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millie’s long list of malex fics | Come Meet Me in the Stars by Winged_Fool / @winged-fool​

When Earth and Antar make first contact, they are immediately at odd’s end with each other. The Centuries’ War begins and when they’re not directly fighting each other, they’re launching exploratory missions to divide up the universe. The Antar exploratory vessels are not peacemakers, they often run into Earth exploratory vessels and end up open firing at each other as they try to conquer the quadrant.

Michael is the captain of one of these exploratory vessels. It’s how he meets Alex Manes.

Alex and Michael have always been on opposite sides of the war. But when Alex shows up at Michael’s ship bloody and drugged, the enemy lines start to blur.

comment: another dark(ish) fic for this week, and another that follows the idea of antar and earth being at opposite ends of a war. this perfectly sets up an opportunity for some enemies to lovers stuff, made possible when alex shows up on michael’s ship with a plan to take down his father. i especially like the twist (or not twist?) that this fic takes at the end, which i was already over the moon about, and the michael’s reaction made the whole thing even better! i really love the powerful sci-fi feel of this one, as well as the teasing between alex and michael!!

millie’s long list of malex fics | Erinyes by ninhursag / @ninswhimsy

The last thing Alex remembered clearly was opening the door of his car over by the junkyard less than a hundred yards from Guerin's trailer. No matter how many times he went over it later he couldn't reconstruct the memory of the exact way he'd lost the fight he must have had.

He remembered that he had heard the emphatic slam of the Airstream’s door. The way back over there, back to Mich-- to Guerin-- was closed after that.

Guerin hadn’t called out after him again once the door closed, the slam its own message..

Michael and Alex are taken prisoner and tortured by a group with unknown motives. They take desperate measures to try to protect each other.

comment: first: check the tags. two: get to reading this dark fic because it’s amazing. the angst and hurt is absolutely devastating, like rip my heart in two, tears in my eyes devastating, which makes the comfort all that much sweeter. i like the underlying alien plot, and there’s a real bluntness to the language that i think really suits the subject material. the plot is dark, but the love and protectiveness that alex and michael feel for each other shines through. please do check the tags before reading though!

millie’s long list of malex fics | what doesn't kill me makes me want you more by alexanderlightweight / @alexanderlightweight

Antar reigned supreme and Earth had finally relented, not a complete surrender but close enough to one that Antar had been appropriately gracious.  Still, some rebellion remained and as leader of Antar’s armies, Michael was the primary target for discontent and revenge. What had begun as a routine security check had turned to politics and now, he was being forced to consider a human bodyguard.  For some it would be an insult, others an annoyance and for Michael, he’d been prepared to find as much amusement as possible in it, until he’d seen who Isobel wanted as his bodyguard.

The son of one of Earth’s greatest rebels, the child of a terrorist who had supported genocide and the love of Michael’s life.

What use was a bodyguard when it left your heart in danger?

comment: so much darkfic in this fandom! i’d never read so much before rnm. this is another of those juicy aus where the antar reigns over earth, so michael and alex’s paths cross first as enemies. that’s never enough to stop these boys though, and the story actually begins with alex being assigned as michael’s bodyguard. angst and the emergence of rath follow. i’m always interested in a michael/rath dynamic, and it’s super fascinating that alex is the trigger here. please check the tags before reading. there’s some minor character death and non-con healing so take care. 

millie’s long list of malex fics | Victory's Contagious by ViolettaValery

The alien cocks his head, taking in Alex’s drenched figure, the challenge in his stance.

“Don’t you bow to your gods?” he asks, his voice carrying miraculously above the roar of the wind and the pounding rain.

“You are no god,” Alex tells him.

Michael lands on Earth to conquer it and is smitten with Alex. (a.k.a. an indulgent darkfic that is mostly porn) .

comment: i’ve never really read dark!fic before so this was a first for me. it makes so much sense as a “what if” though; the premise being that antarians are conquerors and michael has come to conquer earth. this one’s actually a series, and goes on to take glimpses at michael and alex’s future (no spoilers, just in case you haven’t read it already!) it is, like the description claims, mostly porn, and there’s also some really interesting ideas in here as well, plot-wise and alien-lore-wise. if you’re in the mood for some sultry, dark, indulgent stuff that’s written like a dream; look no further! though, do check out those tags before you dive in. as can be expected of dark!fic; some aspects might not be for everyone. also, points for great titles.