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Eternal Summer by aboutdemots
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
17 Aug 2025
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For as long as he can remember, Henry has always hated summer.
But then, he goes on a retreat for an undecided amount of time to this little idyllic seaside town, in a lovely private cottage, to write his second novel.
But then, unexpectedly, he meets Alex during an early and hot Saturday morning in July. And, he does the one thing he promised himself he will never do to protect his own heart. He falls hopelessly head over heels in love with him over the weeks. Along the way, trough fear and pain, he slowly but surely realizes that love might not be the worst feeling in the world after all.
It might even be the thing that makes him feel whole again.
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Please, stay by aboutdemots
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
10 Jan 2025
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Henry tells him he’s been on a date with another guy. Alex tries to be genuinely interested and happy for him, even though heart is dropping at the bottom of his stomach when Henry informs him that maybe they will see each other again soon.
And Alex is slowly dying from the inside.
“Are you sure you’re alright?” Henry asks him while they eat dinner in front of the television with Empire Strikes Back playing in the background. “You’ve been oddly quiet this evening. And it’s your favorite movie,” he says as he points to the screen with his fork. “This is usually the part where you want to prove to me in many, argumentative ways how wrong I am about my preference for Return of the Jedi.”
Alex swallows around the words that are dangerously burning on his tongue. He wants to tell them. He wants to scream his heart out until every little noise in his head quiets down to nothing, until he feels like he can finally breathe again.
I'm scared to lose our friendship but love you, I love you so much and with all my being and it might very well burn me alive one day.
(Or, Alex is in madly love with his friend Henry and has to watch and suffer as he goes on different dates.)
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You're the way to my heart by aboutdemots
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
26 Oct 2024
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“You need to tell him how you feel already. You can’t secretly pine like a Victorian maiden after one of the most handsome men on earth and never say a word to him about it.”
“I don’t want to ruin what we have,” Henry answers, but he’s not looking at Percy.
“What if you don’t though?” Pez argues behind him, in his back. “What if it’s a thing you both want but are too bloody stupid and dense to finally admit it to each other?”
“And what if it’s not? What, then? I can’t take that risk. I don’t want to lose him.”Because that’s the thing. The problem, really. Henry is head over heels in love with Alex. It’s all so easy to let his guard down and be his true, authentic self around him, he hadn’t meant for this to happen, for his stupid feelings to come in the way of their friendship. But, he’s been in love ever since he first saw Alex at the bar all those months ago, surrounded by lights and a dazzling smile that made his way straight to his chest.
From this very moment, Henry has had many more reasons as to why he’s falling hopelessly for a man he would probably never have the way he wants to.
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Let me be a dreamer by aboutdemots
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
11 Oct 2024
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They meet at a coffee shop.
Henry knows within their first interactions that Alex will be his absolute downfall.
For the first time in his life, Alex feels like he’s being understood completely and instantly by a stranger. Henry doesn’t seem to think of him as too much or not good enough. He gets him, he actually listens to everything he has to say, he cares. However, at the back of his mind, Alex is still afraid that Henry’s going to leave at some point, when he will finally realize, like nearly every relationship he tried to have with someone in the past, that he's not capable of handling all of him.
Henry, for his part, thinks that he’s entirely doomed if he doesn't keep Alex a safe distance away from his life and his shielded heart. It would just set him on fire. Because, he can’t possibly survive in a world where Alex, in all of his blazing and colorful light, exists near him.
The thing is though, neither Alex nor Henry seem able to stay away from each other’s orbit.
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"someone will remember us
I say
even in another time" ― Sappho, If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho.Il y avait Léore.
Il y avait Amaya.
Il y avait leur amour...
Chaque nouvelle page est une nouvelle histoire dans un univers différent qui les rapproche, les sépare, les rassemble et les déchire.
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the gamble (and the game) by knowledgeiscake
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023), The Pairing - Casey McQuiston
14 Feb 2026
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“I bet I could get more dates than you.” The words tumbled out of Alex’s mouth before he could really think them through with any actual sort of logic.
It shouldn’t have been so satisfying, the way that made Henry blink like an owl, but it was. “I beg your pardon?”
“We’ll make it a contest,” Alex pressed on, the idea forming in his head simultaneously as the words left his lips, “Whoever has the most hookups by the end of June wins.”
At first, Henry didn’t say anything. But the party kept going on around them, music thumping and people chattering and drinks spilling, and as time inched on, Henry’s expression changed to one of almost… curiosity.
“Wins what?”
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The Pairing AU
Bookmarked by aboutdemots
16 Feb 2026
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Shot In The Dark (A Street Hearts Connection) by acdhandfidget
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
07 Feb 2026
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“Welcome to Street Hearts! For our new flock I am your master of ceremonies, New York City’s finest Cupid, matchmaker extraordinaire Pez, and this is Shot In The Dark, where we see if love really is blind. Today we have with us the handsome-”
There’s a shift beside him and the plush foam of a microphone brushes his bottom lip.
“Alex.”
“Lovely to meet you Alex, and on my right after MONTHS of crying, screaming and begging from the masses, the elusive Mr. Beautiful Cameraman himself is finally in the hot seat! Pet, will you finally reveal your name to the people?” Alex feels a table bump into his elbow as it sways with the force of Pez drumming against the top for dramatic flare.
“Henry.”
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Two men have a blind meeting on the streets of New York City. They might kiss.
Bookmarked by aboutdemots
08 Feb 2026
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distract my brain from the terrible news (it's not living if it's not with you) by yrsaffectionately
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
22 Apr 2025
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“Oh come on, it can’t be that bad,” Nora rolls her eyes.
“Wobbles.”
“Who is…” Nora says cautiously.
“Henry’s boyfriend.”
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Alex jumps to conclusions like it's an olympic sport
Bookmarked by aboutdemots
17 Jan 2026
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should've played it cool (instead i made a fool) by yrsaffectionately
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
02 Dec 2025
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Henry’s staring at him expectantly, and who is he to keep him waiting any longer?
“How do you feel about summer weddings?”
Fuck.
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5 times Alex doesn't have a filter, and 1 time Henry doesn't
Bookmarked by aboutdemots
16 Jan 2026
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Not your average cookie sale by clottedcreamfudge for ifyoustay
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
30 Dec 2025
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"What on earth is a jalopy?" Pez says, looking delighted and intrigued. "It sounds like some kind of jam tart."
"It's just a term for a shitty car," Nora says helpfully, and Pez looks mildly put out for all of a millisecond before he perks up again.
"Car trouble, eh? I know a chap."
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Alex owns a bakery. Henry owns a garage. The twain sure shall meet.
Bookmarked by aboutdemots
04 Jan 2026