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what is desire but to consume? by Joooceee
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
13 Feb 2025
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"But I’m leaving tomorrow so we have to make it count.”
We always have to make it count.
“We have time tomorrow, too, love. And then next week when you’re back, and the rest of our lives after that.”
And the way Henry says it, Alex believes that Henry believes that. But Henry hasn’t carried the weight of every empty bed he’d ever woken up to. Henry doesn’t hold his breath for a second every fucking morning, wondering if this was the day Henry left him again. Henry doesn’t remember the way the door had shut behind all of the hookups he’d let down by not actually wanting to hook up. Or had to contort his own desires into somebody else’s so he can be what that person needs for the night, so he can be enough for them to stay.
God, he needs Henry to stay.
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Alex, his abandonment issues, and his deep-rooted fear that he's only worth what his body can give others.