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justcallmefox89 · 7 months

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Cinderfella's Adventures in Cordonia - Chapter Eighteen

An AU of The Royal Romance with a male MC and a bisexual prince.

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A late night visit to Callum results in an unexpected offer and an explosive argument.

I close my eyes and sink deeper into my mattress. They shoot right back open a few seconds later as someone loudly knocks on my front door. Groaning, I roll off of my bed and shuffle towards my door. I press my eye to the people and have to stifle a gasp when I see who is standing outside in the hallway. I quickly unlock my door and throw the door open.

“Now what are you two beauties doing here?” I ask, leaning against the doorjamb and raking my gaze over Drake and Liam.

“We need to talk,” Drake says bluntly.

I arch one eyebrow in interest and step aside, silently inviting the two best friends into my apartment. I wait until we’re settled in my living room to say thing. “So… what’s this all about?”

Liam and Drake hesitate, sharing a secret look but avoiding my eyes.

I groan and lean forward in my chair, dropping my head in my hands. “It’s late. I’m not in the mood for anymore secrets. What do you two want?”

“My father said you threatened him,” Liam says slowly, carefully studying my face for any reaction.

“My dad said the tooth fairy was real until I was ten.”

“What?”

I shrug. “Sorry. Just thought we were talking about shit that doesn’t matter.”

Liam scowls. “You are the most infuriating -”

“That’s not the only reason we’re here,” Drake jumps in, his eyes darting back and forth between us.

“Speaking of that… who let you in? How’d you get past building security?” I narrow my eyes.

Liam glances away from me. “One of the men on duty was amenable to taking a rather large cash tip in exchange for letting us up to your apartment.”

Pops is gonna fucking love that.

“Alright, Brat. Tell me what’s on your mind.” I wave my hand, gesturing for him to start talking.

Drake looks over to Liam briefly before taking a deep breath and meeting my eyes. “I… We… want you to come back to Cordonia with me. With us.”

There’s no deception in those wide brown eyes, just hope and apprehension.

I clench my jaw to stop the ‘yes!’ that wants to escape me and look at Liam. “Are you still going to marry Madeline?”

Liam looks away, giving me all the answer I need.

I bark out a harsh laugh. “Hard pass on going back to Cordonia just to be some glorified slam piece. The hardest of fucking passes.”

“It wouldn’t… It won’t be how you think,” Drake says soothingly.

“No?” I arch one eyebrow. “Will he still be married to Madeline? Would he still not claim either one of us in public because he’s scared of his dad? Would we have to settle for scraps of his time and attention? Would we be forced to just sit on the sidelines and watch him raise the kids that should have been ours with that frigid, blonde bitch?”

I turn my attention to Liam. “And you… Fuck you. Fuck you for thinking that I have so little self-respect that I’d even entertain this nonsense for one second. And fuck you double for making Drake think that being your side-piece is all he’s worth.”

“If you love us I don’t see why you can’t accept this proposal!” Liam snaps, exasperated. “If may not be exactly what you want but we would be able to be together.”

“Counter offer, Your Majesty. You go back to Cordonia alone, and my Brat stays here with me and we both get to experience what it’s like to finally not be someone’s second choice,” I reply snidely.

“You are such a - ”

“What?” I taunt Liam. “I’m such a what? Say it, Your Majesty.”

My iPhone beeps out a shrill notification, providing a temporary respite from the tense moment. I take a second to glance at the incoming text and groan loudly.

Of all the fucking times to have an emergency at one of the clubs…

I stand up and shove my phone back into my pocket. “As fun as this has been, I need to go handle something at work so…”

Drake stands as well and catches one of my hands in both of his, stopping me. “Please, Callum…” he whispers, plaintively.

“Seriously?” I risk looking down at him and immediately crumble at the pleading look on his face. “Fine… fine. The two of you stay here. I’ll go handle this and when I get back we’re figuring this out. For better or worse.”

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Drake and Liam sit in tense silence for nearly thirty minutes after Callum’s abrupt departure, until Liam can no longer take it.

“This was a mistake,” he seethes. “We never should have done this. I told you he would be too proud to consider -”

“It’s not unreasonable for Callum to not want you to marry Madeline,” Drake interrupts, scowling at Liam. “I don’t want you to marry her! But you’re not leaving us with many choices here, Liam! If the only options are to never be with you again, or be with you in secret while you’re married to Madeline… well then I’ll chose the second option, always. But that doesn’t mean I’m okay with it.”

Liam stares at Drake, uncertainty and guilt flickering across his features.

“Maybe I don’t need to be as worried about Callum as I originally thought,” a deep voice muses from across the room.

Drake and Liam jump, startled at the stranger’s sudden appearance. They had been so engrossed in their conversation they hadn’t even heard the door to the apartment open. Deep green eyes study the pair intently as the stranger makes his way towards Callum’s abandoned chair. He sits back in the chair with fluid grace, neatly straightening his charcoal colored suit and crossing his legs, not a strand of silver hair out of place.

“Now,” the stranger begins pleasantly as he adjusts the cuffs of his suit jacket. He gaze zeros in on the two younger men, intense and predatory. “I would like to have a small chat with the two of you about my son.”

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CFWC F/AotWeek Mar 3 - 9, 2024

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CRIMES OF PASSION

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Royalty Over Loyalty ✒️| f!Trystan Thorne x M!MC - @kwaj115

Trystan Thorne Fanart 🎨by @lilyoffandoms

What Doesn't Killy You (Series) ✒️| Sebastyan Thorne, Marguerite Thorne, Trystan Thorne - @choices-ceri Chapter 2

THE CURSED HEART

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SUNKISSED

You're Always Going to be a Wildflower ✒️🔹| Nate, F!MC - @aallotarenunelma

THE UNEXPECTED HEIRESS

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WISHFUL THINKING

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King Liam (Gabriel) Face Claim Day!

#1 Face Claim: Sean Patrick Thomas!

Look at how adorable his smile is! He’s so pretty! I’ve loved him since I saw him in Save the Last Dance as a teenager! Definitely my top pick!

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This gorgeous man! And he looks so god in “Princely” clothes! These are from his Cinderfella video on youtube! Check him out!

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Those are my top picks for King Liam Gabriel!

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justcallmefox89 · 11 months

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The Royal Romance: Cinderfella’s Adventures in Cordonia - Chapter Fifteen

An AU of The Royal Romance with a male MC and a bisexual prince.

The truth always comes out

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Liam suddenly turns to face us, chest heaving rapidly as an angry flush creeps over his cheek. “What the fuck do you two think you’re doing?”

“Oohhh... Liam said a naughty word.” I stand behind Drake, wrapping both my arms around his middle and resting my chin on his shoulder.

“Callum, come on…” Drake whispers, half-heartedly trying to keep the situation from escalating.

Liam looks apoplectic now, his usually unruffled demeanor completely shattered as he paces in front of us, red-faced and muttering.

“Apologies, Your Highness.” I smirk, a nasty, petty little part of me enjoying Liam’s clear discomfort.

“Why are you even here, Callum?” Liam asks, exasperated.

“I was invited, darlin’.” I tighten my arms around Drake. “Why wouldn’t come to enjoy the spectacle?”

“You invited him?” Liam shouts, lunging towards Drake.

I quickly push Drake behind me and intercept Liam, sending him staggering back with a rough shove. Liam charges me again, attempting to slip around me and get to Drake.

“You invited him to my engagement party and then you had the audacity to fuck him five minutes before you knew I’d see him again?” he shouts.

“Technically,” I begin.

“Shut up, Callum!” the two men scream in unison.

Chastised, I stay quiet and concentrate on keeping the two friends apart.

“I didn’t know what else to do,” Drake tries to explain. “You can’t marry Madeline. You won’t be happy with her.”

“So you decide to bring in the man who broke my heart?” Liam asks, completely incensed.

“Oh bullshit,” I scoff. “You didn’t care. All you cared about was your precious reputation and keeping Constantine happy.”

“You have no idea what you’re talking about.”

“I don’t?” I can feel my blood pressure slowly starting to rise. “You let me know more than once that it didn’t matter how you felt about me, you would do what was best for Cordonia.”

“You think I didn’t want to? That I never thought about what it would be like to walk away from everything and just be with you?” Liam asks quietly.

“How would he know?” Drake interjects. “You never told him. The night he left the palace you couldn’t even be bothered to try and stop him.”

“I didn’t know he was going to leave!” Liam explodes.

“I tried to tell you!” Drake shouts back. “Twice that day I tried to tell you, but you prioritized Madeline because you didn’t want it to seem like Callum was getting special attention. Even though anyone with eyes knew that he was the one you wanted to be with.”

“What was I supposed to do, Drake? Just call off competition? Send all the other suitors home because I fell in love?”

“Yes!” Drake throws his hands up and glares at Liam. “That’s exactly what you were supposed to do. To put something above your duty to Cordonia for once in your fucking life.”

Well this was a terrible idea... Time to make the situation worse.

“We both know Liam would never do that though, don’t we, Drake?” I ask snidely, examining my nails.

“Too bad you didn’t stick around to find out,” Liam snaps.

“Stick around for what? Watching you make out with Olivia some more? To keep being reminded that it didn’t matter how much I loved you, you’d still choose someone else if they were better for Cordonia?”

Liam clenches his jaw and avoids my accusing stare. “There are ways we could have still been together… had I married someone else.”

“Don’t,” Drake growls. “Don’t you dare give him the same bullshit speech you gave me.”

I glance back and forth between the two men, desperately trying to put together the puzzle but realizing I’m missing some very important pieces. “I don’t understand…”

“Nobility in Cordonia have long enjoyed the tradition of having romantic partners outside their marriages. And providing that the relationship is… discreet, no one takes issue with it.”

I stare at him, clenching and unclenching my hands as the implication of what Liam just said washes over me. “A sidepiece? You would have asked me to stay in Cordonia as your fucking SIDEPIECE?!?”

Liam flushes with shame and avoids my eyes as Drake caresses my shoulder in a futile attempt to calm me down. Something else rattles around in my brain, something that paints Liam and Drake’s friendship in a whole new light.

“You said ‘Don’t give him the same speech you gave me’,” I murmur.

The two friends freeze in place.

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justcallmefox89 · 2 months

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Cinderfella's Adventures in Cordonia - Chapter Twenty

An AU of The Royal Romance with a male MC and a bisexual prince.

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Drake and Liam learn more about Callum's past.

“What’s going on, Pops?” Callum asks again.

“You’re back earlier than I expected,” Niall answers, shooting a dirty look at Donny.

The blonde man shrugs nonchalantly, taking a pack of cigarettes from his jack pocket and tapping it against the palm of his hand.

“Yeah… turns out there wasn’t a problem at the club after all.” Callum narrows his eyes at his father.

Niall innocently widens his eyes. “I must have misunderstood.”

“Then you just mistakenly let yourself into my apartment while I was out?”

“I do own the building, Callum,” Niall sniffs. “Technically I can go into any apartment I want to, with or without your permission.”

Donny lets out a slightly breathy and panicked, “Oh shit.”

Drake’s eyes bounce back and forth between the men like ping-pong balls and Liam sits rigidly next to him, tension evident in every line of his body.

“That’s how we’re going to do this? Seriously, Pops? You didn’t try that line on me when I was sixteen but you’re doing it now?”

“You had better sense at sixteen,” Niall snaps. “Back then you weren’t jumping at the chance to ruin your life every time a hot piece of ass smiled at you.”

“I need a smoke,” Donny suddenly announces loudly. He points at Liam and Drake. “You two. Come with me.”

Confused, Liam blurts out, “We don’t smoke.”

“You can hold my lighter,” Donny replies, tugging the pair to their feet.

Ioan rises from his chair. “I think I’ll join you -”

“You better keep your ass in that chair, old man,” Callum grinds out between clenched teeth.

Stunned at his grandson’s tone, Ioan plops back into his seat, and Donny seizes the opportunity to hustle Drake and Liam out onto the balcony. He manages to slam the sliding glass door closed just as the shouting starts.

“What the actual FUCK were you two thinking?” Callum yells.

Donny lights a cigarette and inhales deeply, letting the pale grey smoke slowly curl out of his nostrils. “I hope the two of you are pleased with yourselves.”

“Us?” Liam gapes, pointing between himself and Drake. “You think this is our fault?”

“Isn’t it?” He takes another drag. “Callum was fine, happy again. You two are back in his life less than three days and him and his father are at each other’s throats with Ioan snapping at their heels.”

Liam’s cheeks flush and he scowls. “The MacKenzie family’s dysfunction has nothing to do with us.”

“It has everything to do with you, cupcake.”

Drake braces his forearms on the railing that runs around the perimeter of the balcony. “I didn’t mean for anything like this to happen. I never wanted to cause Callum any problems.”

He sounds so miserable that Donny takes pity on him. “I know you didn’t mean to, kid. But goddamn… why couldn’t you just stay away?”

The voices from the living room get louder and the three men wince in unison.

“He’s going back with you,” Donny says, flicking his cigarette butt onto the ground and crushing it with the toe of his boot.

Liam sighs. “He hasn’t made a decision one way or the other yet.”

“I know my son. He’ll go.”

Drake and Liam exchange startled looks.

Donny chuckles at their shocked expressions. “I’ve been raising that boy for nearly thirty years, and I’ve been with Niall for almost as long. Callum’s my son.”

“We didn’t realize…” Drake trails off, embarrassed.

“Did Callum ever tell you about his mother?”

“From the way he phrased it I assumed she died when he was very young,” Liam says slowly.

Donny barks out a harsh laugh. “Fuck. That woman will still be alive when there’s only cockroaches roaming the earth.”

Drake’s mouth drops open and Liam frowns uncomfortably.

Taking in their shocked expressions Donny sighs and lights another cigarette. “That was probably unfair to Cassie. We’ve always had a… complicated relationship.”

“So his mom is alive?” Drake asks.

Donny shrugs. “He’s never met her. She showed up once when he graduated high school. Niall almost had an aneurysm. She futzed around a bit, said she wanted to finally meet her son. But in the end she did what she always does and disappeared before anything could happen. Thank god we didn’t tell the kid anything and get his hopes up.”

“How did… How long… um…” Liam flounders, unable to articulate the potentially offensive question.

“You wanna know how I fit in to all this?” Donny grins around the cigarette in his mouth.

Drake and Liam nod in unison.

“I met Niall when I started working for Ioan, back when the old man was still running everything. I was young, stupid, pissed at the world. Dishonorably discharged from the military. At the beginning I was just supposed to be muscle at a few of the different strip joints, but for whatever reason Ioan took me under his wing. Brought me into his home, started teaching me about the business.”

“Is that when you started dating?” Liam asks.

Donny laughs and rolls his eyes. “Fuck no. Back then there was no telling me I was anything but straight. But we got to be friends and if I had the occasional thought about how good his ass looked then I would just ignore it. I knew Niall batted for both teams and it never bothered me… but back then I just wasn’t ready to accept certain things about myself, you know?”

“Oh, I know.” Drake gives Liam a slightly dirty look from the corner of his eye and the king’s cheek flush a soft pink.

“Anyway, one night we’re out with some of our other friends doing a bar crawl and we wind up at this dive that has live music.” Donny stubs out his cigarette on the balcony railing. “Cassie’s band was playing that night. I hate to say anything nice about the woman but she’s a fuckin’ stunner and goddamn talented to boot. Long story short Niall starts chattin’ her up after her band has finished for the night and they start seein’ each other. This goes one for a few months, and Niall and I started drifting apart a little. I didn’t really understand it then, but looking back I was jealous of Cassie and seeing them together… hurt.”

“I get that,” Drake murmurs softly, looking down at his feet. With a sad smile, Liam silently reaches out and takes his hand.

“So after they’ve been together a few months Niall gets picked up on some charges related to uh… a few substances that were being sold out of a few of the clubs. Gets sentenced to five to ten. Cassie disappears.” Donny rolls his eyes. “Me and Ioan weren’t all that surprised, she was never all that serious about Niall and it’s hard enough being in a relationship with somebody on the inside when you’re committed. We moved on thinkin’ she was gone for good. Niall being locked up was hell on the old man, and I wasn’t taking it much better, but we were doing the best we could. Then about eight months into Niall’s sentence, I get a phone call from Cassie.”

Drake and Liam lean forward, drawn in by the older man’s story.

“So it’s two in the morning, and I’ve got this chick I can’t stand calling me at the club I was working at that night. I was ready to tell her to piss off, but she starts crying, telling me she’s at the hospital and I’m the only one she can call for help. And me being a total fucking sucker I went to the hospital because I knew that’s what Niall would’ve wanted. I show up and she’s in a hospital room, lying in bed, holding a fucking baby of all things.”

“Callum,” Liam says quietly.

“Bingo.” Donny shoots a pair of finger guns towards him. “At first I didn’t know what the hell to think. Honestly I just wanted to leave her there and pretend I never saw a thing. She breaks down crying again, saying she doesn’t know what to do, didn’t know who to call since Niall’s in prison, she’s scared of Ioan, she needs help, and on and on.”

“Wait, why was she scared of Ioan?” Drake asks.

“You’ve met the old man, yeah? Are you scared of him now?”

Without hesitation Drake and Liam both nod.

“Now imagine him thirty years ago and pretend you’ve been hiding the fact that you were pregnant with his only son’s child.”

The pair shudder.

Donny nods. “Exactly. I didn’t know what the fuck to do anymore than she did, and I told her so. She begged me to stay with her just a little while, asks me to hold the kid so she could take a shower and get some things situated with the hospital. I didn’t have the heart to say no. I mean, the poor girl had been alone in the hospital with a brand new baby for three days at that point, I figured that was the least I could do for her. So she gives me the kid, just this squishy little thing, and I settle down with him while she goes to clean up. He was the cutest fucking thing, all fuckin’ chubby baby rolls and this thick, curly black hair. I didn’t mean to but as some point I fell asleep holding him. Next thing I know, Callum is screaming his lungs out and I got a pissed off nurse shaking me awake asking me where Cassie was.”

“And where was Cassie?” Liam asked.

“Fuck if I know. As soon as I fell asleep she grabbed her shit and got the hell out of dodge.”

“She just left her baby with you? Without telling you where she was going? She didn’t even really know you!” Drake exclaims.

“I feel like we’ve already established she’s not a good mom, kid.” Donny gives him an exasperated look. “So I’ve got Callum, fresh out of the oven, Niall’s locked up, and I don’t have the first fucking clue how to find Cassie. I’m only 28, living in a shitty apartment, spending nearly all my free time drunk, high, or both.”

Drake starts to speak, hesitates, then powers on. “Why didn’t you just call Ioan and let him take care of it?”

“Siobhan, Callum’s grandma, was fighting a losing battle with breast cancer. Ioan wasn’t handling it well… didn’t seem fair to add something else to the bullshit he was dealing with. He wasn’t in the best headspace then anyway. Siobhan was the only thing he cared about, only thing he could focus on. Even if I wanted to let him have Callum I don’t think he would’ve been able to take care of him. So I told the hospital I was Callum’s father, signed the birth certificate and everything. Cassie hadn’t even named the kid yet, so I had to do that too.”

“You named Callum?” Liam arches an eyebrow in question.

Donny’s cheeks turn pink and he squirms in place, an oddly endearing gesture for a man in his fifties. “I knew Niall would want to honor his dad in some way, so the middle name was easy. Then I just thought about what name I’d want to use if Niall and I would ever… you know,” he mumbles.

Liam and Drake share a conspiratorial smirk. “That’s adorable,” Liam says.

Donny coughs, looking slightly uncomfortable. “Anyways. The nurses gave me a crash course in fatherhood then shoved me out the door. I waited a few days before I told Ioan and Siobhan… I wanted some time to think on what I was going to do. I brought Callum to their house, told them everything that happened, and said I wanted to take care of Callum until Niall got out. Siobhan wasn’t on board at first, and I don’t blame her. I was young and stupid, never taken care of a baby before, didn’t know a damn thing about kids. But for whatever reason, I knew I was meant to protect that baby. Ioan was relieved, in a way, I think. God only knows why but he trusted me with his grandson, and I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to repay him for that.”

“What did Niall have to say about everything when he found out?” Drake asks.

“Oh he was pissed,” Donny laughs. “He would’ve taken care of Cassie if she’d told him she was pregnant, made sure she had everything she needed. But the fact that she just abandoned Callum without a word was the thing that really rustled his jimmies. He would’ve forgiven anything else but that I think.”

“How did that work though?” Liam asks delicately. “With Niall being… indisposed?”

“You can say he was in prison, Your Majesty.” Donny smirks. “Niall didn’t want Callum to see him in that place, so they didn’t actually properly meet until Callum was six. Niall wrote letters every week, and I read them to him. Things got a little more complicated when Callum started to talk and then he had a whole lot of questions. I always made sure he knew that Niall was his dad, but I never let him forget just how much I loved him too. The adjustment period after Niall got out was rough on all of us. Callum didn’t want to leave me, and Niall didn’t want to be away from his son. Understandably. So Niall got a bigger apartment and Callum and I moved in with him.”

“So is that when you and Niall got together?”

Donny grins at Drake question. “Not quite. By that time I had pulled my head out of my ass enough to realize that I wasn’t quite as straight as I wanted to believe. It was a couple more years before Niall and I got into a proper relationship. But that is a story for another time.”

Donny sighs and runs his hands through his hair. “Look, at the end of the day Callum is going to do whatever he wants to do… no matter what me, Niall, or Ioan have to say about it. Just… just take care of my boy, ok? Try not to hurt him any more than you absolutely have to.”

“I don’t… I never want to hurt Callum,” Liam protests.

“Are you still going to marry that girl you’re engaged to?”

Liam stay silent, anxiously gnawing on his lower lip.

“Then he’s going to be hurt,” Donny replies with a sad smile. He looks through the sliding glass door into the living room, frowning. “Shit.”

Drake and Liam whip around just in time to see Niall glare up at his son one last time before stalking out the front door, Ioan following closely behind him. Callum tips his head back and his shoulders slump, but he quickly collects himself and moves into the kitchen.

“That went about as well as I thought it would,” Donny sighs. “Give me a few minutes.”

Drake and Liam wait out on the balcony while Donny says goodbye to Callum.

“We’re being selfish,” Drake says eventually.

Liam glances over at him. “Excuse me?”

“We have royally fucked up Callum’s life.”

“I see what you did there.” The Cordonia king smirks over at his friend.

Drake shoves him away half-heartedly. “Stop. I’m being serious. I wasn’t thinking about Callum when I dragged him back into this. Not the way I should have.”

“I don’t understand.”

“When we got to New York all I was focused on was finding Callum again because I missed him. Because I wanted to remind you that you could actually be with someone you loved instead of Madeline. I didn’t think about what would happen to his life, how all of us being back together would affect him.”

“Considering how close the two of you have gotten I wouldn’t say our returning presence has been all bad.”

Drake blushes furiously. “I... That’s not… Liam!”

“Just saying.” Liam shrugs innocently.

“What I meant was that I only considered how having Callum back would make our lives better, make us happier. I didn’t even stop to think about what that would mean for his life here… with his family, and his job, and his other friends. How can we ask him to leave all that for us again? Especially when you’re still going through with the wedding to Madeline.”

Liam groans. “Why do we keep having to go over this? I have a duty, an obligation to Cordonia. That doesn’t mean we can’t be together. All three of us.”

“This!” Drake smacks Liam’s chest. “This right here is the problem! Callum won’t be happy just being your affair on the side.”

“And you will be?” Liam challenges.

“Of course I won’t! But if that’s the price I have to pay to be with you again I will. Callum can’t do that though.”

Liam scowls. “Can’t or won’t?”

“That’s not fair,” Drake sighs.

“What Callum’s asking isn’t fair either.”

“Callum actually isn’t asking you to do anything,” Drake points out. “He only told you what he was willing and not willing to do given the circumstances.”

Liam falls silent, unable to come up with a reasonable counter argument. The pair stare out at the bustling city streets for a while, each lost in their own thoughts.

Drake is the first one to break the silence. “Liam, what are we going to do?”

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The Royal Romance Masterlist 2024

✒️= Fanfic | 📱= Text Fics/Edits | 🎨= Fanart Ⓜ️ = Mature Content 18+ | 🔥 = Explicit/NSFW 18+ 🏳️‍🌈 = LGBTQIA

April 2024

Behind Closed Doors (Series) ✒️Ⓜ️🏳️‍🌈| Maxwell Beaumont x MC, Liam Rys x Maxwell Beaumont - @angelasscribbles Chapter 1: The Invitation

A Bird in Hand ✒️| Liam Rys x MC - @angelasscribbles

Catch & Release ✒️Ⓜ️| Liam Rys x MC, Drake Walker x MC - @dcbbw

Dance Under the Rainbow 🎨🏳️‍🌈 | Hana Lee x MC - @uselessgay10101

Forevermore (Series) ✒️ | King Marquise (Liam) x F!MC - @khoicesbyk Chapter 5: Joy of Winter

March 2024

The DeFacto Queen (Series) ✒️Ⓜ️| Liam Rys x MC, Drake Walker x MC - @angelasscribbles Chapter 5: Come Together

Capitulo 3: Adios New York ✒️| Liam Rys x F!MC - @belencha77

Capitulo 4: Bienvenidos a Cordonia ✒️| Liam Rys x F!MC - @belencha77

Capitulo 5: Noche Especial✒️| Liam Rys x F!MC - @belencha77

Once Upon a Time, Book 1. Ch. 1 (Part 7) ✒️| Liam Rys, Drake Walker, etc. - @fadingreveries

Best Kept Secrets (Series) ✒️Ⓜ️🔹| Liam Rys x F!OC - @ao719 Chapter 19: Built to Last

Cinderfella's Adventures in Cordonia (Series) ✒️🏳️‍🌈| Liam Rys x M!MC - @justcallmefox89 Chapter 20

Forevermore (Series) ✒️Ⓜ️| Liam Rys (King Marquise) x F!MC - @khoicesbyk Chapter 5: Joy of Winter

Fruit of Her Loins ✒️Ⓜ️| Liam Rys - @littleredroseonthevalley

Ghosted (Series) ✒️Ⓜ️| Liam Rys x MC - @kristinamae093 Chapter 11: Altering Visions

Hirbawi ✒️Ⓜ️🔹| Drake Walker x MC - @petiteboheme

Maxwell Beaumont x MC 🎨by @bombomangooo

Midnights Like This (Series) ✒️Ⓜ️🔥🔹| Leo Rys x F!OC, Liam Rys x F!MC - @queenrileyrose Part 15: Hold Me Tight

Princesa Real (Series) ✒️| Liam Rys x MC - @belencha77 Chapter 1: El Amor no Existe Chapter 2: Erase Una Vez 🔹

The Royal Romance, Bk1 Ch1: Once Upon a Time (Pt. 1) ✒️ | Multiple Characters - @fadingreveries

The Royal Romance: Once Upon a Time (Chapter 2) ✒️| Liam Rys x MC - @fadingreveries

The Royal Romance Book 1, Chapter 1: Once Upon a Time Part 6 ✒️ | Liam Rys x MC - @fadingreveries

Savage Love (Series) ✒️Ⓜ️| Liam Rys x MC, Drake Walker x MC - @angelasscribbles Chapter 37: Gone

Second Chance Love (Series) ✒️Ⓜ️🔥 | Liam Rys x MC, Liam Rys x F!OC - @mysticalfangirl Part 1

Secrets Behind Their Eyes Ch. 1 & 2✒️Ⓜ️| Liam Rys, Drake Walker, Maxwell Beaumont - @fancy--marshmallow

Secrets Behind Their Eyes Ch. 3 ✒️| Liam Rys, Drake Walker, Maxwell Beaumont - @fancy--marshmallow

Turning the Page (Series) ✒️Ⓜ️| Liam Rys x F!OC - @tessa-liam Chapter 11: A Step Back in Time

Vancross (Series) ✒️Ⓜ️| Liam Rys x F!OC - @ao719 Chapter 23: Rescue You

You Belong to Me (Series) ✒️| Liam Rys x MC, Drake Walker x F!MC - @queenrileyrose Part One: I Wonder What's Mine

February 2024

Can't Take My Eyes Off of You - Part 5✒️| Maxwell Beaumont x Olivia Nevrakis - @alj4890

Cordonian Karaoke (Series) ✒️🔹| Drake Walker, Liam Rys, MC - @angelasscribbles Riley Take 4

Hana Take 3 ✒️🏳️‍🌈🔹| Hana Lee x MC, Drake Walker x MC - @angelasscribbles

Goodbyes Are the Hardest ✒️| Liam Rys x MC - @silvermillenniumqueenneptune

Marabelle: The Game of Kings ✒️💘🔹| Liam Rys x F!MC - @tessa-liam

My Lonely Valentine: The Agreement ✒️💘Ⓜ️ 🔥🔹| Liam Rys x MC - @angelasscribbles

Olivia Nevrakis Fanart 🎨by @artbyalz

Round Robin Chapter 1: Welcome ✒️🔹- @angelasscribbles

Side by Side (Series) ✒️| Liam Rys x MC - @ownworldresident Chapter 9: Renewal

Single Again ✒️🔹| Liam Rys x MC - @angelasscribbles

Staking a Claim ✒️Ⓜ️🔹| Drake Waker x MC - @angelasscribbles

Turning the Page (Series) ✒️Ⓜ️🔹| Liam Ry Chapter 10: Somewhere Only We Know

Vancross (Series) ✒️Ⓜ️🔹| Liam Rys x F!OC - @ao719 Chapter 22: My Way Back to You

Wild Ride: A Bad Romance Prequel One-Shot ✒️Ⓜ️🔥🔹| Liam Rys x MC - @angelasscribbles

January 2024

Week ending January 6, 2024

The Best Mistake He Never Had (Series) ✒️| Drake Walker x MC - @camillemontespan Part Four

Traditions ✒️🌟| Liam Rys x MC - @bebepac

Unexpected (Series) ✒️Ⓜ️ | Liam Rys x MC, Maxwell Beaumont x MC - @angelasscribbles Chapter 10: The Truth Comes Out Chapter 11: Let's Be Happy

What's Already Mine ✒️| Liam Rys x MC - @ao719

Week ending January 13, 2024 Complete List

Week ending January 20, 2024

Anything But Common (Series) ✒️🏳️‍🌈| Hana Lee & MC - @silvermillenniumqueenneptune Magical Misadventures in Miscellany

Liam Rys Fanart 🎨 by @bayleedraws-sometimesx

Marabelle (Series) ✒️Ⓜ️🔹| Liam Rys x MC - @tessa-liam Chapter 9: The Awakening

Midnights Like This ✒️🔹| Leo Rys x MC - @queenrileyrose Chapter 14: Falling Like Stars

Single Mom ✒️🔹| Liam Rys x MC - @dcbbw

You Can Tell Me Anything ✒️| Drake Walker x F!MC - @camillemontespan

Week ending January 27, 2024

Best Kept Secrets (Series) ✒️Ⓜ️🔹| Liam Rys x F!MC - @ao719 Chapter 18: Maybe We'll Get it Right

Daylight ✒️Ⓜ️🔹| TRR MC x ? - @angelasscribbles

Forevermore (Series) ✒️Ⓜ️🔹| King Marquise (Liam) x MC - @khoicesbyk Chapter 4a: The Princess Diary, Part 1 Chapter 4b: The Princess Diary, Part 2

#choices fic writers creations #cfwc fics of the week #cfwc art of the week #playchoices #the royal romance #the royal heir

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BISEXUAL AWARENESS WEEK MASTERLIST

EVENT INFO PRIZE WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT PRIZE WINNERS

Thank you to all our creators who submitted works celebrating bisexual characters. We were lucky to have characters that represented bisexuality in a wide spectrum of relationships... just like in real life! 🩷💜💙

✒️ Fanfic 🎨 Fanart Ⓜ️ Mature (18+) 🔥NSFW (18+)

BLADES OF LIGHT & SHADOW

Blades Drabble ✒️🏳️‍🌈🦄| Mal Volari x F!human!MC, Tyril Starfury x elf!MC - @lilyoffandoms

Blades Drabble 2 ✒️🏳️‍🌈🦄| Tyril Starfury x elf!mc - @lilyoffandoms

Blades Drabble 3 ✒️🏳️‍🌈🦄| Tyril Starfury x elf!mc - @lilyoffandoms

Blades Drabble 4 ✒️🏳️‍🌈🦄| ef!mc and gang - @lilyoffandoms

A Development of Sorts ✒️🏳️‍🌈🦄| Mal Volari x f!human!mc, Tyril Starfury x mc - @storyofmychoices

Love is Love is Love 🎨🏳️‍🌈🦄| Mal Volari x F!human@MC x Nia Ellarious by @/coffeeforchloe (IG) (C: @storyofmychoices)

The Rogue's Embrace ✒️🎨🏳️‍🌈🦄| Mal Volari x Tyril Starfury - art: @/coffeeforchloe (IG) fic: @storyofmychoices

Sculpting Desires ✒️🏳️‍🌈🦄| Mal Volari x F!human!MC, Tyril Starfury x elf!MC - @storyofmychoices

Vintage Dreams ✒️🏳️‍🌈🦄| Mal Volari x f!human!mc - @storyofmychoices

CRIMES OF PASSION

Crimes Drabble ✒️🦄 | Trystan Thorne x MC - @lilyoffandoms

Crimes Drabble 2 ✒️🏳️‍🌈🦄| Trysan Thorne x MC, Luke Watanabe x Ruby Webster @lilyoffandoms

Film Appreciation 103 ✒️🏳️‍🌈🦄| Trystan Thorne x F!MC - @inlocusmads

Trystan x Gabriel 🎨🏳️‍🌈🦄by @/artbyainna (C: @lilyoffandoms)

IMMORTAL DESIRES

Moving Day ✒️🏳️‍🌈🦄| m!cas harlow x m!gabe adalhard x nb!mc - @aria-ashryver

Snow in Crimson, Starlight in Gold ✒️🏳️‍🌈🦄| m!Cas x m!Gabriel x nb!MC - @aria-ashryver Chapter 36: Out With the Old | Ⓜ️🔥

IT LIVES IN THE WOODS

Sophomore Secret ✒️🏳️‍🌈🦄| Dan Pierce x F!MC, M!OC - @aallotarenunelma

OPEN HEART

Jensen Through the Years 🎨🏳️‍🌈🦄| @mydemonsdrivealimo 🌺 Jensen Valentine

Know it All ✒️🏳️‍🌈🦄| Bryce Lahela, F!MC, Tobias Carrick - @jerzwriter

Open Heart Drabble ✒️🏳️‍🌈🦄| Ethan x Merida, Bryce x Olivia, Tobias x Casey - @lilyoffandoms

A Quick Study ✒️🏳️‍🌈🦄| OpH F!MC x F!OC - @jerzwriter

Trepidation ✒️🏳️‍🌈🦄| OpH F!MC x F!OC - @jerzwriter

Unexpected Encounters ✒️🏳️‍🌈🦄| Ethan Ramsey x F!MC - @choicesfanaf

PERFECT MATCH

Saffron Sugar, Turmeric Spice ✒️Ⓜ️🔥🏳️‍🌈🦄| f!Hayden x m!mc, f!Hayden x F!OC - @lizzybeth1986

THE ROYAL ROMANCE

Cinderfella's Adventures in Cordonia (Series) ✒️🏳️‍🌈🦄| Liam Rys x M!MC - @justcallmefox89 Chapter 18

The Crown & The Shield (Series) ✒️🏳️‍🌈🦄| Constantine x Jackson - @angelasscribbles Chapter 6: Let's Be Happy

Marabelle (Series) ✒️Ⓜ️🏳️‍🌈🦄| Liam Rys x F!OC, Maxwell Beaumont x M!OC - @tessa-liam Chapter 7: It's a Dream Come True

Thro(n)es of Passion: A Bad Romance One Shot ✒️🎨Ⓜ️🔥🏳️‍🌈🦄 | Liam Rys x MC x Maxwell Beaumont, Drake Walker x MC) - art by @rosefuckinggenius fic by @angelasscribbles

Thro(n)es of Passion Part 2: A Bad Romance One-Shot ✒️Ⓜ️🔥| Liam Rys x MC x Maxwell Beaumont, Drake Walker x MC - @angelasscribbles

WAKE THE DEAD

Troy x Sayeed Drabble ✒️🏳️‍🌈🦄| Troy Hassan MC - @lilyoffandoms

CROSSOVER

Immortal Desires / It Lives In the Woods

Alternate Birthday ✒️🏳️‍🌈🦄 | ID M!OC x ILITW M!OC - @aallotarenunelma

Event Info Prize Winners

#choices fic writers creations #choices fanfic #choices fanart #cfwc special events #bi-awareness #blades of light and shadow #immortal desires #crimes of passion #open heart #the royal romance #perfect match #wake the dead #playchoices #playchoices fanfic #playchoices fanart

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CFWC LGBTQIA Masterlist March

✒️ = Fanfic | 📱= Text Fics/Edits | 🎨= Fanart Ⓜ️ = Mature Content 18+ | 🔥 = Explicit/NSFW 18+ 🏳️‍🌈 = LGBTQIA

AMERICAS MOST ELIGIBLE

Cherry Blossoms Dancing In The Sunlight ✒️🏳️‍🌈| Contestant x F!MC - @aallotarenunelma

BACHELORETTE PARTY

Gardenia in Blossom ✒️🏳️‍🌈🔹| BP NB!MC - @aallotarenunelma

BIG SKY COUNTRY

Pink Azaleas For a Love That Saved Us ✒️🏳️‍🌈| Dallas James x F!MC - @aallotarenunelma

BLADES OF LIGHT & SHADOW

Blades MC Fanart 🎨🏳️‍🌈 by @oh-so-youre-a-nerd

A Burden We Both Share ✒️🏳️‍🌈| Valax x Nia Ellarious - @livelaughlovecassie

Nia Ellarious x MC Fanart 🎨🏳️‍🌈 by @gaiuskamilah

Orc Meets Girl ✒️🏳️‍🌈🔹| F!Orc!MC & F!Human!MC - @noesapphic

BLOODBOUND

Kamilah Sayeed x F!MC Fanart 🎨🏳️‍🌈🔹by @vampirkit

CRIMES OF PASSION

Gabriel Rose 🎨🏳️‍🌈 by @lilyoffandoms

So Was it Honestly the Best? ✒️🏳️‍🌈| m!Trystan Thorne x MC - @choices-ceri

THE ELEMENTALISTS

Surprise Selfie! 🎨🏳️‍🌈| Beckett Harrington x MC - @oh-so-youre-a-nerd

Your Love is Sweet Like a Honeysuckle ✒️🏳️‍🌈| Griffin Langley x F!MC - @aallotarenunelma

ENDLESS SUMMER

Grandchildren: Beatriz ✒️🎨🏳️‍🌈| Estela Montoya x F!MC - @marmolady

GUINEVERE

Lancelot du Lac 🎨🏳️‍🌈by @lilyoffandoms

THE HAUNTING OF BRIARWOOD MANOR

Chicory Flowers For My Beloved ✒️🏳️‍🌈| Eleanor Waverly x F!MC - @aallotarenunelma

HIGH SCHOOL STORY

Count the Red Roses ✒️🏳️‍🌈🔹| Michael Harrison x NB!MC - @aallotarenunelma

IMMORTAL DESIRES

Gabe Adalhard Flower Crown 🎨🏳️‍🌈 by @lilyoffandoms for @aria-ashryver

Lavander Sass ✒️🏳️‍🌈| NB!MC, Original Characters - @aallotarenunelma

IT LIVES SERIES

Noah Marshall x MC Fanart 🎨🏳️‍🌈by @payroo

LAWS OF ATTRACTION

I thought that I was special...🎨🏳️‍🌈| Gabe Ricci, NB!MC - @oh-so-youre-a-nerd

Martin Vanderweil Fanart 🎨🏳️‍🌈 by @oh-so-youre-a-nerd

The Three Fates 🎨🏳️‍🌈| Original Characters - @oh-so-youre-a-nerd

Watcha Doing Down There?🎨🏳️‍🌈 | NB!MC, OC - @oh-so-youre-a-nerd

Weird, but not a sin🎨🏳️‍🌈| LOA NB!MC - @oh-so-youre-a-nerd

Wind Fanart 🎨🏳️‍🌈 by @lilyoffandoms for @oh-so-youre-a-nerd

Wind: Goldenrod (NB!MC)🎨🏳️‍🌈by @oh-so-youre-a-nerd

Windverse Art 🎨🏳️‍🌈 | NB!MC, OCs by @cammarada (C: @oh-so-youre-a-nerd)

OPEN HEART

Bryce Lahela x M!MC Fanart 🎨🏳️‍🌈by @/artbyainna (C: @icecoffee90)

Your Death, Your Dog, Your Declaration ✒️🏳️‍🌈| Bryce Lahela x M!MC (eventual) - @mydemonsdrivealimo

With Warning (Series)✒️🏳️‍🌈 | Bryce Lahela, Tobias Carrick x F!MC - @jerzwriter Part Five: Captain Lahela and a Serving of Common Sense

PERFECT MATCH

Alstroemeria as in Adoration ✒️🏳️‍🌈| PM F!MC - @aallotarenunelma

PLATINUM

Wisteria Will Intertwine Around Our Wrists ✒️🏳️‍🌈| M!Raleigh Carerra x F!MC - @aallotarenunelma

QUEEN B

I'm Not Needed, Never Will I Be ✒️🏳️‍🌈| Ina Kingsley x MC - @kwaj115

RIDE OR DIE

Ride or Die Fanart 🎨🏳️‍🌈| F!Logan x M!MC - @cadybear420

THE ROYAL ROMANCE

Cinderfella's Adventures in Cordonia (Series) ✒️🏳️‍🌈| Liam Rys x M!MC - @justcallmefox89

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT

Stitched Sunflowers ✒️🏳️‍🌈| Dean West x F!MC - @aallotarenunelma

SAVE THE DATE

Origami Daisy ✒️🏳️‍🌈| Simon Hendricks x F!MC - @aallotarenunelma

WISHFUL THINKING

Amaryllis Bliss ✒️🏳️‍🌈🔹| Jamie Lewis x F!MC - @aallotarenunelma

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TRR F/AotW - Sep 24-30, 2023

✒️= Fanfic | 📱= Text Fics/Edits | 🎨= Fanart Ⓜ️ = Mature Content 18+ | 🔥 = Explicit/NSFW 18+ 🦄= Bisexuality Awareness Week | 🏳️‍🌈= LGBTQIA

Birthday Waltz ✒️Ⓜ️| Constantine x Regina - @dcbbw

Bringing Sexy Back ✒️Ⓜ️🔥| Liam Rys x MC - @dcbbw

Can't Take My Eyes Off of You ✒️Ⓜ️🔥| Maxwell Beaumont x Olivia Nevrakis - @alj4890

Cinderfella's Adventures in Cordonia (Series) ✒️🏳️‍🌈🦄| Liam Rys x M!MC - @justcallmefox89 Chapter 18

The Crown & The Shield (Series) ✒️🏳️‍🌈🦄| Constantine x Jackson - @angelasscribbles Chapter 6: Let's Be Happy

The Dark Kingdom (Series) ✒️Ⓜ️| Liam Rys x MC, Drake Walker x MC - @angelasscribbles Chapter 6: Bonded

Marabelle (Series) ✒️Ⓜ️🏳️‍🌈🦄| Liam Rys x F!OC, Maxwell Beaumont x M!OC - @tessa-liam Chapter 7: It's a Dream Come True

Thro(n)es of Passion: A Bad Romance One Shot ✒️🎨Ⓜ️🔥🏳️‍🌈🦄 | Liam Rys x MC x Maxwell Beaumont, Drake Walker x MC) - art by @rosefuckinggenius fic by @angelasscribbles

The Proposal ✒️Ⓜ️🔥| Multiple Pairings - @aussiegurl1234

Queen of Hearts (Series)✒️ Ⓜ️🔥| Liam Rys x MC - @angelasscribbles Chapter 1: Let the Games Begin Chapter 2: Negotiations

Royal Love (Series) ✒️| Eleanor x M!OC - @eadanga Part 15

Savage Love (Series)✒️Ⓜ️🔥| Liam Rys x MC, Drake Walker x MC - @angelasscribbles Chapter 35: Some Answers, More Questions

Sometimes Not... (Series) ✒️| Liam Rys x F!MC - @ao719 Part 10: Love is Ruthless

Vancross (Series) ✒️Ⓜ️ | Liam Rys x F!OC - @ao719 Chapter 18: Reaching the Darkness

Main CFWC F/AotW List

Open Heart F/AotW List

#the royal romance #the royal romance fanfic #trr fanfic #choices fanfic #playchoices fanfic #liam rys #drake walker #maxwell beaumont #olivia nevrakis #choices fic writers creations #cfwc fics of the week #cfwc art of the week #playchoices #choices the stories you play

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CFWC FotW - Aug 6 - 12, 2023

Ⓜ️ = Adult/Mature Content 18+ 🔥 = Explicit Material/NSFW 18+ 📱= Text Fics/Edits 🎨= Includes Fanart

BLADES OF LIGHT AND SHADOW

The Cutest Goof | Mal Volari x F!MC - @storyofmychoices

Restless Shadows | Mal Volari x F!MC - @storyofmychoices

Spades & Arrowheads | Mal Volari, Nia Ellarious, etc - @inlocusmads

CRIMES OF PASSION

A Moment in Time | Trystan Thorne x F!MC - @jerzwriter

CoP Fanfic | Trystan Thorne x M!MC - @shreyamistry

THE FRESHMAN SERIES

Becca Davenport x F!MC Fic by @shreyamistry

The Press Secretary (Series) | Chris Powell x F!MC - @eadanga Part 6

IMMORTAL DESIRES

Snow in Crimson, Starlight in Gold (Series) | m!Cas Harolw x m!Gabriel Adalhard x NB!MC - @aria-ashryver Chapter 34: Sink Your Teeth In, Part 1 Ⓜ️

IT LIVES WITHIN

Pictures of You | Various Characters - @abelflints

OPEN HEART

THE ROYAL ROMANCE

Best Kept Secrest (Series) | Liam Rys x F!OC - @ao719 Chapter 16: I'll Take the Fall Ⓜ️

Black Silk (Series) | Liam Rys x F!OC, Drake Walker x F!OC - @aussiegurl1234 Chapter 14: Applewood

Cake | Drake Walker x F!OC - @persephone13

Can't Take My Eyes Off of You (Series) | Maxwell Beaumont x Olivia Nevrakis - @alj4890 Chapter 2

Cinderfella's Adventures in Cordonia (Series) | Liam Rys x M!MC - @justcallmefox89 Chapter 17

Ghosted (Series) | Liam Rys x MC - @kristinamae093 Chapter 7: The Apple Banquet Ⓜ️

Marabelle (Series) | Liam Rys x MC - @tessa-liam Chapter 6 Ⓜ️

Royal Love (Series) | Eleanor x M!OC - @eadanga Part 14

#choices fanfic #playchoices #choices the stories you play #blades of light and shadow #crimes of passion #the freshman series #immortal desires #it lives within #open heart #the royal romance #playchoices fanfic #choices fic writers creations #cfwc fics of the week

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CFWC FotW - July 31 - Aug 5, 2023

Ⓜ️ = Adult/Mature Content 18+ 🔥 = Explicit Material/NSFW 18+ 📱= Text Fics/Edits 🎨= Includes Fanart

BLADES OF LIGHT AND SHADOW

Beyond Riverbend: A Kit's Call to Adventure | Mal Volari x F!MC - @storyofmychoices

BLOODBOUND

Consequences | Adrian Raines x ? - @kinda-iconic

THE ELEMENTALISTS

Beckett Harrington x F!MC Fic by @mortemersgf

OPEN HEART

QUEEN B

I'm Not Needed, I Never Will Be (Series) | Ina Kingsley x F!MC - @kwaj115 Part 3

THE ROYAL ROMANCE

Cinderfella's Aventures in Cordonia (Series) | Liam Rys x M!MC - @justcallmefox89 Chapter 16

The Dark Kingdom (Series) | - @angelasscribbles Chapter 1: Escape Ⓜ️ Chapter 2: The Dark Lord | Liam Rys x MC Ⓜ️ Chapter 3: Reprieve Ⓜ️

Dead in the Water | Liam Rys x MC - @dcbbw Ⓜ️

The DeFacto Queen (Series) | Drake Walker x MC, Liam Rys x MC -@angelasscribbles Chapter 4: Are We Okay? Ⓜ️

(Less Than) Noble Intentions: I've Been Waiting for You Comic 🎨 | Drake Walker x F!OC - art by @rosefuckinggenius fic by @karahalloway

Sleepless in New York: Sparks Fly Comic 🎨 | Drake Walker x F!OC art by @blueberryarts18 fic by @karahalloway

... Sometimes Not (Series) | Liam Rys x F!OC - @ao719 Part 7: Hard to Go Back

WAKE THE DEAD

With a care in the world. | Eli Sipes x F!MC - @jerzwriter

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Cinderfella's Adventures in Cordonia - Chapter Seventeen

An AU of The Royal Romance with a male MC and a bisexual prince.

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Callum speaks to his former competition and receives an offer from Madeline.

“What just happened?” Drake asks, stunned.

Liam slowly shakes his head. “I honestly have no idea.”

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I lean my head against elevator doors, the cool steel soothing the sharp pain stabbing at my frontal lobe.

Hi, God. It’s me, Callum. I say this with full disrespect… you have a sick sense of humor. Believe me when I say I am not one of your strongest warriors; I definitely don’t need to be tested any further. And another thing –

The doors spring open, interrupting my impromptu heart to heart with God. I unobtrusively straighten my jacket as I step out of the elevator and back into the ballroom, and quickly work my way to the bar, keeping an eye out for Maxwell and Hana as I do.

I slide onto a barstool, coming face to face with the bartender from earlier.

“Back so soon?” he asks coyly, leaning his elbows onto the bar top, bringing his face close to mine.

“Couldn’t stay away.” I manage to give him a half-hearted smile. “Could I get a bottle of the Baird Dark Sky and two shots of the seventeen year old Hibiki whiskey, neat? Please?”

“Anything for you, sir.” he says playfully, smirking as he turns away to get my order.

Hi, God. It’s me again… am I a joke to you, old man?

“Here you are, sir.” The bartender slides my order to me, peeking up at me from beneath his lashes. “I was wondering if you had any plans – ”

“Seducing the help already, Callum?”

I’d know that shrill voice anywhere. I still hear it in my nightmares.

“Excuse me, darlin’. I need to speak to Satan’s mistress for a moment.” I twist on my barstool to come face-to-face to with her. How’ve you been, Smokeshow?”

She takes a sip of her drink, gazing at me over the rim of her glass, and shrugs one delicate shoulder. “Busy. Traveling with the court as we partake in this,” she grimaces. “Engagement tour.”

I toss back my first shot, chasing it with a sip of beer before I say anything. “Yeah, about that.” I lean forward and lower my voice. “What the hell happened? Madeline? Madeline, of all people?!”

“She was the best choice out of all the remaining suitors,” Olivia says sourly. “Liam had very few choices by the end of the social season.”

“Where the hell were you when he was making his choice?”

“I was forced to leave the competition shortly after you dropped out.” She gives me a tight smile.

“Why?” I squint at her suspiciously.

“Someone had information about my parents. Something that could hurt them, damage their memory. I couldn’t let that happen. Not even for Liam.”

“Somebody was rigging the competition,” I realize. “They wanted Madeline to win.”

“Exactly,” Olivia says grimly.

“Did you ever figure out who it was?” I ask, sipping my beer.

She looks away, draining the last of her drink before answering me. “Constantine.”

“Why am I not even surprised?” I mutter, throwing back my second shot. “Does Liam know?”

Olivia nods.

“And he still chose to go through with this?” I raise my eyebrows.

She shrugs. “Liam agreed with Constantine that Madeline was the most qualified suitor left. He wasn’t willing to leave Cordonia without a queen.”

“And he’ll do anything for Cordonia,” I finish her thought.

“What else could he do? You had already left; all Constantine had to do was eliminate the remaining competitors until the only appropriate choice was Madeline. He backed Liam into a corner.” She gracefully slides off her barstool. “As fun as this little reunion has been, I’m ready to leave now.”

“See you around, Smokeshow.” I give her a slight finger wave, watching the back of her red dress until she disappears into the crowd. I swivel in my seat, leaning back against the bar top and gazing out into the ballroom. I slowly sip my beer as I study the party guests, scanning carefully as I attempt to locate a certain former king.

Gotcha, old man.

Beer in hand, I slide off my barstool and weave my way into the crowd, moving towards a recessed corner of the room where Constantine stands, accompanied by two bodyguards.

Where’s Bastien?

I leave a few people between myself and the trio, patiently waiting until Constantine becomes distracted by the mayor, who draws him into a lively conversation. A few seconds later the bodyguards turn their attention away from the king and begin scanning the ballroom for threats, each one looking in a different direction. Using the surrounding party goers as cover, I slink over towards Constantine, coming to a stop directly behind him.

“Don’t move,” I say quietly as the mayor moves away, drawing my index finger down his back until it rests between his shoulder blades.

“What are you doing?” he hisses, stopping himself mid-turn.

“I didn’t appreciate you leaking all the private details of my life to the Cordonian media,” I say conversationally.

“MacKenzie.” Constantine clenches his jaw so tightly I can hear his teeth grind together.

“I heard you threatened to do the same thing to Lady Olivia.”

“Liam could not be trusted to make the decision on his own. I needed to make sure that he would make the correct choice for Cordonia,” he says coldly.

“He deserves to have better than you as a father,” I seethe.

“Think what you want. Liam’s decision to wed Madeline is final, and there is nothing that can change that. Did you come over here just to discuss my son’s engagement?”

“No,” I say softly. “I just wanted to let you know I know exactly what you did. And to you remind that no matter how many bodyguards you have, someone will always be able to get to you. Have a lovely evening.”

I melt back into the crowd, quickly putting some distance between me and Constantine’s bodyguards. I spy Hana and Maxwell on the dancefloor, and move to take up a spot nearby to watch them, hoping to speak to them when the song is over. After a few moments, someone steps over to stand next to me. I glance down and see Madeline scowling at me.

“What are you doing here?” she demands.

“I was invited,” I say in a bored voice.

Madeline snorts. “If you’re back in Liam’s life that’s fine. Have all the feelings you want for one another. A tryst here and there can be managed but do not embarrass me.”

“You don’t care that you’re about to marry a man who is in love with someone else?”

“When you’re behind closed doors, you can have his heart and whatever other part of him you want. As long as I have the crown and an heir and a spare, I really don’t care what he does. This is practically the best thing that could’ve happened to you.”

I glance at her out of the corner of my eye. “I think you’re severely overestimating my interest in your future marriage.”

“I’m trying to work with you,” Madeline sighs.

“Once again, not interested.” I shrug my shoulders. “But… if I do decide I want Liam again, I won’t be sharing him. Don’t get too comfortable, Madeline.”

She opens her mouth to snap back, quickly closing it as she sees Maxwell and Hana hurrying towards us. Madeline sneers at me one last time before stalking off.

“Was that Madeline?” Maxwell asks, peeking around me. “Where’s Drake? Have you talked to Liam yet?”

“Drake is with Liam. I’ve talked to him… we’re just taking some time to think about things.”

“We don’t time to think about things,” Maxwell replies. “Liam is getting married in a few days!”

Hana gives him an exasperated look. “Callum is well aware of that, Maxwell.”

“As fun as this has been, I think I’m ready to call it a night,” I quickly interject. “Hana, I’m going to text you my address. If you happen to see Liam or Drake…”

“I’ll be sure to pass it on,” she assures me with a smile.

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One long Uber ride later I’m finally back in my building and unlocking the door to my apartment. Sashimi meets me at the door, purring and winding herself around my ankles. I bend down to scratch beneath her chin, and she rumbles with happiness. “Hey, my beauty. How was your night? Did grandda stop by and feed you?”

After living in the same building as my father and his boyfriend for the past nine months, my girl has become accustomed to their visits and the pampering the two of them shower on her. I shed my suit jacket and dress shirt as I move through my apartment, dropping them on the floor as I make my way to my bedroom. I fall backwards onto my bed and stare up at my ceiling with a deep sigh.

What a fucking night.

I close my eyes and sink deeper into my mattress. They shoot right back open a few seconds later as someone loudly knocks on my front door. Groaning, I roll off of my bed and shuffle towards the door. I press my eye to the peephole and have to stifle a gasp when I see who is standing outside in the hallway. I quickly unlock my door and throw it open.

“Now what are you two beauties doing here?” I ask, leaning against the doorjamb and raking my gaze over Drake and Liam.

“We need to talk,” Drake says bluntly.

I arch one eyebrow in interest and step aside, silently inviting the two best friends into my apartment. I wait until we’re settled in my living room to say anything. “So… who wants to start?”

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TRR FotW - May 28 - Jun 3, 2023

18+ = Adult/Mature Content 🔥 = Explicit Material/NSFW

All Is Fair in Court & Dance Offs (Series) | Maxwell Beaumont, Liam Rys - @executivenerd Chapter 1

Best Kept Secrets (Series) | Liam Rys x F!OC - @ao719 Chapter 14: Everything Will Change 18+

Cinderfella's Adventures in Cordonia (Series) | Liam Rys x M!MC - @justcallmefox89 Chapter 15

First Kiss | Drake Walker x Olivia Nevrakis - @twinkleallnight

First Love | Maxwell Beaumont - @fictionangyl

Forever and Eternity | Drake Walker x MC - @camillemontespan

Ghosted (Series) | Liam Rys x MC - @kristinamae093 Chapter 3: Let You Go

Hands Down (Series) | Liam Rys x MC - @sfb123 Chapter 2: Waves

In Your Room (Series) | Leo Rys x Drake Walker - @angelasscribbles Chapter 10: Let's Get Married Chapter 11: Oh Mother

Law's End (Series) | TBA - @angelasscribbles Chapter 1: Murder at Vista Heights 18+

Never Have I Ever (Series) | Bertrand Beaumont x MC - @harleybeaumont Chapter 15: The Beaumont Bash - Part 2 18+

One Night in Cordonia (Series) | Various Pairings Chapter 4: No Retreat, No Surrender 18+ - @alj4890 Chapter 5: Bad Moon Rising 🔥 18+ - @karahalloway

The Proposal | Drake Walker x F!MC - @angelasscribbles

Time to Say Goodbye | Maxwell Beaumont x OC - @alj4890

Victim of Love (Series) | Drake Walker x MC - @angelasscribbles Chapter 6: Quagmire 18+

CFWC Main FotW List Open Heart FotW List

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The Royal Romance Masterlist 3/4

Ⓜ️ = Adult Content/18+ 🔥 = NSFW/18+ Only

August 2023

Week Ending August 26, 2023:

Baking Memories | Liam Rhys, Constantine Rhys - @kristinamae093

Black Silk (Series) | Liam Rhys x F!OC, Drake Walker x F!OC - @aussiegurl1234 Chapter 16: The Steer Ⓜ️

Can't Take My Eyes Off You (Series) | Bertrand Beaumont x Olivia Nevrakis - @alj4890 Chapter 3: Olivia's Ballroom

Mosquito | Maxwell Beaumont x MC - @chocopeppermintcake

The Royal Heir's Royal Romance | Drake Walker x MC, Royal Heir x OC - @whatisreggieshortfor

...Sometimes Not (Series) | Liam Rys x F!OC - @ao719 Part 8: Turn a Blind Eye

Through Hell & Back (Series) | Olivia Nevrakis x Anton Severus - @queenmiarys Part 1: First Impressions

Turning the Page (Series) | Liam Rys x F!MC - @tessa-liam Chapter 2: The Sacrifice Ⓜ️

Week Ending August 19, 2023:

Black Silk (Series) | Liam Rys x F!OC, Drake Walker x F!OC - @aussiegurl1234 Chapter 15: Stacey

The Dark Kingdom (Series) | Liam Rys x MC, Drake Walker x MC - @angelasscribbles Chapter 4: Home Ⓜ️

Envy | LIam Rys x MC - @queenmiarys

Laws End (Series) - @angelasscribbles Murder at Vista Heights Chapter 4 Ⓜ️

Savage Love (Series) | Drake Walker x MC, Liam Rys x MC - @angelasscribbles Chapter 34: Plans and Declarations Ⓜ️🔥

TRR AU Drabble | Liam Rys x MC - @lilyoffandoms

TRR Drabble | Drake Walker x F!OC - @lilyoffandoms

TRR Drabble 2 | Drake Walker x MC - @lilyoffandoms

Week Ending August 12, 2023:

Best Kept Secrest (Series) | Liam Rys x F!OC - @ao719 Chapter 16: I'll Take the Fall Ⓜ️

Black Silk (Series) | Liam Rys x F!OC, Drake Walker x F!OC - @aussiegurl1234 Chapter 14: Applewood

Cake | Drake Walker x F!OC - @persephone13

Can't Take My Eyes Off of You (Series) | Maxwell Beaumont x Olivia Nevrakis - @alj4890 Chapter 2

Cinderfella's Adventures in Cordonia (Series) | Liam Rys x M!MC - @justcallmefox89 Chapter 17

Ghosted (Series) | Liam Rys x MC - @kristinamae093 Chapter 7: The Apple Banquet Ⓜ️

Marabelle (Series) | Liam Rys x MC - @tessa-liam Chapter 6 Ⓜ️

Royal Love (Series) | Eleanor x M!OC - @eadanga Part 14

Week Ending August 5, 2023:

Cinderfella's Aventures in Cordonia (Series) | Liam Rys x M!MC - @justcallmefox89 Chapter 16

The Dark Kingdom (Series) | - @angelasscribbles Chapter 1: Escape Ⓜ️ Chapter 2: The Dark Lord | Liam Rys x MC Ⓜ️ Chapter 3: Reprieve Ⓜ️

Dead in the Water | Liam Rys x MC - @dcbbw Ⓜ️

The DeFacto Queen (Series) | Drake Walker x MC, Liam Rys x MC -@angelasscribbles Chapter 4: Are We Okay? Ⓜ️

(Less Than) Noble Intentions: I've Been Waiting for You Comic 🎨 | Drake Walker x F!OC - art by @rosefuckinggenius fic by @karahalloway

Sleepless in New York: Sparks Fly Comic 🎨 | Drake Walker x F!OC art by @blueberryarts18 fic by @karahalloway

... Sometimes Not (Series) | Liam Rys x F!OC - @ao719 Part 7: Hard to Go Back

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TRR FotW - May 21-27, 2023

18+ = Adult/Mature Content 🔥 = Explicit Material/NSFW 🔹 = Submitted to CFWC

Anytime, Anywhere | Liam Rys x MC - @alj4890

Cinderfella's Adventures in Cordonia (Series) | Liam Rys x M!MC - @justcallmefox89 Chapter 14

Cocktail | TRR MC - @dcbbw

Ghosted (Series) | Liam Rys x MC - @kristinamae093 Chapter 2: A Plan 18+ 🔹

The Lighthouse | Maxwell Beaumont x Olivia Nevrakis - @socalwriterbee 🔥18+

Love Everlasting (Series) | Liam Rys (Marquise) x MC - @khoicesbyk Chapter 12 - Part 1: Best Birthday Ever 18+ 🔹 Chapter 12 - Part 2: Best Birthday Ever 18+ 🔹

The Moments Between | Drake Walker x MC - @bebepac 🔹

Never Have I Ever (Series) | Bertrand Beaumont x MC - @harleybeaumont Chapter 14: The Beaumont Bash 18+ 🔹

One Night in Cordiona Part 3 (RoundRobin) - @harleybeaumont 🔹

The Promise | Liam Rys, F!OC - @alj4890

Savage Love (Series) | Liam Rys x MC, Drake Walker x MC - @angelasscribbles Chapter 32: Closure 18+ 🔹

Sleepless in New York (Series) | Drake Walker x F!OC - @karahalloway Chapter 10: Darkfall 🔥18+ 🔹

Snap | Bertrand Beaumont x MC - @alj4890

... Sometimes Not (Series) | Liam Rys x F!OC - @ao719 Part 2: Left to Chance 🔹

Ti Amo Molto | Liam Rys x MC - @tessa-liam 🔥18+ 🔹

Vancross (Series) | Liam Rys x F!OC - @ao719 Chapter 15: I'll Be With You 18+ 🔹

Victim of Love (Series) | Drake Walker x MC - @angelasscribbles Chapter 5: Down the Rabbit Hole 🔥18+ 🔹

When in Rome: Dented | Leo Rys x F!OC - @queenrileyrose

CROSSOVER - TRR/Open Heart

Serendipity (Series) | Drake Walker x MC, Bryce Lahela x MC - @deb-1106 and @walkerismychoice Part 4

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Cinderfella's Adventures in Cordonia - Chapter Nineteen

An AU of The Royal Romance with a male MC and a bisexual prince.

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Liam finally faces the consequences of his actions.

Drake and Liam jump, startled by the stranger’s sudden appearance. They had been so engrossed in their conversation that hadn’t even heard the door to the apartment open. Deep green eyes study the pair intently as the stranger makes his way towards Callum’s abandoned chair. He sits back in the chair with fluid grace, neatly straightening his charcoal colored suit and crossing his legs, not a strand of silver hair out of place.

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I exit the Uber, expecting to see firetrucks, flashing lights, EMTs, and a parade of pissed off clubgoers. Instead I see a long line of mildly impatient twenty-somethings waiting for the pair of bouncers at the doors to card them and adorn their hands with a UV stamp so they can enter.

He lied to me?

“Didn’t expect to see you here tonight.” A husky voice floats out from the shadows, quickly followed by a handsome man in a brown leather jacket.

“Wasn’t expecting to be here,” I respond, smiling briefly. “But Pops text me; said there was an emergency situation here and an owner was needed on-site.”

Jax Matsuo’s brown eyes glitter as he smirks and makes a show of peeking around me to study the semi-orderly line that snakes around the building. “Well, everything seems to be in order. You wanna get out of here?”

Someone calls my name, saving me from giving my occasional friend with numerous benefits an awkward answer of why I can’t invite him over to my place and let him fuck me into my mattress like I usually do on Friday nights.

“Callum!” Donny yells at me from his illegally parked car, motioning for me to come over.

“Another time maybe.” Jax gives me a brief kiss, then meanders over to the club doors, joining the line of people waiting to be let in.

I jog over to the car, sliding into the passenger seat. I barely have time to buckle my seatbelt before Donny rockets into the flow of traffic, heading in the direction of our apartment building.

“What’s going on?”

“You never should have left those two in your apartment,” he mutters, simultaneously jerking the wheel hard to the right and flipping off some poor soul in the bike lane.

Spidey senses activate.

“Donny… what’s going on?”

“You father decided to pay your little boyfriends a visit.”

“What the fu-”

“Ioan’s with him.”

Pure fear rockets through me. “Drive faster!”

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Drake and Liam exchange a worried glance, each one slightly afraid to speak.

A wheezy laugh catches everyone’s attention as an elderly man saunters out of the kitchen, leaning heavily on a cane, sugar cookie in his free hand. “Good job, Niall. Now do your Batman voice and really scare the shite out of these boys.”

“Christ almighty, Da.” Callum’s father closes his eyes and exhales heavily, massaging his forehead with the tips of his fingers. “I thought Donny was going to take you home.”

“I decided to come help you instead.”

“So help me and go home, you wrinkled menace to society.”

The old man rolls his eyes and slowly walks to the empty recliner. “You’ve gotten so tetchy since your last birthday, Niall. I swear, the closer you get to sixty the crankier you get.”

Liam giggles nervously, but quiets instantly when Niall shoots him a nasty look. Callum’s grandfather settles into his chair, shifting this way and that until he’s fully comfortable.

“Go on, son. Introduce me and then say whatever it is you want to say,” he commands, waving his hand imperiously.

Niall sighs heavily and tips his head back, closing his eyes and no doubt praying for the patience to keep from throttling his father. He opens his eyes, emerald gaze falling directly on Liam. “I’m Niall, Callum’s father. And this living museum artefact is Callum’s grandfather, Ioan.”

“Nice to meet you,” Drake and Liam mumble in unison.

“You know, my very first job was in Boston. At a fish market. I didn’t move to New York until a few years later,” Ioan suddenly muses, apropos of nothing. “What is it that you two boys do again?”

“Oh um.” Liam nervously clears his throat. “I am the king of Cordonia, Mr. MacKenzie. Sir.”

“That’s right,” Ioan murmurs, stroking his thumb over his lower lip the way Callum does when he’s thinking. “You’re the one who made my grandson compete.”

Liam pales. “It wasn’t… I mean… I didn’t personally make him compete, no.”

Ioan gazes sharpens and he raises one silver eyebrow. “Oh?”

“It’s Cordonian tradition,” Liam sputters. “There are standards one must meet before they can become the spouse of a king and -”

“Are you saying my grandson isn’t up to your standards, young man?”

“My standards and Cordonia’s standards are two separate things, Mr. MacKenzie. Callum is lovely, but my future spouse must be approved by both the Cordonian council and the public,” Liam rushes to explain, falling directly into Ioan’s trap.

“So you encouraged Callum to play a losing game?”

Liam makes a strangled noise and shoots Drake a look of pure terror, silently begging him to step in. Drake shrugs, quietly gleeful at Ioan’s interrogation of Liam.

“Drake, isn’t it? What do you do for work?” Niall’s green eyes, just a few shades lighter than Callum’s, pierce Drake with their intensity.

“I- um,” Drake falters while Liam hides his snickering behind his hand.

“Yes?” Niall prompts.

“I… help Liam?”

Niall looks unimpressed. “In what capacity exactly?”

“With- uh… whatever he needs?” Drake shrugs helplessly.

“So you’re a professional friend then? Are you paid for your time and services?”

Ioan chuckles. “Maybe he gets paid the same way you pay Donny for his ‘services’.”

“Da!” Niall’s voice pitches higher for a moment and a faint pink colors his cheeks, before he scowls and returns his attention to the two young men on the couch. “Why are you here?”

“Here as in…?” Liam ventures carefully.

Niall’s right eye gives a barely perceptible twitch. “As in my son’s apartment. As in the building that I own. As in this city. As in this state. As in this fucking country. So I repeat myself, which I truly hate to do. Why. Are. You. Here.”

Liam frowns and straightens his spine, annoyed by the other man’s tone. “New York is the final stop on my engagement tour. An international engagement tour. It’s not as if I picked this city solely because Callum lives here.”

“Any yet…” Ioan murmurs, pointedly gazing around the apartment. “Here you are. In Callum’s home.”

“When you’re engaged to someone else.” Niall’s gaze flicks over Liam, studying him, and he frowns, as if finding the young king lacking. He glance over at Drake. “I still don’t quite understand your part in all of this though.”

Drake guiltily avoids Niall’s gaze, picking at a small hole in his jeans. “Some of this is my fault,” he admits in a small voice. “I encouraged Callum to meet up with Liam. To talk.”

Any pretense of civility leaves Niall in that instant. “I don’t know what either one of you could possibly have to say to my son that has any value at all, and to be frank, I don’t care. Get out of this apartment. Go back to Cordonia. And never speak to Callum again.”

“With all due respect,” Liam begins.

Drake closes his eyes and braces himself for the inevitable fallout that always follows any statement that begins with ‘With all due respect’.”

“Just because you’re his father doesn’t give you any right to dictate who Callum does or does not speak to,” Liam continues indignantly. “He’s a grown man. He doesn’t need you to interfere in his personal affairs.”

“And yet you allow your father to interfere in yours,” Ioan murmurs, studying his fingernails. “I’ve always found hypocrisy so interesting.”

Liam falls silent, red-faced and fuming.

“That’s where you’re wrong, Your Highness,” Niall snarls. “Callum loves too deeply, cares too much when he shouldn’t care at all. I’ve seen my son broken before, held him while he cried over some boy. I watched him go to prison for five years when he was innocent, to protect someone who probably never really loved him. I was just starting to get my Callum back, my son who used to laugh and joke and come over for Sunday dinners and to watch football. And then you came along.”

Niall fairly spits the word ‘you’, so intense is his anger.

“A few weeks with you and he comes back to New York a broken shell. I held my son as he cried over another boy who didn’t deserve him. Do you have any idea how many nights he cried for you? Of course you don’t. You moved on with your life and got engaged as if he never mattered. My son was barely a blip on your radar. I had to pick up the pieces you left behind. I had to coax him to eat when all he would do is lay on that fucking couch and stare at the wall. I was the one who got him to shower, to get dressed, and go to the therapist I arranged for him to see. I was the one who encouraged him to start working, to leave this apartment and start interacting with people again.”

Liam’s eyes never leave Niall; he stares at the older man as if he’d been struck, the full implication of how his actions had hurt Callum hitting him for the first time.

“And yet, he’s still in love with you. He misses you every single day, and you being here is only dragging out his pain. You’re going to leave him again, go back to your pretty little castle and get married, have children. And he’s still going to be here. Alone and mourning the future he should have had with you. Just leave… quit tormenting him with hope, with thoughts of a future you never intend to give him.”

“I… I never meant… I…” Liam looks helplessly to Drake for assistance, to help him explain the rolling turmoil of emotions stealing his words and the air from his lungs.

“Stop. Talking.” For the first time that night Ioan raises his voice. “You’re going to leave and never speak to my grandson again. As far as you’re concerned he no long exists. You ever attempt to contact him, even once, and I will gut you like the spineless sack of shite you are.”

The old man’s eyes are flinty, the cold, pale blue of them startling in it’s intensity. Drake has no doubt that he means every word he just said.

“Pops! Grandda!”

All four men turn their heads towards the sound of a door slamming and footsteps pounding against the hardwood floor. Callum skids to a stop in the living room, studying the impromptu gathering warily.

“What’s going on?”

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