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1. Smoke, Spotlights, and Mirrors by Calivide

   Fandoms: I Expect You To Die (Video Games)  

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

   18 Aug 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • John Juniper/Agent Phoenix
   • Handler & Agent Phoenix (I Expect You To Die)
   • Agent Phoenix (I Expect You To Die)
   • John Juniper
   • Arthur Archer (OC)
   • Jackson Winters (OC)
   • There's going to be a lot of OC's
   • Also a Nick Valentine Cameo but idk how to write him really
   • She/Her Phoenix
   • Phoenix pretending to be an actress
   • Double Life
   • Flirting
   • Mutual Pining
   • Occasional jealousy
   • Canon Typical Violence
   • zoraxis workers being zoraxis workers
   • Grief
   • Espionage
   • Hazing
   • Slut Shaming
   • False Accusations
   • Fire
   • Burns
   • smoke inhalation
   • people trapped in burning buildings
   • phoenix solving problems the way she always has
   • Hospitals
   • Hospitalization
   • Phoenix refusing to accept care
   • Detective investigation
   • Zoraxis traps
   • Arguments
   • Phoenix can't handle being coddled
   • graphic depiction of injury
   • bullet wounds
   • Movie Premier
   • After Party
   • Date Rape Drug/Roofies
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Implied/Referenced Sexual Harassment
   • Hurt/Comfort

   Summary

   Ardeat and Juniper have finally gotten past their pen pal pining only for them both to face new beasts of their own!
   Can Phoenix handle the spotlight, and can Juniper handle sharing it with someone that makes his heart race?

   Sequel fic to Fan Letters!

   Series

   • Part 2 of Number One Fan

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   74,419

   Chapters:

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   Kudos:

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