Crystalized
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[Alison Hammond appears now, “crying” into a gingham cloth as Paul Hollywood follows her, ringing a loud bell. They pass Alex, paying him no mind.]
“I didn’t mean to, Paul! I swear!” Alison cries as she wipes beneath her eyes.
“Shame!” Paul replies, ringing the bell once more.
[Prue Leith follows behind Paul, shaking her head slowly. Alex stops her and nods in their direction.]
“What did she do?” Alex asks in a stage whisper.
“She called a macaroon a macaron,” Prue says back.
[Prue follows Alison and Paul off the screen, leaving Alex looking after them, terror on his face. He turns to face the camera and swallows loudly before giving a grin that’s more of a grimace.]
“W-welcome to the Great British B-baking Show,” he greets before bringing the phone back up to his ear. “Noel, you have to come back. I’m not going to make it.”
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20 Jun 2025
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Carlos is certainly aware of TK Strand. He wasn’t aware the man had cycled through quite this many teams before being traded to the Dallas Stars. His reputation as a hot-head and a trouble-maker precedes him, but there are dozens of players like that in this league. Carlos has never considered Strand to be significantly worse than any of the rest of them, but maybe he just wasn’t paying close enough attention. The person described in the article he just read doesn’t exactly sound like someone Carlos should be thrilled about having as a new teammate.
Or, the enemies-to-friends-to lovers Hockey AU that no one asked for but I was perhaps born to write.
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06 Jan 2025
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This Is More of a Comment Than a Question by caterpills
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
29 Nov 2024
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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.
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UPDATE: complete and now with art!
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01 Dec 2024
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Alex Claremont-Diaz has done it again. The Texas-born singer-songwriter released his fourth studio album second skin Thursday at midnight. Full of Claremont-Diaz’s signature lyricism, critics are praising the album for the cohesive image it paints. second skin is the result of a young writer at the top of his game, and every lyric depicts for the listener a picture of a sun-drenched secret romance. Fans are clamoring to be the first to uncover the mystery girl at the center of it all, although Claremont-Diaz remains tight-lipped on the subject…
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Or: Alex Claremont-Diaz is a singer-songwriter rising up in the music industry. Henry Fox is the shining star of an acting empire.
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08 Jun 2024
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Alexander Diaz is a promising, second-year NHL center, willing to do whatever it takes to move himself up the ranks. Henry Fox is a sixth-year star goalie, just coming out of the biggest win of his career. And they fucking hate each other.
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A completely self-indulgent NHL AU
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21 May 2024