Candle's Whumptober 2023
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“I do, get that,” Dani began. He kept his voice quiet and soft like he was talking to a skittish racehorse not a premier league footballer. “I prefer to think of it like a safety net. You hope to never need it but when you need it most it is there to catch you. Friends should always catch you when you need it most.”
Whumptober Day 1 - Safety Net
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- Part 1 of Candle's Whumptober 2023
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“Coach, you don’t need to lie to me. I just wanted to apologise and say that if you don’t want it to scar then get some of those bandages or stitches maybe,” Jamie shrugs brushing his own cheekbone to show the wound on Beard’s face he was referring to. “Or like, we might match,” another gesture this time to the notch in his eyebrow.
Jamie gains an unlikely ally after the events of that fateful night in Wembley
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- Part 2 of Candle's Whumptober 2023
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Sometimes it is the smallest of moments that change lives. That moment could be catching a train or it could be viewed through the window of a Treatment Room door.
In one scenario, an American in London stumbles upon an old protégé in a perilous situation facing down his own blood. The American walks away, that moment is seemingly forgotten but it shapes both their lives in seen and unseen ways.
In one scenario, a veteran of the sport has played his last as the young starlet contemplates his future while faced with his past. One rescues the other, leading to their fates being intertwined.
We've seen how the first scenario plays out. This story follows what might have happened if it had been the second instead.
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- Part 3 of Candle's Whumptober 2023
- Part 3 of Candle's August of Whump 2025
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Jamie really missed the good drugs that Roy’s sister had given him. He knew these potential 12 weeks of recovery were going to be hellish when already he felt like his spine wanted to crawl out of his body on day 1.
The injuries piled up. The threat of his dad going to jail lingered. The threat of his dad not going to jail terrified him. The press would find out. Twitter would find out. The future was uncertain and that was the worst part of it all.
There’s a lot to do and a lot to think about but maybe somewhere along the way Jamie can learn to sit back, stop fighting and let people help him?
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- Part 3 of Jamie Lasso
- Part 4 of Candle's Whumptober 2023
- Part 7 of Candle's Whumptober 2024
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Whumptober Day 5 - "You better pray I don't get up this time around."
The reconciliation between the Tartt men had been a constant worry in the back of Keeley's mind. She compared it to a ticking time bomb. You didn't know when it was going to go but it would and it never let you forget it.
She didn't think that Jamie would be the one to blow though.
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- Part 5 of Candle's Whumptober 2023
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Ted hadn't thought about Jamie Tartt since that ill fated night in the Crown and Anchor where he turned Jamie away.
When Keeley wants Ted to check on a friend who is ghosting her while he's over the pond back in the USA, he doesn't plan on mending bridges but it's a good job he always has his hammer ready to go.Whumptober Day 7 - Radio Silence
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- Part 6 of Candle's Whumptober 2023
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Roy doesn't know what to think when the kitman starts roasting the team he works for with the permission of their coach.
But the one thing he does know is Jamie does not react to it wellWhumptober Day 19 - "I'm not as stupid as you think I am."
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- Part 7 of Candle's Whumptober 2023
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It Takes a Village (or a Professional Football Team) by ABubblingCandle
Fandoms: Ted Lasso (TV)
03 Nov 2023
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Roy Kent is sick, Ruth O'Sullivan is at work, Phoebe O'Sullivan has a very important cup final.
With both of Jamie's favourite Kents sad, he needs to come up with a plan to make sure this day is the best it can be. This is a job for Uncle Jamie.
Whumptober Day 20: Found Family
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- Part 4 of I'll Be On My Way
- Part 8 of Candle's Whumptober 2023
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He had been at Ola’s with Sam. Sam was one of the only teammates that had stayed in London and was just doing admin at the restaurant so Jamie, being the clingy little shit he was, just went to go bless Sam with his presence. It was late when the taxi pulled up and Jamie was tired and ready for bed. He unlocked his door, turned to bolt it and then black.
Bug and Denbo look for an easy pay day robbing the son of their friend and end up with Jamie in peril, none of his friends aware enough to help and no one with a clue how to get out of this situation with their sanity, limbs and freedom intact
Whumptober Day 21: Restraints
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- Part 9 of Candle's Whumptober 2023
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Colin heard the accident before he saw it. “Fucking idiot,” Jeff cursed from the back of the bus. Before Colin could turn there was an almighty crunch followed by an ear-splitting tearing sound. Colin’s head snapped to the side with a jerk and he felt weightless for a moment. Time slowed. The bus skidded.
AFC Richmond end up in a bus accident on the way to a game and Colin has to contend with the near death of his closest friends
Whumptober Day 22 - Vehicular Accident
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- Part 10 of Candle's Whumptober 2023
- Part 19 of Candle's August of Whump 2025
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Jan Maas is well aware of the ways his teammates can be idiots but this was a new low. Sitting around assuming everything would be ok when a crazed fan has been following your every moment and apparently knows where you live ... Jamie had lost his mind!
Alt Title - Jan Maas bullies Jamie into self care
Whumptober Day 23 - StalkingSeries
- Part 11 of Candle's Whumptober 2023
- Part 3 of Candle's Febuwhump 2024
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Roy Kent meets a child prodigy at his outreach day at Phoebe's school and is immediately fascinated with his niece's new best friend.
When it turns out the young family is struggling, Roy can relate more than they think and decides to lend a hand adding to his small family.Whumptober Day 24: Neglect
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- Part 12 of Candle's Whumptober 2023
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It’s a given in any sport that star players will be targeted within the bend of the rules and Roy had enough sense to know that their formation fell apart without Jamie Tartt. However, he never thought he would see the gentleman’s agreement of decency between players broken in this way. He never thought he would see Jamie Tartt crumple like a puppet with it’s strings cut in the middle of the field.
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- Part 13 of Candle's Whumptober 2023
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Jamie is asked to pick Phoebe up from school while her mother and uncle are working.
Jamie's father is released from rehab without Jamie being informed.
Together these facts spell disaster.Whumptober Day 23: "You'll have to go through me."
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- Part 3 of I'll Be On My Way
- Part 14 of Candle's Whumptober 2023
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A Lasso Tartt Kent Jones Sutton O'Sullivan Welton Beard Family Christmas by ABubblingCandle
Fandoms: Ted Lasso (TV)
28 Nov 2023
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Jamie Tartt wants to bring together his new and old family for the festive season. It somehow ends with all the people that have come to care about Jamie coming together in celebration.
Despite that ... Jamie is stressed
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- Part 4 of Jamie Lasso
- Part 15 of Candle's Whumptober 2023
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Jan wants his long term boyfriend Jamie to come to the Netherlands to meet his family for Christmas. Initially Jamie panics and ropes in Roy to pull him out of the destructive thought spiral but in the end all he needs to do is take a leap of faith.
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- Part 16 of Candle's Whumptober 2023
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It's Not Lost, You Just Don't Know Where It's Gone by ABubblingCandle
Fandoms: Ted Lasso (TV)
03 Jan 2024
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Roy and Jamie go cycling again when Roy is struggling with his feelings. Their chat turns to nostalgia and thinking about that ghost fire.
Roy tells Jamie about the blanket he regrets burning ... which puts Jamie in an awkward situation for many reasons.
1) Jamie didn't burn the boots his mum gave him
2) And he just lied to Roy about that
3) Roy's blanket didn't burn either
4) And he's just lied to Roy about that as wellSeries
- Part 2 of Candle's RoyJamie Bingo 2024
- Part 17 of Candle's Whumptober 2023
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Jamie thought he was rebuilding a relationship with his father. He thought he would be fine when James Tartt Sr was back out into the world as a free sober man. Jamie was wrong on all counts.
Now Jamie can't sleep no matter what he tries and why is Roy being so goddamn nice to him all of a sudden?Jamie explores his relationship with his father and his relationship with his Roy all while trying to hold onto his own sanity
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- Part 18 of Candle's Whumptober 2023
- Part 3 of Candle's RoyJamie Bingo 2024
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Jamie really feels like he's turned a corner at AFC Richmond and maybe this is his chance to grow like Ted wanted him to.
Then the rug gets pulled out from underneath him
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- Part 19 of Candle's Whumptober 2023
- Part 1 of The Darkest Timeline