Michael

Late Night Texts

After the boys, Fitz, and Michael had put away all of the groceries Michael began to make lunch for his family, and Fitz. Soon enough it was dinner time where Michael's two oldest boys had joined the family. Then finally it was bedtime.

Michael manage to get all 11 of the kids into their pajamas and beds, with the help of Fitz.

"Goodnight Michael," Fitz said as he passed Michael's room.

Michael answered with a "goodnight" as he laid his head on his pillow.

Finally. Michael let out a big sigh.
He loved his kids. Every single one of them with all of his heart, but they wore him out. Each day. Everyday. But he never lost his cool. Michael never let his kids see his exhaustion or frustration. He made sure not to. He didn't want to worry them.

They already worried about him. His oldest daughter mostly. She noticed how lonely he was. He would give up everything and has given up so much for his children.

Love. Love is what he craved. But it was impossible. At least he thought it was impossible. It wasn't just the fact that when his previous lovers would find out how many children that he had that they'd run immediately, but the fact that his son Jacob was a homophobe. Yes, his own son was homophobic.

Michael had to hide affection for his lovers around his son. Just the slightest hand touch would set his son off into a rage. He couldn't control himself when he would see any kind of affection from his father towards another male.

Jacob had threatened to kill his father several times. He had been in and out of mental institutions since he was 10-years-old. But his father felt guilty. He loved Jacob. He didn't want to send him to stay with his mother in Miami, because Michael couldn't bare to lose one of his children.

Michael had been staring up at the the ceiling for a half hour. He was about to doze off when....

*Ping*

Michael shot up at the sound of the text. It startled him as he almost fell asleep. He grabbed his phone off of the nightstand and laid his head back down.

"Hey." The text simply read.

"Hello?" He replied questionably.

"Oh sorry..it's Mika. The guy who ran into you today? 😜"

Michael giggled and replied immediately, "oh hey."

"Oh hey?? Did I disturb you..."

"No! I was just about to fall asleep."

"So your in bed huh?"

"Yes?"

"Haha, so what are you wearing?"

"😉"

"☺️" (Mika)

"So...what's up?" (Michael)

"Oh don't change the subject mr.!"

"Haha. Really. What are you doing? "

"I was thinking about taking a bath and then you crossed my mind...well I wouldn't say crossed...considering you never left my mind." (Mika)

Michael didn't respond. He didn't know what to say. 'Why would he be thinking about me?' he thought to himself.
Five minutes had passed by without a response from Michael.

"😒" (Mika)

"Why were you thinking of me?"

"Because you are an interesting, very handsome man?"

Michael didn't respond again. He was debating to himself whether he should tell Mika about all of his kids or whether he should wait to see if it would even get to that moment where he should tell Mika.

Ten minutes had now passed.

"Do you want to join me?" (Mika)

"???" (Michael)

"Do you want to come over? Drink some wine, talk, soak in the tub..."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes silly. Now throw some clothes on your sexy ass and get over here! 😜"

"Okay. Text me the address and I'll be there. Do you need me to pick up anything?" Michael texted as he jumped out of bed.

"Bring the wine and some glasses?"

Mika texted with the address to his hotel and room number.

"Okay. Be there in 20 mins." Michael threw on the clothes that he had previously worn that day. He grabbed his backpack and stuffed some clothes and bathroom items in it and then darted down stairs. He opened the pantry in the kitchen and grabbed two bottles if wine from the top shelf. He grabbed two wine glasses and wrapped them up so they wouldn't shatter as he carefully placed them in his bag.

He then darted to the basement to Fitz's room. "Fitz wake up for a second please?"

"Michael. What?" Fitz tiredly asked without opening his tired eyes.

"I need you to keep an eye on the kids. I'm going to go out. Please? I don't know what time I'll be back, so just be awake when they get up just in case and turn the baby monitor on...?"

"Okay. Have fun." Fitz smiled with his eyes still closed as Michael ran back upstairs.

Michael did a round to the kids rooms to make sure that they were still sleeping. Once he finished and sat in his car his nervousness began to sink in...