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  1. Public Bookmark 56

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    Back in the twentieth century, all Steve wanted was to not be sick and go to art school.

    Now, Steve wanted more than he had a right to seek out, or ask for, or get.

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    If you could have anything in the world, anything at all, what would it be?

    Alexander Claremont-Diaz has clawed his way into Hollywood despite all the hurdles in his way, and now he's starring in his dream movie—a queer romcom adapted from one of his favorite books, Roses, Wisteria, and Royal Bluebells. However, he barely has the chance to be excited before he finds out who his costar is. The privileged, white, bigoted Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor.

    The last thing Alex wants is to be associated with Henry more than he already has to, but a fateful interview and a few choice words against Henry turns him into enemy number one in Hollywood. To fix it, he has to pretend to be Henry's best friend and show the entire world his comments were nothing but friendly banter. However, as he gets inevitably tangled up in Henry's life, he realizes not everything is as it seems, and Henry might be hiding his own demons that might change everything.

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    “Everyone in the family, they’re not how you remember. When I was eighteen, Bea was a suicidal cocaine addict. Philip wasn’t Pip– he was Lieutenant Windsor, a carbon copy of Gran who only interacted with me to tell me off. And Mum shut herself away so completely that she might as well have been a ghost. It was like you had both died, do you understand? It was like everyone I loved had died in one fell swoop.”

    Henry had forced himself to look at his father’s face while he spoke, just to mark the changes: confusion, shock, sadness.

    “My boy,” said Arthur, his always-strong voice shot through with cracks. “I am so, so sorry.”

    Henry ducked his head, properly crying, now.

    He believed him. Henry’s dad believed him.

    Now that he knew that for sure, the floodgates opened.

     

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    What if Arthur Fox never died, but instead fell into a coma in 2015? What if, in 2024, he woke up? What if Henry got to talk with his dad about everything he had been going through for all those years?

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    17 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 45

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    “You don’t have to come, you know.”

    Philip raised a brow. “Pardon?”

    “Your mother and I can speak to her alone,” Arthur continued. “You don’t have to come.”

    “Of course I do,” Philip said with a frown. “Out of the three of us, I have the best relationship with her. I know her the best. She’s used to bargaining with me.”

    Arthur frowned. “Bargaining? This isn’t a bargain, Philip. You’re not giving anything up in exchange.”

    Philip would, is the thing. If only he had anything left to give.

     

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    A "Now I See Daylight" Coda

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  5. Public Bookmark 89

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    ACD @agcd
    I ordered 40 slices of prawn toast from the place down the street with the three giant, bearded chefs who call Henry “doll” and they literally tasted incredible. Left me trembling and moaning and screaming.

    Auntie Pezza @PercyOkonjo Replying to @agcd
    How was the prawn toast?

    ACD @agcd Replying to@PercyOkonjo
    Eh fine

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    Alex is still a menace on twitter... What else is new?

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