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To Bury A Queen by PersephoneJStone
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
24 Dec 2025
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10 years after the breakup neither of them survived intact, the world gathers in London to bury a Queen.
Alex is the golden boy of American politics and the polished face of American diplomacy- polished, charming, adored, and absolutely fine thank you very much.
Henry stands where duty puts him, in uniform, in pretend grief, in line.
They haven't laid eyes on each other for a decade but as Mary's death brings them back into the same abbey and palace for the first time in all those years- surrounded by cameras, politics and the ghosts of everything they've lost- the carefully designed armour they've both protected themselves with begin to fray.
If Alex is being honest, the real joke isn't the crown or even the choir.
It's that this entire spectacle- this global performance of grief- is for the woman who destroyed them both.
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18 Dec 2025
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when you send the rain by 4722
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
20 Dec 2025
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Loud, heaving sobs like there is something feral inside him, beating at his chest; like wind is rattling through a hollow vessel; like someone has Henry in the palm of their hand and is squeezing, squeezing, squeezing until he cannot take the pressure.
Everyone breaks eventually.
“I hate this,” Henry says through his sobs. “I hate this so fucking much.”
“I know, baby,” Alex whispers and when Henry looks up, he’s crying as well. “Me too.”
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Or: in the aftermath of taking their relationship public, Henry acquires a stalker.
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- Part 2 of They Heard You Say My Name
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05 Dec 2025
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if you won't leave then i will by kaazara
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
01 Dec 2025
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Alex sees the second Henry makes his decision. He sees him look past Alex’s curls, to the gilded mirror on the other side of his room. He sees him release a tiny, earth-shattering sigh.
“Leave.” Henry says, his voice a whisper. His eyes are fixed on the oriental rug beneath their feet.
Frost licks its way over Alex’s heart. Dread. “Henry–”
“Alex.” Henry’s looking at him now, eyes red-rimmed and so, so dull. Alex, unforgivably, wants to kiss them.
“Leave,” Henry says, and his voice is cold as stone, cold as Alex’s heart, and Alex snaps his mouth shut and turns on his heel.
He flees.__
Eight years after Henry tells Alex to get out of his life, Alex is fine. He’s great, actually: He’s a state representative for the 46th district of Texas, and he’s running a record-breaking campaign to be the youngest Texan senator of all time— and certainly the most progressive one. He’s done a lot of good work. He’s helped a lot of good people. He’s doing what he’s supposed to do.
Everyone else in his life seems to disagree, but Alex knows that, really, he’s absolutely fine.
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02 Dec 2025
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To The God He Loved but Who Forgot by CrownedInLove
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
23 Dec 2025
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“My ring,” Alex whispered, fingers trembling as they brushed the familiar band. “Gods, I remember… I wore it like it was part of me.”
Henry sat up slightly, propped on one elbow, and gently took the ring from Alex’s hand. His eyes were wet, though no tears had fallen yet.
“Only for a brief moment..” Henry admitted. “But you were my husband. Are my husband. Through all of it..”
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Alex, God of desire, sex, and shameless charm, has spent centuries teasing and tormenting Henry—the solemn, impossible God of Death he refuses to take seriously.
But when Phillip, the new ruler of Olympus after Arthur’s fall, banishes Alex to the Underworld, Alex finds himself in a realm he doesn’t recognize… yet somehow feels threaded beneath his skin.
What Alex doesn’t remember is the truth Phillip stole.
He was never just a visitor here.
He lived here.
Loved here.
Belonged—to Henry.Now, stripped of every memory of the man he had vowed forever to, Alex is haunted by dreams—hands he’s never held, kisses he’s never tasted, and a voice whispering his name like a prayer.
And Henry?
Henry remembers everything.Bookmarked by Penguin28
29 Nov 2025
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let me be a guest in your body by Extra Credit B-Plus (Pyrrhicy)
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
11 Oct 2025
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Location: The Brownstone
Interior: Guest BedroomHenry, horny and suffering from a bout of insomnia, has been waiting for Alex to return from a night out. When Alex comes back exhausted, they still find a way to enjoy each other’s company - awake or not.
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“I think it's hot,” Alex says. He’s blinking heavily. “You should fuck me to sleep. Go all nice and slow. I’d fall asleep on your cock. I wake up all sore and messy. Cure for… ultimate cure for insomnia. Or, not cure, but something fun to do. Fill up the night.” He smirks, eyes slipping shut. “Fill me up.”
“Alex, good lord."
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- Part 9 of Homebodies (Location: The Brownstone)
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12 Oct 2025