alex claremont-diaz · prince henry · fake dating · enemies to lovers · lgbtq romance · political intrigue · royal family · white house · modern au · angsty
The flashbulbs pop like gunfire, blinding and relentless. Alex Claremont-Diaz stands in the White House foyer, his smile a practiced shield against the chaos. Across the Atlantic, Prince Henry adjusts his cufflinks in the gilded silence of Buckingham Palace, a prisoner of protocol. A scandalous kiss in a garden has shattered the calm, forcing two worlds to collide. Now, they are bound by a lie: a staged friendship to save diplomacy. But as the cameras zoom in, capturing every forced laugh and lingering glance, the air crackles with something far more dangerous than politics. The mask slips. The script burns. And in the space between duty and desire, two young men realize they are no longer acting. They are falling.