Alonzo/Enrique: pre-canon AU, set over the course of 1 day where a mid 20s junkie!Alonzo tries to get sober by quitting cold turkey after a night of partying. The fic follows him as he wanders the city from place to place in search of distraction, eventually running into Enrique (or: almost getting run over by his car), who with a vague air of amusement tells him he's far far away from the street he's looking for and then bullies him for a bit before heading off on his own business. what he doesn't realise is that Alonzo is stuck to him like gum under his shoe now, and they find themselves companions for the evening when Enrique agrees to give Alonzo a lift once it turns out they have a distant social connection. a weird atmosphere ensues. Enrique takes Alonzo along on some business that ends up going awry. He's injured and even tho he told Alonzo's ass to hang back, Alonzo was snooping around outside and has enough wits (or not enough) about him to crash in and get Enrique out of the situation. he drives Enrique erratically towards the hospital and nearly crashes them into the building, where they presumably both are treated, but who knows. Alonzo passes tf out

Alonzo/Jaime: s6 AU, With Morales out of the picture, Chico is leader of El Norte with Jaime as his somewhat untested lieutenant. With the arrival of Alonzo, a deal is struck over Destiny with the Italians, who Alonzo gets in with as his muscle (but they have a deal with El Norte which remains in place, hence everyone working together.... to Alonzo's mild annoyance). Jaime is sent to liaison with Alonzo and is immediately somewhat baffled and awestruck by his Whole Thing, as well as impressed by Alonzo's claims of plans to take over Oz. CRUSH ALERT!! It doesn't go unnoticed but what, he's going to crack under a bit of teasing? No way. [Jaime brain cogs turning] [Chico gets a taste of his own medicine wrt lieutenant fixated on Some Guy for reasons not entirely clear to him]... And as if Alonzo's going to turn away the attention of a rabid fan. Cute dumb one, too.

(past) Chris/Tobias: s6 AU where Chris doesn't switch out the props and Toby dies. Chris kills all the Aryans and reflects on it all on his walk to the electric chair 👍🏼 (which is the present moment that the story takes place in)

Tobias/Ryan: post-canon, In the new prison, Toby, waiting for word on his appeals post s6, becomes Ryan's podmate and counsels him through his grief over Cyril. Ryan forms an Attachment. Toby is wary, but Maybe Things Will Be Different... He'll just put down some Boundaries this time. It will be different this time.

Jeremiah/Kareem: pre-canon, during Kareem's first book tour, his travels take him through towns in an area he'd much like to forget, where spring thunderstorms remind him of his youth and where the handsome face on a billboard advertising a mega church mocks him incessantly with every mile closer that he gets.... Insert flashback: intersecting youths, electric connection between two prodigies from different backgrounds with different futures (seemingly) in store... a strange camaraderie forged through niche relatability etc... Oh wait, maybe it's more than that, too.... Insert kiss. Insert shame. Back to present: Kareem praying to Allah to deliver him from temptation. He opens the yellowpages in his motel one night, but that's as far as he gets. And... if there's a shockingly familiar face in the back of the book store where he does a reading in one afternoon... well, it's a big book store. And they've both moved on.

Miguel/Chico: post-canon. Complications from Chico's drug overdose and the chaos afterward have resulted in a poor physical recovery and deconditioning and general muscle weakness/joint stiffness that require physical therapy. Miguel, struggling with his own growing addiction to Destiny from the months in a different prison, is assigned (in a stroke of McManus inspiration and Dr Nathan consultation), to help Chico with PT in the old hydrotherapy room. Left to their own devices, there's bickering and awkwardness (and water splashing), Chico critical (in his own way: worried) of what Miguel has become and Miguel annoyed that this intensive responsibility has been pushed on him when he just wants to be left alone to check out... But he sort of forgot from the time that's passed that Chico isn't that bad as company. Manages to push his buttons and trick more conversation out of him anyway (annoying). (Until it's not). Slowly, the vulnerability gets less awkward and as the spend more time together and open up to each other, they both improve, Chico physically and Miguel mentally. They form a weird kind of co-dependence and even mutually confess being in love, though they're not sure what it means for straight guys like them. should they kiss or something? oh well. As PT winds down, McManus makes them cellmates in Em City to let them continue supporting each other, so maybe someday they'll figure it out at some point