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Safe In My Hands by porgthespacepenguin
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
03 Oct 2025
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The first time it happens, it's a complete accident. The times after that, well... not so much.
When the line between chance and choice begins to blur, Gustave must decide if he trusts Verso enough to put his life — and his heart — in his hands.
Again, and again, and again.
Or: Five times Verso takes Gustave's hand to protect him, from the world as well as from himself — and one time Gustave returns the favor.
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22 Sep 2025
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Nom d'emprunt (Borrowed name) by ThatPersonWhoLikes
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
10 Oct 2025
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Five times Gustave pretended to be engaged to Verso Dessendre, and the last time he ever needed to lie.
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22 Sep 2025
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“You don’t erase damage,” Verso said; “you learn to work with it. Fill the cracks gently. Help it hold together again.”
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Six months after the explosion at the lab, Gustave returns to work with an arm gone and a brain still far from healed. The university told him to take more time. His friends tried to pull him back into the world, but he’s learned how to turn them all away.
On his first day back, he meets Verso Dessendre; quiet, steady, with scars of his own and a beautiful streak of silver in his hair. A man who restores paintings for a living, yet struggles to restore himself.
As they grow closer, Gustave begins to wonder if Verso might be right.
Maybe some damage isn’t the end, but the start of something worth holding together.Bookmarked by darkelf74
20 Sep 2025
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pi·a·nis·si·mo
/ˌpēəˈnisəˌmō/
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adverb
(especially as a direction) very softly.
"she played pianissimo alongside the full orchestra"
adjective
performed very softly.
"the final verse was beautifully balanced and controlled in the pianissimo ending"
noun
a passage marked to be performed very softly.Or, Verso is stuck in a time loop. Maybe the canvas has one more story to tell.
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Pushing Up Daisies by lakeghost
Fandoms: Castlevania (Cartoon), 悪魔城ドラキュラ | Castlevania Series
16 Jan 2022
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[Funeral Director/Florist AU]
Coincidence is a funny thing. In terms of employment, the pair was symbiotic. It’s no surprise that given proximity over time, and a little antagonistic flirting, a relationship might spring up. In terms of heritage, they should have killed each other on sight.
It was never going to be simple, however much they might wish it.Bookmarked by darkelf74
18 Aug 2025