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Learning how to love by dolphindiva131
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023), Red White & Royal Blue (2023) RPF
28 Jun 2025
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Mini scenes of Henry (and Alex) learning to navigate pda . This is inspired by the rules as I understand it from the media that the royals are not supposed to show pda so like holding hands is frowned upon in public. But also navigating this as two men in a world that’s something less than kind.
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When restlessness turns to serenity by Mariiatii
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
24 May 2025
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His mind was loud all the time, the chaos in his brain feeling exhausting, but at the same time, there was that odd sense of calmness that Henry managed to bring to him. It was different than what kind of “quieter moment” he got when he was running. When he was running, his thoughts were almost like drowned out by the music and the steady sound of his feet against the ground. But when he got stuck thinking about Henry, everything else seemed to get muted.
Henry understood. He was the one and only person who could calm his mind and racing heart. In the moments when they were together and Alex’s overthinking head took on spinning, leaving all of those intrusive thoughts spiraling in his head, Henry was the best thing Alex could imagine having with him.
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Cutting me open, then healing me fine by sparklingdeer
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue (2023), Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
24 Mar 2025
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“Seriously, Henry?” he said. “You don’t answer your phone, and I think, ‘Wow, maybe he’s finally taking a nap for once.’ But no—you’re over here looking like death warmed over.”
Henry mustered a weak smile, or the closest thing to one. “Hello to you, too.”
Alex huffed and dropped down onto the coffee table in front of him, his knees brushing against the couch. Then he reached out and Henry could feel the coolness of Alex’s hand as it pressed against his forehead.
Henry flinched, not from the touch—never from that—but from the look on Alex’s face.Or Henry is a doctor. He’s also in love with Alex, slightly hypochondriac best friend.This time, is Henry the one that gets a cold. This is a friends to lovers.
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those ideas of heaven (in your soft touch, baby) by corporation_tshirt
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
04 Nov 2024
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“Do you want to tell me what’s going on?”
A slow breath. “My head hurts.”
“Oh?”
“And I’m tired. Really– tired.”
Henry sighs, drawing circles over the smooth fur on David’s ear. He can’t say that he’s surprised. This last term has been hard on Alex, as exam seasons always are and Henry can count the nights he didn’t need to drag him to bed at three am over the last few weeks on one hand.
A crash was always inevitable and Henry was always planning on being right here to catch him when it came. He only hoped it wouldn’t happen this soon– so Alex could enjoy at least one carefree night.
His beautiful, hard working boyfriend of all people would have deserved that much. But Henry knows better than to take this call for anything other than it is: a plea to hear what Alex can’t bear to speak out loud.
“Would you like to come home, my love?”
or - Alex has a tough day and Henry reminds him that his family will always be there waiting for him.
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just a drop in the ocean by radiant_rainbow
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
04 Oct 2024
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Alex can’t breathe.
Well, he can, but not nearly as well as he should be able to, considering that he’s spent his entire life doing it. It’s startling to have the ability abruptly revoked.
(aka: alex has an anxiety attack & his unsociable roommate is there to help.)
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Wrap this wildfire up in silk by vonPeeps
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
26 Sep 2024
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June was - on occasion - wrong, although Alex knew better than to say this to her face. He didn’t have a fire under his ass. The fire was in his brain, spreading like wildfire in a tinder-dry Texan drought. He had never known how to explain what that was like to her - where she saw things in storyboards, his brain was an ever-expanding web of connections, his attention tripping from thread to thread quicker than most people could follow.
Most of the time, he loved it. When your thoughts move at the speed his do, you can run rings around the privileged white boys who fill the NYU law lectures in a mock trial. Flirty banter is a breeze when you’ve got five different comebacks to pick from. Having four trains of thought running in parallel in your head is a goddamn gift for an aspiring lawyer and politician.
But some days…
Alex has developed some... interesting coping strategies for his ADHD over the years, but he has kept his love of ropes secret from everyone. There are some things that you just can't bring up in polite conversation, even with the love of your life...
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I didn't have it in myself to go with grace by aRandomDutchGirl
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
19 Sep 2024
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Alex's new job is working him to the ground. He hasn't slept in two days when he overhears Henry say "If you tell my husband we're done" and comes to the worst conclusion possible
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- Part 13 of NOT cheating trope
- Part 4 of Rwrb: fics with the "sabotage" trope
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What do you do when you can't sleep? by FanGirlIgLol
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
04 Aug 2024
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A quick little two part fic about a time when Henry couldn't fall asleep so Alex comforted him and a time Alex couldn't fall asleep so Henry comforted him. Basically, just the boys being in love and falling asleep. Enjoy!
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Hail to the Chief by TuppingLiberty
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
19 Jun 2024
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What if Cakegate never happens? Alex and Henry remain begrudging acquaintances. Alex continues on his plan for world domination and never takes the time to stop and relax. Henry is outed in his mid-20s and Alex comes to his bi-realization around then, too. Now he and Henry are both in their early 40s, and Alex is staying at Kensington for a summit on LGBTQIA+ rights around the world, and Henry's going to force him to take a deep breath...after a little medical emergency.
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Henry asks Alex's opinion about CNC scenes for the sake of working through trauma.
Alex doesn't think he can do itSeries
- Part 8 of RWRB: Alex has adhd (comfort) fics
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First prince week day 4: clandestine meetings
Mary Mountchristen-Windsor is so very proud of her youngest grandson Henry; He got married young to a successful human rights lawyer and they adopted a beautiful son together. Mary has never met Henry's wife Alex, but her daughter and other grandchildren have assured her Alex is charming, beautiful, and kind. When Arthur's adoption is finalized, Mary decides to fly to New York to check out Henry's beautiful family herself, because surely he can't hide his wife from her forever? Mary is confused when she runs into Henry in the streets of New York laughing loudly with a Man who is holding Henry's son in his arms. Who is this gentleman and where is Henry's wife Alex?
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Or the one where Alex protects his family from Henry's bigoted, racist grandmother.Series
- Part 3 of Rwrb: First prince week 2023&2024
- Part 4 of Rwrb: kidfic
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got this music in my mind (it's gonna be alright) by theprinceandagcd
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
05 May 2024
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“One day, baby, we'll go,” he says excitedly, eyes taking on that dreamy quality that Henry so adores. “I just know you’ll love it. You just have to promise you won’t love the dramatized version of my namesake more than you love me.”
And, well.
In his busyness, Alex doesn't know that Hamilton is going to be reappearing on Broadway in two weeks.
Alex doesn't know, yet, that Henry has recently purchased two tickets.
However, from upstairs, there is a long and deep groan accompanied by a muted thud, and Henry can perfectly envision Alex’s forehead pressed into his desk, shoulders slumped forward.
So, perhaps he could use some good news.
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- Part 6 of firstprince cute date agenda
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Queen Mab (Earth was no longer hell) by Ravenland
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue (2023), Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
22 Apr 2024
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For years, dreams were the only comfort they could cling to.
Or, the one where a car accident took away Henry's life, except that it was not a simple accident (Alex knows), and it didn't actually kill Henry (Alex doesn't know). -
The Tortured Poet's Department (it's Alex, he is tortured but not a poet) by buziwrites
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
19 Apr 2024
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Alex feels like he can’t breathe. He has been staring at the damn file on his computer for hours. He should write, he needs to write, damn it. He has an essay due tonight. It was given to him weeks ago if only he had done it. He had tried, he had tried so hard to get it done before but his mind just. Did. Not. Work.
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Alex struggles with concentration and in fact, does not get everything done ten weeks before it's due like some people say he does. (I mean no hate but I will die on this hill. Proof in the end notes.)
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The title is unrelated but in honor of the new album
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Dream man by aRandomDutchGirl
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
19 Apr 2024
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!Amnesia au without a break up!
Henry wakes up after an accident with amnesia and is convinced that it's 5 years earlier. He immediately notices the wedding ring on his finger and is terrified to figure out what woman the crown ended up manipulating him into marrying. Instead his unrequited crush/dream man/one-sided mortal enemy walks in with a bouquet of flowers and a matching wedding band.
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He's married to his long-term unrequited crush, who is supposed to hate him, and on top of that, he's openly gay? No, this can't be real. But he supposes there are worse coma-induced dreams to be stuck in than one where you're living your dream life, one that is out of reach for you in reality. Henry is so obsessed with this dream he kind of doesn't want to wake up from his coma. Because that's all this is.. right? A coma induced dream?Series
- Part 6 of RWRB: Alex has adhd (comfort) fics
- Part 5 of Rwrb: fluff
- Part 12 of RWRB: miscommunication
- Part 9 of NOT cheating trope
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At the end of a bar by colorfulmoniker
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
03 Apr 2024
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He’s just begun to pull his keys out of his pocket, setting off for his car in the parking garage next door, when the glow of a neon sign catches his eye from directly across the street. He’s spent more than a few late nights in his office, tempted by the same sign beckoning him through the window to seek answers to all of the questions swirling around in his too-fast brain at the bottom of a glass. Until now, he’s managed to resist, either too tired or too wired to wander over. But tonight. Tonight. Tonight, his willpower has been weakened beneath the crushing weight of an unfair justice system and effectively shattered by the strike of a gavel. And he knows, somewhere buried deep under layers of exhaustion, frustration, and a tinge of hopelessness, that he isn’t going to find what he’s looking for inside this bar. But at the very least, he can hopefully find a decent buzz, and that’s better than going home to a dark apartment.
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Alex has a supremely shitty day at work and finds himself wandering into a bar where a mystery man catches his attention.
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Looking for Orion by yrsacd
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
22 Mar 2024
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Henry wrapped his arms around his middle, trying to fight off the chill while following David with his eyes. The night sky above him was vast and dark, yet not really. Light pollution made it impossible to see anything other than murky black. His chest squeezed painfully.
And wasn’t that the whole problem? A glance up to the sky wasn’t the same anymore, wasn’t what it used to be. Didn’t bring him the relief and comfort it once did. And it hurt. And he hated himself for letting such a small detail have such a huge impact on himself. But the sky was dark.
Empty.Just a black canvas of nothingness.
Nothing.
No stars.
No Orion.
No Dad.
Or a post-canon fic in which Henry is stuck but Alex loves him anyway, Alex is stressed, and together they do some serious stargazing.
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come on, bite the hand that feeds you by Miki_Mizuami, thedailycracker
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
28 Feb 2024
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With just a glance (it was a glance, he swears), it’s blatantly obvious that Alex is fairly drunk, hitting on tipsy, giggling women and scarfing down various canapes. Henry can only hope he stays far, far away from him, but of course, such is his luck that things never quite go his way.
“Henry! What a delight to see you here. How’s it going, man?”
____Inspired from a comment on one of my other fics - what if Alex was the royalty and Henry was just a normal, working class guy from London (or in this case, an ex-marine).
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A look at teenage Alex dealing with his parent's divorce, his mother's upcoming election and his own struggle against the pressure he puts on himself.
Follow him through an ill-fated night where all the tensions finally simmer over, leaving him alone and vulnerable.
A character study where I am basically just horrible to him.
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i am nothing in my soul if not obsessive. by Joooceee
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
18 Feb 2024
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“When Alex couldn’t control anything else, he could control food. When he was powerless to the powers-that-be around him, he found that he could at least stay in charge of this one thing.”
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Alex signs up for a marathon - it brings up new feelings and old struggles. Henry’s the first person who notices this long-present, harmful habit, and is determined to help Alex just as Alex always helps him.