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   a proof for living by acedera

   Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   23 Oct 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Canvas Verso Dessendre/Gustave
   • Lune/Sciel but it's more in the background for this fic
   • Canvas Verso Dessendre
   • Gustave (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
   • Maelle | Alicia Dessendre
   • Lune (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
   • Sciel (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
   • Monoco (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Gustave Lives (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Bittersweet
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Existential Crisis
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • imposter syndrome
   • Body Horror
   • Elements of cosmic horror
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Blood and Injury
   • Found Family
   • Sibling Love
   • During Canon
   • Post-Canon
   • covering from the ending of Act I through Act III and a little beyond
   • multiple POVs
   • primarily Verso and Gustave but also importantly Maelle
   • Getting to Know Each Other
   • Strangers to Friends to Lovers
   • Slow Burn
   • like really slow guys
   • think of that meme where the first kiss is at the end of the third book
   • but I promise to make it worth your while
   • Mutual Pining
   • No AI Zone
   • Updated tags:
   • Immolation
   • Loss of Limbs
   • Pre-Canon
   • just a little as a terrible little treat
   • Disassociation
   • Character Study
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Panic Attacks

   Summary

   It was not the Lumière of her childhood to which she had returned, and it never would be again. How could it? After everything they had gone through? Too much had changed.

   The city. The world.

   Her.

   Some scars simply could not—should not—be painted over. Not even with all the power to shape creation’s design at your beck and call.

   They would remain, but so would you.

   —

   or: With Gustave's help, Verso learns to let go.

   // a canon divergent exploration of what it means to be alive and the reasons we find to continue. tomorrow comes.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   53,759

   Chapters:

   6/?

   Comments:

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   Bookmarked by RmpSpark

   10 Aug 2025

   Bookmarker's Collections:

   • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

   Bookmarker's Notes

   Expedition 33 verstave must read