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Christy Corr ([personal profile] christycorr) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2012-10-03 08:28 pm
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this tornado loves you by liketheroad (R)

Fandom: SUITS
Pairing: Harvey/Mike
Length: 59,792 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] liketheroad
Author Website: AO3 profile
Why this must be read:

This fic is the story of how Mike, Jenny and Trevor might've grown up together, tangled in all kinds of interesting ways. Here, Harvey and Mike meet under different circumstances; Mike's younger, but making equally terrible life choices.

The evolution of their relationship is more complex than in canon, and liketheroad sets things up perfectly. Her Mike is achingly real, and very well-constructed. Harvey and Mike's UST, Christ, it'll drive you mad, but it totally works.

He’s led into an interview room and left there alone for ten minutes before a man bursts in with the best suit and sharpest grin Mike’s ever seen.

“My name is Harvey Specter. I'm a partner at Pearson Hardman.”

He holds out his hand to Mike, and Mike takes it warily, somehow not surprised when it turns out Specter has a really good grip.

He’s unsettled, even more so than what has become normal for the past forty-eight hours, but still, Mike’s never been good at thinking before he speaks, so he just blurts, “Pearson Hardman doesn’t take criminal cases.”

“Well, not normally, no, but,” Specter stops himself, tilting his head curiously, like he’s sizing Mike up and is surprised by what he’s discovered. “How did you know that?”

Mike shrugs. “I read.”

“You read?”

“Yeah.”

“What do you read?” Specter’s tone is indulgently bemused, and there’s a strange spark in his eye.

“Lots of things. The paper, in this case. Your firm has been in the news seventeen times in the past two months alone, and none of those instances involved criminal law. You specialize in finance, corporate buyouts and mergers, protecting the rich and defending corporations.”

“We also do pro bono work, and sometimes that can include criminal cases. Like yours. And it was sixteen.”

Mike shakes his head. “No it wasn’t.”


this tornado loves you

[identity profile] brunettepet.livejournal.com 2012-10-04 12:35 pm (UTC)(link)
This is a terrific story very well told. I think it's time for a re-read!