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!
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