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    Three weeks before Henry Fox's tour for his fourth, highly anticipated, awards-bait novel A Brief War in December begins, his publicist Janella breaks her foot on a bunny slope at Windham.

    Alex can't be mad at her, even though he kind of is. Saying it out loud would be like kicking her when she was down, and she already went down a literal mountain in the worst way possible.

    Now crammed in Rafael Luna's corner office, Janella is shooting Alex extremely apologetic looks while slumped on her crutches, wearing a bright orange cast. The conversation about who is going to be joining Henry Fox on his multi-city trek across the U.S. is also going downhill. Alex is feeling the same sort of free fall while standing still.

    Because out of all the publicists available in their tiny underfunded department, the only one left to escort their company's best-selling author is regrettably him.

    The problem is, well, Alex absolutely hates Henry Fox.

    Or: Alex is the publicist for Mountchristen Publishers, and is stuck on a two-week tour with their best-selling, but frustrating, author Henry Fox.

    UPDATE: complete and now with art!

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    30 Sep 2024

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    “Would you please state, Mr. Claremont-Diaz, your reasons for declaring your eligibility?”

    “What do you mean? Kind of obvious, isn’t it?”

    “People enroll in the program for a variety of reasons for which we can deploy resources rather than simply matchmaking. For instance, people seek connections with which to secure immigration papers or green cards, to escape abusive situations at home, to take advantage of state sponsored travel, to fulfill sexual desires. And in some cases, as a way of enacting violence. We ask everyone as part of our intake.”

    “Jesus.”

    “Yes. So. Your reasons.”

    “I want to find my soulmate, and be with her.”

     

    Or, the soulmate matching service sends you on journeys with your match to ensure compatibility. Alex is sent on a journey with a man.

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    28 Sep 2024

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    Alex Claremont-Diaz has the power of persuasion.

    It's been said his entire life, usually followed by a quip about his charm or his public speaking, his ability to impassion entire crowds of people when he talks about climate change or equality or voting rights or gun control. Occasionally, it's referencing his appearance, his unruly curls or his grin, the dimple that only pops when he's smiling particularly widely. Entire articles have been written about Alex's power of persuasion, the way he seems to be able to get people to blush and stumble over their words and rush to help him.

    He fucking hates those articles because they have no idea just how close they are to the truth.

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    11 Sep 2024

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    Between undergrad, now law school, and life in general, Alex hasn’t had time for a heat. Or for any intimate contact, really.

    At all. Ever.

    So, when his doctor orders him to stop taking his suppressants and have a real heat for the first time since he first presented as an omega, he turns to desperate measures.

    A heat clinic.

    If only there were some single, handsome, obnoxiously British alpha who was somehow Alex’s perfect biological match available to help him through his heat.

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    09 Sep 2024

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    Henry is attacked during a Kensington charity event and Alex tries to pick up the pieces.

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    15 Aug 2024