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Careful Cooking by IBoatedHere for saintsnames
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
06 Nov 2024
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“It seems I’ve inherited a diner.”
“Yes, I knew that.”
“That’s been closed and left to rot for years.”
“I knew that as well.”
“I’ve decided to keep the place. Renovate it, get it running, see where it goes.”
“That is certainly a decision.”
“It gets worse. It seems I’m going into business with Alex Claremont-Diaz.”
Pez is silent for a long moment. “The Alex Claremont-Diaz? The one that has been featured in Food & Wine four times. The one that Carme Ruscalleda and Enrique Olvera have called the next big thing? Your uni sweetheart? The love of your life? The man whose heart you shattered into a million pieces? That Alex Claremont-Diaz?”
“Do you know of another?”
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20 Dec 2024
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“Fuck,” he swears while David barks from the doorway, his feet tip-tapping against the hardwood anxiously. “It’s okay,” Henry tells him, “really, I have it under control and there’s nothing to be concerned—.”
The sharp trill of the smoke detector cuts him off, and David goes flying into the living room, tail tucked between his legs.
Henry sighs and grabs his phone off the counter and quickly dials 9-1-1.
“9-1-1,” the operator says as Henry starts after David, “What’s the nature of your emergency?”
“I can’t be certain,” Henry begins, “but it’s entirely possible that there’s about to be a fire in my kitchen.”
Or, 5 times Alex comes to Henry's rescue, 1 time Henry returns the favor.
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16 Dec 2024
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london's so nice, back in your seamless rhymes by firenati0n for Poutini
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
13 Dec 2024
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Five days a week, Alex sits across from Henry for 58 minutes in the morning, rattling on about the virtues of the Tube and how efficient it is compared to the NYC subway, or his irrational dislike of Pret coffee, or a new bookstore he thinks Henry would like.
Five days a week, Alex and Henry leave the shelter together to take the bus home. They almost always end up standing for part of the way, occasionally bumping up against each other. Sometimes, Alex doesn't move away. It's nice.
Five days a week, Henry falls a little bit more in love.
Or, Alex and Henry fall in love—five days a week, four bus routes, three pseudo-dates, two holiday markets, and one red scarf of fate later.
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- Part 1 of just touched down in london town
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13 Dec 2024
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The Brightest Star by aforgottennymph for firenati0n
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
22 Oct 2024
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"So," Henry says as Alex's brain makes a valiant effort to reboot because he's staring at Henry fucking Fox, the man he has spent the better part of a decade staring at through a small author's photo. It doesn't even begin to do him justice and he's only now fully realising it, "your daughter is a fan of my work?"
"Huge," Alex chokes out, struggling to not make a fool out of himself. "Dragged me here."
Henry raises an eyebrow, face utterly amused as he says, "Really? Because I could have sworn I just heard her tell Issa that her 'lame dad' forced her to come here."
"Huh,”Alex says, "Kids, am I right?"
Alex's daughter is growing up, a fact he is entirely not okay with.
She's becoming a teenager, thinks he's the most boring, lamest dude alive and wants nothing to do with the traditions they had while she was growing up - especially reading Henry Fox's books.
But when Henry Fox begins a reading programme at their local library, she is sat in the front row. Because she wants to be, not because Alex is forcing her. Not because Alex is slightly in love with a man he's never met, the first person to actually see him.
Obviously.
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28 Nov 2024
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tired of writing in pencil (i'm inking you in) by anincompletelist (soldouthaz)
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
12 Nov 2024
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Against everyone's better judgement, tattoo artist Alex takes up a babysitting job on the side after he forms a connection with the kid over their shared love of art. It doesn't hurt that his dad's kind of hot, too.
He gets more than he signed up for the longer he spends with them, and figures out that maybe the key to happiness isn't what he thought it was — maybe growing up means being a little childish after all.
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21 Nov 2024
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in the depths (of the sea separating you from me) by accountantorbeagle
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
30 Oct 2024
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There’s a boy. In America. And Henry’s been lying to him.
Not intentionally.
Not at first.
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19 Nov 2024
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i'll be home for christmas by stutteringpeach
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
23 Dec 2023
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He books a tiny cottage in a village called Little Snoring (not to be confused with the nearby Great Snoring) somewhere in Norfolk and tries to tell himself Christmas by himself in a foreign country is going to be an adventure from which he will have an adorable story to tell his friends and family, and not just totally depressing. At the very least he can take a cute picture of his snowy cottage and pretend he’s not totally fucking jealous of his entire family gathering in Austin without him.
If he ever fucking gets there, that is.
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Or, Alex's first Christmas in the UK gets ruined by the British weather. A handsome stranger invites him to spend the holiday with his family instead.
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18 Nov 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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11 Nov 2024
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the alex4lunch chronicles by sherryvalli
Fandom: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
07 Nov 2024
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08 Nov 2024
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How Do You Say I Love You by magicmelinoe for Luminous_Bluebell
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
05 Nov 2024
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As the school librarian, Henry has the wonderful task of picking out a book for story time every day. Kindergarten teacher Alex is sure the books are sending him a message. Or is he just making it all up?
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07 Nov 2024
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the conclusion literally any normal human being would come to. by chaa_kiao
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
14 Aug 2023
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My [21M] flatmate [20M] gives me forehead kisses when he thinks I'm asleep. How do I ask him to do it when I'm awake, too?
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Henry and Alex are roommates quarantined together. Henry takes to Reddit when Alex's behavior gets too confusing for him to sort out on his own. Surely this will have zero impact on their completely platonic relationship, right?
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07 Nov 2024
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that's a real fucking legacy by Standinginmoonlight
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
27 Oct 2022
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“As long as there’s no fucking catch, I’m all aboard. Sign me up. These bones don't know what’s coming, a devastatingly handsome journalist and his extremely pale archaeologist buddy.”
Or: the one where Alex Claremont-Diaz is oblivious, and Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor loves him for it anyway.
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- Part 1 of one day, we will be remembered
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22 Oct 2024
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in every scenario by rizcriz
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
30 Nov 2023
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Henry can practically hear Alex thinking. They’re curled up in bed, Alex’s head resting on his chest, and his mind is so loud. He can hear it in the rustling of the sheets, in Alex’s hand skating up his ribcage; the anxious curl of his toes against Henry’s ankles. He’s nearly vibrating with thought.
Henry’s hand tucks into the base of Alex’s spine. “Love,” he murmurs, ducking his chin to look down at his boyfriend. “What on earth are you thinking about?”
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Or, Alex has something important on his mind.
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21 Oct 2024
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Allegedly in Love by fairflowered
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
15 Sep 2024
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As soon as Alex sits down – this might be the most comfortable chair he’s ever sat in in his life – Henry asks, “so, Alex, what made you want to become a lawyer?”
“Real answer, or answer I gave NYU during interviews?”
“Real answer,” Henry says, the corner of his mouth quirking up.
Alex grins. “I watched Legally Blonde for the first time when I was six. I’ve wanted to be a lawyer ever since.”
“I regret to inform you that I mostly deal in civil cases, so the opportunity to prove someone guilty of murder based on hair care expertise is going to be slim to none,” Henry says, smile on his face. “If that’s more your wheelhouse, I might have to turn you over to Pez.”
“Hair care, or criminal law?”
“Both.”
[or: Alex is a new associate at Luna, Okonjo, and Fox, and the way Henry looks in a suit is downright criminal]
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- Part 1 of Your Honor, I Love Them
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17 Oct 2024
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i can be your canvas, baby let me have this by anincompletelist (soldouthaz)
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
13 Oct 2024
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He shouldn’t have left his dorm. Shouldn’t have deluded himself into thinking that Adrian would be all forlorn and melancholic in a corner somewhere, longing for Alex’s company and wishing he were there. He really shouldn’t have asked around about where Adrian was when he arrived. And then he shouldn’t have gone looking when people refused to tell him.
Because now, instead of preparing for his exam alone in his dorm like he should be, Alex is figuring out what the fuck to say to someone who’s just found out that they’re being cheated on. With Alex. Who is also being cheated on. By the same man.
Go fucking figure.
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- Part 5 of anincompletelist's kinktober '24
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15 Oct 2024
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8 across: you & me (1, 4, 3) by jafffacakes
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
10 Oct 2024
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The first time it happened, it was a Tuesday.
14 Across: Sherlock Holmes author. 3 letters.
Well that’s easy, Arthur Conan Doyle.
Alex raced through the rest of the crossword, a fairly simple one even for a Tuesday. There was a Jane Austen clue that might have stumped him a few weeks ago, but he'd borrowed June's copy of Persuasion last time he stayed overnight at her place, so he'd have something to read on his longer commute to work that day.
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Henry Fox is a crossword creator with a very big crush.
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11 Oct 2024
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Alex doesn’t like the office.
The job itself isn’t half bad, but it isn’t like he'd dreamed of doing this. His days consist of nothing but rushing out the door every morning after two bites of cereal with his tie haphazardly done, spending all day talking to middle aged men trying to argue with him about the finer details of desk stationery, fighting with his infuriating deskmate, and trying not to kill himself.
He doesn't like the office.
“Dunder Mifflin, this is Henry. How may I help you?”
Except. He likes the office sometimes, he supposes.
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Or: ‘The Office’ AU in which Alex is Jim, Henry is Pam, and they fall in love over paper.
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07 Oct 2024
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When he opens his eyes he’s no longer in Brooklyn.
To be fair, that’s the least pressing issue at the moment. Top of that list would be the absolutely excruciating pain in forearm and, oh yeah, the fact that people are shooting at him.
(Well past the age where most people have swapped bodies with their soulmate, Alex has all but given up on the idea that he might have one. But when he suddenly swaps in the middle of a rooftop chase and finds himself caught up in a deadly game of cat and mouse, he quickly discovers how far he's willing to go to save his soulmate's life.)
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30 Sep 2024
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you said you were gonna come find me (but there's escape in escaping) by coffeecatsme
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
17 Jul 2024
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It’s Alexander Claremont-Diaz. His childhood friend, his high school sweetheart, the first love of his life.
And Alex doesn’t even recognize him.
Henry Fox runs away from his boyfriend at the end of junior year of high school, thinking Alex will never be able to love him for exactly who he is. He doesn't expect to see Alex again, until Pez's new lawyer friend walks into his shelter and introduces himself.
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23 Sep 2024
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Honestly, sometimes having a kid is so fucking annoying. Like when your eight year old comes home from her tia’s and talks about the economics of a lemonade stand, for fuck’s sake, and puts together such a convincing pitch that even thinking about saying no makes him feel like a complete dick.
So now he’s using a nail gun he borrowed from his neighbour to help her make a little stand out of lumber. And somehow, he hopes anyway, not making it look like something she’s gonna get tetanus from or get crushed by.
She looks cute as hell in her little overalls, though.
Or, Alex’s kid has a lemonade stand, and Henry is their best customer.
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19 Sep 2024