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The Pride & Prejudice AU you didn't know you needed // Arranged marriage to love // Slow burn
"Why?" Verso asked, his pale eyes fixed on Gustave's face with unsettling intensity.
"Why sacrifice yourself for her?"
The question caught Gustave off guard. He opened his mouth, closed it again, searching for the right words.
"Because she is my sister," he said simply. "And I would do anything for her."In Belle Époque France, an old promise binds two families. When the promised bride refuses, her brother steps forward instead — binding himself to a man shaped by pride and expectation.
Gustave Virlogeux is practical, dependable, and entirely unremarkable — or so he has always believed. Verso Dessendre is composed, untouchable, and dangerously perceptive.
Their engagement is duty. Their courtship is stolen glances, careful distance, and the maddening warmth of a hand that lingers a moment too long.But what begins as obligation unfolds into a slow reckoning with everything they cannot say — until what was never supposed to be real becomes the only thing that is.
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11 Mar 2026
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protège-moi (protect me from what I want) by hoodedmiho (missMHO) for Amiko
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
10 Nov 2025
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Back when Verso still believed himself to be just another face in Lumière’s crowd, he was becoming quite impatient with waiting for his soulmate to appear so they could bring colours into each other’s lives. Then, Verso learnt the truth and knew that, in a world where no one was supposed to go through life alone, he was a fake made to exist without anyone to complete his soul.
It’s more than half a century later when fate mocks him again.
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03 Jan 2026
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"This feeling that all my thoughts and memories… that they’re not mine, that they’ve been put into my head by somebody else… does it ever go away?”
It comes out almost pleadingly, the desperation Gustave tried to suppress for months now bleeding into his voice.
Something softens in Verso’s expression.
Or: the Maelle ending. Coming to terms with being brought back and repainted. Gustave is looking for some answers, so he goes to the one person who can provide them. Verso is absolutely done with this life, but feels obligated to at least talk to him.
They find that being a copy of a dead man is less unbearable when you're not alone.
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- Part 1 of Mirrors and Memories
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- 50,397
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- 13/13
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09 Dec 2025
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Hen stares at Buck for a long moment, then turns on her heel to walk upstairs. “Chim! Did you know that Peanut is a human child and not a small animal?”
“Buck’s Peanut?” Chim calls back, leaning over the railing. “No? Is she not a dog?”
“No!” Buck replies. “She’s a preschooler!”OR: At 22, Buck got one of his hookups pregnant and decided to keep the baby himself rather than let her be put up for adoption. At 26, he joined the 118. You know the rest, right?
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- Part 1 of we can never know (WWOT + splinter AUs)
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24 Oct 2025
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Safe In My Hands by porgthespacepenguin
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
04 Oct 2025
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The first time it happens, it's a complete accident. The times after that, well... not so much.
When the line between chance and choice begins to blur, Gustave must decide if he trusts Verso enough to put his life — and his heart — in his hands.
Again, and again, and again.
Or: Five times Verso takes Gustave's hand to protect him, from the world as well as from himself — and one time Gustave returns the favor.
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19 Oct 2025
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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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30 Sep 2025
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Parker's got it all figured out. Hardison, her and Eliot were dating. She thinks the boys know this. This lands the trio in a bunch of misunderstandings. In the midst of this, Eliot has to deal with a threat to his team while keeping his darker side a secret.
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- Part 2 of Dog, Weapon, Human
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09 Sep 2025
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Please Please Please (Get Christopher the hell out of Texas) by Robin_Ur_House
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
12 Mar 2025
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“Abuela hit me” Christopher whispers over the phone.
And Buck Freezes.
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Christopher calls Buck after Abuela slaps him and Buck goes to pick him up from El Paso by any means necessary.
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12 Mar 2025
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27 Feb 2025
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Buck, 27
FirefighterWhat made me apply for Love is Blind? Uh, well, it's been a couple of months since my last serious relationship ended. Which was also my first serious relationship. But I feel like I'm ready for a real commitment. That, and one of my coworkers made me apply, so if this all goes wrong, blame Chimney.
Eddie, 28
FirefighterMy sisters actually applied for me. They said it wouldn't be like other dating shows, that's its meant to be like a science experiment. My wife- sorry, my ex-wife, still getting used to it, divorced me fairly recently. I want to get back in the dating pool, but it's hard when you're a single dad. I'd like to find a real connection, and somehow this seems preferable to having my tía set me up on dates with her friends’ daughters.
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Buck and Eddie meet on Love is Blind, and find themselves more drawn to each other than the women they're supposed to be falling in love with.Bookmarked by Aly93
30 Jan 2025
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Buffy's career is going nowhere, her love life is dead in the water and her roots are showing, but there's no time to spare on any of those problems: she's got a whole wedding to plan.
And that’s only before she decides to do the stupid thing.
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16 Aug 2024
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Buffy says, "The girl you loved didn't make it out of the ground."
Or: Buffy crawls out of her grave and remembers loving Spike. They just have to get back to where they were.
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- Part 3 of wouldn't it be nice?
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07 Jul 2024
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wouldn't it be nice? (in the kind of world where we belonged) by SummerFrost
Fandoms: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)
02 Jun 2021
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Spike is still beneath her, so hard he's vibrating, and a second ago she was living in this amazing, perfect, fresh piece of Dubble Bubble bubblegum world. A second ago, she loved him.
Or: The thing about Willow's will-be-done spell is that, yeah, obviously it sucks that it happened with Spike. But now that all those totally fake lovey-dovey feelings are gone, Buffy is starting to worry that she'll never get them back—with anyone. Too bad the only person who might understand is her mortal enemy.
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- Part 1 of wouldn't it be nice?
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07 Jul 2024
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nothing safe is worth the drive (follow you home) by SummerFrost
Fandoms: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)
16 Apr 2021
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Here's the deal: Buffy's got no idea how to beat Glory, or how they're gonna book it across the country in a moldy RV without anyone killing each other, especially now that someone broke one of the beds—and the thought of going home again kinda makes her wanna cry.
The one thing she knows is that Spike would follow her anywhere, even like this.
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21 Jun 2024
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Everything That's Meant by journeytogallifrey
Fandoms: Good Omens (TV), Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
27 Jul 2023
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When two unconventional lead actors are cast in the series adaptation of Agnes Nutter's Prophecies, sparks fly and new ground is broken.
Aziraphale Fell, classically trained and known for powerful biopics, yearns for a popular lead but is hindered by his brother's insistence that he stay in the closet. Anthony J. Crowley has perfected flashy, charismatic villains, but wonders if a hero will ever be on the cards for him.
With Aziraphale as the angel Raphael and Crowley as the demon Asmodeus, something feels... off. But a breakthrough during a late-night rehearsal sets into motion something greater than they ever dreamed. Now all they have to do is overcome nefarious producers, bigotry, and a set that seems to be haunted by all manner of spirits and curses - all while falling for each other in a way Crowley finds exhilarating and Aziraphale finds terrifying.
If they can survive it all, they'll come out the other side with the series of their career... and maybe even a chance at their own happily ever after.
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11 Jun 2024
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Goodbye to Everything That I Knew by My_Barbaric_Yawp
Fandoms: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)
23 Apr 2024
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When Dawn’s future at Revello Drive is in jeopardy, Buffy goes looking for a way to convince social services that all is well in the state of Summers. Cue a new truce with Spike in which our heroes learn how to love, live, and parent together while staying one step ahead of Dawnie, the Scoobies, and the government. It’s all fun and games until someone gets a ring involved.
Or, the Season Six Fake-Dating Fix-It that nobody asked for…
Entry for EF Truce 2023 Anniversary Event; AU Post Season 6x08, Tabula Rasa; Title from “Goodbye to You” by Michelle Branch; Phenomenal banner by cd85; Also graciously beta’d by cd85.
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- Part 7 of Yawp's Spuffy Fics
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14 Feb 2024
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Spike returns to Sunnydale and is looking for payback. That bitch ruined his life, 100 years thrown out the window because of a truce of only a few hours. So why can’t he kill her? A lust spell gone wrong or right? Picks up during Lovers Walk, but this time Willow convinces Xander to finish the de-lusting spell with unexpected results. Spike never went to the magic shop. Can lust lead to something deeper? **I do not own Buffy The Vampire Slayer** The story is mine but the characters are not.
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14 Feb 2024
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“In the event of their untimely death,” the lawyer tells him, “the McCallums listed you as the legal guardian of their daughter.”
Well. That doesn’t clear things up in the slightest. “They have a daughter?”
“Yes. Cassandra. She’s three.”
Before he’s even begun to process that, Buck blurts out, “And they chose me?”
In which Buck becomes the guardian of the daughter he never knew he had. Together, they discover what happiness truly means to them.
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- Part 1 of what a heart can do
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- 5/5
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02 Feb 2024
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“On Christmas Eve, if you eat Angel Cookies right before bed and then dream of your one true love, he will be your destiny.”
The Shurley clan sure believe their old family legend, but not Castiel James – not since he was a pudgy teenager, running down the church aisle on Christmas Day, trying to stop his very handsome and very straight teacher Dean Winchester from marrying someone else. He may be grown-up, well-toned, bestselling Young Adult’s book author “C. S. James” now, but Castiel will never forget that day. And he’ll never fall foolishly in love again, especially not for Dean Winchester.
But when the wish for a big family Christmas from his sick father brings him back home, Castiel has to confront his past. And not only that: a letter from a little fan from his home town is weighing heavy on his conscience. Reaching out to a troubled kid might endanger his secret identity. Adding to the problem is the shock of discovering that Dean is the little girl’s father – unattached and hotter than ever. Dean’s smile still makes Castiel melt, but Castiel knows that ship has sailed. The fact that Dean seems to be on board this time, however, doesn’t make it any easier for him.Series
- Part 1 of Angel Cookies
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18 Jan 2024
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Canon divergent after Something Blue, where Spike and Buffy somehow become friends and everyone's really weirded out by it.
And sometimes they do the graveyard smash.
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28 Dec 2023