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millie’s long list of malex fics | The Flowers of Frost by pastelwitchling / @pastelwitchling

Michael closed his eyes as the frosty breeze nipped at his cheeks and nose, and played through the stray curls that had come loose from their knot. The sounds of his friends as they called to lower the sails, their chatter and laughter over their recent conquest, and their complaints at the smell of blood and burnt wood in their clothes and covering their weapons filled the air, along with the wind, the rushing waves against their ship, and the smell of fish.

Michael opened his eyes, and his smile widened when his village came into view. It was good to be home..

As a Viking, Michael has a code he lives by. He has hopes of winning wars, marrying one day, and raising children to do the same. Then he meets a prince who never seems to feel the cold, a man no different, and no less wonderful, than a flower that grows in the snow, and everything changes. He shouldn't fall for this stranger, he knows he shouldn't, but something, call it the stars' alignment or a sign of the Norse gods, always seems to bring them back together. And really, when had Michael ever disobeyed the rules of the skies?

comment: do you like long, poetic fics? stubborn, headstrong vikings? cursed magical princes and their loyal aides? intriguing plots and a romance fraught with sexual tension and cosmic levels of destiny? then you’ll love rin’s fic! it’s already so wonderful and rich with beautiful scenes, a plot line that’s got me hooked, and some delicious malex content to boot! the language gives it a real whimsical feeling that i just love.

millie’s long list of malex fics | Boy, I’ll Hunt You Down by AndreaLyn / @andrea-lyn

When Michael Guerin is eighteen years old, he strikes out to make something of himself.

He goes west and makes it almost all the way to Arizona, at which point he gets a job on the Manes ranch as a stable hand.

It turns out that it’s not the horses he has a touch with, but all the equipment around the farm. He can take the creak out of any door, he can fix any machine, and he’s able to mend broken things that have no business being mended. He has a touch. The horses don’t seem to mind him, but he isn’t able to break in a single stallion the way the Manes boys can, and he certainly can’t hold a candle to the youngest’s talents.

Woodworking and equipment aren’t the only things that Michael finds he has a touch with.

It turns out that when you sleep with a man's youngest, then steal his prized stallion to escape, your face ends up on a wanted poster. When the man who got you in that situation goes into the bounty hunting business and comes hunting you down, it's usually not a good sign. Lucky for Michael, Alex Manes isn't the kind of man who plays by his father's rules..

comment: honestly, fuckin’ yeehaw is all i can say about this badboy. manda is so good at giving the people (me) what they want (even when i didn’t know i wanted it) and this fic knocked my socks off. from the tenderness and yearning between the boys at the start, to alex’s wily determination and michael’s first breaths of freedom towards the end. please go and give this some love if you haven’t already; if the inherent homo-eroticism of cowboys isn’t enough to draw you in, you should read it just because manda’s never steered us wrong.

millie’s long list of malex fics | Here I am, Fallen by ninhursag / @ninswhimsy

There was one door in particular that he sought out. It was unmarked, but he knew the way, even in the dimming light of the evening as people returned to their homes and shut their gates against the world.

He knocked on the front gate of this particular home, just once, before a smiling young man opened it. "Come," the man said, ushering him behind the heavy, reinforced wood. "The master is waiting for you, Brother Manes."

This is the one where Alex is a Knight Templar and Michael is a mercenary fighting on both sides. Alex hates himself and Michael loves Alex. Michael tries his hardest to seduce Alex into loving himself.

comment: this is suuuuuuuch a fascinating concept. i am very ignorant of this time period and although the author claims no historical accuracy, i honestly wouldn’t know the difference. the fic absolutely immerses you in the setting with really wonderful details, without holding your hand or being too heavy-handed. the language is beautiful. this is like the ultimate in hurt/comf, with an alex whose internalized angst (thanks jesse manes) is made tenfold by the time period and his standing as a knight templar. michael,a mercenary with very little of the aforementioned internalized angst, is the comfort slice of this h/c pie and it is veeeeeery good. do check those tags, just for some of alex’s self talk, and then do go and read through this delight. remember, h/c always comes with the comfort as well.

millie’s long list of malex fics | The Son of a Traitor by SuchASeeweedBrain

Michael had seen, met, talked to and danced with many beautiful people over the years, the advantages of being the King’s half-brother, but no one Michael had met could quite compare to Alex Manes. There was just something about him that drew Michael’s eyes to him every few minutes.

In which our author puts the characters in “17th century France, and use everything [they] learned from watching the BBC's Musketeers series on Netflix”.

comment: people, you know i love AUs, and this author has delivered once again. from the brilliant mind that brought you this slope is treacherous, our hockey au, comes a raunch through 17th century france that see max, isobel, michael, and liz (and rosa) as royals, and alex, kyle and maria as members of the guard sworn to protect them. michael and alex start the six-chapter fic in an established relationship that only grows from there. it’s 18k of malex, swords, political intrigue, liz being wonderful, max being stubborn, someone trying to train rosa (clue: it’s alex) and more swords. seriously; sword fighting/training scenes can be so boring but i found myself pouring over these ones, taking in all the details. it’s honestly just so great. my fumbling words can’t do it justice so you should go and read it!!