Alex is on a call with Henry after he has been discharged from the hospital.
"When do you have your next doctor's visit..??"
"A week later."
Alex flew back to America the very next day, giving excuse of his job waiting here. Alex made sure to call Henry every day and check up on his health and updates from the doctor. After Henry was discharged, the only hospital and health update conversations started turning into daily discussions.
"Hello Alex.." Henry calls Alex for the first time after his discharge. Alex usually called him after he got free from his office, and that was an hour ago. Since Henry didn't receive any call, he decided to take the matters into his own hands and dial Alex.
"Hello Henry,"
"You sound bad."
"Had a bad day.."
"I wish I could hug you and take all your worries away."
Henry wanted to hug Alex, and Alex wanted to receive it from him every time in the past 7 years, he was feeling low. Everytime a law college professor disregarded his paper, called his research bad, one of his bosses ridiculed him, one of his clients called him unprofessional he wanted Henry to be beside him so he could hug him and feel better. He knew a hug from Henry could fix it all. Today, Henry was also miles away, but the thought that he wanted to hug Alex took half of Alex's pains away.
"Want to talk about it...??" Henry asks when the silence that is lingering on the phone call went too long...
"The boss was not happy with the last minute off that I took, and the new client I had today was kind of a jerk.."
"Sounds bad."
"When are you going back to work?"
"I am updating myself with the work of the past 7 years... It just feels overwhelming to know that I support queer kids out in the open. It feels like something, the Henry I am right now would have never done. I just feel you are one of the main reasons behind it."
Was he ? Alex didn't know the answer to that. It was not like Henry after the breakup called him and went like since we broke up with each other because I didn't have the confidence to come out to my family or the world.. I decided that kids who have been brave in these terms shouldn't be living homeless or Alex I am opening queer shelters for kids so that British people and royalty can understand them and me so we can be together again. He didn't know what drove Henry to take such a step, he didn't know the amount of panic attacks he might have had before placing his proposal in front of the royal family, he didn't know how many people Henry fought with for it approval, he didn't how many nights Henry spent sleepless working on his laptop preparing the draft, he didn't even know if Henry's insomnia had returned or was he sleeping well during the last seven years. He wants to know now, but he can't because knowing all this would mean Henry's memory has returned back, which meant Henry would no more be beside him.
"Alex ? Did I tell you the reason..??" Henry felt weird on how Alex kept spacing out on so many occasions as if he didn't know what he should answer. Had Alex and Henry grown apart in the past 7 years, was it like their honeymoon phase was over, and now they were just surviving with each other on the basis of old love. Henry wasn't sure about his own feelings at the moment, so it didn't feel nice to judge Alex like this. Their key had always been communication (as much as Henry remembered), and that is what kept them going along with the best sex they had when they used to meet up, despite being long distanced.
Alex had answered something when Henry was deep into his thoughts, which he clearly missed out, and now he could hear snoring sounds on the other side of the phone. He let out a sigh he didn't know he was holding. Alex used to sleep during their video calls with each other on some days, and Henry knew he had a long one. Henry cuts the call and tries to pull himself into sleep, but thoughts about Alex take up all the space in his head. He can't stop but try to connect the dots about the last 7 years.
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Alex called Henry at the regular time he had been calling him. Henry doesn't answer the call, so Alex tries again, and this time, Henry declines the call. Alex decides to call again a few minutes later, but his screen lights up on the video call from Henry.
Video call, Alex hadn't done that with Henry in ages. Alex is hesitant to answer the call, but seeing Henry's face was not something he could ever refuse.
"Baby"
"We hadn't video called since your visit, so I thought I would go for it."
"Of course."
"I missed your face."
"Me too." Alex replies too quickly.
"I miss something else also."
"What?"
"Take a guess.."
Alex acts like he is in deep thoughts ... but he clearly knows Henry was doing the dirty talk, Henry loved doing it. He was smooth, and things always escalated quickly.
"Cum on Alex" the pun clearly intended.
Alex and Henry on several occasions had stroked themselves on phone watching each other and helping each other cum. This was not something new for Alex but doing it after being apart from someone for seven years Alex was hesitant. The memories of it were very clear in his brain and no matter how many times he said that the breakup feels like yesterday jokingly every single day it was pain and suffering. Alex knew how being intimate with Henry felt like but this time the fear of Henry leaving Alex will always linger with him. He never thought that Henry would leave him he was always confident even before confessing that he will lure Henry into loving him not in the moment but for forever.
"Henry I don't think this is appropriate when the doctor has told you to rest."
"Somebody down needs to get off to relax a little."
"Sorry Henry, but I can't have you take stress of imagining me doing some dirty things with my mouth. It is too dangerous for your brain."
"The images of some times are quite vivid in my head."
"Henry." Alex gave a little strech on the e.
Henry got the hint after Alex's multiple denials that Alex was clearly not interested in phone sex. Had the romance in them died? Were they now like the oldies who could barely hold conversations let alone getting intimate. Maybe the long distance relationship was the criminal..What if he cheated or what if he had got cheated on and they were probably taking a break or had called quits..?? Henry wanted to know it all.
Henry hadn't used social media since he opened up his eyes, maybe he could get some updates from it. Henry logs in to instagram from his private account which was meant for purposes like stalking Alex. The other private account which Henry clearly remembered was created by both Henry and Alex to follow only each other and post photos of their choice didn't exist anymore. It had been almost 20 days since Henry's accident which meant that Alex and Henry had a tiff between them more than a month ago. On Alex's instagram in the tagged section he had photos posted by a girl kissing him with caption 'Boyfriend *red heart emoji*' from 5 years ago.
Was this a misunderstanding ? Maybe a PR stunt because the reporters were getting close to their relationship but in that case Nora would have been involved not some random girl. He soon discovers that Nora and June have been in a relationship from almost 6 years and they are very vocal about it advocating queer rights. June is now a successful reporter in the celebrity column and Nora belongs to the parliament.
He also decides to google Alex in hopes of finding some answers to the questions in his mind. There are no articles of their public appearances together for years. The last one was seven years ago.
Did he stop attending events after that ? How was their arrangement going in the past seven years if they were not meeting in public ?
Henry was growing frustrated, he wanted to question people, he wanted the real answers.
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Rekindle - FirstPrince FF ✔️
FanfictionAlex and Henry broke up when Alex went to Keingston Palace to win Henry and get his man back. 7 years pass, and they both live far apart. Henry gets into an accident and suffers from a memory loss, which leaves him with a memory of him and Alex ha...