Chapter Text
16/17
The sun was setting low in the sky as a beautiful orange overtook the pale blue it once was.
Piercing blue eyes couldn’t focus on the changing sky above as he stared at his red headed best friend’s peaceful face.
Ian hasn’t been as happy as he usually is ever since the diagnosis, but Mickey has stayed through it all.
“Quit staring, fuck face, you’re missing something beautiful,” Ian cracked a smile as his greenish grey eyes slowly met Mickey’s.
The setting sun shadowed his face perfectly, unknowingly making Mickey fall harder for the red head sitting beside of him.
Mickey was quick to roll his eyes, “beautiful? The sky is the same fucking color as your ugly ass hair, Firecrotch.”
Ian was absolutely beautiful, but Mickey would never say that, he was too deep in the closet.
Ian lightly shoved his best friend with a roll of his eyes, a snort escaping his lips, “yeah, okay. What the fuck ever. You like my red hair.”
Mickey only smiled, because yeah, he really likes Ian’s hair.
Mickey has never been in love before, but with Ian sitting beside of him with a casual smile and sleepy eyes, he feels it.
Mickey has thought he loved before. He loves beer, fighting, and the word “fuck” but it’s not the love he has for Ian.
He wants to see Ian grow as a person, watch him achieve goals, grow wise, experience ups and downs.
He wants to see the bad days just as much as he sees the good.
Everything with Ian feels natural: smiling, laughing, joking, playful banter.
He doesn’t feel the need to second guess or filter himself, because Ian makes him feel accepted.
The sun was lower than before with a dark red forming around the orange and gold covering the sky when Mickey realized Ian had fallen asleep against his shoulder.
The tall, lanky red head was snoring slightly and drool fell from his plump bottom lip and fell to Mickey’s shoulder, but he could not care less.
He smiled and ran a hand through those red curls that put even the sunsets to shame, and kissed his faintly freckled forehead.
For the first time in his life, Mickey Milkovich has found love, and it was in the red headed Gallagher who was too pure for the Southside.