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Verso knows his soul is not original to him. A stitched-up, fractured, and glued-together thing, stained with memories not his own and heavy with the grief of unimaginable loss. His very existence is a farce, a tragedy played out in canvas and ink. He wants nothing so much as to end it. To give the ragged remains of a soul back to the one who created him, let her find someone else to carry the burden and the memory of the man to whom it once belonged. And yet. And yet, still, buried deep inside him is the desire to make this second-hand soul his own. To take the old discarded thing and make it into something new. To live, as they all deserve to live. All he needs is someone to show him the way.
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19 Feb 2026
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“No? I–ah–well, I figured it out,” Gustave says sheepishly. “Is that weird?”
“Very.”
But really, what did Verso expect from the same man who’d kept track of his heat cycles the moment they started dating, all because he wanted to make sure he could be available if Verso needed him? He figures he should just be thankful that Gustave is Gustave, and isn’t some obsessive stalker/serial killer (although Clea’s still convinced otherwise, because of course she is).
(Or: In which Gustave and Verso suck at being exes, and Gustave knows way too much about Verso's heats.)
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18 Feb 2026
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Making new memories [COMIC] by Amiko for hoodedmiho (missMHO)
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
03 Jan 2026
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Before Maelle leaves the canvas for good, she fulfills Verso's wish to be mortal but also makes him promise to look after Gustave. Even though he's reclutant at first, Verso quickly discovers that maybe it won't be that difficult to keep that promise. Gustave's company is not so bad and maybe he does have it in him to try to enjoy life again.
A Verstave comic.
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18 Feb 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.
Updates on Tuesdays.
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18 Feb 2026
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“Wait! Verso, damn it, wait, what-”
Fingers close around his wrist. He freezes, paralyzed; his arms are held down again, stripping him of the ability to defend himself, and a familiar-unfamiliar voice is ringing in his ears, and he is tugged and turned around, and soon the bruises on his wrists are going to be the least of his problems, because… because…
“Verso. Verso, look at me. Hey, look at me.”
Or: Maelle brings back a certain someone from Verso's past. Things do not go well, and Verso ends up on the doorstep of the only person in Lumière who makes him feel safe.
(It's a shame things between them are not that simple.)Bookmarked by quackers
15 Feb 2026
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Ever since the Dessendres saved Lumière from the Fracture, the city has sent tributes in gratitude. As this year's offering, Sciel, Lune, and Gustave cross the sea to the Continent and are welcomed into the Dessendre family’s opulent home.
But Gustave soon discovers that nothing on the Continent is quite as it seems.
Or: what if Aline decided to add fangs to the canvas?
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12 Feb 2026
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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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11 Feb 2026
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“Of course, you are more than welcome here, for as long as you’d like.” is Emma’s instant and smooth reply, delivered with an effortless aplomb that is well-suited to her Chief Councilor role; there’s no hiding the sharpness of her eyes, however, that intelligent glint that speaks of veiled suspicion and careful calculations. “Any friend of Maelle is a friend of ours.”
As expected, Maelle is more than ecstatic by Emma’s easy acceptance, but her mood quickly plummets when she spots Gustave’s less-than-thrilled expression: if looks could kill, Verso is pretty sure he would be lying in a pool of his own blood by now, but after some uncomfortable staring the man just scoffs and looks quickly on the side, cheeks flushed by what Verso can only presume is a good dose of barely repressed anger. “...Sure, whatever. If that’s what Maelle wants.”
(After making a promise to each other at the Canvas' edge, Maelle restores Lumiére to its former splendor, and Verso tries to live his life in it as simply and unobtrusively as possible.
Too bad that Gustave absolutely hates Verso's guts, and Verso's blossoming feelings for Gustave are of a complete opposite nature.)
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10 Feb 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?
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- Part 3 of Toile Déchirée
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08 Feb 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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08 Feb 2026
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His crew used to joke that Doom pursued Odysseus as relentlessly as any suitor of Helen.
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18 Jan 2026
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Worst Summer Vacation by mysterycyclone
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies)
16 Feb 2021
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The last thing he remembers is leaving school. It was a half day, as he’d finished his exams early, texted May about staying over at Ned’s place, sent another text to MJ and then a twitch of his spider senses--
Then a pinch at his neck, like a bee sting, but deeper. Darkness. Then here.
Huh. Kidnapped. That’s new. If he was less emotionally dead from finals and sleep deprivation, he’d probably have a stronger and much more appropriate reaction to that.
At least he's got Captain America and the Winter Soldier to keep him company.
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06 Jan 2026
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Julian is on his first vacation in three years, and where does he choose to go? Cardassia Prime, of course. It'll be great: he'll see Garak, take in the scenery, and remember how to relax. All he has to do is keep Garak from realizing that Julian's in love with him, which should be easy enough, right?
Right?
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27 Nov 2025
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You Wired Me Awake by thefourthvine for Best_Beloved
Fandoms: Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies)
16 Mar 2025
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Jim's a lone wolf, and that's just one of the many things about him the world wants to change. The Academy is the place that's supposed to make that change happen. It's not going to go like they expected.
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- Part 1 of Break My Rusty Cage and Run
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17 Nov 2025
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The Ghosts that Guide Us by estelraca for forsworn
Fandoms: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
31 Oct 2025
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Xenk faces psychic pain so that Edgin doesn't have to.
Edgin is less pleased by this than Xenk expected.
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08 Nov 2025
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Blood drawn during a sparring match with Frenchie awakens a hunger in Marc he'd much rather keep buried.
But Frenchie is nothing if not Marc's biggest enabler.
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05 Nov 2025
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“You’re far too significant a threat to be allowed free.”
“Oh, yes. You can’t release me; what if I go out and keep healing people?”
“Exactly so. Evil is predictable, doctor. A good man is far more dangerous.”
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Years after the Dominion War, it seems Julian Bashir’s most recent kidnapping is sticking.
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- Part 2 of Skin Deep
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21 Oct 2025
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Steven finds out their System is actually an Omega and not a Beta like he thought this whole time. Marc is very sorry. And Jake is here for a good time and not a long time.
And you're along for the ride and happy to help your beloved Omegas.
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08 Oct 2025
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It's five years after the war and everyone's talking about the hottest new publishing sensation out of Cardassia, The Rose of Terok Nor.
In which roses don't shine, spelling over instant messenger is still fraught, limited edition art books are acquired, and it's all true, especially the lies.
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- Part 5 of cicak's farces
- Part 2 of enjoying my own work
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30 Sep 2025
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Julian knows he is turning into a monster - the feared fate of all augments.
Bad Things Happen Bingo: Slammed into a Wall
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- Part 14 of Bad Things Happen Bingo (dftea)