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a wrinkle in time (like the crease by your eyes) by theprinceandagcd for energie_vie
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
07 Mar 2025
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November 16, 2021; 8:13AM.
The date and time have been burned into Alex’s memory for as long as they’ve been tattooed on the inside of his wrist.
On the morning following his eighteenth birthday, the artificial intelligence spit out that configuration within seconds of reading his genetic code. It was so quick that even the tester was shocked, blinking at the numbers that etched themselves onto Alex’s skin.
“Your soul match is probably really strong,” she explained, smiling warmly at him.
Once outside the looming gray building, Alex stared at the freshly inked dark lines. The abnormally warm spring sun shining on the top of his head made him squint, but the date and time were easy to see. On that day, the predestined moment was still five and a half years away. It seemed like ages for Alex; patience had never been one of his virtues.
Alex pressed his fingertips to the mark and felt his tenacious pulse hammering away beneath it. It was as if his heart was overcome with euphoria, thrilled to know that Alex’s soulmate was out there, somewhere.
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- Part 9 of Dr. Alex's 1000 Subs Celebration
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12 Jul 2026
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The Consequences of Falling by greygreta (GretchenAgape)
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
09 Jul 2026
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To win over one of Washington's most formidable political strategists, Alex Gabriel Claremont-Diaz comes up with the worst idea of his life: Pose as Henry Fox's escort.
Hidden behind fake names, closed hotel doors, and campaign secrets, they keep meeting for reasons that become harder and harder to explain.
By the time the truth comes out, the greatest mistake either of them made may not have been the deception but falling for each other.
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- Part 15 of Firstprince Short Stories
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12 Jul 2026
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home was a dream ('til you came along) by paintingadream
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
08 Aug 2025
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Divorce lawyer Alex went to his sister’s wedding to drink, snark, and quietly confirm that marriage is a huge scam. Then he meets Henry Fox: the attractive, sincere venue owner who cracks his cynical shell.
Between stolen moments and rejections, Alex has to face the truth; he might have been wrong about love all along.
“If he’d let his fears win, Alex would have missed this. This man. This soft, sunlit version of himself. He would have missed every bloom.”
Or; the one where a divorce lawyer and a wedding venue owner fight it, fear it, and fall in love anyway.
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12 Jul 2026
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Campus Cassanova, Please Advise by paintingadream
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
05 Dec 2025
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Alex's bisexuality still feels shiny and new after a winter break of discoveries. Henry Fox has... a reputation. Alex has an idea of how to fix his lack of experience.
The plan is foolproof.
Until Henry says no.
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11 Jul 2026
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The email was meant for someone else. Henry doesn't know that.
Alex figues he can fake it. A few dates, an easy out, no harm done. But the pretending stops feeling like pretend. And the line between truth and lie keeps blurring. The house of cards will fall eventually. The only question is what it will cost when it does.
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11 Jul 2026
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Alex snorts and shakes his head. “Bullshit. Ok, I can’t know for sure since this is the first time we’re actually witnessing Tyrannosaurus behaviour, but I can just tell, you know?” he says with an emphatic gesture. “What they’re doing has all the hallmarks of mating behaviour. I’m certain that if we gave them an egg, they’d raise it together.”
“So, what you’re telling me is that my family has unwittingly created a lesbian dinosaur utopia.”
“I mean… yeah, you could certainly put it that way,” Alex allows.
Henry laughs, practically giddy. “I think that may be the best thing I’ve heard all year.”
(After spending too many years writing internal memos, Henry's looking forward to his new assignment: writing educational materials for an unprecedented theme park that promises to change the world. He's also not complaining about the fact that he'll have to work in close proximity to the park's scorching hot chief paleontologist, Dr. Alex Claremont-Diaz. After a rocky start, they find common ground and a successful partnership in helping protect the park's residents—until an unexpected tropical storm and a security shutdown leaves them fighting for their lives.)
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06 Jul 2026
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Hot Cheese Guy by jafffacakes for ninzied
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
23 Sep 2025
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Alex looks up at the wall of cheese in front of him, wide-eyed and overwhelmed.
“Excuse me,” a polite voice next to him says, all posh and fancy. The owner of that voice could probably tell the difference between brie and camembert without needing to read the label. “You're in front of the Manchego.”
Alex glances to his left, to match a face to the accent. It's a very nice accent, and an even nicer face, framed by dark blonde hair that swoops perfectly over his left brow.
Hot Cheese Guy has obviously come straight from work, some kind of office job judging by his tie and button-up, but he’s shed a layer of uptight rigidity somewhere along his commute. The top button is undone, the tie knot loosened around his Adam's apple, and his cufflinks removed so he could roll his sleeves. He looks professional, but relaxed, and Alex is fucking into it.
He sneaks a look at the contents of Hot Cheese Guy’s basket. He's got chorizo wrapped in paper from the in-store deli, cage-free eggs, this rustic olive-riddled sourdough that looks delicious, and what appears to be artisan dog food, full of vegetables and bone broth.
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Alex asks a hot stranger for help while buying cheese.
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05 Jul 2026
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Ellen walks around the desk to stand directly in front of him. “You’re not a carpenter, Fox. You’re a ranger. If we’re all going down anyway, wouldn’t you rather go down fighting? Not cowering behind a wall?”
Henry bristles, the words striking a nerve. “I gave you my answer,” he says, jutting his chin out defensively. “I’m sorry you wasted your trip here.”
He’s about halfway to the door by the time she speaks again.
“He needs you, Henry.”
Henry freezes.
“What are you talking about?” he says, slowly turning around to face her. There’s no question of who she is referring to — but that person made it clear long ago that he doesn’t need anything from Henry.
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Henry and Alex were best friends in the jaeger pilot training program, until misunderstandings and miscommunications drove them apart. In the final days of the war against the kaiju, can they put their differences aside and find a way to work together again to save the world?
Pacific Rim AU (that you do not need to have seen the movie to follow), completed and posted in full!
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05 Jul 2026
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Step Out (Face The Sunshine) by MayQueen517
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
28 Jan 2025
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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.- Language:
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05 Jul 2026
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The Curious Case of H.J. Fox (and his string of increasingly attractive exes) by dazedandconfused
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
22 Sep 2025
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On an unseasonably cold August day, journalist Alexander Claremont-Diaz decides to delve into the life of a highly elusive poet. Known for his vague poems and even vaguer marketing strategies, it takes cunning, persistence, and a healthy dose of wit to get to the bottom of the ocean that is Henry James Fox.
Luckily, Alex has always been a good swimmer.
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05 Jul 2026
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Unlike Anyone I Have Ever Known by starry_pisces
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
24 Jun 2026
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“Good morning, sweetheart. I guess I should explain a little.
It seems as though you’ve upset the gods. I’m not going to pry. Your business is your own. Still, in doing so they’ve banished you to my island.
Ogygia is hidden, cursed to be unplottable and undiscoverable. No mortal can find it without divine intervention. And once you’re here, only divine intervention will allow you to leave.
I’m sorry. Truly. No one deserves this. But I hope that I can make your time here easy, and peaceful.
If you ever need anything, anything at all, just say it out loud. I'll hear you, and if it's within my power, I'll get it for you.
-Alex”
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26 Jun 2026
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Somewhere Between the Static by mae, onthewaytosomewhere (mae)
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
17 Jun 2026
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A routing error at a phone fantasy service keeps connecting Alex and Henry instead of the callers they're supposed to be talking to.
What starts off as intrigue and professional interest quickly turns into the best part of their nights.
Between rising flirtation, swapping secrets, and talking way after their shifts are over, they form something neither thought they'd gain from the job. A bond, friendship, and maybe something that feels dangerously like love.
Only catch is Alex and Henry have no idea who the other person really is. That is until they find out that they literally live across the courtyard from each other—neighbors this whole time.
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17 Jun 2026
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but we were something by takasugi1024
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
11 Jun 2026
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just two emotionally repressed idiots making questionable decisions
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12 Jun 2026
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whenever you're ready by perfect-porcelain (tedddylupin)
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
01 Jun 2020
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“Pez. Please, will you stop tagging me in TikTok thirst traps?” Henry asked as he stepped into his friend’s car.
Pez lowered his Gucci sunglasses on his nose, looking at Henry without anything obscuring his vision and just laughed before pushing them back up with his middle finger. “Don’t fucking lie to me, I know you love them.”
Or: the one where Henry falls in lust with a TikToker making pottery and leaves drunken thirst comments
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30 May 2026
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(it didn’t fit in any rooms) by ninzied
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
02 May 2026
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Some might find this part of the job tedious, but Henry enjoys it most of the time. It’s a welcome change to the rigors of fieldwork: some peace and quiet over tea, maybe a nice book or two while he’s at it.
The peace and quiet, though, are key. And Henry has frankly known neither of those things since entering this particular safe house.
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a witness protection aka just another roommates au
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04 May 2026
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Put Your Money on Me by thisbeandpyramus (larrysgoldenhabits)
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
13 Jun 2026
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Henry Fox has spent most of his career being invisible. As a freelance choreographer in London, he’s content to stay behind the scenes and create art for other people to perform — until a job offer pulls him to the other side of the Atlantic to salvage a rising pop star’s tour.
Alex Claremont-Diaz went from covering Queen songs in dive bars to selling out entire venues in the span of one viral moment, and he’s not about to let anyone forget it. He’s charismatic, relentless, and seems determined to make Henry’s job on the tour as difficult as possible. Unfortunately Alex is also a brilliant performer, and Henry can’t help but be drawn into his orbit.
After a lost bet, Henry finds himself not only choreographing Alex’s upcoming music video, but also starring in it. When a reckless off-script kiss derails any remaining sense of professionalism between the two of them, Henry begins to suspect he’s choreographed himself into something he can’t easily dance his way out of.
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30 Apr 2026
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The Angel (North London Forever) by Husbands_Wine
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
06 May 2026
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Alex Claremont-Diaz has been a mediocre right-winger for Chelsea FC for four years. His lack of playtime, only exacerbated by a recent injury, gets him sent on a temporary loan to Arsenal, the home of his enemy, and star striker, Henry Fox. For years, the two have not gotten along, but they play so well together on the field. Clearly, there’s chemistry here…
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23 Apr 2026
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The Shine in Your Eyes by loyermoto2024
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
08 May 2026
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In Hollywood, everything has its place. Everyone has a role to play.
For the agents behind the industry’s most powerful names, the work is never just one client, one deal, or one carefully managed narrative—it’s all of them, at once.
Alex Claremont-Diaz and Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor are very good at their jobs. They are not supposed to be on the same side.
When two of the industry’s most bankable stars can no longer keep their relationship contained, the fallout is only part of the story. Some things can be controlled. Others have a way of escalating.
And sometimes, control is the first thing to slip.
A Hollywood agent AU
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16 Apr 2026
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if you won't leave then i will by kaazara
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
09 May 2026
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Alex sees the second Henry makes his decision. He sees him look past Alex’s curls, to the gilded mirror on the other side of his room. He sees him release a tiny, earth-shattering sigh.
“Leave.” Henry says, his voice a whisper. His eyes are fixed on the oriental rug beneath their feet.
Frost licks its way over Alex’s heart. Dread. “Henry–”
“Alex.” Henry’s looking at him now, eyes red-rimmed and so, so dull. Alex, unforgivably, wants to kiss them.
“Leave,” Henry says, and his voice is cold as stone, cold as Alex’s heart, and Alex snaps his mouth shut and turns on his heel.
He flees.__
Eight years after Henry tells Alex to get out of his life, Alex is fine. He’s great, actually: He’s a state representative for the 46th district of Texas, and he’s running a record-breaking campaign to be the youngest Texan senator of all time— and certainly the most progressive one. He’s done a lot of good work. He’s helped a lot of good people. He’s doing what he’s supposed to do.
Everyone else in his life seems to disagree, but Alex knows that, really, he’s absolutely fine.
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09 Mar 2026
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Onto You by dazedandconfused
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
29 Jan 2026
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Alex has entered the Badlands, only to find that Henry isn't there. Giving up isn't an option for Alex, though everyone else seems more than willing to accept their fate. His quest will take him to new places, new acquaintances - and in his search for the man he loves, he'll find that nothing is as he thought it would be.
Not even himself.
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- Part 2 of Into Oblivion, Onto You
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12 Feb 2026