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did you mean: the prince of your heart google search & google template by @cal-kestis [inspo by @evanbuckleysource]

#omg the colouring.... i love it... it suits him so well!! #this is stunning!! #henry fox #rwrb movie #rwrb #queued

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HENRY + looking at Alex

When have I ever, since the first instant I touched you, pretended to be anything less than in love with you? 

#that little smile he has just for alex?! it kills me 🤧 #beautiful gifs!! #henry fox #firstprince #rwrb #rwrb movie #queued

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Thank you @lemonlyman-dotcom @cha-melodius @jmagnabo92 for the tags!

Should be the last share from the Neighbors AU before I post sometime this weekend, maybe.

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Alex doesn’t know what happened. 

One second he was making a mental list of all the things he had to do when he got to the office (1. Top off his coffee. 2. See if there’s anything to the claims of voter suppression from the Richards campaign out in Grand Rapids. 3. Have an all-consuming but totally low-key breakdown in the bathroom about what will happen if Senator Luna doesn’t win in November. 4. Help the interns put together SWAG bags for the fundraiser next week in Flagstaff.) and the next he was on the cold ground looking up at the cloud filled sky. 

“Are you all right?”

A voice, soft and British and fucking lovely floats down. 

It’s his hot neighbor, the one with the long legs, cashmere sweaters, and adorable beagle who moved in three months ago, but Alex has yet to introduce himself to. 

This is not the way he thought it would happen. 

He thought it would be a nice bottle of wine or whiskey—and glasses from the gift shop near campaign headquarters, the ones with the city grid etched into them. Maybe a couple of tea towels or coasters. Something simple and fun. 

It would be late and his neighbor would invite him in for a drink and they’d get to talking and….

Alex isn’t looking for a boyfriend—not with how busy he is—but they could have fun. 

But work got in the way and time passed and suddenly it felt too awkward to welcome him to the neighborhood when he was already set and settled. 

“Can you hear me?”

Alex turns his head to watch slipper clad feet start down the steps followed closely by dog paws. 

“Careful,” Alex tells him before he hits the bottom, “it’s really—.”

His neighbor gets two steps from the stoop when he goes down, hard, landing with a thud beside Alex. 

“Slippery,” Alex finishes. 

“Fuck,” his neighbors says. “Ouch.”

“Yeah,” Alex agrees. “You know, it’s the property owners responsibility to remove snow and ice from the sidewalk in front of their home.”

“Bloody hell. You could sue me.”

“I could. Probably get you to pay for any medical bills I might accrue.”

“Will you have medical bills?”

“Probably not. I think my ass broke my fall.”

His neighbor makes a strangled sound then coughs. 

Tagging: @suseagull04 @anincompletelist @piratefalls @porcelainmortal @magicandarchery @maxbegone @orchidscript

@oxfordslutphase @fullsunsets @sunshinestrand @cricketnationrise

@liminalmemories21 @luainthewild @youcancallmekathyp @bitbybitwrites

@henryspearl @inexplicablymine

#stop it right now i am OBSESSED #firstprince #rwrb #wip wednesday #rae <3

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Fuck it (insp)

#beautiful gifs!! #alex claremont diaz #rwrb #rwrb movie #queued

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henry's nose scrunch

#my downfall actually!! #beautiful gifs!! <3 #henry fox #rwrb #rwrb movie

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'Red, White & Royal Blue' (2023)

#the softest 🥹🥹 #the forehead touch... the smiling into the kiss... my weaknesses actually #these gifs are so pretty!! <3 #firstprince #rwrb #rwrb movie #queued

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'cause for so long i've been waiting so long, for a love like this – quietly yours, birdy

#gosh the blending of the scenes #got me right in my emotions 🤧🤧 #this is so beautiful!! #firstprince #rwrb #rwrb movie #queued

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this just in, nothing will ever bring tears to my eyes as quickly as patrick proposing to david does.

#just innocently scrolling through videos and it SHOWED UP #BAM INSTANT TEARS #now i know im going to have to do a rewatch #paige talks

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i’m only assuming based on the snippet but was that a letters to juliet au?? 😭 if it is you better believe i’ve never looked forward to something more

Hi anon <3

You bet that's what it is!! It'll be loosely based on the film with a few changes here and there, but keeping with the core of it all!!

I'm so glad to hear you're excited, and it makes me feel that much more excited to write it!! 🥰

#lovely anons #answered

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Happy 'omg, it's Wednesday and I don't have anything to share so we panic write so we have something to share but it turns out this is the only way we can get any writing done' day!! Thank you to the lovely @welcometololaland and @iboatedhere for the tags <3

Their first days in each other’s company is spent solely discovering just how many men share the name addressed in the letters and Alex writing a list while Henry marks down the areas in which they live on a map. Henry’s living room turns into a mess of papers, mugs of tea and coffee for Alex and when Henry insists that Alex stay instead of attempting to find a hotel; Henry pulls down blankets from one of his closets and those find their way around the room as well.

Henry hadn’t been far off in his estimate, it turns out there are seventy four of them, all within such a range of one another that somehow it seems to make the search that much more impossible.

“This is beginning to feel a lot like finding a needle in a haystack,” Alex says from where he’s sitting on the floor in a position that Henry is certain cannot be comfortable. It’s a statement that voices Henry’s exact thoughts. He’s thankful Alex had said it because Henry had found himself unable to, not wanting at all to break the hope Alex has.

Henry raises his mug of tea in an attempt to hide his smile. “Yes, well, if only someone had warned you about that from the start.”

It’s meant to be light-hearted, but Alex’s shoulders seem to sag just slightly, and when he chuckles, it seems sad. “This has to be a new record for me, knowing someone for ninety-two hours and already getting an I told you so.”

Ninety-two hours of knowing him and Henry has already made the decision that Alex, being any form of upset, will simply not do.

Henry stands from the couch where he had collapsed earlier that afternoon and walks across the room to where Alex is, sitting down cross-legged on the floor next to him. He places the map down onto the ground and points to one of the marks he had made.

“We should begin here,” Henry tells him. “It’ll be easiest. That way, we can then curve back around and—” He glances up to find Alex staring at him, confusion in his eyes. “—what?”

“I just—” Alex starts and then stops, his brows furrowing. “You still want to go? Even if it may be nearly impossible? I mean, maybe it was a stupid idea.”

Henry smiles reassuringly. “Nearly but not entirely,” He says, mirroring Alex’s words from when they had first met. This earns him a grin from Alex. He wants to find every way in the world to bring Alex joy. Henry doesn’t exactly know when it happened, but he figures he would go anywhere with Alex no matter the possibility of the outcome. “This story deserves to have its ending. You wanting that for the people you love is not stupid.”

Alex stares at him, and Henry has to resist the urge to react under the attention of the breathtaking gaze. It’s almost too much, and he has to pull his own gaze to where the map lays on the floor.

“Well, who can argue with that reasoning?” Alex asks softly, and when Henry glances up to him once again, he’s smiling softly. Henry returns it, their eyes locked for a brief moment that makes something deep within Henry’s stomach turn. Suddenly, Alex clears his throat and reaches for his mug of coffee, nearly spilling it on himself. “What were you saying?”

Alex turns his attention to the map near Henry’s folded legs, but for a beat, Henry’s eyes remain on Alex.

Ninety-two hours of knowing Alex Claremont-Diaz and Henry figures he’ll never be the same.

tagging @avacoleman and an open tag to whoever would like to participate! Please tag me <3

#rwrb #firstprince #wip wednesday #userkimmy #userthai #tusersonia #paige writes

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It means a lot to me that when people send heart emojis, they have a specific color/style they use. And heart they choose to use seems to really reflect that persons personality and how they love.

Actually, do me a favor. Reblog this with the hearts you typically use.

💜💜💜💜

#💛💛💛💛💛 of course #matches the vibe 😌 #reblog with tags

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thinking about how Alex used to hug a pillow to sleep but now he can hug Henry

#im fine 🤧🤧 #beautiful gifs!! <3 #firstprince #rwrb #rwrb movie

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oooh haven't done one of these in a bit. thanks for the tag @sunshinestrand 💜 i'm still playing around with the second chance romance fic. here's some of these guys in present day

“I have gone too long depriving myself of your love. Of happiness. I’m no longer in the business of punishing myself and of feeling unworthy of the good things that have managed to come my way.” Henry steps closer on unsteady legs determined all the same to keep going. “And you, Alex…you are quite honestly the single greatest thing that has ever happened to me. I know I’m five years late and you’ve more than likely put all of this behind you. But if there’s even a fraction of a chance that some part of you still feels something for me…,” he trails off, letting out a breath. “All I can ask for is one last night. Please,” he whispers.  He feels rubbed raw, laid bare and incredibly pathetic for making this request. But tonight may very well be the only chance he’ll ever be granted to be alone like this with Alex. It feels as if time stretches past all realms before Alex speaks, before Henry can take a genuine breath. “Okay.” Alex’s voice is uncharacteristically small, but there’s such reverence in those two short syllables that Henry’s eyes sting with the pricks of tears he holds back.

#I AM SO EMOTIONALLY COMPROMISED!!! #THIS IS GOING TO WRECK ME AND MEND ME ALL AT ONCE PLEASE #gosh kim... you never MISS!! #firstprince #rwrb #snippets #kim <3

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#okay okay okay. cool cool cool. #taylor zakhar perez

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sentences sunday

tagged by @iboatedhere thank you so much, lovely <3

It’s not entirely out of place for Henry to receive visitors. However, he has simply come to terms with not being disturbed. That he enjoys being on his own. Has found it's better that way. The world is always there, but it can never harm him.

Henry pulls the door open with too much confidence, all of the annoyance, and the words of frustration he is about to hurl dying a slow, painful death in his throat. Henry notices two things simultaneously, the first being that the man that stands at the threshold of his flat is positively gorgeous. A mess of soft curls, even softer looking lips, and unblinking brown eyes framed by a pair of glasses. The second is that the man is holding a letter, more specifically, one of Henry’s letters. He recongises the signage immediately.

“Christ,” Henry chokes out before he can manage to stop it. 

He's not sure exactly whether it's directed towards the man's beauty or the universe for putting him into this situation. 

Either way — he figures he's screwed.

leaving an open tag for whoever would like to participate!! also the permanent tag for @avacoleman

#rwrb #firstprince #snippets #seven sentence sunday #paige writes #userkimmy #userthai

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Inspiration Saturday/??? Sentences Sunday

Thank you for the tags @lemonlyman-dotcom @accol-fics @suseagull04 @jmagnabo92 @cha-melodius @liminalmemories21 @cricketnationrise @porcelainmortal

“No, no,” he assures her, “it’s not that, I promise. I’m okay. I’m healthy,” he amends because that’s true. He’s still not sure if he’s okay. “It’s just….you know Henry?”

June blinks. “You mean Dr. Henry Fox, the guy I had been talking about right before this? The one that I had tea with? The one that I’m assuming this conversation has to be about? That Henry?”

“Yeah,” Alex says, leaning back and rubbing his sweaty palms on his jeans. “That’s the one.”

“What about him?”

“What do you think of him?” Alex asks. “Beyond the wet Colin Firth comparison.”

“I think he’s obviously a very caring and professional doctor.”

“But beyond that, like, as a person…that someone might date.”

“I’m not really looking for that right now,” she says slowly and Alex shakes his head.

“No, not for you. For someone else. In general. Like me. Maybe. Me.”

June nods once. “I think he’s a great guy and you two would be really good together.”

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Tagging: @inexplicablymine @fullsunsets @anincompletelist @magicandarchery @oxfordslutphase @sunshinestrand @piratefalls @youcancallmekathyp

#i love this so much!! #you write their dynamic so well rae!! #rwrb #snippets #rae <3

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"You were jealous," Alex says. "You want me."

Henry moves abruptly, heaving Alex off balance with both hands and down into his lap, eyes blazing, and he says in a low and deadly voice Alex has never heard from him before, "Yes, you preening arse, I've wanted you long enough that I won't have you tease me for another fucking second."

#my GOD i love this quote #also this is so SO pretty!! <3 #firstprince #rwrb #rwrb movie