CalmInTheDark
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Thankful For Payback by CalmInTheDark
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
28 Nov 2025
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“Alex, darling, if you don’t mind my asking, why are we celebrating Thanksgiving?” If Alex had looked up he would have seen the smirk on Henry’s face and known he was being set up.
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Shake Hands, Smile Pretty, Make Small Talk by CalmInTheDark
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
11 Oct 2025
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5 times Alex manages meeting with men from Henry's Oxford past and 1 time Henry returns the favor.
The next time Alex glances around to check on Henry, the woman is gone, but the man is still there, leaning a little too far into Henry’s space and Henry’s lip has developed that tight spot in the corner. Politely excusing himself, Alex glides across the floor, deftly avoiding any entanglements that could delay him. Sliding up next to Henry, he places his hand on the small of Henry’s back, and can feel the tension there, confirming that they don’t like this person. “Hi, I’m Alex. And you are?” reaching out his other arm to shake the stranger’s hand. Shake hands, smile pretty, make everyone watching believe they are making inane small talk.
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Baby I'm Yours by CalmInTheDark
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
29 Aug 2025
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Henry looks into the crib and thinks everything was worth her. He tries not to think about the beginning, the shame. It’s better not to try and remember, although there isn’t much memory there, anyway. She’s here and that’s all that matters. She’s here and there is nothing anyone can do about it now. Vodka has never been his friend, but he can't bring himself to regret the result.
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The next exchange comes through loud and clear and shuts Alex down completely.
“And what about her father? Is he in the picture?” the worker asks, “We’ll need to notify him.”
“No,” is the answer, “It’s embarrassing, but I never got a name. It was just a drunken, one night stand with a cowboy.”
Alex freezes, he can literally feel his blood run cold, and he remembers where he knows that scent. It was easily the drunkest night of his life. His biggest regret was losing the handsome stranger.They both mess up, but they've been looking for each other ever since. How could they not?
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Ducky Little David by CalmInTheDark
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
23 Aug 2025
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Super fluffy little meet cute for the boys orchestrated by David.
“Please, grab him. He’s never run loose before.” Henry is begging, terrified David might run into traffic once he gets near the parking lot.
The man turns and, this time, he turns his jog into a full out run, trying to catch Henry’s little demon dog. “David, Davey” but David doesn’t stop, both men right behind him, just not quite close enough to grab the leash.
David gets to the ducks and chases after them with gleeful abandon. Henry doesn’t think he’s ever seen David so wild or free or willful or naughty. The ducks head into the water and David doesn’t hesitate to fling himself right in behind them.
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David the Dragon by CalmInTheDark for PinkUniverse
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
13 Aug 2025
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There is a little magic in Henry life, he just doesn't know it.
The maid has heard all of the rumors, the palace is haunted. Some of the staff have seen apparitions, things go missing, there are sounds that can’t be explained. The chief of staff doesn’t believe in such things, the queen is older and forgetful, she takes things. They are her things, she’s the queen after all, it’s not like it’s stealing. It’s easier to keep replicas on hand, it’s not worth anyone being accused of a crime for something the queen doesn’t remember. But the maid has heard a giggle and felt something unseen brush past her leg in the hallways.
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every time, every version by cchaostude
Fandom: Letters to Juliet (2010), Red White & Royal Blue (2023), Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, The Sandman (TV 2022)
04 Aug 2025
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No matter the timeline, no matter the world—he's Henry, he's Alex, and they always find each other. Sometimes it's messy. Sometimes it's slow. Sometimes it burns too fast, or aches too sweet. But it's always them.
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Bookmarked by CalmInTheDark
20 Jun 2025
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godspeed by youtookmethere
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
07 Jul 2025
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“If I didn’t know better, I’d think you were trying to sully my honor there, cowboy…” Henry reaches one hand up, letting his middle finger trace his cheekbone. “…Steal my virtue, even.” His tone is as teasing and as flirtatious as he thinks he can manage.
He’s taking a page out of his romance novel, his confidence coming back to him in an unpredictable wave. That’s how it seems to operate, ebbing and flowing against Henry’s will. He tries to ride it as it crashes to shore.
Alex smiles, eyes shimmering with playfulness. “Promise I’m a gentleman, darlin’.” His calloused hands creep underneath Henry’s shirt, fingertips pressing into perfectly soft skin. He’s closer now, lips inches from Henry’s ear, “Unless you’d rather I wasn’t.”
Henry Mountchristen is left alone for the first time in his life.
Alex Claremont-Diaz is a cowboy that shows up and points a gun at his head.
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- Part 1 of godspeed
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06 Jun 2025
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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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10 Feb 2024
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The Consequences (of our Actions) by AnchoredArchangel
Fandom: Red White & Royal Blue (2023), Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
11 Aug 2025
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It starts, like so many things in Alex’s life, with a list.
A list, a prince, an NDA, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and a night better than any of the fantasies that preceded it. No consequences. That was the whole point.
Except, like so many things in Alex’s life, it isn’t that simple.
Illicit rendezvous, heartfelt phone calls, transatlantic flights, nights that change them… and a morning that changes everything.
And that’s just how it starts.
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09 Feb 2024