Smuts and fluffs about our favorite Texan, Michael Nesmith. Enjoy reading, I work very hard on each story! 🤎🤠
Also, all of my stories are unedited so there are definitely some mistakes. Sorry.
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It was a hard choice. Mike and I had been together for a year now, but I wasn't trying to find a new lover. He was someone just off to the side until just recently. But the truth is, I feared I was falling for him now. My history of dating has not been the best. I have loved boys before, but they ended up breaking my heart and making me cry my eyes red. I didn't want this to happen with Mike, so I decided it was best to leave him before he had the chance to leave me. We were outside in his backyard together. Mike was petting his dog and I was looking at him, a small smile on my face.
"Mike, can I tell you something?" I asked as he stood from the ground, brushing his blue jeans off.
"Of course you can, Shelly." He said with a smile.
"I can't stay with you. I fear I am falling in love and I can't let this happen, you know? I just think it's best for me to leave you before you have the chance to leave me, because I can't go through pain like that-" I started. Mike cut me off by grabbing me by the shoulders and looking me in the eyes. I looked deeply into his beautiful brown eyes that were starting to fill with tears.
"Shelly, I know how it is has been in the past, okay? But it's going to be different. Don't just run away when you think you care for something, because I swear to God I would never leave you." He placed his hand on my head and ran his fingers lightly through my hair.
"Mike, I know. But really, I'd rather be dead than fall in love again. I can't stay with you." I could tell these words hurt him like a ton of bricks falling on him by the expression on his face. Was it true? Would I actually rather be dead than fall in love with someone? Maybe. "Whenever someone leaves me, I cry my eyes red a-and I can't let it happen again, Mike."
"As far as I can see, there's no reason for goodbyes. You're just running scared and that's something I won't buy." Mike said, tears rolling down his cheeks.
"Mike, no. That's not what I'm trying to-"
"No! No, I won't let you go with nothing to show but more blues. You deserve love b-because you are an amazing person. Like I said, you are just running scared, Shelly!" He paused for a moment as I looked down at the ground, tears now rolling down my own face. He was trying to convince me to stay with him. That made me feel better about the situation, but what if he was to break my heart? Couples don't usually last forever, do they?
"Mike, I'm not. I just, I don't know," I paused and looked back up at him, "maybe this wasn't such a good idea in the first place."
"All this talk about leaving is strictly bad news. So, there's only one fix to this problem."
"What is that?"
"You settle down and stay with the man that loves you," Mike put his hand on my cheek, "yes, you settle down and stay with me."
He had never told me he had loved me before. Of course, he showed it. When he was around me, it was way different then he was around anyone else. Of course, he had been better since The Monkees broke up, but I didn't know him when he was with The Monkees. This was the Mike I knew. The country music loving and quiet but happy guy. The First National Band had also broken up recently. This left Mike with no one but myself. I rethought for a moment. Maybe it wasn't such a bad idea to live with Mike and start a new chapter of my life where I wasn't running scared and had found the love of my life. As I thought this, I realized he was right. I was just running scared from love. I thought of how life could be with Mike. Images of us around the firelight popped up in my mind, us singing together, all the stuff normal couples do. I didn't have the chance to do this before because I'd leave before I had the chance to have fun so I wouldn't fall in love. Unfortunately, now fortunately, it didn't work, and I fell for Mike.
"I love you, Mike." I said, making a bright smile appear on his face.
"I love you too, Shelly. Settle down and stay with me, okay?"
"Okay." I responded as he brought me into a tight hug.
"This is it, Shelly. A brand new and a better chapter of your life."
