11 Works by Chastened
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Over the course of their marriage, ambitious, calculating Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his equally ambitious, calculating husband Chasten have played the game of politics brilliantly, shattering glass ceilings with aplomb and securing a position for Pete at the highest levels of American government.
But maybe that won't be enough. Maybe they still want more.
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- Part 2 of Longest Way Round
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"Whit Sunday is a festival of the Christian Church commemorative of the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles. The etymology of the term has been strangely confused. It has been derived (a) from White Sunday, in supposed allusion to the white garments of the neophytes, as Whitsuntide was one of the two chief seasons for baptism; and (b) from Wytsonday, i.e., Wit, or Wisdom, Sunday, in reference to the outpouring of wisdom upon the apostles. But the real White Sunday is the octave of Easter, or Dominica in albis."
It's March 2015. During Lent, Chasten Glezman meets a stranger in Chicago.
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- Part 2 of Shroveverse
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Pete Buttigieg has been offered a cabinet position in the Biden administration. On a cold night in December, old friends reunite in Michigan to hear the news - and to learn what might come next.
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Doubts are discussed in some late-night texts.
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It's Tuesday, June 2, 2020. The year has turned into a high-stakes hellscape. In the midst of the chaos, Pete Buttigieg is about to clinch the Democratic nomination for President. The fulfillment of a lifelong dream is finally in sight, but...
Chasten never imagined it would go this way.
(A piece set in the Longest Way Round universe.)
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"He opens the front door. It’s heavy. It’s October. The days are shorter, darker: contracting. He goes outside and sits on the porch steps, waiting for him to come home."
An AU about Peter’s second deployment.
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"On Shrove Tuesday, many Christians make a special point of self-examination, of considering what wrongs they need to repent, and what amendments of life or areas of spiritual growth they especially need to ask God's help in dealing with."
It's February 2015. The day before Lent begins, Pete Buttigieg meets a stranger in Chicago.
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- Part 1 of Shroveverse
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Longest Way Round by Chastened
Fandoms: US Presidential Campaign, Political RPF - US 21st c.
12 Mar 2020
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Mayor Pete Buttigieg is headlining a historic long-shot campaign for president. But he's not the only one working hard to ensure that he wins the most important election in American history...no matter what it takes.
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- Part 1 of Longest Way Round
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Ambitious, calculating Mayor Pete Buttigieg never thought he could enjoy love and professional success simultaneously. But that all changes when he finds an equally ambitious boyfriend ready to calculate by his side.
(Bonus content, of a sort, from the Longest Way Round AU.)
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In his nightmares, Pete Buttigieg has already failed in every possible way. He choked on the campaign trail; his vanity run ensured a second term for Donald Trump; and, worst of all, his husband has rightfully left him for another, better man. On a cold spring day in 2021, Chasten calls to invite him to his new son's baptism. What else, Pete figures, does their broken love - and his broken self - have left to lose?
(A dream set in the Longest Way Round universe.)
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Mayor Pete Buttigieg has finally found true love...and it's squarer and shinier than he expected.