Honestly can’t pick 🙈 Could you do 78,35 or 31 for Malex? Maybe Michael telling Alex he’s an alien?
I feel like I’ve done the alien reveal a few times with these prompts, but I love the three you chose, so I hope that you like where I went with it.
78. “You’re worth it.”
35. “You make me feel safe.”
31. “You haven’t lost me.”
“Here you go.” Maria greeted, setting down a bottle of Michael’s favorite beer. “You look like you need it.”
“Thanks, DeLuca.”
“You, uh…wanna talk about it?” Maria leaned over the bar, raising an eyebrow at him.
“You worried about my problems?”
“Well, my best friend is in love with your best friend, so I think that makes us, like, friend-adjacent.”
“You’re just a nosy psychic.”
“That too.” Maria replied with a laugh. “So, tell me, or no more free beer for you.”
Michael stared at her for a moment before sighing and taking a long drink of his beer.
“Fell for somebody, got dumped, now I’m here drinking my problems away.”
“I…I didn’t…”
“Think I had feelings?”
“No, Guerin. You forget that I’ve known you practically our entire lives.” Maria snapped. “I didn’t know that you and Alex got back together.”
“Me and Alex…?” Michael began, but was cut off by Mara’s laugh.
“Can’t lie to a psychic, especially one that is best friends with the man you love. Besides, I saw you two at the drive-in a few weeks ago.”
“Yeah, well, then you also witnessed him dumping me.”
“He’s sure not looking at you like someone who wanted to break up.” Maria replied, raising her eyebrows and gesturing over to one of the tables, where Alex was staring at them.Michael looked down at his beer and Maria scoffed.
“Go talk to him.” She urged, and Michael shook his head.
“He doesn’t want to talk to me.”
“I wouldn’t be so sure about that.”
“Thanks for the beer, DeLuca.” Michael replied, downing the rest of it and pushing away from the bar.
“Yeah, yeah, Guerin.” Maria replied, waving him off as he headed for the door.
An hour later, Michael was going over some of his equations when he heard a quick rapping on the door of his trailer. MIchael ignored it, until he heard a familiar voice on the other side.
“Guerin, open up!” Alex called, and MIchael sighed before he threw the door open.
“Can I help you, Private?”
“Can I come in?” Michael took in the pain in Alex’s eyes, and knew that he was powerless - as usual - to deny Alex Manes anything.
“Yeah, why not?” Michael replied, stepping aside to let Alex in. “Where have you been? I haven’t seen you around.”
“Out of town, needed some space from…”
“From me?”
“From everything.”
“And? Did it give you clarity?” Michael asked, leaning on the counter as he watched Alex.
“It did, actually.”
“You wanna tell me why you’re here, Alex? You made it pretty clear how you feel about me.”
“That’s just it, Guerin. I haven’t made it clear. I let my dad get in my head, again, and…I don’t…I know you’re more than a criminal. I’m sorry for saying that.”
“Alex…” Michael began, but Alex shook his head.
“No, I need to say this, please. That morning that I woke up with you, here, was the first time that I felt like me since…well, since before I can remember. And it scared me. You scare me, the way that you make me feel scares me. You make me feel safe, but you also make me feel like I’m risking everything, risking my heart. And, yeah, at drive-in I was looking for an excuse. My dad has always made me feel like I’m not worthy of being happy, or being loved. So I found a reason to push you away.”
“I can’t keep doing this, Alex.” MIchael replied, running his hand through his hair as he paced the tiny trailer. “What happens the next time daddy gets in your head? The next time you decide that I’m not good enough to be with you? I can’t keep getting you and then losing you again and again.”
“You haven’t lost me.” Alex urged, pushing himself off the bed to cross the trailer, laying his hand on Michael’s chest. “Not ever. The truth is, I gave my heart to you when we were seventeen, and I never really got it back.”
Michael let out a shaky breath as he pulled Alex closer, rubbing their noses together as he struggled with the urges to both pull away and kiss Alex senseless.
“Your dad’s not going to like this.” Michael whispered. “What happens when he finds out?”
“I don’t care.” Alex responded immediately. “I don’t care what he thinks or what he does. You’re worth it.”
“This it it, then? You and me?”
“You and me.” Alex confirmed, a smile on his face. “So, are you gonna kiss me or not?”
Michael did.
