crack_van | The Losing Victor by EnigmaForum (teen)

Sorry that this is my first update all week, I actually had this open for the past two days but didn't get that far! I'll have to do something special to make up for it ;)

Anyhoo, here's my rec for today!

Fandom: SUITS
Pairing: Kyle Durant/OFC, Harvey Specter/Mike Ross (if you squint)
Length: 31k words
Author on LJ: I know she has one, but I'm not finding it right now.
Author Website: Ao3

Why this must be read:

Ok, I know what you're probably thinking: Why is she reccing a fic that is not only about a minor character that's only appeared in a few episodes, but it's a pairing with an original character? And the OC is pregnant? And it works? Riiiight. *coughbullshitcough*

I swear, I'm not nuts. This fic is just that good. The author's insight into the character is quite brilliant, and she's able to turn Kyle into someone that not only do you like, but you're actually rooting for. She leads you through Kyle's mindset after the mock trial win, his disastrous attempts to get on Harvey's good side, and how the biggest faux pas of Kyle's career ends up being the best thing that ever happened to him.

Kyle knew he was cocky. People told him that he was often enough and he believed he had the right to be. He was from an important family, had a top notch education, a Harvard law degree and worked for one of the premier law firms in New York City. He also happened to be a favorite of one of that law firms high ranking lawyers, not a senior partner as he had hoped, but still, there were worse things in life than being Louis Litt’s protégé. The things he’d learned from Litt had helped him crush Ross in mock trial, had helped him take Harvey Specter’s associate down in front of the Senior Partners and really almost the entirety of the law firm.

It was a sweet, sweet feeling because Kyle hated Mike Ross. He hated that a guy who obviously came from nothing, who should be working in the mail room and not on his floor, and who had deplorable taste in menswear was Harvey Specter’s golden child. Harvey Specter, the one senior partner that every associate wanted to be noticed by because his reputation was just that good. It was a reputation that Kyle had heard was well earned, he wouldn’t know because he had never been allowed to go to court with the man. But Mike Ross was. Mike Ross was the one Harvey Specter ran to for whatever he needed and Kyle hated that because he deserved it more. He had obviously proven how much better he was in the mock trial. He had won. He had been ruthless and heartless and scheming, like Louis had taught him, and it had certainly paid off.

The Senior Partners had taken notice of him and his win, his fellow associates had taken notice, and Mike Ross had been mocked more than usual and to make it even better, Specter knew all about it. Kyle was an observant man, it was part of the profession, so in the week following the mock trial of awesome he had noticed that Harvey Specter had been decidedly cooler towards his associate, had watched as Ross deflated with each look or gesture. It was beautiful sight to watch and after confirming on Friday that it was still there, Kyle had made up his mind to do something about his knowledge.

He was going to move in and get Harvey Specter to notice him, to take him on and leave Ross in the dust, or hopefully outside of the building with a pink slip. He was going to go up to Harvey Specter and simply ask if he needed anything done, show how he was more capable and more suited for Specter than Ross ever could be. And he wouldn’t have to do much, just further that separation by making Specter come to him, see the value in him, to want him to work with him and show him the ways. Louis Litt was good but Harvey Specter was the grand prize here at this firm and Kyle was going to get his way and take Ross all the way down in the process.

The Losing Victor