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Since I Memorized Your Face by chamel for stutteringpeach
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
23 Dec 2024
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“Oxford, like twenty years ago—” Twenty-one, actually. “I was there for a term abroad. We had a class together.” Alex huffs a disbelieving laugh and pushes a hand back through his curls. “We, uh, well. There was that party after final exams…”
“I’m so sorry, I don’t recall that one” Henry lies, flashing an apologetic smile. “I don’t remember the details of most of those uni parties these days.”
(Twenty years ago, Henry met—and let go of—his soulmate. Now he's in his 40s, with a new job in a new city, and certainly not expecting said soulmate to come barreling into his life again. A small white lie seems like the simplest way to keep things from getting awkward, but real life has a way of getting complicated.)
12/23: New holiday epilogue added!
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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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24 Sep 2025
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icarus and all that by brewrosemilk
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
19 Oct 2024
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Alex should have his license revoked. Alex should be locked up—imprisoned, for the rest of his fucking life.
His Royal Highness, Prince Henry of Wales is on his massage table, innocently praising his massage techniques—if he sounds like a fucking pornstar doing it, that's all on Alex. Stripped of context, most massage-induced moans could probably be passed off as something a lot more explicit—it’s just that he’s already on his metaphorical knees for this man, and he’s so beautiful, and he’s giving him so much—the moans have been continuous for a while, and now, so are the words, and his praise kink is rearing its ugly head to the point where his head is getting just a little bit cloudy—and the dimmed lights completely erase any clinical atmosphere—it’s all so cozy, and so warm, and so… pornographic.
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19 Feb 2025
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In the sci-fi smash-hit movie Binary Light, Dev Creehil (played by Alex Claremont-Diaz) and Qindeli (played by Henry Fox) go from enemies to reluctant allies to friends. While a legion of on-line fans believe that arc should have included a ‘to lovers’ at the end, the behind the scenes truth is that the lead actors stayed firmly enemies to enemies throughout filming.
Fresh off a brutal breakup, Alex is back for the sequel and back to dealing with Henry—the asshole Hollywood nepo baby who has failed to conceal his disdain for Alex ever since their first chemistry read. In the script the shippers will finally be getting what they’ve always wanted, but, as some of Henry’s ice begins to thaw, what Alex wants has become decidedly more confusing.
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12 Nov 2024
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When he opens his eyes he’s no longer in Brooklyn.
To be fair, that’s the least pressing issue at the moment. Top of that list would be the absolutely excruciating pain in forearm and, oh yeah, the fact that people are shooting at him.
(Well past the age where most people have swapped bodies with their soulmate, Alex has all but given up on the idea that he might have one. But when he suddenly swaps in the middle of a rooftop chase and finds himself caught up in a deadly game of cat and mouse, he quickly discovers how far he's willing to go to save his soulmate's life.)
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29 Oct 2024