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   kick at the darkness 'till it bleeds daylight by irish_urn

   Fandom: Life with Derek

   • Explicit, Mature, Teen And Up Audiences
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M, Gen
   • Series in Progress

   01 Sep 2025

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Casey McDonald/Derek Venturi
   • Sally/Derek Venturi
   • Casey McDonald
   • Derek Venturi
   • Nora McDonald
   • George Venturi
   • Edwin Venturi
   • Lizzie McDonald
   • Marti Venturi
   • Evie Devon (OC)
   • June Woolridge (OC)
   • James Tucker (OC)
   • Ashley Blystone (OC)
   • Jordan Gallop (OC)
   • Sam Richards (Life With Derek)
   • Simon McDonald-Venturi
   • Ralph Papadapolis
   • Emily Davis (Life with Derek)
   • Abby (Life With Derek)
   • Jeremy Chisholm (OC)
   • Paul Greebie
   • Queen's University
   • college fic
   • Established Relationship
   • Family Drama
   • Musicals
   • POV Alternating
   • Domestic Fluff
   • That Awful Summer
   • Mutual Pining
   • Secret Relationship
   • sometimes you gotta talk to one another
   • Car rides
   • makeout sessions
   • Angst
   • Fluff
   • Humor
   • Alcohol
   • (they're responsible about their alcohol but wanted to tag just in case)
   • Drabbles
   • the moments not seen in the main story
   • basically the deleted scenes
   • Sappy
   • other characters mentioned but they aren't allowed to speak
   • The Princess Bride - Freeform
   • Marriage Proposal
   • Couch Cuddles
   • Poetry
   • summer loving; had me a blast
   • this is so self-indulgent
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • others are mentioned but this is solely a dasey affair
   • derek's mommy issues
   • casey's daddy issues
   • they're a mess but at least they're messy together
   • Parental Disapproval
   • Derek POV
   • Love Letters
   • casey has a fancy pen with good ink flow and she's gonna use it
   • Long-Distance Relationship
   • very tasteful smut
   • summertime and summer naps
   • Evie Devon (OC) - Freeform
   • Ashley Blystone (OC) - Freeform
   • the others are here too but they don't speak
   • Semi-Public Sex
   • Dirty Dancing
   • casey and derek have both been drinking but they're not like drunk-drunk
   • Married Life
   • Pregnancy
   • they literally hang out in a bathtub and communicate
   • because as we all know i have a communication kink
   • Therapy
   • there are so so many ocs here and i would apologize except that i love them all
   • Derek-centric
   • this is literally all about derek venturi and his relationship with other people
   • which he would love except that it's also about therapy which he hates
   • Negative Self Talk
   • derek is not the most politically correct person; what can i say?
   • college dasey days
   • derek is basically elle woods; i'm sorry i don't make the rules

   Summary

   🎶When you're lovers in a dangerous time
   Sometimes you're made to feel as if your love's a crime
   Nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight
   Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight.🎶

   aka: a big ol' Derek & Casey in college and beyond fic.

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   23 Sep 2025