The dinner
Chapter 3: the dinner
Fiona stared at her brother and his wife, fucking wife? Who would have thought that that would ever happen? Not her that's for sure. She didn't know what to do or what to think really. There was no way In hell that her very gay brother had woken up one day and decided he was in love with a woman, marrying a woman, and she wasn't stupid enough to think that said woman being Svetlana was a coincidence. This had something to do with Mickey. She wondered to herself if Svetlana knew how take her marriage was? Was he trying to get back at Mickey for something? She shook her head, he wasn't that cruel, he couldn't be.
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Svetlana bounced her son on her knee as the Gallaghers watched her. Ian placed a hand on her back as he let out his own breath and this seemed to piss lip off even more.
“Fuck it, what the hell guys??” He finally says.
“Lip,” Fiona says in warning.
“No. My brother….Ian…what the fuck? So you’re straight now? Going back into the closet? What have you done with my brother? Are the meds okay?” Ian frowns, of course, it would come to that. That's the only logical reason right? He was manic and crazy.
“I'm not manic. Meds are fine.”
“Okay, then tell me why, my brother who once told me, that he couldn't possibly stick his dick in a woman, even when it meant maybe taking a beatdown, is now suddenly willing to stick his dick in a woman, for the rest of his life? Huh? Married??? You married your ex-boyfriend's ex-wife. That's sick man. Does Mickey even know you're banging her?” Lip says, pissed off and furious.
Svetlana's phone rings and she looks down and hands Ian the baby, and smiles softly. “Speak of devil. Hello…yes…fine…here talk to husband and Yev. I talk to asshole family.” She says and glares at the Gallaghers. Ian looks at her in confusion. She leans over and places a kiss on Yev's forehead and Ian's cheek, and softly whispers. “He calms you. Talk to him. I'll be fine.” He nods and takes the phone walking up the stairs.
“Yes, angry boy knows I married orange boy, Any more Stupid ass questions before he comes back?” She says crossing her arms.
“And he's fine with that? Just fine?” Lip says
“Mhm. They understand each other. Love each other.” She says as if it's the most obvious thing in the world.
“Wait….you know he's in love with Mickey? And you still…what the hell is going on here?” Fiona asks and Lana shrugs
“He loves me and Yevvy too, simple. You make it complicated.” She shrugs.
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“Hey,” Ian says shifting Yev as he makes it upstairs. “Say hi to daddy, Yev.” He says and the boy giggles and says hi about six times and Mickey laughs.
“Miss that fuckin kid. Who would have thought right?” Mickey half-jokes.
“I did.” He says honestly.
“Your family giving you shit?” Mickey asks
“Yeah, Lips being an asshole. First I must be manic, and then before you called he was yelling about how I could possibly bang Lana when I wouldn't bang Mandy.” And Mickey just busts up laughing.
“Fucker has a point though. Oh god. Even thinking about you fuckin my sister makes me want to vomit.”
“You and me both man. I love Mandy, like for real, but no.”
“You gonna just tell them? Ya know? They aren't gonna let up. They know somethings off.” Mickey says softly.
“Eventually. When I want to. Right now they're pissing me off…I miss you.” He says
“Don't start that Gallagher,” Mickey says
“Sorry. I just do. Can't tell many people that. Just Lana really.” He sniffs a little, not meaning to.
“Stop that. Okay. I can hear that. Do you…talk a lot about me to Lana?” Mickey can't help but ask.
“Yes. She helps me sometimes.” Ian says honestly.
“Fuck! I gotta go, times up. I want to hear about that sometime. Okay? Don't let your family stress you. I'm going dickhead!! Give Yev a kiss for me.” And just like Mickey's gone.
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When Ian comes back downstairs, his family is silent and Lana is glaring and Ian laughs. They turn their heads to him as Yev joins him in laughing.
“Mommy is scaring people again Yev.” And he seems to agree because he nods.
“Mommy not scary.” The boy says.
“She never threatened you with a claw hammer.” He says and looks over at Lana who smiles. Who busts up laughing.
“You two are weird.” Carl says shaking his head.
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Ian walks into the prison nervously, he shouldn't be here, but Svetlana convinced him to do it. That he needed to face his ex and just see him. She was pushy but she had the best of intentions, he knew that much. She had quickly become his best friend, the only person that he could really tell how much he hated himself, how leaving Mickey alone, haunted him, she understood, she lived it with him, and he loved her for that.
He swatted for Mickey to appear and when he finally did his breath hitched as Mickey nods at him as he sits down and grabs the phone.
“Hey,” Mickey says and Ian croaks out a small hi in return. He really doesn’t know what to say to the man that he loves, neither one of them can think of the words to express what they need to say without alerting anyone around.
“How the wife?” Mickey jokes in return and Ian smiles.
“Actually, pretty great. She helps.” Ian says
"Good,"
"We miss you," Ian says but Mickey knows what it means.
"I miss all of you two," he says back.
"Come home to us...We are waiting," Ian says and Mickey smiles
"It's gonna be a long wait man. I still got like what ten years."
"and we will all be right here waiting for you."
Mickey smiles at that and he knows. he knows that Ian's telling the truth.
"I love all of you. Give Yevgeny and the wife hugs and kisses for me," he says and Ian nods.