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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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25 Feb 2026
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When Verso chose to save this man on the Stone Wave Cliffs, he had no idea that it would disrupt his plans so drastically. Accustomed to lies and tactical deceit, The young Dessendre will have to change his old habits if he wants to lead Expedition 33 to the Paintress...
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23 Feb 2026
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I shouldn't love you (but I do) by PH03N1X_360
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
25 Feb 2026
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There is a man on the street, staring up at Gustave’s apartment.
He’s dressed well — a sharp suit cracked with gold, wavy dark hair combed back and shot through with white. His cold blue eyes are rimmed red as if he’s been crying for a while. He feels… important somehow, like a missing piece to a puzzle Gustave has yet to uncover.
Or: Gustave navigates resurrection in the wake of Maelle taking over the canvas, and meets a not-so-stranger he cannot place in his memory.
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- Part 2 of far too beautiful to leave me
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22 Feb 2026
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They're both been running out of time.
At thirty two, Gustave Lumière was supposed to be finishing his career, not rebuilding it after the accident that cost him his arm. He should not be fighting his way back onto Olympic ice while the world watched, waiting for him to fail.
Verso Dessendre at thirty one had already lived the dream Gustave had always chased. Medals. Records and glory.
Untouchable.
But time caught up within seconds with younger skaters closing in.
They knew each other for years. Shared rinks. Shared competitions amd trials. Shared looks neither of them had ever dared to think twice about.Now, at the edge of their careers, with everything to lose, they have another choice to make.
Winning.
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19 Feb 2026
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Of all the sights Verso Dessendre had expected to see when he stepped into an alley two filthy corners away from the Rue Laplace, it was not this: an omega with his back to a medieval wall, sword held in one steady hand, holding two alphas at bay.
Or: It's midsummer in the Paris of the Belle Époque and Verso Dessendre's strange, half-lived life starts to change forever, while Gustave Auclair only hopes his changes for the better--and that the annoying alpha who's suddenly turned up to disrupt everything would just go away.
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19 Feb 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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17 Feb 2026
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The doorbell had rung, but he took his time. If he was going to put up with this, it would be on his own time, damn it.
His rebellious one minute and twelve seconds (yes he did count, thank you very much) paid off with another doorbell and a frustrated, indecipherable shout from Clea. He pushed down his smile and opened the door.
"Hello, can I- " Verso stopped as he took in the presumed gardener's face. He was younger than he expected- clearly same sort of age as him- with neat facial hair and a smile that clearly hid nerves. His stomach did a weird thing as he took in the man. He was no stranger to being attracted to any man who looked his way, but good god he could not handle this today.
(or; verso meets the new gardener.)
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14 Feb 2026
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In Theory, We're Not in Love by EmberPuppy
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
24 Feb 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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13 Feb 2026
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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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12 Feb 2026
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The fire destroyed manor and killed Verso Dessendre. His body is buried but doesn't match description at the moment of death. Tormented by guilt and sorrow Gustave finds evidence of Verso being alive and starts looking for him along with Alicia and Clea.
They used to be lovers.
They used to be friends.
They are on odd terms now.
But does it really matter as long as Verso gets to live and be with his family?Juxtaposition - a literary device that places contrasting elements close together to highlight their differences or similarities.
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- Part 2 of Illustrations
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09 Feb 2026
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Nom d'emprunt (Borrowed name) by ThatPersonWhoLikes
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
30 Dec 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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07 Feb 2026
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After Clea drops baby Maelle into Verso's arms, he's left trying to raise a child on the Continent with the help of a much-younger Expeditioner. From upgrading Verso's hut to looking after Maelle while Verso fetches Monoco, Gustave makes himself indispensable - and, before he knows it, Verso can't imagine life without his help.
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- Part 2 of The Continent AU
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06 Feb 2026
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Le Clair-Obscur de Nos Âmes by Kai (Roxel)
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
26 Feb 2026
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In a city bright with the progress of the Belle Époque, Verso lives in the shadows, grief-stricken by the 'written' fire that claimed his sister. He pours his anguish into his piano, hiding from a secret war between those who paint substance and those who write destiny.
As a brilliant structural engineer, Gustave believes a beam fails because of stress, not sorcery. But when he begins to notice a pattern of architectural disasters plaguing Montmartre, his need to fix the flaws inadvertently threatens a powerful faction manipulating Paris from the shadows.
Marked for death because he refuses to accept their narrative, Gustave is pulled into Verso’s dangerous world. The pragmatist and the artist forge a partnership: Gustave provides the logic to expose the lie, while Verso finds the courage to pick up his brush and shield the man who has become his tether to the world. Together, they must dismantle a conspiracy written in stone before the ink dries on Gustave’s final chapter.
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05 Feb 2026
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A dead man suddenly wakes from smokes and ashes to suddenly find himself in a place he hasn't visited ages ago. Confused of how he landed here, he spots a stranger unconscious on the grass with an odd uniform and a armband with the number 33 on it. Unable to leave the painted world, he's on a journey to find out what happened to his beloved Canvas and what lead to it's current state.
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02 Feb 2026
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What if, in a pivotal moment, Verso had made a different decision? What if Renoir had not bothered to ensure Gustave was actually dead and had just left after making his point to Maelle? What if Expedition 33 had left the Stone Wave Cliffs before a certain handsome, brooding stranger could reveal himself?
Verso, after dragging a half-dead Gustave away from the cliff that would have been his eternal resting place in another life, now has to deal with the consequences of his actions.
Gustave, heavily injured and stranded in Nevron-infested lands without the support of his friends, needs to learn how to trust and rely on a stranger who looks suspiciously similar to the man who attempted to kill him.Bookmarked by Burningsecrets
01 Feb 2026
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At Stone Wave Cliffs, Alicia makes a choice.
It changes everything.
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30 Jan 2026
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For those we can yet save by farbsturz
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
06 Oct 2025
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A primal was summoned with an immense amount of chroma and could temper anyone close by. It was like a magical parasite, worming its way into one’s mind until anyone would turn into its thrall, serving it unapologetically. He had read recovered letters of how friends had turned against friends, parents had killed their children, and throats had been cut by their own bodies.
The worst part was that they couldn’t even leave the primal alone.
Lumière was running out of supplies and they had to make the continent livable.
And that just so included slaying an immortal primal that could temper them if they dared to get too close.
God, Gustave needed a drink.
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26 Jan 2026
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Monoco’s station was just as it had always been, Gommage or no. The painted curves of it flowed and trailed, one long brush stroke after another. The snow stayed, and so did the grandis, the gentle petals of iron, the curve of playful trains.
Only Monoco had left. Only they had changed. And then they’d returned, and for what? To scavenge the chroma of corpses long gone to rest? To scrape the paint from a hundred abandoned creations?
Verso was tired.
“Yes,” he said, “I could have saved him.”
Or: Maelle brings Gustave back, and accidentally ties his soul to Verso. This changes things.
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- Part 8 of author's favorites
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25 Jan 2026
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Jayce's Doppelganger by Abacate_com_limon
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021)
11 Feb 2026
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Five months after Jayce moved on, Viktor finds himself forced to attend a ball celebrating his ex-partner’s new romance. Between glasses of wine and suffocating boredom, a stranger appears as a refuge: James Giopara, a mysterious traveler with a burning admiration for Viktor—and a look that seems to recognize him deeply.
Something about him disturbed Viktor, who constantly found himself caught between disturbing similarities and inexplicable contrasts. Between coincidences and encounters, Viktor found himself increasingly immersed in the presence of this man, captivated by this mix of familiarity and strangeness. All this, without suspecting the truth that could surprise him.
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12 Jan 2026
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In the aftermath of a traumatic incident that led him to drop out of university, Jayce Talis packs up everything he knows and moves to a small mountain town in the middle of nowhere to open a flower shop, eager for a fresh start on life.
What he doesn't expect, however, is for fate to send him careening back into the orbit of a familiar face from childhood: Viktor, a remarkable up-and-coming artist who not only works at the adjacent tattoo parlor, but lives directly next door.
But Viktor has ghosts of his own. Walls he'd rather remain hidden behind for the sake of those around him. Neither of them intended for the other to get close.
But love is funny like that.
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A Jayvik Tattoo Artist / Florist AU
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07 Dec 2025