This week's teaser is for a very angsty (but with happy ending!) canon-divergence WIP I have had for over a year now. Basically, the plot is what if Henry did told Alex to leave and they reunite 4 years later. The working title is Empty [Me dejaste vacío] taken from the song Empty by Omar Apollo but it might change. This part is also heavily unedited since I wrote it at 3 am and would most likely look quite different when I finish this fic.
“I’ll leave,” he says, and he turns back and leans in, “as soon as you tell me to leave.”
He’s in Henry’s face now. If he’s getting his heart broken tonight, he’s sure as hell going to make Henry have the guts to do it right. “Tell me you’re done with me. I’ll get back on the plane. That’s it. And you can live here in your tower and be miserable forever, write a whole book of sad fucking poems about it. Whatever. Just say it.”
“Fuck you,” Henry says, his voice breaking, and he gets a handful of Alex’s shirt collar, and Alex knows he’s going to love this stubborn shithead forever.
“Tell me,” he says, a ghost of a smile around his lips, “to leave.”
He feels before he registers being shoved backward into a wall, and Henry’s mouth is on his, desperate and wild. The faint taste of blood blooms on his tongue, and he smiles as he opens up to it, pushes it into Henry’s mouth, tugs at his hair with both hands. Henry groans, and Alex feels it in his spine.
However, before they escalate any further, there’s a knock on their door and Henry pulls away immediately. Vaguely remembering that Philip is around, Alex doesn’t wait for Henry to tell him before he finds a space to hide. It makes him feel dirty, that despite everything, he’ll remain the Prince of Wales’ dirty little secret. He’s filled with relief when the door opens to reveal Shaan, but that relieve is cut short when he starts talking.
“Your brother is looking for you. I’m not sure if he heard any noises, but he’s adamant to see you. I’ve been trying to held him off but I fear that his patience is wearing thin,” Alex hears as Shaan explains to Henry, but it doesn’t scare him as much as the next part. “We might need to sneak Alex out.”
Henry’s response is so quiet that Alex doesn’t realize he was talking until he hears Shaan reply with a simple understood and closing the door behind him. Alex gets out of his hiding spot scared of what Henry is about to say, a tiny part of him hoping that he will find the courage to fight for him, but when he finally faces him, he knows this is the last time he will see Henry.
“You need to leave,” he says quietly and Alex has lost any will to fight. A small part of him still wants to be an ass and make him say it louder and decisively, but he did promise Henry he will leave if he asked him to.
“I’ll make sure to distract Philip so he doesn’t notice you were here. I’ll signal Shaan to get you when I have gotten him far enough,” Henry assures him, as if that’s going to make the situation better for Alex.
“Just go, I’m used to being your dirty secret,” he spats and has to hold back the urge to reach for Henry when he hears him chirp in pain. He’s the one breaking Alex’s heart, why should he even try to comfort him?
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