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When Marcus went to Copenhagen, he was expecting better. He was oceans away from home and the people who needed him. The person he loved most was dying, and here he was doing worse. He had a week to walk away from Denmark a better chef, and Carmy sent him to the best he knew to achieve that goal. Luca was pragmatic, persistent, and perceptive. There was a way he looked at Marcus that made him feel like he was holding his hand out to a flame he couldn't look away from. In a week, he was sure this fire for him would burn out, but he didn't know an open flame could scar like this.
-Spin off of my other fic, Acts of Service. Before and during that fic's timeline, but separate storylines.
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Bear with Catherine by squiggleyisqueer
Fandoms: The Bear (TV 2022), Catherine (Video Game)
28 Apr 2026
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Weeks before the opening of The Bear, Carmen Berzatto is being plague by terrifying nightmares. Almost every night he dreams that he has to climb a tower of blocks to escape the fate of death. These nightmares start to get tense when he meets a mysterious woman who claims to have known him forever. Even though almost everyone in the Berzatto's family adores her, Carmy has no memory of her. She somehow manages to charm her way into a relationship with him. Carmy finds himself conflicted between her and his feelings that he suppresses for his business partner Sydney Adamu. All these feelings of love, seduction, and remnants of his trauma manifests into his nightmares. Will Carmy be able to overcome all the blocks in his life? Or will he die in sleep? His outcome, depends on you. Please, tune into this Golden Playhouse Special Feature (Catherine AU)
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Lisa wasn’t looking to start over — but life left her no choice. A new city, a small apartment, a toddler she’s raising on her own, and a job that barely fits inside daylight hours. When an assignment at a rising Chicago restaurant stirs echoes of a life she thought she’d left behind, Lisa’s quiet balance begins to slip.
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Richie Jerimovich knows a thing or two about pain, but maybe there's still something he has to learn.
Since his best friend - his only friend, his soulmate - blew his brains out and left the restaurant they ran together to his baby brother, he's exploring new fronteers of rage, hurt, self-deprecation and despair.
Carmy's a stuck up little bitch, Noma material, Food&Wine new upcoming asshole.
Until Richie messes up bad, and Carmy bails him out of jail and they sort of enter a begrudging truce.
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Waitressing at the Bear is probably going to give you a stress ulcer. The new pastry chef might be the antidote to that.
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Set after the events of The Bear Season 4 - Carmy and Sydney try to have a relaxing day away from restaurant life, as Carmy grapples with his feelings moving on and they both begin to realize their feelings for each other that go beyond friendship (because I need my Sydcarm friends-to-lovers delusion) Title referencing the James Marriott song "It's Only Love."
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The Society for Men Who Are NOT Jealous, Just Concerned by browneyesparker for PureShores
Fandoms: The Bear (TV 2022)
22 Mar 2026
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In which, Carmy and company have weekly meetings and talk about their woes. Sydcarmy if you squint.
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we can't be friends, but i wait for your love by itschastrina
Fandoms: The Bear (TV 2022)
19 Mar 2026
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They say that those who are unlucky in love are lucky at gambling. But does this saying apply to success in life?
In the music world, everything works on the basis of luck. You can be a successful singer but have terrible songs, you can have an angelic voice but not have any significant numbers on the charts, or you can have wonderful songs but no support from your record label.
In the music world, Sydney Adamu has achieved success. She is the current pop princess, with three albums released and a fourth in the works, but what no one knows is the story behind all her successes. Carmy Berzatto was a success in the country music world, receiving Grammy nominations since his first album, and after years of not releasing anything, he has decided to resume his career.
Carmy and Sydney are the headliners at the Chicago Fire festival, and they are stepping into the city after years of not going there, and everything would be fine if it weren't for one thing: Nine years ago, they met and had the best (and worst) week of their lives.
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Carmy rubs his forehead to keep his fingers from shaking and chews harshly on the wad of nicotine gum. The empty wrappers rest on top of the papers, and his messy writing in the wider margins makes her absence even more heavy in his stomach. He exhales sharply, pulling on the ends of his curls, trying not to let the familiar pain constrict his chest; that growing sensation he knows all too well from a childhood waiting anxiously, counting the seconds until the other shoe dropped.
Then his phone rings.
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During a busy shift, Sydney calls Carmy, and the other shoe drops.Series
- Part 1 of Say More | Sydcarmy
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They seemed to understand one another on a different level, right where spirit meets the bone.
(s1- ongoing.)
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After service, things are almost normal again.
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Pinecrest school for the gifted
One of the best boarding schools in the country. One of the most exclusive boarding schools in the country. Syd's new home for the next two years.
Life at Pinecrest is not easy though, and despite her attempt to stay under the radar, she's met with constant bullying, a hostile roommate and a teacher who seems to have it out for her.
None of this matters to her though, as long as she keeps beating Carmen Berzatto in everything she does.
----------------------Work Title from 'Eternal Sunshine' By Ariana Grande
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It's only right that Carmy asks Neil Fak to return Claire's green sweatshirt, since he had the audacity to give her Carmy's real phone number in the first place. Chaos ensues.
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- Part 3 of Sydcarmy Ficlets and Drabbles
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"I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself.”
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After years of practice, studying, staging and working her way up, Elena has finally managed to get her dream job as a patissier in a Michelin star restaurant. She should be happy. And she would be.
If her boss wasn't such a complete asshole.
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“What the fuck is this?” Carmy snarled from behind her, slamming into the office and tossing his phone on the desk.
Sydney’s heart sank as she registered the message in front of her.
"Hey Carman," the email read, somehow misspelling Carmy’s name, "It’s Adam. I’m sure Syd’s told you about the CDC position I’ve offered her at my new place. I just want you to know that it isn’t personal – she’s so fucking talented, you know? She’s going places, and I want to help her get there. I couldn’t let that kind of talent go without a fight. I hope you understand that it’s the best thing for her – hopefully no hard feelings?"
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They had a whole lot of history in New York — late nights, trauma, and a kitchen that chewed them up. But this isn’t New York. It’s Chicago.
And when Sydney walks into The Beef asking for a job, Carmen tells her to get the fuck out.
Because whatever held them together back then doesn’t mean shit now.
Not after how it ended.ON HIATUS !
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SASHA KORRIGAN, a british social media influencer, known for her witty captions and unique recipes, decided to pack up her things and start over again in chicago after fleeing her failing relationship three days after she was supposed to walk down the aisle. unbeknownst to her, she'd find herself becoming a regular at the best italian beef sandwich shop in the city, THE ORIGINAL BEEF OF CHICAGOLAND.
not only did she get to experience the beauty of chicagoan culture and foods everyday, she also met a man who changed her whole perspective on life. he gave her a job, a purpose, a ring.
he also gave her severe heartbreak.
MICHAEL 'MIKEY' BERZATTO, the rugged owner of the best italian beef sandwich shop in the damn city. with deep brown eyes that held their gaze, making people feel like they were the most important person in the world.
beneath that rowdy, charismatic nature, was a man filled with emotional turmoil and erratic, self-destructive tendencies. stacked up in debts and anxieties, he's struggling to find a balance between his healthy relationships and his dysfunctional family.
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It had always been about his fucked-up family. It had always been about Mikey.
AU where Carmy is eleven when Donna drives the car through the living room.
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A few days ago, Syd and Richie were 100% sure no one knew they were sleeping together.
They were wrong.