KJB

[kj-bee]

This is my VERY first Fic Writing year-end round-up and I'm really thankful to anyone who's ever read my fics and grateful to all the amazing friends that I have made due to writing fanfiction. It's truly been one of the best things that this year has brought me 💖

I was tagged by @firenati0n, @0npurpose, @sophie1973 @thesleepyskipper and @clockwrkpendrxgon !!

My details:

My ao3: KBee81

My fandom: Red, White & Royal Blue

Total no. of fics in 2024: 36 (33 oneshots and 3 multichaps with 1 that is still in progress)

Total word count: 135,989

JANUARY

🌟Lay Your Hands On Me (2.5K | Explicit)

Henry comes back to the Brownstone-and Alex-after being away. They missed each other (like always) but Henry missed a few things in particular.

FEBRUARY

🌟I don't want to dance (if I'm not dancing with you) (9.4k | Explicit | 2 chapters)

Alex is on a mission to "get plowed." Henry offers to help. Based on a rizcriz prompt.

🌟The Princess Question (1.1K | General)

Henry and Alex talk about princes and princesses with their daughter. She comes to some interesting conclusions.

🌟I'm a fire (I'll keep your brittle heart warm) (1.8K | Teen)

Henry and Alex have a different first meeting. Henry is a little awkward when confronted with Alex in a swimsuit. Based on a prompt from DIBS (@rwrqueer on X).

🌟all I know is (everything has changed) (1.3K | General)

Alex crashes his cart into Henry at the grocery store, causing a BIg realization.

MARCH

🌟the truth(or dare) from my red lips (4.5K | Teen)

Alex and Henry play Truth or Dare. They both come out winners.

🌟dancing round the kitchen in the refrigerator light (2K | Teen)

Inspired in part by geonBAEeee's art. Henry and Alex, now living in the Brownstone, celebrate Henry's birthday.

🌟Kiss and Tell (2.7K | Teen)

Inspired by @everwitch-magiks, a Kissing Booth AU of a Kissing Booth AU.

🌟make the friendship bracelets (2K | General)

Henry Fox wears friendship bracelets and Alex wants one too. Inspired by a post by @yrsdiaz and the Red, White and Royally Old group chat.

🌟champagne bubbles and buttercream kisses (2.1K | Explicit)

Henry helps Alex celebrate his birthday with champagne, a cupcake with buttercream frosting and a blowjob (a missing scene from CMQ's novel).

APRIL

🌟settle into slumber (deep as love) (1K | General)

Henry is putting his daughter to sleep with a bedtime story and Alex falls asleep too. Inspired by hn @shitsidrew on Twitter.

🌟never before and ever since (loml) (2K | Teen)

Henry and Alex ended things. But a few years later, Henry came out and abdicated. He moved to New York City to start a new life.

He finds a familiar pair of warm brown eyes in the crowd one night. Inspired by hn @shitsidrew art.

MAY

🌟I choose you and me (religiously) (7.7K | Mature)

Henry's POV of the Storming of Kensington and the V & A scene.

JUNE

🌟you'd have to stop the world (just to stop the feeling) (5.1K | Explicit)

Henry uses a condom as a bookmark but Alex finds a better use for it. Inspired by a tweet from mari @undrthe_figtree.

🌟cross your thoughtless heart (1.1K | General)

It’s a normal, ordinary Tuesday when Alex finally has the realization. He isn’t really sure how it began or when it started, but one random Tuesday, when he’s at work, he finally notices. Henry has been packing him lunches.

JULY

🌟summer lovin' (happened so fast) (3.8K | Teen)

Henry works up the courage to get Alex to sign his yearbook. It's the beginning of a summer romance...but what will happen in the fall? Inspired by Poms (@princebambiuk on Twitter).

🌟karaoke crimes (this song's for you) (1.3K | General)

His witness is unable to visually identify a suspect from the line up, so Detective Alexander Claremont-Diaz uses an unconventional method to pinpoint the perp. Inspired by Brooklyn 99.

🌟you kiss me (it stops time) (1.3K | Teen)

Alex and Henry are shoved in a closet for Seven Minutes in Heaven.

🌟everything you lose is a step you take (1.2K | Teen)

Alex moves to London and gets a UK phone number. It just so happens to be the old phone number of Arthur Fox. Every holiday, anniversary, or important day ever. Henry texts that number because it’s been vacant since his dad died. (a rizcriz prompt)

🌟Whisk-y Business (2.2K | Explicit)

Henry attempts to make a quiche. Alex is a little...distracting OR a fic based on @0npurpose's prompt "Take one more step and I can't be held accountable for my actions." (Part of Summer Switcheroo exchange)

🌟your future history (it's time) (739 | Teen)

Alex and Henry, both rugby players at the Olympics, take part in the tradition of switching shorts after the game. Henry wants to start a different tradition OR me getting inspired by a tweet about the Olympic rugby players switching shorts...

AUGUST

🌟swing with you (for the fences) (2.3K | General)

Olympian Alexander Claremont-Diaz-Fox has a very special cheering section when he swims for a medal. Inspired by @oohthephysicist's tweet.

🌟this happens once (every few lifetimes) (2.1K | General)

What happens when Alex and Henry go inside Alex's childhood home in Austin after the reelection. (A Missing Scene)

🌟save a horse (600 | General)

Inspired by a tumblr post from @rockingtheorange, Henry and Alex meet at a karaoke bar (a short drabble).

SEPTEMBER

🌟I bet (you can't only have one) (3.8K | Teen)

Alex and Henry have a Kissing Bet.

OCTOBER

🌟my beloved ghost (and me) (2.1K | General)

Alex is not crazy or insane, but he’s pretty sure that his apartment is haunted.

It’s a new development. Only in the last couple of days has he felt like he’s not alone, like there’s another presence in the apartment with him when he’s supposed to be by himself.

He has acquired a ghost, somehow. It’s the only explanation that makes sense.

🌟Talk Turkey to Me (1.5 | General)

Henry teases Alex about The Great Turkey Calamity.

🌟hooked on you (2.1K | General)

What he really needs is a distraction - something to get his mind off of how it feels like they are driving over large potholes in the sky. Something that takes all of his focus so he’s not thinking about all the ways he could die in this flimsy held-together-with-duct-tape-and-dreams bucket too many feet away from the sweet, safe and reliable ground beneath his feet.

Alex is running through a list of possible distractions when the ball of yarn hits him on the foot. Inspired by a post by CMQ during their travels for The Pairing book tour.

NOVEMBER

🌟you can see it (with the lights out) (6K | Teen)

Alex freezes, hands clenched at his side. The hair on the back of his neck stands up. “Wait,” he says slowly. “Are you telling me that I am not alone on the ship?”

His mother’s voice hums. Even though she’s not here, Alex feels like he can almost see her small smile. It was the same look that she gave him when she was helping him with his homework when he was little, and he got the answer right.

“Yes, Alex,” OS answers. “You are not alone.” A Darkness Outside Us AU.

DECEMBER

🌟the warmest bed (I've ever known) (7.2K | Teen)

Another caketastrophe, a few misunderstandings and OPERATION ONE BED.

🌟Spotify Wrapped Drabbles 2024 (1.6K | Teen)

A collection of drabbles inspired by my Spotify Wrapped.

🌟all dressed up (in stardust & tinsel) (3.4K | Teen)

Alex has had a long and storied love of Christmas trees and by extension, Christmas tree decorating. There’s a science to it. A method to the madness for maximum Christmas spirit and festivity.

Whatever Henry is doing? Well, it’s not it. It’s not even close.

OR Alex helps Henry decorate a Christmas tree and learns something new in the process.

🌟got my love (to keep me warm) (4.5K | Teen)

He plans to say something sweet perhaps, or at least something less abrupt and awkward. But like always, his mouth moves faster than his brain and he ends up blurting out “Do you think anyone actually knows what fun it is to ride a one horse open sleigh, or are we all just taking their word for it?”

Henry lifts his head up, and looks at Alex, fighting a smile. Alex can see the laughter in his eyes.

OR Operation One Bed continues when Alex and Henry go for a winter sleigh ride.

🌟take me home (forever and ever) (1.6K | Teen)

Alex has a proposal plan that doesn't, well, go according to plan.

🌟kiss me at midnight (4.8K | Teen)

Henry hates New Year's Eve, until he doesn't.

WIPs & UPCOMING FICS

🌟grab my hand (don't ever drop it) (36K | 6/? chapters | Mature)

This is a The Charm Offensive AU - Alex is a producer on a reality dating show where Henry is a reluctant Prince Charming who's dating a large group of women. When true love happens, it doesn’t always follow a script.

I WILL NEVER ABANDON THIS but I lost a little motivation for it. Finishing this fic is one of my goals for 2025.

🌟I have a few other things in mind and I have an upcoming fic for the Wrap It Up exchange. Looking forward to seeing how much I can improve as a writer and where writing takes me in the next year. Thank you all for your support and words of cheer because they really do encourage me!

If you have not been tagged, please use this as an open one and I will also tag a few people that I don't think I've seen fic round-ups from (no pressure):

@miharaikko @jafffacakess @msmarvelouswinchester

[jafffacakess]

2025 book blanket

she's finished! an absolute labour of love, with 12 months of reading wrapped up in 1 blanket.

some stats:

104 squares

measures 115x200cm

is 9% cat sebastian books

is 6% heated rivalry

i wish i could re-do the memento mori squares because i dislike them all

it's not as wonky as it looks in the photo but i don't have anywhere tall enough to hang it properly

(the previous two aren't stats but that's ok)

it was really fun, i enjoyed making it, I doubt i'll ever do it again.

[swearphil]

for @noahreids

I hope you settle down, I hope you marry rich I hope you're scarеd of only ordinary shit Like murderers and ghosts and cancer on your skin And not your soul and what He might do with it

[crosschecks-n-meetcutes]

Welcome to Cross-Checks & Meet-Cutes: a Game Changers & Heated Rivalry rom-com AU event!

There are a vast number of rom-coms out there that work perfectly for the characters and pairings of this universe. Rom-coms offer a safe place when everything else around us might not be that. We love them for the hope and escape they offer, and they can be very fun places to play in.

Here you will find the very simple rules and any information you may need. If there is anything you want to know that might have been missed, just send an ask.

[andhumanslovedstories]

God gives his hardest struggles (paper cut on hand) to his strongest warriors (nurse who uses hand sanitizer approximately a billion times a shift)

[andhumanslovedstories]

It’s like not healthy to get off on your own martyrdom but also whenever I get sanitizer in my cut (approximately every 2 seconds) I like “no one has ever been more dedicated to breaking the chain of infection than I am right now” and weirdly enough behind me a halo begins to glow

[kj-bee]

My Favourite Husband

I wrote a little fic for the @ficwip hey sweetheart event! https://archiveofourown.org/works/79443661

[uno-gang]

Another great thing about Heated Rivalry on the meta-meta level is the fact that Connor Storrie has so many moles. Because in my native language the word for mole is literally mother's mark and we have this folk believe that they represent your mother's love for you. Because it "leaves marks on you".

That means that Ilya is covered head to toe in physical embodiments of his mother's love for him. He has so many moles, he is so loved.

And there is no way this could've been an active casting decision, because why would it be? It just shows that Connor Storrie was destined to play mama's boy Ilya Rozanov

(And don't even get me started on the big mole on his cheek, that is like prime cheek kissing location)

[grabmyboner]

Hiii!

Sentence for a bulb maybe? 👉👈

"Look me in the eyes when you lie like that."

It’s a nothing interview. Pre-game in Montreal before they warm up for the game against Boston. One camera, one reporter Shane recognises but doesn’t really know. The question’s about a Russian rookie adjusting to the league. Shane answers in English at first. Then the reporter follows up, in Russian.

The NHL translator shifts instinctively, already stepping closer.

Shane doesn’t pause. He answers back in Russian before the translator can open his mouth, quick and clean, accent careful but confident. Just a sentence. Then another. The translator hesitates, then stops entirely, hands dropping like he’s been waved off without a word.

Shane switches back to English like it didn’t happen.

The reporter freezes. The camera freezes. Fans online detonate.

HOLLANDER SPEAKS RUSSIAN????

since WHEN 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

WHaT thE hELL

IS THIS A BIT??¿?

Clips start circulating that include the translator standing there, unused, blinking in mild disbelief. No one has any idea where Shane learned it.

Ilya sees the clip on his phone exactly 28 minutes after it was aired, while lacing up before warmups across the hall from the Montreal camp.

He goes stone still. Rewinds it. Listens again. And again.

His heartbeat spikes in a way he hates, hot, prickling, possessive confusion. Shane Hollander speaks Russian.

It’s not flashy Russian. It’s not performative. It’s the kind you learn because you care if someone understands you.

That’s what throws him.

His game that night is off, edges too sharp, passes late, shots rushed. And Shane—Shane is everywhere. Slick, fast, infuriatingly precise, skating like he knows exactly how distracted Ilya is and choosing to press every advantage. Ilya’s not present. Not in his body. Not in the rink. He’s stuck in the thought:

He learned my language. My language. Mine.

By the final buzzer, he’s a live wire. And he needs answers.

Shane doesn’t text after the game. He usually does, something neutral, something that pretends this ritual isn’t a ritual at all. Tonight there’s nothing.

The knock comes instead, late and familiar. Ilya always comes to his after they play each other in Montreal, but he always texts first. Not tonight.

Shane opens the door. Ilya stands there, still in his coat, snow melting in his hair.

He looks at Shane for a long moment, like he’s lining something up in his head, then pushes past Shane and walks into the entry like he owns the place. Shane closes the door softly behind him and looks back at him as Ilya turns to face him again.

He says, almost casually, “You speak Russian.”

Shane huffs a small laugh. “Apparently that’s big news.”

“How long?” Ilya asks.

Shane shrugs. “Since… a while.”

“That is not an answer.”

Shane doesn’t reply.

Ilya watches him, eyes narrowing, not suspicious. Focused.

“You never mention it.”

Shane looks away, rubs a thumb along the edge of the door frame. “Didn’t think it mattered.”

“It matters,” Ilya says, stepping closer without making a thing of it. “Russian is not… hobby language.”

Shane snorts. “Tell that to half the internet.”

Ilya shakes his head. “Your Russian is not ‘internet’ Russian.”

That gets Shane’s eye back on him.

“It’s okay,” Shane says. “I mess up cases. Stress vowels.”

“You soften consonants,” Ilya murmurs. “You do not translate literally. You understand rhythm.”

Shane freezes.

Ilya exhales slowly, like something heavy just clicked into place.

“All this time,” he says, quieter now. “When I mutter things on ice… In bed.” A beat. “You understand.”

Shane doesn’t deny it. His voice drops. “Not everything. But… enough.”

“Enough,” Ilya repeats.

He steps closer, close enough now that Shane has to tilt his head back just slightly.

“Why?” Ilya asks. Not sharp. Not accusing. Just needing to know.

Shane swallows. “You beat me,” he says simply.

Ilya’s brow creases.

“We were eighteen. I was—” Shane gestures vaguely. “Angry. You kept winning. I couldn’t figure out how.”

Ilya doesn’t interrupt.

“So I watched,” Shane continues, quieter, more honest now. “Your hands. Your timing. The way you talk when you think no one’s listening.” A small breath. “I figured if I was going to lose, I should at least understand who I was losing to.”

Ilya stares at him. Something unreadable passes through his face, then softens.

“You learned my language,” he says.

Shane shrugs, helpless. “It wasn’t a devious plan. It just… happened.”

Ilya hums thoughtfully, “But you never thought to tell me.”

He shrugs again, eyes darting downward, “Like I said, I didn’t think it mattered.”

Ilya steps in, bodies nearly touching now, one hand braced against the door beside Shane’s shoulder. Not trapping. Just there.

He dips his head, voice dropping to a whisper.

“Posmotri mne v glaza, kogda ty tak vryosh.” (Look me in the eyes when you lie like that.)

Shane does. And that’s the moment it’s over.

“…Okay,” Shane breathes, the word dissolving on his tongue. “I liked having an upper hand on you, even if it was just in my head.”

Ilya’s mouth curves, slow and dangerous and fond all at once.

[cloudabserk]

BEST DAY EVER ☀️🌸❤️🦋

based on this

[thebrownstone]

Posting has begun for Keyboard Karaoke, a RWRB songfic exchange! You can read from the collection here. We’ve got a fun mix of songs…so for a preview of what’s coming, check out our event playlist on spotify or apple music. We’re so excited for everyone to be able to read all the fics!

[kj-bee]

i need sunshine (but it's raining)

Ilya listens to the door shut, sitting on his couch. His hand is still outstretched, still reaching for Sh…

Nyet.

For Hollander. Not Shane. Not sweetheart.

He closes his hand into a fist and tries not to miss the hand he's not holding. He sits in the bright sunlight streaming in his too large windows and feels exposed, left bare. He should have known.

OR a missing scene from Episode 4, after Shane leaves.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/78225691

[noahreids]

Hudson Williams on the Shut Up Evan podcast | ☺️

[miharaikko]

the difference between these two moments...the way Shane pulls back from Ilya's lips vs the way he chases back into the kiss

[trueplainhearts]

HEATED RIVALRY

1x05 'I'll Believe in Anything' | 1x06 'The Cottage'

[littlegirlinvisible]

multilingual freaks declaring their love for each other in spanish 😭💛

HUDSON WILLIAMS & CONNOR STORRIE Interviewed by Quinn, 2025

[holllanov]

shane initiating kisses

[littlegirlinvisible]

# ILYA ROZANOV IS A COMEDIAN PT. 02

CONNOR STORRIE as ILYA ROZANOV  HEATED RIVALRY (2025—)