anxiety_croissant
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What do I do with all this love that's running through my veins for you? by anxiety_croissant for turbulenthandholding
Fandoms: The Bear (TV 2022)
18 Nov 2025
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Things at The Bear are fine after Carmy left months ago to find himself. Good, even. Syd is doing fine. She isn't talking to him, because that's how she wanted it. She asked him to go ahead and leave, which he did. It's good. She just doesn't want to hear Carmy updates from anyone, ok?
She also needs a break, right? She has a few days off, and she's definitely just going to Boston to eat seafood, walk around, and have lunch with distant cousins she doesn't even really like. There's no other reason. It's certainly not because she overheard that a certain chef is there, working on houses.
What happens when Syd finds out that Carmy has worn one of her scarves every day for the entire time he's been gone?
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Would you always? Maybe Sometimes? Make It Easy? Take your Time? by anxiety_croissant
Fandoms: The Bear (TV 2022)
30 Sep 2025
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Months after Syd left The Bear, she owes one last favor to Cicero. Roped into it before she handed in her notice, she has one last event to cater with Carmy. After a tense evening, Carmy and Syd are in the middle of cleanup. Hauling things down the service elevator, they get stuck. After talking with an unhelpful attendant, they figure out that they're in for a long wait. And things between them? They're bad.
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Oooooh, like green is yellow and blue... You and me, Me and you by anxiety_croissant
Fandoms: The Bear (TV 2022)
06 Jun 2025
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This story has been in my drafts for ages, and I probably have the first three chapters written already. The story is simple; what would happen if Richie gives Carmy a real cocktail instead of a mocktail after service one night? Richie knows the secret of why Carmy doesn't drink. It's not because of family trauma. It's not because he's a recovering alcoholic. It's not because of interactions with medication he takes. It's because he gets chatty and flirty when he drinks even a little bit. This is meant to be lighthearted, but if reading about someone spiking a friend's drink triggers you, please skip this one!
Thanks as always to my bestie @turbulenthandholding for reminding me that this story was so far along and for everything else, too!
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Get ready for a gapers' delay if you're heading down Sheridan Road, folks! (Find an alternate route if you can) by anxiety_croissant, turbulenthandholding
Fandoms: The Bear (TV 2022)
03 Jan 2025
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“Carmy, sorry but… this is the first day off we’ve both had in weeks, and I got Lisa to trade shifts with me so I could spend time with you. I never see you anymore,” Claire complained, sighing softly. “I know The Bear is important to you, but like, we’re important, too. Right?”
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It’s Late in the Day (I’m Thinking of You) by anxiety_croissant for turbulenthandholding
Fandoms: The Bear (TV 2022)
12 Nov 2024
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It’s Halloween and let’s just pretend the restaurant is closed, ok? Syd visits her mom at the cemetery. And whose grave is near Syd’s mom’s? Yeah. Mikey’s.
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Just Try to Stay Out of Your Own Way, Maybe? by anxiety_croissant
Fandom The Bear (TV 2022)
20 Apr 2024
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“I need to get red in the face,” Connor said, and Hudson remembered that he’d said something like that before.
“Okay?”
“Cause we’ve been at it for a while, yeah? Like, they finally have time. And Shane’s all loose because they’ve been fucking so much. So I figure this is one of those marathon, hours-long edging situations, where Ilya’s been holding off for so long, just inside Shane, barely moving, keeping them both worked up.”
“Right,” Hudson said faintly. “One of those.”Bookmarked by anxiety_croissant
01 May 2026
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Shane should be here right now, should be in Ilya’s house. Ilya should be teasing him about being picky while going through delivery options for food on his phone. Shane should be discovering that Ilya has ginger ale in the fridge and the protein bars Shane mentioned liking in an interview in his pantry. He should be making out with Shane on the couch, sneaking a hand into his pants, teasing him about whether they can beat the deliveryman and arrive before he does. Shane was supposed to spend the night tonight, the Montreal team not set to leave until tomorrow afternoon because of potential bad weather in the morning. Shane should be fed and showered and ready to curl up in bed with Ilya tonight.
But Shane is in a hospital.And Ilya is here.
He pulls up Jane in his phone again. He presses call.
“Hey, you’ve reached Shane Hollander-”
Ilya closes his eyes and lets Shane’s voice roll over him.
(canon divergence in which shane getting injured happens during a game in boston) (...which means shane then gets to go home with ilya to recover)
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01 May 2026
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standing on the edge, closing my eyes by Ceselle1024, puzzlepuppy, sutherlins for turbulenthandholding
Fandoms: The Bear (TV 2022)
30 Apr 2026
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Carmy takes Syd to the top of Sears Tower to conquer her fear of heights, amongst other things...
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unsportsmanlike conduct by sohardtosay
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
26 Apr 2026
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“When you’re with her,” Ilya continues, voice rough and breathless, “and she does fuck all for you no matter how hard you close your eyes, do you try to angle your hand so she brushes up on the scar? Do you do everything you can to remember it exists? Am I there with you, Hollander? Always?”
Shane wants to touch him—so he does the only thing he’s allowed to do.
He throws the first punch.
Or: After Shane and Ilya's first on-ice fight sends the media into a frenzy, the league forces them to date to control the narrative.
Bookmarked by anxiety_croissant
29 Apr 2026
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Not In That Way by Thelibrarian (Wadjilicious)
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
15 Apr 2026
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The first note was recorded at 2:13 a.m. in a Boston kitchen, three nights after Las Vegas. Ilya told himself it was a one-time thing.
He made a second one the next evening.
This is the archive of everything Ilya Rozanov said to Shane Hollander in a language Shane doesn't speak, in files Shane was never supposed to hear... and what happens when one of them finally gets sent.Series
- Part 1 of In Every Sense
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Bookmarked by anxiety_croissant
27 Apr 2026