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1. lists and letters by Calliopeiry

   Fandoms: Conclave (2024), Knives Out (Movies)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   07 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Vincent Benítez/Thomas Lawrence (Conclave)
   • Aldo Bellini (Conclave)/Jud Duplencity (Knives Out)
   • Aldo Bellini (Conclave)
   • Jud Duplenticy
   • Thomas Lawrence (Conclave)
   • Vincent Benítez (Conclave)
   • Post-Canon
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Second Chances
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Character Study
   • no beta we die like monsignor wicks
   • the inherent sadness of being in your sixties
   • no popes were harmed in the making of this fic
   • Catholic Guilt

   Summary

   The future is waiting for him with an outstretched hand and a crooked smile. He doesn’t know whether to take it or just smile back and turn around.

   Time doesn't heal all wounds; some of the wounds age into ugly scars. Aldo can already tell that he’s not going to heal from this.

   — or —

   After pining for Thomas since seminary and seeing him fall for the new Holy Father Vincent Benitez, Aldo Bellini is having a crisis of faith. He decides to leave the Vatican and returns to his home state of New York, where he meets Father Jud Duplecity of Our Lady of Perpetual Grace.

   Series

   • Part 2 of Calliopeiry's Conclave Fics

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   21,440

   Chapters:

   4/4

   Comments:

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