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Please Don't Let Me Be So Understood by chamel for celeritas2997
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
09 Aug 2023
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“I’m glad you both see it that way,” Dr. Chen says. Then she closes her notebook and folds her hands on top of it. “I think I’m starting to get a sense of where the issues lie. The good news is that you’re both here, and you’re both willing to work on this relationship. That’s promising. Not all of the couples I see are even at that point.”
“Sorry, what?” Henry says, voicing Alex’s stuttering thoughts as well.
(After one too many fights at work, Henry and Alex are assigned mandatory reconciliation therapy by their boss. Except the therapist thinks they're there for couples therapy... and surely, a bet on who will break first makes more sense than actually correcting her, right?)
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Bookmarked by polysemeee
22 Sep 2025
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So good! I love office!aus and therapy (you didn’t hear that from my therapist whom I ghosted)
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close like a heartbeat is close to the chest by smc_27
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
26 Sep 2025
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The first time Henry sees Alex race, his brain can’t understand what he’s seeing. He’s 14 and Alex is 13, and Alex is smaller than everyone, but so much more confident and brave.
He pushes Philip wide and overtakes on the last lap, pushing the throttle down on his kart to cross the finish line a full second ahead of Philip.
“He’s bloody reckless!” Philip shouts, ripping his helmet off once he’s out of his kart. Like second is unacceptable.
Henry stops watching Alex celebrate.
Philip’s hair looks dumb.
Their dad laughs, dropping an arm around Philip’s shoulder. “He’s not. He just beat you.” He looks over at Alex. Henry looks, too, taking any excuse he can. “We’ll have to watch out for him.”
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Bookmarked by polysemeee
27 Sep 2025
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Not one bit interested in F1 but here we are, imagining this story vividly
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“Bleeding.” Claire brings her chubby little hand up to point at his forehead.
Henry touches his cold fingers to his forehead, realizing the bandage he’d placed over his eyebrow has been bled through. He thinks he’s got more in the center console. He hopes.
“Daddy’s alright,” he assures her, finally snapping the buckle together over her puffy pink coat. He gives her the best smile he can muster. “Ready to go for a drive?”
Claire nods at him, big blue eyes inquisitive as he palms her hair, thumb brushing blonde locks off her forehead. “Where’s we goin’?”
“Somewhere better,” he says, and closes the back door tight.
-young single father henry fox leaves in the middle of the night with his daughter in the hopes of finding a better life for them both-
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- Part 1 of tiny hands universe
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Bookmarked by polysemeee
01 Oct 2025
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So good it gave me sniffles and butterflies and yearning and a child fever and a hollow spot in my chest
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by the book light by 0npurpose
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
22 Sep 2024
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Whilst checking on his children before heading to bed, Henry finds his youngest son reading on the floor by his night light.
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A short lil drabble :)
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- Part 2 of 0npurpose's kidfics
- Part 8 of Henry POV
Bookmarked by polysemeee
05 Nov 2024
Bookmarker's Notes
My heart aches for this in a good way. I love reading healthy parents-children dynamic.
Also, I missed staying awake til midnight just to finish a book!
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We Will Still Be Here Tomorrow by pridepages
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
06 Nov 2024
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"The map bleeds like an open wound—red seeps in a sickening spill..."
Alex watches the results of a grim election. Henry watches Alex. As all seems lost, they reach out to each other to find hope.
Bookmarked by polysemeee
09 Nov 2024
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I had hoped to remember November 6th as the day we could celebrate the first woman President of the USA. I guess, they are not yet ready for that.
While it has been heartbreaking, disappointing, enraging, and betraying, I’d still like to believe in and stand for good. I will still rage. I will still sing.
Thankful for this author who came that day with this warm hug. I wish someone made pancakes for me, though.