Make Me Nervous by brilligspoons (PG-13)

[christycorr]

Fandom: SUITS
Pairing: Harvey/Mike
Length: 10,026 words
Author on LJ: brilligspoons
Author Website: AO3 profile
Why this must be read:

I really appreciate it when Suits ficwriters don't immediately handwave away the potentially disastrous consequences of Harvey and Mike getting together, and Harvey's utter inability to use his words to say out loud what he actually needs. This fic starts off with Harvey and Mike sleeping together; cue Mike freaking out, and Harvey thinking Mike regretted it and pushing him away.

Rachel and Donna both make memorable appearances! I love it when Mike and Rachel end up great friends, and this is a great example of that. Meanwhile, Donna actually gets Mike to wear an elephant costume for her niece's birthday party, which will never not be a hilarious yet strangely easy-to-picture visual.

"I'm getting a little sick of being called ridiculous," Mike grumbles over the checkerboard. He moves one of the chips a square over, and his grandmother sighs.

"That's all well and good," she says, "but you're going to hear it a lot more from me if you keep playing the game like that."

Mike rubs at his eyes and sits back on the sofa. "Sorry, I'm preoccupied. Also I was sort of hoping I'd have the time to take my bike into the shop next weekend, so I don't really want to have to go to Donna's niece's party and wear the stupid costume."

"I saw a picture of the fittings. Not sure I blame you for that one."

"Wait, what?" Mike says. "How did - you saw a picture of it? When? How?"

She pulls out an Android phone from her sweater pocket and waves it at him. "Donna brought this to me the first time she came to visit. She kept me updated in real time throughout the whole experience. Did you really switch to boxer briefs, Michael? When did that happen?"

Mike sinks a little deeper into the sofa and prays for death to come for him.

Make Me Nervous