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The girl’s shoulders hunch again. An expression is battling on her face. Guilt again, and fear, and shame. And then faintly, in the soft turn of her cheek, commiseration. She watches Gustave for a long, sad moment, and then turns to a new page in the notepad. She starts writing something, and then stops, glancing furtively at Gustave before scribbling it out. On a new line she instead writes in big bold letters:
Maelle.
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Gustave is the local mechanic of Lumiere, an idyllic coastal village far away from the chaos and conflict of Paris. Struggling with his recent injury and the loss of a good friend, he's not quite prepared when a family moves into the abandoned Manor on the edge of town.
He's definitely not prepared for their children.
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30 Mar 2026
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Verso didn't expect to meet his soulmate in a bakery. He also didn't expect said soulmate to be the only man in the capital unable to recognize the crown prince by name.
He isn't complaining, this is the first time in years he's been able to exist as himself and not as an extension of his family.
Surely, it won't hurt to keep up the pretense for a little while?
AN: This is the main story, all other fics in the series are bonus content.
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- Part 3 of Toile Déchirée
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27 Mar 2026
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Dérive by Aria_Lerendeair for Anxious_Mask
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
29 Mar 2026
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Gustave Écrivain is a Head Mechanic of the Jaeger program, creator of the Painted series of Jaegers, and a former Jaeger pilot cadet.
Verso Dessendre is one of the pilots of Painted Cypher, one of the fastest and most lethal Jaegers in the world, and currently without a co-pilot.
Both of them have their past, their baggage, and a hundred reasons that they should not work together as Jaeger pilots. Yet the second they step in a sparring ring together, it is obvious from that very first exchange - they are meant to be.
Can they overcome their respective pasts, and all of the obstacles in the present - to end up together in the one place that matters.
The Drift.
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24 Mar 2026
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After the worst day in hardware‑store history, Gustave decides he needs a new career.
Preferably one where he never has to work or speak to another human being again.
He did not want to accidentally summon a beautiful, mildly terrifying man into his life.
But Sciel brought wine, Gustave was tipsy, and the sugar daddy ad looked normal enough.
Now he's in a penthouse, staring at a man with scars and a smile sharp enough to cut glass, wondering how the hell "I hate my job" turned into this.Or : The unhinged Sugar Daddy AU no one asked for
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15 Mar 2026
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Drawing Blood From A Stone by Wishuponaidiot
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
25 Mar 2026
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“You’re not what I expected, Gustave,” She eventually settles on, somehow saying his name exactly as Verso had before leaving.
“I guess we’ll see if that ends up being to my detriment or not,” He replies and she finally relinquishes her hold on Gustave’s chair, who immediately pulls back from the table and stands.
“You will grow to resent meeting him,” She says finally as he turns around.
“You’re probably right,” He replies without looking at her.
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Gustave’s life before meeting Verso had been normal, routine, scheduled. Suddenly after one night everything in his life has become … complicated.
The more he learns about the ways the Dessendre’s operate, the deeper into their web he entangles himself in, the harder it seems to draw himself out.
Mob/Drug-lord AU
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12 Mar 2026