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Heartsong by Aria_Lerendeair for itskleo
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
26 Mar 2026
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The song was supposed to be for him. It was supposed to be something that he kept, curled safe and protectively against his chest when he needed to remember how much loving Gustave hurt, because he could never have what he wanted.
Of course, when Gustave had discovered him playing it, there was nothing Verso could do but hand it over to him, so he could torture himself with the reality of Gustave singing it to thousands of others when he had only ever wanted it to be sung to him.
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26 Mar 2026
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The Legend of Dickso by Aria_Lerendeair for Shin_PM
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
25 Mar 2026
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Verso hadn't expected to fall in love with speedrunning.
Hadn't expected to garner a following that got larger, and larger.
And, most importantly, he hadn't ever changed his fucking nickname on speedrunning.com, which meant that no matter what game he played, if it wanted to be attributed to him, there was only one name that he could use.
Dickso.
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25 Mar 2026
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Gustave Hugo, an omega engineer of the Writer’s faction, is drugged with Elixer at the Monolith Hotel Bar where nearly everyone, including Verso Dessendre, a Painter alpha and pianist, falls victim to the substance. The hotel staff seek to separate everyone overnight, and end up locking Verso and Gustave together. Overwhelmed by instinct, Gustave and Verso are stuck in a frenzied night of passion, their encounter leaving physical marks and emotional scars as Gustave disappears at dawn. The Summit approaches, forcing them to navigate not just their unexpected attraction but also the faction rivalries that could make their growing bond dangerous.
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23 Mar 2026
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I'm Waiting for You (With or Without you) by Blairette
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
22 Mar 2026
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Gustave Chevalier did not know what to expect of that tutoring job offer. But then again, it wasn't as if he had an avenue of options left out for him either, so all he could do was to make the best out of it and see where this will lead him to.
But getting his life completly turned upside down wasn't among any of them ideas he had in mind.
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Title from "With or Without You" by U2
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22 Mar 2026
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The first time Verso saw him on the train he knew he was gone. He was perfect. The most gorgeous man he had ever seen.
Everything he desired.
Verso just wanted to learn a little more about him first.Bookmarked by lightningmanatee
18 Mar 2026
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Our Hearts Are One by Aria_Lerendeair for writelesssad, theartsypumpkin
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
16 Mar 2026
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Months ago, Verso Dessendre walked away from the love of his life, because he was afraid of what it could cost him.
Now, at the Academy Awards, staring down a life that is being laid out for him, a life that he does not want, he makes a different choice - to go after what, and who, he wants.
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16 Mar 2026
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Life is good. It’s been six months since the canvas was restored; Lumière is safe, and Verso is mortal again, alive but in a relationship with a man he adores. Not only that, but the council has reopened the university, with Verso and Gustave being asked to join as lecturers. There is nothing more Verso could ask for.
Life is good, until it becomes messy, because he soon discovers that Gustave wears glasses. How could he have ever prepared himself for that?
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- Part 3 of Another Life, Another Chance
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16 Mar 2026
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Under the Heat of My Hands by Alucereus
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
27 Mar 2026
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He was under a spell, he had to be. Verso couldn't stop touching him, pleasing him, loving him. “Just one more.”
Gustave sobbed beneath him, helpless, pliant, willing.
Just one more.
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15 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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13 Mar 2026
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Slowburn Verso/Gustave set in a Bridgerton-inspired regency era Lumiere, as Benedict Bridgerton/Sophie Baek.
The Dessendres are hosting the first Masquerade ball of the season, and eligible bachelor Verso despises everything and everyone involved with the blasted thing.
Gustave just wants to anonymously enjoy his first and only ball - is that too much to ask?Bookmarked by lightningmanatee
12 Mar 2026
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Just A Moment More by Aria_Lerendeair for itskleo
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
10 Mar 2026
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It's an easy day.
It's a good day.
It's a day filled with blackberries and laughter.
And maybe just a little something more.
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12 Mar 2026
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En Garde! by Aria_Lerendeair for itskleo
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
11 Mar 2026
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His face was familiar.
Not the scar, or the white streak of hair, or the clear melancholy as he slipped through the crowd.
But his face, the structure of his jaw, the breadth of his shoulders.
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Gustave sees a man he doesn't immediately recognize in the crowd watching his demonstration and can't help but be drawn to him, and it turns out, that changes everything.
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12 Mar 2026
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Lumière was built on the myth of a perfect divide between the Luminous District and the Obscura Quarter: light here, shadow there.
But when dual‑chroma bodies begin appearing on the Boundary Line, that myth collapses fast.
Gustave is forced to team up with a pale‑eyed stranger who lies like he breathes and moves through the city's cracks as if he was born in them.
The investigation is a spark.
The city is tinder.
The stranger is a wilfdire with a habit of slipping under his skin.
And Gustave is standing far too close to the flame.Modern-ish Detective AU
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10 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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10 Mar 2026
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Touch Wood by sabaix for idontwannabeinvisible
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
08 Mar 2026
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Gustave returns to the Continent for a holiday. There, he meets Verso, who is too hot for his own good and really likes wood. Gustave discovers he might be into men as well.
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09 Mar 2026
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A small blooper from the "Une Vie a Décembre" universe!
Gustave was happy with his life, life with Maelle was going well, he had the most passionate lover he could ever imagine in the form of Verso Dessendre. If life was going to keep going up from here, what else could Gustave expect?
Well it definitely wasn't the random stranger Maelle met one day while out, and it most certainly wasn't this new revelation that Verso dropped on him in regards to Maelle's upcoming performance.
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- Part 3 of Une Vie a Décembre Universe
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05 Mar 2026
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Lentilles de l'engouement by Nonbeenairy
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
03 Mar 2026
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Gustave needs glasses but he's not so sure about them just yet.
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04 Mar 2026
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Gustave steeled himself. It was only fifty euros. Fifty euros to sit naked in front of a group of art students for two hours. He could back out. Grab his clothes and leave before anyone noticed him. He tugged on the sleeve of the plush white robe they had provided him, nerves running through him.
Was he really doing this?
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04 Mar 2026
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Procedures Not Covered in the Expedition First Aid Handbook by a_hardboiled_egg
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
28 Feb 2026
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It has been 8 months since Maelle kicked her family out of the Canvas and chose to stay. Gustave's friends and family have all embraced their second chance at life but Gustave is struggling to accept their new reality. He has thrown himself into his work to keep his mind off of everything but now he has been tasked with collecting study samples from the Continent. No one else is able or willing to join him on the trip and travelling alone is unsafe. Luckily, Maelle convinced Verso to go so Gustave could have someone to watch his back. Gustave and Verso have never really spoken and barely know each other, but a whole month on the Continent together is enough time to change that.
5 times Gustave had to be on corpse management duty + 1 time Verso had to instead
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01 Mar 2026
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"Club 33."
A brand-new nightclub just opened in Downtown Lumière!
People have come from far and wide to dance their cares away, lost in a swirling sea of lights, bodies, and thumping music. It's not the type of place one typically meets the love of their life. More likely, they'll just meet a passing fancy, who breezes out just as quickly as they breeze in.
Not the type of place Gustave would typically go, and to be honest, Verso isn't too keen on the scene, either. But when they're each invited by their friends, what's the harm in tagging along and forgetting their own troubles?
After all, everyone can stand to cut loose every once in a while.
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27 Feb 2026