Spyfest After Dark Author Reveals
The time has come to reveal the authors for the exchange fics, we hope you've all been enjoying the fics and the guessing! We had seventeen people participating and ended up with three circles for our matching, consisting of 4, 6, and 7 people each.
Without further ado, here are the fics and their authors:
Falling Slowly by RavenJames for Sirius4Life (Yalex, M, 5.1k)
Alex knows that he’s been sold at the auction to someone who doesn’t wish him well but he’s not too bothered by that. He still has a tsunami to prevent and he will deal with that pervert in no time. The only flaw in his perfect plan is that the buyer happens to be Yassen Gregorovich.
Written for the SpyFest After Dark 2023 for the prompt: “Instead of sending Alex to the organ factory, he decides to sell Alex to the highest bidder amongst the Scorpia Board and Scorpia’s best operatives.”
No Harm Done by Sirius4Life for Sivan325 (Yalex, E, 1.4k)
Prompts: Soulmates, Enemies to Lovers, Finding out by accident that you and your crush feel the same way.
Guardian Alpha by Sivan325 for greenkite (Yalex, G, 1.0k)
"Are you sure it's a good idea?" Alex asked his best friend, who only smirked at him.
"Definitely," Tom replied.
lingonberry, spruce by greenkite for fredbassett (Yalex, T, 2.6k)
He opens the unlocked front door, noting that it hasn’t been forced. There is a black wool coat on the coat stand, and, bizarrely, a dress cane in the umbrella stand. From the front room, he can hear the faint sounds of a piano playing over the radio.
A suspicion starts to form. Alex drops his backpack on the floor by the coat stand and shoulders open the door to the front room.
High Wire by fredbassett for LastlyMatt (Yalex, T, 5.1k)
“Well, this is embarrassing, isn’t it?” Alex sauntered into the dimly lit basement, positively oozing fake concern in a slime trail that would have left a giant slug feeling justifiably proud.
At the End of the World by LastlyMatt for RavenJames (Yalex, T, 5.9k)
After spending years in the apocalypse, Alex tries to do something good. Of course, it backfires, and of course, Yassen is there to help him out.
A dangerous Life by Polarnacht for turtle_snail (Yalex, E, 7.8k)
When Alex and Yassen’s paths cross once more during a mission, they have to decide: Friend or foe - or maybe something entirely different?
A Tale of Two Assassins by turtle_snail for Myulalie (Yalex, M, 18.9k)
On one side, there was Alex, the youngest ever Malagosto graduate.
Alex was never expecting to see the MI6 agent Yassen Gregorovich again. Yet, here he was. Alex really should take care of the problem, but for once he was hesitant. Yassen knew something, and Alex just had to find out what it was.
On the other, was Yassen, the Ex-scorpia operative turned special agent.
Yassen understood that he was going into a dangerous solo mission. But, it might be his only chance to find Alex Rider and bring him in.
For Myulalie whose prompt was Role reversal (MI6!Yassen and Scorpia!Alex)
A Little Piece of Cornwall by Myulalie for GrapefruitZest (Yalex, T, 4.6k)
Alex left the service in his twenties with only chronic pains and a shitload of trauma to his name, convinced that all the people he had known and come to care for were dead. Not quite retired, but definitely working somewhere unrelated to intelligence now, he struggles to put his life back on track.
A ghost from his past shows up one day, threatening to destroy everything Alex built so far. So Alex keeps Yassen at arm’s length, not willing to get involved in whatever nefarious purpose that brought Yassen back from the dead.
Everything is not as it seems though, and Yassen might simply be trying to build a normal life for himself as well…
These Walls are Caving In by GrapefruitZest for Storm7 (Yalex, M, 3.8k)
Alex thought he had it all: successful MI6 employee by day (and some nights too). Dutiful boyfriend of Yassen Gregorowich by night. Unfortunately, MI6 did not quite see things his way.
in between the lines by Storm7 for kelkblr (Yalex, T, 7.0k)
Deep in the Peruvian mountains, Alex Rider is being held captive at a labor camp. Yassen is there too, in uniform, and on the other side of the bars. The assassin wants to keep his little spy alive, but Alex isn't making it easy.
What remains when hope is lost by kelkblr for Morfox (Yalex, T, 31.8k)
It was meant to be a straightforward joint mission, but when disaster struck Alex found himself stranded alone, injured and with no way home.
When Yassen Calls by Morfox for Polarnacht (Yalex, T, 2.9k)
London life for Alex: tea, traffic and treating Yassen’s latest scratch.
Plucked by Strange_Soulmates for DantesThird (Alex/OMC, Yassen&Alex, E, 4.3k)
Alex's mission goes off without a hitch for once, and when the MI6 Agent posing as his father suggests they celebrate, Alex thinks nothing of it. But Alex's partner has a very specific post-mission reward in mind: Alex himself.
Avunculate by DantesThird for Rirren (Alex/Ian, Alex&Ian, E, 6.1k)
When a man from Ian's work spots him and Alex on vacation, he sees an opportunity for revenge.
Contain An Inferno by Rirren for TheOtherBlue (Yalex, E, 4.3k)
Yassen is checking up on Wilby after Ian’s death when he discovers a teenager chained up in the bedroom. Alex.
A Timely Rescue by TheOtherBlue for Strange_Soulmates (Yalex, E, 7.1k)
When Alex travels back in time to the night Ian was killed, he has to rush to stop history from repeating itself, and finds himself face to face with the mysterious man with the scar that he met at Point Blanc.
We hope you have enjoyed this Spyfest After Dark event, and thank you all so much for participating! We were blown away by all the great fics coming out of this exchange. Please give them some love if you haven't already!
