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Seeing him is like living again in ignorance. A time before his world became Fractured – both metaphoric and literal. Seeing him is remembering there was once a time when he thought he could be happy, where he could be happier than anyone else. Seeing him is like the clouds of his life blowing away – like everything he learned 60 years ago was a lie and he can go back to those days where nothing mattered except the sound of keys composing a new melody combined with the sounds of pencil scratching across a journal.
Seeing him is impossible, Verso thinks, because his Gustave died 60 years ago – left to a heartbreaking fate because Verso could not tell him the tragic truth of their world.
Or: Before the Fracture, Verso Dessendre and Gustave were inevitable. When their world split apart, Verso believed Gustave to have died in the aftermath. Why, then, is Gustave alive in Lumière far after his date of Gommage?
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01 Feb 2026
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Ten years have passed since Gustave Auclair's miraculous escape from the bleeding facility.
For those ten years, he's been in hiding, with Maelle at his side. They've been doing their part, helping the fae who saved them clean up their village and right the wrongs perpetrated by the vampires who captured them.
Now?
It's finally time to go home.
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- Part 3 of Feeding the Dark
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31 Jan 2026
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Modern AU - by Gustave’s definition, he is most certainly not a virgin, (frottage to the point of mutual completion back in his high school days) but that definition just isn’t doing it anymore at 32, so he goes to a bar for a hookup just to get rid of all of his fucking nerves about the whole thing, not even expecting it to be a good time.
Cue in Verso, who just goes home with Gustave expecting a quick one night stand - only to once he finds out about how Gustave’s never had real sex before, to show him just how good it can be, over multiple hookups, slowly but surely falling completely for him and stopping his fuck-boi tendencies
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31 Jan 2026
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Life in Lumière is perfect. Gustave has everything a man could want. A career he loves. Friends and family who adore and support him. A perfect little apartment in a beautiful city. And to top it off, he gets the privilege of waking up next to the love of his life, Verso Dessendre, every single morning.
Except... Gustave isn’t the same Gustave that has lived this life. Is he?
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When fire tragically strikes the Dessendre manor, it’s not Verso’s life it claims, but Alicia’s. Left physically and mentally maimed, Verso falls into despair and retreats into his childhood Canvas. Gustave Hubert, Verso's oldest friend, is tasked with going in after after him.
And of course Gustave would do anything to keep his dearest friend safe....
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31 Jan 2026
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Through the Darkness & the Shadows by WanderingAlice
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
28 Jan 2026
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Long ago, the city now known as Old Lumière prospered, watched over by a benevolent sorceress known as The Paintress. Then came the drought. And the famine. And the people began to blame their sorceress for their misfortune. They set fire to her mansion, killing her only son. Unable to heal him, the sorceress did the only thing she could to save him - she cast a curse. From that moment on, he became a terrible creature, the outward manifestation of the worst parts of himself. The city fell, overrun with cursed monsters. And a clock began ticking down. If, within a century, the creature that had once been Verso could find his soulmate, he would be returned to life. But if a hundred years pass without a soulmate being found the curse would take every last descendent of Old Lumière.
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“Surely you know about soulmates,” Monoco says, disapproval clear in his voice.
And Gustave does know about soulmates. The thing about soulmates is that they are incredibly rare. Because not only did both souls have to be compatible, both had to be willing, too. They had to choose each other. No coercion, no ulterior motives, just… choice. And who would ever choose to love a monster?Bookmarked by breadwizard
28 Jan 2026
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At Stone Wave Cliffs, Alicia makes a choice.
It changes everything.
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28 Jan 2026
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The Pride & Prejudice AU you didn't know you needed.
When he returned to Verso, he did not hesitate.
"She could not go through with it," he said in a rush, keeping his voice low enough that only Verso could hear. "The engagement. I offered to take her place. I know this is irregular, I know you have every right to refuse, but I am asking you—"
Verso's hand tightened on his waist, and Gustave's words died in his throat.
"Why?" Verso asked, his pale eyes fixed on Gustave's face with unsettling intensity.
"Why you?" he clarified, his voice quiet but intent. "Why sacrifice yourself for her?"
The question caught Gustave off guard. He opened his mouth, closed it again, searching for the right words.
"Because she is my sister," he said simply. "And I would do anything for her."In Belle Époque France, an old promise binds two families. When the promised bride refuses, her brother steps forward instead—binding himself to a man shaped by pride and expectation. What begins as duty unfolds into a slow reckoning with choice, restraint, and the dangerous intimacy of wanting what you were never supposed to have.
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27 Jan 2026
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Verso Dessendre had one person in his life. His inspiration, his sole purpose for living in this facade of a family; his six year old little sister, Alicia. When a fire took over their home, caused by the Writers, and Alicia was nowhere to be found, everyone assumed she had perished. They had nothing to prove it. But she couldn't have. She was too smart for that, too pure for that. She couldn't have.
And he would spend the rest of his days searching for her.
Gustave Auclair wanted kids oh so desperately, but with his girlfriend Sophie not wanting any, despite his best attempts at convincing her, he respectfully took it as a sign that children were not in the cards for him. That is, until, he finds a small little girl unconcious in the snow, her head resting against the train tracks he had helped to build all those months ago. With no memories of her past life, and no family come to claim her, he takes her under his gaurdianship, despite the distress of his partner.
Maelle was family, and he would never go back on family.
Ten years pass, and soon the past, present and future will all collide in a case of lost memories, found family, and even perhaps, a love that transcends all tragedy.Bookmarked by breadwizard
27 Jan 2026
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Le Clair-Obscur de Nos Âmes by Kai (Roxel)
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
26 Jan 2026
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The Dessendre name is synonymous with color and light, but for Verso, life is lived in monochrome. Haunted by a fire that scarred his family, he has locked himself away with his music where no one can reach the man behind the melody.
Enter Gustave, an engineer who sees the world in the light of physics and function. In the artistic fervor of Montmartre, their burgeoning connection becomes a work of chiaroscuro, demonstrating that true beauty is found not in perfect light or absolute darkness, but in the delicate balance of both.
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26 Jan 2026
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Effective Advertisement by Aria_Lerendeair for sabaix
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
29 Jan 2026
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Verso and Gustave meet on a train, but never exchange names when Verso misunderstands their conversation and leaves abruptly.
He regrets it almost immediately, and does everything in his power to find the man that he started falling for after one conversation.
Finding him again might seem impossible, but Verso is willing to do whatever it takes, because he's not willing to let the man go.
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26 Jan 2026
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Tearing your world apart (you hated it anyway) by Winter_of_tomorrow
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
25 Jan 2026
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They are just paintings. All we need to do is to get Alicia out of the Canvas and burn it. It's easy. They are just paintings. The pianist with the face of the dead man we loved, he is just a painting. He won't come back. We have to do it. For Verso. For Alicia.
For Alicia. Always for Alicia.
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25 Jan 2026
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Your Body, My Canvas by didhero, theartsypumpkin (Kuroaloeart)
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
14 Dec 2025
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Gustave, since he lost half his arm, his body had felt foreign to him, like he was off balance all the time (even literally sometimes). He had read stories of people using tattoos as a way to reclaim their autonomy, to reclaim themselves.
That was what he was hoping this would do for him.
And Verso, his Tattoo Artist, accidentally puts a little of his painter magic into Gustave's tattoo.
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22 Jan 2026
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Six months.
Gustave has been here, in this same room, for six months.
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and desperate men know no limits.
If he's going to escape, it has to be soon. He's running out of energy. Running out of hope. Running out of time.
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- Part 2 of Feeding the Dark
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22 Jan 2026
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Prince Verso of Lumière knows precious little about the city beyond the dome. All he knows is that he wants to be there.
Each passing day, he grows tired of the limitations that come with his royal blood.
"Don't go out at night, the city has fangs."
"You must put forth a certain appearance."
"That's not the way a prince should behave."Little does he realize, the very limitations he speaks of have been keeping him safe from harm for his entire life.
Because "you can't have royal blood if you don't have blood at all."
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- Part 1 of Feeding the Dark
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22 Jan 2026
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Gustave dies at Renoir's hand on the Stone Wave Cliffs. Then Gustave opens his eyes to the sound of a cane striking stone at the edge of the Continent. He dies again, he opens his eyes again. Again, again, and again, until he gets it right.
A slow-burn Verstave time loop from Gustave's perspective. The content warning is for time loop-typical death and violence.
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20 Jan 2026
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He plunges his sword into the ground — a familiar, practiced motion. The world pauses for a moment, and he sees the purple threads of blighted chroma ensnaring Gustave; pulls, yanking them towards himself. The pulsing chroma freezes for a second, tightening around the engineer. Then, like a pouncing predator, jumps at Verso.
The world starts moving again. A wave of nausea and fatigue almost knocks Verso to the ground, and it’s a miracle that he manages to dodge the next attack.
Gustave is staring at him, trying to process what just happened.
“Run,” Verso croaks.
Or: 5 times Verso carried Gustave’s burden and the 1 time Gustave carried his.
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18 Jan 2026
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These Chains Around Your Neck by VerenaKauer
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
31 Jan 2026
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“I want to die.”
That gets his attention — Gustave’s eyes fly wide open, and he takes a step back. Like Verso is a lunatic who is better to be avoided. “I beg your pardon?”
“I want to die,” Verso repeats. “And I can’t do it on my own. You’re one of the smartest men in Lumière, you’re good with chroma. I need your help.”
Or: Verso is trying to find a way out. Gustave helps.
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16 Jan 2026
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Time loop.
The secret third ending.
Verso figures out there is more to live for. It just takes him one or two tries to get it right.
This is the story of a Canvas that finds another way.
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16 Jan 2026
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The Continent AU by ButterflySist3r, walrusface
Fandom Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
15 Jan 2026
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15 Jan 2026
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Gustave woke to gentle pressure on his wrist.
He blinked groggily, finding Verso crouched beside his work chair, the android's fingers wrapped carefully around his pulse point. "What are you doing?"
"Your heart rate was elevated during sleep," Verso said, matter-of-fact. "Irregular breathing patterns. I wanted to ensure you were not experiencing a medical emergency."
Gustave stared at him. "I was... dreaming. People do that."
"Oh." Verso's expression shifted slightly—confusion, maybe, or embarrassment. The micro-expressions were uncanny. "My apologies. I have logged this for future reference." He didn't let go of Gustave's wrist.
"You can let go now."
"Your pulse is still elevated."
"Because you startled me awake."
Verso stared at him, and for just a moment, something like annoyance flickered across his expression.In which Gustave comes across a destroyed android in the scrapyard. When VRS-0 wakes with no memory, neither of them are prepared for what comes next.
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15 Jan 2026