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As he stared at the grand edifice of the palace, Henry felt his stomach flop. He’d taken quite the gamble, uprooting their lives for this. But if he was honest, he felt stale back in England, every day the same routine. He could feel it chipping away at him little by little, and truthfully, he’d been willing to accept that. But when this offer came along, and his son had begged for him to take it, he saw something in Louis he hadn't seen in the two years since his mother had died: joy.
So there they were. In Madrid. About to meet the king of Spain.
It was fine.
Henry was fine.
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15 Dec 2024
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In 2002, four-year-old Alexander Claremont-Diaz is kidnapped and killed.
In 2021, twenty-three-year-old Alejandro Salazar starts his new job as curator at the V&A.
A story of loss, love, and the inevitability of destiny.
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05 Dec 2024
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“What’s happening? Why’s no one telling me anything?”
“Wille, it’s our parents” Erik’s voice definitely wavered that time “They’re gone”
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A canon-divergent AU where the Queen and Prince of Sweden are the ones that die in episode 3 and what comes from it.Series
- Part 1 of A Promise In Time
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20 Oct 2024
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When Alex fails to qualify for the 2022 Winter Olympics, it’s all too easy to blame Henry Fox, the dual citizen who’d switched from Team GB to Team USA and snagged the last spot for men’s figure skating. After Alex is abruptly thrown back into the games, he forms an unexpectedly deep connection with Henry. But no athlete who aims for the top of the podium can afford any serious distractions. Will Alex be able to keep his flaring emotions in check and take home the Olympic gold medal he’s always aimed for?
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19 Oct 2024
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can't escape my biology by stutteringpeach
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
27 Sep 2024
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On any other day, a suggestion that Henry is not the cold, stiff alpha from a line of legacy breeding so long he could probably trace it back to some British royal would bring Alex up short.
But right now, he’s trying not to get a boner thirty minutes before he needs to give a speech to a bunch of college Democrats about why they should be putting their support behind Rafael Luna as the next democratic candidate for the presidency.
So, he has other things to think about.
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Alex has an unexpected heat in the middle of the campaign, and turns to an unlikely person for help.
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01 Oct 2024
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Alex isn’t stupid. James has experienced far too many technical difficulties to truly be the man pictured on his dating profile. Best case scenario, Alex spent the last few months of his life admitting his darkest secrets to a bored housewife in Minnetonka. He should stop. It’s ridiculous that he ever started. Even if James is real, which he obviously isn’t, he’s still a missed hookup in London and Alex is, as he ever was, just another lonely man in New York.
He’s going to delete the app. He’s definitely going to delete it.
Or: Alex gets catfished.
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03 Sep 2024
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Image Of Love by FirstPrinceFairytale
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
04 Jul 2024
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When the cake fell in this universe, Henry was brutally stabbed by a large support dowel. This immediately changed everything.
Trauma bonds and near death experiences have a way of accelerating things, but fate always tugs people back where they belong.
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Now complete!
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27 Aug 2024
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Press Secretary Alex Claremont-Diaz serves at the pleasure of the President, and he does it excellently until a new White House correspondent darkens his press room: Henry Fox, The Guardian.
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14 Aug 2024
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01 Aug 2024
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In which they’re all third-years at Hillerska and Wilhelm is the questionably decent prefect and rowing captain of Forest Ridge, while Simon is the tired and entirely done choir president, and the other third-years are simply all just (lovable) disasters.
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22 Jul 2024
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“Who are you talking to?"
“My boyfriend,” Simon replies. “I think?” he adds quietly, raising an eyebrow.
The boy takes his phone, presses a button, and holds it next to his mouth. “Hey, Wille.”
“Ayub, what the hell?” Wille demands.
“Okay, so.” Ayub sighs, rubbing a hand across his face. “Basically, we were doing something stupid, I wrecked the scooter, he hit his head, and now he has temporary amnesia.”
“What?!”
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19 Jul 2024
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In which the love of Simon's life is a totally normal if slightly posh guy from Sweden; Wilhelm thinks everyone knows he's a prince; and Rosh and Ayub won't stop teasing.
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19 Jul 2024
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The worst thing about having to take etiquette lessons in the lead up to his and Wilhelm’s engagement announcement and beyond is that Simon understands why he needs them.
It’s all stupid elitist crap, but he also can’t risk accidentally offending the Indian Prime Minister or whomever during a banquet and being the cause for important bilateral agreements to fall through, potentially costing who knows how many people their livelihoods. He can’t.
What he can do is make a difference, both in Sweden and by how he represents his country on the world stage, and if that means learning the rules world leaders and royals alike play by then so be it.
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16 Jul 2024
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All our Sweetest Hours Fly Fastest by AHistoricDistraction
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
21 Sep 2023
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It has been three years since they were outted and Henry and Alex have finally settled into a groove that works well for them, except for the fact that it feels like they're always having to steal time together. Queen Mary constantly coming up with excuses to get Henry out of public events with Alex isn't helping, and Alex is done with it. After a long conference in Tokyo that Henry couldn't attend, Alex's flight home being delayed is the last straw and he calls Henry to say they need to figure out a better way to do this, to which Henry agrees. But fate has other ideas. Alex's flight goes missing somewhere over the Pacific, no trace of it to be found, leaving Henry and Alex's family struggling to not lose hope while unable to do anything.
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13 Jul 2024
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You Make my Head Spin by starry_pisces
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
03 Apr 2024
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Henry and Alex become roommates while both attending classes at NYU. Alex learns what it's like to live with (and love) someone with an invisible disability. Feelings abound.
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10 Jul 2024
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Arthur and Merlin have a special relationship. They always have, even when they were prince and servant. While many question it when first noticing, eventually it becomes an understanding in Camelot—and even among some other countries—that where there is Arthur, there is Merlin. And, where there is Merlin, there is Arthur.
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Arthur and Merlin's relationship as witnessed and explained by others.
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Five times someone realizes that Merlin is the Queen, one time Merlin realizes it himself, and one time he owns it.
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22 Jun 2024
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His Royal Fucking Highness by notalotgoingonatthisinstant
Fandom: Young Royals (TV 2021)
27 Jan 2024
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21 Jun 2024
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here is a map (with your name for a capital) by alasse
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
23 Mar 2024
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That day at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Alex comes across the very same Prince Henry who just dismissed him having a panic attack in a bathroom. The choice Alex makes then has ripple effects neither of them could have ever expected. What's the story like, when they actually are friends all along?
“So, you’re going back to England tonight, and you’ll spend the next three days pretending you two are the closest and best of friends until we can put this mess behind us.”
And there are reasons he hasn’t told anybody this, good reasons, even though he’s sure June and Nora saw through him ages ago. Faced with his mom’s disappointment, though, and with the realization that the entire world apparently thinks he hates Henry and would willingly shove him into a fucking cake, he can’t stay quiet.
“But we are friends,” he says, vehement and serious. “We have been for years. He’s—he’s probably my best friend, actually, along with Nora.”
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30 May 2024
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I'd Wanna Be Felled by You, Held by You by Anonymous
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
18 Nov 2022
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Henry has been hiding his second gender since Alex moved into his apartment three years ago. When Alex accidentally triggers Henry's first heat in years, Henry asks Alex to cuddle him through it.
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28 May 2024
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Everything in Between by smc_27
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
27 May 2024
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It’s stupid. Just because he’s an omega by birth doesn’t mean he should have to go to this stupid fucking ball and have his dance card filled by people who outrank him socially but also have alpha status. The whole system is stupid. Alex doesn’t want to participate in it.
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27 May 2024