#mickey centric

Hi hi! We've covered Mickey dealing with past trauma in a few asks. Here are fics where Ian and Mickey talk about the trauma of 3x06, here are more fics addressing Mickey’s 3x06 trauma, and here are the fics that focus on Mickey around the time he finds out that Svetlana became pregnant with Yev. Generally go through our trauma and healing tag :)

Some more suggestions:

What you and I have - Mickey is forced to relive a difficult part of his life, in the form of a very vivid nightmare. Thankfully, his husband is right there next to him, ready to comfort him and help put the past behind them.

Volume - Mickey doesn't like loud noises and fuck if living in the Gallagher house doesn't guarantee loud noise.

Cinderella Man - “You’re my husband,” Ian said simply. “Where else would I be?”

no more monsters (i can breathe again) - And a good night’s sleep couldn’t cure all the grief, all the anger and the pain and the fear, but it definitely wasn’t a bad place to start.

Offspring - Post S10. Mickey flips out when Franny is being too loud.

lemme show you the ropes - Family dynamics shift after the wedding. Mickey's not sure he's ready. Not sure he even knows what family is.

The first fic that comes to mind is Etherized Against the Sky - a canon-divergent from 1x09, in which Mickey has to tell the truth about the shooting with Kash and gets taken to a group home.

In Don’t Leave Me to Bleed Kev and V are Mickey’s foster family and you could say Kev plays a role in Mickey's life.

Mickey has parental figues in Cooperative Gameplay and Intro to Quantum Dating, but those are not the main plotlines of both fics.

We also love Mickey in this house! Here you go:

and we call it bella notte - For once, the Gallagher house is completely empty of any of the siblings. Left to his own devices, Mickey indulges in a little embarrassing secret of his.

Throwdown - Ian gets to choose their date night activity. Mickey regrets it immediately. Until he doesn't…

summer in the city - ian teaches mickey how to swim and they get a bit distracted

What He Missed - Terry Milkovich thought a nun and a plastic bag were the worst things to ever happen to him. Instead, it turns out to be an afterlife where his spirit is tied to his children so that he’s forced to witness each living happily now that he’s gone.

the name game - the one where mickey loves himself regardless

Something New - And he couldn’t ignore the thrill of potentially doing something that would have his fath-Terry, rolling in his grave. And that made Mickey want to do it even more.

Give my gun away when it's loaded

Author: acciowinter

Rating: Teen and Up

Status: Completed, March 2013

Words: 2682

Summary: It’s only at night that he takes out the tiny stub that is left of his pencil and the notebook he stole from Mandy when he was 10 because she wouldn’t have any use for it anyway. And after he is done drawing whatever the fuck was on his mind he puts it back between the chest of drawers and the dirty white wall of his bedroom.

Tags: The fic is untagged, but I’d put the following tags: Character study, Canon Compliant, Angst, Mickey Centric

A terribly underrated little story from the early Shameless days when people have just started focusing on the little character traits that get explored by the fandom later on, for example Mickey’s interest for drawing. This fic is a great dive into early season Mickey’s head and the moments of his life that are represented by the drawings he made. Give this fic some love.

Hi! There are some fics that include Mickey’s home life. Obviously, Milkovich household was no fun, so they’re are partly pretty sad.

The Vise 

Give my gun away when it's loaded

The Story of Mickey Milkovich

love, let your hands be tender

Give Him a Pet, Dammit

hey, tell me what you want me to say

Hii, thank you so much <3 Here you go:

In broad-shouldered beasts series Mickey gets to deal with his traumas after he’s released on parole. He does his best to build a “normal” life and a relationship with his son while juggling the scars of his past.

Etherized Against the Sky - A canon-divergent story from 1x09, in which Tony Markovich suspected foul play and coerced an unwilling Mickey Milkovich into revealing the truth about Kash Karib.

You Deserve Good Things - Mickey’s holding down a job as a mechanic, going to court appointed therapy, living in his own place, and maybe even has a friend, until a new parolee walks through the door, bringing with him some of Mickey’s demons that he thought he’d long since buried.

The Words He Doesn’t Say - Mickey is released from prison before Ian and has to attend court-ordered therapy with a shrink that’s probably as grumpy as he is.

What if Mickey Fuckin' Milkovich had a journal - where instead of going to juvie Mickey ended up having to do anger management and write about his feelings in a journal.

There are a couple of fics where Mickey doesn’t exactly goes to therapy but just lets himself get some help, for example:

The Question of Normal - Ian is a prison counsellor and Mickey is an inmate assigned to him. Ian tries to find a way to get him legal help.

Legal help: Our Freedom in My Sight - Mandy Milkovich has been attacked by her father for the last time. She finds the strength to report his crimes and reaches out to her brother, opening up the door for Mickey to return to Chicago in exchange for testimony that could put Terry away for good.

I am hoping to find some fics that go into Mickey’s head/life in the time period between Ian leaving for the army in s3 and Mickey finding him in s4. I checked several tags and didn’t note any. Thank you in advance 💕

Hii! <3 Thank you so much! We answered an ask that focuses on Mickey between 3x12 and 4x07, processing the wedding with Svetlana/coming to terms with the fact that she is pregnant with Yevgeny. I found a couple of additions:

The Evolution Of Kissing [chapter 6]

How Something That Isn't There Can Hurt You