millie’s long list of malex fics | Second Verse, Same As The First by Hazel_Athena
Alex steps forward, and the group of them shuffle backward at the same time, seemingly on instinct. Steeling himself, he does his best to ignore them and peers over Kyle’s shoulder.
A baby, red faced and irritable looking and swaddled in what he thinks is a lab coat, stares back.
“What. The. Fuck?”
In which is takes a village to raise a tiny, confused, and also rapidly aging alien child.
comment: talk about tears!! this fic deals so gently with the different stages of michael’s life, both in its description of his bursts of ageing but also in how the characters treat michael as he skips through the phases of his life. it’s actually from alex’s pov, which is so heartbreaking at times, but really does the situation justice. i think it would be very easy to fumble a theme like this but the author tackles each element so beautifully; you can just tell that everything was written with such care. it’s a wonderful character study, disguised as an entertaining and fantastic fic. i know i’ll be rereading this for ages.
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