what happens after

I'm Ready

since mickeys and ians last talk about children... leaving off as an "ill think about it" well, ian took matters into his own hands and called a fellow relative.. and now, in other words, mickey is in a bumpy ride for this chapter.

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Ians arms wrapped around mickey cuddling him in their cottoned bedsheets as ian arm reaches over mickey to the bedside table to reach for his phone "Mm... lip is going to be here soon" ian mumbles as he nuzzles his nose into mickeys neck "what does that fucker want?" mickey hand leans back as it caresses ians neck, "it's actually what I want" ian smirks leaving a kiss on mickeys head. "what did you do?" mickeys frowns as he sits up. a sudden knock comes from the door "you'll see" ian smiles as he kisses mickeys cheek and throws on a pair of briefs "just put pants on, ill answer the door" Mickey glares as he wriggles over to sit on the side of the bed.

Ian opens the door wide open as lip is at the front of the door with Fred in the pram, "alright, Tami and I will have a day to ourselves while you and mick-" mickey walks down the hall to notice ian and lip talking... with Fred in the pram. "what's going on here?" mickey scoffs as he is stood next to ian, glaring at the man in front of him with his baby boy "ehe, mick I was talking to lip about.. babysitting Fred for the day.." ian smiles in an awkward position "you what?!" mickey shrieks. "as fun as this is... I need to get going soon, so I have freds things, list of foods he eats aswell as his pram, ill pick him up tomorrow morning and hopefully you guys sort out this foster thing!" lip sneers as he walks over to hug his dear brother, "Later ian, later mick.." he smiles as Fred sits in his pram leaning down to kiss him on the head "goodbye Fred" Lip leaves a little wave as he walks out the door and down the stairwell.

Ian picks up Fred from his pram as he swung him in the air "hello Fred, cant wait to spend the day with uncle ian and uncle mickey??" ian smiles as he places a kiss on little freds cheek "babysitting? couldn't he get Debbie to take care of him? or a nanny?" mickey glares "mick, I did this for practice of our parenting skills! to prove we are ready for a kid" ian looks over to mickey as mickey has a frown on his face "alright, I guess we can try it out, so what are we doing with Fred anyways?" ian chuckles. "I was planning on both of us getting dressed as we can get Fred some breakfast and head out for a short walk, and head to the park while we are at it" ian smirks, "god, isn't this gonna be a long day" mickeys sighs as he spoke under his breath, ian pulls him into a kiss as Fred is sitting in his arms "c'mon, ill make sure Fred isn't looking, try not to turn him gay" Ian giggles, mickey laughs along.

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the weather was great outside, mickey walking ride by ians side as ian has Fred in the pram while he grips onto the bar, he nudges mickey on the shoulder "isn't this fun? eh?" Ian smirks as mickey brushes ians touch off "tsk, wanna try?" ian smiles as he looks over to mickey "try?..." mickey spoke in confusion in his voice, ian stops in the middle of the sidewalk as he lets go of the pram as he grabs mickeys hands and places them on the pram "take him for a drive" ian grins as he kisses the mans cheek. "alright.." he gulps as if he was scared, not of the child but if he had done something bad to the child while he was taped to the pram "mick? you alright? he's just a kid.." ian raises an eyebrow. mickeys bit his lip trying to focus on his balance aswell as where he is going "I got it.. all covered" mickey nods his head as ian holds his hand "you're doing a great job, mick" ian smiles as blush ran past his cheeks, it was the thought that mickey and him having a family made him all flustered. time went by as mickey got the hang of pushing around a pram, they stopped at a park nearby as they sat at a rather large picnic table as ian grabs a few things from the prams storage basket underneath the seat, he places warm milk in a tiny blue-capped baby bottle as some baby food placed in a plastic storage box. 

A few minutes passed as the two men talked more and more about this family topic, as ian spoons Fred some of the delicious baby food which was sat in the sun, married couples had walked past with their kids' serval times, the more ian looked the more he hoped mickey would allow it... while the two men were in a mid-conversation, a couple had walked past them and had noticed them as ian had just kissed mickey on the lips, not anything serious, just a peck, they looked shocked... disgusted! the woman had looked like she was close to vomiting, she tugged on her son's hand "c'mere Semon!" the woman yanked her son as the walked away, ian rolls his eyes as he had noticed while mickey had no clue while he focused on Fred, putting away the baby food and placing it back in the pram. Fred had fallen into a nap as the two men were talking and chatting about their next visit to meet up with the Gallaghers, or Fiona and steve. Ians hand fell over mickeys.. mickey had a side smile on his face as he was all flustered, a new couple had walked towards them this time "may we sit here?" the woman smiles as ian gives a small nod, putting freds bottle away. It was definitely awkward at first as silence filled the air until the woman had spoken "whos the little one? is he yours?" mickey tilted his head towards her as ian has jumped his head up as he was tucking Fred into his sheets "no, just my brothers, we are just babysitting" ian chuckles "redhead was planning on getting foster kids.. starting a family." ian shakes his head as mickey spoke up.

"fostering is a great idea!" the woman smiles, her husband pointed his finger towards the little girl that was upon the monkey bars "that's ours, we got her 3 years ago, she's only 5 now." he smiles as he looks towards the two men "aren't you guys straight so.. y'know.. you can make ki-" mickey had stopped talking as soon as he saw ian death staring him giving him a little look to keep his mouth shut "Ehe, of course! yes... but well, we couldn't have kids, Mich here had sperm, of course, it just wasn't strong enough, so we had a bad chance of having a kid but fostering came into mind, it's definitely a good thing you should try! even if you don't see yourself with kids" the woman looks between both men as she notices Fred, "how old is he? that is if he is a he" the woman points at the young baby "he's a couple of months old, around 18-20 months?" ian chuckles "ah, I love them at that age.. noisy as hell though!" the man smiles. the little girl had run-up to her parents "hello Mumma and dadda!!" she giggles as her eyes narrow towards ian and mickey "who are these?" she spats out, "this is.." "ian and mickey" mickey finished off. "yes yes, by the way before we head out, thank you for talking to us! we better get Lillian home!" the couple fled off as the little girl had turned her head around and waved goodbye. 

the two men took off with Fred minutes after, setting back home as it had already hit 4:56 in the afternoon.

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they got home 30 minutes after, ian and mickey got changed and had showered as ian later after changed out freds diaper showing mickey what to do next.

ian had cooked up some frozen chicken and made some salad for a side feature, "dinner looks more delicious than the cook for once" mickey smirks as he walks over, brushing his shoulder with ians as his hand reaches down to his ass as he gives it a little squeeze "well dinner is served" ian gives mickey a little nuzzle on the neck placing a kiss on his smooth skin. Fred was sitting in his feeding chair, he places a bowl of soup made out of veggies "eat up" ian cups the babies face as he kisses the little boys forehead as Fred gave out a little giggle, clapping his small hands as mickey chuckles. the two men lay on the couch while the tv is flashing with lights glaring towards the men, At 10 p.m., Fred was peacefully sleeping in mickeys arms as he uses his arms as a human rocking chair "proud of you, mick" ian chuckles as his voice began to become light. Ian places a kiss on mickeys lips, mickey knew he didn't have much time with Fred today but the time he had spent with Fred definitely made him realise something.

"I'm ready" mickey smiles.