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• i left the world to sunshine and to me. by esquiremirrorgem

  Fandoms: The Velvet Underground  

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

  28 Jan 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • John Cale/Lou Reed
  • John Cale (The Velvet Underground)
  • Lou Reed
  • not about heroin injection for once
  • possibly the opposite
  • and
  • Alcohol
  • More tags to be added

  Summary

  four years, four songs, and the four conversations that inspired them

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  2,002

  Chapters:

  1/4

  Comments:

  3

  Kudos:

  3

  Hits:

  30

• love me and i will be your friend by esquiremirrorgem

  Fandoms: The Velvet Underground  

  • Mature
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  27 Jun 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • John Cale/Lou Reed
  • John Cale (The Velvet Underground)
  • Lou Reed
  • Drug Use

  Summary

  lou tries not to fantasize

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,234

  Chapters:

  2/2

  Comments:

  2

  Kudos:

  11

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  105

• cure my heart by esquiremirrorgem

  Fandoms: The Velvet Underground  

  • Mature
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  08 Jan 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • John Cale/Lou Reed
  • John Cale (The Velvet Underground)
  • Lou Reed
  • Drug Use
  • Stream of Consciousness
  • Canon-Typical Sexism
  • Canon-Typical Morbid Humor

  Summary

  "It was an intimate experience..."

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  649

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  4

  Kudos:

  10

  Hits:

  134