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To celebrate the end of Alex Manes week, here are a few of great Alex centric works!

surprise

post s3. now that they are officially together, michael wants to give alex the best birthday party ever.

G | @alexmanesss | Alex Manes/Michael Guerin

tropes

T | @queersirius | Alex Manes

Better than New

It's been three years, seven weeks, five days, and some odd hours since the last time they saw each other. Before the accident. Before Alex lost his leg below the knee. Before Alex had to give up piloting and started teaching instead.

G | @angrycowboy | Alex Manes/Michael Guerin

"what is the mission you’re working on right now?”

T | @manesalex | Alex Manes/Michael Guerin

Alex in Animal Crossing

G | @djchika | Alex Manes/Michael Guerin

Tyler Blackburn for Advocate Magazine

G | @youaremyworldlois​ | Tyler Blackburn, Alex Manes

Hello there! I am glad you liked oír little project! Your fic was one of the first Miluca I ever read, and it was so beautifully written that it's a sin not to share it with more people.

bad blood will out

Post 3x02/pre-3x03 aka trying to smash a year’s worth of talking into a cool 2.5k

He looks the most beautiful in these moments, his rage magnificent and never ending. Hunger is a good discipline, and Michael has spent a lot of his life starving. Or, Alex climbs into Michael's lap and let's him to cling to him for an hour.

Mature | by anonymous | Alex Manes/Michael Guerin

woke me up from the longest dream

Alex gets Michael to tag along to fix up an alien lead and they find something powerful.

T | @spaceskam | Alex Manes/Michael Guerin

Why We Love It:

Really there’s so much to love about this fic. Seeing Alex and Michael work together is always beloved. And this team up includes alien tech, actual communication, evidence of growth from both of them, and one hotel room. Oh and also a really fun alien tidbit that Alex, Liz, and Kyle have discovered and it’s just so good that we’re going to pretend it’s canon.

whenever you’re ready, can we surrender?

Alex and Michael save each other and take on tomorrow, together. A season 3 finale, canon-divergent coda.

T | @bydayornight | Michael Guerin/Alex Manes

Why We Love It: Season three has come to an end with some ups and downs. Michael and Alex have finally stopped keeping score and are now communicating, listening and caring. It’s been quite the journey.

Today is Liz Ortecho appreciation post day! Please help reblog these beautiful portraits of our wonderful protagonist and resident genius scientist

Liz Ortecho at the crashdown

G | @dr-lemurr​ | Liz Ortecho

Liz Ortecho with pokemon

G | @lieselfh-art​ | Liz Ortecho

Liz Ortecho & spirea

The pieces want to be together

@facelessfrey​ | Michael Guerin/Alex Manes

Why We Love It: This artist always mesmerizes us with breathtaking artwork, and this particular piece captures Malex finally reuniting with one another. We can all scream from the desert: “The pieces are finally together again!” This scene was such a gift resulting in Malex fans rejoicing across our fandom. We love the magic within this art; the colors, their quote, and the spot-on resemblance of these two characters. As much as we adored the kiss, this soft, sweet nuzzle between Michael and Alex reflected a peaceful, loving moment full of hope for their future—the artist achieved that beautiful embrace in this artwork.

I don’t belong here, not in this atmosphere

Michael gradually warms up to being part of the pod squad family. A spiritual coda to 3x10, but mostly a tween!pod-squad flashback.

G | @bydayornight​ | The Pod Squad: Michael Guerin & Isobel Evans & Max Evans