The Truth is Right Here
Chapter 20: Case #X-08212009-3: Starfall Ranch Incident
Co-written w/ @beautifulcheat
Max took a breath, and pressed the doorbell. Nervous. Why the fuck was he so nervous?
Oh right. Because he was ringing the doorbell of a mad scientist. Michael called her a mad scientist. Max had trouble thinking of Liz as anything but a brilliant, interesting and gorgeous woman. Especially when she looked at him with those soft brown eyes….
Max rang the doorbell again, reminding himself that Liz was married. But more importantly, her sister was kidnapped by his sister’s psychopath husband and a man wearing his own face.
Max closed his eyes, breathed deeply. Waiting.
you’re in his dms, i’m saving and healing him after he’s impaled, bringing him to my house, tucking him in on the couch (it’d be weird for him to wake up in my bed), and giving him a little plushie to sleep with. we are not the same
Nox’s Fanish Content: Roswell New Mexico
Fanfic
Solo
a knife’s edge (status: complete; malex)
- Jesse wants to summon a demon. Alex is the perfect human sacrifice.
- For RIP Roswell 2025
Performance Review (status: complete; marliz)
- Summary: Maria’s tired of waiting for Liz to make a move.
i thought i was a fool for no one/oh baby, i’m a fool for you
(status: complete; malex)
- Summary: Alex loved Michael like this, warm and pliant under his touches. Accepting whatever was given to him, no matter how gentle or rough or teasing, until he couldn’t take it any longer. Until Michael had to pull back, drop to his knees, and plead: “Alex”
- For RNM after Dark
palabras sinceras (status: complete; malex)
- Summary: In which Alex gets turned into a cat and Michael frets.
- Podfic by the amazing Cath w/ cover art by the superb DrLemurr
A New Year, A New Hope (status: complete; malex)
- Summary: New Years Day fic
A New Year, A New Hope (status: complete; malex)
- Summary: New Years Day fic
Six (status: complete; malex)
- Summary: Michael had known it was stupid to go through Albuquerque. Big cities were always full of Infected, which are bad sure, but also people which are the absolute worst. Michael would take a raving horde of zombies hungry for human flesh over living and breathing people any day. But cutting through Albuquerque was the fastest path to Roswell. Michael didn’t want to go around. He’d been separated from his siblings long enough.
- Note: This fic was originally going to be much longer but I’ve fizzled and I can’t seem to reignite. I believe what’s been posted is self contained and provides a satisfying enough ending as a one-shot. So that’s what it’s going to be now. A one shot.
Rough Stock (status: complete; miluca)
- Summary: Michael just wanted to live in this moment forever, where nothing else mattered but the two of them.
i could make you smile if you stayed a while (status: complete; miluca with background malexa)
- Summary: The morning after The Threesome was full of uncertainty. Maria sorts through the emotional aftermath of the night before.
- Podfic by the lovely Cath
Broken Sign (status: complete; miluca)
- Summary: It’s almost like the Wild Pony itself is annoyed with her for breaking up with Guerin.
i set my clocks early cause i know i’m always late (status: complete; Michael & Maria)
- Summary: S3E3 coda. Maria confronts Michael on his behavior.
A Tremendous Thing (status: complete, marilex friendship, background malexa)
- Summary: Alex gives Maria a gift.
- Written for the Maria DeLuca Healing Crystals Celebration
Co-authored with @beautifulcheat
don’t threaten me with a good time (status: complete; malex)
- Halloween in Roswell is completely different, now that Jesse Manes is dead.
- written for RIP Roswell 2025
Naked in Manhattan (status: complete; antsabel & marosa)
- Summary: Tired of two of her best friends pining over each other, Isobel decides to take matters into her own hands and drags Maria to New York to visit Rosa… and finds a second chance along the way.
First Responders (status: complete; valevans)
- Summary: As an EMT, Kyle has his hands full making sure people stay hydrated and safe while partying at a music festival. Unfortunately, a cop decides to make his job harder, lurking around and trying to arrest his patients. This is not his first rodeo, but there are still some surprises in store.
The Starseed Job (status: complete; malexa)
- Summary: A leverage AU! Michael and Maria are a grifter team, out to expose a military contractor hiding horrific human rights abuses. Little did they know another con artist also has his sights set on exposing Benjamin Lockhart.
Crossed Wires (status: complete; malex)
- Summary: Michael’s been kicked off more than one Starfleet posting. So when he was reassigned to the USS Roswell, he decided to keep his head down and behave. This decision is immediately thwarted when he meets her hot Vulcan captain. This might be the first time Michael got kicked off a posting for flirting with a captain.
- Podfic by the lovely Cath with absolutely gorgeous cover art by mythras_fire
- Art by the amazing Slynella
Contigo me encontré (status: complete; malex)
- Summary: The Lockhart House was once a home, although it was never a happy one. Steeped in tragedy, it still stands today, in the heart of Old Town Roswell, attracting ghost hunters and those seeking to catch a peak of something from beyond the veil. Contrary to popular myth, it wasn’t currently haunted (except by one paranormally talented docent). It was Michael’s favorite job and the best part of his summer home from UNM. Or at least was until Alex Manes was hired to man the gift shop, complicating an otherwise fun and easy job.
- For: RIP Roswell
Shelter (status: complete; malex)
- Summary: It was pouring when Michael pulled up to the airstream. The wheels of his truck skidded on the mud, a combination of the speed at which he was traveling and the water that hadn’t fully soaked into the parched earth. It was hard to see through the deluge, but this was his home. He didn’t need to be able to see carry his bundle into the airstream, wrapped up within the folds of his coat. Just a bit of power and the door swung open, allowing Michael access. “I don’t think he followed us,” Michael said to the small, shivering form that was curled up in his jacket, locking the door firmly behind him and peeking out. “Can barely see anything in that rain.”
- For: RIP Roswell
The Great New Mexico Fake-Off & Petit Four (status: complete; malexa; background forlex & echo)
- Fake-Off Summary: Michael had tons of secrets. Sex secrets, murder secrets, alien secrets… they defined him. Most of them, he hated keeping. There was one secret, however, that he was determined to take to the grave. Or Michael learns to bake. Or cakes are a metaphor for Michael’s love.
- P4 Summary: While Michael attempts to hide his new baking habit, life in Roswell continues and the people around him have some things to say about all the cakes that are popping up.
- Note: Petit Four are a series of short companion/background pieces to The Great New Mexico Fake-Off. They are meant to be read in tandem with Fake-Off.
- Art by the fantastic Lychee Jelly (spoilers for chapter 4)
cause you’re the one who resonates (status: complete; malexa)
- Summary: Michael and Alex were so handsome together, so soft and effortlessly intimate. Maria couldn’t help but imagine how nice it would be settled between them, warm and safe… It’s time to go, Maria thinks. Alex disagrees.
- For RNM after Dark
Dealing with Dragons (status: complete; miluca)
- Summary: In which a rebel princess meets a recalcitrant dragon.
- Note: Part 1 of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles
Dealing with Knights (status: complete; malexa)
- Summary: An unhappy knight must save a rebel princess from her dragon husband.
- Note: Part 2 of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles
Milestones (status: hiatus; malexa, background echo)
- Summary: Maria, Michael and Alex have been in a v poly relationship for years. Peacefully cohabiting together. That peace is upended when Maria realizes she’s pregnant.
(not so) quiet mornings (status; complete; malexa)
- Summary: Maria wondered how many weird things were going to be said to her in the same day. Considering the early start, she was very afraid it was going to be too many.
The Truth Is Right Here (status: complete-ish, see below for details); malexa, background Kyliz, endgame kaliz)
- Summary: Maria Deluca and Alex Manes had been partners, both in the X-Files department and in marriage, for years. They each had their own reasons to search for the truth, and it just made sense to do it together. Michael Guerin was just a con trying to keep his head down, serve his time, and not attract the wrong type of attention. He definitely had not bargained on being loaned out to a couple of alien hunters.
- [Update 1/8/23: I have marked this fic as complete, even though technically we are simply on hiatus. However we stopped at a very good pause point that could serve as a finale, so if you’ve been waiting to catch up – this is an excellent time to do so.]
Edits/shitposts
Afternoon Snacks be like: Valevans fun
Max is so touchy feely and so good at just consuming a person's space. And yes. Leaning against someone. He's stroking Kyle's cheek. Just running his finger along that strong jawline and skimming across those high cheekbones.
Max's eyes following his fingers' actions. Kyle's eyes following Max. He didn't realize he could get that turned on from all that face touching, but it's all of it combined at once, Max's weight pressed against him, the smell of petrichor and aftershave, the calloused fingers dragging along his face.
It's so distracting, he has forgotten his train of thought, his mouth falls open just a bit, but it's all Max needs. He's dragging his fingers along Kyle's lips now, the tip of his forefinger dipping into Kyle's mouth. He repeats this a few times, removing his finger just when Kyle wants to bite down.
Max smirks down at him but his eyes are so dark they're obsidian, hooded, wanting.
Kyle's breath hitches when Max dives in, all tongue and teeth, biting at Kyle's lip. Max's lips trailing along Kyle's jawline, along the column of his throat, Max's tongue darting out to lick his Adam's apple.
Their hands interlock, Max holding Kyle's against the wall, his eyes spark, playful but heated.
Kyle can't let that rest though, he kisses Max harder, bites his lip and soothes it with his tongue. Pulls his hands away to run through Max's hair, and as his fingers scratch against Max's scalp. He knows the taller man is putty in his hands.
He twists them around while pressing hot kisses to Max's throat, the top of his chest at the flesh between his leather jacket and his Henley.
A long trail of open mouthed kisses down Max's torso, his hands finding purchase beneath the hem of Max's shirt. Max burns like an inferno.
Kyle smirks because he's partly responsible. He presses a kiss against Max's bare skin just above Max's belt. Bites at the tender flesh there, smiles at Max's guttural moan and squirming.
Then he pushes off. Grabs what he needs from the supply closet and backs toward the door.
To say he is leaving Max wanting is an understatement.
"Fuck you," Max growls, playful between his teeth as he struggles to compose himself, looking freshly fucked without any of the actual fucking. Dark hair all mussed, a tuft falling over his eye.
"Maybe later if you're lucky," Kyle smirks. "I don't have time for your alien shit, I gotta go save some lives."