he called henry the north star once

becca | writer | paintingadream on AO3

[paintingadream]

accidentally yrs

The email was meant for someone else. Henry doesn't know that.

Alex figures he can fake it. A few dates, an easy out, no harm done. But the pretending stops feeling like pretend. And the line between truth and lie keeps blurring. The house of cards will fall eventually. The only question is what it will cost when it does.

tags: no warnings | fake/pretend relationship, wrong email AU, angst with a happy ending

current: chapter 8/15

read now on ao3!

-> I never post on tumblr, but this story is taking up my brain and i wanted to make a graphic for it. I love it a lot and hope you might too.

[c-leadraw]

You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian

[pronouncingitwang]

at some point in your life you will be boiling fruit, water, sugar, and lemon juice in a pot to make a syrup or jam. the instructions will tell you to simmer for a certain amt of time. your timer will go off and you will look at the pot and go, "hm, this doesn't look thick enough. maybe i'll let it go for another 10 minutes." this is the devil speaking. it's only so liquid right now because it is at boiling point. it will thicken when it cools down. learn from the follies of my youth and do not let this happen to you

[yokowan]

at some point in your life you will be making a sauce or a stew in which you need to add cornstarch to thicken it. and you will prepare a slurry of starch in cold water and think "this looks like way too little starch to thicken this amount of liquid." this is the devil speaking. cornstarch instantly polymerizes at 95°C and if you add too much it will turn into an impossibly thick goop.

[le-jardin-inculte]

at some point in your life you will be making some sort of cream based dessert that requires gelatin to thicken it. and you will soak some gelatin sheets in water and think "this is too few gelatin sheets for this amount of cream." this is the devil speaking. it will thicken in the fridge and if you add too much you will end up with milk jelly

[shithowdy]

at some point in your life you will be baking cookies. you will take the sheet out after twelve minutes as the recipe instructs and the cookies will still be glistening and soft. "these don't seem cooked enough," you will think to yourself, "i should place them back into the oven until their edges are nice and golden." this is the devil talking. this is how you get dry, overdone cookies. the cookies will continue to bake on the warm sheet for several more minutes and then harden up after sitting on a rack for a while. trust the process. trust the process.

[whitachi]

at some point in your life you will be adding a small pasta to a soup and you will think "that is not enough small pasta." this is the devil talking. the pasta will absorb the stock and expand. this is how you end up with a soup that is a solid mass of soggy ditalini.

[araceil]

At some point in your life you will be adding garlic to a dish and you will think "that is not enough garlic." These are angels speaking. They are correct. Add more garlic.

[trickstertime]

At some point in your life you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack, in another part of the world, behind the week of a large automobile, or in a beautiful house with a beautiful wife, and you may ask yourself "well... how did I get here?" Thats David Byrne talking (heads).

[emmaharwoods]

SIMONE ASHLEY by Frederike Helwig for Vogue Germany — May 2026

[sparrow-olli]

This scene absolutely floored me. So much emotion in this moment. It's so beautiful!

[notgaybuckybarnes]

TAYLOR ZAKHAR PEREZ Lacoste BTS

[cha-melodius]

Goobers, the pair of them

[twominutxold]

Property of H (and the scarf too)

guys I’m obsessed with these pics we just got I had to draw my boy ACD again☹️ (I know it’s been a while) anyways WHOS UP FOR RWRW!!!!

[taylorswifts13]

[sagedrewthis]

flower series part 2 🌱 (2/?)

forget-me-nots represent true love, giving someone this flower means you truly love and respect this person. it is a testament to your relationships and promises the other person that you will never forget them in your thoughts.

[aivelin]

"Red, White and Royal Blue" Henry/Alex for @pendingsignal

Full - https://archiveofourown.org/works/73839661

[shirmirart]

girl who is going to be okay

[miplup]

another lake summer ☀️🌊

[shirmirart]

The Notebook x FirstPrince

[seducing-a-vampire]

The way Henry’s looking at him in the picture is so affectionate, so openly loving, that seeing it from a third person’s perspective almost makes Alex want to look away, like he’s staring into the sun. He called Henry the North Star once. That wasn’t bright enough.

– Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue || Taylor Swift, Gold Rush

[asummerhouseinmajorca]

Alex: Nothing in life is free

Henry: Love is free

Pez: Friendship is free

June: Knowledge is free

Bea: Sleep is free

Nora: Everything is free if you take it without paying

[tryingtolivethroughtheday]

it still fucking amazes me how alex describes henry's mirror selfies as ''tame, fully clothed thirst traps''

my only comment is: 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️