Burning a Dead Man's Fingertips
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| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Burning a Dead Man's Fingertips |
| Author(s): | GreenQueenofClubs |
| Date(s): | 22 December 2020 - 08 January 2021 |
| Length: | 37,925 words |
| Genre: | slash |
| Fandom: | Alex Rider |
| External Links: | Burning a Dead Man's Fingertips (AO3) |
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Burning a Dead Man's Fingertips is an Yassen/Alex story by GreenQueenofClubs. It's the first part of the Broken Hands, Reaching series. There is also a missing scene from the fic - Nails Torn From Digging At Your Grave (4,538 words) - and a PWP sequel - Trust Your Peace To My Beating Palms (4,335 words) - but the main story can stand for itself.
Summary: Maybe he had trusted Ian too much. Maybe Alex didn't really need his help. Maybe he was six years too late. But Yassen would be damned if he let the MI6 ruin another Rider. If he let them ruin Alex.
Recs and Reviews
AU from Yassen’s point of view wherein Yassen the assassin defects to MI6 after John Rider’s death and meets Alex for the first time when he’s twenty—at which point, he also learns that Ian Rider is dead and MI6 have been using Alex since he was fourteen. Alex needs someone to watch his back, and who better than Yassen? Their professional partnership is not without its challenges. And the slow-burn attraction doesn’t make things easier! (And by slow burn I mean the slowest of burns in a really amazing, rewarding kind of way. Like. I love this one.) Explicit (not porn without plot, slow burn means SLOW BURN), series [...] is complete for now and the story arc is contained within the three finished works. Begins when Alex is twenty.[1]
Multichapter slow burn, MI6!Yassen AU - an excellent premise done extremely well and feels fresh and new, balancing mission-style fic with character development! The dynamic between Yassen and Alex is somewhat different here compared to most Yalex fics as they don’t meet until Alex is an adult; a really intriguing glimpse into what could have been…[2]
References
- ^ "Looking for some Alex Rider fics on AO3? Here are some recs!". Archived from the original on 2022-05-04.
- ^ "AR Ship Week - Fanwork Recs". Archived from the original on 2022-05-04.