Highly sought after, Alex gets all sorts of visitors offering him jobs but all he wants to do is relax. It's Christmas, for heaven's sake! Can't a guy catch a break! AU after SR and Jack is still alive. Written for cuby18 for the Alex Rider Secret Santa 2022 fic exchange on AO3. Disclaimer: I do not own Alex Rider.

An Anthology of Awkward Moments Handled By Consummate Professional(s) or John went undercover in SCORPIA. These are some select stories. He regrets being alive sometimes. How are these motherfuckers still in business? Written for the Alex Rider Secret Santa Exchange 2022 for hammocking.

Some people collect rocks. Some people collect toys. Other people collect stuffed animals. Alex collects assassins. More specifically favors from assassins. Eventually, someone in MI6 notices.

Lacey Stevenson is a normal 21-year-old with an equally normal life. Until she is kidnapped and held captive by Russian assassin Yassen Gregorovich. Why has this happened to her? And what has all of this got to do with her father?

Ian teaches Alex how to cheat at cards. Alex picks up on it quite quickly. Ian is rather proud that he managed to shark poor Crawley.

Edward has been encouraging Alex to bond with his new classmates. They just challenged him to a drag race. Alex is pretty sure that he can totally blame this on Edward if he gets caught. Contains mentions of drag.

Nile is well aware that some people find him attractive. It would be nice if his bosses didn't talk about him like he wasn't there, though.

Fiona Friend has always had a bodyguard, provided by a discreet private firm. They've just come under new management. She didn't expect to come face to face with Alex Rider again, but she especially didn't expect for him to be at THIS meeting. Can be read as post Devilverse, but works as a standalone fic.

A mysteriously injured Cub breaks into Wolf's flat in the dead of night. Wolf patches him up and lets him stay - but who is he actually running from?

John and Helen have their first date once John leaves the hospital. It goes well. Really. :)))

Helen is nearly done with her nursing degree. She's rather surprised when the head of nursing at a very convenient and well-paying hospital wants to hire her straight away. Surprised until Julia brings him around as boyfriend number three. A Fleeting Flirtation Part Five.

John continues to be a disaster child and ends up in Helen's care. Her coworkers are some fucking gossips.

Helen is trying to convince Julia to have some fun once and a while. Julia discovers that she rather likes IPAs, though she would never admit it to prospective husbands. Those types wanted dainty, cocktail-drinking flowers. A Fleeting Flirtation Part 4.

Alex gets stuck doing a rotation in the city garbage truck repair. The floor. Has maggots.

Le jeune Alex Rider reçoit une mission de nombreuses années après scorpia et compagnie. Il croisera d'autres jeunes qui risquent de suivre le même trajet que lui. Est-ce une bonne chose? Saura-t-il les guider?

Helen decides to take pity on the woman she had a one night stand with. While she doesn't have an abundance of room, it's better than leaving the poor widow homeless. A Fleeting Flirtation Part 3.

Alex Rider really wasn't expecting this monologue... Dr. [OC] had spent their life studying the virus. Planning to cure the virus. It was their dream, their vision, their life's work. They were on the cusp of a cure. And then COVID lockdown had the side-effect of DESTROYING THEIR LIFE'S WORK by WIPING OUT ALL CASES. Now they will TAKE THEIR REVENGE by UNLEASHING THE VIRUS UPON...

Helen has just started nursing school when she meets an interesting woman at a bar. Someone who understands not wanting to be dependent on a man. Loosely based on my friends' worst date stories. A Fleeting Flirtation Part Two.

Tom steals his brother's clothes a lot. Jerry is now on a quest to get his favourite jacket back. Prompt 759 of the Alex Rider 2022 Lovebomb Event run by the Winds of Change discord server. Finished just in the nick of time :D Please enjoy

When Alex gets pulled out of school three days before the summer holidays for a mission in Spain, he hopes for once it will be as simple as MI6 promises him. But with a partner who seems to resent him, the reappearance of long-buried grudges, and an all too familiar face, the mission rapidly grows more complicated–and deadly. Set post-Snakehead.

Julia is enjoying her newfound freedom after finally murdering her first husband. She knows better now. Her mother was right to tell her to marry rich. A Fleeting Flirtation Part One.

Alex accidentally kills/hospitalized the men with the car and paint in the engine blast. People have allergies, Alex.

Alex runs into Yassen two days earlier than in canon, while he is still pretending to be Felix Lester. Stormbreaker AU.

Dominic Royce is a traitor. Owen Andrews is left reeling by the revelation that the one man he trusted turned out to be a liar. Spoilers for Nightshade! Post-Nightshade fic!

Sabina accidentally blurts out that she wants to kiss Fiona mid-dance class. She was not expecting the makeout session in the showers afterwards to be quite so steamy. My Pleasure Part 5.