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the one that got away by deadnotsleeping for randomrosewrites
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
07 Jun 2026
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"It turns out my mother is a god," Verso said, when he saw her approach. "And she never felt the need to tell her children."
As explanations went, that was a pretty good one. Demigods always caused problems.
"Is this going to keep happening?" Sciel asked. "You have to tell me if there's going to be a war. Wars are a very busy period for me. God-wars even more so."
Verso looked down and shifted uncomfortably. "I hope not, but Clea is… we're just trying to eliminate the Cult of the Writer for now. Then maybe look for more of us. Ones that don't try to kill us."
"That sounds like a war."
"A small-scale conflict," Verso insisted.
Sciel rolled her eyes. "Semantics."
Verso smiled, then looked down. Rubbed the back of his neck. Shifted nervously.
"What?"
"I'm sorry," Verso said, "About… all of this." He gestured to his body. "I imagine it isn't… natural, what I do. What I am."
On December 33rd, 1905, Death (or, as she prefers it, Sciel) meets an immortal in the process of discovering his immortality. Thus begins a 95 year long situationship.
Or, one time Sciel met Verso when he was dead and five times they met when he wasn't.
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stripping out the colours by deadnotsleeping for randomrosewrites
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
07 Jun 2026
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Verso moved his hand out of hers and towards her stomach. Clea let him, curious, and watched as his hand settled on her suspenders. His thumb moved over the metal clasps, leaving a dull smear of blood in its wake.
Horror, sharp and ice cold, poured down her throat and spread through her spine. She had missed that spot. How did she miss something?
Verso moved his bloodstained thumb to his face and sniffed theatrically. "Blood," he murmured. "You've gotten sloppy."
The cold horror flared and turned hot. Clea glared.
Brat. She was going to finish what the fire started.
"I don't get sloppy," she hissed. She grabbed his hand and yanked it toward her again. It must've hurt, must've stretched at his scars, but he let her do it without protest.
Post-fire, Clea and Verso try to take care of each other.
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heart of kyber by deadnotsleeping
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021), Star Wars - All Media Types
04 May 2026
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To Whom it May Concern,
My name is Jayce Talis. I am a PhD student at Coruscant University studying mechanical engineering. My focus is in material science, specifically kyber crystals. While its optical and energetic properties are well-known, I'm having trouble finding any information regarding its interaction with the Force. Would the Jedi Temple be willing to share any of its research?
I swear I am not making any weapons.
Thank you,
Jayce Talis
On one uneventful day, Viktor, former Padawan of Grand Master Heimerdinger, current archivist, and supposed Jedi, receives an intriguing email from a man named Jayce Talis. Three days later, they meet in the ruins of Jayce’s apartment.
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- Part 1 of 30 Days of AUs
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Months after her family narrowly escaped the fire, Clea Dessendre spends one perfect day setting up her new art exhibit with Verso and Alicia.
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The other Verso loved water, and so he did as well.
Other Verso Painted water everywhere in the Canvas, although presumably, like the rest of the Canvas, he Painted it for fun and not for death. Flying Waters, which was Painted in a fit of childish fury after he realized he could not live in the ocean, contained something like breathable water. It made for an adequate alternative to the traditional ocean on days when Verso craved the peace of being underwater but not the pain of drowning. It wasn’t nearly as calming as swimming in real water, but it at least didn’t tempt him with the sleep of death. Not more than usual, anyway.
Or, an exploration of Verso and his relationship to water, the sea, and a certain very cute aquatic mammal.
Written for Day 5 of Verso Hell Week: Drowning.
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30 Days of AUs by deadnotsleeping
Fandom Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021), Star Wars - All Media Types
04 May 2026
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30 (non-consecutive!) days of AUs. Multi-fandom.
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Just then, the last of the blood slipping from that boy into Spike, him and Dru grabbing for each other with their fangs in each other’s mouths, then walking hand in hand up Fifth Avenue, all the way back home, a little prayer croaks out of him, before he realizes enough to grab it back—Please. Please, let it be like this always.
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(In which New York City is one of the various loves of Spike's unlife, he can’t stop thinking about the Slayer, and in which, mostly, he just really wants to belong somewhere, if anyone will have him.)Series
- Part 5 of my blood tastes like laughter
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11 Jul 2026
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Originally a standalone fic, the first installment has now spawned a trilogy because I've lost control of my life! Part 1 is a season 4 era slow burn; parts 2 and 3 explore AU versions of s5 and s6, respectively, where spuffy are in an established relationship throughout.
Parts 2 and 3 are planned/mostly written! Other fics in this universe, including missing scenes, bonus content, and possibly an AU s7 (but don't hold me to it) may be to come.
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09 Jul 2026
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Buffy's career is going nowhere, her love life is dead in the water and her roots are showing, but there's no time to spare on any of those problems: she has a whole wedding to plan.
And that’s only before she decides to do the stupid thing.
Bookmarked by deadnotsleeping
05 Jul 2026
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the feeling of being alive (for the first time in a long time) by sailorartemis for deadnotsleeping
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
24 May 2026
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"Come," she demanded. "I will not allow the two of you to be useless today."
The insult bore more weight than the perfunctory way she said it, as if merely remarking on the morning's bleary weather. To him, uselessness alluded to the black trousers tied-off flush against his residual knees, and the burns that stretched upward toward his waist, obscured by the thick fabric. Those scars and phantom pains he measured alone every night as he laid in the bath, wondering how it might feel to slip his head beneath the soapy water.
Perhaps it was rude of him to ascribe that cruelty to his injuries rather than acknowledging it as Clea being... Clea. She didn't know how to express love unless it was on the edge of a dagger.
"Fine, then," he muttered. "Lead the way."
A year after the fire that terribly injured her siblings, Clea drags Verso and Alicia along to restore their mother's garden for her birthday.
Written for the Clair Obscur Exchange 2026!
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Bookmarked by deadnotsleeping
01 Jun 2026
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He seems comfortable enough sitting with his thoughts that he's not using the wine to get out of his own head, at the very least. Maybe he's just lonely. Verso does like talking, and entertains himself by climbing into her head when she's free enough to make merry. Julie is… strangely unbothered by that part of their routine.
The part that does bother her is the meta aspect: the routine itself.
Verso is there every night.
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AKA Julie eases Verso off the slippery slope of drinking to forget his past.
Bookmarked by deadnotsleeping
06 May 2026