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    right there beside him (all summer long) by

    Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)  

    03 Aug 2024

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    Nora isn’t wrong on either front—the man is fucking beautiful. He might be the most stunning human being Alex has ever seen.

    But he keeps brushing sand off of his ankles as if it’s personally offending him, nose wrinkled as he surveys the shoreline, bag still perched awkwardly on his shoulder.

    Alex thinks he looks a little lost, and not in the sense that he doesn’t know that he’s found himself at the beach, but more in the metaphorical sense. Something about his eyes as he looks around with a white-knuckled grip on the strap of his bag, brow pinched on his forehead, makes Alex think he needs saving.

    And, well.

    Rescuing people is literally in Alex’s job description.

    He just gets the bizarre sense that maybe he could be the person for the task.
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    Or, Lifeguard ACD + Firstprince Summer romance

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    love thorns all over this rose by

    Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)  

    21 Jun 2025

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    Alex wasn’t made to be the type of person that will cook someone breakfast in the morning. Dancing around with someone he loves in his underwear isn’t something he gets to have. He’s awful at remembering anniversaries and inept at thinking of grand romantic gestures. Candlelit dinners, handmade cards, buying flowers—it’s just not what he’s built for.

    And that’s fine.

    Alex doesn't need any brave hero to save him, and he sure as hell was never meant to be anyone else's prince charming.

    That's why this—his thing with Henry—is the perfect solution.

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    down for the count (down bad for you) by ,

    Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston  

    05 Dec 2024

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    Whilst on secondment in London, Alex joins The Fox Den, a boxing gym that just so happens to be run by none other than Henry Fox. In between learning how to jab, uppercut and throw a right hook, his desire for Henry simmers beneath the surface until quite suddenly he finds himself on the receiving end of a one-on-one below the belt masterclass from the instructor himself. Enter: a friends-with-benefits agreement and defilement of every corner of the gym. Feelings are out of the question … until they’re not.

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    take me back to San Francisco by

    Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)  

    06 Jul 2024

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    “You don’t look like you’re having a very good time,” a soft voice suddenly startles him from his thoughts. Henry’s entire body jerks and he spills some of his drink down the front of his shirt.

    “Oh, bloody-” He leans over to put his drink on the table and starts wiping at his shirt. “No, I’m- It’s not that, it’s-” He glances fleetingly at the stranger and then down at his shirt again, before his brain finally registers that oh, glasses, dark curls, white smile, exposed chest. Henry’s head snaps back up and his lips part in astonishment. Handsome doesn’t even begin to cover it. Him.

    “Hi,” the man says, then chuckles. He hands Henry a napkin and gestures towards one of the other chairs at the table. “Would you mind?”

     

    or, Henry and Alex meet on vacation in San Francisco and an instant spark between them has both of them unable to let the other go. With only two weeks to spend together and the knowledge that it can't last beyond that, it's just a massive, insurmountable recipe for disaster.

    Or is it?

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    Let Loose Your Glow by for clottedcreamfudge

    Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston  

    12 May 2023

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    “Seems like my liege was caught in a situation where he’d rather the ground swallow him whole.” Pez nods towards a spot to the side, and Alex follows his gaze. He spots Henry easily – a tall lighthouse of tousled blond hair – talking to a girl who is clearly into him. His expression looks perfectly polite, but he’s subtly leaning away, and he looks tense.

    So, Alex makes an impulsive decision.

    Whatever happens, this is going to be fun.

    ***

    Or: Alex is so very definitely straight, so pretending to be Henry’s boyfriend to get him out of an awkward situation should just be a fun little pastime - except that he doesn't really want to stop, and he has no idea why. But maybe it's okay to not think too hard and let himself go with the flow, for once.

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    06 Jun 2025