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A new tenet is moving into apartment 3b of the Per Aspera apartment building, and Maxim isn't impressed.
Veerla's new roommate is brash, annoying, even infuriating. But watching him take care of his kid makes something stir in his chest.
Vhas is having fun teasing his new roommate, but their unknown shared past may come back to haunt them both.
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Dramatic telenovela style story of heartbreak, new love, child shenanigans, and dark pasts.
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Maxim helping VR-LA learn self defence quickly dissolves into kissing on the mouth.
Proof reading will be shit, blame the 2.5 hour long chemistry practice paper I sat today.
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VR-LA's choice to undergo Illithid biomancy may have strengthened him, but it also inflicted him with some unforeseen alterations to his mechanical form. Thankfully, they're on the inside where no one can see the mess of flesh now entangled with his metal.
In the name of scientific exploration and ensuring his friend's health, Maxim gets a rather close look. -
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It was almost three years since Emerson had disappeared. Three years of Veerla hunting for any clue to where he went, of how he had vanished. He had chased down every lead he had, pulled on every little thread he could. Some had led to dead ends, some had led him down yet another rabbit hole with more clues to pick at.
The newest addition had been added three days ago, words written with a shaky hand on a torn piece of paper.
Found dead from three bullet wounds to the chest and one to the head.
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“It seems odd that the hag wouldn’t have realized that though,” Maxim continued thoughtfully. “If she meant to curse all of us, she should have known better than to choose something that wouldn’t affect me.”
“Maybe she just didn’t think you were enough of a threat to warrant cursing,” Flint said.
“Could there be any other component of the curse that wouldn’t apply to you?” Emeraude asked. “Something the hag wouldn’t have known?”
Maxim jolted suddenly beside him. “Names,” he whispered.
“What?” Hali said.
“Of course. When we first met the hag she was disguised. And we told her our names, your names. Naturally, a curse that targets each individual uniquely would require their true name as a component.”
Flint groaned. “So what you’re telling me is that your whole pseudonym true name thing actually came in handy for once?”
“It would seem so, yes.”
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Alexander and the rest of his party get to experience firsthand the usefulness of Maxim's best-kept secret.
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Five times the Professionals kiss, and the one time they mean it. by AylaAndTheCherryTree
Fandoms: Rolling With Difficulty (Web Series)
01 Apr 2025
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A series of the many times in this au that these two kiss on the mouth without actually acknowledging their feelings :)
Mixture of fluff and some heavy angst. Happy ending though.
I want these out of my brain and into the world as quickly as possible so none of them will be beta read and the editing might be very iffy.
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Let’s Make This House A Habit by Caliburn67
Fandoms: Rolling With Difficulty (Web Series)
29 Mar 2025
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As VR-LA and Maxim settle into their stabilised friendship, they endeavour to work together more, starting spell research together. Rather than force the wizard to travel back and forth, Maxim invites him to stay.
But the proximity erodes at the facade beneath which he hides his pain. Even as it does, as his feelings are exposed to the light, those old wounds start to mend. Maybe, if they play their cards right, something else can bloom in its place.Title from the song House a Habit by We Are the Guests
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Veerle strikes a deal with a devil, of purely academic nature. Though it’s perhaps more hands on than expected.
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- Part 2 of Devil Maxim AU
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After Maxim gets injured on a case Veerle has to process the mess they’ve ended up in. Mainly, his colleague being shirtless.
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- Part 5 of Professionals Sherlock AU
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Are you my Lighthouse or the Storm? by Caliburn67
Fandoms: Rolling With Difficulty (Web Series)
27 Feb 2025
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Being ghosted by your (favourite) academic associate for over two and a half years isn’t the most pleasant of experiences. Yet when VR-LA breaks back into Maxim’s life with a whole new crew in tow, things he wasn’t ready to change begin shifting. It seems fate has bound his associate to some great destiny and, sooner or later, he must figure out how much of a part he is willing to play in VR-LA’s tale.
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You Tell Me To Open My Eyes by AylaAndTheCherryTree
Fandoms: Rolling With Difficulty (Web Series)
23 Feb 2025
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Veerle has a nightmare, thankfully Maxim is there to comfort him.
But come morning it doesn’t seem like Maxim wants to let go.At this point in the au Maxim and Veerle are almosttttt dating but not quite. They are as together as the time period and their own denial will allow.
Title from Her by JVKE
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Murder on the Ad Hominem Express by AylaAndTheCherryTree
Fandoms: Rolling With Difficulty (Web Series)
13 Feb 2025
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Veerle and Maxim are following a lead that forces them to take a sleeper train. In close proximity to each other, with plenty of free time to chat, oh no how horribleeeee.
Maxim is having a great time… until things take an unexpected turn for the worse…This is set in the 1800ish detectives au. Historical in vibes only. Veerle is a Sherlock-esk detective with a ex-military doctor sidekick, Maxim. They are exceptionally gay for each other.
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Nightmares of those who died by Demiaseranmage
Fandoms: Rolling With Difficulty (Web Series)
13 Jan 2025
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Bryn; age about 12, has nightmares and Finbar comforts her.
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During an outing to the Frostfell, Maxim and VR-LA find some warmth within the Sanctum.
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Two painfully oblivious men, two pieces of mistletoe by AylaAndTheCherryTree
Fandoms: Rolling With Difficulty (Web Series)
18 Dec 2024
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Professionals mistletoe fic, inspired by talks on the discord, particularly Cal and Jess.
Also, shout out to Jess for getting their fic out before me! If you haven’t read it and are somehow reading this, go read “Candlelight on the Mistletoe”!!! -
Candlelight on the Mistletoe by ours_to_choose
Fandoms: Rolling With Difficulty (Web Series)
18 Dec 2024
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Veerle and Maxim are invited to Finbar’s annual Christmas party. But it seems that someone has been conspiring against them.
Or: With the help of some mistletoe (and some friendly scheming), these two repressed gay Victorians finally make out.(loosely) Part of the detectives au!
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Veerle threw his life away for a case that would never be solved. Maxim is left shattered by his death.
When Veerle returns, he'll have to pick up the pieces. Maybe, hopefully, he can pull his friend back together.Largely pulled from the Sherlock Holmes/detectives au from the RWD discord. Takes place in Sherlock Holmes book timeline, ~1890s.
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Even in the deathly dark of antipeak, Sigil never slept. Lantern boys hurried back and forth with their glowing staves. Shadows crawled with devils, demons, and vermin. Taverns bustled with noise and lurid lights. A riot of dark and light and silence and sound competing on every corner.
One year since the Planescape's victory against the Illithid, the heroes of the day gather in the City of Doors to celebrate, and two mechanites wander off into the night. -
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Veerle has had many insane and often awkward plans during the course of his cases, and Maxim has gotten used to most of his unhinged oddities. But suggesting Maxim kiss him is a new kind of shock. A dangerously tempting kind.
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- Part 4 of Professionals Sherlock AU
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I Must Not Let This Become An Issue. by AylaAndTheCherryTree
Fandoms: Rolling With Difficulty (Web Series)
24 Nov 2024
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VR-LA has one job. Killing vampires. He accidentally falls for one instead.
Maxim has one job. Don’t get killed. Instead he falls for a man trying to kill creatures like him. But the illusion of companionship doesn’t last long.