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1. A Waste of a Lovely Night by calamitysymphony

   Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)  

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

   03 Aug 2026

   Tags

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   • Aline Dessendre | The Paintress/Renoir Dessendre | The Curator
   • Aline Dessendre | The Paintress & Maelle | Alicia Dessendre
   • Renoir Dessendre | The Curator & Maelle | Alicia Dessendre
   • Aline Dessendre | The Paintress
   • Renoir Dessendre | The Curator
   • Maelle | Alicia Dessendre
   • a little bit of Clea too but probably not tag-worthy
   • Anniversary
   • Reconciliation
   • Post-Canon
   • Verso Ending | A Life to Love (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
   • Dialogue Heavy
   • Old Married Couple
   • Light Angst
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Non-Graphic Smut
   • the belated realization that maybe there are better options than suffering alone
   • and you're still deeply in love

   Summary

   Their bland coexistence is tolerable. Sharing a bed with their backs to each other is tolerable. This? This is a direct confrontation with her present, past, and future, if she has one at all, with no quick exit and no privacy. Aline feels rather like she’s been thrown into deep water without any opportunity to ease her way in.
   She unfolds her napkin and places it on her lap. So be it. She can do her best to float for as long as it takes.

   Aline and Renoir's first anniversary since the fire is rapidly approaching, but their relationship is still tenuous in the aftermath. Alicia takes it upon herself to guide them in the right direction.

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