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1. The Grapevine by ladyseafoam

   Fandoms: Original Work, No Fandom  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   11 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Original Male Character/Original Male Character
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Original Male Character(s) of Color
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Original Female Character(s) of Color
   • Original Characters
   • Original Human Character(s)
   • Original Trans Character(s)
   • 1980s
   • Hollywood
   • Acting
   • Actors
   • Drama
   • Drama & Romance
   • Queer Themes
   • Queer Character
   • Original Fiction
   • Original Character(s)
   • mlm
   • Romance
   • Fame
   • Love
   • Complicated Relationships
   • Los Angeles
   • 80's Music
   • Gay Male Character
   • Gay Rights
   • No Smut
   • Emotional Roller Coaster
   • Help how do I tag
   • Character Death
   • POV First Person
   • Angst
   • Gender Dysphoria
   • Gender Identity
   • Homophobic Language
   • Explicit Language
   • Gay
   • Implied/Referenced Drug Use
   • Implied/Referenced Character Death
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm

   Summary

   Reggie Simmons is an up-and-coming actor trying to navigate his way through the press, his annoying co-stars and the memories of his past.
   But when a new, scouted actor moves to his studio, his whole life is flipped around.

   Is it so hard to navigate love and queerness in the complicated, paranoid lives they live, avoiding being outed by the press?
   Can you escape it, can you learn to live freely? Or will it ruin you, bringing you down to the depths of the neon hell that is 80s Hollywood?

   (Warning you now, this story will contain themes involving character death, substance abuse, domestic violence, discrimination, self-harm and probably more that I can’t think of right now. It’s mature for a reason, so just take it at that.)

   And you know what, even if you don’t think this story is your thing, why not read it anyway? Please 🥺 you never know /j

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   9,841

   Chapters:

   7/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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