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good smut is really a character study and that is final. i need it to be about vulnerability i need it to be about trust or lack thereof and most of all i need it to be emotional agony. thats what sex is for

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body: on corporate hours

mind: on alex and henry living their best life loving one another like there’s no tomorrow

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new clockwrkpendrxgon fic 🥳 or the hospital closet scene but with a little twist ❤️‍🩹

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my two personalities in one photo

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:,)

rwrb book + emails from alex

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my pookies

((fond))

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💌 two years from tomorrow 💌

by firenati0n on ao3

T | 30k fully written, updates every thursday

one | two | three | four | five | six | epilogue

tags: au—the lake house (2006) fusion, epistolary, love letters, strangers to friends to lovers, writer henry, lawyer alex, au—magical realism, timeline shenanigans, fluff, angst with a happy ending, no mcd, mutual pining and yearning, endless number of persuasion references

Dear Alex, Wrapping my head around this phenomenon continues to be quite difficult. You’re a man living two years ahead, in my home, using my mailbox? Somehow, inexplicably, we occupy the same corner of space, but not at the same time. Somehow, inexplicably, I believe you.

Or, Alex and Henry both know they've found their right person. If only they weren't in the wrong timelines.

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chapter one: skeptically, alex // sincerely, henry

xoxo roop

+ tags / a sentimental note:

so! a lot has happened in the past year. i usually have parts of me peeking through in my writing, but this fic is especially affected. i have spent the last few months exploring themes of personal growth and grief and yearning in my works (life imitates art imitates life), a bit of a departure from the rom-coms and silliness of past ones. this fic, i think, is a nice mix of everything! :)

been tinkering with this one since december 2023, which has been really lovely in these trying times! fic has always been a wonderful way to explore interiority in ways both detached from us and deeply personal to us. this is a little story about love, growth, yearning (so much yearning), pining (SO much pining), grief, taking risks, and letting ourselves be seen and known (in unconventional ways). trust the process, and all. :D

i am incredibly grateful for everyone who has kept me going, whether in my comments or DMs, as i have navigated murky waters. thank you so much for reading and supporting!

big hugs and forehead kisses to @anchoredarchangel and @cha-melodius for workshopping and editing this shit into shape and keeping me going through the timeline fuckery and writing/life woes with their big brains and big hearts, and to @changinghearts, @springrainbloom, @smugvillanelle, and @henfox for reading, cheerleading, supporting, and letting me know which lines they'd tattoo on their asses. highest of compliments!

love and appreciate y'all so so SO dearly. thank you!!

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tagging some folks who expressed interest in this, just this once! no barrage of tags from me, i promise <3

@caterpills @rebeccas09 @14carrotghoul @clockwrkpendrxgon @anincompletelist @suseagull5914 @leaves-of-laurelin @alasse9 @miharaikko @onthewaytosomewhere @run-for-chamo-miles @freneticfloetry @sherryvalli @rockyroadkylers @onward--upward @tailsbeth-writes @sophie1973 @eusuntgratie @welcometololaland @judasofsuburbia @potato-jem @rmd-writes @tintagel-or-cockleshells @wordsofhoneydew @silvermaples

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if “he looks at him like he hung the stars and the moon” was a person

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NEW FIC ALERT 🥳

🔗: Things Alex Knows!

Featuring:

💐: fake dating

💐: one bed

💐: tooth-rotting & domestic fluff

Summary:

Things Alex knows:

One: His sister is going to murder him in cold blood.

Two: He is covered from head to toe with cake.

Three: He is probably in love with Henry Fox.

This is the story of how Alex Claremont-Diaz possibly, accidentally, crashed his sister’s wedding.

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he looks so much like dev patel here it’s making me want them to act together EVEN MORE

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i love them your honor

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I LOVE YOUR FICS SO MUCH !!!! seriously, i came across one of your rwrb snippets awhile ago and binged everything. So much love ^^ 💙 i only have one question: what is your favorite fic out of everything youve written? difficult i know ! but like one that has a special place in your heart. or favorite quote. thanks again for sharing your fics with us <3

OMG OMG OMGGG you have no idea how happy your message made me! 😭 you literally made my day i was having a VERY bad one 💀

You’re right, it is hard to pick a fave 😭 BUT i can narrow it down to two fics that are absolutely close to my heart:

1. A Bullet to the Heart: this one is so special to me bc the world building of it was an INSANE process and i just loved writing Henry and Alex in the badass mfs light (iykyk)

2. Reserved For Me: I enjoyed imagining and writing what Henry and Alex would be like if they ever visited Egypt (with a fun twist ofc), and I’m all for the strangers-to-friends-to-lovers trope honestly ESPECIALLY with firstprince

Thank YOU for loving my stories, it means so much to me 🥹💗

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Traffic Light Tag Game!

Thanks to my favourite people @caterpills and @firenati0n for the tag 💗 it’s been ages since I took part in any games on here so let’s go!!!

rules: talk about something creative you're working on of any kind. 🚦green: what is it about, what excited you about it, what sparked the idea? 🚦orange: slow down and share something from it: a photo, a few words, some more background info etc. 🚦red: what is the roadblock currently? what is one thing that is a necessary evil in making it?

GREEN: Okaaay I’m currently working on a fake dating fic that is loosely based on a show I watched during Ramadan and some sad, personal experiences (💀). It features Alex and Henry as door to door neighbours who barely know each other, and one day, Alex finds himself in a situation that has him urgently asking Henry to marry him 🌚 I really like the spontaneity of it, and I wanted to entertain the idea of what Henry’s reaction would be given that both of them are basically strangers to one another. There’s another subtle theme in there that I want to discuss but that’s a story for another day bc it’s gonna sound too sad 😭

ORANGE: I’m still in ‘building the exposition phase’ of the fic—which is the hardest part for me—so I don’t have much to share except for the scene that started it all honestly and I think it’s iconic 🤭 (one thing about me is I’ll always associate random quotes on pinterest with my fics and here we are)

RED: life. basically. The field I work in requires tons of creativity and creation, so by the time I sit to write, my mind is just blank, even though this story is fully figured out from start to finish btw. I’m also not in the best mental state nowadays, so that also plays a huge factor in writing it 🥲

Thank you if you’ve made it this far, sometimes it feels like I’m talking into the void 😭

no pressure tags 💗: @blueeyedgrlwrites @theprinceandagcd @thighzp @thesleepyskipper @henryspearl @wordsofhoneydew @kj-bee @anincompletelist @myheartalivewrites @miharaikko @remuscariad @regulusrules @milowren29 @ash-morrison @aforgottennymph @orchidscript @porcelainmortal

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i think flaunt magazine understood the assignment

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I’m actually so in love with this i might collapse

Between love and politics💫💕

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my babies ☹️💗

It's like looking directly into the sun. ☼