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1. No Rehearsal by Ivo_is_lost

   Fandoms: Dispatch (Video Game)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   02 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Robert Robertson | Mecha Man/Waterboy | Herman
   • Robert Robertson | Mecha Man
   • Waterboy | Herman (Dispatch)
   • Waterboy | Herman's Grandmother (Dispatch)
   • Flambae | Chad (Dispatch)
   • Invisigal | Courtney (Dispatch)
   • Chase | Track Star (Dispatch)
   • Beef the Dog (Dispatch)
   • Prism | Alice (Dispatch)
   • Blonde Blazer | Mandy (Dispatch)
   • Original Characters
   • Royd (Dispatch)
   • Sonar | Victor (Dispatch)
   • Punch Up | Colm (Dispatch)
   • Malevola Gibb
   • Musicians
   • Guitars
   • Singing
   • Robert Robertson | Mecha Man Needs a Hug
   • Depressed Robert Robertson | Mecha Man
   • Waterboy | Herman Needs a Hug (Dispatch)
   • Virgin Waterboy | Herman (Dispatch)
   • Author Is Sleep Deprived
   • The Author Regrets Nothing
   • Slow Burn
   • Slow Build
   • Eventual Smut
   • Angst
   • Light Angst
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Happy Ending
   • Author Has Never Played Dispatch
   • Waterboy looks like authors husband
   • Lots of Music
   • Waterboy’s Grandmother is Southern
   • Mild Blood
   • Soft Robert Robertson | Mecha Man
   • Robert Robertson | Mecha Man is Bad at Feelings
   • Waterboy | Herman is Bad at Feelings (Dispatch)
   • Touch-Starved Waterboy | Herman (Dispatch)
   • gay chaos
   • Z-Team Doesn't Know Robert Robertson is Mecha Man
   • Soft Flambae | Chad (Dispatch)
   • Invisigal is not a pervert
   • invisigal is friends with Flambae
   • Wingman Prism | Alice (Dispatch)
   • Self-Indulgent
   • Sleep Paralysis
   • Domestic Fluff
   • Top Waterboy | Herman (Dispatch)
   • Bottom Robert Robertson | Mecha Man
   • Waterboy | Herman Has a Big Dick (Dispatch)

   Summary

   This went from a Talent Agency AU to me taking full creative liberties. I will be updating regularly!

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   Robert thought his life was over.

   Burned out, isolated, and haunted by the weight of his past, the former musician reluctantly accepts a job at SDM Studios, a chaotic talent agency desperately searching for its next breakthrough. He expects another dead end. Instead, he meets Herman Phillips, an awkward but astonishingly talented bassist whose raw sincerity begins unraveling the walls Robert spent years building around himself.

   As SDM rises from obscurity and the spotlight grows hotter, buried identities, old myths, and impossible emotions begin colliding in ways neither of them can control. What starts as a second chance at music slowly becomes something far more personal.

   Set against the chaos of live performances, internet fame, and the pressure of being truly seen, this is a story about love, reinvention, and the terrifying possibility of starting over.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Dispatch Talent Agency/Music AU

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   98,465

   Chapters:

   50/60

   Comments:

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