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Since I Memorized Your Face by chamel for stutteringpeach
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
23 Dec 2024
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“Oxford, like twenty years ago—” Twenty-one, actually. “I was there for a term abroad. We had a class together.” Alex huffs a disbelieving laugh and pushes a hand back through his curls. “We, uh, well. There was that party after final exams…”
“I’m so sorry, I don’t recall that one” Henry lies, flashing an apologetic smile. “I don’t remember the details of most of those uni parties these days.”
(Twenty years ago, Henry met—and let go of—his soulmate. Now he's in his 40s, with a new job in a new city, and certainly not expecting said soulmate to come barreling into his life again. A small white lie seems like the simplest way to keep things from getting awkward, but real life has a way of getting complicated.)
12/23: New holiday epilogue added!
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13 May 2025
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Henry has been in love with his roommate and best friend since the moment they met, caught in the rain outside their college apartment. Over the next four years he learns everything there is to know about Alex Claremont Diaz, what makes him tick.
He knows his coffee order, the meaning behind how he narrows his eyes one way versus a slightly different way. He knows how to make him finish in under thirty seconds (“That was one fucking time, sweetheart!”)
If only he could have him, wholeheartedly, not just the friends with benefits arrangement they have stumbled into.
(He already has him, he just doesn’t have a fucking clue)
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13 May 2025
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‘Cause I Swear I’d Burn this City Down to Show You the Light by sunflowerjpg
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
27 Apr 2024
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Suddenly, David scrambles in his arms and stretches his upper body out to bite at the sleeve of an innocent person exiting the coffee shop. Henry lets out an embarrassing squeak of surprise and stares at David in shock.
“David!” he admonishes at the same time that the stranger says, “Oh, hello little guy.”
Henry looks up to make eye contact with the stranger David has physically latched onto to offer apologies, and feels a swarm of bees overtake his stomach and fight to crawl up his ribcage to his heart. The man is unfairly beautiful.
“Oh, oh my god, I am so sorry about him. He’s trained, I don’t know why he’s behaving like this.”
Alex effectively melts and coos at the puppy, scratching his head and behind his ears.
“You’re such a good boy, the bestest of the boys.”
“No, he is being absolutely rude. What could you possibly want from him, Davey?”
“Maybe he’s looking for a second dad.”
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10 May 2025
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Longer Than Most by happinessofthepursuit
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
29 Feb 2024
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“Oh,” Alex says. “Sick.”
Henry can’t help but grin. He can’t believe he’s so bloody gone on a man who says sick and dude, who he’s slept with all of one time and proceeded to knock him up. Henry’s a cliche, honestly.
“It is, indeed, sick, as you say.”
Alex rolls his eyes, but his cheeks darken a shade, giving him away a bit. “Listen, the closest I get to poetry is your fucking face. Excuse me if my vocabulary doesn’t quite compare to yours.”
Or, Alex and Henry have a one night stand. That is, until a baby’s involved.
Now Complete :)
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02 May 2025
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20 Feb 2025
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Jace’s hair is slicked back, his composure is perfect, and he looks every inch the FBI agent he apparently really is, kitted out in his bulletproof vest with his gun in his hand as he gestures with the other at some point on a map. Simon wants to cling to him and never let go, and he also wants to shatter a vase over Jace’s head or something equally dramatic.
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Simon falls onto his new neighbor, falls in love, and falls into the middle of an undercover FBI operation. Not necessarily in that order.Bookmarked by Spring_Days
12 Feb 2025
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Like the dawn (you broke the dark) by theonetruenorth
Fandoms: Shadowhunters (TV), The Mortal Instruments Series - Cassandra Clare, Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
02 Mar 2017
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This isn’t happening.
Alec watches, dumbstruck, as the peacekeepers pull Max from the crowd. The little boy is too frozen in shock to move. It’s his first reaping, the odds were in his favor, he’s not the one who was supposed to be picked.
This. Isn’t. Happening.
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12 Feb 2025
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Alec is absolutely certain he hasn’t moved. He’s still seated at his desk, catching his breath; still has the heels of his palms pressed to his eyes. Despite knowing that, being fully aware of his body’s position the way he’s been trained to do his entire life, somehow he opens his eyes to find himself lying down in a dark room.
There’s a man in his arms. With every exhale, Alec’s breath ruffles someone else’s hair.
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27 Jan 2025
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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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03 Jan 2025
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Shards of Glass by Sebastian (taydrawrs)
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
24 Mar 2022
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Alex fights the frustration welling up in his stomach, gritting his teeth so hard his jaw hurts. The thing is, this isn’t the first time he’s lost out on a date because they’ve been threatened by what he shares with Henry. He doesn’t know what it is about their relationship that seems to scare people off, or make them think they’re not welcome around the duo. He feels more emotionally connected to Henry than to anyone else, but swears he doesn’t treat Henry any differently to how he would treat any other friend.
Except for the cuddles on the couch.
And the pet names.
And maybe he’s a little touchier with Henry than he is with Nora or his lacrosse teammates.
And okay, maybe he openly flirts with Henry more than necessary, but it’s so fun seeing Henry blush and seeing his cool façade crumble to dust in front of him, and it’s even more fun when Henry is feeling a little silly and flirts back.
…oh.
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5 times Alex and Henry get mistaken for a couple, and one time it’s not a mistake.
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03 Jan 2025
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Dinner For Two (+2) by aforgottennymph
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
23 Nov 2024
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Alex’s jaw clenches. “He’s a good dude.”
“He is. Handsome too.” He has no clue why he says it until it’s already out in the open.
“Huh,” Alex says, eyes dark when they meet Henry’s, “you think?”
Henry finds himself nodding, swallowing tightly around the glass of water Alex passes him. “Yes. He’s from Texas, isn’t he?”
“We both are.” Alex’s knuckles are tinged with white where they sit around his glass. “Grew up together.”
“Cowboy,” Henry snorts, a private joke almost to himself. He’d had a bit of a thing for cowboys in his youth. Something that had unfortunately also crossed over into his writing.
“You like cowboys?” Alex asks.
And suddenly it feels dangerous.
Or, Pez is determined that this blind date will be the one to end all others. Henry's a lot more interested in his date's best friend.
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26 Dec 2024
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i can be your canvas, baby let me have this by anincompletelist (soldouthaz)
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
13 Oct 2024
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He shouldn’t have left his dorm. Shouldn’t have deluded himself into thinking that Adrian would be all forlorn and melancholic in a corner somewhere, longing for Alex’s company and wishing he were there. He really shouldn’t have asked around about where Adrian was when he arrived. And then he shouldn’t have gone looking when people refused to tell him.
Because now, instead of preparing for his exam alone in his dorm like he should be, Alex is figuring out what the fuck to say to someone who’s just found out that they’re being cheated on. With Alex. Who is also being cheated on. By the same man.
Go fucking figure.
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- Part 5 of anincompletelist's kinktober '24
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24 Dec 2024
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A Wretched Beginning by RoyalAsstronaut
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
24 Apr 2024
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Alex groans. “Don’t patronize me. Is the professor good at least?”
Luna grins wolfishly. “Dr. Shaan Srivastava. You’ll love him. And his TA is a real gem.”
“Yeah?” Alex has his doubts. “Do I know them?”
“Possibly. He left after his sophomore year but he’s back for grad school. International student, brilliant writer apparently. Name’s Henry Fox.”
“Henry Fox ?” Alex barely gets the name out through gritted teeth. “Fuck.”
Luna raises his eyebrows. “You know him?”
Oh yeah. Alex knows him all right.
He shakes his head in disbelief and crushes the empty Skittles packet in his hand, wondering just what he did in a previous incarnation to have ended up in this sixth ring of hell.
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22 Dec 2024
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all along there was some invisible string by princebutt
Fandom Red White & Royal Blue (2023), Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
27 Aug 2025
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20 Dec 2024
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Henry is scrolling through a profile—a redhead with freckles and a toothy grin that apparently made gym his personality. Alex almost wants to cry when Henry swipes right. Then, there’s the brunette he swipes left on, the Asian man with a dog he lingers before he swipes left as well, and then—
Alex drops his pen on the desk. That’s his profile.
Inspired by this tweet
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17 Dec 2024
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all i know since yesterday (is everything has changed) by saintsnames
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
17 Jul 2024
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henry and alex have been roommates for three and a half years when alex's girlfriend washes his sweatshirt in tide detergent and a realization unravels.
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15 Dec 2024
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The Brightest Star by aforgottennymph for firenati0n
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
22 Oct 2024
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"So," Henry says as Alex's brain makes a valiant effort to reboot because he's staring at Henry fucking Fox, the man he has spent the better part of a decade staring at through a small author's photo. It doesn't even begin to do him justice and he's only now fully realising it, "your daughter is a fan of my work?"
"Huge," Alex chokes out, struggling to not make a fool out of himself. "Dragged me here."
Henry raises an eyebrow, face utterly amused as he says, "Really? Because I could have sworn I just heard her tell Issa that her 'lame dad' forced her to come here."
"Huh,”Alex says, "Kids, am I right?"
Alex's daughter is growing up, a fact he is entirely not okay with.
She's becoming a teenager, thinks he's the most boring, lamest dude alive and wants nothing to do with the traditions they had while she was growing up - especially reading Henry Fox's books.
But when Henry Fox begins a reading programme at their local library, she is sat in the front row. Because she wants to be, not because Alex is forcing her. Not because Alex is slightly in love with a man he's never met, the first person to actually see him.
Obviously.
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15 Dec 2024
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A shite in nining armor by phlebotinxm
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
22 May 2024
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The first few times are an accident —no matter how many times Pez insists that it’s not.
It’s not Henry’s fault that he’s never really had to cook for himself. After years of watching his father cook for him as a child, Henry had wrongfully imagined that the matter would be quite easy— when it was, in fact, not.
Proven by the fire brigade bursting down his door every now and then.
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In which Henry is trying to learn how to cook, and every terrible attempt amuses the sexy firefighter who saves him from burning down the entire building very much.
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- Part 9 of Looking for Orion (in every universe)
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14 Dec 2024
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secrets, secrets are no fun, unless you share with everyone by winterpine
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
29 Mar 2024
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Henry clicks on the first and is flooded with content. Photo after photo of Alex standing on a roof, in front of a white background, prone suggestively across a small couch. Some in black and white and others in full color. In just briefs, wearing dark-wash jeans, in the midst of undressing, playing with the cut of his muscle tank, leaning down to tie his shoe, and even toying with the button of the denim. Henry salivates.
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or, Henry is a professor and loses his mind when Alex does a Calvin Klein photoshoot
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14 Dec 2024
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Henry laughs, wiggling his fingers as he reaches for the bottle before taking a sip of his own, “Fine. Never have I ever…been walked in on during sex.”
Alex shakes his head with a shudder, “I’ve walked in on too many people. Door stays locked.”
“Wise man.”
Alex taps his fingers against his chin, pursing his lips. His expression falters for a moment, eyes shooting over to glance at Henry before returning to stare out the window, “Never have I ever…had sex in a treehouse.”
Neither of them drink.
“Huh.” Alex says, eyes unreadable, “Do you want to?”
Henry has made many mistakes in life - most notably allowing Pez to talk him into an ill-advised keg stand that made him vomit all over his shirt - but he can’t bring himself to regret sleeping with Alex Claremont Diaz, campus' most renowned player.
Until Alex gets it into his head that he wants seconds, and Henry isn’t strong enough to not get feelings, so he does what he does best. He pushes him away.
But Alex isn’t one to give up easily.
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14 Dec 2024