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It's Worth It by HulkJanitor
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Iron Lung (Video Game), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
16 Jun 2026
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Grace and Rocky are on their way to Erid when they encounter a strange terrestrial vessel that has somehow made its way to space. The single occupant is alive and Grace and Rocky rescue him, but they are then faced with the challenge of gaining this stranger's trust and dealing with the contamination he brought with him.
*slaps roof of fic* This bad boy can fit so many near-death experiences in it! But also friendship! And fucking (eventually)!
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"What do you WANT?"
“I just want you to live!” Grace threw up his hands in exasperation “Is that so wrong? Is that so hard to believe?!—” he lowered his hands and quieted his voice. It took enormous effort. “I just want you to stay alive, and I need you to just sit still so you don’t die.”
The man’s expression dissolved from roiling rage to bafflement. There was something else too though. Grace could see cogs spinning behind the man’s eyes. Something about that answer had stuck.
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17 Jun 2026
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Verso is keeping a journal with his observations about working in close proximity to Gustave.
There's one thing he keeps coming back to - over and over again.
Gustave's hair.
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- Part 23 of Discord Chat Fics
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13 Jun 2026
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It doesn't matter. No matter the story, Verso has a chance to die still being of use.
He'll provoke him into a fight. Try and kill him, as hopeless as the notion may be. If he wins, a 'monster' is no longer haunting this place. If he loses, then the vampire will feed on him. Then he'll be nothing.
He wants to lose. Being a free meal is better than living.
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Verso, the last Dessendre, goes to find the resident vampire in Lumiere's woods with some elaborate suicide mission. He doesn't expect the vampire to take him to his home instead. He doesn't expect to fall in love either.
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10 Jun 2026
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Thermal Conductivity by MsCoffeebear for theartsypumpkin (Kuroaloeart)
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
07 Jun 2026
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thermal conductivity (n.) — the rate at which heat passes through a material; the tendency of two bodies in contact to trade warmth until they settle at the same temperature.
Verso saved Gustave's life at the Stonewave Cliffs and still won't admit why (not even to himself). Now it's freezing, Gustave is too stubborn to say he's cold, and Verso has been quietly, hopelessly gone for him for longer than he'll ever confess.
Or: there was only one blanket.
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08 Jun 2026
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”En gardé, monsieur!”
Verso has a second to register it before he realizes he’s being cornered by three, very serious children. Gustave’s apprentices, to be more precise. Not the threat he first would’ve thought of, but there you go.
”What are your intentions towards Gustave?”
In which the apprentices have had enough of Verso & Gustave’s pining and confront Verso. They might also recruit some help while they're at it, and Verso suffers.
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06 Jun 2026
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When Verso is wounded in battle, he thinks it's a waste to let anyone take care of him. Gustave is determined to prove otherwise.
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06 Jun 2026
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In a newly restored Lumiere, Verso settles into his new life with Gustave and begins to live again after a century of hardship and sorrow. The path, however is not an easy one, as people come with many different things to share. Most noticable of all is germs.
And Verso, after being immortal, has the immune system of a newborn.
Along with the growing issue of security for the city and feeding the increased population, things are far from simple.featuring - the weather, illness, bad cooking skills, tea!, snuggling, nevron attacks and much more!
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05 Jun 2026
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Sotto Voce by MsCoffeebear for Shin_PM
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
07 Jun 2026
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Belle Époque Paris, 1913. Verso Dessendre is very good at being wanted. It is, in fact, the only thing the world has ever been willing to pay a ruined aristocrat for, and he has made his peace with that.
Then Gustave Virlogeux — celebrated conductor of the Opéra, one hand of flesh and one of steel, immovable as a closed door — catches him breaking into the rehearsal hall to play a piano in the dark. Instead of calling the gendarmes, he offers Verso a real chance and an honest wage, and commits the truly unforgivable sin of refusing to be charmed.
This is a story about a maestro who won't play along, a brat who won't behave, and a grand piano that did not consent to any of this. It is also, underneath all that, a story about being wanted for the whole of yourself — scars, ruin, and all — by someone who refuses to let you sell the one true thing you've got.
Or: a maestro who conducts in bed exactly as he does on the podium, a pianist whose every seduction technique fails spectacularly and repeatedly (until it doesn't), and one grand piano that did not survive the experience.
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03 Jun 2026
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When Gustave re-joins his old dive crew, he doesn't expect to find their newest member so attractive, or so irritating. Verso pushes the boundaries of what is safe or practical for a human diver, taking risks that should by all rights have gotten him killed. He's reckless, arrogant, and a show-off. But there's something about him that draws Gustave like a moth to a flame.
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31 May 2026
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Gustave tried to remind himself that he actually enjoyed showing new people around the wildlife rehabilitation facility. Most of the times he did this, he was able to tell someone something new, and watch a spark light up in their eyes. It even happened with snooty rich people. Sometimes.
That was how the three Dessendre siblings found him.Bookmarked by Iska
31 May 2026
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When the faceless boy asks Verso to look after his sister, he reluctantly agrees. He should have known that living among the people of Lumière, with friendship, community, and a sister who is not his sister, would derail his plans.
Gustave holds on to hope that one day, he will defeat the Paintress and create a future for his city and the man he loves. But hope is a fragile thing, especially when what you believe in is built on lies.
The road to salvation demands a heavy toll. Tomorrow comes, one way or another.
The shout on Gustave's lips died when the white-haired man spoke again.
“What happened to your face, Verso?”
“Just a temporary measure.” Silvery chroma curled from Verso's head, and just like that, most of his scars were gone, leaving behind the face of a stranger. Questions, words, crowded in Gustave’s mind, but he couldn’t string them together into a sentence.
This wasn’t Verso.
This was Verso.
Updates Fridays. I know some of you are here for the smut, so I must admit that according to my calculations, this thing is 95 % drama and 5 % smut (good for them). If you're looking for the 5 %, please check the notes for Chapter 1.
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27 May 2026
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Three years ago, during the perfect Summer at his family's summer home, Verso Dessendre fell in love.
Then, he was forcibly reminded that he had his responsibilities, his duties, and that his life was not a fairy tale where he could run away with the merman he'd fallen in love with.
However, left to rot by the sea, without his ability to paint, with vicious wounds from a fire his sister had not survived, Verso can't help but wish for just a little of that fairy tale magic for himself and the merman who had stolen his heart - Gustave.
(Title means "The Call of the Sea")
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25 May 2026
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Doing my part to spread the scielune agenda
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25 May 2026
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Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary (Comic) by BronzePlates
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Iron Lung (2026)
15 Jun 2026
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A comic re-posted from my Tumblr
There's no reason Simon would wake up on the Hail Mary and act rationally after dying in a blood ocean.
So, he doesn't
Good luck to Grace and Rocky
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24 May 2026
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Gustave babysits Verso Dessendre as a teenager through his High School years.
Eventually, though, Verso decides that he is too old for Gustave, and they drift apart, even though they spent hours talking about trains every single day for years on years.
Years later, when their paths happen to cross again thanks to the meddling of his friends and family, Gustave is surprised to find that not only does Verso remember him - there's a spark that wasn't there before. One that... well. He's not about to let slip through his fingers.
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- Part 16 of Discord Chat Fics
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24 May 2026
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Death watches over Verso, unable to grant him the peace he so desperately desires. Over the decades in this dance of death and ressurection, he can't help but fall at least a little bit in love.
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- Part 1 of Mist and Twilight
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23 May 2026
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Verso wears many masks. For each person in his life, he finds exactly what they need him to be and becomes that just for them. He never expected to have difficulty finding the perfect mask for Gustave. No more than he ever expected Gustave to be able to see right through to the heart of him.
(Or, Verso is forced to submit to The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known)
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22 May 2026
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Rose to Ring by BasilHound for Aria_Lerendeair
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
30 May 2026
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What starts as a ridiculous Medieval Times themed outing for his 33rd birthday becomes far more than Gustave was expecting when he becomes Knighted and makes far too much eye contact with one of the Knights.
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This was sparked by a Tik Tok about Medieval Times' knights and spiraled into several people talking about Verstave being History nerds and head over heels for each other.Bookmarked by Iska
22 May 2026
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hold on to each other by fadinglight123 for Saiya_tina
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
21 May 2026
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Verso cannot Paint.
He isn’t the original, only a pale copy meant to fill the hole that Verso left and he can’t even do that right.
He can't paint the world for his friends like the last piece of the original Verso's soul does. But he has enough chroma to live forever. It might just be enough chroma to power the Canvas and give his friends the future they deserve, all while fixing the mistake that is Verso's existence.
The people who love him have something to say about that.
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21 May 2026
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In the place where I make no mistakes (in the place where I have what it takes) by inverts
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
21 May 2026
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Obviously, when Verso learns that Monoco has been trapped under an avalanche, he's not just going to sit around and do nothing! That's his best, closest, oldest friend! That's the guy who's been by his side this whole time!
Yup. That's Monoco. Always here, always loyal.
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21 May 2026