17 Works by mttsn
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The first time Henry points it out, it surprises no one. Not even the class president who's a stickler for rules. Pez, though, the resident all-seeing and all-knowing sherpa, only grins as she gestures vaguely about the whereabouts of a certain Alexander Gabriel Claremont-Diaz.
Basically the thought was the five times Henry thinks Alex is a frat boy and the one time he learns about the truth.
And I lost the thought process for this over a month and weeks of not writing. But. I wanted to post this just to see if I could maintain not rusting. So. Please? enjoy? (Let me know if this was nice or lacking I guess.)
Title is from 18 by Anarbor.
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Those Eggs Aren't Dippy by mttsn for raysletters
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
01 Jan 2024
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This guy, Henry, Alex remembers hearing that earlier, was now widening his eyes in bits while his mouth continued saying words Alex isn't quite registering at the moment. Alex is almost convinced he could watch and hear this man talk forever and he’d never get tired of it.
“Would you want to be my fake boyfriend then?”
Those words register to Alex perfectly.
“Do I look gay to you?” Is the first thing Alex ever says back to Henry.
Or (prompt): Henry and Alex don't know each other, except they end up fake-dating for the chance to buy their favorite pastry at their local coffee shop, who is apparently now selling said pastry ONLY on a promo combo for couples.
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An ongoing collection of 100-word drabbles written according to the Brownstone server's prompts.
Title is from 100 Years by Five For Fighting.
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“Yo, you sleepy?”
Takahiro meant to say that no, he isn't. That Issei looks stupid with his hair messed up like that. That he should be asking Issei that, with the bags under his eyes speaking for themselves.
Instead, what comes out is, “I miss you.”
It would be so easy to take the opportunity now.
But still, Takahiro is terrified of ruining things.
Or: Takahiro has graduation blues, and Issei makes him feel better, but things don't just end there.
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Love Songs in the Key of Liam by mttsn
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
30 Oct 2023
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It's fucked. He's fucked — Liam, that is.
There was no way this was going to work. Ever. What's the next worst thing to growing up closeted in a typically close-minded neighbourhood? Probably developing a crush on your best friend who lives in said neighbourhood.
(Or: The five times love songs reminded Liam of his now estranged best friend, and the one time it reminded him of someone else.)
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It takes Alex a good amount of time to realise; sometimes love just isn't enough to keep the world going, even if he desperately wanted it to.
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"How long?"
That, he can answer. "A year or so." He croaks out, not really wanting to strain himself any further.
(Or: Another Hanahaki AU to add to the tags.)
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"Of course, love, but would you love yourself if you were a worm?"
This visibly stumps Alex. If the way his mouth just opened for a rebuttal and coming up empty is anything to go by.
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“Hey.” Alex says, just for the sake of saying something, the silence between them wasn’t stifling but he didn’t want to risk their interaction coming to an end just because he’s not engaging enough. Henry gives him a sideways glance. “Teach me how to do that.”
“Do what?”
“That. The shotgun.” For a moment, Alex briefly considers how idiotic that probably sounded to Henry. It wasn’t a hard task to mimic, but Alex had long thrown out his composure out the fences of Pez’s house when Henry put the goddamn stick into his mouth.
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To say Ian was relieved when he hears Mickey confirm how he did not, in fact, get his soulmate mark just a couple days after coming of age would be a huge understatement.
(Or: Soulmate marks only show up when the younger of the pair turns nineteen– which isn’t uncommon, to say the least.)
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i'll be happy (just to have known you) by mttsn
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
03 Oct 2023
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Henry resigns himself to the reality that Alex—albeit distant and unattainable—still managed to break through his dismal world and grant him a light he never imagined was still possible to exist.
This was enough. This was more than he'd ever expected for himself.
It was the universe's way of extending an olive branch in response to the cards he'd been dealt with. He'd be stupid not to take it.
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"Bye David."
David's head snaps back to Alex's direction, eyebrows furrowed ever so slightly you'd think it wasn't even there. Alex, having just removed his glasses again as he yawns once more, doesn't see it.
David takes a couple seconds before slightly shaking his head, like he's just imagining something and is now actively wiping the thought away. He opens the door before he responds. "Bye Alex."
(Or: The five times Alex unintentionally calls Henry by his dog’s name, and the one time he does it on purpose.)
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no question (he'll hold your heart if you let him) by mttsn
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
29 Sep 2023
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June doesn't think much about it at first, putting the box along the pile, but she belatedly realises what it is and gets an idea.
A satisfied grin makes its way onto her lips when she finally finds it, an edition of Astrotalk that detailed star sign compatibilities. June doesn't open the magazine all the way to the Libra section, stopping short at someone else's instead.
(Or: June finds a box that contained one of her teenage fixations and goes through it for old time's sake.)
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Once, in a much worse place before all of this; Alex had worked for someone with one side of his office overflowing with books. He'd read all sorts of things there: Anatomy, selected works in philosophy, Oliver Twist, war hero accounts, law. Anything he could get a hold of in the dark, really. Among those books were a bible.
There's a passage there that stuck— something he'd only read past but had barraged into the walls of Alex's mind three years ago, Book of Jeremiah, chapter 17, verse 9: The heart is more deceitful than anything else and is desperate. Who can know it?
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It's kind of out of character for Ian, really, he's always careful about not blurting out or doing shit that tapped into his feelings on the brunette, around the very subject of his affections. Has been, in fact, for the last two years and counting.
Not that it got any easier to maintain, there are always slip ups (Exhibit A: right here, right now), but that's solely his problem.
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Issei struggles through a bad mental health night, Takahiro breezes him through the tail end of it.
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Matsukawa Issei is not much of a sentimental person, save for special occasions where he has no choice but to reminisce.