Alex and Henry are newly engaged and planning their wedding as Alex's first Congressional election is coming up. While Henry is done with being in the spotlight, he's always knew that to love Alex, he'll have to continue to be. But as the wedding approaches, it eats at him as he realizes Alex and him want different lives. Alex, meanwhile is too wrapped up in politics to see how much Henry is suffering, and in his attempt to balance being everything to everyone, turns to vice. Will this be the thing that tears them apart? How can they both be happy if one of them has to sacrifice the life they have always desired? Follows book cannon (but not the bonus chapter exactly) and takes place 6 years after the end of the book. Chapters will alternate being told from Henry and Alex's POVs. *Was on hold for a few months (May-August 2024) during my graduation and moving but new posts weekly starting Monday, Sep. 30!! There will likely be 25 total. TRIGGER WARNINGS: mental health issues, drug and alcohol use, disordered eating, profanity, and (light) sexual content Note: Please consider the politics in this story to be a very fictional representation, and they do NOT truly represent US politics. Cover art @autiacorart on Etsy. All characters belong to Casey McQuiston. All writing is my own. Please do not share any part of this work without referencing me. Also posted on Ao3 (by me).

This story, most speech, plot, characters etc are all from Casey McQuiston. I have been trying to find a good true telling and red white and royal blue from Henry's pov for a while now so I thought screw it I'll just write my own, so here it is, hope you like it 😊

" ඔයා කියන්න හදන්නෙ මොකක්ද..??" " මම ඒක පස්සෙ කියන්නම්.. ඒක අහගන්නකල් ඔයාට ජීවත් වෙන්න වෙනවා.. ඔන්න මම ඔයාට ජීවත් වෙන්න හේතුවක් හොයලා දුන්නා.." -Wathsal " මගේ හදවතේ තියන ආදරේ හනාහකියක් නම් හැමදාමත් මිඩ්ල්මිස්ට් රෙඩ් මල් පිපෙන්නෙ ඔයා වෙනුවෙන් විතරයි.. මම කැමැත්තෙන් මගේ හදවත ඔයා වෙනුවෙන් වෙන් කරනවා.. මගේ ඇඟ අපිරිසිදු වුණත් මගේ ආදරේ එහෙම එකක් නෙමෙයි වත්සල්.. මට හදවතක් තියනවා කියලා දැනුණෙත් ඔයා මුණගැහුණට පස්සෙ.. ඔයාව දකිද්දි හදවත ගැහෙන විදියට විතරයි මම කවමදාවත් බය නොවුණෙ.." -Ayuka WARNING!! EXTREMELY SENSITIVE CONTENT!! No copying or translation is permitted!!! 2023-09-26 2024-10-24