millie’s long list of malex fics | Two Ravens by sabrinachill
Michael clenches his jaw, his fingers curling a little tighter into his calloused palm, and uses his powers to pry the lid off the coffin. It rises in a groan of wood and scatter of dirt, and he lifts the lantern a little, angling its bluish light down into the grave.
Lying there, in his perfectly pressed dress blues, is what remains of Alex Manes.
The mortician did his job well; Alex looks whole and at peace. His skin is almost devoid of the pallor of death, his thick hair dark and glossy and artfully styled. He almost looks like he has dozens of times before, when he was sleeping in Michael’s tiny bed with his eyes closed and face relaxed, the curve of his long eyelashes lying against his smooth cheek.
Alex returns from his final tour in a flag-draped pine box; Michael is willing to do whatever it takes to get him out of it. But they end up raising a lot more in that cemetery than they bargained for.
comment: aw shit you guys, i fucking love zombie apocalypse aus. taking all those character dynamics and throwing them into a city full of zombies? yesss. this fic’s even better than that though because it’s based in canon; the pod squad’s still aliens! basically, alex comes home from war in a box and max resurrects him. cue the rise of the zombies. the best part of this fic for me is that the entirety of the drama (so far) in michael and alex’s relationship comes from the zombies. other than that they’re good and communicating and together? it’s so cool and if i keep gushing i’ll give the whole story away and you won’t read it. so go read it! obviously warning for major character death (but only temporarily) and the usual warnings that go along with zombie stuff.
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