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queers watching other queers perform thus resulting in them falling in love my beloved
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cha-melodius · 2 months
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First off, NO I'm not writing another Nova, Baby sequel. But I am dredging up this banner because I am writing firstprince spies again. I blame this one on @dumbpeachjuice and also @everwitch-magiks for suggesting... well, just read it, I think you'll figure it out.
“There has to be some mistake, something else it could be—” “Touch him.” Alex actually takes the phone away from his ear and stares at it, like Nora will be able to see the incredulous expression on his face. “I can’t— I’m not going to fucking touch him, Nora, he’s barely conscious.” “I’m not telling you to grab his dick, idiot,” she snaps. “Put your hand on his face or something. If I’m right, just the skin-on-skin contact should help revive him.” This is insane. Certifiably, actually insane. And yet Alex’s feet carry him over to the couch, where Henry’s supine form lays nearly unmoving, the only sign of life the slow rise and fall of his chest as his labored breaths wheeze through his lips. His cheeks are vividly flushed, which is made even starker by how fucking pale the rest of his skin is. So sickly, deathly pale that it ties a knot in Alex’s stomach, no matter how much he doesn’t care for the guy. Henry doesn’t stir as he kneels next to the couch, nor when Alex puts a hand on his shoulder to try to revive him. Gritting his teeth, Alex takes a deep breath and reaches out to lay a palm on Henry’s cheek. Henry gasps, his pale eyelashes fluttering before his eyes shoot open and start roving wildly over Alex. It’s so sudden and startling that Alex tries to pull away, only for Henry to grab his wrist in an iron grip and press Alex’s hand harder against his face. They stare at each other for a beat, then another, then Alex experimentally swipes his thumb over Henry’s skin, brushing against the corner of his mouth, and Henry moans. “He’s awake,” Alex croaks in disbelief. “Nora, what…” He can’t bring himself to ask the question. Doesn’t want to hear the answer. “Oh, you’re gonna have to fuck him, little buddy,” Nora says matter-of-factly. “Good luck.” Alex hangs up the phone.
Thanks to @kiwiana-writes, @three-drink-amy, @hgejfmw-hgejhsf, @bigassbowlingballhead, and @heybuddy-drabbles for the WIP Weds tags, and to everyone who's been tagging me in the wip tag games for the last couple of weeks that I have not been responding to, including @porcelainmortal, @adreamareads, @suseagull04, @lfg1986-2, @itsmaybitheway, @magicandarchery, @getmehighonmagic, @leaves-of-laurelin, @indestructibleheart, @iboatedhere, @affectionatelyrs, @lizzie-bennetdarcy, @firenati0n, @sparklepocalypse, @orchidscript, @14carrotghoul, @nocoastposts, @sherryvalli, @violetbaudelaire-quagmire, @maxbegone, @rmd-writes, @welcometololaland, and probably others I'm forgetting bc I could only go back so far. Please consider this your tag back if you have not already done WIP Weds!!
Also tagging some other folks because why not, idc if Wednesday is almost over, share if you want! Time is fake! @clottedcreamfudge, @anchoredarchangel, @ninzied, @myheartalivewrites, @tintagel-or-cockleshells, @historicallysam, @indomitable-love, @loki-is-my-kink-awakening, @mirilyawrites, @nicijones, @justabigoldnerd and anyone else! Tag me!
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An Incomplete List: Things I need to be in the RWRB movie
(Including things we already know will be in it because god I’m so excited)
Basically this will just be me listing all my favorite parts of the book so I apologize in advance for how long this will be I’m brainrotting HARD rn)
1. The callback between Henry asking June (maybe Nora tho now) to waltz and then later telling Alex he hates waltzing at the V&A idk why but this is important to me
2. PLEASE a flashback of baby Alex seeing the picture of baby Henry in the J14 magazine I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT
3. Henry’s (and Alex’s) insomnia (because I am also an insomniac and it’s an important part of their characters I feel)
4. ALEX’S GLASSES PLEEEEEASE
5. Star Wars including the Leia and Han references/mural and Henry’s favorite movie being Return of the Jedi because THATS MINE TOO❤️❤️ and also “bit short for a stormtrooper”
6. CORNBREAD AND STUFFING CORNBREAD KNOWS MY SINS HENRY buy a summer home in Majorca with the turkey Mr Wobbles and David picture from Henry and their cute little “we’ve obviously got crushes but we’re ignoring it” phone goodbye
7. EVERYTHING ABOUT NEW YEARS BUT ESPECIALLY ALEX TRYING TO GET HENRY TO DANCE AND HENRY JUST GAY PANICKING
8. Nora’s extrapolated data about Alex’s obvious crush lmao
9. RED ROOOOOOOOOM
10. “Fucking eyelashes” and also “good to know. I am very, very gay.”
11. The stupid titles they use in their emails like His Royal Horniness and Alex First Son of Off-Brand England
12. BABY and LOVE and SWEETHEART I normally hate pet names (minus love I adore that one always) but I am a SUCKER for Firstprince pet names specifically
13. I’d love to see a flashback to young Henry coming out to Bea even for just a second
14. I NEEDNEEDNEED a shot like this in the movie
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(Art by vkellyeart) but yes give me a shot like this where they’re on opposite ends of the world “two parentheses enclosing 3700 miles”
15. “Say good morning to your strumpet, Henry.”
16. So I know we won’t get the Hoe Dameron and Prince Buttercup kimonos anymore (sadness) but LET NICHOLAS GALITZINE BELT HIS HEART OUT TO QUEEN I BEG
17. Since we don’t get Cash wearing one SLAP A BRIGHT PINK FEATHER BOA ON AMY PLZ
18. Bea’s lime green drop-waist Wimbledon dress with gold honeybee Gucci sunglasses fight me Ellie Bamber would rock that look
19. So I know we know they don’t dance to Your Song in the V&A but I hope Henry still plays it on the piano or at least it plays somewhere in the movie cuz i love that song also JUST HENRY PLAYING PIANO IN GENERAL PLZ AND LET ALEX LOOK AT HIM WITH SEVERE HEART EYES and then Henry falling asleep on Alex and Alex just laying awake like Well Shit
20. “Most things are awful most of the time, but you’re good.”
21. Alex’s vocabulary apparently only being expletives when Zahra busts in on him and Henry lmao and “yes we can unpack the ironic symbolism later GO” and also “I thought you were getting into international relations or something” “I mean technically—“ “if you finish that sentence I’m gonna spend tonight in jail” 😂😂
22. THE POWERPOINTS HAHAHAH and “You need to figure out if you feel forever about him”
23. “Should I tell you that when we’re apart, you body comes back to me in dreams?” Speech and also the story about the prince with his heart outside his body that met the most dashingly gorgeous peasant boy who said absolutley ghastly things to him that made him feel alive for the first time in years
24. “Sometimes you just jump and hope it’s not a cliff” and “But the thing is, jumping off cliffs is kinda my thing. That’s the choice. I love him, with all that, because of all that. On purpose. I love him on purpose.”
25. Dear Thisbe, I wish there weren’t a wall. Love, Pyramus
26. Obtuse fucking asshole and “I fucking love you, okay?” And “when have I ever, since the first instant I touched you, pretended to be anything less than in love with you?” And “I want you— then fucking have me— but I don’t want this” and ok basically you get it their whole goddamn rain-drenched love confession scene
27. The morning after, when Henry says that all the royal shit of “fine” isn’t good enough for him and tells Alex he wants him to help him try to be happy and the chance of a life? That’s one of my favorite scenes if not my absolute favorite and I don’t even know what I need out of it but I know I need it to be PERFECT, including Henry sayings he’s been in love with Alex since they met❤️❤️
28. Prince Consort Road picture plzzzz and everything that happens in the V&A but ESPECIALLY them dancing and “taking a picture of a national gay landmark and a statue”
29. “I want you to know, I’m sure. A thousand percent.” And “I completely fucking love you”
30. AN INCOMPLETE LIST. IF WE DONT GET ALEX NARRATING THE INCOMPLETE LIST WITH A HENRY MONTAGE IN THE BACKGROUND, WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THE MOVIE????
31. “You and me and history, remember? Because you’re it, okay? I’m never gonna love anybody in the world like I love you.”
32. I want Ellen’s reaction to Alex being outed, and Zahra’s as well, with both of them being so supportive. But especially “do you feel forever about him?” “Yeah, I do.”
33. “I won’t lie. Not about this. Not about you.”
34. The crowd outside the palace and the crowds around the world supporting Henry and Alex oh my god i just know imma cry there
35. “You are the absolute worst idea I’ve ever had” Alex’s speech “America: he is my choice.”
36. The suitor pictures
37. Henry’s yellow rose of Texas tie
38. Alex taking Henry to his childhood home is a very small wish but I’d still love to see that
39. Finally, I REALLY hope the movie gives us some kind of epilouge like I don’t even care what kind I just want a future thing where we see them happy in the future at a wedding or literally just sitting together I don’t even care I just want one❤️❤️
I am SO sorry this turned out a lot longer than I expected but goddamn I love this book and I’m so excited for the movie my brain needed something to do lmao
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hgejfmw-hgejhsf · 4 months
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Fic Writer Interview
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So I decided to snag this from @sparklepocalypse and fill it out because I'm cozy on my couch on New Year's Eve and fighting off a nap like a grumpy toddler. I'm actually fairly certain I've done this one before, now that I think about it, but oh well. The numbers are different since last time, so...
1. How many works do you have on AO3?
60, apparently! 61 being posted later today!
2. What’s your total AO3 word count? 
178,579
3. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
Ghosts
Do we still have forever
Volume Control
Retaliation
Modification to the map of you
4. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
I respond to each and every comment that I receive. I try very hard to leave a personalized message for each person, but no matter what, even if it's just a "thank you," I will always respond! Even if it takes me some time!
5. What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?
To this day, the angstiest ending is Darkest before the dawn, which ends with hope, even if it doesn't end with an actual resolution. It's during canon, so the reader know what happens next.
6. What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending?
I think my most recent Christmas fic, Oh what a laugh it would have been, has probably now overtaken one of my previous fics for overall happiest ending!
7. Do you write crossovers?
I haven't yet, but I'm absolutely open to it given the write parameters!
8. Have you ever received hate on a fic?
I haven't yet, and I hope I never do, although I know that the internet can be a wild place.
9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
If you'd asked me back in July of this year, I would have said that I primarily write fade to black. Since then, I've written ridiculous amounts of smut. I'm still learning about various kinks I'd like to write about, because I don't want to just write without knowledge of the act itself, but I'm wading into the smut-verse now. I'd say the water's up to my knees, at this point. Got a ways to go.
10. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Not that I'm aware of.
11. Have you ever had a fic translated?
Nope, not that I've been made aware of, but I think it would be so neat.
12. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
I haven't but catch me and @thinkof-england cowriting something amazing now that the new year has arrived.
13. What’s your all-time favorite ship?
Y'all are gonna need to sit down for this. I don't think you're ready. Deep breath in. Hold it. Now let it out slowly. Calm your mind. Are you ready? Okay because I know this is going to come as a shock to you when I say that it's FirstPrince.
14. What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?
A Star Trek fic with Jim Kirk x an OC. I started it back in the spring and then RWRB happened and now it's just languishing away in my docs at just shy of 18,000 words.
15. What are your writing strengths?
I've been told that I have realistic dialogue, so I'll count that as a strength. I also think I'm pretty skilled at metaphors. Love a good metaphor.
16. What are your writing weaknesses?
The description of surroundings, including clothing and scenery. I feel like I don't do enough of this sometimes, and I'm trying to better at painting a proper picture.
17. What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?
I've done so! Lots and lots of research and consultation with native speakers to confirm accuracy.
18. What was the first fandom you wrote for?
Pirates of the Caribbean, apparently.
19. What’s a fandom/ship you haven’t written for yet but want to?
There isn't really one out there. I'm super content with the permanent campsite I've built in FP land. Hopefully I'm allowed to hang out there for quite some time.
20. What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?
How am I supposed to pick a favorite out over 60 fics?!
I suppose if I absolutely HAD to pick right now, right this second, I'd say Ghosts, because the prompt for it as my first ever reader-submitted prompt on a comment from another fic. The reader enjoyed my fic so much that they asked if I'd write another, and Ghosts it what came of that interaction. I loved writing it and sharing it not just with that reader but with the fandom as a whole.
Gonna post my tag list for anyone who wants to participate!
@adreamareads @affectionatelyrs @anincompletelist @cha-melodius @clottedcreamfudge @cricketnationrise @daisymae-12 @duchessdepolignaca03 @gayrootvegetable @getmehighonmagic @happiness-of-the-pursuit @heybuddy-drabbles @indomitable-love @indestructibleheart @inexplicablymine @kiwiana-writes @leaves-of-laurelin @leojfitz @littlemisskittentoes @lizzie-bennetdarcy @magicandarchery @ninzied @priincebutt @read-and-write- @rockyroadkylers @roseharpermaxwell@ships-to-sail @songliili @ssmtskw @statueinthestonetoo @stereopticons @suseagull04 @thinkof-england @tintagel-or-cockleshells@user-anakin @vanillahigh00 @violetbaudelaire-quagmire @whimsymanaged @wordsofhoneydew 
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welcometololaland · 11 months
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This week's theme: Rec a fic that starts with the same letter as your username (or, if you like, a part of your username) - I went with 'L' for Lolaland :)
The rules: Tag a fic that starts with the same letter as your username and describe why it's so good / how it has a hold on you. Then tag some people to see what everyone else is reading. Spread the love! Also, I'll do the round up on Sunday, so if you're still recc-ing on Saturday, no pressure! Please tag me or tag #fic rec friday so I can compile the masterlist.
I'm gonna break my own rules this week and rec more than one!
911 Lone Star
let me take your heart (love you in the dark) by @reyescarlos - this fic is so damn hot and i love that they're so flirty from the get-go. Kim has created straight fire, which is fortunate, because Carlos is a firefighter in this fic and the working together aspect is heartwarming and also leads to some...enjoyable opportunities (for them). I remember going absolutely insane in the comments for this one and there is a REASON for that.
lit the spark (that set a fire) by @reyesstrand - an amazing firefighter!Carlos AU that I only read recently, this one has the incredible transition from acquaintances to best friends to lovers and honestly, the way Maddie describes the best friend component had me sobbing. I think the main thing that stuck out to me is that at every point in this fic, even when TK didn't realise it, Carlos was exactly what he needed at that time.
love me as if i were forever by @rmd-writes - this one is so damn sweet and fills you with all the most comforting feelings. I think Rae describes it as TK and Carlos just loving each other a lot, and it's exactly the kind of vibe that a really good forehead kiss brings. Also, it was gifted to me after a family member passed away so it was SO appreciated at that time.
Red White and Royal Blue
Love is Thai food and crepe paper by @clottedcreamfudge - another ultimate feel good fic. It has notes written to each other, a sweet dynamic that includes the trademark CCF banter, some cute moments with kids. In this AU, Alex and Henry are teachers, and somehow it works SO WELL. Definitely recommend to put a smile on your face.
Open tag as always, but tagging: @rmd-writes @celeritas2997 @strandnreyes @chaotictarlos @fitzherbertssmolder @heartstringsduet @carlos-in-glasses @treluna4 @cha-melodius @pragmatic-optimist @lemonlyman-dotcom @guardian-angle22 @lutavero @ramblingdisaster73 @ramonaflow @neelyo67 @liminalmemories21 @rosedavid @jazzerdoc @firstprince-history-huh @three-drink-amy @thisbuildinghasfeelings @alrightbuckaroo @basilsunrise @actual-sleeping-beauty @sunshinestrand @watmalik
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blueeyedgrlwrites · 4 months
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WIP Tag Game
Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people has you have WIPs.
Tagged by: @getmehighonmagic @eusuntgratie @hgejfmw-hgejhsf. Thank you my friends.
I wasn’t sure I was going to do this because I don’t have that many WIPs. I have a lot of ideas, but only a few with words and 1 other outlined, so …. yeah. I guess ask me about those? 🙈 I’m also including the one WIP I still have from my Shadowhunters/Malec days. I doubt that will ever get finished, but I have been thinking about it a lot lately so you never actually know?
In Progress With Words
FirstPrince Hockey AU
Single Dad Alex
NYE 2.0
SB30 - Malec
Outlined (in full or in part)
Almost Exes to Lovers - FirstPrince
An Incomplete List of Ideas
Models AU
Boudoir
Text from a wrong number
Philip dies with no heirs
I don’t know who has or hasn’t already done this, so if you’re tagged and you’ve already done this let me know so I can send you an ask. As always, tags are also open and are no pressure (and are fewer than my lists, but what’re you gonna do?): @bigassbowlingballhead @violetbaudelaire-quagmire @littlemisskittentoes @anincompletelist @anchoredarchangel @affectionatelyrs @inexplicablymine
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affectionatelyrs · 6 months
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20 questions for fic writers
Thank u to @read-and-write- @daisymae-12 @inexplicablymine @happiness-of-the-pursuit and @kiwiana-writes for the tags! :) I loved reading all of y'alls answers heheheheh
1. How many works do you have on AO3?
6 and i'm proud of each one even though this is somewhat of a small number
2. What’s your total AO3 word count?
33,929
3. What fandoms do you write for?
Red, White and Royal Blue as of now - I would like to maybe write for Heartstopper one day but we shall see
4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
You Came Out of Nowhere (And You Cut through All the Noise)
All of This Silence and Patience (Pining and Anticipation)
Far too Enamored to be Content Now
King of My Heart
Baby, You're Gonna Lose Your Own Game
5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
YEAH ALWAYS! :) Comments are one of the top things that keep me motivated bc just knowing that ppl read my writing and like it enough to tell me? Yeah.... that's insane and they genuinely mean so much to me
6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
I don't think any of them do? If anything maybe my most recent one Help Me Hold On to You because it's more of a hopeful ending
7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
All of them do but a genuine happy ending that I adore and always makes me smile and giggle and kick my feet would have to be All of This Silence and Patience (Pining and Anticipation) (I honestly just love a great mutual pining reveal and the giddiness that comes with it)
8. Do you get hate on fics?
No and thank goodness for that
9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
I do indeed.... heheheheh - idk what to even say as for what kind but I will say that I am seemingly incapable of not adding a lot of feelings to my porn as of now (even my one quote unquote enemies fic had some internal what's going on feelings in there) y'all can ask @read-and-write-
10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?
I don't
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
I don't think so
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
Not that I know of but I think it would be so epic
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
Not yet but me and @inexplicablymine have a very silly idea in the works that i'm very excited for
14. What’s your all time favorite ship?
Oh goodness I have hyper fixated on many but I would honestly say FirstPrince and Narlie are pretty close to one another
15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?
I don't want to say any of them bc I genuinely love all of the ideas that I have and I would love to see all of them get written
16. What are your writing strengths?
Prose and introspection seems to be my loves at the moment - I think I'm pretty great at writing very descriptively, using literary devices, and getting into character's minds
And feelings.... simp action for everyone all around (but I've also apparently made ppl cry so there's also that)
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
Maybe dialogue? I think it's just a part that I need to practice more so that I personally feel more confident in my ability to write it
Also (sorry if this sounds so faux interview of me) but I think I write too much sometimes maybe? Like I cannot find it in me to be succinct. I want to try to write fics that are more plot oriented and whatnot but I have to figure out how to not end up writing 8-10k for just one day/night first
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?
I'm not the most confident in my abilities to do so but @read-and-write- has helped me whenever I wanted to include spanish in my fics
I also like the idea of pet names in other languages so I would incorporate those too
19. First fandom you wrote for?
Red, White and Royal Blue
20. Favorite fic you’ve written?
If I include two.... no I didn't (yeah I did) but I love them for seperate reasons
You Came Out of Nowhere (And You Cut through All the Noise) - It's just so so so so special to me. It's so soft and sweet and fluffy and I love writing flustered Henry and confident and snarky Alex and mutual pining and boys hiding in a small closet together and and and and (and I'm writing a 3+1 companion fic for this one soon too which I'm so excited for)
Help Me Hold On to You - My most recent fic. Hurt/comfort, very cathartic to write, genuinely means so much to me, I got to write so prosey and use all the literary devices that I wanted to use (the bees.... the bees) and get into my Alex's mind more and many people have sent me love for it which makes me incredibly happy
I had a lot of ppl tag me in this so let's see I'm going to tag @hgejfmw-hgejhsf @welcometololaland @hypnostheory @sherryvalli @tintagel-or-cockleshells @littlemisskittentoes @14carrotghoul @cricketnationrise and anyone else who wants to do it
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20 fic writer questions
Thanks to all of y'all, @read-and-write- @daisymae-12 @inexplicablymine @celaestis1 @kiwiana-writes, for the tags!
1. How many works do you have on AO3?
18 including my catch-all for drabbles which I update sporadically
2. What’s your total AO3 word count?
77,357
3. What fandoms do you write for?
Red, White and Royal Blue as of right now
4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
The Super Six Take a Lie Detector Test | Vanity Fair
Prince Henry and FSOTUS Alex Claremont-Diaz Answer the Web’s Most Searched Questions
ALEX CLAREMONT-DIAZ COMMUNES WITH HIS ANCESTORS WHILE EATING SPICY WINGS | Hot Ones
Prince Henry and FSOTUS Alex Claremont-Diaz Take a Couples Quiz
10 Things Alex Claremont-Diaz Can’t Live Without
Y'all love a YouTube/scriptfic, plus the Alex bias is showing y'all 👀👀
5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
Yes, always, they are the air I breathe, the water I drink, etc. Comments are pretty much everything to me especially at this stage of my writing, I totally get why people with a greater readership may not be able to do this.
6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
I don't really have angsty endings lol I'm such a fixer; I wrote a drabble where they're elderly and moving out of the brownstone (I hc them always living there) and so that's a bit sad.
7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
My fics all pretty much have happy endings but the happiest has to be for my 5+1 Water over Blood (five times a member of the Royal family loved Alex, and one time they loved Henry; featuring FirstPrince as uncles). It's so sweet you'll get a cavity.
8. Do you get hate on fics?
No and I'm such a people pleaser it would be a Tough Time
9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
Not really, if it's part of the plot I mostly have made allusions and faded to black. For some WIPs it's genuinely part of the plot so that'll change and I'm probably gonna need some help lol.
10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?
Kinda. PJO x RWRB WIP and my PJO x Grey's Anatomy are the closest, but they're not really true crossovers, we just put the RWRB characters in the Riordanverse for PJO and I heavily drew on Grey's as an influence for the other one, but they're not at Seattle Grace.
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Not to my knowledge
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
Not to my knowledge, it would be an insane honor though
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
We will never shut up about PJO x RWRB, Super Six and the Siren's Call, which I'm currently co-writing with @read-and-write- and @inexplicablymine and it's literally a life-changing experience.
14. What’s your all time favorite ship?
Percabeth probably wins in terms of length of time (I shipped them before shipping was a thing), but FirstPrince will probably be up there when it's all said and done.
15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?
So I have a doc with an AU of someone else's RWRB fic which is one of the biggest barriers to me making more progress on it b/c I feel weird about that, their story just totally inspired an idea and I had to get it down on (digital) paper
16. What are your writing strengths?
I think I'm pretty solid at dialogue and one-liners, especially with funny lines, even though I wouldn't necessarily call myself a funny person. Same with funny titles.
I feel so weird saying what I'm good at, but I also think I'm really nailing Alex's characterization, both inner monologue and his dialogue. I also recently realized I'm pretty solid at writing Nora I think? @read-and-write- and @inexplicablymine will have to verify, they've read that WIP
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
Actions, I just want to be like "and then this happened and then this happened and then everything was fixed." I just haven't mastered artfully describing movement between spaces for example.
Also sometimes I'll rush to get to a certain scene because I'm writing chronologically, so then I have to go back and make the middle part of the story better because I neglected it.
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?
I'm...okay. I feel mildly confident in writing Spanish, but I double check using SpanishDict and triple check with @read-and-write-(God Bless You). Anything more than a couple of words/a sentence or two and I'm not there, I definitely try to use English writing structure for the Spanish language which simply doesn't line up perfectly.
19. First fandom you wrote for?
Officially: RWRB, unofficially: HP, as a kid I just wrote my own post-canon stories and created tons of fan art
20. Favorite fic you’ve written?
I'm gonna cheat and say two:
proudest for plot/writing reasons: How well you play...that's up to you (Grey's-inspired fic)
favorite YouTube fic: ALEX CLAREMONT-DIAZ COMMUNES WITH HIS ANCESTORS WHILE EATING SPICY WINGS | Hot Ones (this idea inspired me to write the whole series)
also the PJO AU is probably going to be my favorite very soon
I kind of let these build up so sorry if I missed someone's! No pressure tags but I'd love to see your answers! @raysletters @heybuddy-drabbles @14carrotghoul @sherryvalli @affectionatelyrs @littlemisskittentoes :)
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Idk but it was supposed to be the opposite, Alex fell in love with Henry *after* knowing Henry, the real Henry. He knows Henry so well be even writes a whole list down even when he's gonna call Henry because he knows Henry likes having things written down. And then just flipping over that whole dynamic and making Henry feel unseen by Alex (nvm they made Alex completely ignorant of his depression too so, yay!). Alex in that fight (in the book) knew that Henry didn't want it either, their goals were the same, he was fighting for them, asking Henry to make a choice.
But they made Henry feel Alex doesn't know him at all and forces him to be someone else , that's a toxic relationship where one person feels suffocated by the other, and what I loved about firstprince was that their relationship was so healthy and sweet.
Meanwhile I wouldn’t call it toxic (they clearly love each other and care deeply about each other) I wouldn’t call it completely healthy either.
It felt a bit like one of those high schools relationships where, yes, they like each other and want the best for the other person, they’re not toxic, but like, their communication levels and knowledge about each other and real connection are kinda limited.
Idk I kinda feel like in the movie they don’t even know each other that well. And while this is a time issue not a director’s choice, it’s still there.
Alex didn’t even know about Henry’s depression?? Like, if they just deleted his depression that would have been disappointing but not surprising since Henry didn’t really show it anywhere in the film, made no mention of it, but then have Henry have it, and Alex not know about it until after the lakehouse confession feels a bit?? Like, he’s confessing his love for him and he doesn’t even know about it, which is an important thing. Alex has adhd (canon) and Henry has depression, both of them have this things than can be a bit “hard” for other people to deal with when dating them (not actually hard, but they might think it is—bad responses from past partners, or the people around them, etc etc), Alex mentions how Henry lets him be “annoying” and doesn’t complain and Alex doesn’t care to hide, and Alex talks about how he’s attracted to Henry no matter his mental health, and idk it just felt like such a beautiful bit, they love each other, and they love each other more and more the more they know each other, even if their whole life they felt the need to hide, than people wouldn’t actually like them if they were themselves.
And don’t get me started on the erasure of “I love him on purpose” and changing it to the “I can’t help falling in love” song. The meaning the book line had, how Alex loves Henry not despite the bad parts but with them included, because of it, on purpose, he makes the choice to love him because he’s so so worth it (and then we have Henry who didn’t believe himself worthy of being loved—shut up I’m crying). Also bea dwelling more into Henry’s mental health. The “I can’t help falling in love” song is the opposite, these two statements contradict each other. Alex doesn’t make the choice to love him despite everything, because of everything, but Alex simply loves Henry cause he can’t help it. That’s like saying “you have your flaws but I love you regardless because I can’t help it” instead of “you have your flaws and I choose to love them just like I love every other part of you.” They’re not really flaws, but i don’t know how else to explain it.
I kinda went off the point but you get me.
Also, the Kensington fight (movie) felt incredibly underwhelming. The way they immediately went to the v&a, instead of the next morning, the way they don’t really talk things through?? Where’s the communication, where’s Henry bringing breakfast and talking about his morning and seeing Philip and realizing he didn’t want to have his life, than Philips life was fine, but than he wanted more.
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hi! i've got a firstprince prompt i thought you might like to write about! alex being assigned to present about the current monarchies for his class in law school because his professor is a lowkey shipper 😄❤️
Law School 101
Law school might be hell sometimes, but at least Henry’s always waiting for him after a long day with a glass of whiskey and a smile on his face. Most of the time, Alex just wants a cuddle when he gets back, especially when it’s one of the days where he has his Trusts and Estates class. It’s a stupid class, really, and not something he’s actually interested in. His so-called ‘academic advisor’ told him to take it, though. She said it would help prepare him for the bar. So he’s taking it. And he hates every minute of it. And his professor, some girl who he’s pretty sure isn’t really qualified to be teaching the class or, at the very least, should be given some classes on professionalism, gawks at him the entire time like he’s some sort of thing here for her entertainment. He gets a lot of different treatment, but the looks he gets from her are by far the most unsettling. He swears that she’s writing fan fiction about him while he’s taking tests.
One day, a particularly boring and long day, she asks him to hang back after class. Everyone else has been given topics for presentations they’re supposed to do next week, but not Alex. With his bag slung over one shoulder, he goes up to her desk and waits for the rest of his classmates to leave so they can speak about whatever this is about privately.
“You probably noticed I didn’t give you an assignment, Mr. Claremont-Diaz,” the teacher starts, shuffling some papers around on her messy desk.
Alex nods. “Yeah, I did.”
She smiles up at him. Up close, she doesn’t look as creepy as he first pegged her to be. A little bit of a daydreamer, maybe, but normal-looking. “I was hoping you could, using your unique position and connections, put together a presentation on the British Monarchy.”
He blinks at her, perturbed. “What about it?”
“Hm?”
“What about the British Monarchy? I mean, this is Trusts and Estates so––”
“Oh, right. Of course. A presentation about trusts and estates, then.”
He refrains from rolling his eyes, trying to keep himself as level-headed as possible. “Specifically with the monarchy?”
“Sure. It might help to have some sort of, uh, visual aid.”
He folds his arms across his chest. He can’t help but note the mug there in the sea of her papers. It’s yellow and, in neat, cursive script, reads “History, Huh?” in black letters. “Yeah, like a Prezi or a Powerpoint or something, right?”
He’s just fucking with her now, but it’s pretty fun. She seems a little stumped by it, given her confused expression. “I mean––well, you know the Royal Family well, don’t you?”
Cocking his head to the side, he raises an eyebrow. “So, basically, you want me to bring a member of the Royal Family in here to show off to the class.”
She frowns. “No, of course not. I’d like a thoughtful presentation. And, if it happened to include some sort of Q&A section after with, say, a member of the Royal Family, I think that’d give your classmates something to get excited about, don’t you?”
He plasters on a fake smile and nods. “Yeah, sure. I’ll work on it.”
As soon as he gets home, he collapses into Henry’s waiting arms. Henry catches him, of course, and guides him over to the sofa, depositing him on the cushions before joining him there himself. When Henry’s sitting down next to him, Alex wraps his body around him like a touch-starved koala, wanting nothing more than to just stay here forever instead of dealing with this fucking professor that’s driving him insane.
“What’s wrong, love? Bad day?” Henry asks, his fingers combing through Alex’s curls.
Alex looks up at him and shakes his head. “No. I mean, kind of? Weird, mostly.”
Henry hums and plants a kiss into Alex’s curls. “Would you like to talk about it? Or shall I just go get some whiskey and put on Bake-Off?”
“If you leave me,” Alex warns, “I’ll kill you.”
Henry laughs and wraps his arms around Alex, holding him tightly in his embrace and resting his chin on top of Alex’s head. “If you kill me, you’ll have no one to cuddle.”
“Pretty sure my professor wouldn’t mind taking up that position,” Alex murmurs.
The words make Henry’s entire body tense. He pulls away with a frown on his face and his eyebrows knitted together, suddenly very serious. “Alex, did your professor––”
“No,” Alex assures him, taking Henry’s jaw in his hands. “Sweetheart, I didn’t mean it like that. I just––she’s a fan, apparently.”
Henry still looks nervous. “A fan of what, exactly?”
Alex shrugs. “I dunno. You and me, I think. Firstprince or whatever it’s called.”
Henry chuckles and the light comes back into his eyes. He kisses Alex’s nose. “That’s hardly reason to be annoyed, love. Wouldn’t you rather her be a ‘fan’ than hate us?”
“I guess? But she’s making us do these presentations and, of course, she’s making me do one about the British Monarchy.”
“Why does that upset you?” Henry asks, rubbing calming circles onto his back. “Surely this presentation will be easy for you, yes? Since you can just ask me?”
“She wants me to bring a member of the Royal Family in to do questions or some shit. It’s not like anything I present will even matter.”
Henry is silent for a moment, still rubbing circles onto Alex’s back while he thinks. “You know I don’t mind––”
“You’re not going in, okay? I want to get an A because the material is good, not because you’re there and wooing everyone with your nice ass and pretty face and sexy accent.”
Henry rolls his eyes. “I won’t be doing any ‘wooing,’ that much is certain,” he assures him. “And I’d also like to assure you that all three of those are specifically for you. Especially the first one.”
Alex grins and kisses him because he fucking can.
When the presentation rolls around, Alex is nervous. After some discussion with Henry, he decided to cave and bring in a member of the Royal Family to please his teacher and ensure his A. When she calls him up, he goes up to the front of the class and hooks up his computer to the projector so they can see his slides.
As soon as the title comes up, there’s some laughter from the back of the room.
“Hi, I’m Alex. Today I’ll be talking about the British Monarchy as it relates to trusts and estates, specifically about heirs and laws concerning that. But, before I begin, I’d like to introduce a special guest.”
Everyone goes silent, clearly excited to see the guest. Alex shoots a nod over to Cash, who’s sitting in the corner of the room, telling him to go bring the guest from the hall.
“I’m not gonna lie to you,” Alex begins, “I didn’t like him at first. I thought he had a boring name and was just some sort of snobbish and privileged bastard, but after getting to know him, I can wholeheartedly say that I’m so glad to have him in my life. He’s different from the rest of the Royal Family as you probably know by now, but he’s very special to me. Plus, you know, it doesn’t hurt that he’s an amazing cuddler.”
The class chuckles as Cash comes in with the guest.
“So, without further ado, I’d like to present His Royal Highness,” Alex says, gesturing to the aisle where Cash is escorting the guest in, “David Fox Mountchristen-Windsor.”
Needless to say, he got a very annoyed look from his professor after that but, since he had put in the work, he got an A on the presentation. And a note from the professor saying that, while it was a creative way to incorporate a member of the Royal Family, unless David is a service dog, he was not actually allowed inside the building.
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Thanks @theflyingpeach and @adamarks and @simonsnowsfreckles for tagging me on this.
Top 3 Ships:
Snowbaz
Firstprince
Gonna actually be a good little author and include two of my OCs (who shockingly are not enemies to lovers...) because we need more WLW ships and ace rep and butches!!!! Also, because this is me, and I’ve never met a pun I didn’t make, I have decided to dub this ship: Edass. You’re welcome, world.
Last Song: So, I started learning how to play the acoustic guitar in February and because I am super proud of myself, I’m going to list the last song I learned to play: Take Me To Church
Last Movie: No lie, it has honestly been so long since I watched a movie, I can’t even remember what it was...clearly, it wasn’t memorable!
Currently Reading: Carry On, Wayward Son, and Red, White, and Royal Blue audiobooks because I am nothing if not on brand (yes, I’m listening to all of these at the same time; it’s dependent on my mood while drawing or my desperate need not to spiral 🙃)
Food Cravings: Chocolate. Just, all of the chocolate all of the time. Also, popsicles because it’s way too hot for little old me 🥵
Not sure who has gotten tagged already... @bazzybelle @nightimedreamersworld @scone-lover @krisrix @motherscarf @caitybuglove23 @amphipodgirl @penpanoply and honestly just anyone else who wants to do this. I don’t know a lot of people so I’d love to learn more about everyone!!!
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cha-melodius · 8 months
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This is very exciting I can’t wait to read what you come up with.
For me?
Firstprince. A corner office.
(HELLO LOVELY thank you for this prompt, and I hope you enjoy the finished product. 💕)
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Step Into My Office, Baby
(firstprince, 2.4k, E; read it below or on AO3)
Henry is staring out the window at the southern end of Central Park when he hears a very familiar cadence of footsteps entering the office behind him. A moment later, Alex gives a low whistle.
“Look at you, Mr Fancy Pants with the corner office,” he says, his voice low and teasing and shot through with fondness.
Henry still winces slightly. “I did try to turn it down.”
“Yeah, ‘cause you’re an idiot,” Alex says. He’s leaning up against the door frame, his legs crossed at the ankle and arms folded in front of his chest. It’s late in the day, and he’s shed his jacket and rolled his shirt sleeves to the elbow, revealing muscular forearms that Henry can’t keep his gaze from lingering on. When he manages to force his eyes up, Alex is smirking at him. “You earned it, H. Fair and square.”
If anyone had told Henry two years ago that this moment would happen, he would have laughed in their face. To say he and Alex did not get along at first would be putting it mildly. Or rather, Alex resented Henry and everything he embodied, and Henry saw the benefit of keeping Alex at a distance even as they were forced to share an office. Then, getting accidentally locked in the building overnight together yielded a tentative truce, and a fast friendship had bloomed in its wake. It’s been lovely and also dreadful, because now Henry is constantly forced to weather his warm smiles and his teasing smirks and his bloody forearms.
The owner of which is currently flopping bodily onto Henry’s new couch and wiggling his hips in a completely obscene manner as he gets comfortable.
“Don’t worry, I’m gonna fucking live in here,” Alex tells him as he stretches his arms up and tucks his hands behind his head.
Yes, nothing to worry about at all.
~~~~~
The corner office comes with promotion and a whole heap of new responsibilities, and Henry quite quickly finds himself drowning in work beyond the long hours he’s used to spending with Alex at the office. He’s in the middle of a particularly terrible stretch at the moment, the looming deadline somehow simultaneously the light at the end of the tunnel and the headlamp of an oncoming train. Alex has been in the thick of it too, working late nights beside him, though that apparently doesn’t include tonight.
Henry loves him—truly, to his endless misery—but he needs to work, not listen to Alex chattering aimlessly while he sits on Henry’s couch tossing M&Ms into the air and catching them in his mouth.
“I was thinking about Thai,” he says, as if it isn’t gone one in the morning. “D’you think Noodies is still open?”
“No,” Henry huffs. They’ve been closed for three hours, and Alex knows this. “Why are you still here, anyway?” he snaps without meaning to, immediately regretting it when Alex’s face falls.
“Well, I was keeping you company and making sure you don’t collapse into an endless spiral of work like a fucking black hole, but I guess Mr Corner Office is too important to need anyone’s help,” Alex sneers, pushing himself angrily to his feet.
Christ, they haven’t spoken to each other like this since that horrible first year, and even more than the work, that’s what finally breaks Henry. Alex is halfway to the door by the time Henry catches him by the elbow, and he jerks out of Henry’s grasp immediately. Thankfully, he does stop, though the glare he levels at Henry does a poor job at masking the hurt written on his face.
“Alex, wait,” Henry pleads. He lets out a heavy sigh, dragging a hand over his face. Christ, he’s too bloody exhausted for this. “I’m sorry. It’s just this project is driving me batty. I shouldn’t have taken it out on you.”
“Well,” Alex says, fidgeting as he frowns down at the ground. “You’re right, you shouldn’t have.” He sighs as he looks up again. “But I get it. They’re putting too much on you.”
Henry reaches out and puts a tentative hand on his elbow again; this time, he’s not shrugged off. “Can you forgive the stuck up prick in the corner office who takes everyone else for granted?”
“That guy?” Alex snorts. “No. But you’re not that guy, H.”
“I feel like him sometimes.”
“C’mere,” Alex mumbles, and the next thing Henry knows he’s being tugged into a tight hug.
It’s not the first time they’ve hugged, but it’s the first time it’s been so fierce, and it feels like it fundamentally shifts something inside Henry. Alex winds his fingers into Henry’s collar and buries his face in his neck, and it’s all Henry can do to hang on like he’s clinging to a life preserver in a storm.
Except somehow, Alex is both the life preserver and the storm.
~~~~~
When the project finally wraps up, it’s a big deal, and the whole office celebrates accordingly.
“Work hard, play hard,” Alex sing-songs with a wink as he fills Henry’s champagne flute again.
He’s been ricocheting around the room, putting that patented Claremont-Diaz charm to good use. There’s almost certainly a promotion with his name on it after all of this, so he has more than enough reason to celebrate. He’s already been teasing Henry about stealing his office. Henry feels jubilant, effervescent like the bubbles bursting in his glass, and he forgets to be self-conscious about the way he watches Alex. Forgets to school his expression. Forgets not to smile too broadly when Alex hooks an arm around his neck and hangs off him like a monkey.
“Hey, hey, c’mere,” Alex says all at once, tugging him toward the door of the massive conference room that’s serving as the party hub.
“You quite literally just poured me a new drink,” Henry points out.
“So bring it with you. C’mon,” he almost whines, which should not be as endearing as it is. He’s unleashing his most devastating giant brown puppy dog eyes. Henry never stood a chance.
“Where are we going?”
“I just need a breather,” Alex sighs heavily. He drags Henry down the office corridors at nearly a jog, until the sounds of chatter and clinking glasses fade away, all the way to the open door of Henry’s office. At Henry’s cocked eyebrow, he laughs. “Best view in the building.”
He doesn’t walk over to the bank of windows, though. Once Henry’s inside the door, he pushes it shut, sealing them off from the rest of the office. Then he returns to Henry’s side and plucks the champagne flute from his hand. He downs half of it in one go, laughs at Henry’s affronted “hey!” as he deposits the glass on the desk, and grabs the fronts of Henry’s jacket before he starts walking backward across the office. Henry can’t help but laugh helplessly at Alex’s chaotic manhandling, at least until Alex stumbles into the couch and he’s dragged down by Alex’s dead weight dropping out from under him. They land in a giggling heap, and Christ, he’s in Alex’s lap, but when he tries to disentangle himself, he feels Alex’s grip go tight at his hip. An arm slides around his waist, loose enough not to be demanding, but firm enough to prevent him from moving away.
Oh.
Startled, he looks down at Alex, whose cheeks are flushed a dusty rose from the champagne and the exertion, who’s breathing heavily through pink lips temptingly parted as he stares back up with his bottomless dark eyes. He isn’t laughing anymore.
“I like this office,” Alex murmurs. “Something about it settles me. When I’m here.” His grip shifts on Henry’s hip, fingers tightening. “With you.”
“Alex,” Henry whispers, barely daring to breathe.
One corner of Alex’s mouth twitches. “Maybe it’s not the office.”
It’s impossible to tell which of them moves first to close the narrow gap between them, lips meeting in a fierce, hungry press that quickly deepens. Alex nearly bites at his lips, dragging his teeth along their inner edges, and it shouldn’t work for him but fuck, it really does. Henry finds himself pressing closer, revelling in the way that Alex’s arms tighten to bring their bodies together as he sinks his fingers into Alex’s curls. 
“Christ, I never thought you’d want—” Henry starts, though he doesn’t manage to finish that train or thought before he’s diving in to kiss the corner of Alex’s jaw.
“Yeah,” Alex breathes as he tips his head back to give him better access, “me neither.”
“What?” Henry asks, huffing a soft laugh against his skin.
“I mean, does anyone expect to fall in love with their work nemesis?”
That makes Henry pull back and stare down at him in shock. “You’re—”
“In love with you?” Alex finishes. There’s an impossibly soft look on his face, but it’s undercut by a flicker of nervousness. “Yeah, baby. Head over fucking heels.”
Henry feels himself tremble at baby, which is an entirely novel experience, though perhaps not unexpected given how his usual reaction when Alex teasingly calls him sweetheart. He’s so fucking overwhelmed that the only thing he can manage to do is lean in and kiss Alex again, slow and tender and full of all the words and emotions threatening to choke him. He presses his forehead to Alex’s when they part, and for a moment they just breathe together—unconsciously, perfectly, in sync. It’s everything he never let himself imagine, all those late nights together, all those meetings and emails and coffees delivered with sunny smiles that he refused to read into. Alex is warm and solid under him now, grabbing his waist as they kiss and kiss and it becomes heated again, until he’s rocking his hips up eagerly to meet Henry’s in a way that is rapidly going to become a problem.
Especially since Alex seems to find it not a problem at all.
“Wait, Alex, we can’t—” Henry tries, biting down on a groan when Alex palms over his hardening cock before making quick work of his belt and the fastening of his trousers, “—the windows.”
As if that’s the most troubling thing about them having sex in Henry’s office while half the company is just down the hall.
“We’re on the fiftieth floor, baby, no one’s gonna see,” Alex says, undeterred, grinning wickedly as he slips a hand into Henry’s boxers.
Right, then, that’s… good enough, actually. Henry’s been waiting for this for two and a half bloody years and he’s not really inclined to wait any longer. He kisses the smile off Alex’s face as he sets to work on the buttons of Alex’s shirt, rapidly pulling them open so he can get his hands on more of Alex’s skin. And Christ, he’d known Alex was fit—it’s hard not to know, with how ridiculously tightly cut he wears his suits—but it’s another thing altogether to drag his palms over the swell of his pecs and the hard lines of his stomach. Alex bites down hard on his lower lip when Henry tweaks one of his nipples, then retaliates by twisting his palm with just the right amount of pressure over the head of Henry’s cock. Henry moans as his hips buck up into Alex’s grip, chasing the friction that borders on just this side of too much.
“What do you want, baby?” Alex murmurs against his lips, and ‘everything’ feels like too big a concept in the moment, so Henry chokes out, “Just this, just you—” and lets himself get lost in the feeling of Alex’s hands on his skin. He’s so unbelievably worked up that it’s not long before the tension building in his groin is reaching a breaking point, but it’s looking down that finally does him in—watching the head of his cock appear and disappear within the tight circle of Alex’s long fingers, brown skin against dark pink. He tumbles over the edge with a choked off laugh, clinging desperately to Alex as he works him through it, until he’s hissing at the point of oversensitivity.
For a moment he just breathes, his face buried in Alex’s shoulder, mindful of Alex shifting slightly beneath him even if he’s trying not to be obvious about it.
“Not trying to harsh your afterglow here, but d’ya think you could move so I could get a tissue or something?” Alex asks eventually.
“I’ve got a better idea,” Henry rasps, dropping his hands to the fastenings of Alex’s trousers. He shifts back to get a better angle and tugs Alex’s boxers down enough to release his cock, long and rock hard and leaking at the tip, then takes Alex’s hand covered in his come and wraps it around his shaft with his own, weaving their fingers together.
“Oh,” Alex gasps, his hips immediately rocking up into their combined grip, Henry’s come slicking the way and filling the silence of the office with some of the most obscene sounds Henry’s ever heard.
He lets Alex set the pace, which starts out as a slow drag and rapidly picks up tempo, until Alex is quivering under him and swearing in at least two languages. Alex tips his head back against the couch, and Henry can’t resist ducking down to scrape his teeth along the long column of muscle so temptingly laid bare before him. The movement seems to make every muscle in Alex’s body tense up, and then he’s coming with a “Fuck, baby,” that has Henry groaning along with him. 
They clean up quietly, trading soft kisses that they occasionally get lost in, setting each other to rights enough so that they can— well, perhaps not return to the party, but at least leave the building. Henry doubts that their absence has been noticed, anyway.
“Jesus, I’ve been wanting to do that since you got this office,” Alex groans once they’re done, pushing a hand through curls as he stretches slightly where he sits on the couch. 
“What, that specifically?” Henry asks, furrowing his brow at him.
“I mean, more or less,” Alex admits. One side of his mouth tugs upward into a smirk. “To be fair I think I’ve imagined every possible way of taking you apart on this couch.”
“Christ, Alex.”
Alex grins broadly and shifts over to press his lips to the corner of Henry’s mouth. “You wanna hear the list?”
“You’re an incorrigible delinquent,” Henry protests, letting himself be drawn into another kiss. Then he leans in, lips brushing the shell of Alex’s ear, and whispers, “Tell me at home.”
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cha-melodius · 4 months
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Which fic are you most proud of and what inspired you to write it?
Hello and thanks so much for this lovely ask! I'm gonna give a slightly more complex answer than just "pick one", because I've talked a lot about the first fic (although that was mostly back when I had less than half the number of tumblr followers I have now, which is kind of crazy to think about), and the others are more recent.
So, the fic I'm most proud of remains Love is a Losing Game (napollya, E, 101k), which I wrote back in 2021! Hard to believe it's been that long. This is a whole-ass novel, and I still think it's my most original and well-developed work. It's a Cold War competitive chess AU, and was inspired by @eavos dropping the idea of a competitve chess AU in the tmfu discord chat one day because he'd watched The Queen's Gambit. Once I finally watched QG too, the concept completely took over my brain. It ultimately shares pretty much nothing with QG other than the competitive chess setting, but it turned out to be the perfect setting for these two. Also includes my favorite ever OC (Zaytsev). It's also a fic that is late in a fandom and is kind of a strange concept—college coffee shop AUs people jump on, but competitve chess? Definitely not going to draw people in as much. So it's certainly not my highest kudosed or most popular fic, but I've gotten some effusive comments that really show how much people who have read it loved it.
But that was also 2021, and I don't want to discount my more recent work. So, among those, I'm probably most proud of Please Don't Let Me Be So Understood (firstprince, E, 20k). This was a work that took it's basic concept from another fic I happened across in a different fandom that I'm not even part of lol. I thought it would make a great firstprince story, but writing it was very daunting because it's almost entirely a bunch of therapy. I've said it before but I'll say it again that this fic never would have gotten written without @celeritas2997, who gave me the confidence to pull it off and helped me make sure the therapy sessions were realistic and sensitive without losing our boys. This was maybe the most challenging fic I've ever written, even though it's not that long, and for that reason I'm very proud of it.
Honorable mentions to my spy novels Nova, Baby (firstprince, E, 66k) and A Good Man is Hard to Find (lokius, M, 81k). I absolutely love both of these stories and am super proud of how I built these stories and how they played out.
I've definitely yammered on long enough about this, but thank you again!
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cha-melodius · 1 year
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For the fruit ask game:
🍓🍊🍍🍌
(Lol, this also reminds me that I should eat some fruit 😅)
🍓 What’s a fic you’ve written you feel is underrated?
From different fandoms:
Lokius: The Truth is Just a Rule That You Can Bend (I feel like this little canon divergence fic never got as much love as it deserved)
Napollya: Consider the Price to an Elf (even considering it's a Christmas fic, people really slept on Illya as a department store elf. it's such a hilarious concept!)
Firstprince: Sun in the Sky (You Know How I Feel) (I love Henry living his best horse girl life but apparently it's a less popular concept than I expected)
🍊 Who’s a character you don’t write for that often, but keep meaning to write for more?
I'm gonna go with Waverly on this one, and not just because I want to write a Waverly/Blanc fic, lolllll. But I feel like he's such a cypher and I'd love to get into his mind a bit.
🍍 What kind of AUs do you like? Are there any AUs you hate or just generally have beef with?
Would you believe that I used to think I hated all AUs??? Now I'm an AU addict, lol. I love a LOT Of different AU setups. My faves are rivals/enemies to friends to lovers, my least favorite are anything with a big power imbalance between the two main characters.
🍌 In your opinion, what’s the funniest joke/reference/pun you’ve made in a fic?
Gah, I can never remember my favorite moments I've written, including funniest moments, so I have to go for the recent ones. But some of my recent fave funny moments were my (lighthearted) digs on the Loki tv show in True Hollywood Romance:
...the movie [The Void] had been terrible—abysmal writing, with a hackneyed love story forced in at the end—but Loki’s performance was exceptional. He’d played several different versions of the same character, each twisted a little differently, and it had been a bit of revelation.
And this one, one of my favorite lines in All for a Taste of the Honey:
“Straight like you’re straight?” Henry asks smugly, like the absolute asshole he is. Alex hates him so much right now. “Or actually straight?”
Thanks for sending these in! AND EAT YOUR FRUIT! 😂
(Fanfic fruit asks)
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