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1. Bittersweet Yuletide by bngtanah

   Fandoms: The Bear (TV 2022)  

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

   25 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto/You
   • Michael "Mikey" Berzatto
   • Sydney Adamu
   • Natalie "Sugar" Berzatto
   • Donna Berzatto
   • Richie Jerimovich
   • Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto
   • Childhood Friends to Lovers
   • neighbors to best friends to lovers
   • Mutual Pining
   • Idiots in Love
   • pre-canon / canon divergent
   • the berzattos adopting you before anybody can stop them
   • carmy is autistc pls
   • emotionally constipated carmy
   • christmas at the berzattos’
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • family dysfunction
   • Anxiety
   • Fear of Abandonment
   • miscommunication with actual consequences
   • Oral Sex
   • Protected Sex
   • touch-starved carmy
   • tenderness and laughter during sex)
   • angst immediately after the good part
   • Smut
   • First Time Together

   Summary

   you and carmy grow up on opposite sides of a broken fence, spend most of your lives becoming inseparable, and waste nearly two decades pretending friendship is enough. then, one christmas, he finally lets himself choose you. without telling you he has already chosen to leave.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Honeybear

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   13,580

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   2

   Kudos:

   16

   Bookmarks:

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