millieās long list of malex fics |Ā not in this world (or the next) by estel_willow
The first thing Michael notices is that his hand doesnāt hurt. As he stretches his arms above his head and his fingers knock into the headboard of a proper bed, he realises that heās not in his Airstream. When he blinks awake, rubbing sleep out of his eyes with increasing urgency as he realises that thereās no trace of a hangover to reassure him thatās the reason heās waking up in a bed he doesnāt know with no knowledge of how he got there, he sees simple decor around him in with splashes that look like Isobelās handiwork.
The fic spawned from a tumblr prompt about Michael waking up in a parallel reality.
comment: do yāall 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 havenāt 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. itās 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. despiteĀ āmichaelā being the guy weāre familiar with, i never felt like i was rooting for one or the other. very, very well balanced.
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