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sheltereredturtle · 1 year
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willowedhepatica · 7 months
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Ava falling asleep on Beatrice's shoulder
When Beatrice was a kid she used to go down on bruised knees and pray to God. 
She doesn't know if she really believed in him or not, or if it was just a pursuit for her parents validation. She doesn't know if he ever believed in her. But even then, when she stayed down on the scratchy wooden floor she hoped it would bring her something inexplicable. Something holy.
Even that felt like sinning back then.
The fire cracks and Ava holds a beer up towards the starlit sky as she leans her weight on one shoulder. "To Shannon and Mary for arranging this, I've always wanted to go camping!" 
Camila giggles as Ava takes a swig from the can. Beatrice resists the urge to steady her when she seems to tip a little too far to the left. Ava only straightens, a wonky grin forming on her face as she turns to her. "Want some?"
"You know I don't drink."
"Really, not even when a pretty girl offers?" Ava wiggles her eyebrows and Beatrice's cheeks grow warm. 
Lilith scoffs somewhere from the far left but she isn't paying enough attention to her surroundings for that to matter. That was her first mistake. Because Ava is gorgeous. The flames light up her face and dance across her skin, making her eyes glow. She shifts in place. There's just enough space between them on the wooden log for Beatrice to be able to place a hand between them. "I- you're not..."
Before Beatrice can sputter any further Ava bumps her on the shoulder. "I'm just messing with you, Bea. Would be cool seeing a nun drink though." 
She nods meekly. Digs her nails into the palm of her hand. "Yeah." She doesn't want to remember that part of her right now. Not when she's here. Not with Ava.
She is everything Beatrice isn't. Wild, carefree and bubbly as if everything would burst if she held it between her ribcage for too long. Her cargo jacket, ripped and mended together with all kinds of patches in yellow green and red, hung loose from one of her shoulders and revealed a black tank top underneath. Ava didn't seem like she had noticed. Beatrice had. Damn it she had. How could she possibly have not?
The fire cracks. Everyone is laughing about something, probably Mary because Ava has challenged her to a drinking game and Mary is leaning in like she was born for this moment.
Beatrice simply watches. They are used to her being quiet. 
After two shots Ava sways towards her, arm pressing into her own as she whispers. "You alright?" 
The skin where she makes contact burns. Her whole body tingles. Her voice comes out like a single breath. "Yeah." 
"Okay." 
Beatrice's eyes shoot down to her hand. Ava is playing with her fingers, rubbing her thumb over her knuckles. She shudders. The chatting around them feels distant.
"Are you cold?" Ava continues, still close. Still tracing her fingers over her skin.
"I'm fine. The fire is warm." 
Ava laughs. Beatrice blushes again, jaw tightening. 
"Here." Ava says as she starts taking her jacket off, quite clumsily but doing it nonetheless.
"Ava, no, you need to stay warm."
"Yeah yeah, I know. I can catch a cold or whatever." She rolls her eyes, but not mockingly, just knowing. In a way that could only be done between people who had known each other for a while. She'd only known her for a couple months, Beatrice reminds herself. She shouldn't feel like this--
Ava scoots closer, slides her jacket over her shoulder and adjusts it, keeping her arm there. "There, now we can both stay warm." 
Beatrice tenses, looks around to see if anyone is watching. They aren't, surprisingly so. Beatrice believes they are sparring them, at least for now. Ava doesn't seem to care at all. In fact, she is only watching her. "This is okay right?" 
It isn't the first time Ava's done this. Beatrice has learned from the short time she's known her that she's a physical person. Always in need to reach out, feel the world around her. As if though she is afraid it might disappear. Afraid it wouldn't be real. Beatrice has never been fond by touch but Ava-- Ava made it feel sacred. Like the creation of fire sparked from the simplicity of it. 
She allows herself to relax into it. Into Ava's side. "Yes, yeah it's okay."
Ava answers by letting her head fall on her shoulder, buries her face into her neck and hums. "You smell nice."
God she wishes the others weren't here right now. 
"Do I?"
"Yea." Ava mumbles, lips tickling across her skin. "Smells like pine."
"Pine." She mutters uselessly, mouth dry and heart beating out of her chest. 
Ava draws closer, eyes closed. "Mhm, it's like, you're one with the forest. Or something. Like the werewolves." Beatrice can feel her break into a smile.
She turns her head just enough to glance down at her. "Did you just compare me to a werewolf?" 
Beatrice isn't able to hide the amusement from her voice, especially not when Ava starts to giggle, her entire body shaking with her laughter. "You would be a great werewolf." 
Beatrice doesn't know how to answer that but it doesn't really matter. Ava is dozing off, arm slipping from her shoulder to land loosely behind her back. Beatrice adjusts herself slowly, careful not to disturb her. 
If this is sinning she didn't want to be right. If anyone told her this is anything but holy, she wouldn't believe them. How could anything that felt like this be wrong? 
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Wn prompt: 'please'
[anyway we love switzerland era panic; lil bit from girls against god part 4 for @unicyclehippo]
it's not that you meant to see anything; you had just been taking out the trash because hans was busy at the bar and ava was on her fifteen minute break. but then you're in the alleyway and ava is pressed up against the dirty brick wall, imani — one of your regulars, and one of your favorites — leaning into kiss her again.
your pulse pounds in your ears and you inexplicably feel like you're about to burst into tears: but ava is not yours, and it's her break, and, while it may be irresponsible and is certainly not preparing her to save the world in any way, you don't feel like you can say anything, or stop her in any way.
she opens her eyes at the noise of the door opening, and then she's pushing imani back after she catches sight of you.
'sorry imani,' she says, casual and with an unapologetic but kind smile, 'my break is almost over. great time, though.'
you go back inside as imani is laughing, happy, and nothing is serious even though you feel like you're going to stop breathing any second. you go to the supply closet just so you can gather yourself, and your whole body feels like it's about to explode out of your skin.
eventually, you manage to calm down, just a little, and it's the end of your shift anyway. ava is, blessedly, busy, and so you wave to hans and scurry away; perhaps a little cowardly, but you might throw up, and it's all too revelatory for you to bear calmly.
you eat dinner in silence, not even turning on the tv or a podcast on your phone or opening a book, making your way through the leftover pasta ava had left in the fridge, cold, dutifully. you get ready for bed — wash your face, brush your teeth, change into pajamas — and curl up under the blanket. you lie there, go over everything in your mind: ava had been kissing someone; ava had been kissing a girl.
the front door opens eventually, as it was bound to do: ava always comes home. you hear her drink a glass of water and then stumble around the bathroom, trying and not succeeding at all in being quiet. she changes in the dark; of course, you don't look. you might be able to admit to yourself, shaky, that you want to, that you long to, but you've made your vows and you are here to protect her, to train her, and nothing more.
she lies down next to you in bed, softly, and after a few seconds she rolls over.
'bea?'
you stay silent.
'i know you're not asleep.'
you sigh, turn over so you can face her. her features are softer in the relief in the moonlight; she looks, you can admit, angelic.
'please talk to me.'
'i'm not mad.' you find, inexplicably, this is the most important place to start.
'oooookay,' she says, 'but you seem kinda mad.'
'i'm not,' you say.
'you don't — it didn't mean anything,' she says, a little desperate, unexpected. 'i've just never kissed a girl before.'
'you — you're interested in women?'
ava smiles, lighter again, and laughs a little. 'yeah,' she says, shrugs. 'who wouldn't be? women are... soft and kind and smell good and beautiful.'
you don't have anything to say; all you want, in your whole heart, is to press your lips to hers. you think, a little tired and a little sad and full of years of pent up longing, you would die for it. you would die for her.
'is that... a problem?'
'oh,' you say, 'of course not, ava. i'm just... i'm a little surprised, is all.'
'i mean, i cut my hair and have been wearing this stupid little cap backward for all its worth. i'd sure hope girls would notice me, at least sometimes.'
it hangs in the air for a second — you notice her; you always have — before she pinches your side and you laugh, just once, reluctantly but a blessing nonetheless.
'ava, please.'
it comes out a little strangled and she snorts a laugh and then shrugs.
'i won't do it again.'
'you — you could, as long as it doesn't distract you from training or jeopardize our cover.'
she shrugs. 'nah. imani isn't the girl i want to kiss.'
you feel like all the breath has been sucked out of your lungs, kind of like when you'd gotten hit in the stomach with a bow staff at 17 and had spent minutes gasping for air.
'i — it would be — you know what,' she says, 'never mind.'
'ava.'
'nah, it's cool.' she wiggles her way nearer to you, pushes on your hip until you turn over and she can wrap her arms around you. you tried to fight it for weeks but this is the most consistent way you can both sleep through the night, the halo facing the door just in case, her knees tucked safely behind yours. 'you're a nun, and all that.'
you're too tired to ask what that means, although you're pretty sure you know. you would die to kiss her; you would give up every vow you'd made to any god.
but not now. tonight, you think of the way imani's hands had flitted gentle and greedy over ava's hips, the way you had heard the hitch of ava's breath. desire is no stranger to you, despite your reticence and discipline.
'sleep well, ava,' you say, and she snores softly in response, lips gently pressed against your spine.
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sistertinysips · 11 months
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Another fun thought about WN
When Lilith is discussing ripping the halo out of Ava after they caught her at archTeq, Bea asks
Bea: and if she dies?
Lilith: that's up to god
Things inside the room start to shake and Ava starts floating above the bed. Despite the fact that we're explicitly told by Ava that she cannot move because she's still under the effects of Bea's (affectionate ❤️) tranquilizer dart. Only after that she's able to move again.
Which means, not only did the halo chose Ava, god/reya/whoever is the equivalent of god in this universe did too
Also, Ava is wearing different clothes than what she was wearing previous to arriving at cat's cradle. Someone had to strip her and put her into training-friendly clothing. And in my headcanon it was Bea (and also Camila because she's just helpful and sweet like that), because it's fun to think of the gay panic involved
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captianday-dreamer · 1 year
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Can someone pls gif the scene where Ava is telling the sisters their first plan and is giving heart eyes to Bea and Bea suddenly snapping her head away when she realizes she’s supposed to be the next one talking. Like these two idiots are just smiling at each other for a good 3 secs and Bea just gay panics a bit. She turned her head away way too fast. That’ll be nice.
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RWRB hcs probably pt. 1-
•After they get married everyone (mostly June and Nora) started calling Alex princess. Like, "shut up, princess"
•Henry has read MANY fanfics and written several of his own. This includes a secret five chapter story about him and Alex that stays hidden in the depths of his computer
•I know Taylor Swift is a controversial topic in this fandom, but you cannot tell me Henry "queer historian, writer, and dramatic gay boy" would not jam out to and cry over ts songs alone in his room
•David loves cuddling with Alex, and Henry calls him a traitor, but really he finds it adorable
•Alex has definitely brought some feral animal home that he found on the street hoping to save it and raise it as a pet, and then Henry made him give it to the shelter and he cried all night
•June and Nora get a cat. That's it. They're just cat moms
•When Pez, June, and Nora are all in the same place, they are most likely gonna sleep together
•Phillip gets better and he and Henry are able to work on mending their relationship after Mary dies and neither of them have to deal with her manipulation and abuse
•Alex posts lots of thirst traps, and Henry dies every time
•Alex calls Henry lots of pet names I'm Spanish, and also just in general talks to him a lot in Spanish. Henry has very low understanding of what Alex is saying for the first couple years, but he still melts
•Henry eventually tries to learn Spanish and after a while he can carry a conversation. Oscar often makes fun of his pronunciation though
•Alex is an apple user Henry is an android user. They argue about it often
•Alex's shit got rocked when Hamilton came out. He saw it 10 times
•They continue to have a New Year's party for several years after Ellen leaves office.
•They have a daughter and a son, the son is Henry and June's biologically, and the daughter's Alex and Bea's biologically. Both are referred to as aunt though. Also they used IVF not sex, just to be clear.
•When Alex turns 35, a petition is spread around social media trying to get him to run for president. It gets double the needed signatures, but he doesn't end up running.
•Alex usually tops, but not always. Henry is usually more dominant though.
•I know in cannon Bea gets married to someone (presumably a man) but I hc that she's also gay and meets a girl whose picking her friend up from and na meeting. (Idk, I have a whole story set out for Bea's love life)
•Not really a hc, but Henry has def ridden Alex while wearing a cowboy hat
•Pez always buys the children of the super six super lavish and expensive gifts when ever he visits, and becomes the favorite of the aunts and uncles
•After their first fight once married, Alex has a huge panic attack thinking they won't make it together, but Henry calms him down and it doesn't happen again
•Zhara and Shaan have a daughter who is the scariest little girl in the world. Alex is legitimately scared to get on her bad side.
•David has his own insta account and he has many photos in little outfits
•Henry and Alex write letters to each other every time one of them has to go somewhere for work, just for old times sake
•Henry's first novel absolutely kills all the queer teens, and is basically that universe's RWRB
•Alex often steals Henry's Jaffa cakes and won't ever admit it. Henry knows, and he finds it adorable
•Ever so often Alex will get super into some new topic and do loads of research, and write essays or make presentations on it and then share it with Henry so he can teach him everything he now knows.
•Lowkey canon, but Henry's a Maurauders era fan
•He's also a Tumblr girly and has had a secret blog for years
•The super six do slideshow nights, here's an example of one of those nights: Henry: People from History You Didn't Know Where Queer, Nora: The Statistical Likelihood of Each of Us Releasing a Rap Album, Pez: Rating Everyone's Exes, Bea: The Most Embarrassing Stories About Henry I Can Think of, Alex: Hottest Politicians Around the World, June: The Most Embarrassing Stories About Alex I Can Think of (Her and Bea worked together)
•Occasionally Henry will use an American term (like saying chips when he meant crisps) and Alex will use a British term (like jumper instead of sweater), and both get very upset when it happens (whoever didn't slip up finds it hilarious)
•They joke around whenever a gossip site releases an article about their relationship, like, "oh look, I've apparently left you and headed back to England after you cheated on me" "oh, good for you, that was a rude thing for me to do"
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lonelyneuronaboard · 1 year
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When Bea finally gets rid of all the gay panic & catholic guilt and starts to go full throttle with the love/darling/sweetheart in THAT accent?
Game over for Ava and us.
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foryourmajesty · 1 year
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love it when Bea's brain goes on full gay panic mode
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handittothefandom · 6 months
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Red, White and Royal Blue Headcannons
- Alex falls asleep with his glasses on, Henry takes them off
- LIGHTSABER BATTLES
- Alex knows EXACTLY how many moles Henry has
- Henry asks June if proposing on New Year’s is cliche
- The both have their pronouns in social media bios
- The first time Alex actually spoke spanish in front of Henry he had to sit down
- David spends a lot of nights laying in Alex’s knees and Henry isn’t sure if his dog stoled his boyfriend or if his boyfriend stoled his dog
- “I love you” “That’s gay” “Alex I am quite literally gay”
- Henry is always playing with Alex’s hair and Alex is always playing with Henry’s hands
- The next time they go to the lake Alex jokes about how Henry better not run away this time
- Alex is always stressed and tries to play off his panic attacks by joking, Henry holds his hands in his and sits with him until he breathes
- Ellen refers to Henry as her favorite son
- They smash so much cake in each others faces at their wedding
- Alex has a tattoo only Henry has seen
- Alex wears makeup for their first pride, seeing him and those damn eyelashes with mascara leave Henry unable to talk when he looks at him for the whole day
- You bet your ass Henry always buys Alex yellow roses on their anniversary
- Bea tells Alex that their dad would have really loved him
- Henry ends up so obsessed with Alex because he’s the first person who didn’t pretend to love him for someone he wasn’t
- Henry has a super specific skin care routine, and even wears a headband while he does it, Alex washes his face with bar soap and it makes Henry so mad “You really don’t do anything and look that good”
- When they’re together Alex rubs Henry’s back till he falls asleep, when they’re apart they having matching teddy bears they sleep with and Alex calls and reads to Henry on really bad night
- “you might be the prince of whales but you are the king of my heart”
- One night Alex is putting their kids to sleep and Henry over hears him telling their love story as a bed time story, “Sometimes you’re wrong and that’s okay because when I admitted I was wrong it turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to me”
- Alex is obsessed with matching Halloween costumes
- Henry definitely calls him princess
- Henry dedicates his first book to Alex
- Alex is very ticklish to Henry’s advantages
this list is only gonna get longer but here
Also if you like any of these and want to write a whole fic please do, send me a link when you’re done
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hore4women · 1 year
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Camila: Uh-ohhhh, someone has a crushhhhh.
Ava: I do not have a crush! It’s not like I stay awake at night, thinking about Bea.
*at night, sleeping RIGHT NEXT TO Beatrice. Ava laying there, staring at the ceiling in gay panic.*
Ava:
Ava: *starts blushing* Uh-oh.
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raogrhysc · 1 year
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Bea in gay panic mode
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rwrbficrecs · 11 months
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hi!!! I know this is a relatively new blog so totally take ur time but would love to see more canon compliant recs I just can’t get enough of the canon universe!!! I know u did a post that focused on canon scene retellings/missing scenes but I would also love to see some post canon fics that r still canon compliant!!!!! thank u very much :)
Hi sorry this took a while! Hope you enjoy all these post-canon recs :) 
click here for the other post with canon compliant fics 
Post canon: all that glitters (is not gold) by @indomitable-love A Love Letter to Love by @soshesighs Bea and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad 15 Minutes by @coffeecatsme Cakegate: A Very Intended Sequel by @ashwinmeird everything looks better in the morning. by @chaa-kiao go the distance by @indomitable-love it's all me (just don't go) by weather_stained Las Flores by @14carrotghoul Let me count the ways by @clottedcreamfudge Never Truly Leave by @clottedcreamfudge Not Always Known by @ashwinmeird The B Was Never Silent by @indomitable-love these things i know by @indomitable-love to build a home by @indomitable-love you're on your own, kid (yeah you can face this) by @coffeecatsme (some post-canon towards the end) yrs. faithfully (if a little early) by @clottedcreamfudge
Bonus Recs:  a goddamn blaze in the dark (and you started it) by orionseye (This is set during canon and shows us some Liam POV) Gay Panic Button by @your-void-senpai (A Henry POV fic of some canon scenes and missing scenes. One of my favourite canon compliant fics and I can’t believe I missed including it in the other canon ask. Go give this fic some love because it is so so good!!)
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noahczreny · 9 months
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i want to hear all ur rwrb movie thoughts x
OOF OKAY buckle up this is gonna be a long one. i'll put everything under a read more because i really really didnt like the movie and also it's gonna be spoilery
but i will leave my one opinion that has no bearing on anything above which is THEY FUCKED THE TURKEY SCENE WHICH IS ONE OF MY FAV SCENES IN THE WHOLE BOOK. i wanted alex to say "puttheturkeysinmyroomputtheturkeysinmyroomputtheturkeysinmyroom" to the fucking president and then have a complete meltdown about the gobble and it DIDNT HAPPEN
also i should probably mention that ive read this book like 7 times and it's my comfort read so im v close to the source material
i really feel like they took out all of the heart in the story. i was reading that variety article that said they wanted to take out everything that wasnt focused just on the relationship or whatever but everything in their lives is what makes the relationship so GOOD and relatable. they took out all of the angst and pining and buildup and made the characters so flat and i didn't believe a single thing about their relationship.
the characters truly felt like different people. alex had none of the desperation that he does in the books. we dont see him teetering on the edge of everything and barely holding it together while pretending everything is completely fine. we don't see him working SO hard to ignore everything bad in his life while pretending he's just this golden boy who has his whole life figured out. we don't see him working so hard towards his almost unattainable political goals while simultaneously trying to prove himself. we don't see his meltdowns and panic attacks and insomnia. we don't see henry being the boy who just wants to be a writer but is forced into this role that he doesn't fit into. we don't see him spilling his guts in emails because he can finally talk about all of the things he's kept hidden and found someone he can finally be himself with who doesn't just see him as the perfect little princeling. we don't get to see his deep grief and depression or his anxiety about being out in public and always being on display or the constant battle he has about his duty to his country and just wanting to be himself. he kinda just turned into this broy prince dude who was kinda concerned about being gay and also being a prince but also sorta didnt really seem to care?
the fact that they made alex kinda know he was bi before the story started also completely changed his entire character. we don't get to see him figuring out parts of himself with henry, we don't get to struggle with trying to figure out what it means to be bi and also want the reddest parts of the US to relate to him. we don't even get the convo he has with nora about him being bi, it just got turned him whether or not he likes henry which felt way less impactful. also, keeping his parents together made parts of the story not even make sense. like why the fuck did they go to lake house to meet his dad if henry had already met him because his parents are still together?
the secondary characters were also SO FLAT and basically nonexistent. the fact that pez was called percy the entire time annoyed me. like i know that's his name but i feel like they toned down his character so much and part of that was never calling him pez. bea was basically nonexistent and was just like the sweet little sister (which, also, why the fuck did they change the birth order??). taking june out was a HUGE blow to alex's characterization and the storytelling as a whole and nora was so bland. she's one of my fav characters in the book because she's so fun and chaotic and movie nora was just like ,, idk cool and chill and was a total different character. also making henry's mom just be absent because she's travelling or whatever and then not be there when they're talking to the king was such a weird choice. also don't get me started on miguel, i can't believe took out raf just to put that jealous fucker in. aghhhh. also zahra was much less of a boss bitch than she was in the books. when she called shaan and was all snippy i was like ma'am you sound SILLY right now.
taking out all of the mental health rep also made me really sad. so much of the story was exploring grief and depression and anxiety and adhd and addiction and that just didn't exist at all. if they wanted to just make it a love story then that's fine, but you can't tell me that two guys in their situations would be neurotypical and not deal with any sort of grief at all.
and the EMAILS. my god, who was fucking in charge of that change because i seriously c a n n o t. where was the poetry and the angst and the historical references? why were they just like "hi im in texas, miss you" and "im reading this cool book, miss you too". so much of their relationship development happens in those emails and there's so many iconic lines and we got none of that. it also made it feel way less impactful when the emails got leaked. was there really so many scandalous things in those emails? between these flat ass characters? you can't convince me anyone actually cared about those. also the fact that miguel leaked them made NO sense. what did he have to gain? he was just mad that alex didnt wanna hook up with him again so he decided to be jealous and petty? i don't understand. also if they didn't fuck the emails they wouldn't have had to awkwardly shoehorn the "history huh" line into the museum scene. i half expected alex to turn to the camera and wink like he was in the office or some shit.
they also changed the timeline enough that everything felt so weirdly paced. they apparently aged them up, which i didnt even realize when i was watching the movie, so the love story would feel "believable" or some shit, but why can't 23 year olds be in love? why do they have to be older? also henry being like "i want to be make love tonight" EXCUSE ME SIR? in this hotel room? book henry would fucking NEVER.
my last gripe is alex's coming out speech. first, why did they have to change it? the speech in the book was SO good and impactful and the one in the movie was just ,, bland? where was "love is indomitable" and "he is my choice" and "im the first son son of the united states and i'm bisexual. history will remember us"? also why did he make the speech before even talking to henry? he essentially outted him to the entire fucking world without even having a little chat with him first which was truly fucked.
WAIT MY ACTUAL LAST THING was why did their outfits suck so much in the show. where was alex's bomber jacket during the reelection? he looked like an office bro and i was not into it.
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elettralightwood · 7 months
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Moments from the email disaster that broke me in a million pieces ♡
“how could you possibly be stupid enough to get photographed? I swear to God—” Alex doesn’t even hear the last part of what she says, because his stomach has just dropped all the way down through the floor and into the fucking basements two floors below. “Fuck.”
Tinted windows, but he forgot about the fucking windshield.
Him whispering something in Henry’s ear while Henry smiles a soft, private smile.
Fucking shitting hell. He is so fucked. Henry is so fucked. And, Jesus Christ, his mother’s campaign is fucked, and his political career is fucked, and his ears are ringing, and he’s going to throw up.
God, Henry. All he can think about is Henry’s big blue eyes looking terrified, Henry’s breathing coming shallow and quick, locked in his bedroom in Kensington Palace and desperately alone, and his jaw locks up, something burning in the back of his throat.
On the second page, he sees them: printed and annotated excerpts of their emails. It begins with a line he’s read about a thousand times by now. Should I tell you that when we’re apart, your body comes back to me in dreams ... “Fuck!” he says a third time, spiking the newspaper at the floor. That one was his. It feels obscene to see it there.
When he reaches for an emotion to name, he finds he can’t pin one down, and something shudders inside him and shuts down completely.
“I am your mother. I was your mother before I was ever the president, and I’ll be your mother long after, to the day they put me in the ground and beyond this earth. You are my child. So, if you’re serious about this, I’ll back your play.”
“So,” she says. “Do you feel forever about him?” And there’s no room left to agonize over it, nothing left to do but say the thing he’s known all along. “Yeah,” he says, “I do.”
They all turn to look at him, and Alex feels a wave of something so much bigger than himself sweep over him. A sound escapes his throat uninvited, something that he barely even recognizes, and June has him first, then the rest of them, arms and arms and hands and hands, pulling him close and touching his face and moving him until he’s on the floor, thinking distantly that he’s having a panic attack, and that’s why he can’t breathe, but he’s just staring at the rug and he’s having a panic attack and knowing why his lungs won’t work doesn’t make them work again.
He sleeps in fits and starts, wakes up sweating, wakes up shivering. He dreams in short, fractured scenes that swell and fade erratically. He dreams of himself at war, in a muddy trench, love letter soaking red in his chest pocket. He dreams of a house in Travis County, doors locked, unwilling to let him in again. He dreams of a crown.
A tweet: lmaoooo wait look at page 22 of the emails alex is such a hoe. A tweet: OMFG DID YOU SEE somebody who went to uni with Henry posted some photos of him at a party and he is just like Profoundly Gay in them i’m screaming.
His mom has signed off on them going public with the truth, which is incredible, but there’s no reason to expect that from the crown. He could get marching orders to deny everything. He thinks he might grab Henry and run if it comes down to that.
Still, the cocky shithead part of him is slightly pleased to finally have a claim on Henry. Yep, the prince? Most eligible bachelor in the world? British accent, face like a Greek god, legs for days? Mine.
There are the flaws everyone’s allowed to see—his big mouth, his mercurial temper, his searing impulses —and then there’s this. It’s like how he only wears his glasses when nobody’s around: Nobody’s supposed to see how much he needs. He doesn’t care that people write about his sex life, real or imagined. He cares that they know, in his own private words, what’s pumping out of his heart.
And Henry. God, Henry. Those emails—those letters—were the one place Henry could say what he was really thinking. There’s nothing that wasn’t laid out in there: Henry being gay, Bea going to rehab, the queen tacitly keeping Henry in the closet. Alex hasn’t been a good Catholic in a long time, but he knows confession is a sacrament. They were supposed to stay safe.
“Hello?” It’s Henry’s voice, sweet and posh and shaky and confused, and relief knocks the wind out of him “Sweetheart.” He hears Henry’s exhale over the line. “Hi, love.”
“Philip broke a vase that belonged to Anne Boleyn, Gran ordered a communications lockdown, and Mum hasn’t spoken to anyone.”
“I won’t lie. Not about this. Not about you.” Alex’s eyelashes are wet. “I fucking love you.” “I love you too.”
“I’m coming. I’ll be there soon.” Henry exhales a wet, broken laugh. “Please, do hurry.”
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whiteravengreywolf · 1 year
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We know Bea taught Ava how to swim but have we thought about the implications? Ava in her red swim suit, ready to jump into the water any chance she gets so she can splash Bea. Bea who bought a black one piece suit thinking it would be the most modest option but her arms and legs are very much on display. Them trying not to stare at each other because if Ava stops paddling she will drown but it's hard to focus when Bea is holding her. Meanwhile Bea is having a gay panic attack because she needs to keep Ava close but that is a lot of skin to skin contact. And all of that in the municipal swimming pool.
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slytherinnbitch · 9 months
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Okay yes the movie was great! I agree. But why is no one talking about so many missing characters???????? Where is June? I NEED HER. ONE ELDER SISTER AINT ENOUGH I NEED BKTH IF THEM TO BE FULLY FUNCTIONAL.
That being said, where is Henry's mom? She was supposed to take stand and how did the QUEEN BITCH OF ENGLAND suddenly turn into a King? Who idk sorta resigned to the fact that nothing can stop Henry even though he kept trying? Like where is that cruelty and hatred and disgust? Where is the dinner and Bea spilling juice? On Phillip and making him leave?
Also Ellen is shown to be happily married to Oscar? I mean WHAT????? Also where is my trophy husband Leo? I want him 😭😭😭😭😭
So many scenes are missing and I get it that it can't be all like the book but still.
Alex knowing he is bi?????? Where is his gay crisis? I wanted panic where is panic 😭😭😭😭😭 He just had two mlm relations and what?? My baby was supposed to panic!!!!!
Where is Liam and Luna???? I love Luna, man. And who is this Miguel and why? Why is he the one to post everything, it was the RICHARDS.
The movie was amazing, it had all the main moments, of Paris, of the museum, of Austin (altho it was supposed to be the middle of the night) and what not. And Ellen winning election teared me up just like always. I am just so sad that it wasn't what it was hyped up to be.
Also idk they just shat on the history, huh? Moment and really all I wanna do is crib all night long, which is unfortunate because no one here is into rwrb!!!!!!!!
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