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“Rehearsal went well,” Gabin began, trying to bring a lightness to his tone, wanting to keep filling the silence with anything until the strange, tense air of the apartment faded around them. He moved to one of the cupboards, reaching to pull down two of the ceramic dinner bowls for once the pasta was finally finished. “Alain gave Chloé the solo, however, so she is already being insufferable. It’s good that Mishi won’t be here when-”
“Can we talk?" Tobias cut him off in a whisper. His eyebrows were pinched together, and he looked nervous, his fingers drumming against the counter top.
There was a heavy thump in Gabin's heart. He finished setting the second bowl down on the counter with a jolting movement, almost dropping it, the sound of ceramic hitting granite loud and harsh in the now otherwise silent apartment.
None of this was how Gabin had imagined his evening going.
“Oh.”
Tobias still wasn’t looking at him.
“Uh. Of course.”
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part 5 in a series of 5 ways gabin is surprised by tobias after they begin their relationship, featuring the end of the swap and tobias' inevitable move back to new york coming up on them
can be read as a standalone!!
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- Part 5 of i was picking you anyway
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“You do not need to worry about me,” Gabin shook his head, deflecting once more. His heartbeat was picking up once more because Gabin could feel the way that his resolve was breaking a little more with each second he stood here with Tobias. Gabin hadn’t known how easily he could break when faced with someone who really cared for him - he couldn’t remember the last time he had been.
“I always worry about you,” Tobias mumbled in return, eyes flickering over his face. “Especially when you show up three hours early and start crying in my arms.”
“I’m sorry,” Gabin said, voice barely above a whisper. If his fists clenched any tighter onto his boyfriend’s shirt, he might leave behind permanent imprints of his hands.
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part 4 in a series of 5 ways gabin is surprised by tobias after they begin their relationship, featuring gabin having an unexpected encouter and tobias learning about his past
can be read as a standalone!!
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- Part 4 of i was picking you anyway
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Tobias squinted down at the picture on Gabin’s phone, then let out a high pitched noise from the back of his throat.
“Where the hell did you get that?”
“Cheyenne sent it to me,” Gabin frowned.
Tobias rolled his eyes with a sigh, “Of course. I keep telling Nicholas to take that off his office wall. I think Jack puts it back up when I’m not there.”
“You do not like it?”
Tobias made a scrunched face at him, “Does anyone like looking at pictures of themself at 22?”
“Oh. So it is not because. . .” Gabin waved his hand a little, as if it would finish his sentence for him.
“Because what?” Tobias tilted his head.
Gabin faltered for a moment, glancing back down at the photo. Now that he was looking for it, he could see the second crutch leaned against the risers, mostly blocked by the man with curly hair - Jack.
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part 3 in a series of 5 ways gabin is surprised by tobias after they begin their relationship, featuring gabin learning how tobias' career as a choreographer came to be
can be read as a stand alone!
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- Part 3 of i was picking you anyway
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“Tobias,” Gabin began, hesitant. “May I ask. . . Other than when we met, you have never. . .”
Gabin bit his lip, trying to find the right words for what he wanted to say. Tobias didn’t react to him trailing off however, still staring at the tile floor of the hallway, moving the toe of his shoe back and forth over a black scuff mark.
“You always let me touch you,” Gabin eventually landed on, nowhere near an actual question, but the crux of it all nonetheless.
Tobias’ sneaker stilled, a quiet squeak ringing through the hallway as a result. Gabin swallowed down the thick feeling in his throat, watching as a few strands of Tobias’ soft hair separated from the others, falling in front of the choreographer’s face. Gabin’s hand twitched to reach out and brush them away.
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part 2 in a series of 5 ways gabin is surprised by tobias after they begin their relationship, featuring tobias being not quite as averse to touch as he seems - at least when it comes to gabin
can be read as a standalone!
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- Part 2 of i was picking you anyway
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That is what Tobias had said.
Sweetheart.
That is what Tobias had called him. Him.
Gabin was sweetheart.
Gabin didn’t think he’d ever been called sweetheart in his life. Hell, he didn’t think he’d ever been called any pet name before. Certainly not by his mother, and not by any of his exes - boyfriends or hookups alike.
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Gabin was nothing anyone would ever deign to call sweet.
Anyone who wasn’t Tobias Bell, apparently.
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part 1 in a series of 5 ways gabin is surprised by tobias after they begin their relationship, featuring tobias using a pet name for gabin and gabin losing his mind over it
can be read as a standalone!
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- Part 1 of i was picking you anyway
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Matt Murdock and Foggy Nelson are both professors to Columbia Law students. It's well known among students that both are fantastic professors and brilliant lawyers. Students that have Professor Nelson are subjected to quite a bit of his life story and know that he's married, has two kids, and basically everything else anyone could want to know about him. Students that have Professor Murdock know a total of three things: his name is Matt Murdock, he's blind, and he's married. And they only know that last one because of the wedding band on his finger. It's not uncommon for students to have both Professors Nelson and Murdock over their time as law students, and usually students have them multiple times. It is, however, rare that students have both professors at the same time. A lucky group of six are in class with both this semester, one class right after the other. If they're lucky, these six may earn some new insight into both professors.
or, a 5+1 fic with five instances of students thinking that professors Murdock and Nelson had a strange relationship and one instance in which they finally figured it out
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this game of life (plays heavy on my heart) by isnt_that_wizard
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
20 Feb 2025
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“You are injured,” Edwin observed aloud.
“Always am, mate,” Charles huffed, then brought a hand to his ribs where a jolt of pain shot through him. Part of him hoped Edwin would just leave it at that today.
For how close they were in their positions on the plush bed, Edwin was still putting too much distance between them again. He always did, when he could suss out that Charles had fresh bruises or cuts, as though he was scared that even the lightest touch would hurt Charles more.
Even if it did, Charles knew it would be a pain that he would gladly endure as long as it was Edwin who was touching him.
“What happened?”
“Fell down the stairs,” Charles breathed out slowly, trying to keep up what little pretense he had left.
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Or, a modern/alive AU in which the boys are home from school for the summer and Edwin is Charles’ sanctuary when he needs an escape from being home with his father.
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"I can feel the way everyone is staring at me," Crystal said only a little louder, a blush high on her cheeks.
"Perhaps it is your outfit," Edwin smirked. Crystal's reaction was immediate, elbowing him hard in the stomach, but there was a smile forming on her face that Edwin took pride in.
"Dick. . . But hey, at least I won't look fucking insane talking to a demon only I can see this time."
Edwin hummed, "Well, the night is young."
Crystal groaned, grabbing his wrist, "God, please don't tempt fate."
Edwin withdrew his wrist from her grip, instead placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Rest assured, should any demons appear, I have an exorcism ritual on hand."
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When Crystal's parents ask her to attend one of their art installation events, she becomes incredibly stressed and anxious at the idea of running into people from her old life, and she'd really rather not have to attend the event alone. Niko is visiting her mom, though, and Charles is too busy with a project in his magic bag. Luckily, though unexpected, Edwin offers to accompany her. The outcome isn't exactly what either of them anticipated.
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Maybe It's Time to Feel Trusting Again by isnt_that_wizard
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
06 Feb 2025
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"This isn't a good idea."
"Charles. . . We have talked about this."
Charles shook his head, "I don't care. We can't- I can't. . . What if something happens?"
"It won't."
"You don't know that."
Edwin was giving him a saddened look. He hated that. Edwin wasn't supposed to be sad because of him.
"I'm sorry," he mumbled, practically on instinct. Edwin just shook his head, taking a step closer. When he held out a hand, Charles was helpless to do anything but take it, sucking in a deep, unnecessary breath as Edwin intertwined their fingers.
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Charles has been doing better with trusting that he and Edwin are safe since the events in Port Townsend, but it hasn't been easy for either of them. Edwin is trying his best to get Charles to relax and take some time to rest before he burns out yet again, but it's proving to be more of a challenge than either of them anticipated to heal from everything that happened.
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When Edwin turned to look at Charles, the other was already looking at him, a smile playing on his lips.
Edwin furrowed his brow.
"What?" he questioned, shifting in his desk chair, sitting up a little straighter. But Charles just smiled wider in response, scooching from his usual spot on the edge of the desk so he was closer to Edwin.
Edwin swallowed as Charles leaned in, that ridiculous, gorgeous smile getting closer to him. Edwin bit his lip, trying to hide his own smile that was growing to match.
"Stop that," he mumbled.
Charles had one hand resting on the opposite side of the desk from where he was sitting, supporting himself as he was now leaned so far into Edwin's space their faces were only inches apart. Charles only raised an expectant eyebrow in response to Edwin's weak, non-committal protest, fully aware of the way Edwin so easily melted under that gaze of his. Fully aware of how convincing his smile truly was.
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a sweet moment between the boys while they're in between cases <3
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I Turned Back One Last Time (just to prove you were there) by isnt_that_wizard
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
09 Jun 2024
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Since they'd fallen out of hell, the Night Nurse slamming the door on the awful baby doll demon behind them, Charles had been itching to touch Edwin. And it wasn't like his usual touch-oriented personality just wishing to have some sort of contact. He could control that easily enough after all this time.
No, this was something different.
This felt like a desperation. A need to be in Edwin's personal space, to keep his hands on him. He wanted to wrap his best friend in a hug and never let go, he wanted to sit as close as possible as they heard a new case. He wanted to take Niko’s place as she grabbed Edwin's hand to drag him to watch another one of her shows. He wanted to tuck Edwin against him as they sat on the couch. He would wrap an arm around Crystal and wish it was Edwin, who was merely across the room.
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After Hell, Charles is terrified of letting Edwin out of his reach for fear that he might get taken away again. He is, of course, being very subtle in his attempts to keep Edwin close.
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a series of moments when charles can't stop touching edwin to remind himself that he's real and safe, until it all finally catches up to him and he snaps
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Thief in the Night (steal the chill from my bones) by isnt_that_wizard for zendrella
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
09 Sep 2023
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He shook his head. “Not those. The good one. The light blue one with the hole in the cuff and the stain on the hood from Nora splashing beer on me. My blue one.”
It was his favorite one. He’d gotten it in his freshman year of college. It fit just right in a way that none of the others did, like a hug. That one had gotten him through countless all-nighters in campaign offices, midterms, finals, sleepovers with Nora and June, everything. It had gotten him through a sexuality crisis when Henry had kissed him on New Year’s Eve. It was comfortable and familiar and warm.
And he couldn’t fucking find it.
“I brought it with to Texas, and now I can’t find it.”
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Amidst everything else going on in his head after Henry leaves him at the lake house, Alex has searched high and low for his favorite, light blue hoodie with absolutley no luck. He lost it, and he lost Henry, and he's not processing either one well. In pain and so mad at Henry, there's a chill in his bones that hasn't gone away since he realized the hoodie is gone.
When he flies across an ocean to yell at Henry and tell him he loves him, he might just be able to get both of them back.
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I Will Hold You Tight (and i won't let go) by isnt_that_wizard
Fandoms: Young Royals (TV 2021)
06 Jul 2023
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As they settled into their seats at the table left of Wille, Walter leaned over, asking, "Is everything okay with Simon?"
Wille's brow furrowed and he looked in confusion to his friend. Even though he hadn't talked to Simon yet this morning, his boyfriend hadn't mentioned anything wrong when they'd been texting last night.
At the prince's confused look, Walter went on to explain, "I saw him out by the lockers, and he seemed. . . like, really stressed."
Henry popped his head around his best friend, nodding in confirmation as he added, "Yeah, man. He kinda looked like he was gonna puke."
Wille opened and shut his mouth, not sure how to respond to the two. He just shook his head in response, knowing his face was conveying how confused he felt.
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When Simon shows up to school distracted, distraught, and clearly anxious about something, Wille isn't sure what to think. He's even more confused about Simon's clear reluctance to talk about it. Eventually, Simon opens up and Wille learns more about Simon's past - namely, his father.
PART OF A SERIES - can be read as standalone but not recommended
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He opens his eyes again, knowing that when he looks back to his best friend they are wet and teary, when Buck weakly tangles their fingers together and squeezes.
He's not anywhere near being back to his full strength yet, but to Eddie it's the most grounding touch he's had since the lightning struck.
“Buck, if you had died, you would have taken me with you.”
He didn’t look Buck in the eye when he said it. How could he? It was the deepest, darkest truth that had been swirling in his head from the second he’d heard them shout that Buck was unresponsive. It was the most vulnerable thing Eddie had ever said to his best friend. Buck had watched him break down when Shannon died, had heard every thought and concern and decision making process for raising Christopher, listened to Eddie’s quiet whispers of things he didn’t say to anyone else, kept him together when he emotionally snapped and destroyed his own bedroom. Buck knew Eddie inside and out in a way no one ever had before.
But this?
This was his entire soul truly laid bare for Buck to see.
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Eddie makes a few confessions to get Buck to truly understand how important he is.
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"We had a deal. Two years and then-"
"Things change."
"Nothing has changed! You have a duty to the Crown. You have a duty to the Swedish people. That is where your priorities need to lie. You are the Crown Prince. You cannot disregard that for some- some childish outburst based on a teenage fallacy."
"How can you say that to him?" Simon exclaimed, and everyone in the room's eyes snapped to him. He heard Wille suck in a breath next to him, and he could see out of the corner of his gaze how wide Wille's eyes had gone. Simon didn't turn to look at him, though he took a step closer. His eyes remained fixed on the woman in front of him. The thought that he was interrupting the Queen of Sweden was the least of his worries right now. What was his worry was that he could see how Wille was physically shrinking under her sharp gaze, could see how the confidence Wille had spoken with only minutes ago was waning.
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In the direct aftermath of Wille's speech, Simon and Wille just want some time to be together. When Wille's mother comes stroming into the room, Simon has some things to say to the Queen regarding her treatment of Wille.
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- Part 4 of young royals season 2 my beloved
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"You were singing it for the jubilee!" Wille finally managed to defend himself. "You said Hillerska in the song. How was I supposed to figure out you were singing about me? How would anyone have known that?"
Simon giggled again, shaking his head. The motions of his body went all the way down to his fingers, which played a few stray notes on the piano. Wille loved how when Simon laughed, truly and fully, he did it with everything he had. It was so contagious; even as he was being made fun of, he couldn't help the smile blooming across his face.
"Wille. . ." Simon smiled. "Sweetheart, I'm pretty sure everyone knew the song was about you."
Wille could practically see the blue screen error message in front of his eyes.
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this is just an excuse to write simon teasing wille about not realizing the song was about him, after things have calmed down and they just get to be happy. basically, they're ridiculously in love with each other
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- Part 1 of young royals season 2 my beloved
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Wille ended with a smile, a teasing glint in his eye, but Simon couldn't return it. His eyes were still fixed on the bruise standing out starkly against Wille's pale skin. Hesitantly, Simon reached out, but he stopped himself before he made contact with the injury.
“God, Wille, this looks awful.”
“It looks worse than it actually is,” Wille shrugged.
Simon wanted to protest, but held himself back beyond the shake of a head. Instead, he moved onto the question that had been plaguing his mind since Wille had sat up.
“What the hell happened?”
Wille bit his lip, looking away from Simon and down at his lap.
“Nothing. I promise it’s fine.”
“Wille, if you were hiding it, it’s obviously something.”
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When Simon notices a bruise on Wille's shoulder, he's determined to figure out where it came from, despite Wille's secrecy about it. When he pushes the subject, Wille admits it happened during gym class. Simon comes to the realization of when Wille would have gotten hurt during gym.
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set post season 2, simon and wille have a talk about what happened during the dodgeball game
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- Part 3 of young royals season 2 my beloved
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“D’you know that the last thing I ever said to Erik was that he was annoying?”
“What?”
Wilhelm didn’t look over. His fingers played with the edge of the workbook on his lap. He hadn’t been reading it for close to half an hour now. It was just sitting in his crossed legs, open to a page about the biological structure of plants. It was just a prop, painting an image of what Wille was supposed to be doing, just like everything else in his life seemed to be.
He gave a humorless laugh, nodding his head, “Yeah. That was. . . That was the last thing I told him. He was. . . It was Parents’ Day. He was- Erik had been making fun of me for having a crush. And I told him he was annoying, and then I hung up. I don’t remember if I even said an actual goodbye.”
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With everything going on, Wille hasn't taken a moment to properly grieve Erik or what he lost when his brother died. After the shattering of his frog prince snow globe, the grief is finally beginning to catch up to him. He thinks about how his and Erik's last conversation went and can't help but wonder what Erik would think of him now. He thinks of the mess his life has become and just desperately misses his brother.
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- Part 2 of young royals season 2 my beloved
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If I Was Dying On My Knees (you would be the one to rescue me) by isnt_that_wizard
Fandoms: Young Royals (TV 2021)
01 Oct 2022
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When Wille was a kid, he used to spend all the time he could in Erik’s room. Unless their parents or tutors or whoever it was telling him he had-to-do-something-and-had-to-do-it-now physically pulled him away, the chances were that if Erik was in his bedroom, Wille had followed him in. There were times when Erik would be the one to kick him out, of course, but his older brother was usually kind enough to entertain young Wilhelm’s clinginess, sibling worship, and fascination with a room that was not his own.
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Wille has a bad day, dealing with sensory issues and mental exhaustion, and while home for the weekend, he takes comfort in Erik's room.
note: this follows a series in which Erik is alive, but this can be read as a standalone
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Fix What I've Broken ('cause i need you) by isnt_that_wizard
Fandoms: Young Royals (TV 2021)
16 Sep 2022
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As soon as the phone connected, Erik asked, “What happened, Simon?”
His voice was far gentler than he felt at the moment.
Apparently part of being a good big brother also meant adopting Wilhelm’s boyfriend as another brother figure in his life.
And who was he kidding, he loved Simon dearly.
“You’re brother’s an asshole, that’s what happened,” Simon’s voice came through on the other side of the line, sounding harsh.
Erik blinked, “Well. Alright, then.”
Simon huffed, and Erik could hear him shuffling around a little bit.
“We got into an argument.”
“Ah,” Erik let out, resisting the urge to sigh again.
“Yeah.”
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When Wille and Simon get into their first fight as a couple, Erik finds himself caught in between both angry, petty teenagers. If that wasn't cause enough for a headache, he can't seem to actually get either one to tell him what the fight is even about.
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cont. of my YR Erik Lives series in which we see Simon and Wille's relationship up and downs from the POV of the crown prince
can be read without the other parts, but check beginning notes for some helpful info!
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