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Pinecrest school for the gifted
One of the best boarding schools in the country. One of the most exclusive boarding schools in the country. Syd's new home for the next two years.
Life at Pinecrest is not easy though, and despite her attempt to stay under the radar, she's met with constant bullying, a hostile roommate and a teacher who seems to have it out for her.
None of this matters to her though, as long as she keeps beating Carmen Berzatto in everything she does.
----------------------Work Title from 'Eternal Sunshine' By Ariana Grande
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After Richie gets arrested for aggravated assault during a bachelor party hosted at The Beef, Counsellor Lara Khoury, public defender, takes over his case. She gets to know the crew of The Beef, and more specifically, one grief-stricken emotionally-constipated chef.
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There are days when Carmen misses drugs more than anything. He understood, very early on, that drugs and kitchens are like...well, like drugs and kitchens. In a post Bourdain world the pairing is obvious, cliché even. But clichés are cliché for a reason and this particular one wouldn't exist at all if all chefs were, say, weirdly good at doing voice impressions or if they all had a penchant for playing tennis. That's uncles and dudes who tie cardigans around their shoulders respectively.
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Bear with Catherine by squiggleyisqueer
Fandoms: The Bear (TV 2022), Catherine (Video Game)
12 Feb 2026
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Weeks before the opening of The Bear, Carmen Berzatto is being plague by terrifying nightmares. Almost every night he dreams that he has to climb a tower of blocks to escape the fate of death. These nightmares start to get tense when he meets a mysterious woman who claims to have known him forever. Even though almost everyone in the Berzatto's family adores her, Carmy has no memory of her. She somehow manages to charm her way into a relationship with him. Now, Carmy finds himself conflicted between her and his feelings that he suppresses for his business partner Sydney Adamu. All these feelings of love, seduction, and remnants of his trauma manifests into his nightmares. Will Carmy be able to overcome all the blocks in his life? Or will he die in sleep? His outcome, depends on you. Please, tune into this Golden Playhouse Special Feature (Catherine AU)
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Carmen's friend Luca was running into a string of bad luck. Pipes bursting and needing repairs but covid made money tight.
So what does he do? Carmen sends Chef Vasquez and Chef Luca on a journey through love and loss. Can the two chefs help one another? Or will the pipes burst in their faces.
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“What the fuck is this?” Carmy snarled from behind her, slamming into the office and tossing his phone on the desk.
Sydney’s heart sank as she registered the message in front of her.
"Hey Carman," the email read, somehow misspelling Carmy’s name, "It’s Adam. I’m sure Syd’s told you about the CDC position I’ve offered her at my new place. I just want you to know that it isn’t personal – she’s so fucking talented, you know? She’s going places, and I want to help her get there. I couldn’t let that kind of talent go without a fight. I hope you understand that it’s the best thing for her – hopefully no hard feelings?"
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Carmy and Chef David change the parameters of their relationship.
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- Part 2 of bones for bread
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They had a whole lot of history in New York — late nights, trauma, and a kitchen that chewed them up. But this isn’t New York. It’s Chicago.
And when Sydney walks into The Beef asking for a job, Carmen tells her to get the fuck out.
Because whatever held them together back then doesn’t mean shit now.
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Sydney raises her hands, all don’t shoot the messenger style. “I don’t mean to make you feel like shit, but you did accidentally break up with your girlfriend from a refrigerator, specifically the one you personally forgot to call about. Imagining you in any kind of third place is sort of like imagining someone adopting a Tasmanian devil instead of a dog, like, if I were Richie, and I walked in, and I saw a random new guy standing there that everyone said was Carmy’s old boss, I’d be thinking I’d know who you were on a date with. Ergo, we have until Richie gets here to make sure Richie doesn’t commit murder.”
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It had always been about his fucked-up family. It had always been about Mikey.
AU where Carmy is eleven when Donna drives the car through the living room.
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Natalie was still fucking hounding him about ’self-care’ and ‘therapy’ and all that other bullshit, and now Sydney would team up with her, and it was all because of that stupid fucking article that decided it wanted to come in and fuck up the closest thing to normalcy he’d ever had in his entire fucking life.
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Carmy is horrified when Chef Fields turns up at the Bear.
David is looking to make amends, while Berzatto is looking for closure.
Nothing goes according to plan.
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- Part 1 of bones for bread
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David Fields covets silence, every word spoken with his permission only. The only way to communicate is through food.
Carmy accepts the challenge; pours himself into the job with everything he has, desperate to show Chef who he really is.
Or: Carmy’s time in New York and the aftermath that follows.
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Carmy reaches his breaking point and falls harder than he thought possible.
(aka. Carmy goes through hell and everyone else is there to help put him back together)
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I am an accomplice too by Juniper (viola_from_twelfth_night)
Fandoms: The Bear (TV 2022)
11 Sep 2025
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In a world where men wear dresses and have to hurry up and marry before their balls dry up while women have all the power, Lord Berzatto is a hot commodity: he is handsome, intelligent and most important of all, single. The young lord is to be married to the Countess Dunlap, but she doesn't seem to be able to make a move. Meanwhile, Lady Adamu wishes to marry Lord Luca, but he also seems distracted. Sensing that they are in similar predicaments, Lady Adamu asks Lord Berzatto if she may pretend to court him so they can make their respective lovers jealous. Things take a turn when the young lord finds himself falling for the lady.
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Carmy calls David. They slowly grow closer in their relationship. David seethes about the truffle guy. They also have phone sex. Again.
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- Part 3 of Loveable Asshole Chef 'Verse
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Set during the imaginary Season 5 playing in my head. A series of short ficlets based on the idea; What if Syd did leave The Bear in Season 5 instead of Carmy? Inspired by tumblr convos.
Title from the Marina and The Diamonds song.
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Cigarettes for Breakfast by Stellascoot for Jagroka, Slashaddict96
Fandoms: The Bear (TV 2022)
02 Aug 2025
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”Look, I don’t expect you to get it Ritchie, you weren’t the one who Mikey literally kicked out of here for being a fat ass”.
“He said that?” Ritchie looks like he wants to kill a dead man, and Carmy feels a surge of protectiveness towards his big brother.
Carmy shrugs “when he told me I couldn’t stay here he said it was for my own good” he says gently. “And I get it, I couldn’t control myself here-“
“You get jackshit! Mikey was trying to protect you from all the crap he had going on!”
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Old memories are getting in the way of Carmen living, but you keep him present and sane.
For context, this is set during Season 1 when the restaurant is still The Beef.
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In this universe, if you and your soulmate are both in the same vicinity but don’t meet, the day loops. It resets until fate gets its act together.
For Sydney, it starts with dinner.
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