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    “Alex. Do you trust me?”

    He trusts Henry with his life without a thought. But he trusts him with more than that too. He trusts that Henry cares about more than his continued existence. He cares about Alex’s desperate drive and his inane insecurities and all of the vulnerabilities he scrambles to keep out of sight.

    He trusts Henry with the pieces of himself he thought would destroy him if anyone ever saw.

    He nods, and something in his expression must give away how earnestly he feels his answer, because Henry’s smile softens.

    “Sweet boy,” Henry murmurs. There’s a glow in Alex’s chest at the soft words. “I’m going to hold your book, and you’re going to kneel here and read for me. Do you understand?”

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    Alex struggles to read his case studies for law school, and Henry decides to give him something to focus on.

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    Alex has been curious about the BDSM scene for a while, and decides to join the premier kink club in the city. He meets Henry, who's been living the lifestyle for years, and who generously agrees to show Alex the ropes.

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    13 Mar 2024

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    Alex meets his soulmate at a party and immediately decides that his soulmate can never, ever know. Easy enough when the man flies back to England a few weeks after. But when Henry walks back into Alex's life several years later, and becomes a permanent fixture in it, it throws something of a wrench in his plans. It's awfully hard to never speak to the man who June and Nora have so quickly adopted into the fold.

    But it's all for the best.

    It's for the best.

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    12 Mar 2024

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    The fucked up thing is that this isn’t the kind of world where you can ‘not believe’ in soulmates; they’re a scientific fact. There have been studies, there’s a science dedicated to it - Alignment Science, which is just about the biggest heap of bullshit Alex has ever heard - and it is literally just how the world works.

    Nobody has been able to adequately explain to him, however, how you end up with your soulmate’s name in your subconscious when you’re born, or why this is the way you have to get it out.

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    Alex doesn't believe in soulmates, and Henry doesn't believe in the likelihood of finding his. Enter: coffee shops.

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    12 Mar 2024

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    “Henry.” Pez comes over, puts both hands on Henry’s cheeks and looks him dead in the eye. “You are not a sad man who’s gotten dumped. You’re in the prime of your life, and I quite desperately need you to act like it.”

    “The prime of my life,” Henry scoffs, more incredulous than questioning. “I’ve just gotten out of a 15 year relationship, endured a divorce, am suffering an almost impressive case of writer’s block, and your hands are like bloody icicles.” Pez grins, doesn’t take his hands away. “Explain to me how this is my prime. Please.”

    Pez tilts his head, and sounds entirely serious when he says, “Literally anything can happen from here.”

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