I Am Bin Bons Trash

For request 78 I think it's 2:47 by rizcriz ( @sadlittlenerdking)

link to fic HERE

home is where the heart is

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A few days ago, rizcriz made an art prompt for alex and henry go to an aquarium, and i can't draw, so here we are. This might be crack, but it's just a cute lil baby that I needed because I had a rough few days and this made me smile.

Words: 2280 read it on ao3

Summary:

“It’ll be fun,” Alex insists, rotating the screen again so that he can open up the website.

“It’s… fish, love.”

Alex rolls his eyes. “It’s way more than that. Have you never been to an aquarium before?”

Based on rizcriz’s prompt: Alex and Henry in line at a bar both waiting for their turn. Henry accidentally cuts Alex, and he expects Alex to get mad but Alex is far too attracted to him to be mad

“Buy me a drink, and we’ll be solid.”

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The bar is, for lack of a better word, hoppin’, and Alex feels like he’s been waiting to get the bartender’s attention forfuckingever. He glances over his shoulder at where Nora and June are laughing over something on Nora’s phone and feels a surge of FOMO. He’s even more impatient when he turns back to the bar, but to his relief, the bartender’s finally looking at him.

“What can I get you?” the bartender asks.

Alex is opening his mouth to reply when a crisp British accent calls out, “Two Moscow mules, please.”

What the fuck? Alex whips around, ready to cuss the hell out of whoever just had the audacity, when he’s met with the most wide-eyed, sweet-faced, offensively tall man he’s ever seen.

“Oh, Christ, I’m so sorry,” the man says, a very attractive flush spreading across his spectacular cheekbones. “I didn’t mean to cut the line.”

Well, isn’t this interesting. Anger vanishing as quickly as it came, Alex props his elbow against the bar and raises his eyebrows. He has to tip his chin up to look at the man, and he’s not even a little bit mad about it. “Buy me a drink, and we’ll be solid, sweetheart.”

The man’s flustered expression turns to surprise then to interest. His gaze slides over Alex, warm and lingering. Then, his full pink lips tick up, and he holds his hand out. “I’m Henry.”

“Alex.” Alex shakes Henry’s hand, and if he rubs his thumb across Henry’s knuckles while doing it, fucking sue him. “Gin and tonic, by the way. Make it quick, yeah? I’m not very patient.”

“Hmm, too bad,” Henry says, his smile turning into something more suggestive. “I like to take my time.”

God. Fuck. Alex is so interested. “You got two drinks, right? Are you with someone?”

“My best mate,” Henry says. “What about you?”

That makes him realize he completely forgot about Nora’s and June’s drinks. “My sister and best friend. I have to order for them, but after that, do you want to—”

“Yes,” Henry answers immediately.

“I didn’t even finish,” Alex protests with a laugh.

“Pity.” Henry smirks, eyes bright. “We can remedy that later tonight, if you like.”

Motherfucker. Alex casts one more look at Nora and June, who are now watching him and Henry with open curiosity. Nora sticks her tongue into the inside of her cheek and thrusts it in and out.

Alex quickly looks back at Henry. “Would your friend be cool with me coming over to your table?”

Henry smiles. “I’m sure he would. I could even send him off to entertain your sister and best friend, if you’d like. He’s a lot of fun. Very respectful.”

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"Once upon a time, there was a young Prince, who was born in a castle. And there had never been a prince quite like him : he was born with his heart on the outside of his body.

Whereas the other princes and noble children could withstand the slings and arrows of childhood, the Prince felt everything acutely. Everything seemed to touch and threaten his unprotected heart.

He didn't know that he was different, at least at first. His family did, and they grew fearful that the people in the kingdom would see who he really was and turn against him.

His grandfather, the King, sent the prince a suit of armor and told him that if he always wore it, nothing would ever happen to him. And so for many, many years, the Prince believed he was safe and the price he paid for his safety was is freedom.

Until he met this- this devastatingly handsome young peasant boy who- who was from this faraway land and said the most ghastly things to him... and made him feel truly alive, for the first time in his life.

And because of this handsome peasant boy, the prince's armor began to fall away. Piece by piece. Until all that was left was the piece of armor protecting his heart.

Peasant boy pulled and pulled at this last piece of armor but the prince hold it firmly in place. And with every time, the boy made a space between the Prince's armor and his heart. And in that space, the Prince's heart beat freely once again." - Prince Henry