15 Bookmarks by mansfield
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"In the end, Syd not only wound up leaving The Bear, she wound up leaving the country as well". OR an overwhelmed Syd runs away to Italy, and Carmy follows her.
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18 Oct 2025
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When Carmy’s piece of shit father finally dies, the news doesn’t come through family. It’s through a lawyer. An older man with a painter’s brush mustache, a Saint Laurent checkered cashmere suit, and a Chopard on his wrist. The inheritance is clear, his ill-gotten estate is to be split between his remaining biological children. The only issue is the two clauses to the hefty windfall heading their way.
One - If any sibling can’t meet the standards of the clause, the other siblings can not share their inheritance or they forfeit their own.
Two - They must be legally married for at least one year before receiving their share.
When Carmy can see the dreams he’d be able to make a reality with that cash fade away he’d blurted out that he was engaged without thinking. Engaged to Sydney. The only issue with Carmy’s grand plan was Sydney hadn’t spoke to him since he left The Bear. Almost two years ago.
Written for SydCarmy Week 2025 - Day Four | Fake Dating
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Sydney had thought that once she finally gave Shapiro her answer, things would finally fall into place. The restaurant was finally making a (small) profit, her dish got rave reviews, the team was settling into their own respective roles, nobody had quit in over two months, and Marcus' nomination was only the cherry on top.
For the first time, she'd let herself believe that everything was going to be okay. She could finally see the light at the end of this long and strenuous tunnel.
And then Pete called.
And the news hit her hard. Like that light at the end of the tunnel was actually just a train coming straight to hit her.
Now the whole thing feels like a nightmare she can't wake up from.
She stares down at her prep notes, trying to concentrate, but it's like her brain can't focus on anything. All she can think about is this place without Carmy in it and how wrong it'll feel without him.
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Following the season finale, Sydney continues to struggle with Carmy's decision to leave The Bear. Meanwhile, Carmy is determined to hold his promise to pay off the restaurant's debt before time runs out, all while trying to repair his relationship with Sydney.Series
- Part 2 of a sunday kind of love
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09 Oct 2025
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A month, six months, a year, and three years after the events of season 4.
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- 4/4
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01 Jul 2025
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The first day after he left The Bear, Carmen took up running.
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30 Jun 2025
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Set after the finale of S4. Carmy and Syd start over and start living. A series of interrelated ficlets that explore my feelings about their relationship post S4.
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29 Jun 2025
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Mystery Work
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This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!
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29 Jun 2025
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: of the same kind or nature : very much alike- Words:
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25 May 2025
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With a child, two restaurants and enough resentment to fill the Chicago River, Sydney and Carmy realize that the love they once had may not be enough to sustain the lives they now live.
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23 Apr 2025
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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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- English
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05 Apr 2025
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To come alive at night, to die in the morning by Cosmicserenity
Fandoms: The Bear (TV 2022)
08 Oct 2025
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Sydney receives a hard blow after being friends-with-benefits with Carmy for three months.
A twelve part, canon-divergent fic that takes place somewhere in late season 1/ early season 2.
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15 Jan 2025
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All This Nothing (Has Meant More to Me Than So Many Somethings) by turbulenthandholding
Fandoms: The Bear (TV 2022)
26 Dec 2024
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Post-season 3 You've Got Mail-inspired Advent Fic. With a good enough review, Jimmy gave them until the end of the year to save The Bear; Carmy and Syd have one month left to manage it. Carmy turns to Reddit for advice and makes a new friend.
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27 Dec 2024
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It’s something he does often when they cuddle like this, a habit he does with little thought and one that Sydney has become used to, just as she has become used to all the ways Carmy can be soft and touch-y despite his rough exterior, his ragged edges, after a couple of years together. But on this occasion the gesture causes Sydney to freeze, an unbidden thought occurring to her.
She’s late.
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Or: Sydney gets some unexpected news and does some reflecting on her mother, motherhood, and so much more.
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22 Dec 2024
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Forever, as it turns out, is 8 years, 7 months, 276 days, 21 hours, and 43 seconds.
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01 Aug 2024
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Chicago. New York. A little girl named Bee, two successful restaurants, and a failed marriage.
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12 Jul 2024