Oh God, not the wayward curl. I AM JUST A GIRL.

It's the naked chest vs the ankle-length teddy-lined coat for me. Like sir, you grew up in this weather?!

I guess I lived a good life. And what a way to go.

Why is he so

*frantically googles flights, trains, well-meaning horses*

Is anybody else stoked that it isn't their wedding? I'm so happy, it would have felt too large a leap from where we left off. And it definitely leaves room for that third installment!

We're the backest we've ever been back. We could not be backer than this. Super back as of now.

Welcome back, gardener Alex who reluctantly sets up a booth at the farmers market! archiveofourown.org/works/72833436

He is two minutes old.

It's a lovely fic from the lovely @adreama-writes.bsky.social for the lovely @onthewaysomewhere.bsky.social about some lovely Southern Philantropy! What are you waiting for? Go, run!

It's still Thursday somewhere, right? #ThirstyCurlsDay

if you start red white and royal blue (2023) at exactly 11:26:49 on new years eve, the new year's kiss will play exactly at midnight. start off your new year right 🙂‍↕️

Soooo, November kicked my ass which is why reading AWY got delayed up until now, which means I missed all the other fics that were posted in the meantime. So plsplspls give me your best firstprince recs that were posted between Nov 1st and now! Self-promotion encouraged!

Take-away after reading all the AWY fics: 1. Hot DAMN, this is a talented fandom. Some of y'all should be published for real! 2. A lot less smut than I had anticipated. I mean, it's definitely there and it's VERY good, but most of it is wholesome af. 3. Can we go again, @anywherewithyou.bsky.social?

He's obscenely tall.

54/54 ✅ And last but absolutely not least, it's Loose Lips Sink Ships (All The Damn Time). I had never done a 3+1 before, so that was challenging on its own. It was fun finding a rhythm in this story, a way to let the parts flow together. And ofcourse, ❤️ beta @suseagull5921.bsky.social!

53/54 ✅ The last two slots are for the fics I had the privilege to write. My first exchange challenge was so fun, it really pushed me as a writer. For Build Me Up, Buttercup, that manifested in A LOT of research, the first time working with a beta reader (❤️ @exitariel.bsky.social) and a deadline!

52/54 ✅ I cheated with this one because obviously it was the first one I read, but I just had to include it in my tally. The lovely @onthewaysomewhere.bsky.social wrote it for me, and I'm not one to pick favourites except I totally am, so everyone should read this and kudo the fuck out of it!

51/54 ✅ Accidentally saved the horniest one for last, but you don't hear me complaining! This was SO good, the banter was spot on and the smut was smutting through the roof!

Did... Did Alex Claremont-Diaz write this?

50/54 ✅ Girl power at work, please proceed with caution!

49/54 ✅ A good old-fashioned power outage induced lock-in never hurt anyone!

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Take-away from episode 6 of Heated Rivalry:

48/54 ✅ (Couldn't find an existing post, so forgive me for doing it like this) A textbook meet-cute, featuring Confident Henry and Flustered Alex. 📕 Crash Into You 📗 4.4k - M - Alex POV 📘 Strangers to lovers, book store meet-cute 📙 For AWY 2025 challenge, by High-Seas-Swan for starry_pisces

Honorary mention for this fic, that was written solely as a ruse to mislead someone and I support that kind of behaviour. Also, it's very cleverly written so that's a bonus.

47/54 ✅ Stealing food as a long-ass type of foreplay? Leave it up to these two.

46/54 ✅ If Alex can ask Henry out while actively crashing his spacecraft, your man can text you back too. Raise the bar, girls.

45/54 ✅ Are you even a bisexual disaster if you don't go to the wedding of two of your exes, only to end up with another ex of one of those exes?

Almost forgot about #thirstycurlsday!

fucking eyelashes

44/54 ✅ Oooh, when the dam bursts and the love just cannot be contained anymore? That's peak romance, people.

43/54 ✅ They hate eachother but they want eachother, so they just have to bang out their differences 🤷🏼‍♀️

42/54 ✅ The very talented @tsuother.rwrb.social made a lovely art work for this challenge!

I YEARN for the audio on this

41/54 ✅ Strong contender for my favourite fic in this challenge! Such a fun read, with a grand gesture on top!

40/54 ✅ Shortest fake dating to actually dating span, and not complaining about it!

39/54 ✅ What a precious little thing!

38/54 ✅ Not gonna lie, this one had me hating Henry in the first half. All's well though!

Horrible timeline to be happily married and nowhere near London on that date.

37/54 ✅ This is just Alex being a loverboy start to finish and I am HERE. FOR. IT.

36/54 ✅ I'm struggling to find a witty little thing to say about this fic. It's so beautifully written, with romance and angst and hot stuff and soft stuff, and you'll regret it if you don't read it. So, just go do that. Now, preferably. Please and thank you.

35/54 ✅ They're just so soft for eachother, Your Honour.

EXCUSE ME IS THAT LONDON

34/54 ✅ Strongly suggest pairing this one with a hot chocolate.

33/54 ✅ Strongly suggest pairing this one with a box of tissues.

Take-away from episode 5 of Heated Rivalry:

32/54 ✅ In every universe, in every lifetime.

Absolutely impossible to choose, he is stunning in literally every photo, but I'll go ahead and nominate this one for #ThirstyCurlsday!

31/54 ✅ Don't you just hate it when you accidentally ask your nemesis-turned-friend out for brunch and then accidentally word-vomit how much you want him, *biblically*, and then accidentally fall into bed together because he reciprocates? Yeah, me too.