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    Now that his mother was in her second term, Alex was in a position to do more now than ever before – as long as he kept trending, and he maintained his favor with the public, and made sure he was still the golden boy people wanted him to be.

    He wasn’t allowed to be ungrateful. He wasn’t allowed to move away from girls with Claremont-Holleran pins on their shirts who put their hands in the back pocket of his jeans on election night, or actresses who grabbed his chin and pulled him in for a kiss on New Year’s, or journalists with a soft spot for his father’s policies coaxing him into a hot tub on the campaign trail when he was barely old enough to vote himself.

    After all, Alex belonged to America. All of him.

    Sometimes, he wasn’t sure if Henry had figured that out yet.

    Or: After a night out, Henry realizes exactly how Alex feels about belonging to his country.

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    17 Nov 2025

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    Alex and Henry have been neighbors since they were eight and nine. From juice boxes and Batman costumes to sneaking in eachothers windows for sleepovers, their friendship weathers everything — loss, distance, growing pains, and the terrifying, beautiful truth of falling in love with your best friend.

    This is a story of years gone by filled with movie nights that turn into love letters, of stargazing confessions and time capsules buried in backyards, of two boys who choose each other — again and again, through every version of themselves.

    “I met my soulmate when I was eight years old,”
    “And nothing, not an ocean, not time, not anything you’re afraid of, will ever make me let you go.”

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    01 Nov 2025

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    Acclaimed mystery novelist Alex Claremont-Diaz is fresh off his latest bestseller and lacking inspiration when Detective Henry Fox brings him in for questioning about a murder. Suddenly, Alex has all the inspiration he needs for a brand-new set of books and Henry has a brand-new and unlikely tagalong. (and maybe, eventually, something much more.)

    or, the Castle AU.

    COMPLETE AS OF 10/5/24

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    24 Oct 2025

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    Genuinely one of the best things I’ve ever read

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    Six months ago, Alex broke Henry’s heart silently, permanently, or so he thought.

    Now Henry’s back in New York for one week. Just one. A training rotation. A hospital wing. A life he almost had.

    He isn’t supposed to wander.

    He isn’t supposed to find the oncology floor.

    He isn’t supposed to find Alex thin, pale, sleeping in a bed with a wristband and a diagnosis no one deserves.

    But he does. And everything changes.

    Now Henry is no longer the doctor.

    He’s the man who never stopped loving him.

    And Alex (the man who tried to let him go) is still wearing the scars of that choice.

    This is not a story of endings.

    It’s a story of staying. Of softness. Of sleeping beside the person who still calls you *baby* even when they’re too weak to open their eyes.

    Of whispered I love yous and second chances.

    Of fighting like hell to come home.

    Because Henry Fox was always his. And Alex? He was always, always Henry’s.

    “You’re still mine,” *Henry whispered.

    “Even after everything?”

    “Especially after everything.”

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    11 Oct 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    This destroyed me and then put me back together. Beautiful.

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    Lost and caught in a sudden snow storm, all Arthur can think about is keeping Merlin safe and warm. With no way to start a fire, things aren't looking good. If only Merlin would trust Arthur enough to use his magic. If only Merlin could stay awake.

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    01 Oct 2025