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love thorns all over this rose by theprinceandagcd
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
22 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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the ruins we rebuild by brewrosemilk
Fandom Red White & Royal Blue (2023), Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
22 Apr 2025
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The Story of Us by princebutt
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
27 Aug 2025
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Henry Fox is only attending this American football game as a PR stunt. That's all it is. He's definitely not fatally attracted to the brash quarterback Alex Claremont-Diaz who had the audacity to publicly call him out for not taking his number at a concert... that would be absolutely idiotic of him.
This fic is finally fucking completed.
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we'll be a fine line (we'll be alright) by allthelovesaved
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
20 Mar 2024
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“Can you stand, Alex?” He can’t answer, and Henry pats his cheek a few times, trying to get him to focus. “Alex, I need to know if we can move off to the side.”
Alex tries, okay, he does. But when he moves his foot the slightest inch, it sends a wave of pain so strong through his body that his vision whites out. “Nope,” Alex answers. “New permanent shape. Shrimp-lex.”
Henry digs his phone out of his pocket, and even though he looks worried, amusement flashes across his face, and he opens his mouth. Alex realizes exactly what’s about to happen as he says, “Finally admitting you’re short, I see. All it took was an apparent traumatic health scare.”
“Traumatic health scare that I’m still experiencing by the fucking way.”
“You’re speaking very eloquently for someone supposedly in significant pain.” Henry notes.
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maybe stars align (and maybe i call you mine) by gleefulfoxes
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
25 May 2025
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FICTION TO FRICTION?: English Darling Henry Fox tops American Heartthrob Alex Claremont-Diaz in scandalous new photos from launch party of raunchy gay novel
At the lavish launch party thrown for his spicy queer romance novel, author (and Bond Baby) Henry Fox finds himself on the floor with the man who graces the cover, Alex Claremont-Diaz. The model was tapped to be the cover boy a few months back, and he has been on a clear ascent since. The greatly anticipated novel promises to bring the heat, and the photos from the event already have us sweating. The latest interaction has many wondering what the relationship between these two really is. Has a new rivalry come onto the scene, or perhaps are they the next international power couple? Their respective teams have refused to comment on the topic. We will be keeping an eye on Fox’s European book tour for international incidents.
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Alternatively titled: being gay around europe
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- Part 1 of Across the Stars
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A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes by a_stray_thief (ashtraythief)
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
19 May 2025
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“Alex?” The name just slips out.
“Yeah, sweetheart?” The man who can only be Alex Claremont-Diaz says and scoots closer to Henry, pressing his entire hot and hard body against his back.
No booty calls, he’d said. Had Henry done the unthinkable, drunk on gin and the giddying possession of Alex’s number? But Alex was already an ocean away last night. This is just—impossible.
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After the cakegate damage control tour, Henry has no intention of using the phone number Alex gave him; it can only worsen his pining. Then a bottle of gin gives him a taste of more than he could ever dare to dream.
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The Neighbourly Thing to Do by chamel for botaboxed
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
15 May 2025
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Across the way, Alex reappears in the window with a mug of coffee cradled in his hands that’s so large it might properly be called a bowl. This time he looks over at Henry, smiling as he takes a sip, and gives a little wave.
Henry is so, so fucked.
(It’s one thing after another: Henry’s having one of the worst weeks of his life. Luckily, his new neighbour Alex is always there to look out for him.)
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Undo The Destiny by DezInTheCloud for theprinceandagcd
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
24 May 2025
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The psychic looked up, gaze sharpened. “Oh? Boyfriend, is it? Well, if I were you, I would expedite those travel plans.”
“Why?” Alex asked, a mild unease developing in his body.
And then, Madame Esmeralda said the words which would go on to haunt Alex every moment of the next few months. “Because the cards say that you will no longer have a boyfriend in six months.”
or; a mall psychic mayhem fic.
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Eyes full of stars (Cowboy like me) by sparklingdeer
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
05 Apr 2025
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“You don’t have a single callus,” Alex muttered, almost to himself. “Jesus.”
Henry flushed, pink blooming at the base of his throat.
He let Henry’s hands drop. As he took a step back, he caught a faint whiff of a scent. Not sweat or dust, but something gentler. Grass and breeze-dried linen.
“We don’t need another stray dog,” Alex said, tossing a look at Nora.
“That what we’re calling cute British guys now?” she asked, smug as hell.
“We don’t need more workers. We don’t have the budget.”
“You work yourself to the bone,” Nora pressed. “You could use another pair of hands.”
Before Alex could bark out something defensive, Henry spoke.
“I’m stronger than I look.”
"We'll see about that"or: Alex works in his family old ranch. One day a cute blond guy comes asking for a job. He agrees reluctantly.
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Like Because, Love Despite by aforgottennymph
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
02 Mar 2025
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“My abuela always said. ‘You like because, and you love despite.’ You like someone because of all of their qualities, and you love someone despite some of their qualities.”
There’s a beat of silence. A heavy pause. “So what does that mean?”
“You know what it means, sweetheart.”
Percy and Nora are tired of their bosses being miserable and decide to do what any sane overworked assistants would do - set their bosses up.
Luckily for them, their bosses’ secret history is about to make this a lot easier.
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“Caramelton John, what the fuck, who named these?” the man laughs, his loud voice circling in Henry’s ears, low and rich.
Years of planning and ideas, months of blood, sweat and literal tears to set up shop in a foreign country, and hours of back breaking work to serve the community — for free — on their opening day, all for some ungrateful arse to make fun of him for it. Henry feels his jaw clench involuntarily, the tightness in his mouth matching the ache in his chest. He’s bone tired and frustrated and now he’s unspeakably angry.
Pez, who has saved Henry’s life in more ways than he can count, and who has not asked for a single thing all day, turns and says “Hen, dear, could you serve these last few for me?”
Henry inhales deeply through his nose, turns his back to the customers, before he looks Pez firmly in the eye and says with zero hesitation, “No.”
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Welcome to Pez & Henry's, the newest ice cream store in Austin.
A Ben & Jerry's AU. I hope you like puns.
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say don’t go by emmynotoscar
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
16 Sep 2024
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“Okay, and? You don’t know me, and acting like some hotshot TA with a chip on his shoulder is a good way to piss people off.”
“You’re very argumentative.”
“I’m a pre-law student.”
“It shows.”
In which Alex Claremont-Diaz moves to Connecticut to obtain his Pre-Law degree in political science to be near June and Nora—where he meets Henry Fox, the TA, and soon to be English 102 project partner. Alex thinks he knows himself… until he gets closer to Henry, and allows him to embrace the person he’s been suppressing his entire life.
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Taylor Swift song themed college au with movie and book canon content that hopefully you all will love 🤠
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Put Your Game Face On by blahblahtara
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue (2023), Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
16 Jul 2024
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Henry Fox is one of the best footballers in the world. He knows the game inside out, and he is good at it.
But when he gets injured during a game and is set for a lengthy spell on the sidelines, his replacement is less than ideal.
Alex Claremont-Diaz just wants to play the game he loves, but somehow manages to get tangled in a crazy game of hatred at his new club.
Tensions are high and threaten to bubble over at any moment.
Neither man can control what happens next.
They hate each other…until they don’t.
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- Part 1 of firstprince footballers
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Hidden in Plain Sight by IdoGeek
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
27 Nov 2024
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Once they were alone, Alex and Henry sat in comfortable silence, the sound of the lake’s gentle waves in the background. Alex looked up at the stars, feeling a sense of peace he hadn’t felt in a long time.
“This is perfect,” Henry said quietly, echoing June’s earlier sentiment. “Just being here with you.”
Alex turned to Henry, his heart swelling with emotion. “Yeah, it is.”
They sat there for a few more minutes, enjoying the tranquility of the night. Eventually, Alex shifted, looking at Henry with a playful glint in his eye. “So, about that kiss…”
or Alex and Henry are best friends and have feelings for each other. How are they going to navigate their feelings privately with their noisy friends around?
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The Café Love by piadreamer
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
09 Feb 2025
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Henry has found a new café where he can work in peace and enjoy his time. He grows a liking to that café and starts frequenting it, thinking nothing much about it. Little does he know, fate is about to bring something, or someone amazing into his life, turning his world upside down.
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In 2002, four-year-old Alexander Claremont-Diaz is kidnapped and killed.
In 2021, twenty-three-year-old Alejandro Salazar starts his new job as curator at the V&A.
A story of loss, love, and the inevitability of destiny.
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Now complete and binge safe! -
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After an extensive matchmaking process, eight singles looking for love will marry a complete stranger at the altar, travel to their honeymoons, and then move in together as spouses. When the 8-week social experiment concludes, each newlywed will have to decide if they want to stay married and start a future together or get divorced and go their separate ways. Season 19 of Married at First Sight will take place in Austin and is the first groundbreaking season to focus exclusively on queer couples.
Alex's groom is not what he's expecting.
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The Prince of Nowhere by graceofgrayskull
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
21 Jan 2025
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Prince Henry represents everything Alex Claremont-Diaz hates about the wealthy and privileged. While every news outlet in the country is obsessively reporting on Henry’s abdication and subsequent move to the U.S. to attend a PhD program, Alex just wishes he could have a single day when he’s not reminded of the guy's stupid face. Except he won’t stop coming into the coffee shop where Alex works.
Still reeling from the public and private backlash on his decision to leave England, all Henry wants is to keep his head down and get through the semester. But when Alex comes barreling headfirst into his life—bright, brash, an embodiment of all the things he cannot have—Henry finds himself entirely unable to keep away.
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Love In The Time Of... by IBoatedHere for JustNo (ElaWritesGays)
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
23 Jan 2025
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How To Study When Your Neighbor Is Dying Of Tuberculosis
1. Ignore him2. Turn music up3. Purchase noise cancelling headphones on Amazon4. Go to the library5. Go to the 24-hour diner three blocks away6. Call June to vent your frustration7. Murder?????????????