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Even after going through the Hells and back, some personal Hells are only just beginning, disguised as lucrative opportunities for talented prodigies.
[PERMANENT HIATUS]
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05 Aug 2026
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Meus, Mío, Maal-e man, Mine by bennyboyTallmadge
Fandoms: Conclave (2024), Conclave - Robert Harris
08 Nov 2025
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Vincent Benítez considers himself an undemanding and humble man. Terms like envy, jealousy, and possessiveness are foreign concepts to him. Every rule, however, needs an exception. And that exception is Thomas Lawrence, Dean of the College of Cardinals and recently appointed Papal Advisor.
Or: Thomas has a major glow-up after entering a relationship with Vincent. Unfortunately, Vincent isn't the only one noticing. And even though he'd never doubt his loyalty, he just needs to make sure that Thomas is his, and only his.
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07 Nov 2025
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Vincent happens upon the framed photo of a young Thomas Lawrence and has a lot of feelings about it.
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29 Sep 2025
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Through an unfortunate sequence of events, Thomas Lawrence exposes his smoking hot body to Vincent and the paparazzi. Vincent.exe has stopped working.
This fic is directly the result of a Tumblr post by topaz-witch-tea, where Thomas is secretly ripped and ends up having to take his robes off in front of the paparazzi, and they all find out how buff and he is. It started a fierce urge in me to write this fic. Hope you enjoy.
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18 Aug 2025
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As one third of the population does, Vincent Benitez discovers the name of his soul mate when he enters puberty. It appears, in a script only his eyes can read, stating Thomas Lawrence, as the person who will complete the other, missing half of himself. The one person in all the world who will help him to feel completely whole and known.
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18 Aug 2025
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Thomas and Vincent are convinced that they're being absolutely discrete and professional about their relationship. The rest of the world begs to differ.
Or: Five times someone suspects the Pope and his Dean are madly in love and keeps their mouth shut about it, and one time Aldo finally reaches his breaking point.
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- Part 1 of Undeniable / Irresistible
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01 Aug 2025
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thomas lawrence has a habit of breaking into popes' chambers and finding things he shouldn't have.
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30 Jul 2025
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Thomas comes down with a bad case of a rare disease that originated in ancient Japan. His only cure is to confess his feelings to the one he loves, and receive a confession in return, only he'd rather die than do that. Vincent tries to save him in the most oblivious way possible.
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14 Jul 2025
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caught in the craquelure by bukkunkun
Fandoms: Conclave (2024), Conclave - Robert Harris
26 Dec 2025
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Aldo Bellini is an art restorer dreaming of the day he gets to work on a piece by his favourite Renaissance artist, Jacopo Lomeli. Goffredo Tedesco, PhD, is an art historian tracing the story of the world's most elusive Renaissance artist... Jacopo Lomeli.
When an extremely rare Lomeli painting falls under the threat of being trapped forever in a selfish man's private collection, Aldo and Goffredo race against time to find answers about this mysterious man from the past... provided the police don't catch them first.
In Aldo's defence, it wasn't exactly his fault. Blame it all on Goffredo, and Aldo's inability to say no to him, no matter how hard he tries.
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- Part 1 of caught in the craquelure
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04 Jul 2025
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Vincent doesn't like how close Thomas and Aldo are. It's driving him crazy. Through the course of a post-dinner discussion (and fucking), however, Vincent realizes he didn't need to be jealous at all.
It's just set up and smut. Not much else.
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28 Jun 2025
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Thomas Lawrence buckles under the presure of his penance as Vincent Benítez falls apart at the realisation that his love is killing his beloved. Ruin and destruction haunts them as they navigate their feelings for one another, until life forces its hand and salvation is, miraculously, within reach.
A slightly experimental piece featuring erotic gore as a metaphor for intense emotions, and the horror of realising that perhaps one is deserving of love, after all.
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- Part 4 of satiation and salvation
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20 Jun 2025
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(we glorify you)
Vincent Benítez, at his breaking point, finds a moment of respite to mourn, to grieve, and to say goodbye to the late Holy Father. He finds solace in the company of Thomas Lawrence and Aldo Bellini, giving his heart a moment to rest in actual safety, as in the background, the gears of fate begin to turn—for better or for worse, Benítez will continue to weather the storm of Frank Paternò's obsession... later. For now, there is grief, there is comfort, there are turtles, and there is one Thomas Lawrence, who has plans of his own.
a conclave (2024) x mafia inc (2019) crossover-slash-au.
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- Part 4 of 'tis voracious work
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12 Jun 2025
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you say, "what a mind" (this happens all the time) by Rockslove
Fandoms: Conclave (2024)
27 May 2025
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Vincent has a migraine
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- Part 7 of Conclave(Taylor's Version)
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28 May 2025
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Both of them adored to play their game - a game of disguises. There was Dean Lawrence and Pope Innocent , head figures of the Holy Church , and there was Thomas and Vincent, a pair of lovers.
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Vincent confess to Thomas his struggles as the Holy Father vs his Humanity.Series
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20 May 2025
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(we adore you)
Vincent Benítez grapples with the need to protect his fold from the grip of the Paternò Mafia, and the gaping darkness of pain and sin he is about to fall into should he commit to the cause of mercy, love, and protection. Violence breeds gentleness like none other, but up to what extent of Don Frank Paternò's violence is Benítez truly willing to endure?
a conclave (2024) x mafia inc (2019) crossover-slash-au.
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- Part 2 of 'tis voracious work
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19 May 2025
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Thomas needs to be convinced that he is worthy of Vincent's love.
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18 May 2025
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(…) “I can barely wait to see how the gardens will look in spring, when everything is in bloom. It is already so beautiful, isn’t it, Thomas?”
“It is indeed.” The older man replied, though he found he wasn’t looking at the garden around him, but rather at Vincent’s face. (…)
Or, a few days after the Conclave, cardinal Lawrence meets the Holy Father by the turtle pond and the Holy Spirit talks to him once more.
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08 May 2025
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What to do when something you saw only once has already driven you completely crazy?
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29 Apr 2025
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Being an omega or an alpha puts a person at the mercy of their biology, whatever religious vows they might have taken. This might give any Catholic a difficult time, but perhaps even more so for the man in charge.
[I mean. Not to be coy, but you can see the tags, right? This is one of those fanfics that does what it says on the tin. Happy to add more tags if anybody wants em.]
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29 Apr 2025
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The pontiff looked at the cardinal beside him. His gaze held all the solemnity of a man turned infallible vessel and all the wistfulness of a lonely child. “You are my closest friend, Thomas. Would you please take my confession?”
“Of course, should you have sin to confess.”
In the first year of Pope Innocent XIV's papacy, Thomas Lawrence and Vincent Benitez struggle to negotiate duty and desire.
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28 Apr 2025