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    I don't care to beg your pardon, we should live until we die.

    Henry and Alex set out to build a life for themselves. Through tragedy, through joy, together against all odds.

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    Single parent Alex has everything going for him - he's got a good job with the Okonjo House Shelter in New York. His son Frankie has just started school. And he has enough free time to take on some pro-bono cases with Luna & Westbrook.

    Henry, single and not quite ready to mingle (thank you very much), crushes from afar until a baby is left with the Okonjo House Shelter. More precisely: with Henry. Who doesn't know much about babies, to be fair. Lucky for him, he knows a pretty competent single dad.

    Navigating parenthood, self-discovery, and self-worth, can Alex and Henry find the same orbit?

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    Alex’s mornings start the same way now.

    Once, in law school, it would have been: wake up, consume enough caffeine to fund a small country, get in a last minute cram, and maybe kiss his then-girlfriend goodbye to get in extra time in the library.

    Priorities are different now.
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    Infants, Henry knows, have cries designed to make sure they are noticed because they need other humans to help the person who’s given birth. This is a thing that Henry knows, it’s something the shelter learned in getting qualified for him and Pez to qualify as a Safe Haven in New York.

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    08 Feb 2025

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    Living at sea has never been Alex’s idea of a good time.

    But then again, coming home to an absent father and a work-driven mother when he was barely pushing 14 had changed every single thing he’d ever believed until then, and it’s no surprise to see that his life has escaped him a little in the last few years–to say the least.

    Growing up, Alex had always wanted to do big things. Being a castaway on a desert island was never one of them.

    The merman!Henry fic nobody asked for.

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    01 Jan 2025

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    still crying i love this so much jkdfslkfjslkjfölfjlskglsd

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    Pez blows into his hands and rubs them together to warm them. “Listen. Just… whatever happens in there, say yes, alright?”

    “I don’t follow,” Henry says, his brow furrowing. “Say yes to what?”

    “Whatever opportunity comes knocking,” Pez says breezily. “You forget, I’ve seen your messages. The booze is flowing tonight, and everyone’s got their best fit on – so opportunity will knock, and you will say yes.”

    (A movieverse New Year's Eve fix-it that started as crack and turned into crack taken seriously. With dancing. And smut. Like... a lot of smut.)

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    18 Jan 2025

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    FAVORITE 💖 forever a nye read

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    “Are you hurt? Is someone else hurt? Is there something in the papers?”

    Alex’s eyes widened. “Oh god, no, no, not at all. I’m so sorry, everything’s fine, this is so fucking stupid—”

    Henry took a deep breath. He placed the coffee mug on the desk and strode across the room. He was slightly interrupted by David’s yelp, but after nudging the dog to the side, he pulled Alex into a tight hug. Alex clung to him like a lifeline.

    “It’s not stupid,” Henry murmured into Alex’s shoulder. “I promise it’s not.”

    Alex shook in his arms.

     

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    For the first time, Alex is really learning about LGBTQ+ history. It packs quite the punch.

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    17 Jan 2025

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    absolutely remarkable tattoo this entire work on my body i love it so much it's actually unreal

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    bestman!henry, and weddingplanner!alex.

    In which Philip is getting married and asks Henry to be his best man. Henry very reluctantly agrees, but what he absolutely does not agree to is being the one stuck dealing with all of the tasks that Philip “simply does not have time for.”

    The one thing that his brother did manage to do was hire a wedding planner, Alex, who's not only extremely charming and, well…much too handsome than what should be considered humanly possible but who, for some reason, seems to be doing everything in his power to make the situation more bearable for Henry. What starts out as a bond over their mutual annoyance with Philip and his outrageous requests turns into something completely unexpected and much deeper, and for once, Henry might just have to indulge himself.

    or: henry and alex plan a wedding together and just might find love of their own along the way ♥️

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    04 Dec 2024

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    read: ❌
    tbr <3