Even Serial Killers Sleep
Mickey Altieri x Reader
Words: 805
Summary: Being the only solace for a man with murderous tendencies isn’t alway easy, but for you, it’s worth it.
Notes: Nothing to see here. *cough* Just move along. (Look, I’ve accepted my obsession with him at this point. Let me write my little psycho fluff pieces.)
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Okay, maybe you should have been asleep.
No, you definitely should have been asleep. It was almost four in the morning and you had class in just a few hours.
You had tried, of course. But no matter how long you laid in your bed, staring up at the ceiling, the streetlights outside casting shadows off your blinds like the cucoloris of old noir films, you just couldn’t get your brain to shut the fuck up and turn off.
When you heard the quiet click of your apartment door open and close, any drowsiness that might have crept into your wired mind dissipated with a shot of adrenaline.
You lived alone.
Your hand reached for the kitchen knife your boyfriend told you to keep by your bed, knocking your alarm clock off the nightstand in the process. The plastic device clattered to the floor, a chunk of the corner cracking off and spitting across the room.
“Shit,” you winced.
Footsteps creaked just outside your door. Your heart pounded in your chest. The doorknob turned slowly. You held the knife out in front of you with a trembling hand, ready to cut down whatever psycho was on the other side.
The door swung open, revealing black boots, dark-wash jeans, and a t-shirt covered in blood.
You let the knife fall to your side with a sigh of relief.
“Oh, it’s just you.”
Mickey’s shoulders fell. “Just you? I just killed two co-eds and all you have to say is it’s just you? What the fuck, babe?”
“Sorry,” you giggled, standing on your toes to kiss him on the cheek, “I just thought you were, well, a serial killer.”
“Honey,” his Cheshire cat grin made your stomach flutter, “I am a serial killer.”
You put your hands on your hips. “Well, are you here to kill me or go to sleep?”
He frowned, kissed your forehead, and slipped past you into the bedroom. He took off his boots and looked ready to climb under the covers.
“Ah ah,” you exclaimed with a scolding glare. You pointed to his bloodstained t-shirt. “Not on the bed, please, baby.”
Mickey grabbed onto the back collar and pulled it over his head. He tossed it into the trash to be burned later. He stripped to his boxers and fell back onto the bed.
“Happy?” He snarked.
“Thank you.” You smiled and jumped in beside him.
Mickey pulled you up against his bare chest, arms locking around you like he didn’t want to let go. You pressed your lips to his collarbone.
“Do you want to talk about it?”
He shrugged. “Eh. It was kinda boring. Too easy. When the one went to get beer, she even said ‘I’ll be right back.’ I mean, that’s breaking the biggest rule of all horror movies.”
“I’m sure that’s what she was thinking when you stabbed her.”
He craned his neck to look at you. “Are you making fun of me?”
“...” You walked your fingers up his sternum. “No.”
Hands gripped your hips and in one swift motion, you were on your pack with a pair of dark, menacing eyes hovering over yours while his body pinned you down.
You probably should have been scared, with images of his hand, which now gripped your wrist, taking a blade and killing your classmates. But you just weren’t. Craziness and all, he was your Mickey. And he knew that better than anyone.
His lips crashed into yours, fueled by frustration at first, but then morphing into something sweeter. Soft. He wasn’t that way with anyone but you. When he pulled away, you tried to hold back a yawn. Unfortunately, it didn’t work.
“Maybe we should-” Yawn. “Get some sleep,” you said.
Mickey curled up beside you with his head on your stomach, tracing lines over the fabric of your nightshirt- which was one of his stolen t-shirts.
“Why aren’t you afraid of me?” He asked.
You ruffled his brown hair and smirked. “Because if you were going to kill me, you would have by now.”
He pouted his lips, crawling his way back to yours. He nipped at your neck and spoke with that slight whine you couldn't help but smile at.
“Maybe I’m building up to it.”
You tugged on his hair slightly, making him bite a little bit harder.
“I’ll keep that in mind.”
Mickey looked up at you, his usual goofy grin returning. “When you least expect it.” He jabbed his fingers into your sides, making you squeak.
“Mickey!” You squealed.
He switched off the light with his best mock-evil laugh. You rolled on top of him, legs on either side of his hips.
“Who’s the helpless victim now?” You challenged.
He sat up, flipping you onto your back once again with impressive speed. “Try again?”
“Please don’t kill me, mister Ghostface,” you teased.
“That’s what I thought,” he smirked.
So much for getting some sleep.
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