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Mickey never thought he’d find himself where he is. In the middle of nowhere, isolated, forced to use a fake identity, having given up everything he ever knew.
But he’s starting to get used to it. In fact, he’s come to accept that this is now his life. Little does he know that a stray dog and a redheaded veterinarian—one who has a past of his own—are about to change all of that, whether he’s ready for it or not.
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Just when you thought you'd found the perfect man, it turned out that his heart belonged to someone else. But the night is still young, right?
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Ian and Mickey have been in each other’s orbits for more than half their lives. It was a friendship, it was a relationship. But then it fractured. And rebuilding it might not be as easy as it may seem.
Maybe one of these days, when their orbits cross paths, they can finally make it stick.
A friends to friends-with-benefits to lovers to exes to friends-with-benefits to lovers AU.
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Working the kids' birthday party circuit isn't a job for the weak. But Mickey doesn't mind it. And now, he's discovered a new perk—the redheaded magician who Mickey hopes can do a hell of a lot more than pull rabbits out of his hat.
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- Part 9 of Meet-Cutes and Meet-Uglies
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Mickey is a high school economics teacher and debate coach who prides himself on having a well-established, comfortable routine.
Enter Ian Gallagher, a movie star whose reputation precedes him, and who left it all behind in need of a fresh start.
When Ian gets hired as the school’s new theater arts teacher and their worlds collide, everything they thought they knew about life in general might be turned upside down.
And maybe they'll both learn important lessons about taking chances along the way.
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Ian is a neat freak who thrives on organization and order. His new college roommate, Mickey, is a certified chaos gremlin sent by the universe to torture him in every way possible. But it’ll be fine. Ian can handle it. Right?
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The last time Mickey saw his best friend was ten years ago, on the worst night of his life. An underground fight gone horribly wrong.
Ian had to leave. He didn’t have a choice. Mickey never knew how he really felt.
When they meet again after all these years, under the most unlikely of circumstances, will time really heal all wounds?
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Ian’s giving Mickey the silent treatment. Mickey can’t remember what the hell happened last night. But he’s determined to figure it out.
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Ian takes the trip of a lifetime. A dream come true, really. But little does he know that it’s about to get so much better than he could’ve imagined when he meets his cute tour guide.
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- Part 8 of Meet-Cutes and Meet-Uglies
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Mickey hates Ian Gallagher, the building inspector with a perpetual stick up his ass who clearly has it out for him.
Ian hates Mickey Milkovich, the construction company owner who can’t seem to follow a safety code to save his life.
Or at least that’s what everyone thinks. But what they don’t know won’t hurt ‘em.
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Mickey gets sick, and Ian can’t stay away from him. It might derail their holiday plans, but it’s worth it.
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Ian is a forensic pathologist who’s able to communicate with the dead. Mickey is a chain-smoking demon hunter who fights for the survival of souls, even as his own personal demons prove much tougher to beat.
Together they form an unlikely partnership, and they might end up saving themselves, and each other, in the process.
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- Part 5 of Autumn Bingo Prompts
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Ian is in control. The food will be served to the wedding guests according to schedule. The hot wedding DJ with his unconventional music choices will not throw him off his game. No way.
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- Part 7 of Meet-Cutes and Meet-Uglies
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It all started with a busted radiator.
That’s what Ian says whenever people ask, whenever he tells the story of how it all happened.
A crumbling garage in the middle of nowhere, a mysterious man with hands made to fix things, some car trouble, and a few rainy nights. Their story.
People called him a lot of things throughout the years, but to Ian, he was always just Mickey.
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Ian convinces Mickey to go to a haunted house attraction with him. And, well... it goes pretty much as expected.
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- Part 4 of Autumn Bingo Prompts
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Ian’s a barista and aspiring teacher with an undying love for comic books, especially one with a fiery, redheaded protagonist.
When a familiar face from his past enters the coffee shop, a mysterious artist with a penchant for pumpkin spice lattes, his world might just get flipped upside down in ways he never could’ve imagined.
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- Part 3 of Autumn Bingo Prompts
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It’s fall, and the season brings more changes than Ian and Mickey could’ve bargained for when a health scare flips their world around. But they’ll survive. They always do, right? Maybe Mickey just needs to pick up some new hobbies, and Ian… well, Ian just needs to roll with it.
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- Part 2 of Autumn Bingo Prompts
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Mickey leads a quiet life. Well, quiet for a professional assassin, at least.
When a job brings him back to his old stomping grounds, where there just so happens to be a high school alumni homecoming event being held, he has to face his past and the person he left behind nearly ten years ago—the one person he’s never stopped thinking about.
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- Part 1 of Autumn Bingo Prompts
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When Debbie gifts Ian a skydiving experience for his birthday, he's reluctant—to say the least. But he doesn't bargain at all for what happens when he finally decides to do it.
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- Part 6 of Meet-Cutes and Meet-Uglies
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Ian meets the cutest firefighter he's ever seen. And Mickey is hot for
teacherprincipal. That’s it, that’s the fic.Series
- Part 5 of Meet-Cutes and Meet-Uglies