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  1. Public Bookmark 26

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    Connections is always the puzzle he looks at last, when he’s sitting at his kitchen counter finishing the final dregs of his third morning coffee. He shouldn’t leave it until last, but it’s almost become a barometer for his day.

    That’s when he gets fucking mad. When the purple category is an entirely made-up grouping like words that rhyme with random kitchen utensils, or vegetables with an extra letter for no reason, or items John Lennon probably carried in his wallet.

    And that’s what he said, verbatim, to The New York Times: That it’s arrogant, and elitist, and that people don’t enjoy attempting puzzles when the answers only exist inside the creator’s head.

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    Alex goes viral when he rants to the New York Times about how much he hates Connections. H Fox, Connections Manager, has some fun with it.

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    10 Oct 2025

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    filling a fic with puzzles that are not clickable and solvable onscreen?! you may kill me 🤣🤣🤣

    but more to the point, this was a delight! i love the way the non-profit turns the puzzles into a community building project, and all the stuff about the non-profit itself. that is just SOOOOO perfect and cool and so Alex.

    and Henry as the person who creates the connections puzzles (which yes, i do every single day and share back and forth with my son who lives in the next state over) is such a believable AU version of Henry, too 💜

  2. Public Bookmark 48

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    “It would take a miracle to actually distract me from this shit, H. I’m locked in.”

    He feels strong hands sliding up his legs, dragging through his body hair and stopping just under the edge of his sleep shorts. “So if I spent a little time down here, you won’t lose track of your big mysterious project?” Henry asks, the smirk evident in his voice despite the laptop blocking Alex’s view of his (perfect, beautiful, flawless) face.

    Fighting back a contented sigh, Alex subtly spreads his legs a bit more. “Not at all. Go for it.”

    // Alex gets into an eBay bidding war with someone over Henry's birthday present

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    When a stranger comes into the hardware store where Alex works, trying to do his job for him and seemingly unable to shut up about jute rope, Alex is thinking more about strangling the guy with it than anything remotely sexy.

    But then he comes back, and, like. Nora's always said it's his curiosity that's going to get him killed one of these days.

    He'll go willingly, if it means he's all wrapped up in Henry's ropes when he does it.

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    10 Oct 2025

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    excellent stuff! i loved the banter and flirting in the store 💜💜💜

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    Henry hates Miguel for a lot of reasons. Too many to count. But, while staying a hotel that just so happens to have a hot tub, he adds one more reason to his list. He decides to do something about it.

    or: Alex and Henry have crawled through hell together. When Miguel makes an unexpected appearance, it triggers a lot of feelings to rise to the surface. Including jealousy.

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    10 Oct 2025

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    delicious!!

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    He shouldn’t have left his dorm. Shouldn’t have deluded himself into thinking that Adrian would be all forlorn and melancholic in a corner somewhere, longing for Alex’s company and wishing he were there. He really shouldn’t have asked around about where Adrian was when he arrived. And then he shouldn’t have gone looking when people refused to tell him.

    Because now, instead of preparing for his exam alone in his dorm like he should be, Alex is figuring out what the fuck to say to someone who’s just found out that they’re being cheated on. With Alex. Who is also being cheated on. By the same man.

    Go fucking figure. 

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