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  1. Public Bookmark 75

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    There’s a weight in his chest, something warm and precious. He’d call it relief, but that feels too upending. Call it hope, and that feels too restricting.

    He might—

    Well.

    He might call it happy.

    --

    or, Henry moves into the brownstone.

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    09 Dec 2025

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    Alex wants and Henry gives.

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    08 Dec 2025

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    "You want me at a ball?"

    "I want you with me as often as possible," Henry says, immediately, as if it's obvious. Maybe it is. "But yes, it would be nice to have you there. I'm not necessarily actively trying to anger my grandmother, which you being there might, but... Well, she hasn't exactly extended an invitation but I have just as much right as anyone to bring a date and--"

    "Baby." Henry's rambling stops short on what nearly sounds like a gasp, and Alex grins to himself. Sometimes, his boyfriend is too easy. "Do you want me there?"

    "Yes."

    "Then I'll be there."

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    or, Henry wants Alex at a ball and Alex is anxious about it.

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    02 Dec 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 99

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    "He pushes up on his toes to kiss Henry, who returns the kiss immediately, greedily, tongue brushing against his in a way that makes Alex's brain short circuit just as much as it did a year ago.

    A year ago.

    It still does something to him, stirs something deep inside him that makes his entire body feel like pure mush. It's a memory burned so bright in his mind - cold air, a buzz in his veins, a tree in a quiet garden, fingers gripping his face, soft lips against his.

    The night his world turned on its axis and shifted toward Henry, altering his path and forever tilting him closer."

    Or, Alex and Henry on New Year's Eve, one year after their first, and Alex wants it to be special.

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    02 Dec 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 79

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    Henry is quiet for a long moment, but his arms stay wrapped around Alex and his fingers are tracing tiny patterns into the small of his back and he's really about to start crying.

    Lips brush against his forehead. "I love you, Alex."

    It's all he says, but the words are tender and unmistakable, and they settle into all the exhausted parts of Alex's brain, pushing out all the dark thoughts and replacing them with Henry, just Henry. And he does cry then, a small sob slipping from him because God, he doesn't deserve Henry but he'll never stop being grateful for him. Henry's arms are steady and strong and Alex feels home there, every time.

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    02 Dec 2025