RNM CrashCon

Written for the bottomless milkshake prompt at @rnmcrashcon

The closet was a terrible hiding spot. It was basically the first place someone would look if they thought there was a person hiding in their house. Kyle could faintly hear the approach of heavy footsteps just outside the room. The bedroom door creaked a little as it was pushed open, and Kyle tensed up. His heart was hammering in his chest and sweat broke out along his brow. Surely they were about to get caught. And the thumb drive in his pocket proved exactly why they’d come to Flint Manes’ house in the first place. His mind whirled as he tried to figure out a viable excuse.

A split second later, Kyle remembered what Liz had done the last time he’d been hiding in someone else’s closet. Maybe her solution could work again.

He grabbed Max’s jacket and hauled him in for a kiss.

These are the country songs that would have been playing on Michael’s radio circa 2006-2008. Together, they paint a picture of a fantastical and idyllic America that maybe Michael thought he’d never get to have. On the other hand, maybe they were just the right kind of songs to sing along to in his truck.

Late but made for @rnmcrashcon​ Day 5 Music. Playlist on Spotify. Tracklist under the cut.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Roswell New Mexico (TV 2019) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Isabel Evans | Isobel Evans/Kyle Valenti, Kyle Valenti & Original Child Characters Characters: Kyle Valenti, Isabel Evans | Isobel Evans, Original Characters, Original Child Character(s) Additional Tags: Valenti Family History, Based on a Tumblr Post, Alien/Human Relationships, Alien Cultural Differences, Miscommunication, Story within a Story, Interspecies Relationship(s), Diplomacy, Fatherhood, Kyle will be a good dad someday, Family Feels, Isobel Evans tries Summary:

*DRUMROLL* 🥁 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

God of Wine by Third Eye Blind (1x02)

Zombie by the Cranberries (2x01)

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Roswell New Mexico (TV 2019) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Ortecho Family, Arturo Ortecho & Liz Ortecho & Rosa Ortecho, Jukebox & the Ortecho Family, Jukebox & The Crashdown Cafe Characters: Arturo Ortecho, Rosa Ortecho, Liz Ortecho, Jukebox - Character Additional Tags: POV Inanimate Object, Crashdown Cafe, 90s dance songs, Music is the key to Rosa’s heart, Arturo is a good father, Arturo is a smart business man, The Ortechos love to dance, Found Family (from the jukebox’s perspective), new beginnings for everyone, every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end Summary:

An abandoned jukebox finds a new family to join at the Crashdown Café.

Ok, so this is a late submission for You’ve Got the Music in You and an early submission for Stranger in a Strange Land prompts @rnmcrashcon .

Chapters: 4/? Fandom: Roswell New Mexico (TV 2019) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Max Evans/Liz Ortecho, Max Evans & Arturo Ortecho, Arturo Ortecho & Liz Ortecho & Rosa Ortecho, Arturo Ortecho/Helena Ortecho Characters: Max Evans, Arturo Ortecho, Liz Ortecho, Rosa Ortecho, Helena Ortecho Additional Tags: Wedding Fluff, Angst with a Happy Ending, Max blames himself for everything as usual, his friends and family will set him straight, Physical and emotional healing, Max is a healer who needs healing too, Heart Attacks, will feature religious guilt and talk about religion in later chapters, Death and Grief Summary: Max has a big question to ask Arturo regarding popping the BIG question to Liz. It doesn’t go exactly as planned and the journey to becoming a member of the Ortecho family becomes harder than he realizes.

Chapter 4:

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Roswell New Mexico (TV 2019) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Ortecho Family, Arturo Ortecho & Liz Ortecho & Rosa Ortecho, Jukebox & the Ortecho Family, Jukebox & The Crashdown Cafe Characters: Arturo Ortecho, Rosa Ortecho, Liz Ortecho, Jukebox - Character Additional Tags: POV Inanimate Object, Crashdown Cafe, 90s dance songs, Music is the key to Rosa’s heart, Arturo is a good father, Arturo is a smart business man, The Ortechos love to dance, Found Family (from the jukebox’s perspective), new beginnings for everyone, every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end Summary:

An abandoned jukebox finds a new family to join at the Crashdown Café.

Ok, so this is a late submission for You’ve Got the Music in You and an early submission for Stranger in a Strange Land prompts @rnmcrashcon .

Roswell, New Mexico

Song: 1990something by Sub-Radio

She didn’t let him idle. Instead life turned into an adventure, a story unfolding beneath their feet. Making nights spent at the Pony deep cleaning, Maria polishing silverware and Max scraping gum from beneath tables, almost magical.

Though Max had learned fast Maria had her own defense mechanisms, work and play at the top of the list. She never stopped moving, never learned how to idle. For fear, of what Max wasn’t quite certain. All he knew was he didn’t want her to be, wanted to watch her fully settle in her own skin. Be comfortable not just confident.

Which was why they were currently in the Jeep, making their way out deep into the desert. The top down and wind tousling Maria’s curls as she sings along with Frankie Ballard, her hand out the side of the vehicle seeming to dance in the breeze. Warm, yellow sunlight soaking into both of their skin.

Max’s chest aches from how perfect the moment is, his smile bright as he squeezes her hand. They’re intertwined, rearing against her bare thigh. Cut off jean shorts and a tank top, more than enough to make Max almost regret planning the whole day driving instead of holding her in his arms. But he doesn’t regret it. Not with how much more relaxed she seems every mile out of town they get.