"Home early," Svetlana says as Yev sits down at the kitchen table.

"Yeah, daddy said we had to go, but we can go back tomorrow," Yev explain and starts to laugh again. "And guess what I saw?"

"What?" Svet asks, setting down a plate of chicken tenders for Yev.

"I saw daddy's undies! He was in the closet looking for paper with Mr. Gallagher! And when he came out I was there and his undies got stuck in his zipper."

Svetlana raises an eyebrow and looks over at Mickey. "This true?"

"Yeah, I was looking for paper in the closet, not that exciting."

Svetlana looks at Yev. "Go to room and play with legos, yes?" Yev nods and smiles. He gets up out of his chair and goes to his room.

"You fucked orange boy?" Svetlana asks.

Mickey shakes his head. He tried to remain calm when he was truly panicking on the inside. If she found out, she could tell Terry about it all. "I didn't fuck the teacher," he says, which wasn't a lie. It was actually the other way around. "I had gone to the bathroom before and my boxers got stuck in my zipper.

Svetlana shakes her head. "Don't believe you. Orange boy is hot, yes? I know you think so. But he is teacher and he is straight. Not fag like you."

Mickey raises an eyebrow and gets in svetlana's face. "I'm not a faggot. What I did was a one time thing. So you better back the fuck up and watch yourself."

Svetlana lets out a small, cocky laugh. "You think you scare me? You don't. You're just small, pathetic man. I have bigger dick than you."

Mickey scoffs and backs up from her. "You really think I fucked him? Cause you're wrong. I don't do that shit. I don't fuck a bunch of random guys like someone in this house."

"I tell Terry about this. You call me whore, I tell Terry you're still fag, yes?" Svetlana threatens. Whenever she didn't know how to continue the argument, she'd bring up Terry and it almost always worked.

"Just use Terry as a fucking weapon against me cause you're too pussy to do anything yourself."

"He come home tonight. I tell him," Svetlana says before walking to their bedroom and shutting the door. Mickey just shakes his head and grabs his pack of cigarettes. So what if he had hooked up with Ian? He didn't get what the big deal was. Svetlana hooked up with guys all the time.

He walked out front and sat down on the porch, shivering from the cold. He placed a cigarette between his lips and cupped a hand around it as he lit it up. He was screwed if Terry did come home. He'd sure as hell get his ass beat if Svetlana kept her promise to tell Terry. What was he thinking? He should have known he couldn't have hid this from her. But he was just so..... so lonely. He needed to feel something.

As if to just add to the whole situation no other than Ian Gallagher and some younger boy, come running down the block. Mickey could see them approaching and almost decides to go inside before they see him but it's too late.

"Mickey?" Ian says, laughing. "I didn't know you lived this close. I'm just a block away."

Mickey nods and butts out his cigarette. "Yeah, well this is the shit hole I call home," he mumbles, standing up.

"This is my brother, Carl," he says, pointing to the other boy.

Mickey knew the boy too. He rose an eyebrow at him and nodded slowly. Carl Gallagher, Mickey should have pieced the last name together sooner than now, but Mickey had gone on a few runs with Carl, trying to teach him the basics until carl quit it all. Mickey was actually happy for him. Glad the kid got out while he still could.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Mickey," he says to Carl.

Carl nods, trying to hide his small smirk. "Yeah, you too."

Mickey then looks back at Ian, just as the front door opens.

Ian smiles. "Mrs. Milkovich, hey. I was just on a run and saw your husband outside so I thought I'd say hello."

Svetlana nods. "Well I need piece of shit husband inside."

Carl bites back a laugh as Ian's eyes go a little wide.

"Duty calls," Mickey mumbles. "I, uh, I'll see you tomorrow when I drop Yev off I guess."

Ian nods, still smiling though he could obviously tell Svetlana was upset or angry about something. "Yeah, I'll see you then," Ian said before him and Carl took off again.

Mickey let out a sigh and stands up.

"You tell orange boy and friend to come over?" She asks, folding her arms over her chest. She tried everything in her power to get Mickey go act like a real husband, but it was hard because Mickey was beyond stubborn.

"Yeah, like I fucking told him to get his ass over to my place since you just got all pissy about him. So no, I didn't. I don't even like the dude. I think he's too nosey anyways," he mutters before shoving his way inside. "Shows on tonight anyways that I wanted to watch."

"No, yevgeny needs bath, so you help," she says, shutting the door harshly.

Mickey sighs. "Can't you fucking do it? You haven't done anything except gurgle balls all day."

"No, I do laundry. Now go. Or I get more mad," she says. Mickey stares at her and flips her off before going to Yev's room.

"Bath time, kiddo," Mickey says and Yev nods.

"Can we play with my superheroes again?" He asks as he grabs his pajamas.

Mickey nods. "Sure, but its late, so you'll have to hurry with your bath okay?"

Yev nods and grabs as many of his action figures as he could before running to the bathroom and dropping them all in the tub. Yev turns on the tub as Mickey walks back in the bathroom.

Soon enough, Mickey had his hands full with shampoo and action figures. "You're going down joker!" Yev yells, laughing. He had a makeshift mohawk that Mickey had made out of the shampoo.

"You can't stop me, batman! I'm going to beat you!" Mickey said back. If any of the other thugs that Mickey worked with saw him right now none of them would ever take him seriously again.

Yev laughs and pushes joker into the bathtub. "You're done now! I'm batman and I always win!" He says.

Mickey laughs. "Okay, okay. Can I rinse out the shampoo now?" Yev nods, setting batman on the side of the tub.

"Okay," he said yawning. He closes his eyes and leans his head back, letting Mickey rinse out the soap.

He helps Yev out and the boy gets dressed. He shivers as he gets dressed before running to his bedroom and pulling the covers up to his chin. Mickey follows his son. "You tired?" He asks softly, turning on Yev's nightlight.

"Yeah, school is really tiring," he says. Mickey smiles and kisses his forehead.

"Goodnight, kiddo. I'll see you in the morning," he says.

Yev smiles and nods. "Night, daddy. I love you."

"I love you too."

Mickey turns off the light and closes the door, walking out to the living room. After his argument with Svet, there was no way he was sleeping in the bedroom with her. Instead he retired himself on the couch. He tugs his jeans off and his button up so that he was just left in his boxers and beater. He lays on the couch, watching the dimly lit tv until he falls asleep.

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Mickey had practically went down on his knees, begging Svet not to come but she did anyways. The three of them piled into the car and headed towards the school. It was Friday evening and they had to do a few more things for the play. Mickey knew the only reason why Svetlana wanted to come was because of Ian. Svetlana wanted to mark her territory, make sure Ian learned to back off.

So the second the three of them walked up to the school, Svetlana reached for Mickey's hand. "The fuck are you doing?" He mumbles, yanking his hand away.

"We married, yes? Married people hold hands," she says as she forcefully grabs Mickey's hand. "You hold my hand or I tell Terry about orange boy. I didn't yesterday like I said I would. Today though, you listen or I tell him."

Mickey didn't say a word. Instead he had to focus on not squeezing Svetlana's hand to death. He clenched his jaw and reluctantly reached down to grab her hand again, making Svetlana smile. The three of them walked into the cafeteria and Ian was the first one to see them. He gives them a big smile, but it falters for just a second when he sees their joined hands. "Hey, glad you could make it. Nice to see you again, Mrs. Milkovich," he says softly.

Svetlana just nods.

"Hey," Mickey mumbled awkwardly. He gives Ian a look, practically screaming "help me!"

"Lets sit and help Yevgeny, yes?" Svet says.

Mickey nods slowly. "Yeah, sure," he mumbles. They walk past Ian, Mickey not even daring to look back at him before they both sit at the same table as Yev and soon enough, Mickey was knee deep in glue and colored paper. He had finally been able to distract himself from Svet by cutting out a couple of shitty windows for the boat. But of course his serenity didn't last long. Soon enough, he felt someone kiss his jaw. Mickey immediately jerks his head back and looks at svet. "What the fuck?" He mutters.

Svetlana shrugs and points to another couple who were smiling at either other and kissing while their son colored. "We should be like that. Happy family."

"Yeah, well one, I'm not fucking happy, especially when you're kissing me. And two, you're not family," he mumbles, turning his head away, but of course she was going to have her way. And to make things even better for her and worse for Mickey, Ian walked over to them, sitting down next to Mickey. Svetlana was just going to wait for her opportunity.

"Hey, things going okay over here?" He asks. Mickey nods.

"Yeah, if you don't mind having oval windows instead of circular ones," he says, grinning a bit.

Ian laughs. "Oh god, we'll have to cancel the whole play now. We can't have oval windows!" He teases and Mickey laughs a bit.

"I can help," Svet says and takes the scissors from Mickey's hands.

"He said they were fine. Just leave them alone," he mumbles.

"No, they look like shit. I fix it," she says. She grabs the window frame Mickey had cut out and starts to cut.

"Jesus svet, it's a fucking paper window. Just leave it alone, okay?" Mickey says, clenching his jaw. He was beyond pissed but he knew that Svet was doing this on purpose. She knew she had Mickey wrapped around her finger.

She laughs. "You're arguing over a paper window," she says as if they had been joking around this whole time. Then much to Ian's and Mickey's surprise, Svetlana puts the scissors down and cups Mickey's cheeks, pulling him into a deep kiss.
In that moment, Mickey really realized something.

He fucking hated his life.

Mickey let her do so though, knowing he practically had to. He let it last a few seconds before pulling away, resisting the urge to wipe his mouth on the back of his hand.

"It's okay, yes?" She says quietly, smiling.

Ian clears his throat awkwardly. "Uh... yeah don't worry about it, Ms-Mrs. Milkovich. I'm sure the windows will do just fine," he says, standing back up and walking over to another family.

"I need a smoke break," Mickey mumbles, getting up. Svetlana raises an eyebrow.

"Really? Or you just want to see orange boy?"

"Really," he says, pulling out his pack of cigarettes and walking down the hall and out the doors. Once outside he leans back against the building. It was dark outside by now, being winter it got dark fairly early. But Mickey didn't mind the dark or the cold. Anything was better than being in there.

He placed a cigarette between his lips and cupped it so that he could light it. He closes his eyes and tips his head down so that the light snow was now falling in his dark hair.

"You okay?" A voice called from the dark and Mickey jumped.

"Ian... don't fucking sneak up on me like that again," Mickey mumbles. He takes his cigarette out from between his lips and breaths smoke out through his nose.

"Sorry," Ian mumbles, walking over to him. "You okay?"

"Yeah, just needed a smoke break," Mickey lies. He holds the cigarette out for Ian and raises an eyebrow. "You smoke?"

Ian nods and takes it from him, placing it between his own lips. "Listen I'm... I'm sorry if I kind of fucked shit up between you two. Does she know?" He asks.

Mickey shrugs. "She thinks she knows but she doesn't know for sure. But that bitch is going to do anything possible to make sure she does find out," Mickey mumbles.

Ian nods as he takes a drag from the cigarette and hands it back. "It's cold, why don't we go back inside?"

Mickey shakes his head. "No, you go ahead. I'm gonna finish my cigarette in peace," he says.

"I'll ask this again cause you still haven't answered truthfully. You good?" Ian asks.

Mickey lets out a dry laugh. "You serious? What do you think? I'm fucking my son's kindergarten teacher behind my wife's back and not to mention, I don't even want a fucking wife. So yeah, I'm just peachy," he says bitterly.

"Fair point," Ian mumbles. Mickey looks over at him and laughs.

"You're damn right it is. I'd like to see you top my shitty situation with a shitty situation of your own."

"Oh, man. I don't think I can do that. Pretty sure having a wife while you're actually gay is the top situation on the shittiest life list," Ian teases.

Mickey grins and playfully hits his shoulder. "See that's the spirit. Sometimes you gotta embrace the shit in your life and make the best of it," Mickey shrugs.

Ian smiles a bit, cheeks turning a light pink from the cold. "Yeah, but sometimes even though it may stink, you have to dig your way out," Ian says.

Mickey nods, flicking his cigarette into the snow. "Maybe."

"Hey, you think tomorrow you could get away from your wife and hang? Maybe we could go out for drinks?"

Mickey raises an eyebrow. "You mean a date?"

Ian's eyes go wide. "No! No, I, uh, I just meant as friends."

Mickey laughs, feeling accomplished that he had made Ian flustered. "You got a place of your own? Maybe we could hang there."

"Still live with my siblings, but you could always come over. I mean I only live like a block away," he says.

Mickey nods. "Yeah, I could call you? Let you know when I can come over."

Ian nods and reaches into his pocket, pulling out an ink pen. He clicks it and holds Mickey's hand so that he could write his number on his arm. "There," Ian says.

"What're we in middle school? Could have just typed it into my phone."

Ian laughs. "My fingers are so numb right now, I don't even think I could type."

Mickey laughs too. "C'mon, firecrotch, lets go back in," Mickey says and the two of them walk back inside.

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