime thing that you were over right after it happened. You two are just friends and more importantly, I trust you absolutely and completely, I know you would never cheat Harvey” Harvey smiled tenderly at him and tightened his arms around him “but” Mike hesitated and Harvey looked slightly concerned at the pause “I know you two are close and in the future or the past we came from, she seemed to know every detail of your life. What I’m trying to say is that I’m not comfortable with Donna knowing about every aspect about our relationship. Do you tell her everything or is she just guessing and assuming from scheduling your life?” Mike asked, Harvey gave him a serious look “I told her if I was dating someone or we went to this restaurant or that party, but I never told her intimate details of my relationships Mike and I sure as hell would never share anything like that with her about us. I would never do that to you, would never dishonour you like that.”
Mike leaned up and kissed him again “I’m sorry, that was a stupid thing to ask and I know deep down you wouldn’t do that. Its just the way she acts around you, it seemed very territorial at times and she acted like she was the Harvey whisperer or something” Harvey laughed at that, kissing Mike’s cheek, “it was a valid question, and it probably did appear that way. She does need to learn boundaries this time, I did let her take liberties last time where my life was concerned. Case in point her just showing up here today but that won’t be happening this time.” Harvey’s eyes sparkled with mischief “God knows what she could walk in on now we are living together.” “I know” Mike quipped back happily, “it would be embarrassing for you if she walked in to see you cooking naked for me clad in an apron or doing a sexy strip tease for me”.
Harvey guffawed to Mike’s delight, “you came up with those scenarios pretty quickly rookie” Mike smiled wrapping his arms around Harvey’s neck repositioning them until he was lying on the bed with Harvey leaning over him again “Well a guy has to have some dreams doesn’t he?” Harvey nodded “How about I show you one of mine and then we can order food?” Harvey suggested, Mike opened his mouth but Harvey answered his demand before he could even make it “yes we can order pizza with the cheese in the crust” he told him, rolling his eyes in mock annoyance, Mike wasn’t fooled though, he knew Harvey enjoyed it even if he would never admit it “We can get salad and chicken too if you like, to satisfy your old man sensibilities” Mike teased lovingly. “Less of the old, you, I’m 11 years younger than I was yesterday!”
“Very true, your stamina and recovery time have probably improved quite a bit since then as well” Mike mocked, Harvey shook his head a happy relaxed grin on his face, “I can see there is only one way to shut you up and to think of all the headaches I could have avoided if I had figured it out years ago” Harvey told him, “Oh yeah” Mike asked, lightly running his fingers up and down Harvey’s back, making him shiver slightly “What would that be?” In answer Harvey leaned down and kissed him with all the passion and love he felt, and which Mike returned in equal measure. They had the rest of their lives to make plans but for right now they were both exactly where they wanted to be, doing exactly what they wanted to do, they could sort out the logistics of this new life of theirs tomorrow.