the dark side of fame
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Years removed from his life as a child actor, Regulus is enjoying success in his chosen field of chemistry and in the time he spends with his boyfriend Severus. A surprise appearance by his tabloid fodder brother brings new light to their childhood and a chance for the brothers to reconcile.
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They tell you that you're lucky, but you're so confused. by abc_efghij_lmnopqr_tuvwxyz
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
07 Jun 2025
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The first thing you need to understand is that superstardom is ugly up close. It looks nice from the outside—glamorous, polished, cinematic—but up close, it’s cracked mirror shards and bad lighting. And at the center of all that glare and flash was Alexander Gabriel Claremont-Diaz, age twenty-six, international megastar, chart-topping singer-songwriter, Grammy-winning performer, and the face of three major luxury fashion brands. People used to call him “the Prince of Pop” until they just started calling him “the King.”
He’d clawed his way to the top. From a two-bedroom house in East Austin to a ten-million-dollar glass fortress in the hills above Los Angeles. From homemade SoundCloud demos and open mic nights at grimy Tex-Mex joints to sold-out stadiums across six continents. He was living the dream.
Except Alex didn’t sleep anymore. Not really.