19 Works by CuriousCat25 (CuriousCat24)
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We'll Be Fine by CuriousCat25 (CuriousCat24)
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue (2023), Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
16 Aug 2025
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On the kitchen counter is one pregnancy test. Glaring positive glowing on its screen.
“I know we wanted to have more kids. . .” Henry sobs as Alex wraps his arms around him, “But this is not my plan at all-“
“It’s okay baby,” Alex breathes out, “We’ll figure this out.”
We’ll be fine.
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Or the part where Henry and Alex deals with an unplanned pregnancy and a painful memory resurfaces.Series
- Part 5 of The Kids Are Fine
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and still we bleed by CuriousCat25 (CuriousCat24)
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
10 Aug 2025
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In 1099, amidst the bloodshed of the First Crusade, Henry met Alexander on the walls of Jerusalem. Their meeting was steeped in violence and brutality—an intimacy forged through endless death and resurrection. Neither of them knew it was only the beginning.
—a series of ficlets tracing Henry and Alexander’s journey from enemies to friends to lovers, across the vastness of time and the curse of immortality.
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don't want to leave her now, you know i believe and how by CuriousCat25 (CuriousCat24)
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue (2023), Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
11 Jan 2025
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Everything feels so distant and blurred.
The fact that he can’t talk to Alex—can’t even know if he’s alright—makes it all the worse.
He isn’t allowed to see him. Isn’t allowed to hear his voice.
The pain of separation is sharper now, more acute. And he feels himself slowly decaying into this fragile state where no one would be able to reach him.Which is probably why he started noticing the gentle flutters inside—a ripple just beneath his navel. His body has been still and quiet for so long that even the faintest tick of a heartbeat feels like a loud tremor. He places his hand there.
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Or the part where Henry feels Sprout kick for the first time . . . and Alex is not there to see it.[Right after the emails were leaked.]
Series
- Part 4 of its you and me
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little darling, you changed everything (between a thousand words and none) by CuriousCat25 (CuriousCat24)
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
29 Oct 2024
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Henry places three fingers just below his navel, the soft fabric of his jumper caught between the pads of his fingertips and the sensitive skin of his belly as he presses gently.
“What am I supposed to do with you?” Henry whispers despite himself, a sense of dread and sudden burst of affection bleeding through his quiet voice, making it shiver.
“You’re as stubborn as your father. . .” Henry goes on to say, his throat tightening as he confronts the truth, little by little. “You weren’t supposed to be.”
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Or the part where Henry unexpectedly finds himself expecting the child of the man he has loved since he was 19. Now, he's left with hard decisions he has to make.Series
- Part 2 of its you and me
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if i loved you (soon, you'll be gone in the mist of day) by CuriousCat25 (CuriousCat24) for beeans
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
21 Sep 2024
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Henry's breath catches in his throat as he sees the flash of raw, unwavering devotion in Alex’s eyes.
In another world, he would have done everything to be at the receiving end of it. . . Here and now, however, it terrifies him. He lets go of Alex’s hands as the man lies back down.
“And because of this handsome peasant boy, the prince’s armor began to fall away. Piece by piece. Until all that was left was the piece of armor protecting his heart. Peasant boy pulled and pulled at this last piece of armor. But the prince held it firmly in place.”
He looks at the shifting flames before him now, and every blaze eats at the tinder and wood at its hearth. It’s becoming more apparent now, this thing that he has been avoiding since the start of this affair. The passion between them could easily devour everything at stake in their lives. But Alex isn’t the type to douse water on the flames—that’s just not his nature.
It will be up to Henry to do the deed.
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Or the moment when Henry realizes that Alex has fallen in love with him. . .and has given him more than he ever thought possible.
Series
- Part 1 of its you and me
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and only us knew by CuriousCat25 (CuriousCat24) for carocchi
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue (2023), Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
03 Sep 2024
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His shirt does not fit.
Henry attempts another try but all it does is expose the gaps between the buttons and stretch the fabric awkwardly.
His fingers fumble with the vintage knobs, contemplating whether he should call Shaan and ask him to buy buttoned-up shirts in larger sizes or have an entirely new suit tailored for him by this afternoon—God knows if the rest of the apparel prepared for this evening fits him now.
Or, maybe, he should just give up?
Entirely.
Give his fiancé a call and tell him he can’t go. . .
Because his child is not cooperating.
Henry settles his palms over his slightly swollen belly. He’s sixteen weeks and one day today, almost halfway there, Henry’s not going to lie. But so far, he didn’t have any trouble hiding his little interloper. Until now.
It seems she’s chosen this time to reveal herself.
Series
- Part 3 of its you and me
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Of Babies, Politics, and Other New Things by CuriousCat25 (CuriousCat24)
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue (2023), Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
13 Aug 2024
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“So,” Shaan pulls him out of his thoughts as he adjusts in his seat, still graceful as ever despite being in the advance stages of pregnancy. “How do you really fare?”
Henry slumps back, the back of his head hitting the cushion and making a soft, muted thump.He then zeroes in on the mountain that is in front of him and gives it a gentle rub.
He’s about two months behind Shaan, but why is it that he looks more pregnant than him.
Two pairs of little, tiny feet then begin to kick Henry from the inside.
Oh, that’s why-
“I am tired,” Henry gives his former equerry an exhausted smile- more of like a wince really. “Oh dear god, what did I get myself into-“
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Or that time Henry questions his choices (affectionately) and makes new, difficult ones.Series
- Part 6 of The Kids Are Fine
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with me at the edge of the world by CuriousCat24, CuriousCat25 (CuriousCat24) for beean
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue (2023), Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
23 Jul 2024
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Chapter 8 Summary
Henry thought this morning would be like any other, days that have gone by and have made him twenty weeks. But today is different. And very worrying.
Alex is burning up, his forehead hot and uncomfortable to touch.
Henry wipes the sweat away from his fringe.
“Alex. . .” Henry mutters, nerves fraying at the seams. “Tell me how you feel-“
Alex opens his eyes a little bit before closing them again. He rolls away from Henry’s touch and curls up even tighter beneath their duvet.
“I’m fine,” Alex’s teeth chatters.
“No,” Henry shakes his head. He lays the back of his hand on Alex’s forehead again, the palm of it going next to his neck. “You are sick and you are shivering in cold sweat-“
“I just need a glass of water-“
“You need a whole day of rest,” Henry stressed out.
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Or the chapter where Alex gets sick and Henry has a lot of feeling and thoughts.
Reposted because of revisions 🙌
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Oh Darling, If Only I Could by CuriousCat24, CuriousCat25 (CuriousCat24)
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue (2023), Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
27 Jun 2024
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Chapter 13 Summary
“What do you want, Nora?” Alex asks.
“Can you stop being hostile to me,” Nora pulls harder. “just this once-“
“Me,” he can’t help but chuckle bitterly. “I’m being hostile to you?"
“Yes!” Nora nods, fully believing herself. “That or you’re just staring off into the void, numb. No fucking emotions at all."
Alex shakes his head, laughing to himself. He’s got about a hundred reasons why he thinks Nora is projecting but she doesn’t stop there-
“Your lack of self-awareness is alarming, Alex.” Nora says. She’s got her arms folded on her chest, as if she’s a school grade teacher and she’s there to send Alex’s ass to detention. “You came back after several years a completely different person. What the fuck happened to you?”
It’s like one trigger after another.
Alex turns and leaves Nora there.
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Three Times The Charm by CuriousCat25 (CuriousCat24)
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue (2023), Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
22 Apr 2024
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Final Chapter is posted
Chapter 8 Summary:
He takes this time to admire his husband.
Henry’s the very vision of an expectant, life-giving father in the throes of labor; from the contours of his swollen chest and dark, wide nipples, all the way down his pear, oblong-shaped bump, round, full, and protruding between his hips. A network of stretchmarks and stark-colored, thin river-like veins travel from the bottom of his belly to the curve of his ass and the thick width of his thighs. Some of those were just recent, Alex’s notes. He knows the patterns of Henry’s body and can map it even with his eyes closed.
When this is over, their son safely delivered, and Henry recovered again, Alex will make sure to get re-acquainted with his husband and adore him for who he is. Strong. Beautiful. Exquisite. A man who is willing to carve a path inside his body so he could grow and give Alex a family.
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Or the part where we finally meet Louie.Series
- Part 4 of The Kids Are Fine
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The Maginot Line by CuriousCat25 (CuriousCat24)
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue (2023), Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Law & Order
01 Jan 2024
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“The D.A. is already looking into that,” Alex says, “But we’re not here to formulate or evaluate social policies Ms. Miller. We’re here to prosecute any wrongdoing and to provide justice to the victims and their families. Please don’t confuse your mandate for something else. If you want to execute policy changes, you should have run for politics. Now if you’ll excuse me, I still have the press to address-“
Alex leaves the two women behind but before he can step his foot out of the establishment, Miller calls to him again-
“Isn’t that supposed to be your dream, counselor?” Miller asks, her tone shifting into something more raw, “I used to listen to your speeches when your mother was running for election.”
“Looking at you now,” Miller hammers in, “I’d say I’d prefer you back in the day-“
It took a while for Alex to answer. He looks at Kincaid and sees her knowing look.
“That makes the two of us, Ms. Miller,” Alex then turns away and walks out.
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Or the one where we see more of Alex's life as a lawyerSeries
- Part 2 of To Love and Protect
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To Love and Protect by CuriousCat25 (CuriousCat24)
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023), Law & Order: SVU
24 Dec 2023
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“Do you want to talk about it?” Henry asks finally, chest serving as a pillow beneath Alex’s head, and hands combing through the latter’s generous set of curls.
The man stills for a moment, shoulder tensing slightly. For a while, Henry thought he might have made a wrong move, but judging from the way Alex has looked at him, he knows he made the right decision.
“This case really had me thinking of quitting my job at the D.A.,” Alex confesses, “I should’ve taken Luna’s offer-“
Henry listens, cradling Alex’s cheeks and letting the man reveal the deep recesses of his heart to him.
“You know what’s fucked up,” Alex whispers on Henry’s chest, “the fucking guy, the one who facilitated all of this, who mastermined this whole, fucked-up arrangement, during the trial he blamed everyone but himself. Zero remorse-“
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Or the one where a particularly hard case has Alex opening up to Henry and talking about their future as parents and as a family.Series
- Part 1 of To Love and Protect
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Teenagers by CuriousCat25 (CuriousCat24) for beeans
Fandoms: The Craft: Legacy (2020), The Kissing Booth (Movies), Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
19 Dec 2023
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The thing is…
Marco decided to date this pre-K, plain white bread girly while knowing full well Timmy is carrying his child.
He even asked her to go to prom with him.
And now said girly is giving Timmy the stankiest stink eye, ever to be stanked, and Timmy has no patience dealing with a reject from Toddlers and Tiaras. Really who the fuck does she think she is?
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or that crossover/fandom fusion crack fic au based on a Juno film scene that no one asked for -
That One Road by CuriousCat25 (CuriousCat24)
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue (2023), Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
17 Dec 2023
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"Are you guys still hoping that we'll get back together?" Alex asks knowingly.
Nora stays quiet.
"Well, you know-" Alex should've really been more open about this, "some people are just meant to meet, but not like end up together. . .besides-"
Nora turns her head to him so fast she almost gives him a whiplash, "besides what Alex?"
Alex sighs.
"I'm with someone-"
"What?" Nora almost shouts.
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Here's another 'what if Henry tells Alex to leave' fic. -
Ghost by CuriousCat25 (CuriousCat24)
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue (2023), Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
10 Nov 2023
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"She's going to be born early this summer," Henry gently says as he lightly swings on the porch. Catherine, who's seated a few feet away on a bench, turns her head towards her pregnant son.
He looks so much like Arthur, with the late sun rays caressing his face, and shining on his blonde tresses. He's so beautiful, Catherine's boy. And never has she felt so much regret for not being there when he was growing up.
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A Vigorous Way of Life by CuriousCat25 (CuriousCat24)
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue (2023), Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
20 Oct 2023
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"Well, you can have all of him today," Bea smiles, "maybe even start getting things going, you know-"
"Make him unpregnant?" Alex guffaws, "That's if he even lets me touch him with a ten-foot pole, and it’s still pretty early-"
"That bad?" Bea asks in sympathy.
"My balls have been blue since the fourth of July-"
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The fic where the kids have a day out with Auntie Bea, Henry's nesting instincts go haywire, and Alex endures another day without sex.-----
Not me accidentally posting the unedited draft of Chapter 1. Reposting the edited version.Series
- Part 3 of The Kids Are Fine
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We're Alright by CuriousCat25 (CuriousCat24) for beeans
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue (2023), Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
11 Oct 2023
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“We should buy a bigger bed-“ Alex murmurs, almost half asleep, Artie on his chest “and a smaller house-“
“Can we revisit that later? “ Henry responds with the same energy; Charlie curled on his side, feet tucked above his daddy's belly while his crown is under Henry's chin, “maybe after this little one’s out“ referring to their still unnamed, third son-
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A fic where Alex and Henry have a difficult nightSeries
- Part 2 of The Kids Are Fine
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The Kids Are Fine by CuriousCat25 (CuriousCat24) for beeans
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue (2023), Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
07 Oct 2023
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"Be good for dad," Alex whispers to Henry's large belly before kissing the spot where his third son has kicked. He then gets out of bed, wears the first shirt and joggers he spots on the floor, and goes to the room across theirs’, to where his two older sons are maybe sleeping- maybe killing each other-, mentally preparing himself for the day ahead.
Series
- Part 1 of The Kids Are Fine
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Beat by CuriousCat25 (CuriousCat24) for pochiperpe
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue (2023), Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
01 Sep 2023
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Alex starts to count the years and immediately stops himself because that also means counting his age and remembering his greying temples, and just… really one midlife crisis at a time, please.
That being said, Alex has been holding on to his job tightly like a man who can’t swim wrapped around a buoy at sea and he knows he has been stretching it. Henry is his staunch supporter and advocate, but Alex couldn’t hide behind his husband forever.
He has to face the music eventually.