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rewritingroswell · 8 months

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Max and Liz have their first time

word count: 1714

rating: explict

characters: Max Evans, Liz Ortecho

pairings: Max/Liz

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They barely make it through the door before Liz is undoing Max's belt, as she leans in to kiss him again. Max removes his jacket, and pushes off Liz's, the two of them still kissing. Liz pulls away and quickly pulls off her shirt, desperate for the feel of skin on skin. They've wasted enough time waiting.

Max's eyes drift to her stomach, and he immediately notices a bandage. The heat in his gaze disappears, replaced with worry. His hands are immediately on her waist, "Liz, oh my God, are you okay?"

Liz grabs his face, forcing Max to make eye contact with her. "I'm fine. I promise. Please don't stop."

Max is still a bit hesitant, but Liz closes the distance, kissing him passionately, and it doesn't take long before Max matches her fervor. Liz starts to unbutton Max's shirt, and they start to stumble to Max's bedroom, still kissing. They bump into the wall on the way there and Liz takes the opportunity to jump on Max, wrapping her legs around his waist. They both smile into the kiss, and Max quickly discards his shirt before he carries Liz to the bedroom.

They reach the bed and Max gently lays Liz down. Max is leaning over her, and his hands slide from her back to her waist. "Can I take these off?"

Liz giggles. "Please."

Max pulls off her shoes, followed by her jeans, and then quickly removes his own. He then climbs onto the bed, hovering over Liz. She leans up towards him, pulling Max into a kiss. They’re flush against each other now, and Liz hooks one of her legs around Max’s. With this action, suddenly these last pieces of fabric separating them are feeling too constricting. Max’s hands drift to Liz’s back, undoing the clasp of her bra. He pulls away slightly to remove his underwear, and Liz quickly discards hers too. Max has the opportunity to look at her, and he can't believe how lucky he is to be in this situation. "God, you're breathtaking."

Liz loves the way Max looks at her, the feeling that he only has eyes for her is intoxicating, and it's currently making her desire for him grow exponentially the longer they lock eyes.

Liz pulls Max into another kiss, his hands quickly finding her hips. As the kiss deepens, his hands drift to her breasts, and Liz moans. Max continues to caress her for another moment before Liz says, "God, I love your hands."

Max is about to pull his hand away and use it elsewhere to demonstrate just how good he can be with his hands, but Liz grabs it, holding it to her chest, flattening his palm against her skin. Max looks at her, puzzled.

"Do it, please."

It takes Max a moment to register what she's asking. "No, I shouldn't."

"I want you to feel what I feel for you."

Max smiles, touched. "Echoes?"

Liz shakes her head. "Everything."

Max brings her hand closer to his face and places a kiss to it. He then places his palm back on her chest, Liz placing her hand on top of his, her thumb rubbing back and forth as Max starts the process of creating a psychic bond.

Max leans in to kiss her, as their consciousnesses start to blend. Max's free hand drifts down until he's reached her cunt, and he slips his finger inside. Liz moans loudly, already feeling dangerously close to orgasming.

Being in bed with Liz was already overwhelming, but now he can literally feel the intensity of her pleasure, can feel how the intensity of her feelings for him match his for her. Can feel how wet she is and knowing that it's solely because of him. It makes Max's head swim and the overpowering sensation is definitely making him harder.

They continue kissing as his thumb rubs circles against her clit. Liz pulls away, needing air, and her cries continue to get louder and louder until she screams as she reaches her peak. They lock eyes again as she says, "I need you inside me. Now."

And with that, appliances in the kitchen start beeping loudly. Normally, Max would be embarrassed about such a slip up, but it's too hard to care when he can feel her arousal on his fingers and through the bond. Max can't tell if Liz even registers the noise, as she doesn't acknowledge it, her gaze never breaking away from his.

"My cunt aches for you. It feels like we've taken forever to get here and I need to feel the slide of your cock reaching deep inside me. I bet we're a perfect fit."

For all the times Max has thought about Liz over the years, he'd never even considered the concept of her using dirty talk. He presumes it's quickly going to become one of his favorite sides of Elizabeth Ortecho.

As desperate as Max is to oblige this request, he hesitates, usually spending more time preparing his partners before they get to the main event. She can feel his hesitation and nods as her grip on Max's hand tightens, keeping it close to her chest. Max kisses her again and slowly thrusts inside. Liz arches her back as she cries out in bliss. Max takes the opportunity to kiss her neck as he slides out, and Liz whimpers. Max continues, slow and gentle, but also pushing deeper with each thrust. "Max! Fuck!"

Liz's free hand fists the sheets. He continues with his thrusts and Liz moans loudly. "More."

Max shifts his position slightly, altering his angle and starts to increase his pace. It feels perfect, Max seated inside her for a brief moment before he withdrawals and thrusts in again. Liz gasps and her free hand leaves the sheets to grasp at Max's bicep. "Fuck!"

It doesn't take much longer before Liz reaches her climax. Max can feel her reach it through the bond while she clenches around him, and he comes seconds later. Liz's grip on his hand loosens, but she intertwines their fingers, not ready for Max to slip out just yet. It's as if he can read her thoughts and he waits a long moment before he pulls out.

Max rolls onto his back, breathing heavily. Liz rushes to straddle him, sitting on his stomach. "Can you go again? I'm not ready to stop. You felt so incredible inside me. I mean, I knew you would, but reality proved better than the fantasy."

Max smiles and holds back a laugh, as his hands find her hips. "Fantasy, you say? How much have you thought about this?"

Normally Liz would be embarrassed to share such private thoughts, but she knows she's always safe with Max. She doesn't want to hide or withhold any part of herself from him. "I've wanted you to fuck me since my first night back in town. If we hadn't been interrupted by gunshots, I might've tried to make it happen then."

Max knows she's telling the truth thanks to the psychic bond. He's getting hard again just from this confession. He suspects Liz can tell his arousal is increasing from the bond because she's definitely getting wetter as she sits on top of him.

"Even when I was mad at you, I still wanted you. I was obviously trying to ignore that part of myself, because I didn't want to forgive you for hurting me, but every time we ran into each other in town, my first thought was always how desperately I wanted to fuck you."

Max's grip on her hips tightens and Liz grinds against him. "Please tell me you're ready to go again, I'd much rather come around your cock than your fingers."

"I'm ready. Please."

And with that Liz quickly situates herself and sinks onto him. They both groan loudly. "God, I was right earlier. We fit together perfectly."

She rises and falls along his length, her tempo slow to start. The experience of Liz riding him while feeling her inching closer and closer to her orgasm with every movement is almost too much to bear. Liz rolls her hips this time when she sinks down his cock and they both moan. Max's hands start to wander Liz's body, caressing her everywhere. "You feel so fucking good inside me, I never want to stop."

Max grunts, dangerously close to coming now, but he wants to get Liz off first. One hand continues traveling Liz's curves, while the other finds her clit. "Fuck! Yes! Right there."

It only takes a couple more pumps before Liz comes with a shriek, and Max quickly joins her.

Liz collapses on top of Max and he instinctively wraps his arms around her, wanting to keep her close. After a moment Liz speaks. "That was mind-blowing. God, I wish I could keep going."

Max laughs as his hand starts to rub her back, his tough feather-light. "Yeah, being able to feel what you felt… It was incredible but clearly it really kills stamina. Recovery is definitely gonna take a while."

Liz giggles. "Well as eager as I am to experience more in the near future, being close to you like this is enough while we wait for our energy to return. I can't think of a way I'd rather spend my time while coming down from this high."

One of Liz's hands rests by Max's side, her thumb rubbing circles into his skin. Max kisses her forehead. "You're incredible."

Liz smiles. "I know."

She turns to meet his gaze. "But so are you."

Her hands cup his face. "I need you to know that. You, Max Evans, are incredible, and I'm so grateful that I have you in my life."

The only response Max can muster is pulling Liz into a kiss, his thumb stroking her cheek. Once the kiss ends, Liz rests her forehead against his. "I love you, Liz. And I know you already know that, and I don't want you to feel like you have to say it back, but I just need to say it again."

As much as Liz wants to say those words back, she can't bring herself to verbalize it. So she kisses Max again, hoping it's enough to express that she feels the same.

#roswell new mexico #max evans #liz ortecho #rnm echo #max x liz #rnm fic #I feel like I need ~more~ to fully wrap up this scene but idk #so here's the current iteration LOL

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thesquidkid · 1 year

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Chapters: 3/? Fandom: Roswell New Mexico (TV 2019) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Max Evans/Liz Ortecho, Max Evans & Dallas Haines, Liz Ortecho & Kyle Valenti Characters: Liz Ortecho, Max Evans, Dallas Haines, Kyle Valenti, and a bunch of Oasians Additional Tags: Post-Canon Fix-It, Oasis, Liz does science, Alien Culture, Alien Planet, alien science, Max is a damsel in distress, Kyle is tired Summary:

“I don’t want to leave your side, Max. But I also want to live. I want to fix what is wrong with my brain. I want to see Rosa’s art. I want to see the damn ocean. So I won’t go with you. Even if it breaks my heart to watch you leave.”

Max crosses the portal and steps foot on Oasis for the first time since he was a kid. He was going to save the planet, to heal it from the disease that was Jones. But things don't always go as planned.

Liz is going to find a cure and heal her brain. And then, she'll do what she does best: save Max Evans.

#im back!!!#and the plot thickens #theres some heavy science here #which i had a lot of fun researching and writing #also i should be studying for my exam #but instead i am writing an echo fic #rnm #roswell new mexico #rnm fic #rnm echo #liz ortecho #max evans #thesquidkid writes

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maxortecho · 2 years

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Thinking about Liz visiting the dormant portal in the desert by herself to “talk to Max” whenever she needs to clear her mind or feel close to him, the same way she spoke to Rosa’s grave in 1x13.

#rnm echo #liz x max #echo #fic things #roswell new mexico

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bitch-ass-aliens · 2 years

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WIP Amensty: Untitled Echo Alien Sex

[I’m never going to finish this but I do love what I’ve written so here you go]

“No, no.”

Max freezes, though she could see how much the effort costs him by the way his muscles tighten. “Are you ok? Did I hurt–”

“No,” she assures him, “no, like this.” She pulls away from him with a groan, her body protesting even the brief loss of contact as she flips onto her stomach. But Max’s hands are already back on her, cupping her hips as she pushes up onto her hands and knees. “Like this,” she says again, and then he’s back in her with a deep thrust that fills her entirely. It’s good, it’s so good. She’s so full and also surrounding him, clenching heat. Max fully inside her–inside her body, inside her mind, inside her heart.

He starts up a steady pace, and Liz fists the sheets, bracing herself against the power of them. He’s swelling, or she’s tightening, or both, impossible to separate out the sensations flowing from him to her. She closes her eyes and glimpses herself from behind, a smug thrill racing through her as she catches flashes of the way his big hands frame her hips, the way her ass looks as he thrusts in and out of her clenching body. Even without the psychic connection she knows he likes this position.

She does too. He feels impossibly deep within her, every thrust jolting her body, his fingers biting into her, holding her still and steady. She moans, lost in the sensation. It’s a long moment before Liz remembers she had a goal, and looks down.

She hadn’t been imagining it. In the shadows created by her body, she can clearly see a translucent glow from within, a muted match for the handprint on her chest, but moving beneath the skin, moving in time with Max’s thrusts.

“Max.” She says, staring. “Max. I can see you. Fuck, I can see you inside me.”

#suz writes #rnm echo #tumblr fic

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pleasantfanartist · 5 days

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by Lilith696

Summary : The Alliance was gathered around one of the tables at the Wild Pony, nursing actual glasses of orange juice as each of them shared their own problem.

This was such a joy to read! It includes all the couples, and we get to see Team Human being so cute and working together 🥰 I was smiling the whole time ❤️💕💜💗💖

#roswell new mexico #rnm fic #fic rec #malex #echo #kybel #maria x dallas #team human #pod squad

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rnmafterdark · 10 months

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In Case You Missed It! Roswell After Dark returns Sept 1-3

There Have To Be Three™ Edition! An event for all the creators in this fandom to celebrate our slutty, smutty aliens and friends 👽💖

Friday, September 1: Alien Anatomy Saturday, September 2: Spicy Tropes Sunday, September 3: White Picket Fence

Read the Info Post for more details!

#roswell new mexico #rnm fic #malex #rnm echo #rnmafterdark2023

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salmonthestoryteller · 2 years

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Do You Dream About Me?

I can't believe my first RNM Post Finale Fic is Echo, but… this is for all my mutuals who are Echo Shippers. ❤️ (Mentions of Malex & Kybel)

At first Liz didn't know where she was. She was standing by a cliff face from which a small waterfall emerged to fill a pool of water at her feet. Despite that, all around her, unfamiliar vegetation was dying. There was a tall tree by the pool that looked familiar, though it was suffering as well - leaves spotted and decaying.

Then a wave of blue energy suddenly emerged from the distance, and as it passed through the area around her the landscape changed. The vegetation transformed, growing healthy - though still unrecognizable. It was when the blue wave healed the tree and it filled with familiar looking fruit that it finally hit her.

This was a dream. She was dreaming about Oasis.

There were three similar trees in Michael and Alex's backyard - she recognized the leaves now. Those were only saplings though. Spindly little things that had produced flowers, but no fruit yet. While Walt had told them what Nora and Louise had been capable of with plants, Michael had forbidden power use on the little trees. Loudly proclaimed they could try with a few of the remaining seeds if they wanted, but his carefully grown saplings were not to be touched.

There was one attempt by the other aliens to make a tree grow instantly from the carefully harvested seeds of the fruit that had allowed Dallas and Max to go to Oasis. It had been a spectacular failure. That had been a year ago, on the anniversary of their departure.

Two years. The Liz from all those years ago who had returned to Roswell would have run six months after Max left. She wasn't the same person anymore. The universe could pry her faith in Max from her cold dead hands.

In the dream she let herself wander around the pool of water; glanced up at the alien sky above.

“This is a sight for sore eyes.”

Liz turned at the voice, heart full and broken all at once. Of course, her mind wouldn't conjure up Oasis without conjuring up Max right alongside it. “Max.”

Max crossed the space between them to pull her into his arms. “I've missed you. Feels a bit like dying every day, being away from you.”

“Yeah, it does.” Liz felt tears fill her eyes. Wondered if she was crying in her sleep. “Stay away much longer, and I'm gonna have to hunt down my runaway groom.”

Max laughed, stepping back. “Yeah?”

“Michael says some trees produce fruit in their third year, so one more year and we might just have fruit.”

“Michael is growing fuel trees?” Max seemed amused. He would be, she thought. This conversation felt so real.

“Michael has a whole garden. He grows vegetables, Max. And he cans them. Rosa makes me send her jars of his tomatoes.”

“I'm going to give him so much shit for getting all domestic while I was gone.”

“You better.” She was waiting for the dream to fade. Max took her hand and pressed a kiss to her fingers. “This feels so real.”

Max froze, and then a small teasing smile crept up his face. “Do you dream about me a lot?”

“Are you telling me you don't dream about me, Max Evans?”

“Constantly.”

The words made her smile. Best dream ever. “I'm not going to want to wake up.”

“Well, I need you to. Cuz I'm coming back. Tonight.”

Liz groaned. “Now this dream is being mean.”

“Liz, this isn't a dream.” Max told her.

“Of course, you'd say that - you're part of the dream.”

“No, I mean… this is a dream - obviously. But I'm not.”

The dream wasn't fading, and Liz took a moment to look around - the Oasis landscape had that dreamy quality she might expect from a dream. But Max seemed clearer. “How is that possible?”

“It's a mix of astral projection, lucid dreaming, and entering someone's mindscape.” Max explained. “It takes a lot of energy to do at this distance. And I didn't have the energy to spare for a long time. There's been so much going on. I have so much to tell you.”

Her mind races through the possibilities. “How do I know this is real?”

“Ask me something.”

“But if this is a dream, anything I know - you know.”

“Ask me something you don't know.”

“But how-”

“Ask me something Iz would know. Call her when you wake up.”

“You're really putting me on the spot here.” Liz wracked her brain. “Wait, freshman year. Did Kyle and her really play Seven Minutes of Heaven at Hanna Morgan’s party?”

“What? Did they? I don't know!”

“Well, darn, I really wanted to tease them if it was true.”

“Of all the questions, that's what you pick? Why would I know?”

“She's your sister. Shouldn't you know?”

“I can tell you the reason we were at Hanna Morgan’s party was because it was our birthday, and it was Isobel’s turn to choose what we did.” Max offered instead.

“Nowhere near as much fun, but something I didn't know. If this is real.”

“It is real.”

“You'd say that even if this was just a dream.”

“I can't wait to marry you.”

Liz felt herself smile. “You'd definitely say that in a dream, too.”

Max laughed. “Call Iz. I'll see you tonight.”

He released her hand and stepped back. Liz resisted the urge to snatch the hand back. “I love you, Max.”

Dream or not, she wanted to say it. A thousand times over.

“I love you, Liz.”

Liz woke up to the sound of her alarm. She groaned, burying her head in her pillow for a minute. It was just a dream, she reminded herself. It was Bonnie and Heath’s turn to play portal watcher today. They had a rotating schedule. Alex had set up a parameter alarm that would go off if anyone entered or exited the direct area at night.

She hit the off button on the alarm.

It was just a dream.

She dialed Isobel’s number.

“If there isn't an emergency, I am hanging up.”

“Ah, so Kyle's there. Hi, Kyle!” Liz grinned. Two years had taught her the only time Isobel wasn't a morning person was when Kyle spent the night and gave her a reason to stay in bed.

“He’s hiding under the pillow.” Isobel told her. She heard a murmur she couldn't catch through the phone.

“No, he's not.”

“Mentally he is. Anyhow, what makes you call-”

“Freshman year, did you, Michael, and Max attend Hanna Morgan’s party because it was your birthday and it was your turn to pick what you three did?”

“Wait, what?” Isobel sounded confused.

Liz felt her heart fall. She’d really thought... “Sorry, Isobel, I thought it was real. Stupid, I know.”

“Thought what was real? Liz, how did you know that?”

The words made her heart speed up. “Wait, it's true?”

“Yes, it's true. But what the hell brought it up at 7:30 in the morning?”

“It was real. Shit, Isobel. It was really Max.”

“Max? What about Max?”

Liz felt a smile light her face. “Max is coming home.”

#roswell new mexico #rnm fic #rnm echo #spoilers

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dr-lizortecho · 1 year

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A collection of Echo centric fics (if your echo fic or favorite isn’t on here feel free to send me a link so I can add it to my bookmarks!)

General Audiences

Today’s Milkshake by @tasyfa (183 words)

Summary: With Max’s secret out -not being a big fan of mint- Liz sets out to determine what flavor of milkshake he actually enjoys.

Rec: This fic however concise really captures the playful and loving side of Liz. Focuses in on her love of science and the structure it comes with, in a light hearted and warm way that doesn’t usually get depicted in fic. It captures a short and sweet moment between the two of them that displays exactly how well their personalities complement each other.

Content Warnings: no archive warnings apply, Max as a science experiment (alright, ik I’m not funny, sorry guys)

A Milkshake and a Sweater Conundrum by @aflawedfashion (525 words, Isobel Evans & Max Evans with mentioned Liz Ortecho/Max Evans)

Summary: Isobel needs fashion advice, and her brother is the last person who could actually help. But in the wake of his recent resurrection he’s the one place she wants to go. To her surprise she finds him drinking a Little Green Man.

Rec: Even though Liz isn’t in this one it really does show how much Max is hung up on her. Using the milkshake as a vehicle for him to discuss those feelings with Isobel.

Content Warnings: no archive warnings apply

Coda by @wunderlass (618 words, canon divergent)

Summary: alternate ending to 4x13, Liz holds onto Max for a little while longer, before making a life altering decision.

Rec: This fic really takes the final moment of the series and allows it to breathe. And in doing so it breathes life back into both Liz and Max, allowing their characters to continue to make complex decisions. Specifically allowing Liz to have what she wants while opening up endless possibilities for her, something she has been striving for her entire life. The choice also allows her to keep one last promise to Max, one of the very foundational pieces of their relationship, back from when she refused to kiss him the very first time. As for Max it allows him not to make yet another sacrifice for the alleviation of guilt.

Content Warnings: 4x13, no archive warnings apply

Where I follow, you’ll go by @thesquidkid (1.605 words, AU, all human)

Summary: Liz is a researcher who happens to be in Roswell for a science convention. Max is a writer passing through Roswell on a road trip to inspire his next novel. The universe interferes, and they collide. Not once, but twice.

Rec: It really captures the heart of their dynamic in a less straightforward sense. Instead this story relies on the narration to paint a scene, one full of contradictions and facts. How some would claim fate, and others mere coincidence. Which draws from the very thing that brings Echo together not once but three times throughout the show. The very thing Max noted in his farewell letters in season three. In a way it captures their different perspectives on their relationship. Max’s more poetic, Liz’s more realistic. (Truly it holds the same theme the show runners depicted in the song choice of Superposition)

Content Warnings: no archive warnings apply

We were once upon a time in love by @thesquidkid (2.665 words)

Summary: Liz gifts Max with a challenge, one she knows he will both be delighted and distraught about. For his Christmas present she will buy anything from the local Barnes & Noble, under specific and difficult conditions of course.

Rec: This fic really captures their physicality, how they move in tandem and seem to occupy the same space naturally. Both Max and Liz being more than tactile throughout. It also has casual everyday uses of telekinesis which isn’t something a lot of Echo/Max fics incorporate. Most of all though, it shows Liz doting on and having fun with Max’s nerdier side. Depicting them at their softest while allowing the same light teasing their more domestic scenes in season three and season four had.

Content Warnings: no archive warnings apply

Becoming Ortecho by @ajna-eye-cogitations (4.891 words, WIP)

Summary: Max goes to ask for Arturo’s blessing, but when he suffers a heart attack Max has to kick into action. Once Arturo knows the alien secret he starts asking questions, one’s Max doesn’t have the answers to. And in an attempt to prove he is worthy of wielding Arturo’s name, deserving of his daughter, and not some freak of nature, Max sets out on a journey of self discovery.

Rec: The narration is beautiful, weaving a story inside of Max’s head gloriously. Tapping into his feelings of love and guilt and adding meaning to each action he takes. The story has Liz for just a short span of time in the latest chapter, but their connection was effortless, Max aware of her without his senses online. Liz stepping in to play negotiations between Max and Arturo, as well as biting her tongue as not to break her father’s heart shortly after his injury.

Content Warnings: fatal heart attack, discussions of religion, no archive warnings apply

Blueprints for a Great Escape by @myrmidryad (29.505)

Summary: Max spends time researching dungeons and dragons after he and Liz watch Stranger Things. Which leads to him going through a research spiral. So Liz gathers the podsquad and Team Human together for a campaign as his birthday gift.

Rec: It captures Max’s angsty nerd persona so well, while also allowing him to be the damsel in distress (to Rosa and Isobel’s teasing that is). Echo’s dynamic feels so lived in throughout, homely and warm like the decor of Max’s house.

Content Warnings: no archive warnings apply

Teen and Up Audiences

Change by The_Young_Wolf (250 words)

Summary: Max’s POV of seeing Liz for the first time in a decade.

Rec: It really drives home how much Max can get into his own head, especially in regards to his attempts to help people (by joining the force). But in showing how stuck he can be in, it really opens up how far gone he was for Liz from the start. Shedding a bright light on how affected he was by her presence, even after a decade apart.

Content Warnings: no archive warnings apply

no grief or folly ventures by @haloud (1.535 words, season three au)

Summary: After their victory over Jones, Liz gets a quiet moment to just be with Max. To contemplate him and their relationship, everything that led up to them being able to share this moment.

Rec: The physicality is easily reminiscent of their sex scene from 1x13, while maintaining the softness and gentle touches of 2x10. The narration reads like poetry, weaving story and emotions together flawlessly. Allowing Liz to reminisce on their shared history, the mistakes and victories that made them themselves, while depicting exactly how much of an eternal mark they’ve left on each other. And how much more they have left to do.

Content Warnings: no archive warnings apply

Love the Very Blood of You by soldierwitch (13.304 words, AU)

Summary: Set in an alternate universe where Max was adopted separate of Michael and Isobel, growing up apart from them and never having been reunited by fate. He goes through life without ever becoming fully connected to Earth or it’s inhabitants. All while Liz struggles through the highs and lows of supporting and propping up her sister, helping Rosa get clean time and time again. Their paths cross one fateful night in a hospital. Max a priest attending a bedside, Liz a sullen family member awaiting news.

Rec: This AU keeps both characters so well intact it’s beautiful. With Max taking up the priesthood for the very same reasons he joined law enforcement, to help people in hopes it will ease the guilt that weighs him down. All while Liz keeps her frayed edges and distrustful nature, though she didn’t lose Rosa, she faces the same wearying journey year in and year out in regards to Rosa’s addiction. They both meet in this space that’s been carefully constructed and orchestrated to depict both of their struggles and fears as characters. One made to depict and pull to light all the spinning questions and possibilities thrown so casually between them in season one, about religion and the universe. It also makes a point of maintaining that original draw between them, Max finding Liz magnetic and Liz finding him a mystery to be solved.

Content Warnings: no archive warning apply, drug addiction, blasphemy, religious content

Heart of Lightning: A Roswellian Tale by @suzteel (20.095 words, AU medieval)

Summary: Ser Elizabeth Ortecho is sent by her queen to retrieve King Maxwell’s heart from a dragon. The first step in her decade long journey to waking her sister from a curse.

Rec: This au does a lot to display how both Max and Liz are leaders in their own rights. Warriors and lovers to their very cores. It shows Max’s anger and how quickly it can light, while depicting how easily he trusts and relies on Liz, putting his faith and surety in her above all else. While showing Liz’s quick thinking, and determination. The whole story following Liz as she becomes willing to unlock the cage around her heart so she and Max can build something together.

Content Warnings: violence, non-consensual mind control

Mature

Cowboy Take Me Away by @wunderlass (960 words, smut)

Summary: Max returns home to Liz in a playful mood, she decides to prance about in his cowboy hat and loot his work belt.

Rec: This really nails home a sense of saftey and surety in their dynamic. Cause yes it’s smut, and yes it’s rough, but the start and end really do a great job of depicting those as pleasures. Something they can take part in after a long day, both having removed their armor so they can be fully seen.

Content Warnings: explicit sexual content, bondage

Blanco Navidad by @ajna-eye-cogitations (2.336 words, smut)

Summary: Liz reminisces about childhood as she prepares the same cookies she, Arturo, and Rosa used to make during the Christmas season. But after she sends Arturo to bed she’s all alone in the kitchen, till Max shows up with the promise of a memorable night.

Rec: This fic really captures Liz’s almost wistful side, the pieces of her drawn to memory and attachment to the past. While showing her in a place where those memories can be beautiful again instead of just full of pain and regret. The way the memories are interwoven with desert imagery is stunning, the narration building a world that comes to life with each new emotion she feels.

Content Warnings: explicit sexual content, no archive warnings apply

Crash Into Me by @wunderlass (2.948 words, canon divergent au, smut)

Summary: Set after Liz learns the truth about Rosa. Max has secluded himself outside of town to keep from causing another blackout. Isobel sends Liz after him, hoping she can curb is anxiety and maybe calm him down.

Rec: This story really allows Liz’s betrayal to breathe, while examining the complex feelings she has towards Max. Because those didn’t fade or twist when she learned he loved his sister as much as she loved hers. The conversation and physicality is weaved together with storm imagery that serves to keep in mind what’s at risk. While creating an ‘electric’ atmosphere.

Content Warnings: no archive warnings apply, explicit sexual content

Choler by soldierwitch (14.576 words, canon divergent, WIP)

Summary: Their relationship is fractured post resurrection. Liz having been scarred again, left behind with no warning or understanding. Leaving her spinning and creating a new form of armor over her heart. All while clinging to Max and pushing him away all at the same time. For fear of losing him, for memory of losing him.

Rec: Liz’s internal dialogue is flawless, it allows her character to feel the complex emotions and wants and anger that should follow such a traumatic event. Closely examining what she might have meant in their 2x13 breakup about ‘trying to find where you end and I begin’ and ‘I love you and right now I hate it’. But it does more than that, it shows all the small moments that lead up to that break, allows her the complexities the show only ever hinted towards. All tied together with symbolism and physicality. It really examines how much their relationship is forever imprinted by their mistakes but Max and Liz get to choose to love each other anyway.

Content Warnings: no archive warnings apply, depression, sexual content, so much angst and it’s not completed so take that as you will

State of Love and Trust by @wunderlass (18.188 words, canon divergent)

Summary: After Max’s resurrection his memory is wiped, leaving him a husk. But Isobel and the rest of the squad have prepared for this, for the inevitable supercharge he will be coming back with, the urge of destruction and chaos. Max’s fears of killing them not being taken lightly. And no matter how much Isobel and Alex protest and push back against, Liz won’t let herself be far off when Max comes to. She’s his connection to life and humanity after all.

Rec: The entire cast is allowed to be exhausted and grieving for the entire start, showing their cracked and frayed edges. Liz in particular is allowed the space to worry and mourn, even as Max breathes on the other side of the glass. Her self reliance shines through beautifully in an ensemble piece, that’s built around her complex feelings and wants. There’s storm imagery and mystery, tapping into that same vein of magic season one seemed to hold over the viewer, each new piece of the puzzle bringing more questions. But it’s the physical aspects and the way they’re drawn by something almost primal to each other in the end. Max incapable of truly hurting Liz, not once he’s connected enough to feel her, remember her.

Content Warnings: no archive warnings apply, violence, light horror aspects, explicit sexual content, dubious consent

Explicit

Inside Me by @suzteel (313 words, smut)

Summary: Things take a turn during sex, and Liz is of course going to examine that while letting pleasure wash over her.

Rec: Alien strangeness is why the show has appeal, and this really nails home how little we know about their sex lives in reference to alien biology. It also keeps in mind Liz and Max’s penchant for getting it on despite… literally anything.

Content Warnings: explicit sexual content, no archive warnings apply

No Plan by treaddelicately (1.571 words, smut)

Summary: They’re horny morons in love, with pesky public sex kinks, which of course leads to Liz crowding Max against a wall during his break at the Pony.

Rec: Liz’s confidence is flawless, the way she knows how much power she wields over Max and uses it to her advantage is amazing. While Max does what he does best, buckles under the force of her wind.

Content Warnings: explicit sexual content, no archive warnings apply

beneath this bowl of stars by sabrinachill (2.897 words, canon divergent, smut)

Summary: Liz is restless post resurrection, she doesn’t know Max’s secrets yet, but when their psychic connection brings him- or rather an astral projection of him into her bed things take a sexy turn.

Rec: The narration really builds a picture of what Liz knows and doesn’t know, allowing her scientific mind to reel. But mostly it examines how their armor is fully removed, how the darkness seems to crack them open bare. Both Liz and Max allowing themselves to get close and want what they want. It works well because it doesn’t rely on Max’s logical decision making to have him pull away, both of them convincing themselves it isn’t real on some strange level.

Content Warnings: explicit sexual content, dubious consent, no archive warnings apply

Truly Madly Deeply by circular_infinity (6.092 words, canon divergent, smut)

Summary: Their first time having sex is planned -though they get a little bit out of hand, abandoning the plan in favor of just jumping each other’s bones.

Rec: The communication is flawless, them both asking the right questions in the sexiest ways. Because though they’re both consumed by lust and just allowing the moment (or rather moments) to envelop them, they’re forever conscious it’s something they’re doing together. Both Max and Liz are purposeful in their communication, allowing full consent to be given without ever breaking the action and lust. Both characters come to life flawlessly, echoing their canon selves in their desire and recklessness. Also, peak filth just seems to naturally exist between them, Max able to weave dirty talk like poetry and Liz able to make control and lack of control something that can exist in tandem.

Content Warnings: explicit sexual content, unprotected sex, no archive warnings apply

When I Say “Forever” it’s the Goddamn Truth by @maeglinthebold (7.829 words, fluff and smut)

Summary: Max and Liz go on vacation, exploring Europe together and separately.

Rec: Their playful banter is beautifully depicted throughout, both of them smiling and happy. Finally getting to experience the world together like they’d dreamed of as kids. The story weaves together that exploration with their differences, Max spending time in museums while Liz is at a science convention for example. But it also depicts how those differences bring them together and their genuine fondness for those aspects of each other. While characterizing them flawlessly, with Liz ready to make a sharp witty crack at any moment and take control. While Max is willing to ramble about anything he’s learned and try anything Liz wants to try.

Content Warnings: explicit sexual content, no archive warnings apply

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