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It was supposed to be one drink. One drink to celebrate the fact that Harvey had once again bent the universe to his will and Mike had backed him up like the clever little sharp-tongued genius he was. The bar had been loud, their booth cozy, and the scotch smooth. Somewhere between the second and third drink, Harvey had started touching his shoulder more than necessary. A hand lingering too long. A comment that dipped into flirtation. Mike had tried to play it cool, tossing back the burn of liquor and matching Harvey quip for quip. But then Harvey had leaned in, close enough that Mike could smell him—cologne and power and something distinctly Harvey—and murmured something about skipping dessert and heading to his place instead.
Mike had been halfway out of the booth before Harvey even finished the sentence.
Now he was bent over the back of Harvey's stupidly expensive leather couch, his legs shaking, his hair damp with sweat and sticking to his forehead, trying to remember what the hell led to this moment besides bad decisions and Harvey Specter’s goddamn stamina.
"Fuck, Harvey," he groaned, fingers scrabbling uselessly against the smooth leather. "You trying to fuck the fake law degree out of me or what?"
Behind him, Harvey laughed. Bastard. It was a rich, smug sound, like a man who knew exactly what he was doing. Mike could feel him slow just enough to be annoying—deep, lazy strokes that made Mike’s whole body arch involuntarily.
"Not my fault you’re too easy to ruin," Harvey said, voice thick, low, unhurried like he had all the time in the goddamn world. "Three times already. You trying to set a record?"
"I—" Mike gasped as Harvey hit just the right spot again, breath catching in his throat. "I didn’t know you had a fucking—fuck—Marathon Man kink."
Harvey grinned against his shoulder, teeth grazing just enough to send another tremor through Mike’s spine. "You think this is a kink? I’m just getting started."
That should’ve been hot. It was hot. Except Mike’s legs were jelly and he was ninety percent sure he couldn’t spell his own name right now, let alone file a motion or fake his way through a deposition. He clenched around Harvey on instinct, dragging a curse out of him that Mike felt all the way up his spine.
"You’re not human," Mike muttered. "No normal guy’s got stamina like this. You hiding some kind of elite athlete past? Secret GQ cover shoot training?"
There was a beat, then Harvey said, "I bill by the hour. Consider this an extended session."
"Oh my God." Mike laughed—more of a breathless wheeze. "You’re actually billing me?"
Harvey didn’t answer, just grabbed Mike’s hips harder, fingers digging in like he was staking a claim. Mike felt everything. The way Harvey stretched him, filled him, like he belonged there. It was overwhelming, deliciously so, every stroke forcing sound out of him even when he tried to muffle it into his arm.
The thing was, Mike hadn’t expected this. Not from Harvey. Sure, they flirted. Bantered like it was foreplay. The kind of looks Harvey gave him in meetings weren’t exactly platonic, but he’d written it off as wishful thinking. Figments of a bored, overworked imagination.
But this? The way Harvey fucked him like he owned him, like Mike was something he’d won and planned to keep? It was unreal. A little terrifying. A lot addictive.
And maybe Mike had imagined being fucked like this. Had touched himself thinking about Harvey’s voice in his ear, telling him he was his. But nothing—not even his filthiest, late-night fantasies—compared to the way Harvey actually felt inside him. The drag and slide, the pressure, the impossible rhythm that never fucking stopped.
Mike felt the heat building again, his thighs quivering, slick dripping down the inside of one leg, and Jesus fucking Christ was he really going to come again?
"Harvey—" he panted, voice wrecked. "You gotta—fuck—warn a guy."
"Warn you what?" Harvey murmured, and god, the way he sounded—low, raspy, still in control despite the sweat clinging to his skin—made Mike want to scream. "That I’m not stopping until you forget anyone else ever touched you?"
Mike groaned, forehead thudding against the couch. "You’re such an asshole."
"But I’m your asshole," Harvey said, and okay, that should’ve been cheesy, and it kind of was, but it made Mike’s chest squeeze in a way he didn’t have time to analyze. Especially not when Harvey angled his hips and fuck, there it was again, that pressure right against the spot that made Mike’s toes curl.
His fourth orgasm hit harder than the last three, a full-body convulsion that left him limp, gasping, almost sobbing into the cushion. He felt Harvey slow just slightly, grip tightening as he pushed deeper, slower now, savoring it.
Mike blinked blearily, trying to remember his own name. "You have to be done now," he mumbled. "Right? Please tell me you’re not a goddamn machine."
"You want me to stop?" Harvey asked, still moving slowly, drawing it out, still so deep Mike could feel him in his soul. There was no teasing in his voice now, just a low heat that sounded dangerously close to unraveling.
Mike hesitated. Every nerve ending was frayed. He was wrecked. But the truth was, he didn’t want Harvey to stop. Not really.
"Didn’t say that," he said, voice hoarse.
That earned him a satisfied hum, and then Harvey finally, finally started to lose control. His rhythm faltered, breath stuttering. Mike could feel the change—how his hands gripped tighter, how his body pressed closer like he wanted to crawl inside and stay there. And when he came, it was with a sharp exhale and a low groan against Mike’s neck, his whole body trembling for the first time.
They stayed like that for a long moment—Harvey slumped over him, still inside, Mike boneless and barely coherent.
"Fuck," Mike whispered eventually. "So that’s what it’s like when the Harvey Specter goes all in."
Harvey laughed softly and leaned in, pressing a kiss to the back of Mike’s neck. "Just wait till round two."
Mike groaned. "Jesus Christ. Give me a day, man. Or at least an hour. I think I need electrolytes and a will."
Harvey chuckled again and pulled out slowly, which made Mike twitch from overstimulation. Then he gently eased him down onto the couch, gathering him up like he wasn’t a sweaty mess of fucked-out limbs.
Mike blinked up at him, dazed. "This doesn’t change the fact that I’m still smarter than you."
Harvey smirked and handed him a glass of water. "Good. I like a challenge."
Mike drank greedily, then muttered, "Next time, I’m billing you."
"Deal," Harvey said, and the warmth in his voice made Mike’s chest feel tight again.
Yeah. He was definitely in trouble.
The morning sunlight pushed through Harvey’s floor-to-ceiling windows like it owned the place. Typical. Harvey Specter didn’t do curtains—he claimed they were "an unnecessary obstruction between him and the skyline"—which was poetic until you woke up naked on his bed with a hangover and no will to live. Mike groaned, eyes squinting against the invading light as he stretched—immediately regretting it when soreness lit up every inch of his body. Every. Inch.
Jesus Christ.
He lay there a minute, brain slowly rebooting, staring at the expensive ceiling like it might have answers. He was in Harvey’s bed. Naked. In Harvey’s sheets, which smelled like whatever ridiculous cologne Harvey used that probably cost more than Mike’s last paycheck. There was a faint ache between his legs, deep and lingering, the kind of ache that came from being thoroughly, methodically, spectacularly fucked.
Mike turned his head slowly.
Harvey was still asleep, for now. On his back, one arm flung over the blanket like he was modeling for a goddamn Calvin Klein ad. Hair tousled just enough to look artful. Face peaceful, almost soft. It was annoying how good he looked after what they’d done. Like he hadn’t spent hours wrecking Mike so thoroughly that he’d needed a pillow under his hips just to stop vibrating.
Mike stared at him. A long, thoughtful look.
How. How was this man real?
More importantly: how the hell did he last that long?
Harvey stirred. Just barely. His eyes opened, slow and lazy, and focused right on Mike like he’d known he was being watched and was choosing to be smug about it. He smiled a little, barely a curve at the corner of his mouth.
"Morning," he said, voice rough, warm, and irritatingly attractive.
Mike narrowed his eyes. "Explain."
Harvey blinked. "Explain what?"
Mike gestured vaguely toward him. "You. Last night. That whole… situation. The fact that you apparently have the stamina of a Navy SEAL and the refractory period of a sex demon. Who are you? What—do you just casually run ultra-marathons on the weekends and not mention it?"
Harvey’s smile widened into something more pleased than surprised. "You complaining?"
Mike gave him a flat look. "I came four times. I’ve transcended complaining. I’m just trying to figure out how one man breaks the laws of physics in bed. There should be a pamphlet or something. A warning label."
Harvey stretched, arms above his head, every muscle in his torso moving in that unfair, sculpted way that made Mike feel both turned on and personally attacked.
"If I’d given you a pamphlet," Harvey said, "you wouldn’t have come back to my place."
Mike snorted. "If you’d warned me, I would’ve at least stretched first."
They lapsed into silence for a beat, not uncomfortable, but heavy with the kind of quiet that came from still processing the night before. Mike rolled onto his side, propped his head up on one hand, and stared again.
Harvey blinked at him. "Still staring?"
"I’m trying to figure it out," Mike said seriously. "You didn’t even look close to finishing for, like, forever. That’s not normal. It’s actually kind of terrifying. Do you have a secret implant? Is this some billionaire upgrade thing? ‘Harvey Specter: now with 40% more endurance’?"
Harvey laughed. "You’re ridiculous."
"You’re avoiding the question."
Harvey exhaled slowly, ran a hand through his hair, and for a second, something flickered in his expression—smaller, more real. "It’s not on purpose," he said. "It’s just always been kind of hard for me to… get there."
Mike tilted his head, curiosity sharpening. "You mean it takes you longer? Like, always?"
Harvey nodded, looking toward the ceiling instead of Mike. "Yeah. I mean, it’s better when I’m into the person. When there’s connection. But even then, I don’t… finish easy. Most people I’ve been with just eventually get tired or annoyed. They think I’m not into it. Or them."
Mike frowned. "That’s stupid."
Harvey gave a humorless laugh. "Tell that to the exes."
Mike reached out and poked his chest. "You ever think maybe they were just boring?"
That earned him a grin, small but honest. "Maybe."
Mike rolled onto his back again, staring up. "I mean, yeah, it took a while, but it wasn’t like you weren’t into it. You were insanely into it. If anything, you were terrifyingly focused."
"Terrifyingly?"
"Laser-focused. Like I was a project you were trying to win a fucking award for. It was… intense. In a good way. Just—Jesus, man. I needed water and a snack and possibly a religious cleansing by the end of it."
Harvey chuckled again, this time softer. "I’ve just never had someone who didn’t seem bothered by it. Who didn’t try to rush it or fake their way through."
Mike glanced at him sideways. "I wasn’t faking anything, trust me."
"Oh, I know."
Mike groaned. "Don’t say it like that."
"Like what?"
"Like you’re mentally replaying every sound I made last night."
"Too late."
They both laughed, the tension breaking like a popped balloon. Mike felt something loosen in his chest. He hadn’t expected this—this soft side of Harvey. The honesty. The admission. Harvey Specter, king of control, confessing that something didn’t come easy to him. That he wasn’t perfect. That some people hadn’t understood him.
Mike got it. He really did.
He turned his head to look at Harvey again. "Hey. I didn’t mind. At all. You didn’t need to hold back for me."
Harvey looked at him, something unreadable in his eyes. "I wasn’t. I wasn't holding back."
And that—that right there—sent a new flush down Mike’s spine. The weight of it. The implication. That Harvey had let himself be seen. That he’d let go, even just a little.
Mike swallowed. "Good."
Another silence but not awkward.
Then Harvey shifted. "You hungry?"
"Starving."
"Pancakes?"
Mike blinked. "You cook?"
"No," Harvey said, already reaching for his phone. "But I have a chef who owes me a favor and delivers."
Mike laughed. "Of course you do."
As Harvey placed the order, Mike leaned back into the pillows and let himself breathe. His body still ached, his mind still reeled, but something inside him felt lighter. Calmer. Not just post-sex haze, but something steadier.
Maybe this thing between them wasn’t just a one-night victory lap.
Maybe this was the start of something neither of them had planned for.
Mike smiled at the ceiling.
He could live with that.