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Verso is an up and coming musician who is tired of constant criticism from his father. After a particularly heated argument, he goes for a walk to clear his head and ends up running into the most handsome barista he’s ever seen.
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The Z-Team is finally invited to a proper celebration for heroes. The only downside is, Flambae doesn’t appreciate how much of Robert’s attention a certain hero is taking.
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Jealous after hearing a rumor floating around that Robert went on a date, Flambae finds some questionable uses for the company mandated audio recordings.
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Robert was nervous. Actually, he was downright petrified. It had been a few months since he started seeing Flambae. He wasn’t fully comfortable calling what they were doing a relationship yet, but he’d spent too many nights at the other man’s apartment to pretend it hadn’t transformed into something more serious. Something more tangible, more real, something that could be destroyed. But he knew what he needed to do. Tonight would be the night that he told Flambae the truth.
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It’s the end of a long shift when Robert found himself needing to make a decision. Watch a movie with Invisigal or have dinner with Blonde Blazer. He wasn't expecting there to be a 3rd option.
AKA: Flambae has his own proposition for Robert at the end of episode 4.
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Kip leaned against the counter, projecting an air of casual competence he absolutely did not feel. His heart was doing a stupid little tap dance against his ribs, which was ridiculous. He served handsome men all the time. Halifax was full of bearded fishermen and lumbersexual hipsters.
But this was different. This guy looked like he was the forest.
"Morning," Kip said, aiming for breezy and landing somewhere near slightly breathless. "What can I get started for you? We have a Guatemalan roast today that has notes of chocolate and existential dread, if that's your vibe."
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The one where Scott is a grumpy junior hockey coach and Kip is a charmingly awkward rugby player (and a barista). Both come with their own baggage. Both are miserable in their own way.
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Like a Bottle in a Paper Bag by Desscard
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
09 Jan 2026
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The air up here was disrespectful.
That was the first thing Kip Grady noticed when he stepped out of his dad’s beat-up Honda Civic. The air in Brooklyn had texture. It had weight. It smelled like hot asphalt, exhaust fumes, and the specific, comforting garbage funk of a Tuesday afternoon. You knew where you stood with Brooklyn air.
The air here—four hours north, deep in the "Upstate" wilderness of the university—was suspicious. It was too thin. It smelled like pine needles and aggression. It smelled like people who hiked for fun.
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Eighteen-year-old Kip is figuring out student life and developing a massive crush on his History professor, Scott Hunter - whose books may or may not have inspired Kip to major in History.- Language:
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One of my absolute favorite Skip fics.
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Verso Dessendre needs a fake boyfriend for his family's annual Christmas trip to the Alps.
Gustave Rénier—his childhood crush and the man he hasn't seen in ten years—needs a reason to say yes to something reckless for once in his carefully organized life.
What starts as a week of pretense in a snow-covered chalet becomes something neither of them expected: late-night conversations, stolen touches, and the slow realization that some things were never fake to begin with.
Seven days. One bed. Two people who've been wanting each other for far too long.
Sometimes the best love stories start with a lie.
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After Maelle takes over the canvas, Verso struggles to find meaning in the new Lumière. At least, until Gustave offers him to participate in a project together. Slowly, Verso starts to see the man he left to die in a different light, as he also struggles with the guilt of knowing that he's slowly falling in love with him.
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12 days of Christmas by thevalesofanduin for theartsypumpkin (Kuroaloeart)
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
24 Dec 2025
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Gustave and Verso are out buying Christmas presents when they run into each other in the busy, narrow aisle of the Lumière bookstore. It's been years since they've seen each other, and their school days when they were friends are even further away.
But they weren't just friends, although neither was brave enough to admit their crush back then and teenage love was buried when their paths diverted when Verso moved to Paris for university.
Yet now that they are both in Lumière for the Christmas season, those feelings quickly rekindle.
Will they finally have their romance this Christmas?