the thing about ian is that he and mickey will fuck so nasty, and he'll still call it "making love." mickey will be starfished on the bed, drenched in sweat and staring at the ceiling with his eyes all huge like he just accidentally bore witness to the birth of the universe after whatever depraved act ian just committed upon him, and ian will be next to him like "i love getting to make love with you 🥰 that was so nice 🥰 i love you"

Mickey cupping Ian’s face

Hi my love, yes I need to talk to someone about that first kiss in the van and I see you're awake before 7am and losing it over that scene, so here I am. Listen. Mickey decided to be brave. Because he wanted to keep that dorky rotc boy all to himself. So he kissed him. For the first time! His first time kissing him! His first time kissing a boy! Maybe his first time kissing anyone?? Omg. Do you think he planned it, or do you think it was spontaneous? Do you think maybe he was like "I'll feel it out when we get there" or did he have a game plan and know exactly how he was going to have the others distracted so he could do it? Holy shit imagine the butterflies in his stomach? How weak in the knees he must've felt? But he did it! It must have felt so good! And so scary! And then Ian makes the softest, happiest face! Because he caught him by surprise! I need to lie down!

the way i literally had your blog pulled up about to message you something along the lines of "thanks for the OG van kiss brain rot at 7am" BUT HERE YOU ARE comin' at me with EVEN MORE FEELS this fine saturday morning!!

mickey is the bravest boy in the world. he's so courageous in so many ways but in this moment? their first kiss? HIS first kiss?? BEYOND brave 🥺 that's my personal headcanon, that this was his first kiss with anyone. and it makes me fucking sob bc what better first kiss to have than one with someone you're head over fucking heels for?? even if it ends in chaos?? i don't think he ever trusted anyone the way he trusts ian, the way he feels so safe with him in a way that's new and unfamiliar and terrifying and invigorating. it's unlikely, in my mind, that he would ever trust anyone else with anything so intimate and personal. maybe not as he aged, but definitely in this moment.

i think he planned it in the same way someone "plans" for a fight. you know you'll be there, you know they'll be there, and you know what's about to go down but you have no way of knowing exactly what's going to happen. because maybe they'll surprise you. or even better, maybe you'll surprise yourself. and i think that's what he did! surprised himself! because i know he woke up that morning realizing he may have a chance to prove ian wrong - that he isn't afraid to kiss him - and decided to take it if the opportunity presented itself. i don't think he knew the logistics of it. i think he just knew that it was something he needed to do, something he wanted to do, and the next time he saw a chance, he'd take it. and he saw his chance!! and he took it!! and it was beautiful and wonderful and life-changing and earth-tilting and reality-shifting and all the incredible things 😭

and ian's little face? his soft little smile? the way his brain is fully offline in that moment just sparking back to life and realizing that yeah, YEAH, that just fucking happened?!? can you IMAGINE the butterflies both of them felt? i'm imagining it and getting butterflies myself in that nostalgic puppy love kind of way 🥹

thank you. thank you for the brain rot. give me 32 hours and i'll be by your side, on the floor, face in the carpet, wailing. because that's exactly how bonkers these two little fools make me. make US. good lord. i am simply overcome 😭

i need you to touch me

for the 2023 @spicygallavichcollab 🌶️ view on ao3 for full quality ✨

MICKEY MILKOVICH 4.11 ― “Emily”

Heath Ledger as Patrick Verona 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (1999)

Got hit with a last second idea for a @galladrabbles! Here’s my take on @depressedstressedlemonzest‘s prompt mean and scary

Ever since he can remember, everyone’s told Jack to watch out for Mr.M at the corner house. Everyone says if you throw your ball in Mr.M’s yard, don’t bother. Everyone says to wait for his husband. Everyone says Mr.M ain’t doin no one any favours.

But not everyone has had to run away to get away from their drunk dad. Not everyone has had to sleep under the L tracks on a cold Chicago night. Not everyone was told to, “Get the fuck inside kid. Ian, grab a blanket willya.”

Everyone says Mr.M is mean and scary.

Jack knows better.

💗Happy Teaser Sunday y'all!💗

Just because we revealed Theme 18 & Theme 19 together last month, doesn't mean we're gonna leave you without a teaser this month! If you're in need of inspiration🤔 for this month's theme, check out this little 📚quiz📚 we made for you!

in case you want to buy the shirt here it is 🖤

I don’t think this comic needs an explanation, so here it is :-)

Please forgive me for being two weeks late but LIFE sometimes! But I could not let this chance that @gallacrafts gave us to love up on some fic writers go without participating!

So here is my love letter to @howlinchickhowl and her fic Song of the Hearth. Howl I think about this fic all the time. I go back to it often. I read it everytime I'm under the weather. Mickey makes Ian soup and this fic feels like soup--warm and comforting. So thank you for your words and the love you've stirred into this fic.

Here's a bowl of "salty lumpy chicken water with stuff in it".

"Never in a million years would have thought that happiness was watching your feverish husband eat shitty soup on a rented couch on a Wednesday afternoon."

Photography inspired by this artwork by @apothecrowley, so I guess this is a double love letter.

Finally thank you as always to Donna @sleepyfacetoughguy, Rhys @smokey-mickey , and Cherry @too-schoolforcool for giving us this monthly opportunity to create within this beautiful wonderful community. I love it here so much!

Also look under the cut for a little chaotic surprise

mickey + belts

SHAMELESS | 5.10

Never fall for a Gallagher.

Nicknames.

I can't remember anymore nicknames, is this all Mickey's nicknames for Ian?

part I / part II

♫ Don’t be suspicious, don’t be suspicious ♫

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