midnights (RWRB edition)
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you knew the entire time (you knew that i'm a mastermind) by coffeecatsme
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
08 Nov 2022
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“I’m gonna marry him.” Henry gestures at the man leaning against the bar, grinning so brightly it puts the mirrorball to shame. Pez’s eyes follow his gaze and his brows climb to his forehead.
“Darling,” he says gently, “I’m pretty sure Alexander has a girlfriend.”
The corners of Henry’s lips twitch, but he doesn’t let that get to him. He takes a sip of his drink, letting the warmth spread in his chest. A smile spreads on his face.
“Sounds to me like they haven’t tied the knot yet.”
Or, the one in which Henry works hard to sweep Alex off his feet, not realizing Alex is already halfway in love.
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- Part 1 of midnights (RWRB edition)
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the lips i used to call home (so scarlet it was maroon) by coffeecatsme
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
15 Dec 2022
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“Ah.” There’s a smile in Nora’s voice and Alex lifts his head just long enough to glare at her. “So you met Henry.”
The name makes Alex's stomach curl. “Henry,” he says in a mock British accent that makes Nora snort. “I hate him,” Alex decides, flopping on his back so he stares at the ceiling. “I think he should go back to the UK and annoy his own people.”
Or, 5 times Alex and Henry don't get it right, and 1 time they do.
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- Part 2 of midnights (RWRB edition)
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i find myself running home to your sweet nothings by coffeecatsme
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
28 Nov 2022
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**BONUS CHAPTER SPOILERS**
The clink echoes in the quiet house when Alex unclasps the window and looks down to the street below, only a few feet down from his position. Tucked into the first floor of a New York apartment, Alex thinks that maybe it’s not smart to sneak out without letting at least one member of his security team know what he’s doing, but then he’s throwing his leg over the windowsill and the worries are left on the other side of the window, a home that doesn’t quite feel like a home when Henry’s laugh isn’t echoing around the walls.
He grabs his backpack, checks his surroundings, and disappears into the street, the road he knows all too well for all the times it dirtied his shoes walking back and forth the same path.
Or, Alex sneaks out of his house in the middle of the night to visit Henry
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- Part 3 of midnights (RWRB edition)
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you're on your own, kid (yeah you can face this) by coffeecatsme
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
23 Dec 2022
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“Let’s get it over with.” Henry attempts to move, but Shaan stops him with a hand over his arm, concern flickering in his eyes.
“Are you okay, Henry?” he asks, so silently that the PPOs wouldn’t even be able to hear it. Henry doesn’t even blink. He doubts that word exists in his vocabulary anymore—he doubts it’s in the cards for him. But he knows the script.
He forces a smile on his face. “Why wouldn’t I be?”
Or, 5 times Henry feels alone in the world, and 1 time he realizes he isn't.
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- Part 5 of midnights (RWRB edition)
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(do i really have to tell you) how he brought me back to life? by coffeecatsme
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
21 Feb 2023
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“I’m not gonna ask you what happened. I’m not gonna ask you how you’re here. I’m not gonna call anyone, I promise.” He thinks back to his house, to his bedroom door that he’s left open, and the decision is made. He can sleep on the floor for one goddamn night. “But I’m not gonna walk away either. So you can let me help you up on your feet and walk back to my place, or if you can’t I’m calling an Uber.” He brushes Henry’s hair away from his face and lowers his voice. “I’m so fucking sorry about her.”
He doesn’t need to say the name. Henry knows, and for once, searching Alex’s face, he realizes someone else does, too.
Henry is outed against his will and Mary kicks him out of her house. Alex finds him.
Or, 5 times Henry discovers what it means to have a family and 1 time he lets himself realize he has one.
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- Part 6 of midnights (RWRB edition)
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the gilded cage (excerpts from henry's memoir) by coffeecatsme
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
04 Feb 2023
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Six years after moving to the United States, Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor decides to tell his own story.
Inspired by Dear Reader by Taylor Swift
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- Part 7 of midnights (RWRB edition)
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(all of me changed like) midnight rain by coffeecatsme
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
19 Jun 2023
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“They’re fighting again,” he whispers instead. Henry’s eyes are sad.
“I know, love.”
Or, 5 times Alex believes his relationship with Henry won't last, and 1 time he knows it will.
Or, 5 times Alex doesn't believe in love because of his parents and 1 time Henry proves him wrong.
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- Part 8 of midnights (RWRB edition)
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let the only flashing lights be the tower at midnight by coffeecatsme
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
09 Jul 2023
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Paris is beautiful in the evening.
But Alex doesn’t look to check. He doesn’t look at the Eiffel Tower, doesn’t look at the intricately patterned wallpaper, the plush bed on the other side of the room with messy sheets, nor the light flickering a few feet away, dimmed to the lowest setting, allowing only a golden glow to wash over the couch. He doesn’t look at anything but this—Henry next to him bundled up in a plush white bathrobe, legs extended along Alex’s, fingers wrapped around the stem of a wine glass, poking the ice cream inside.
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- Part 9 of midnights (RWRB edition)
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i vowed i would always be yours ('cause we survived the great war) by coffeecatsme
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
17 Jul 2023
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Mary Mountchristen-Windsor dies on June 5th, 2020, on a Tuesday morning, after an unexpected heart attack takes her before she’s rushed to a hospital.
Alex Claremont-Diaz hates Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor. It's a fact, written in stone, deep enough that nothing, he believes, can sand it off. Until he bumps into the prince at his grandmother's funeral and sees a different side of him.
Or, 5 times Alex and Henry have to hide themselves and 1 time they don't have to.
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- Part 10 of midnights (RWRB edition)