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Henry is pushing his arms through the woolen sleeves of a peacoat. He faces Alex and there’s no softness left in his features. He’s genuinely angry this time. None of the endeared exhaustion of his antics Alex is so used to seeing from him. None of the fondness that always plays hide and seek in his eyes when he looks at Alex. Henry looks blank and placid. His press face, edged with a hint of venom.
And Alex has seen versions of this face. He’s seen a calmer facade of it, one that had boarded a plane back to England by the time Alex woke up.
There’s something cold settling in Alex’s stomach. A kind of panic crawling up his throat. There’s ice dancing at his fingertips, but his hands are sweating, and oh God, Henry’s leaving again.
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Or, Alex and Henry get into a fight. Henry tries to leave, Alex needs him to stay. So he does.
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23 Dec 2024
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Not To Me, Not If It’s You by lucy_in_the_sky
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
13 Aug 2024
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Alex has and always will be go go go.
But for once in his life he just wants to stop stop stop.
(Alex, facing a week away from Henry, is finally forced to contend with the burnout that has always seemed so distant, like a theoretical blip on the horizon that he’s always been positive he won’t actually reach. Henry catches him as he falls over the cliff’s edge, stitching him back together piece by piece.)
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23 Dec 2024
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titles are the worst, we refuse by athousandrooms, clottedcreamfudge, everwitch, indomitablelove, railmedaddy for TheAmberFox
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
30 Apr 2022
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The paparazzi, a friend, their classmates, a true enemy. Alex is no stranger to telling people to fuck off, it’s a daily occurrence; but when it’s Henry who does it? Alex couldn’t be prouder.
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5 times Alex tells someone to fuck off and one time Henry does.
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14 Dec 2024
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three things by rizcriz
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
08 Dec 2023
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The fight is explosive.
Henry retreats to his office downstairs and Alex sits on the edge of the bed, spine trembling. He replays the conversation in his head, fingers clenching in the bedspread. His eyes squeeze shut and he tries to let it go; tries to stop the thoughts before they form. The comparisons to his parents; the way Henry’s voice had cracked when he called Alex selfish.
It’s just one fight.
One fight.
Every couple fights.
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08 Dec 2024
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a flicker, a spark by acastle
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
28 Sep 2023
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“She truly is your daughter, Alex,” Henry sighs, defeated.
“Fuck off, sweetheart,” he laughs, a soundbite of the sun. Henry forces himself not to physically react, the term of endearment sweet and menacingly familiar coming from Alex’s lips. It’s been years. “You know they’re useful.”
“Ah yes, eyelashes, truly a formidable instrument in managing international relations.”
Alex grins, and Henry is too late to catch the slightest downward lilt on the corner of his mouth, “Worked on you once, didn’t it?”
Oh, did that ache.
(Much had happened since the time Henry had told Alex to leave. Alex had passed the bar, gotten married, had the most beautiful daughter. And Henry, well. He stayed right where he was.)
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- Part 1 of orion in your fingertips
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05 Dec 2024
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the prince and the popstar take on twitter by WaterlooLovers
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
03 Dec 2024
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a look at Alex and Henry's social medias after Henry's abdication and coming out, and his surprising new career
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04 Dec 2024
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Shots Fired by thebadgerclan
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
23 Aug 2023
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BREAKING NEWS: White House Reports That First Son, Alex Claremont-Diaz, Has Been Shot...
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01 Dec 2024
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On Mess and Family Drama by absoluteaudacity
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
30 Jun 2024
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“Alex!” Raf calls urgently, but Oscar’s son doesn’t stop or turn on his way up the stairs, practically running in his rush to get away from them.
Henry, halfway up the stairs himself as he follows Alex, turns to look at them, his mouth pursed in a disapproving moue.
“Well,” he says cooly. “This is quite a predicament, isn’t it?”
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- Part 6 of Can You Hear Me?
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13 Nov 2024
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all I want for christmas is you by mprods
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
11 Nov 2024
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The second Alex gets the door open, something feels wrong.
“Hey, what’s going on, Davey?” he says, but his voice catches as he rounds the corner—and there’s Henry, sprawled on the floor at the base of the stairs, eyes closed, face pale, with a couple of stray tinsel garlands scattered around him like he was trying to hang them up.
Alex’s heart slams to a stop.
(Or, there’s an accident and the boys have to navigate it as best they can)
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- Part 10 of Firstprince Ficlets
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12 Nov 2024
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waging my wars behind my face and above my throat by miharaikko
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
26 Jul 2024
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He thinks his husband doesn’t know.
But Henry knows.
So he places a kiss on his forehead, another on his nose—whispers “I love you,” and slips away from the room.
As the front door closes, Henry’s tears also start to slip away.
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06 Nov 2024
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Ever Thine, Ever Mine, Ever Ours by Ziggy12
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
29 Nov 2024
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“Oh, sweetheart,” Henry breathes, sitting beside him in the lounge chair, quickly grasping Alex’s hand in his own.
Immediately, Alex knows what Henry is going to say. “No, I know,” he says quickly.
Henry shakes his head at him. “No, I don't think you do,” he says in a hoarse voice. Alex looks closely at his husband and observes the dark circles under his eyes. It doesn’t look like he slept at all, and a pit forms in his stomach at the thought.
“And even if you do,” Henry continues. “I need to say it. We are going to fight this,” he says firmly. “And we are going to go wherever we have to go, see whoever we have to see, and we are going to win. Because I'm not going to let anything happen to you.”
Five years after moving to Austin, Henry and Alex are new parents to a beautiful baby boy, the light of their life. Alex is a stay-at-home Dad, while Henry is President of the Okonjo Foundation, breaking barriers to open a new shelter in Austin. Being new parents while balancing their career shifts is challenging enough. But when Alex receives a devastating diagnosis, will it bring them closer together, or drive them further apart?
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05 Nov 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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03 Nov 2024
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what kind of day has it been? by evelinafelicia
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
27 May 2024
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It’s been nearly two years since the leak of the so-called Waterloo Letters and Alex and Henry are doing their best to live their lives on their own terms. But between the pressures of American politics, their increasing frustration with the Palace along with the harassment of the British tabloids and strangers who hate them for no reason, it feels like it’s impossible for them to move forward.
When someone opens fire at a political event ahead of the midterm elections, their life is once again thrown into chaos and they start to question if they’ll ever find the peace they so desperately want or if they’ll cave under the weight of it all.
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- Part 1 of the eras of us, a story of love
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03 Nov 2024
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and now I feel it in my veins (but I don't want to be afraid) by foxjournals
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
05 May 2024
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Alex hears him, loud and clear, but it’s like his words are suddenly shallow and hollow, coming in bits and pieces as they funnel through one ear and out the other, and he swears he’s listening, swears he’s trying to hang onto every word out of his boyfriend's mouth, but that white hot static is louder than ever. His brain feels fuzzy and his eyes blur and whether it’s from unshed tears he hasn’t noticed yet or for another reason completely, he isn’t sure.
He isn’t sure how he got from point A to point B, but all he knows is suddenly he can’t breathe.
Suddenly, he’s six feet under, water encasing his lungs as they shrivel and expand into nothing.Or: Alex and Henry get into a fight, and the only way out is through panicking
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28 Oct 2024
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i'll hold your little heart in my hands by greasybakedpotato
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
18 Oct 2024
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Alex scrunches his brows. “That is really fucking unfair. You know that I'm not intentio–”
The sound of a small creak comes from the bedroom door. Both Alex and Henry turn their heads to see where the sound is coming from.
A hand is clutching the door. A pair of big, brown eyes and a small head of curly hair are peeking from behind.
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alex and henry's daughter catches them fighting
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18 Oct 2024
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(all you ever wanted from me was) sweet nothings by coffeecatsme
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
28 Sep 2024
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It's automatic, too, grabbing the stack of post-its stuck to the fridge with a magnet and make a note. What is not automatic is the other note he writes, almost impulsively, and then sticks it on the front door. A smile flickers on his face before he leaves, rare ones for these kinds of mornings.
I love you :)
Or, 4 times Alex and Henry share notes and 1 time they talk about it.
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18 Oct 2024
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I can't breathe, if you're not there by softcinnamonroll
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
15 Apr 2021
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One moment, Alex was laughing at some joke Henry had made, and then the next there was a loud noise from the TV and the livestream cut out, leaving Alex alone in their dark living room. At first, Alex was sure there had just been a power cut, or some technical difficulties that caused the stream to cut out, but then the messages and BREAKING NEWS notifications started pouring in.
BREAKING NEWS: Explosion at Prince Henry of Wales Charity Event. Casualties Unknown.
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18 Oct 2024
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in sickness, and in health by softcinnamonroll
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
20 Apr 2021
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It all started with a slight niggle in Alex’s right side. He was at the library, face deep in one of his law textbooks as he studied for his midterms and he sat back to stretch, only to feel a sharp nip in the side. He frowned as a hiss left his lips, hand moving to grip his side slightly and rub the skin where it hurt. He didn’t think too much about it, after all he had been sitting in the same position for hours. It was likely due to lack of movement.
[also known as the self projection fic where Alex has Appendicitis]
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18 Oct 2024
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“The man at the bar.” Not quite a question. Alex doesn’t respond. “This isn’t the first time I’ve seen you with him.”
“He’s part of the press corps.”
Henry gives him a moment to expand. He doesn’t. “It looks like there’s more to it than that.”
Alex pulls away, looks nervous. Naturally, he tries to make a joke of it. “Are you jealous? Is this you jealous?”
Henry isn’t going to let him get away with it.
“Is there something to be jealous of?”
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14 Oct 2024
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no cap (got me right where you want me) by brewrosemilk
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
18 Sep 2024
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yrs ♡ (@abtmaps): what's henry's best physical feature? #ASKACD
Alex Claremont-Diaz ✔️ (@theagcd): his huge, big, long, thick, beautiful… ahem… thighs.
yrs ♡ (@abtmaps): have you ever fucked his thighs? you should. thighjobs are 🥵🔥💦Zahra [Today, 6:39 PM]:
UNLIKE IT.
NOW.Series
- Part 4 of social media epistolaries
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19 Sep 2024