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Five does not appreciate Diego getting himself kidnapped. Not one fucking bit. Especially by a group of brain dead criminals that can’t even spell ‘hostage’ correctly on a device that has autocorrect.
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In which Five has to go save his incompetent boyfriend at 3:30 in the morning.
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“It’s freezing out.”
“Quit whining, it ain’t that bad.”
“Yes, it is. You’re just freakishly immune to the cold.”
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In which Five and Diego ring in the new year together.
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If Five wanted to, he could press himself back against Diego. Let Diego throw an arm over him and surrender himself to Diego’s chest rising and falling against him, lulling him to sleep.
He doesn’t do that though.
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“You don’t typically drink,” Five comments.
“It’s a special occasion,” Diego says with a shrug. “And I’m not really looking to be the only guy sober three hours from now when people are hammered and acting like idiots.”
“Well, when in Rome.”
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In which Five and Diego attend a wedding.
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Missions for Five and Diego usually don't go this awry.
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“Do you think I could help in some way?” he asks.
Ed glances at him. “Like how?”
“I don’t know. You seemed to enjoy our little gag of trading places that one time.” Stede shrugs a shoulder. He’s wearing his pink satin waistcoat and matching breeches, no overcoat—too fucking humid tonight. Ed can see the shape of his arm through the thin linen of his shirt. “What if you pretend you’re the one who isn’t in charge, and I can pretend I’m the one who is. That would be fun, wouldn’t it?”
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Sometimes some co-captains invent soft domming to cope.
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Liminal (Smudged in the Margins) by walrusface
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
02 Aug 2025
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As a lonely teenager, Verso paints himself a friend on a small, hidden canvas: Gustave, a confidant who quietly grows into something more. After the fracture, the other Verso finds Gustave again in Lumière. It should be impossible - and keeping his distance might be.
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I shouldn't love you (but I do) by PH03N1X_360
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
14 May 2026
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There is a man on the street, staring up at Gustave’s apartment.
He’s dressed well — a sharp suit cracked with gold, wavy dark hair combed back and shot through with white. His cold blue eyes are rimmed red as if he’s been crying for a while. He feels… important somehow, like a missing piece to a puzzle Gustave has yet to uncover.
Or: Gustave navigates resurrection in the wake of Maelle taking over the canvas, and meets a not-so-stranger he cannot place in his memory.
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- Part 2 of far too beautiful to leave me
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Painted Sunsets and Sunken Sunrises by walrusface
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
15 Jun 2025
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Verso wants to take Gustave out of Lumiere and give him a chance to see the broader continent without the threat of death breathing down their necks - but life on the canvas is more complicated than that.
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He plunges his sword into the ground — a familiar, practiced motion. The world pauses for a moment, and he sees the purple threads of blighted chroma ensnaring Gustave; pulls, yanking them towards himself. The pulsing chroma freezes for a second, tightening around the engineer. Then, like a pouncing predator, jumps at Verso.
The world starts moving again. A wave of nausea and fatigue almost knocks Verso to the ground, and it’s a miracle that he manages to dodge the next attack.
Gustave is staring at him, trying to process what just happened.
“Run,” Verso croaks.
Or: 5 times Verso carried Gustave’s burden and the 1 time Gustave carried his.
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03 Feb 2026