roslindi | Harvey Specter/Mike Ross → "dude, check out this fanfiction"

HARVEY/MIKE

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I made this Harvey/Mike rec list for ~reasons~. Also, Suits deserves a huge fandom. Because it's awesome. Tell your friends.

some notes about this list:

All stories are completed.
It's alphabetical by title. Supposedly, anyway. I worked on this at 3 a.m., mostly, so there are probably some not in their proper place.~~..because the alphabet changes in the wee hours of the morning.~~
Endgame pairing is always Harvey/Mike, though a story might include them with another character at some point. A few are actually pre-slash, but they are very obviously pre-slash.
If there was no summary I just used the first 1-2 sentences. If there was no rating I just put 'UR.' Also I used whatever wording for the rating the author used, which is why there is such variation, and I tried to include whatever warnings the author gave.
There are no crossovers on this list, but there are fusions.
Sequels/series are listed under the first story in the series instead of as a different entry. I probably missed some.
Some links are to stories offsite (mainly AO3, some at tumblr, dreamwidth, personal sites and even *gasp* FF.net).
Some of the stories were written as fills for prompts at suits_meme, but I have not included any direct links to the meme on this list. This is for no other reason than suits_meme has both a wonderful and easily searchable fill list and delicious archive, and I am incredibly lazy.
Let me know if there are any issues that need addressing (broken links, incorrect info, this fic needs to be on here, you would prefer not to have your story listed, etc).
This list is nowhere close to comprehensive. There are many wonderful Suits fics, both Harvey/Mike and not, that are not on here. If you don't see your fic here it is no way personal. I probably have never seen it/read it/been recc'd it or it was under 750 words. I made an arbitrary word minimum just to keep this list at a manageable number. In case you're wondering, there are about 90 fics here.
Thank you to leoraine, who recc'd me several of the stories on this list.
HUGE thank you to sofiawonderland, who consoled me/acted as cheerleader after LJ ERROR 503 ATE THIS LIST the first time I tried to post it.
Enjoy! ♥

☆ Harvey Specter/Mike Ross ☆

apocalypse in spades by

pidgeoned | [PG] Mike is drunk and exchanges a few words with Harvey back in his apartment.

auf wiedersehen by

quellfrost | [PG] Project Runway AU. Harvey has a very assured sense of self.

Brownsuits by carnifax | [Teen] 'Michael was more than gifted. He...was a gift.' Firefly AU. (AKA 'Flotsam')

call it lateralus (and maybe we'll go medial) by

quellfrost | [NC17] Harvey makes Mike learn the muscular system. And then tests him on it.

Caveat Quaestor by

maja_li | [R] Mike has a tattoo. Harvey needs to know what it is.

closing in by

quellfrost | [PG13] Somewhere, there is a city, and in the city, there is a shop. The shop is a small shop, suited to fit the owner--a young and ambitious boy who sees nothing but potential in the space.

Come Again by

mskatej | [NC17] It all started with a phone call…

continental drift by

pidgeoned | [PG13] Harvey and Mike mismanage a relationship they didn't even know they were in.

Cufflinks by carnifax | [PG13] Harvey stared at the box as if it had offended him, and then glanced up at Mike. The kid looked half-pleased, half-terrified. "What is it?"

dancing on the legs of a new-born pony by

ariadnes_string | [Teen] In which Harvey breaks his arm and Mike has a caretaker streak as wide as the Grand Canyon.

Disaster Stories by agatestones | [Explicit] "Hold on," Mike asked, "you made Donna come into work in the middle of a blizzard?"

Disturbing the Peace by

grim_lupine | [NC17] Harvey has a new strategy for dealing with this thing that isn’t really a thing, because it’s not like it’s planned or regular or something he’s attached to in any way (though he has to admit that this can’t happen again is a resolution that hasn’t exactly held): just don’t talk about it.

Drunk Sex: A Love Story by

cynicalelf | [R] Sleeping with your new boss while intoxicated can be awkward. When it happens more than once, well...

Dulce et Decorum est {pro de amore mentiri} by

mockturtletale | [Explicit] And then someone drops a stack of files, the thwack of paper a startling sound in the space between Harvey and Mike and the scene dissipates as they both turn to look, gazes rising from the mess of paper to each other, across the hallway. Harvey dimly registers that his mouth is hanging open unattractively.

Easy Like Saturday Morning by

smartalli | [UR] Hardworking boys deserve easy Saturday mornings.

Errand Boy by

entangled_now | [NC17] All Mike wants is a little appreciation.

Ex Facie by

meeks00 | [R] Mike always manages to find a way around Donna’s front desk security detail and into Harvey’s office, where he touches things, with his bare hands, without asking.

Excerpts From The Gospel of Harvey Specter, edited by Michael "Forever Awesome" Ross, 2011, 1st Ed. by

mclachlan | [UR] Mike can so read people. Or maybe just Harvey, who's pretty much an open book.

Exclusively Yours by

tattooedsiren | [PG] Harvey turns up to work one Monday morning wearing a wedding ring. No one even knew he was seeing someone.
  →love consists in this | [PG] When clients see Harvey's wedding ring, they pass on their compliments to Harvey's wife, not realising that Harvey's husband is sitting three feet away. This bothers Harvey.
  →A Series of Small Things | [PG] Harvey invites Mike to be his plus-one for a charity benefit. By the end of the evening their relationship will never be the same.
  →There It Shall Remain Forever | [PG] This is the story of the night Harvey and Mike get engaged.

Extracurricular Overtime by Midnight2501 | [Mature] Was it the scotch that made them do it? Was it?

Five Times Mike Ross Was a Terrible Vampire and One Time He Wasn't by

ladyknightanka | [T] Mike may be a puppy, but he's Harvey's puppy and he has fangs.

Good Boy by

maja_li | [NC17, D/s] Through a long process of ~~tears and expletives~~ trial and error, Mike becomes Harvey's sub. Or maybe he always has been.

Grande Soy Triple Chai by friskaz | [Mature] Harvey is (still) a lawyer. Mike is the only barista that gets his coffee order right, and isn't afraid of a bit of intelligent and snarky banter.

Habeas Corpus by

smilebackwards | [R] He'd made one harmless quip about backpedaling diva heiresses when she'd refused to sign the deal he'd been working through for the past three weeks and ended up a kitten.

Harvey Takes Note by

fluffygremlin | [NC17] Harvey scribbles a note on Mike's hand that would have been innocent if it weren't for the fact that Mike was totally and utterly in lust with him. And then he did it again... And again...

hella bar talk by

quellfrost | [NC17, also brief Harvey/OC and Mike/OC] There have, in fact, been stranger requests.

I Gotta Have You by

veritas_st | [UR] Five times Mike and Harvey are too desperate to make it the bed, and the First time they finally do.

I'll Take My Part (In This Daily Production of Idiot Hearts) by

tresridicules | [PG] "I'm really sorry about this," Mike says, for about the sixth time in total.

Imprimatur by Closer | [Explicit] Mike was raised to believe Imprint was a life-changing event for those few lucky enough to experience it. Harvey was raised to believe it was a form of mental illness. When it actually happened, neither of them noticed.

Inseparable by BatSuitCrazy | [Mature] Sleeping with your boss isn't exactly ideal, especially if your boss is Harvey Specter. Worried about Harvey's career, Mike puts his foot down about sex in the office. It turns out that abstaining is easier said than done.

inside your cover's always blown by

smallacts| [NC17, explicit BDSM] In which Jessica Knows Everything, and also there is bondage and wooing, not necessarily in that order.

Interpretation of Love by

quodpersortem | [NC17] Harvey’s sheets are incredible.

It's Hard To Say 'I Don't' When I Do by

mockturtletale | [Teen] And it’s during this miracle that Harvey happens upon them, bent low over Mike’s motherboard and trying to figure out where that hissing noise is coming from and why it sounds like parseltongue.

It's Just by LizaPod | [NC17] Mike is tired of Harvey acting like he couldn’t find his own dick with both hands and a map. He's a grown man, goddammit.

Jigsaw Falling Into Place by

mrsreynolds13 | [NC17] Mike decides that he should learn how to read people, and his research on body language soon has him hot under the collar.

July July by

quodpersortem | [NC17] Harvey loves being kissed by Mike. He is thorough and doesn’t shy away from places other people might not find quite as pleasant.

Just Ask And I Will Do by

veritas_st | [UR, d/s] Mike is Harvey's bitch. And he's strangely ok with that.
→Mirror Images | [UR] "Oh the things I could teach you kid." Set during Just Ask And I Will Do (one shot).
→No Envy No Fear | [UR] Sequel to Just Ask And I Will Do.

Knot a Problem by Jane Davitt | [NC17, BDSM themed] Harvey takes exception to Mike's tie, Mike's habits...everything but Mike himself. (first in 'Desk Job Series')

Let Me Down Easy (or Stay) by

mockturtletale | [Explicit] The truth is, Mike would do almost anything to see Harvey look at him like he’s done something right. He’d do a lot of things just to get Harvey to look at him at all. And so by the push and pull of their working relationship, vaguely registered want becomes hard crushed need until eventually something has to give.

Lit Up by

phreakycat | [UR] Mike has synesthesia, which turns out to be a blessing, a bit of a curse, and an unconventional way to finally get his boss naked.

Long December by

arsenicjade | [R] Post season finale fic. Mike couldn’t say how he knows what’s going to happen when Donna throws out, “Jessica wants to see you,” upon his and Harvey’s return to the office.

Love Amongst the Chiffon by

arkadian_mouse | [PG13] Project Runway AU. Harvey has always known that clothes reflect the character of the person wearing them. So when Mike comes into his life dressed like that, he knows that he wants nothing to do with him. That is, until he realizes that he does.

Madison Avenue by Closer | [Explicit] Harvey didn't want to be profiled in a magazine as one of New York's most eligible bachelors. Nobody even knew Mike had been.

Markers by

brokenballoons | [Explicit] Mike has an oral fixation.

Midwinter by Closer | [Explicit] Harvey's traditional post-triumphal sex takes on a twist when it's Mike, decked out in winter gear and just begging to be stripped down.

Nurse Fernandez by

mskatej | [NC17] Mike gets hit by a car. By Harvey’s car. While Harvey is driving it.

Objections by JessObsess | [PG13] Mike can't seem to stop having sex with Harvey.

Or Down You Fall by

sam_storyteller | [R, drug use] Drug testing at Pearson Hardman does not have its desired preventative effect. (Sex, drugs, and a little bit of Soul.)

Pari Passu (On Equal Footing) by

lantean_drift | [Adult] Harvey ties Mike’s bowtie. Then there’s kissing in the back of the town car.

Pizza And A Movie by Closer | [Mature] In an alternate universe, Harvey's still a lawyer but Mike's not a pot runner -- he's a deliveryman for Rollo's Pizza and Ribs, which happens to be Harvey's favorite pizza place. Once Harvey finds out his pizza guy is a genius, Mike's life takes a few turns he would not have expected...

Possession by

xanthestories | [NC17, BDSM] Louis tries to lure Mike into working exclusively for him, but Harvey points out that as possession is nine-tenths of the law, Mike belongs to him. Can he prove it though?
→Envy | [R, BDSM, consensual spanking] Harvey raises the stakes in their D/s games late by initiating a scene late one night in the Pearson Hardman offices…with unexpected consequences.

post tenebras spero lucem by

whimsicalimages | [PG13, cursing] Harvey is a nephilim and Mike is the most perfect thing he's ever seen.

project on you by

1001cranes | [NC17] During a case, it comes out that Mike is a virgin, and Harvey gets a little - obsessed.

Quarantine by

sam_storyteller | [PG13] After a client pukes on Mike and dies, Pearson Hardman is put under quarantine. The Associates go feral, the Paralegals build a fort, and Mike ends up in Harvey's office watching Inherit The Wind -- at least until Harvey notices something is wrong...

serviced no kings by

ienablu | [R] Arriving at a client's ritzy party, after a few straight days of work, Mike is mostly presentable, except for the five o'clock shadow. It makes him look unprofessional, which makes Harvey look unprofessional, and so he takes Mike aside to give him a shave.

shameless by

quodpersortem | [NC17, rimming] It's simple enough.

Soft Features by

scribblinlenore | [NC17, appearance of dubcon] What if Mike had worn drag to cheat on the LSATs? What if he'd gotten caught?

Step Seven by carnifax | [PG13] Donna had been right about Mike; he looked like a mess.

Summum Bonum by

fluffygremlin | [R] When Professor Harvey Specter stumbled upon a skinny student getting harassed by a campus cop, he intervened against his better judgment. He had no idea this brilliant kid would turn his world upside down. Meanwhile, Mike has now been given the opportunity to turn his life around but it might just cost him everything and everyone.

Sweet Thang by

maja_li| [R, accusations of sexual harassment, implied past homophobia] Mike hates buying stuff for himself. Harvey, on the other hand, loves it.

Swingin' in the Hall by liketrombley | [PG13] Mike starts to find seemingly random gifts in his locker from a secret admirer. Even though he has had a crush on popular, jock and basically unavailable Harvey since he can remember, he is starting to be won over by someone he doesn’t even know.

Ten Thousand Men of Harvard by

fluffygremlin | [NC17] AU wherein Harvey is studying for the bar exam and Mike is an obscenely hot librarian.

the daily grind by

pidgeoned | [NC17] Mike sitting on the kitchen counter in Harvey's apartment with Harvey standing in between his legs as they kiss.

The Go To Guy by Closer | [Explicit] Harvey's client is trying to take on the mob, in the form of John "Three-Guns" Boccacho. Johnny Three-Guns has decided Harvey's an easier target, but fortunately Harvey's top PI and all-around badass, Mike Ross, is on the case.

the key to catharsis by

pageleaf | [PG, mentions of violence and suicide] Inception fusion. When Louis Litt tries to hire Harvey for an inception job, Harvey isn't about to accept--of course, then Louis offers him the only thing he's wanted for a very long time, and Harvey can't exactly refuse.

the life in your years by

thisissirius | [Teen] Harvey is being ridiculous but Mike humors him (with love).

The One in Which Mind-Control is the Only Explanation by

grim_lupine | [PG] High School AU. People sometimes wonder aloud why Mike and Harvey are friends, since, you know, Mike’s kind of scrawny and more than a little geeky and has a tendency to run his mouth off without thinking about what comes out of it, and Harvey is really just as geeky but is considerably better at hiding it, and he’s a grade above Mike and has an inexplicable ability to stare people into submission that is vaguely unsettling in a seventeen-year-old.

The Rules of Normalcy by

faithbeckett | [NC-17] Harvey is a bit broken. Mike tries to fix him. Sexy shenanigans ensue. Tag to the end of 1.11.

The Sound of Your Body On My Own by

quodpersortem | [NC17] It takes Harvey just under ten minutes to realize Mike is staring at him.

this tornado loves you by

smallacts | [UR, also Mike/Trevor/Jenny] A story about first loves and true loves, about friendship, growing up, and growing together. Atlernatively, this is a story about Mike figuring out what he deserves, and learning how to ask for it. (AU)

those of wit and cunning by

omk_mal_hae | [UR] Harry Potter AU. Harvey wishes he could attribute it all to his Slytherin cunning, but the truth is, it's mostly a combination of Ross's family heritage, coincidence, and pure luck that leads to their first meeting on the Hogwarts Express. (Or, Mike is a Veela, and Harvey defends him from his adoring masses.)

Tied Together With An Easy Thread by

stone_princess | [18+, D/s] Spins off from the events of "Play the Man." Mike is a drama queen about what kind of a lawyer/person he should be, Harvey takes the situation in hand (after a fumble of his own).

'Til You Gave Out All Your Skin by

mockturtletale | [Explicit] Stupid kid and his stupid friends and his stupid face. Harvey wants to push his fingers up into the short hair at the base of Mike’s skull, to erase the touch of his friend and everyone else who has ever enjoyed and undoubtedly under-appreciated the privilege of having their hands on Mike until all he remembers and all he wants is the ghost of Harvey’s touch, all over him and ever present.

Tripping the Line by

templemarker | [PG13] "No," he said, adjusting his tie back to perfection and smoothing down his collar. "I'm not fucking you for the first time in the back of a car like some horny, uncultured teenager. I don't care if it's a Town Car, that's just too crass."

Trust Graded on a Curve by

black_eyedgirl | [PG13] Harvey asked for Mike’s loyalty, but doesn’t know what to do with it now he has it. Mike wants someone to trust, but can’t see what Harvey’s offering. Louis manages to takes advantage of both of those things, but only for a little while.

Unobstructed Views by

templemarker | [NC17] tag to 1.07, There was a bar down the street from the firm that Harvey occasionally frequented, when it had been a week deserving of some dedicated drinking.

War Wounds by

veritas_st | [UR] He’d stayed safe, kept his head down, came back to Harvey with a few scars, and a new aversion to loud noises. Military!Mike au.
→We Only Part to Meet Again | [UR] Harvey hates it when Mike isn’t here. He hates the silence in the apartment, the neat tidiness, the lack of wet footprints across the wood floor in the morning and the fact that Mike’s hands don’t wake him up, hot and damp from the shower, but sure and knowing.
→ I'm Almost In Your Arms | [UR] It does get better though when Harvey presses his hand to Mike’s lower back and tells him he has three days off work, with a wry smirk curling at the corner of his lips.

What Dreams May Come by

tattooedsiren | [PG] Mike is the man of Harvey's dreams. Literally. (AU)

when you were mine by

smallacts | [UR] Mike’s been farmed out by Louis to various partners, and Harvey has to deal with each of them individually to get Mike back. Post-finale.

With You I Fall So Fast by

veritas_st | [UR] Harvey sleeps like a child. All loose limbed and pillow lines across his face, hair sticking up in tufts and fingers loosely wrapped around any part of Mike he can find.

Xenolith by

quodpersortem | [R] When he hears the knock on the roof of the playhouse, Mike thinks he is maybe a little slow to reply.

You Should Have Called by

laughter_now | [PG13] After a hard week at work, Harvey and Mike are on their way to Harvey's condo, desperate for some time alone. What they don't know is that Harvey's parents have come to visit, and when Harvey pushes Mike against the front door to thoroughly ravish him before they have even entered, Harvey's parents decide to investigate where the noise is coming from and open the door...

you're close now (so close now) by

whimsicalimages | [PG13, cursing almost-anonymous almost-sex] The One Where Mike and Harvey Almost Have Hot Practically-Anonymous Sex on a Dance Floor.

You're Suppose To Swallow by

veritas_st | [UR] Mike’s pretty sure he’s never been this tired. And he’s including that week when he got so high he couldn’t sleep and spent most of it pretending to be Robin to Trevor’s Batman.

Your Name Was On Me by

veritas_st | [UR] Growing up with the knowledge that you were destined for someone, and by extension that same someone (in the vast majority of cases) was destined for you, took some excitement out of things.
→There is no heartbreakingly tragic sequel to this. Nothing to see here; move along.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Awesome list; bookmarking and thank you. This must have taken forever to do.

You're welcome! It would have taken less time if LJ hadn't crashed, but it was worth it.

This is amazing. There are a few fics here I haven't read so I'm looking forward to going through your list.

(Also, thanks for including some of my fics)

→There is no heartbreakingly tragic sequel to this. Nothing to see here; move along.
Perfect description is perfect.

*bookmarks*

Thanks! I'm glad you found some new ones, I know it's kind of difficult because this fandom is still fairly young and little.

Oh, thank you for writing them! ;)

Its not THAT heartbreaking...

*is a lying liar that lies*

I stand by my description. ;D

Thank you for reccing mine by the way *blushes*

Thank you for writing them *grins*

Pants on fire. ;O)

SQUEE!

I'm so excited, because there's so many apparently amazing stuff I haven't read! Yaaaaaaay! :D

Thank you for doing this!

(And omg, honey, don't need to thank me. You are so very welcome!)

Edited 2012-01-16 09:22 (UTC)

You're welcome, and thank you for being so encouraging when I was working on it (especially when LJ was being so glitchy). I hope you enjoy reading them! ♥

There is no heartbreakingly tragic sequel to this. Nothing to see here; move along.

That is really the only way to describe that.

This is a great list. Thanks for doing it (and including yours truly)!

Yeah, pretty much.

You're welcome, thank you for writing! :)

OMFG, I LOVE YOU FOR THIS !

Thanks :D

Amazing reclist thank you :)

I started putting together my own some time ago, it's still quite small at the moment. Would it be okay to include a link to this post? Because awesome recs are awesome.

Thanks! That's definitely all right, rec lists are for sharing. I look forward to seeing yours!

Thank you for doing this fantastic rec list.

* throws flowers and candy at your feet.*

Thank you for this. really <3
Apparently there lots of fics that I haven't read yet sooo off to read fics now

oooh thanks for the reclist!

Glad you like :)

Just a quick drive-by rec. I'm sure you've read this, but this fic always brings me to my knees. Feel free to tell me where to go, but I thought it might make a nice edition to your list.

5U175 (http://archiveofourown.org/works/328742) - Harvey/Mike. In fandom. Also known as the "lawyers who write fanfic" fic.

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I told you if you used it for porn I'd know.

But it's okay, it's good porn, so you are forgiven.

WHAT.

Thanks for the rec!

I think I have read this one, but it's been awhile so I forgot~ I'm actually not adding anything to this list because I'm working on a new one to put up after the season finale on Thursday, so this will definitely make that one :D

Harvey Specter/Mike Ross → "dude, check out this fanfiction"

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