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“The queen wants to show that the Prince and the First Son are still deeply in love and committed to their countries.” Ellen swallows. “They want you to go on a tour of the Commonwealth together, to get the public to see those emails not as a sex scandal, but an invasion of privacy of a wholesome, loving relationship.”
“It was an invasion of privacy,” Alex says. He swallows. “Did they say what would happen if we say no?”
Ellen’s lips pinch tightly at the corners. “Then they will issue a full denial and Henry will tour the commonwealth himself.”
Alex doesn't hesitate. “Tell them we’ll do it. I’m not gonna let him do this alone."
It would kill him. Henry hates this shit. The public parading, the judgment. Having to do all of that, and deny who he is? Alex at least wants to be there, to hold his hand through it. Even if it's just as a friend.
It might kill Alex to pretend, but that’s a small price to pay to ensure Henry—his beautiful, vibrant, funny-as-hell, brilliant ex-not-quite-boyfriend—isn’t killed instead.
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or, the alex-never-goes-to-kensington-after-the-lake-house, exes-to-fake-dating-to-lovers fic.
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17 Jun 2024
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A shite in nining armor by phlebotinxm
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
22 May 2024
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The first few times are an accident —no matter how many times Pez insists that it’s not.
It’s not Henry’s fault that he’s never really had to cook for himself. After years of watching his father cook for him as a child, Henry had wrongfully imagined that the matter would be quite easy— when it was, in fact, not.
Proven by the fire brigade bursting down his door every now and then.
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In which Henry is trying to learn how to cook, and every terrible attempt amuses the sexy firefighter who saves him from burning down the entire building very much.
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- Part 9 of Looking for Orion (in every universe)
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29 May 2024
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I've Always Loved New York, Since Garlic Aioli by KingCaspianX
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
23 Mar 2024
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Alex would say that this date is going really, really well.
It hurts to admit because he now owes Nora a six-pack of beer, but he’ll happily swallow his pride if it means he gets to spend as much time as humanly possible with the cute librarian with the elbow patches who’d asked him out last week.
The cute librarian, Henry, is not wearing any elbow patches this evening, but is instead dressed in cream linen pants and a soft blue oversized shirt. There’s a slight sheen of sweat on his skin, on his collar bones, down his neck from the balmy New York air but instead of being gross, the way Alex probably is, it’s sinful. He’s glowing. Alex wants to lick his throat. Jesus, he could have sworn he was straight a minute ago.
Or, Henry asks Alex on a date. Alex, straight, accepts.
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22 Apr 2024
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the wrong place by congee4lunch
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
14 Mar 2024
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“I don’t want you, I don’t want anything to do with you, Alexander,” Henry breathes out, his breath ghosting over Alex’s lips. “I just want to feel good.”
“Perfect,” Alex grins. “I want the exact same thing, Fox.”
henry and alex hate each other. when they're forced to share a hotel room and a bed for a night, they fuck about it.
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08 Apr 2024
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Leave The World Better Than You Found It: A BONES AU by Treluna
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Bones (TV)
14 Jan 2024
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Zahra slaps a folder down on the desk in front of Alex, “The FBI is going to start working with the Kensingtonian Institute to assist with cold cases, and hopefully solve some of our more complex murders. They need an FBI agent, we need their scientific expertise. I’m assigning you because despite our many differences, you’re the best Agent I got.”
“Who will I be working with?” Alex’s mouth is already dry. He knows the answer, even before she tells him.
“Dr. Henry Fox.”
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08 Apr 2024
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Amazed at How We Talk (Once, Successfully) by sparklepocalypse
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
15 Oct 2023
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And, well. Fuck that guy. Alex isn’t about to rub elbows with people who can’t even stand to be in the same room as him.
Alex isn’t sulking when he sidles up to the bar and steals a man’s whisky. He also isn’t sulking when he obtains a second glass, this one neat. Or when he snags a large plate of canapés from one of the waitstaff and nonchalantly strolls out of the room.
(Movieverse; a riff on the trope that asks, What if Cakegate didn't happen?)
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- Part 15 of Kinktober 2023
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16 Mar 2024
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move fast (and keep quiet) by HypnosTheory
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
30 Sep 2023
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Henry’s smile goes slightly strained at the edges. In his ear, Nora hisses at Alex to walk away. He firmly ignores her. “What brings you here tonight, Foxy?”
Henry brushes Alex’s hand off him. “The same thing that brings us all here,” he answers. “Not only a girl’s best friend, after all.”
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Alex is a spy tasked with securing a case of diamonds being auctioned off by black market smugglers. Henry is a rival spy who happens to be tasked with receiving the same case of stones. When Henry wins the auction, Alex has to retrieve his target, no matter the cost.
(Day Four of First Prince Week - clandestine meetings.)
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- Part 4 of HypnosTheory's FirstPrince Week 2023
- Part 1 of keep my life in black and blue
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16 Mar 2024
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All the Lonely Starbucks Lovers by kiwiana
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
17 Jan 2024
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“That floor doesn’t look like it’s very comfortable on your knees, is all.”
Henry leans forward, scooping out a piece of brownie that got under the counter, somehow. “I wouldn’t worry about that—my knees are quite used to it, I assure you.”
A ringing silence follows this pronouncement, during which Henry focuses very hard on opening a trap door directly into hell with the power of his mind.
Or, five times Henry puts his foot in his mouth in front of his customer crush, and one time he
puts his dick in his customer crush's mouth insteaddoesn't.Bookmarked by penderghastly
04 Mar 2024
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might blow up in your pretty face by crybabie
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
14 Feb 2024
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“I see you liked my gift,” Alex’s voice was light, but lower than Henry had ever heard it. His belly swooped at the sound.
And then the words caught up with him.
“Gift?” He felt the color drain from his face and frantically reopened Snapchat to confirm his worst fucking nightmare: his most recent outgoing messages had been sent to Alex, and all of them had been opened already.
“Playing dumb doesn’t suit you,” Alex told him, still teasing, but he sounded muffled through the ringing in Henry’s ears. “I gotta say, I wasn’t expecting you to even acknowledge them, let alone send pictures. They look good on you.”
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or, the next box was indeed full of thongs :)
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28 Feb 2024
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“I’m English, dear,” Henry tells him, and fuck if the nickname isn’t doing something to Alex too. “Our national sport is rugby, and we play it with a lot less protective gear. Though,” he adds thoughtfully, “rugby players do wear mouth guards, which means they have the significant advantage of generally keeping all their teeth.”
“We wear mouth guards.” It’s a common misconception, and one that annoys the shit out of him. “And I’ve still got all my teeth. Wanna check?”
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- Part 1 of The Greatest Game In The Land
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30 Jan 2024
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It's Called Tact, Fuck-Rag! by largepeachicedtea
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
31 Oct 2023
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Texas had been an odd choice, some might say. Henry thinks it's perfect. College is a time to go crazy, after all.
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27 Nov 2023
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"Bulma caught the flash of panic on his face—like a cat who’d realized too late that his misstep was about to send him tumbling—right before she was struck by the unmistakable: Vegeta was sitting there, waiting for her." / Or: Bulma comes home late from a night on the town.
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04 Feb 2022
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My entry for the 2018 Vegebulocracy Big Bang Challenge! Woo.
Bulma’s a PhD student putting off familial responsibilities. Vegeta’s a rugby player who just wants to tackle people and stay out of the spotlight. When their drunken night makes the morning headlines, it threatens to ruin everything for both of them.
So they agree to fake-date for the tabloids. A perfect solution--so long as they don’t kill one another... or develop any pesky feelings first.
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12 Dec 2020
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For Every Action by AMidnightDreary for Rabentochter
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Iron Man (Movies), Thor (Movies)
23 Aug 2019
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The Aesir don't have doms or subs, at least not like the humans do, so Loki should neither want nor need a dom.
He is not an Aesir, though, and he wants Tony Stark. (Just a little reluctantly.)
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- Part 1 of Newton
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21 Oct 2019
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Grass and Gold by thisiswhatthewatergaveme
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, The Avengers (2012), Thor (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
13 Sep 2013
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He lands on Midgard, on Earth, in a time that isn't his, surrounded by hostiles with quick fists and quicker jaws, but he's done something incredible. Something impossible. And he meets warriors in spandex skins and a wizard who shoots lightning from his hands and Loki thinks, This is good, and the Avengers do their best to keep fragile secrets hidden.
(In which nobody does a time-travel spell quite like Loki does a time-travel spell.)
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21 Jul 2019
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Salt and Circles by usedupshiver
Fandoms: The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Iron Man - All Media Types
28 Mar 2015
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"They used to know better. Salt and circles and holy water and runes. And now? Nothing... Are they really this stupid?"
"I believe 'ignorant' is the word you're looking for, sir..."When Loki unwittingly summons a demon, the dark entity suddenly in possession of Loki's soul is pretty sure he can just have his way with the foolish mortal. Turns out the demon is both absolutely right - and completely wrong.
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21 Jul 2019
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For his crimes, Loki’s punishment began in a lonely and endless winter. For Tony’s sacrifice, his imprisonment began with a rescue.
A story of ugliness and beauty, inside and out, and learning what the word ‘monster’ really means.
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21 Jul 2019
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“Charles is basically the bride whisperer. It’s like he can read their minds.” (wedding planner AU)
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29 Jun 2019
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"Shh ... Don't make a noise." Tony skimmed his fingers up Loki's thigh, his blunt fingernails teasing, making Loki aware of every inch of his own skin. "You wouldn't want somebody to hear you and walk in on us, would you?"
For a second, Loki's mind snagged on the idea, but he didn't have the time to ponder because Tony bit his neck where it connected with his shoulder, right where it hurt. Right where Loki loved it.
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16 Jun 2019
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Trying to Leave the Ground by barricadeur
Fandoms: Les Misérables - All Media Types, Les Misérables - Victor Hugo, Les Misérables - Schönberg/Boublil, Les Misérables (2012)
12 Feb 2013
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It's funny, Grantaire thinks, what you can learn about a person through semi-regular sex. (Or, a relationship in flux.)
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03 Jun 2019