#ft. henry

[chessyhoward]

TEXTING: HENRY

Chess: Hen, not to alarm you but I’m having a small crisis.

[officialdiegorodriguez]

TEXTING: HENRY

Diego: Hey quick, super normal question

Diego: What do you do when the girl you’ve been in love with for over 20 years is publicly flirting with some asshole, and the guy you’re into is much hotter and in higher than demand than you

Diego: My ego isn’t doing so great rn

[plantgirlpops]

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Big studio day today! @henrybly is a GENIUS!!!!!!!

[marcusmixes]

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Studio time with @.popstarpoppy & @henrybly. This one is pretty special.

[shatteredgossip]

@shattereddiamondsdaily: anyone know where these pics are from? streets are saying that’s @officialdiegorodriguez 👀

@shattereddiamondsdaily: it’s def not @danteleept in either lmao

[photogrivy]

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miss you @henrybly.

[astrvia]

🥂 astra & henry comparten unas copas en el bar. / ' vas a tener que recomendarme algo. no sé mucho de tragos ' afirma, frunciendo el ceño y la nariz mientras contempla las opciones. ' ¿qué es lo que me dejará con menos resaca? la última vez bebí tequila y siento que casi me explotó la cabeza' inevitablemente acaba suspirando, mientras se recarga en la barra. ' mira, ese luce de tu estilo' apunta de pronto, a una de las opciones donde una bebida rosa con brillos se exhibe. @henrvz

[inxthexshadowxofxdeath]

What: Reggie and Raj talk about the details of Evora and their roommate's demise (and what it all could mean). Who: @crazedhatesoul Mentioned/Involved: @ambercast ; @endlessreruns ; @callofthxvoid When: The morning Evora's body was found.

There was no room for surprise in Raj’s life anymore. He knew that. It was, quite frankly, stupid to allow himself to be overcome with anything other than apathy when he got a call over the radio. Despite his condition, there were some things Raj remembered gravely -- things he knew to be factually true. He woke up every morning in a town of horrors, after sleepless nights of memories in the form of bad dreams, and even on the best of days his job was plain: he worked with the bodies of the dead and for their grieving families. Raj greeted death most days and had since he was a child. News of another body should be effortlessly dispassionate for him. But it never was. It always felt foul. And this morning was no different.

A long exhale as he waited for the Deputy Sheriff to enter through the front parlor and down the hall to where Raj stood, already gowned in a white coat in front of the morgue. He didn't pace when he was deep in thought, instead he stood too still. He'd been staring off intently at nothing as he worked to put something together in his head, clipboard in one hand, a pen to click in the other. "Reggie." He glanced up, pausing to check in as he grabbed gloves, "You ready?"

"Not really but as ready as I'll ever be." Somehow after years of having to do this, it never got easier. He'd usually not be on this side of things but after what Olivia had told the sheriffs recently he needed to see if this might be something more than just another monster attack because nowadays you can never be to sure. "Where do we start?"

Raj could be sure.

"Wish I could say you get used to it." He led Reggie to the body of Evora Kaplan laid out on the table. Then pulled the sheet from over her. "Well. For starters..." A gloved hand motioned over her gaping torso. "-- This? Isn't right. It's too clean." He didn’t know he’d be the second person tonight to relay the same information. Raj handed the clipboard now for Reggie to look over as he continued. His voice hushed as if whatever was happening in the cold of this room was big and important and heavy. This was also the second time something 'wasn't right' with a body brought to Raj and he hoped now he would be heard. "Don't you find it odd how neat these monsters can be when they want to be?"

Reggie followed Raj towards the table, watching as he pulled the sheet and the state of how she looked. Monsters or not, not one deserved any of this. He raised an eyebrow at the other, taking the clipboard as he was handed it. "What do you mean?" He asked curiously. Was there a clean way to dismember organs from a body? "A bit, i have noticed some scenes have been messier than others have been."

Raj motioned to where the sternum... should have been.

"Something -- or someone -- wrenched this person's sternum from their body. That's not exactly neat, fine. But it's not ferocious either. Most of the rib cage is still intact. Their roommate shows near identical precision." He examined inside the cavity, reminding himself where his train of thought needed to go, "And inside the chest was carved away like someone cleaning an animal. A sharp implement was used not claws or... whatever the hell those monsters have." He paused, glancing at the sticky note placed at his eye level that read 'Dakota Hart.' "This body shows signs of being attacked not being torn apart. And this isn't the first time I've seen this."

'this isn't the first time.'

The words played on a loop in Reggie's head as his eyes followed Raj's to the sticky note, reading the name and very quickly connecting the dots. "You think the Dakota boy could've been killed too? His sister just came to us and told us he wasn't a drinker so we haven't had time to actually investigate it before," a pause, he didn't think he'd actually need to say it so he stopped himself. He ran his free hand through his hair, if Raj was saying what he thought he was saying then he'd have to let Henry and the others know. "So you're saying this might've been done by a human not one of those creatures?"

Raj moved to Reggie's side, flipping under Evora's paperwork to where he'd put copies of Dakota's file earlier that morning. "I don't think. I know. -- Sorry." He held a gloved hand up apologetically. He didn't mean to snap. "I don't mean to be an asshole. I just... I take a lot of fuckin' notes, Reggie. I have to. And I read over them every fuckin' day. And Dakota, and these two?" He motioned to the corpse on the table with his head, "They aren't consistent with what we know the monstrous attacks to be. Or at least what I know. I've documented them for years. I've seen so many bodie..." He let his voice trail to chew on his bottom lip for a moment. Continuing: "Sometimes, I wish I wasn't so fucking diligent with my filing so I could go to sleep and wake up the next morning without a reminder of what was left of the people from the day before. Especially towards the beginning. There were so many." A pause to refocus, "People, generally, attacked by those things are not given this luxury. So yes. I think this was done by a human. And I think Dakota's murder was too."

Reggie sighed again, not because of Raj’s attitude or anything, he understood the frustration of everything so he didn’t take any of it personally. He could only listen as he talked, looking at the bodies and noticing that he was right, they were a lot neater than any crime scene they’d ever encountered when it came to those things. “Okay,” Reggie started saying, “Okay I’ll let henry know and have him come down to take a look for himself.” Obviously they could only rely on Raj’s notes for Dakota since he’d already been buried but that’d be fine. “You think you can make a copy of your notes so we have it down for the station too?”

Raj nodded. "Sure. Just, remind me again once we get back to my desk. I'll get you a copy." taking the clipboard back now he flipped through it himself, "The last thing is I don't think this was the same person's work. Everything was so... meticulous with Dakota's body. It was like, I don't know, too good? Fuck. This is sick." He exhaled, almost shivering as he moved to re-cover Evora's body, "Whoever did this job wasn't as good." It took a moment for Raj to put the body away and remove his gloves. He stopped Reggie at the door before they could exit the room. "Listen. I'm not... fuckin' Sherlock Holmes or anything, man. I'm just a mortician," he shrugged, "-- A mortician that one day in 2012 had to become a makeshift coroner. So maybe I'm full of shit." He glanced towards the cooler where the bodies were kept again. "-- But for what it's worth, I think you got two murderers on your hands. And I don't know if they're related or not. That's all you." A flicker of worry painted his features before he cast it away, "And I'll help where I can but I... I'm not trying to be next. That's all."

"'Course." Reggie said at the reminding him. he didn't like Raj's next words though, the thought of one murderer on the loose was stressful enough but the thought of there being two was something Reggie didn't really want to think about but knew he had too. "Son of a bitch," he mumbled running a hand through his hair, "Two different people? Excuse me for saying this but i hope you're wrong." Even if everything Raj was pointing out made perfect sense and the evidence did point to that or the same person getting sloppy which wasn't unbelievable but unlikely. "I'll definitely relay all this to Henry, he might stop by and ask a couple of questions or ask to see the bodies for himself to compare notes so..." Reggie sighed, he hated what he was about to say next, "Don't have them bury them just yet and Raj," he rested a hand on his shoulder, "You're not gonna be next long as we can help it alright?"

Raj’s eyes had been focused on where Evora’s body now lay. He didn’t remember the article she wrote at the present moment, but an unease wrapped around him regardless. He reacted to the muscle memory of dread without truly knowing why. Maybe that was worse.

He was only pulled from his thoughts when Reggie placed a large hand on his shoulder. “…” And he wished Reggie’s words were comforting. In that moment, he decided to refrain from verbalizing how little weight they held. He’d helped buried Tyler. And the Rodriguez family. Maybe, for once, it was good he didn’t remember that. And even if he didn’t know to, he would savor the walk back to his desk, forgetting for two moments about the depressing possibility (no matter how small) that everything could be connected.

All he could do was nod. “This way.” And lead Reggie out of the cold.

[firstprinced]

and say what's on your mind, my baby

[the-mother-of-lions]

HRH Prince Henry ft gay crisis (pre-kiss)

[mcnuggetclub]

4 times henry fidgets with his signet ring + 1 time alex fidgets with it

[chessyhoward]

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April, you exceeded my expectations. ❤️

[officialdiegorodriguez]

TEXTING: HENRY

Diego: I miss you.

Diego: I haven’t been drinking I promise but I miss you.

Diego: I miss you and I hate it.

Diego: I miss you and I wish I could fix this.

Diego: I miss you and I have no right to.

Diego: I miss you and I’m falling apart.

Diego: You were mine and it’s all gone.

[minutes pass]

Diego: Fuck. Sorry.

[plantgirlpops]

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A snapshot into tour life!!! :)

[marcusmixes]

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This one is for 'the Stans'. I have it on good authority (@danteleept to be precise) that this one will cause a stir on the internet. Apologies in advance, @henrybly. Or maybe 'you're welcome'?

[shatteredgossip]

@shatteredgossip: BREAKING NEWS. @shattereddiamondsband announce they have DROPPED @shatteredharper from the band. Effective immediately.