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This is a catch-all for links that may be helpful for AO3 writers. A place where I’ll post URLs, links, etc for writing resources for punctuation, grammar, etc.
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Last First Kiss by Penandra
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
21 Sep 2024
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He knows why he’s awake. He’s not sure he wants to acknowledge it to himself, but he’s going to have to sooner or later, might as well do it at two fuckin thirty-four in the damn morning.
His brain automatically does the math, whether he wants it to or not. Rafael’s flight gets in at 11:33. The airport is a 47 minute drive from his house. He should be there no later than 11:15 just in case the flight is early. The flight won’t be early, Raf is flying east to west so they’ll be bucking head winds coming in. But even so, 11:15 is good. So, his brain continues the calculations.
Or midnight conversations and rude awakenings later in life
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As Time Goes By by Penandra
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
20 Aug 2024
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Henry sinks deeper into the couch. He leans back and feels Alex shift with him and grumble slightly as he moves in his sleep. Tipping his head back, Henry closes his eyes and lets his mind wander. They’ve had a busy week. Things are seldom dull at the shelter. Each new kid, each new case brings them something just a little bit different.
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She heard him over and over echoing in her mind. Everything inside of her wanted to be what he needed. She longed to take that step forward into his arms. But, years and years of building walls and hiding behind them immobilized her keeping her from accepting what he was offering. Years of fear and protecting herself from being abandoned again held her rooted in place. She wanted to convince herself that they would be okay, that she would be okay. That she could give him everything. But she was so damaged. She knew that she was damaged. She wanted to be different. But she didn't know how.
Over and over and over, she just kept hearing his words, "I'm that guy, Bones. I'm that guy."
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It has been a stressful few days to say the least. Dr. Temperance Brennan isn't sure she can yet make sense of everything that has transpired in the past 48 hours. She looks around the table at this group of people who have become her friends and family. It's hard to imagine they've been in her life as long as they have – she’s been friends with Angela the longest of them all, Booth for seven years, Jack a little longer, and Cam a little less. As she looks at their faces, the sudden smile, the wiped aside tears, the smirk, the curly hair, the broad shoulders, she realizes that she has come to rely on these people and is grateful for each of them.
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“So what you’re telling me is that you’ve begun some kind of weird aggressive mating ritual with an English professor,” Nora says around obscenely large bites of her burrito.
“How the fuck—” Alex splutters, because he honestly has no clue how she came to that conclusion. “We’re not flirting. We’re at war.”
(It starts with a polite request to erase the whiteboards at the end of class. It gets a lot more ridiculous before it ends.)
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and your eyes look like coming home by berrybluefae for MayQueen517
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
18 Nov 2025
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But again, the whole burnout business…now that I’ve hit two million (which is literally AMAZING), my patrons, friends, family, and editing team are insisting I take a break. And actually for once, I’m listening. So, starting at the end of this month, I’m taking a two-month summer vacation to Europe! I’ve always wanted to go, so after reaching such an incredibly impossible milestone, I’m taking the opportunity! No takebacks, I promise!
Alex is a social media designer who, after a severe case of burnout, decides to embark on a tour through Europe. What he didn't count on was meeting a certain Englishman in the City of Love and Lights.
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The Prince, actually by orphan_account
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
04 Jul 2024
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Alex dashed into the cafe, instantly enveloped by the warm smell of coffee. He joined the line, knowing Tuesdays usually brought a crowd at this hour. Just as he was about to step up to the counter, a middle-aged Indian man stepped up, "Excuse me," he said just as a tall blond guy cut in line before Alex.
Alex, annoyed by the air of entitlement, waved his finger in front of the blond guy's face. "Nuh-uh dude, you can't just cut in line."
"Is there a problem?" the Indian man asked calmly.
"Of course, there's a problem," Alex snapped. "Who do you think you are? The queen of England or something?"
The blond guy blinked, looking taken aback. "The prince, actually."
or When a guy cuts in line for coffee, Alex never expects it to be Prince Henry of Wales.
Based on a rizcriz prompt.
Bookmarked by Penandra
20 Jul 2024
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Okay one-shot, hope the author adds on to this meet-cute.
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Where We Left Off by RarelyRad
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
29 Jun 2026
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Alex runs into Henry in Central Park three years after Henry broke his heart and disappeared from his life.
Henry is barely recognizable—thinner, sicker, bald beneath a summer beanie, and on his way to another round of chemotherapy after spending more than a year battling neuroblastoma alone.
Some things are too broken to fix. Some apologies come too late.
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This Is Where We Begin by CrownedInLove
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
27 Jun 2026
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Henry Fox came to New York for a fresh start — a new city, a new chapter, and his five-year-old son Jamie’s hand in his. Falling in love wasn’t part of the plan. Especially when it didn’t work out the first time by any means.
Jamie had been obsessed with Alex Claremont-Diaz since the first night in New York when he was introduced to American football. Leave it to Pez to get them on the field to meet him.
What Henry doesn’t expect is the way Alex looks at both of them — like they’re something worth keeping.
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TBR 1/23 04/30/2026
8/22 05/18/2k26
read through 15/22 (06/24/26)
Start at 16A beta would be good. Sentence fragments throughout.
“allowed” not “aloud” (several times)