Mike & Harvey
| Gen Relationship | |
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| Relationship: | Mike Ross & Harvey Specter |
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| Fandom: | Suits |
| Type: | gen |
| Canonical?: | friends, coworkers |
| Prevalence: | common |
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| See also: | |
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- This is a page for the gen relationship between Mike Ross and Harvey Specter. For a romantic interpretation visit Mike/Harvey
The gen relationship between Mike Ross and Harvey Specter is a huge part of the Suits fandom, no matter the shipping preferences of fans.
Canon
Fandom
No matter the pairing focus of fanworks, fan tend to portray the relationship between Harvey and Mike in a similar way it's written on the show. They have a close relationship and obviously care about each other. They engage in witty banter.
It's not a common practice to tag the gen works with a specific Mike & Harvey tags when submitting fanworks to the archives. Instead, they are often simply tagged with the characters themselves. On FFN specifically, authors will sometimes make a point of noting "No slash" in the fic summaries.
Common Tropes in Fanworks
- Hurt/Comfort - there is a lot of h/c fics with Mike being the one in need of comfort. This involves both emotional and physical comfort.
- Found Family - the relationship between the two is sometimes interpreted as familial, with Harvey taking on a role of either an older brother or a big brother. Sometimes fans take it one step further, and making the characters actually be related to each other.
Example Fanworks
Fanfic
- The New Deal[1] by Closer, Harvey Specter, second year law student at Harvard, was walking home one night when he found a teenaged runaway named Mike freezing to death on his doorstep. Mike poses as Harvey's little brother, Found Family trope.
- Finding Affirmation by rebyl, Harvey tells Mike he's proud of him. (Set directly after Episode 1.10 "Shelf Life")
- To Whom It May Concern by Phoenix on cloud nine, Harvey and Mike start leaving each other notes around the office if they're too busy to talk.
Fanart
Fanvids
Archives and Communities
- Mike Ross & Harvey Specter works on AO3
- Harvey & Mike Friendship community on FFN
- I Just Got An Image Of You As A Dad community on FFN, gathering fics where Harvey either acts vaguely father-like or is Mike's biological parent
Other Fannish Resources
(Rec Lists, Big Bangs, Thing-a-thons, Holiday Exchanges, wiki links, etc.)