#no your eyes are not deceiving you this is actually a marvey fic lol

[heytheredeann]

Ever waiting

Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Post-Episode: s07e16 Goodbye, Reunions, Pining, Unrequited Love, (Or is it?), Bittersweet, Fix-It of Sorts

Summary: Harvey dreams of him, sometimes.

Notes: I found this buried in my pc (I probably wrote it while season 8 was hiring), and I thought I'd share. Enjoy!

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Harvey dreams of him, sometimes.

It’s always the same thing in a different hat, hugs and bright smiles, Mike reappearing with various excuses that Harvey barely bothers to pay attention to, tears burning in his eyes and his cheeks hurting with how wide he’s grinning.

(Often, when Mike pulls back, Harvey snorts, mutters ‘Come back here’ and hugs him again, because he’s there and letting him go feels worse than abandoning his composure.)

(He doesn’t know that he’s dreaming, but somehow he doesn’t fear rejection all that much. Maybe it’s the way Mike stares at him, bright blue eyes full of adoration.)

Harvey dreams of him, and when he wakes he thinks of calling. Sometimes he texts, and it often goes unanswered.

(Mike always answered, at first. Then it started taking days. Then sometimes he ignored him completely.)

Sometimes, he does call.

It’s usually at the end of the day, when he’s worn out, dropping on the couch with a loose tie still around his neck and wondering how bad it’d be for his back if he were to fall asleep right then and there, and he can tell himself that he’s just calling because it’s too good a story, that a text wouldn’t do it justice, that it’s too long to type and it’s just easier this way.

(Truth be told, he just needs to hear Mike’s voice. He might be starting to forget how that sounded like.)

(It generally goes to voicemail.)

Harvey can take a hint.

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