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The impossible happened: Will asked Mike to be his boyfriend. Even stranger? Mike said yes.
That's how it started. A letter, an accidental confession, a Saturday afternoon. And that? That was the easy part.
Now, what they do - what they are - is secret. Because if anyone finds out... they don't even want to imagine. Lonnie would kill them both on sight. Mike's parents would send him away to some boarding school. They'd never see each other again. They'd be marked forever. Everything would come crashing down around them.
But they try not to focus on that. They're busy, after all, trying to navigate this new relationship. Kisses, dates, prom, couples' quarrels. And in the meantime, Will has a problem on his hands; a power he needs to learn to control, before it blows up in his face.
It's a crazy end to their school year - but there's more going on behind the scenes than they realize.(This is a sequel to The Red Envelope but you don't necessarily have to have read TRE; this can be read on its own should you wish :) )
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- Part 2 of The Red Envelope
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22 Jan 2026
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Mike really just wants to take care of Will, in every way he possibly can.
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- Part 1 of i can't be without you
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- 2/2
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17 Jan 2026
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Will needs a date to his mom's wedding. Mike volunteers.
“I have an idea,” says Mike.
Ice cubes form in Will’s stomach. “How dangerous is it? Like, should I call Dustin to talk you down, or should I call Nancy to be ready to drive us to the hospital?”
“No,” says Mike, “you can’t tell anyone or it won’t work.”
“Or what won’t work?” Will asks. It’s like picking up a rock you know a spider will be under.
Mike gets up and closes Will’s door. Hopper doesn’t make them keep it open but sometimes Will does anyway, because every now and then lying around alone with Mike on his bed just makes his chest ache too much. If the door is open he can tell himself You can’t do anything right now, someone will see.
Mike leans back against the door. His eyes are lit up with that special maniacal gleam that the Wheelers get right before they do something insane, like when Nancy says, “Then we have to go kill Vecna ourselves,” or whatever. “Take me to the wedding,” says Mike.
“Yeah,” says Will slowly, “you’ll be at the wedding. Obviously.”
“As your date."
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15 Jan 2026
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It’s winter in Hawkins, and Mike and Will aren’t speaking anymore. Living in Mike’s house, Will tries to be invisible, spending most of his time in the basement.
Then the power goes out — and if there’s one thing he dreads more than facing Mike, it’s the cold.
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Seven nights in which Mike and Will have to sleep in the same bed, even though they’re barely friends anymore.
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- 8/8
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08 Jan 2026
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Will starts a habit of sleeping in Mike's room.
Without a word, Mike reaches out and lightly grabs Will's jaw. He tilts his head up, down, side to side, studying every angle. There's no way he can't feel Will's pulse beating fast and hard against his hand, but either way, he doesn't comment on it.
"Hmm", sneaks out of Mike's mouth.
"Hmm?", Will can only parrot back.
Now he studies Will's eyes, trying to commit their shape and hue to memory - trying to erase memories of Will's possessed dark, clouded eyes. His Will, but not.
Will softens in his grasp and opens himself to Mike's gaze, no longer trying to steel himself from the moment, hide himself away. Just present, just here.
And something in Mike softens, too.
"There you are," Mike whispers.
This is hungry work.
(prob mature, explicit to be safe)
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08 Jan 2026
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They were still many days away when disaster struck and Merlin's mare went lame. They tried to push on, with one person walking, hoping she might improve. But to no avail.
"It's all right, Merlin can share with me," said Elyan, patting the back of his small stallion.
"Nah, he'll join me, right Merls?" said Gwaine with a wink.
"I'd be happy to share if you'd like, Merlin," offered Percival.
"Silence, all of you!" called Arthur. "Merlin will be coming with me."
This quelled the arguments. Everyone knew when Arthur used that tone of voice his word was final.
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19 Dec 2025
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Merlin Emrys and Arthur Pendragon grew up together as inseparable childhood friends, but when they moved away for college that all changed.
Arthur Pendragon became the smart, handsome popular kid; and Merlin was the gangly, clumsy art nerd.
They ignored each other in public, but loved each other behind closed doors; and everything changed when Arthur invited Merlin to a fancy dress house-party for Halloween.- Language:
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15 Dec 2025
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A Modern day Merlin AU set at the University of St Andrews, featuring teetotal kickboxers, secret wizards, magnificent bodyguards of various genders, irate fairies, imprisoned dragons, crumbling gothic architecture, arrogant princes, adorable engineering students, stolen gold, magical doorways, attempted assassination, drunken students, shaving foam fights, embarrassing mornings after, The Hammer Dance, duty, responsibility, friendship and true love...
This story was inspired by the thought of Prince William of Wales (and indeed the current Max von Hapsburg) studying at the University of St Andrews; it is also, as the title suggests, at least a little inspired by the operetta 'The Student Prince'.
Grateful thanks to Lamardeuse and DarkEmeralds for Beta and cheerleading!
::2019 note: This story was written BEFORE the TV show introduced the character of Gwaine. It's not that I can't spell, or that I'm perversely writing him out of character - I incorporated other characters from Arthurian legend (Kay, Gawain etc) into my story, and lacking prophetic abilities, my versions naturally don't mesh with the versions subsequently introduced into the show.::
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- Part 1 of The student prince
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- English
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- 145,222
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- 35/35
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12 Dec 2025
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like a letter when i seal it by incalamity
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
26 Feb 2025
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"Christ, you agreed to go on a blind date with me when I was described as a 'size queen' who needed to be 'dicked down'?"
Alex raises his hands as if to say, "Guilty as charged."
Henry wants a man with a Ph.D. and Pez definitely does not purposefully misunderstand him.
Or, the one in which Alex has a pretty huge dick.
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07 Dec 2025
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Driven to Distraction by happinessofthepursuit
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
14 Aug 2025
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She sends him a link to a Tweet from @espnf1: “Henry Fox, the current runner-up in the driver standings and the son of racing legend Arthur Fox, to leave Windsor. Next year, he will be driving for Ferrari.”
Alex doesn’t even have the time to process before he’s clicking on the link, going directly to Twitter to find out what the fuck is going on.
Ferrari’s decided to replace Alex's retiring teammate with Henry Fox. Alex’s fucking nemesis.
Or, the RWRB F1 AU.
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- English
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- 51,666
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- 11/11
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07 Dec 2025
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Keep Me Waiting (Give Me More) by bleedingballroomfloor for TheAmberFox, railmedaddy, ifyoustay
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
10 Nov 2021
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Alex rubs his face with his hands. “You’re telling me,” he says slowly, “that you got a guy off three times — three fucking times — without even touching his dick? I don’t even think that’s scientifically possible.”
Henry’s wine-drunk grin grows a little wider. “Would you like me to prove it to you?”
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13 Nov 2025
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the vibrations you feel by slxthenry
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
14 Dec 2023
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Royal obligations are always a pain in the ass for Henry, even after his abdication and after his marriage to Alex.
Alex has some other things in mind to get Henry through this night, even if it may make his whole body ache.
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07 Oct 2025
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roses, wisteria, and royal bluebells by coffeecatsme for railmedaddy, ifyoustay
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
03 Aug 2022
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If you could have anything in the world, anything at all, what would it be?
Alexander Claremont-Diaz has clawed his way into Hollywood despite all the hurdles in his way, and now he's starring in his dream movie—a queer romcom adapted from one of his favorite books, Roses, Wisteria, and Royal Bluebells. However, he barely has the chance to be excited before he finds out who his costar is. The privileged, white, bigoted Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor.
The last thing Alex wants is to be associated with Henry more than he already has to, but a fateful interview and a few choice words against Henry turns him into enemy number one in Hollywood. To fix it, he has to pretend to be Henry's best friend and show the entire world his comments were nothing but friendly banter. However, as he gets inevitably tangled up in Henry's life, he realizes not everything is as it seems, and Henry might be hiding his own demons that might change everything.
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- Part 1 of lights, camera, action
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- English
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- 30/30
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18 Sep 2025
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"Just, you know," Henry says. "If your mum weren't the president and you were just a normal bloke living a normal life, what things might be like? What you'd be doing instead?"
After being discovered on Instagram as a teenager, Alex Diaz is thriving as a social media influencer and model who just landed a high profile, high fashion contract with Calvin Klein. Alex can get any girl he wants, and he’s loving it. Meanwhile, British poet Henry Fox has just arrived in L.A. to kick off a North American tour promoting his new, steamy book of gay erotic poetry, and he’s attracting a lot of attention.
Bad blood is immediately sparked between them when Henry blows Alex off at their first meeting. Several tabloid rumors and an Instagram tantrum later, Alex and Henry are reluctantly thrust together to make nice, resulting in a grudging friendship and a magnetism between them that Alex can't explain. Why is Henry's poetry making Alex feel like this? And just what is it about Henry Fox that gets to him so much?- Language:
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30 Aug 2025
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From Plus One To Only One by simplyclary
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
28 Jun 2025
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Henry did need a plus-one. Hell, he wanted one.
And only one name came to mind.
Alex Claremont-Diaz.
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Henry needs a plus-one for a wedding and he asks the local hot bartender to come with him. They stay at this inn where there’s only ONE bed. ✨
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24 Aug 2025
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“You’re shaking,” Henry whispered, thumb brushing his cheek. “Talk to me.”
Then—quiet, breathless, like it cost something—he said:
“I’ve never done this before.”
Henry blinked. “What—?”
“This.” Alex's voice cracked. “Sex. I’ve never… not with anyone.”aka the Virgin Alex Claremont Diaz agenda no one talks about.
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23 Aug 2025
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The Great Outdoors by beeaattrriicce
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
04 Jun 2025
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“Alex, love are you ready? I want to try and catch the sunset.” Henry calls from the bottom of the stairs where he and David pace waiting for Alex. A picnic basket in hand, inside a picnic blanket and a second throw blanket, charcuterie board of cheese, cold meats, fruits, nuts and whatever else Henry could find in the pantry and a bottle of 2009 Chateau Pontet Canet.
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Alex and Henry's picnic date takes a steamy turn. Will Alex be able to get through one page of The Song of Achilles?
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23 Aug 2025
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Henry and Alex are back at the lake house with their friends.
When they were here last year, Henry tried breaking his own fool heart. Leaving in the middle of the night in a panic after realizing that the boy he was dreaming about could actually love him back.
Thankfully Alex did not give up on him, on them, and Henry was so in love he could drown.
Or the soft epilogue we deserve as Alex takes Henry apart at the lake house.
Slowly. Methodically. Lovingly.
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23 Aug 2025
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i can see you (waiting down the hall for me) by goldenthunderstorms
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
28 Jun 2024
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Henry has a very convincing poker face, but Alex can tell he’s feeling similar. When Alex offers to take Henry’s empty glass with his own, effectively trapping Henry in his current conversation with no means of escape, Henry shoots Alex a look that Alex can only describe as a small, shaky dog stuffed in a handbag. Instead of subjecting himself to another ten minutes of small talk when he comes back, Alex leans in and informs Henry that he’s stepping out into the hall with a mostly-empty supply closet tucked just past the restrooms, punctuated with a firm squeeze to Henry’s ass.
Ten minutes later, Henry slips into the closet with a furtive glance over his shoulder, shutting the door silently behind him. He leans back against it, crossing his arms as he takes in Alex sitting on the ground, blazer thrown carelessly over the rung of a ladder in the corner. “Might I ask what was so urgent?”
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05 Nov 2024
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“I love you,” I said again. A desperate declaration, a challenge accepted, a stubborn truth bound to lead me nowhere but my own ruin. “And I know it’s madness, I know it’s impossibly foolish, but I can’t keep pretending I don’t feel what I feel.”
Alex took a step forward, then stopped. He looked at me with an expression that seemed ready to tear me apart, and honestly, I was already nearly in pieces. My legs trembled, and I feared I’d been unforgivably reckless.
“You can’t do this to me,” he whispered, like he was chewing over each word before letting it fall. “How am I supposed to go through with this wedding knowing that—”
He cut himself off, and as he did, so did my breathing.
“You’re going to be there beside me, at that altar, smiling as if you’re proud of me, but it won’t be real.”
“That brings us to the million-dollar question,” my voice sounded steadier than the shake in my hands would suggest. “Do you want me to leave?”
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What can possibly go wrong when you fall in love with your best friend?
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- Part 1 of Matter of timing
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05 Nov 2024