Brother from another mother

Blood in the water AU. [Part-2]

Mike couldn't help but sigh to himself as he watched Harvey's car speed off. It was probably going to be a long night with all of the merger projections he now had to go through. He started walking up to the lobby. He didn't even notice the man standing next the stairs.

The push was so violent that if the glass window hadn't been in the way he would have fallen on the ground, now however it broke his fall and he managed to brace himself with his hands. Other hands were on his back and then spun him around. A man Mike had never seen before pressed him up against the wall, his hand raised.

It only took Mike a moment to realize who the man standing in front of him was. His realization were shown clearly on his face and he closed his eyes knowing what was coming.

The man nodded a little. "Yeah, you know who I am asshole." He said, contempt shown on his face.

"Look, I'm sorry, okay…" Mike started.

"For what? Sleeping with my wife?" he Tess's husband interrupted him. "You didn't do it on purpose?"

"It's over. Okay, I swear to god."

"You think it's that easy?" The guy looked away for a second and then the conversation was over and the first hit came. It hit the right side of Mike's face and caused him to double over, but he didn't fall. It was the second hit that came with a lot more force, this time from the left. Mike had no control of what happened and he fell to the ground on his stomach. He felt all dazed and hoped that it was over, that this was it and the guy was done. He tried to get up again but wasn't fast enough to get away. The man wasn't done.

"Keep your god damn apology. Stay the hell away from Tess!" His last words were empathized with a vigorous kick to Mike's side. The force of it caused his body to lift from the ground and he grunted when he landed again. He grimaced in pain and started coughing, causing the pain to blossom through his entire body. He withered on the ground and turned on his side facing the glass wall, hoping that it was it. And too his relief he heard how the guys footsteps disappeared behind him.

He tipped over on his back and felt something wet along his mouth. He just laid there on the floor trying to get his breathing under control. He coughed again, feeling a searing pain in his abdomen. The kick had knocked the wind out of him and he gasped a little before being able to breathing somewhat normal again. He didn't want to breath too deep now, since it hurt a lot. He moaned a bit, he didn't know if he ever had been in this much pain before. He couldn't move, couldn't do anything except lay there trying to breathe and get through the pain. What had just happened? It had been over so fast. He hadn't had time to react to the other man. Somehow he couldn't help but thinking that this was what he deserved. He deserved to lay there in pain on the ground for what he did to that guy. This had been within his right. At least the punches, Mike thought, the kick might have been a bit too much.

He didn't know how long time it was that passed but the pain started to give. It didn't disappear completely but it became more manageable and he didn't think that he would pass out. However he wasn't ready to move yet, even though it was starting to get both uncomfortable and cold laying like that on the ground. He should do something. He should get up to the office. Maybe head over to the associate break room and see if he could find some ice or something for his side, or for his face. Maybe for both.

No, he needed to get up. What if someone saw him like this? That would be embarrassing. Soon, he was just going to rest for a few minutes and then he would do something about his situation. He closed his eyes until he realized that maybe that was a stupid idea.

Alright, time to do something about the situation. He decided to start with sitting up. When he tried pain flared up his side immediately and he cursed out load. Shit! That was not a good idea. What was up with his side?