Malvari
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One quiet winter afternoon, a strangely-dressed man with an aureole over his head falls out of the sky.
Or: Verso thought that it would all end after he expelled Maelle from the Canvas and put the Soul Fragment to rest. Fate seems to have other ideas. Finding himself somewhere else entirely, he has to deal with the unbearable chains of life weighing on him once more.
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There are two reasons why he puts up with stuck-up nobles sneering at him condescendingly for mixing up the forks at dinner, making arrogant comments about his missing arm, and thinking him stupid for being a laborer.
First and foremost: his support for his sister on her way: the first working-class councilwoman in the city of Lumière. For her and Maëlle, he would pluck the moon and all the stars from the sky. As long as Emma needed him, he would go to any soirée and make an ass out of himself; antiquated traditions be damned.
Secondly, though?
To stare yearningly at Verso Dessendre.Due to her role as councilwoman, Emma gets invited to a lot of high society events. Gustave surely only accompanies her because societal expectations require it. And not at all because he is in love with a certain Verso Dessendre.
Now he's dressed up as a forest spirit and feeling uncomfortable at a masquerade ball. So much for masks hiding differences, right?
Luckily, Verso has plans of his own. -
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Verso returns from another expedition to the Continent with Monoco and loads of research material for the Musée de Lumière in tow.
A run-in with a strange, but lovely man he should know makes him...remember things. -
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Audio, Video, Disco (lat.): I hear, I see, I learn. Or maybe it's just audiovisual media and a disco reference.
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Gustave and Verso both get ditched (by a date and Alicia, respectively), meet each other, and fall in love in a series of silly encounters.
Now contains ~17% more disco.
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Everything You Are and More (Nothing Could Ever Compare) by ATOASTBW
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
22 Feb 2026
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The terrors are over. The gommages are no more, Lumière is being rebuilt, and Verso is mortal again. Unlike before, he now wants to live, having found meaning, happiness and more during his time with Expedition 33.
Now, the future is something to look forward to, but not before he makes his relationship with Gustave official - in more ways than one.
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- Part 2 of Another Life, Another Chance
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26 Feb 2026
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Clea decides to destroy Verso, believing him too unpredictable to be left alone. Unfortunately for her, his chroma is tied to the very heart of the Canvas. So she neutralizes him the only way she can, separating his chroma, his spirit, from his body.
Now, forced to exist as a ghost in the Canvas, Verso watches over Maelle and tries to find a way to set things right. It gets worse before it gets better. How can he save his mother or help his sister, when he’s nothing but a fading echo of a man he can never be?
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16 Feb 2026
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"Hope has always been a thing that burns. But maybe he can place just a little more trust into these mismatched hands that have determinedly carried him through and out of every hell he has sought to bury himself in."
Gustave wants to make Verso feel good and not have to think about it. He succeeds, to an extent.
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16 Feb 2026
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Ouvrons les yeux, cherchons l’espoir by Etalice
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
18 Feb 2026
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Verso recognizes Gustave at once.
Gustave is standing in a clearing, then, on a continent where he doesn’t have any reason to be. He’s also in the process of losing badly in a fight against a particularly large Cruleur. They’ve not seen each other since the fateful night of the concert. Since the night Verso left Lumière to never come back.
Still, Verso recognizes him at once.
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16 Feb 2026
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In Theory, We're Not in Love by EmberPuppy
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
05 Mar 2026
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Verso could use a fake boyfriend to get his mother off his back.
Sciel introduces Gustave.
They agree on a mutually beneficial arrangement.It's supposed to be simple—hold hands, attend events together, survive his family, and be convincing enough.
They're pretending.
They're somehow excellent at pretending—and also terrible at it.
They promise to keep things simple.
Then immediately do the emotional equivalent of lighting the rulebook on fire.Somewhere between "practice," an ungodly late night phone call, and the catastrophic one‑bed situation, the line between fake and real quietly packs its bags and leaves.
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07 Feb 2026