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    The first time it happened, it was a Tuesday.

    14 Across: Sherlock Holmes author. 3 letters.

    Well that’s easy, Arthur Conan Doyle.

    Alex raced through the rest of the crossword, a fairly simple one even for a Tuesday. There was a Jane Austen clue that might have stumped him a few weeks ago, but he'd borrowed June's copy of Persuasion last time he stayed overnight at her place, so he'd have something to read on his longer commute to work that day.

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    Henry Fox is a crossword creator with a very big crush.

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    10 Mar 2025

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    “Caramelton John, what the fuck, who named these?” the man laughs, his loud voice circling in Henry’s ears, low and rich.

    Years of planning and ideas, months of blood, sweat and literal tears to set up shop in a foreign country, and hours of back breaking work to serve the community — for free — on their opening day, all for some ungrateful arse to make fun of him for it. Henry feels his jaw clench involuntarily, the tightness in his mouth matching the ache in his chest. He’s bone tired and frustrated and now he’s unspeakably angry.

    Pez, who has saved Henry’s life in more ways than he can count, and who has not asked for a single thing all day, turns and says “Hen, dear, could you serve these last few for me?”

    Henry inhales deeply through his nose, turns his back to the customers, before he looks Pez firmly in the eye and says with zero hesitation, “No.”

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    Welcome to Pez & Henry's, the newest ice cream store in Austin.

    A Ben & Jerry's AU. I hope you like puns.

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    05 Mar 2025

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    When the cake fell in this universe, Henry was brutally stabbed by a large support dowel. This immediately changed everything.

    Trauma bonds and near death experiences have a way of accelerating things, but fate always tugs people back where they belong.

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    Now complete!

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    12 Jul 2024

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    “What’s this?”

    “My dad said it’s for you.” She shrugs, “I didn’t read it. He said it’s for grown up eyes.”

    He takes it carefully, glancing between the girl and the piece of paper as she looks at him expectantly, gesturing for him to open it.

    3/10, it reads, appreciate the effort sweetheart but dear god please invest in some paprika at least. looking forward to whatever you manage to cook up today. personally i have a hankering for tamales. ;) - alex

    It really is a testament to how painfully single he is that a note from a faceless lawyer is enough to make him blush, while said lawyer’s daughter stares at him with her arms folded, foot tapping impatiently against the tiles.

    “Well?”

    Thankfully, when he was googling dishes, tamales was one of the most frequent answers, so he has enough to pull it off, “Looks like we’re making tamales.”

    The girl Pez babysits from the shelter should be completely intimidating, utterly terrifying. Instead he finds himself completely under her spell as she takes on the utterly Herculean task of teaching him to cook.

    It helps that he may be falling in love with her dad at the same time.

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    05 Jun 2024

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    That day at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Alex comes across the very same Prince Henry who just dismissed him having a panic attack in a bathroom. The choice Alex makes then has ripple effects neither of them could have ever expected. What's the story like, when they actually are friends all along?

    “So, you’re going back to England tonight, and you’ll spend the next three days pretending you two are the closest and best of friends until we can put this mess behind us.”

    And there are reasons he hasn’t told anybody this, good reasons, even though he’s sure June and Nora saw through him ages ago. Faced with his mom’s disappointment, though, and with the realization that the entire world apparently thinks he hates Henry and would willingly shove him into a fucking cake, he can’t stay quiet.

    “But we are friends,” he says, vehement and serious. “We have been for years. He’s—he’s probably my best friend, actually, along with Nora.”

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