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• We Hate Each Other (And Other Lies) by Artiesile for bennyboyTallmadge, Calimera, amadeussss9, GR8REDDRAGON, chimkinsoup, FearlessJones, strawberriesandtophats, JustPaulInHere, badmoonontherise, KleeBentz, rumbleroahr, Barry_101

  Fandoms: Conclave (2024), Conclave - Robert Harris  

  • Mature
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  13 Apr 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Vincent Benítez/Thomas Lawrence (Conclave)
  • Vincent Benítez (Conclave)
  • Thomas Lawrence (Conclave)
  • Original Characters
  • Fan's POV
  • Actors AU
  • They pretend to dislike each other
  • Fluff and Humor
  • Happy Ending
  • lawrenitez

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  2,790

  Chapters:

  1/?

  Comments:

  15

  Kudos:

  38

  Bookmarks:

  4

  Hits:

  208

• Dear Lord Wetherby by Artiesile for bennyboyTallmadge, Calimera

  Fandoms: Conclave (2024), Conclave - Robert Harris  

  • General Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  02 Mar 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Vincent Benítez/Thomas Lawrence (Conclave)
  • Vincent Benítez (Conclave)
  • Thomas Lawrence (Conclave)
  • Aldo Bellini (Conclave)
  • lawrenitez
  • Falling In Love
  • Thomas isn't a cardinal
  • thomas is a prince
  • Prince/pope AU
  • Old Age
  • Self-Hatred
  • Internalized Homophobia
  • Internal Conflict
  • Existential Crisis
  • Mutual Pining
  • Love Letters
  • Epistolary
  • Love Confessions
  • POV Thomas Lawrence
  • POV Vincent Benítez
  • Rating May Change

  Summary

  What if Thomas and Vincent never met during the Conclave because Thomas isn't a priest but a high rank british aristocrat ? Here's the Prince/Pope AU no one asked for !

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  3,085

  Chapters:

  1/?

  Comments:

  32

  Kudos:

  71

  Bookmarks:

  8

  Hits:

  411

• Hard shell, soft heart by Artiesile for bennyboyTallmadge

  Fandoms: Conclave (2024), Conclave - Robert Harris  

  • General Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  04 Jan 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Vincent Benítez/Thomas Lawrence (Conclave)
  • Vincent Benítez (Conclave)
  • Thomas Lawrence (Conclave)
  • Aldo Bellini (Conclave)
  • Raymond O'Malley (Conclave)
  • Giulio Sabbadin (Conclave)
  • Goffredo Tedesco (Conclave)
  • John the turtle - Character
  • Original Female Character(s)
  • lawrenitez
  • Angst
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • Thomas is changed into a turtle
  • Old Age
  • Self-Hatred
  • Internalized Homophobia
  • Gay Catholic Guilt
  • Existential Crisis
  • pain idealization
  • Self-Harm
  • Mutual Pining
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Devotion
  • Falling In Love
  • mortification of the flesh
  • Turtles

  Summary

  Thomas wakes up in the body of a turtle. Deep stress ensues.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  9,977

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Collections:

  1

  Comments:

  27

  Kudos:

  92

  Bookmarks:

  13

  Hits:

  655

• Faithful to the end by Artiesile for Juniperly, strangepremonition

  Fandoms: Conclave (2024), Conclave - Robert Harris  

  • General Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  10 Sep 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Vincent Benítez/Thomas Lawrence (Conclave)
  • Aldo Bellini & Thomas Lawrence (Conclave)
  • Aldo Bellini & Vincent Benítez (Conclave)
  • Aldo Bellini & Raymond O'Malley
  • Aldo Bellini (Conclave)
  • Thomas Lawrence (Conclave)
  • Vincent Benítez (Conclave)
  • Raymond O'Malley (Conclave)
  • Goffredo Tedesco (Conclave)
  • One-Sided Attraction
  • One-Sided Relationship
  • Aldo loves Thomas
  • but Thomas see him just as his bestfriend
  • Sad
  • Angst
  • So much angst
  • Eventual Happy Ending
  • Aldo needs a hug
  • Aldo needs to work on stuff
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • Catholic Guilt
  • Catholicism
  • Internalized Homophobia
  • Friendship
  • Character Study
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Yearning
  • Longing
  • Grief/Mourning
  • nobody dies Aldo just need to cope that Thomas will never be his
  • lawrenitez in the background
  • lawrellini
  • Implied/Referenced Homophobia

  Summary

  Aldo realizes after the conclave that he has lost much more than the position of Pope, someone has taken Thomas's heart and it is not him.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  10,341

  Chapters:

  2/?

  Comments:

  34

  Kudos:

  70

  Bookmarks:

  17

  Hits:

  1,121

• I'm good at waiting (even if it's for nothing) by Artiesile for willow_trees_bloom

  Fandoms: Conclave (2024)  

  • General Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  25 Aug 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Aldo Bellini/Thomas Lawrence (Conclave)
  • Aldo Bellini (Conclave)
  • Thomas Lawrence (Conclave)
  • lawrellini
  • Angst
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • Light Angst
  • Unrequited Love
  • decades of one side love
  • Mention of Eating Disorders
  • Aldo is a cat person
  • POV Aldo Bellini (Conclave)
  • Love Confessions
  • Declarations Of Love
  • Love Letters

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  818

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Collections:

  1

  Comments:

  4

  Kudos:

  29

  Hits:

  233