Flood
Thanks for this week's @galladrabbles prompt, @celestialmickey!
An alternate meeting for our boys
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Flood hit Chicago hard. River rose fast. Like always, Mickey cleans up his familyโs mess.
Except when the Milkovich basement floods, itโs not knickknacks littering the lawn. Itโs bags of coke. Shotguns. Grenades.
Mickeyโs fucking embarrassed when a ragtag group of neighbors march up offering to help. ย
โGet the fuck out.โ He tenses his fist.
They nod and walk by. Except one.
A tall redhead puts a syringe into the trash without a word. No pity. No snark. He settles in like heโs gonna stay. Help. The right kind of help.
Mickey lets out a stuttered breath and keeps working.
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