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    “So, Henry Fox has a new routine he’ll be testing out," Zahra says.

    Alex’s eyes drift helplessly to the Henry voodoo doll on his desk, needles sticking out of his replica Armani jacket. He tries to sound indifferent. “Why should I care what Prince Charming is up to?”

    “You call him that like it’s a bad thing."

    “It is a bad thing. Prince Charming is boring,” Alex says, “Who would ever fall in love with a dud like that?” Images of Disney princes — perfectly handsome, but perfectly boring — cross his mind. Heat creeps up to his neck.

    “Well, lucky for you, I’m not asking you to fall in love with Henry. I’m just letting you know that the contract you just signed, agreeing to do a magic show with Henry, includes a test run that’s in two days —”

    “Wait, what!?

    Or: Alex and Henry are rival magicians, except Henry has real magic and Alex has heartburn.

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    Alex rolls onto his back so he’s looking up at Henry from in his lap. It’s hard not to drown in the chocolate pools.
    “But my eyes are open, Hen. I already know you’re the one.”

    Henry chokes on his own spit, and tries to cover it with a cough.
    “What do you mean, Alex?”

    He sees Alex drifting towards sleep. “Alex, love, talk to me.”
    But it’s too late – Alex has succumbed to the pull of unconsciousness.

     

    OR: Three times when Alex’s broken brain-to-mouth filter throws Henry off-kilter, and one time when Henry retaliates.

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    Henry used to enjoy going to work as much as one can enjoy work at a coffee shop, anyway. He had two weeks of mostly peaceful coffee and tea serving, and then he worked the morning shift for the first time. At exactly seven forty-two, Alex barreled into the coffee shop, and Henry’s previous mostly pleasant job turned into the second circle of hell.

    Or: Coffee Shop AU, where Alex tries to flirt with Henry, but Alex’s coffee puns are so bad that Henry doesn’t notice. Until he does.

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    21 Nov 2025

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    So, here’s the thing — about a year ago, Henry had been stupid enough to say it. They’d been arguing, again, and the words had slipped out, careless and half a challenge: “So you think you can make more arrests than me?

    Henry hadn’t meant for it to stick. It was supposed to be a throwaway jab. But Alex, being Alex, had just raised an eyebrow, that damned spark lighting up his eyes like a match catching fire.

    He had challenged, “And you think I can’t?”

    Henry had shrugged, which was a huge mistake on his part because well, it had made Alex snark back, “I bet I can make more arrests than you in a year.”

    And just like that, it had become a thing — a stupid bet between the two best detectives of the NYPD.


    A story about a bet and two idiots in love.

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    20 Nov 2025

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    The term, he’s told, is temporary retrograde amnesia. Ilya doesn’t need the direct translation to understand: he forgot things. Ten years of things.

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    13 Nov 2025