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1. Flicker and Fade by 1lostone for jlm121

   Fandoms: The Bear (TV 2022)  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   20 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Sydney Adamu/Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto
   • Sydney Adamu & Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto
   • Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto & Richie Jerimovich
   • Sydney Adamu & Michael "Mikey" Berzatto
   • Sydney Adamu
   • Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto
   • Richie Jerimovich
   • Michael "Mikey" Berzatto
   • Marcus Brooks (The Bear TV 2022)
   • Tina Marrero
   • Natalie "Sugar" Berzatto
   • Claire Dunlap
   • Neil Fak
   • Ebraheim (The Bear TV 2022)
   • Slow Burn
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Mutual Pining
   • So much fuckin' pining
   • Author is not from Chicago but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Protective Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto
   • No Beta We Die Like... nope I can't even say it.
   • Alternate Universe - Ghosts
   • Hallucinations
   • more tags to be added later
   • Work in Progress
   • Podfic Welcome
   • Fanart Welcome
   • i blame jlm for everything
   • Set immediately after Season 4x10 Goodbye
   • Spoilers for S5
   • I guess this would technically be an AU
   • Carmen disassociates when he's stressed
   • Flashbacks
   • these two are so dumb for each other
   • sydcarmy
   • Hair Pulling
   • carm loves that syd loves to pull his hair
   • Praise Kink
   • Cunnilingus
   • First Time Blow Jobs
   • Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto Needs a Hug
   • Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto Loves Sydney Adamu
   • Orgasm Edging

   Summary

   Carmy has spent his entire life trying to outrun the wreckage left behind by the people he loves. But when an emergency call pulls him to Northwestern Memorial in the dead of night, he's forced to face the one person he cannot afford to lose.

   Because Sydney is fighting for her life, and Carmy is finally out of excuses.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   54,317

   Chapters:

   10/10

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