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Explicit, 6.6k. A post-canon Yalex fic where Yassen and Alex have to sleep together to keep their cover. Mutual non/dubcon, barebacking, and intimacy.

When Yassen is offered a sixteen-year-old Alex for the night, he has no choice but to accept. He has never enjoyed sleeping with strangers as part of his work, but Alex is no stranger...

Over and Over is a yalex soulmate timeloop au fic! (Title taken from the three days grace song of the same name)

The basic premise (which I have seen only once and have been OBSESSED with ever since) is that the first time you see your soulmate, it starts a timeloop that only the two of you experience. The first day of the loop is the only "real" one and the rest is just the two of you like, getting to know each other.

Once you figure out who you're in the loop with (which can be somewhat difficult because like, you could literally have just seen them across a busy street), you basically get three years to fall in love. If you don't fall in love within that timeframe, you forget who your soulmate is and everything that happened in the loop, but do remember that it happened so you're not like, waiting your entire life for something that already occured. And if you die in the loop, you die in real life.

So, cue Alex and Yassen waking up after that meeting in Point Blanc only to realize that they're looping, resulting in VASTLY different reactions. Yassen is like "he's sixteen and made of hormones and being manipulated by MI6, just doen't lie to him and sleep with him until he falls in love with you, and then take him back to scopria's loving arms" and proceeds to set out to do just that.

Alex, meanwhile, is completely cut off from his support system and, you know, a fucked up grieving mess essentially trapped behind enemy lines. So he decides to be even more reckless than usual and like, gets himself into all kinds of trouble. And then, you know, when he finds out that yassen killed Ian has a complete breakdown about what that means

Eventually Yassen realizes he actually doesn't want Alex anywhere near any of this, and so he and Alex have to actively fight catching feelings with each other so that they have enough time to get dirt on scorpia and MI6 so they can both get out and retire once the loop is over.

rirren replied to your post “What’s your favorite rare pair?”

Sam/Adam for medium rare pair. Sam/Henriksen for super rare pair!

Unusual combination time!

So, I mean, like, any permutation? I know that's kind of a cop out, so let me get a little more specific.

So, I very much ship like, "just became a baby assassin" yassen and alex, since they're in the exact same place emotionally but still could be weirdly fucked up about each other

Also, I've been thinking about a verse where Book Yassen and Book Alex manage to find there way into Tv verse, and so like, silver fox young fifties yassen having his way with tv alex has been kind of like, nibbling away at my brain for that I'm trying to beat it back (also, you know, throw in some book Alex for fun sometimes, since he is that kind of freak, I think).

Also, starting to be talked into yasha (or baby assassin yassen)/alex/yassen (the 30s version).

I'm late getting to this, so I've been tagged by @limnall, @lastlymatt and @rirren, thanks everyone! :D

3 ships you like: Yassen/Alex and John/Yassen for Alex Rider and uhhh Beth/Borgov in The Queen's Gambit, if we're going by recent ships

First Ship Ever: This is a hard one, but I suppose the first ship I read a lot of fic for was Doctor/Rose and Doctor/Master from Doctor Who?

Last Song You Heard: Listening to Fuel to Fire by Agnes Obel as I write this.

Currently Reading: Snakehead

Currently Watching: Rewatched some of The Americans, so I think that should count haha

Currently Consuming: Water.

Currently Craving: Sleep, but some fruit might also be nice.

thank you so much for the ask!!

10. Has a piece of writing ever “haunted” you? Has your own writing haunted you? What does that mean to you? There are several books that are haunting me, the latest is called Thrown off the Ice. It started innocently as all the other hockey books, a hot age gap rookie falls for veteran story, the smut was hot etc - and then suddenly it turned serious. The veteran suffers from severe helath consequences of his concussions, and it never gets better. What I LOVED is that this guy wasn't perfect about it like it's so often written, he was angry because his life was fucked and it went only downwards from there, he lashed out at his partner, he hurt him emotionally, he was never a sunshine to begin with - and his partner (the sunshine one who would have all the options to live a very different life than one with a diclining, disabled partner) chose at every turn to stay with him even though it was clear where it will end. That was very powerful, and hit very close to home in some aspects. So yeah that haunts me currently and will stay. (ha sorry for the length, as you can see it haunts me). For my own writing: I have one very long fic, The Absence of Hate, where I have this sequel planned out in my head, but I also know that I will not write it as I don't have it in me to write another 80-100 k... but the sequel would be so good 😂 11. Do you believe in the old advice to “kill your darlings?” Are you a ruthless darling assassin? What happens to the darlings you murder? Do you have a darling graveyard? Do you grieve? This is such a funny question right after the first, as I loved the MCD book but in general: no, I am usually not in the mood for it and want a happy ending for my characters. I wrote some MCD fics myself which are easier than to read MCD, as it is not often done in a way I like. The vast majority of my books end happy though, so no graveyard - but when someone dies (also a beloved side character for instance) I do grieve.

Already answered 1 here!

13. What is a subject matter that is incredibly difficult for you write about? What is easy?

When they have to talk about feelings or their relationship, it's soooo hard lol. Like the number of times I've tried plotting out a fic with someone and they will suggest something and I'm like 'yeah but then they actually have to talk :('

Easiest is introspection about how much they mean to each other or thinking about important moments in their history haha. That stuff always flows really well.

27. Who is the most stressful character you’ve ever written? Why?