#angstapalooza rwrb edition

[kiwiana-writes]

Six(ish) Sentence Sunday

Thanks @getmehighonmagic for the early (for when it usually kicks off, but still well into Sunday afternoon for me) tag!

Not sure if this is good news or bad news (depends on how much you love emotional pain, I guess), but I've started poking at angstapalooza again... 👀

The shade of red that creeps up Henry’s face is equal parts hilarious and concerning; Zahra was on his ass about ‘not embarrassing your mother on a global stage, you little shit’, and while he didn’t think to ask specifically, he’s pretty sure killing a foreign prince by flustering him to death is on the list of Things That Aren’t Allowed.  “Mr Claremont-Diaz.” Henry’s handler, or whatever he is, steps forward, one hand outstretched as if to sweep Alex away with the rest of the plebeian trash. “If you would be so kind—” “Just a moment, Shaan.” It’s weird, the way this grown man in a sharply tailored suit that looks as though it cost more than Alex’s dad’s Jeep falls back in an instant at Henry’s word. Henry turns to Alex, his expression carefully guarded as he squares his shoulders in a deliberate, measured way that is utterly at odds with the carefree boy Alex used to look at in the glossy pages of J14. “Mr Claremont-Diaz—” “Jesus, dude.” Alex’s stomach twists at the formal address. “You’re, like, my age. Alex is fine.”

Forever feeling feral for whatever y'all are up to, so tagging @affectionatelyrs @anincompletelist @blairwaldcrf @cha-melodius @clottedcreamfudge @cricketnationrise @cultofsappho @daisymae-12 @dumbpeachjuice @firenati0n @happiness-of-the-pursuit @hgejfmw-hgejhsf @indestructibleheart @indomitable-love @inexplicablymine @leaves-of-laurelin @myheartalivewrites @orchidscript @rmd-writes @sherryvalli @ships-to-sail @smc-27 @sparklepocalypse @ssmtskw @stereopticons @tintagel-or-cockleshells @welcometololaland and, as always, anyone who wants to play! (If you take the open tag please tag me so I can see!!)

#six sentence sunday #kiwiana-writes #angstapalooza rwrb edition #idk i've struggled so hard to focus on this #but really want to get it properly underway lol

[kiwiana-writes]

WIP Wednesday

I'm gonna be on Pacific Time for the next couple of weeks, so after this one I'll be doing WIP Wednesday/Six Sentence Sunday on my Wednesday/Sunday for a bit. It's all terribly exciting and novel. So have a reasonably long snippet to celebrate (don't say I never do anything nice for y'all xoxo)

“That is quite enough.” Silence falls immediately as Henry’s voice slices through the argument. The PPOs snap to attention, Cash raises an eyebrow, and Alex… Alex just stares. He’s suddenly, acutely aware that all the times they ever played with Henry’s royal authority—the kneeling, the deference, the calling him sir—it was just that: playing. It was nothing compared to the Prince Henry of Wales voice that now has grown adults, trained bodyguards, falling back in deference to a twenty-two year old giving them an order, just because said twenty-two year old was born into an institution with almost a millennium of history behind it.  “What do you all think is more likely?” Henry continues sharply. “That the notoriously media-savvy First Son, someone who is already being eviscerated in the media for an incident that he bears partial responsibility for at most, decided to take a swing at me knowing that we’d have to face the press the moment we walk out of here? Something to pass the time whilst we waited to find out whether our lives were in danger, perhaps? Or is it more likely that I fell awkwardly whilst being shoved rather unceremoniously into a cupboard?” He folds his arms, staring down each of the PPOs in turn in a way that leaves Alex vaguely impressed that they’re not wetting themselves. It doesn’t, however, escape his attention that Henry isn’t looking at him. “Frankly, I assumed employment by the Crown would require a higher level of aptitude. Was I wrong?”

Feeling absolutely greedy for snippets at the moment so tagging @cha-melodius @clottedcreamfudge @cricketnationrise @daisymae-12 @hgejfmw-hgejhsf @indomitable-love @inexplicablymine @lilythesilly @loveisembarrassingxx @maxbegone @myheartalivewrites @nontoxic-writes @orchidscript @rmd-writes @sherryvalli @smc-27 @stereopticons @tintagel-or-cockleshells @welcometololaland and, as always, anyone who wants to play!

#wip wednesday #kiwiana-writes #angstapalooza rwrb edition #not totally sure how to settle and focus on angstapalooza right now #so i'm continually sharing snippets in the hope being screamed at is inspiring lmaooooo

[kiwiana-writes]

HATEFUCKING PLS MJ PLS ELABORATE I NEED MORE ENEMIES TO LOVERS WITH ACTUAL HATE SEX PLS

ROOPS MY DARLING MY BELOVED THIS IS IN FACT ANGSTAPALOOZA RWRB EDITION EXPLAINED VERY VERY BADLY. LESS ENEMIES TO LOVERS AND MORE LOVERS TO ENEMIES TO LOVERS.

Please enjoy this snippet from after their first furious hatefuck, in a cupboard at a hospital OBVIOUSLY:

“Alex.” Cash doesn’t look at him when he speaks; his jaw is tight with tension as he stares out at the crowd of media who are finally starting to disperse. “As a White House employee, as a member of the Secret Service, as someone with very strict instructions as to how this trip should go—please tell me there wasn’t a fight.” Alex opens his mouth to reassure him—which is, at least, something he can do without lying—but Cash holds up a hand before he can finish.  “However,” he continues softly, “as someone who, for some goddamn reason, cares about you and doesn’t want to see you get hurt”—he finally meets Alex’s gaze, and there’s a fierceness there Alex doesn’t think he’s ever seen—“please, tell me it was a fight.” Alex is the first to look away, leaning his forehead against the cool glass of the car window. “Sure,” he murmurs, and knows from the loud exhale he gets in response that Cash doesn’t believe him in the slightest. “It was a fight.”

[Ask me about my badly summarised WIPs!]

#badly summarised wip #firenati0n #angstapalooza rwrb edition

[kiwiana-writes]

Has anyone asked about the hate fucking because I sure would like to know about that

You are the best possible person to ask about this because this is, in fact, angstapalooza rwrb edition.

RWRB gets pitched as enemies to lovers a lot, and... it's not, really? That's not a criticism! Obviously! Pining/oblivious idiots to lovers is also an EXCELLENT genre! But something I always want out of an enemies to lover story is actual, proper hate fucking and there is definitely none of that in this book. So this fic actually started as a "what would lead to them having proper, furious hate sex" and wound backwards from there to the premise, which is essentially: canon divergent from Rio, they start hooking up much earlier, and break up—spectacularly and angrily—a couple of months before Philip’s wedding. Cakegate is no longer antagonism and UST, it’s two very recent very hurt exes having to play the diplomatic bullshit in the public eye while seeing each other for the first time since breaking up. And then... you know. ✨ Tension ✨ boils over during the They're Totally Friends It's Fine media blitz. Aaaaaaaaaand let's just say that furious hate fucking does not in fact resolve all their issues and there's a whole lot more of the story to go from there 😅

[Ask me about my badly summarised WIPs!]

#badly summarised wip #stereopticons #angstapalooza rwrb edition

[kiwiana-writes]

Six(ish) Sentence Sunday

All right, I'm saying fuck it and invoking my timezone to kick off Six/Seven Sentence Sunday! We're back to a longer project (angstapalooza rwrb edition) this week. (Plus like eight other things, the scattered focus is REAL.)

“Alex.” Cash doesn’t look at him when he speaks; his jaw is tight with tension as he stares out at the crowd of media who are finally starting to disperse. “As a White House employee, as a member of the Secret Service, as someone with very strict instructions as to how this trip should go—please tell me there wasn’t a fight.” Alex opens his mouth to reassure him—which is, at least, something he can do without lying—but Cash holds up a hand before he can finish.  “However,” he continues softly, “as someone who, for some goddamn reason, cares about you and doesn’t want to see you get hurt—” he finally meets Alex’s gaze, and there’s a fierceness there Alex doesn’t think he’s ever seen— “please, tell me it was a fight.” Alex is the first to look away, leaning his forehead against the cool glass of the car window. “Sure,” he murmurs, and knows from the loud exhale he gets in response that Cash doesn’t believe him in the slightest. “It was a fight.”

Tagging @clottedcreamfudge @inexplicablymine @cha-melodius @cricketnationrise @sherryvalli @tintagel-or-cockleshells @welcometololaland @myheartalivewrites @rmd-writes @smc-27 @hgejfmw-hgejhsf and, as always, anyone who wants to play!

#six sentence sunday #seven sentence sunday #angstapalooza rwrb edition #taking a very scattered approach to writing this one rip #kiwiana-writes

[kiwiana-writes]

The way we get into each other's bones [Angstapalooza RWRB Edition] bc the multiminute podcast i got from u isn’t enough apparently

and also the only fans one, u know, for balance

The way we get into each other’s bones [Angstapalooza RWRB edition]

Lmaoooo the TWELVE MINUTE VOICE NOTE I sent you already gave you more info about this than I think anyone other than @ships-to-sail @celeritas2997 and @rmd-writes is privy to. BUT.

For those of you who aren’t in the middle of the Venn diagram between RWRB and Schitt’s Creek, a few years back I wrote a 53k canon divergence breakup/reconciliation fic that was dubbed “angstapalooza” while I was writing it. And based on people’s reactions… it earned the moniker. (It’s also, despite my overall reputation in SC as a smut/kink peddler, become The Work people associate with me, apparently. Or as @indestructibleheart put it: “mj being seen as someone who only writes angst is like how nick is gonna go down in history for playing gay royals. it's not their fault their angst fics just happen to be very memorable, but they actually have a full imdb of other roles.“ 😂😂😂

SO. When, halfway through writing the actor AU, I had a sudden idea for a multi-chapter canon divergence breakup/reconciliation fic… well. The appellation seemed appropriate. It also immediately terrified the RWRB/SC Venn diagrammers 😂

I really do just need to sit down and, like, focus on this one, because it’s by far my longest-languishing WIP. But here’s the start of the pitch: canon divergent from Rio, they start hooking up much earlier, and break up—spectacularly and angrily—a couple of months before Philip’s wedding. Cakegate is no longer antagonism and UST, it’s two very recent very hurt exes having to play the diplomatic bullshit in the public eye while seeing each other for the first time since breaking up.

There’s a prologue in media res that covers cakegate, then we flash back to Rio and see the progression of their relationship (before and after cakegate) from there. Angst with a happy ending, and many delicious things on the way I won’t spoil right now.

As a little treat, have the (heartbreaking!!) end of the prologue:

Later, what Alex will hate himself for the most isn’t the absolute waste of $75,000 worth of dessert. It won’t be the heartbroken look on Martha’s face, or the disappointed expression on his mom’s when he gets home, or the diplomatic shitstorm the whole thing threatens to kick off.

No, what Alex will hate himself for the most is that when they fall to the floor, Henry’s hands find their way to Alex’s hips, gripping tight enough that his fingers will probably leave bruises later—and just for a moment, it feels like coming home.

Hold up, rewind, knock me off of my feet [OnlyFans/Roommates]

I talked about this one here but have a little snippet because I genuinely love this fic. I just keep getting distracted by ooh-shinies

“I think I’m into Henry.”

“Right, no, I got that part somewhere in between hearing how pretty he is when he cries and you waxing rhapsodic about how he has, and I quote, ‘thighs that could crush a watermelon or, like, hang off a pole or something’.”

Alex blinks at her, confused. “What? I didn’t say anything about his thighs.”

“Not today.”

Two words should not be able to be that damning. He does vaguely recall saying that, actually, a few weeks after they moved in together and Alex had come home to find Henry in shorts for the first time.

Which, okay. It’s possible Alex has been ignoring a few signs. Big signs. Twelve foot tall signs that are so neon you kind of have to wonder if they’re radioactive.

[WIP tag game]

#wip tag game #affectionatelyrs #wip: hold up rewind knock me off of my feet #angstapalooza RWRB edition

[kiwiana-writes]

Six(ish) Sentence Sunday

I thought I might do this when it's actually Sunday for me for once! This is from something that will likely be my next long-ass fic after the actor AU, so might not see the light of day for a while (and yes I know I wrote Much Ado in a month-long fever dream, but I'm travelling in October and then NaNoWriMo, so I'm not sure the next big project will be quite as fast lol)

“When you have one of these, you should do two champagne fountains instead of one. Really embarrassing to be at a wedding with only one champagne fountain.” “Alex.” Henry has his press smile plastered on, and it makes something under Alex’s skin itch. He hates that stupid fucking fake smile. He hates even more that it’s being directed at him. “I confess, I rather thought you would have the common decency to fake a stomach flu.”

Tagging @roseapothecary @inexplicablymine @cricketnationrise @nontoxic-writes @lilythesilly @rmd-writes (pretty sure it's only Sunday for one of y'all right now so consider this an early warning lmaoooo)

#six sentence sunday #angstapalooza rwrb edition #kiwiana-writes

[kiwiana-writes]

Six(ish) Sentence Sunday

I'm bouncing between a truly embarrassing number of documents at the moment, but here are six sentences! (I think.)

Alex can’t avoid Henry forever. He’d like to. Alex has spent the whole evening indulging himself in a steady diet of champagne and barely contained rage, and it’s working for him, okay? He’s bracketed by the comforting duo of June and Nora, June gripping his hand under the table every time Henry appears in their line of sight and Nora dropping jokes in his ear about everyone who stops by to talk to them. But Alex has caught the odd questioning glance being thrown their way, especially when Henry joins in on the dancing. There’s probably an expectation that he asks June, and the fact that he hasn’t done so is the only positive thought Alex can muster about him.

Tagging @cha-melodius @inexplicablymine @rmd-writes @ships-to-sail @maxbegone @lilythesilly @nontoxic-writes

#six sentence sunday #seven sentence sunday #i lowkey love that we can't agree on a number lmao #angstapalooza rwrb edition #kiwiana-writes

[kiwiana-writes]

WIP Word Search

Oh god I've been tagged in this three times—thanks @anincompletelist @theprinceandagcd @hgejfmw-hgejhsf—so now I have a long-ass list of words 🤣

My words were: make, hide, square, edge, atmosphere AND hope, smooth, skin, water, paper AND proud, ceaseless, worried, dark, pointless. I am very literally begging the universe to ensure I don't have all 15 of these in WIPs, but I'm putting all this nonsense under a cut just in case.

MAKE appears in: Climb up and meet the sky

“This isn’t your local flight school’s Cessna, okay? The open cockpit’s the easiest part—she’s got no starter, no brakes, no flaps, no nose wheel. She’s not going to fly her way out of trouble, either; she’ll stall or spin. She’ll make sure you’re aware of every tiny mistake you make, sweetheart.”

HIDE appears in: Chantilly lace and a pretty face

A few days ago it was Between us we have more security than a Taylor Swift concert, who else could it be?; last week was I so appreciate you announcing yourself so I have time to hide my parade of lovers; the first time, though, was Alex’s personal favourite: Are you sure you are, in fact, home, and haven’t stepped into a deeply heterosexist 1960s sitcom?

SQUARE appears in: The way we get into each other's bones [angstapalooza RWRB edition]

Henry turns to Alex, his expression carefully guarded as he squares his shoulders in a deliberate, measured way that is utterly at odds with the carefree boy Alex used to look at in the glossy pages of J14.

EDGE appears in: a super-secret collaboration with @indestructibleheart that we just started poking at yesterday (I have no idea how long it will stay super secret BUT)

There’s a flash of light out of the corner of his eye, the unrelenting glint of sunlight hitting metal, and Henry’s hands curl into fists around the edge of the sink as he looks up.

ATMOSPHERE appears in nothing!

HOPE appears in: [Henry writes]

(Also, in a very chill no-pressure way, I notice you’re not writing as often as you used to -- I hope everything’s going well for you!)

SMOOTH appears in nothing! (Well, lots of things that I've already published but no WIPs)

SKIN appears in: Introspective rimming

Alex moves like he’s trying to crawl inside Henry’s skin, letting out soft moans and shivering gasps that burrow their way between Henry’s fourth and fifth ribs and carve out a place for themselves there, somewhere only Alex has ever reached.

WATER appears in nothing!

PAPER appears in nothing!

PROUD appears in nothing!

CEASELESS appears in nothing!

WORRIED appears in nothing!

DARK appears in: [Stranger Than Fiction AU]

The man in front of him has much longer hair, for one; dark, wild curls framing a face that’s a little softer, with a less sharp jaw.

POINTLESS appears in nothing!

I AM TAGGING @anchoredarchangel @blackandwhiteandrose @indestructibleheart @onthewaytosomewhere @orchidscript @ships-to-sail @stereopticons @tintagel-or-cockleshells @whimsymanaged and, as always, anyone who wants to play!

Your words are: land, answer, spare, funeral, value

#wip word search #kiwiana-writes #wip: climb up and meet the sky #wip: chantilly lace and a pretty face #angstapalooza rwrb edition #wip: RWYLM #wip: henry writes #fic: what a beautiful tone #wip: STFAU

[kiwiana-writes]

wait pls could you tell (me) us more about the ansgtapalooza rwrb you're working on??? is that allowed or we only get snippets until you're able to post it??? im so behind the wip days so i had no idea about this!!! but i am excited!! i love angst!!!

It’s definitely allowed, but I don’t know how much more I have to share right now! The title is The way we get into each other’s bones and it’s a prologue (which is actually a midquel — after the prologue we jump back three years) + 10 chapters, so probably around 50k once complete. Lovers to enemy exes to lovers, fully canon divergent, angst with a happy ending of course! ❤️

#anonymous #angstapalooza RWRB edition

[kiwiana-writes]

we're feeling angsty today so for the word association: pain, heartache, cry pls and thank you!

You know what, nonnie? I respect it.

Angstapalooza is definitely chock-full of pain.

Heartache is definitely going to make up some of the Big Secret Collab with @indestructibleheart

And while it's not quite what you meant, while lots of these fics have someone crying for sad reasons at some point, [Alex and Nora write terrible erotica fml] will feature crying with laughter pretty heavily...

[WIP word association]

#wip word association #anonymous #angstapalooza rwrb edition #wip: rwylm #wip: baloney pony

[kiwiana-writes]

Hmm okay if I'm allowed a second guess, "comfort"?

Also a not 100% match but definitely closer! Ironically from the same fic, though different doc (different chapter):

He’s bracketed by the comforting duo of June and Nora, June gripping his hand under the table every time Henry appears in their line of sight and Nora dropping jokes in his ear about everyone who stops by to talk to them.

[Send me a word, if it’s in any of my wip documents I’ll answer your ask with the sentence that it appears in.]

#wip word game #anonymous #angstapalooza rwrb edition

[kiwiana-writes]

What about "patient" for the wip game?

I don't have patient but I do have this!

Alex Claremont-Diaz has no patience for rudeness; not even from literal royalty.

[Send me a word, if it’s in any of my wip documents I’ll answer your ask with the sentence that it appears in.]

#wip word game #anonymous #angstapalooza rwrb edition

[kiwiana-writes]

same anon and hello???? that premise is everything!! lovers to enemy exes to lovers??? the best kind of angst!!! sending you all the love and inspiration!!!😘

I’m glad!!! It feels kinda self indulgent so it’s nice to know I’m not the only person who’s into it lol

#anonymous #angstapalooza RWRB edition

[kiwiana-writes]

Fic Writing Review 2023

Tagged by my fellow stats nerd @stereopticons - thanks pal!

Rules: Feel free to show whatever stats you have. Only want to show Ao3 stats? Rock on. Want to include some quantitative info instead of stats? Please do this. Want to change how yours is presented? Absolutely do that. Would rather eat glass than do this? Please don’t eat glass but don’t feel like you have to do this either.

Words and Fics (fics written in 2023 only)

143,107 words published to ao3. At least 3,900 more guaranteed by the advent fic so... I think I should make a concentrated effort to break 150k, right? 👀

No good way of tracking unpublished words in WIPs written this year. My goal for 2024 is to set up my spreadsheet to track words written as well as published so watch this space.

3 published fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue (book), Schitt's Creek, The Last Of Us (TV show). Technically 1 unpublished fandom in Red White & Royal Blue (film) 😅

Most recent drop: Apart from the daily advent fic drops lilnked above, a PWP interlude in the hockey boyfriend Henry 'verse

Longest (published) fic: By a country fuckin' mile, With so much of my heart (that none is left to protest), aka the Much Ado actor AU, at 65,586 words.

Longest (published) oneshot: Kinda think that I might be his type (Alex and Bea fake date) at 12,864 words

Top Fics by Kudos (fics written in 2023 only)

With so much of my heart (that none is left to protest) [RWRB, Alex/Henry, rated E, 65,586 words]

Kinda think that I might be his type [RWRB, Alex & Bea + Alex/Henry, rated E, 12,864 words]

We were supposed to find this [RWRB, Alex/Henry, rated M, 3,384 words]

Puck It [RWRB, Alex/Henry, rated E, 9,739 words]

Feel your hands in my hair and you whisper my name [RWRB, Alex/Henry, rated E, 2,508 words]

Miscellaneous Data From My Unhinged Spreadsheet about 2023 fics

To no one's surprise, highest percentage of private bookmarks goes to Bukkake Breaky Heart.

Out of 24 fics published in 2023, 14 were explicit, 2 were mature, 7 were teen and up, and 1 was general audiences

3 fics didn't have a title sourced from anywhere. 3 were sourced from literature/poetry, 3 were puns, and the remaining 15 were song lyrics, with 3 each from Taylor Swift and Matt Nathanson.

My highest kudos/hits ratio was on Empty your heart of its mortal dream, aka the Fae Prince Henry fic.

My fandom fic events in 2023

Nilch nada zip in terms of, like, fests. I wanted to do Threesgiving but the words wouldn't come, so a sort-of-threesome-sort-of-foursome will probably appear on some random day in fucking February or something lmao. However while they weren't fandom-specific events, I did do:

Kinktober 2023

Advent 2023

Upcoming Events and Projects for 2024

I have a lot -- a lot a lot a LOT -- of WIPs that will be completed in 2024, so please don't think of this as an exhaustive list, but they are the ones I'm most excited for:

A Practical Arrangement - @clottedcreamfudge has Devised A Punishment if I don't get chapter two out for y'all by Christmas because my usual methods of pushing past my brain bullshit weren't working, so technically this is a 2023 project 🤣 @ships-to-sail and @celeritas2997 have the carrot and CCF has the stick.

Anastasia AU!!! I LOVE this fic and I think it's in the 'meaty one-shot' range buuuuuut we'll see. It might get a little out of control.

Angstapalooza RWRB edition - this is gonna be another long fic, 10-11 chapters, 50k words ish, and I cannot WAIT to make y'all cry sink my teeth into it. My Schitt's Creeks babes know what happens when I deem something 'angstapalooza' lmao.

Hockey Boyfriend Henry part 3, aka the whole reason I started writing the fucking series in the first place lmao

Leverage AU, which I haven't shared anything of yet because it's a post-angstapalooza longfic but I am VERY HYPE FOR.

Rafael Is Surrounded By Disaster Queers, aka the Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead-style Rafael POV... 5+1? Vignettes? set in the Much Ado actor AU verse. Which at this point is just a gift for @inexplicablymine and @cricketnationrise and I wouldn't have it any other way.

STFAU 👀

*infomercial voice* And much, much more!

BUT, 2024 is also for taking original writing seriously. Maybe flash/microfiction on patreon, definitely diving into an original novel. I've thrown in the towel with my contracting agency in the new year and everything. Ack.

Tagging anyone I've tagged above and also @anincompletelist @cha-melodius @hgejfmw-hgejhsf @indestructibleheart @myheartalivewrites and anyone who wants to play because I love data.

#kiwiana-writes #fic writing review 2023

[kiwiana-writes]

Year in Review: Favourite Lines

Thanks to @anincompletelist for both making up a new game AND tagging me in it!

RULES: feel free to share your top three/top five/however many favorite snippet(s)/line/quotes/paragraphs from your published fics (or wips!)

Tried to keep this relatively short; may have failed. Whatever, just roll with it.

From Empty your heart of its mortal dream:

His name tripping off the prince’s tongue sent a shudder through Alex he couldn’t explain. “I no longer feel cursed,” he said, a deflection and a confession all in one.

From I've carried this song in my mind:

“Looking for Orion,” Henry responds after a moment, and that makes Arthur ache in a way dead actors-turned-dukes should probably not be able to ache. You don’t need to find Orion, Arthur wants to tell him. I’m in every constellation, in your heart, in your soul. I’m here. I’m always here. But Henry can’t hear him.

From Puck It:

Alex is aware that he might be bisexual in the same way he’s aware that he might be allergic to cats; there have been a few brief interactions to make him think it’s probably true, but so far it hasn’t had any impact on his life, so he hasn’t really had a reason to look into it and find out for sure. Now, faced with Henry’s clavicle and the sudden, vivid mental image of sinking his teeth into it, he’s not sure how theoretical it is anymore.

and:

Falling in love with Henry isn’t something Alex does. It’s not even something that happens to him. It’s an inevitability; the earth rotates the sun, winter melts into spring, and Alex Claremont-Diaz falls in love with Henry Fox. With his smile, with his passion, with his grief; with his incredible caring heart and his shockingly subpar karaoke skills.

From The way we get into each other's bones (aka angstapalooza RWRB edition, currently a WIP coming 2024):

No, what Alex will hate himself for the most is that when they fall to the floor, Henry’s hands find their way to Alex’s hips, gripping tight enough that his fingers will probably leave bruises later—and just for a moment, it feels like coming home.

From Years of dreams just can't be wrong (aka Anastasia AU, currently a WIP coming 2024):

The thing about Alex is, he’s always ten steps ahead of himself. When faced with a problem, more often than not the solution will come to him fully formed and he has to pick up the thread and walk it backwards through the labyrinthine pathways of his brain’s logic until all the twists and turns fit together; until he understands the steps to take to get himself from point A to point B. He’s always been this way, to the confusion of most people around him and the dismay of more than one high school math teacher begging him to show his working.

Tagging @affectionatelyrs @cha-melodius @clottedcreamfudge @cricketnationrise @cultofsappho @hgejfmw-hgejhsf @inexplicablymine @myheartalivewrites @orchidscript @rmd-writes @sparklepocalypse and, as always, anyone who wants to play! 

#year in review: favourite lines #kiwiana-writes