#mrparallel

millie’s long list of malex fics | I Seem to have Fallen Down the Wrong Trouser Leg of Time by InsidiousIntent / @insidious-intent

Michael Guerin has spent a lot of time waking up in unknown beds with no idea how he got there. This is however, the first time he has woken up in an unknown bed with a naked body he immediately recognized.

This is also the first time there’s a puppy snoozing on his belly.

Michael is so stunned by this absurd picture of a tiny beagle puppy sleeping soundly on his stomach, he doesn’t even react when a kiss is pressed to his shoulder.

Across parallel universes, two Michaels swap places, revealing their very different lives.

comment: do you remember how lucky you felt when you heard that we were going to have two parallel-universe type fics? i was ecstatic. it’s such a good trope and this fic is another masterpiece of the genre. the swaps between here and there are written so well that i never found myself confused as to which universe i was in, and the look at the alternate michael + alex was as wonderful as it was devastating. i also really really loved the last chapter because (no spoilers) things don’t immediately fix themselves, or the characters, and it was a fantastic decision to write through that happening before giving us the happy/hopeful ending. go and give this fic the love it deserves!

millie’s long list of malex fics | not in this world (or the next) by estel_willow

The first thing Michael notices is that his hand doesn’t hurt. As he stretches his arms above his head and his fingers knock into the headboard of a proper bed, he realises that he’s not in his Airstream. When he blinks awake, rubbing sleep out of his eyes with increasing urgency as he realises that there’s no trace of a hangover to reassure him that’s the reason he’s waking up in a bed he doesn’t know with no knowledge of how he got there, he sees simple decor around him in with splashes that look like Isobel’s handiwork.

The fic spawned from a tumblr prompt about Michael waking up in a parallel reality.

comment: do y’all remember where you were when you read the final chapter of this gd masterpiece? cause i was on the bus and i was cryiiiiing. for those who haven’t read it yet: michael messes with the console and swaps places with mikey evans, his self from a parallel universe. which might have been a fun romp if not for one or two absolutely devastating facts in either reality. this fic is fantastic and you should go read/reread it immediately. it’s hard to pinpoint just one thing that i love about it but the thing that really impressed me was the balance, between the two realities and also between michael and mikey. despite “michael” being the guy we’re familiar with, i never felt like i was rooting for one or the other. very, very well balanced.