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encordés (French, mountaineering, plural): roped together; tied to a partner on the same rope, so that if one of you falls, the other can hold the line.
Gustave is an experienced climber. When a route in the French Alps goes wrong, he expects broken bones and weeks of gruesome recovery. What he does not expect is, instead, to fall, slowly and catastrophically, for the unfairly attractive mountain rescuer who keeps visiting his hospital room.
But Verso carries his own scars, and Gustave has learned the hard way that being wanted means hiding the parts of himself that are broken, and that leaving first hurts less than being left behind.
This is a story about concussed flirting, scars and second chances, about being seen completely — and two stubborn idiots learning that the rope works in both directions.
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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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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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My Chroma in Your Veins by MsCoffeebear
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
24 May 2026
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“Mark me,” Verso demanded against Gustave’s mouth. “I want to feel it tomorrow.”
Gustave’s eyes flashed. Then his mouth was on Verso’s throat, teeth scraping, biting, and the sharp pain made Verso gasp.
Gustave’s nails raked down Verso’s back, scratching hard enough to draw blood. Marking him, like he wanted . Claiming him.
And Verso loved the violence. Loved the proof that this was real, that Gustave wanted him enough to leave marks.The Fracture Zone is where people are sent to die.
Painters and Writers, enemies for five hundred years, embark on expeditions to reach the Monolith. None survive—until Expedition 33.
Gustave Virlogeux has lost almost everything, and his grief has turned to rage.
Verso Dessendre is already dead inside. The perfect weapon, buried so deep under control he can't remember what feeling looks like.
They've been circling each other for years: enemies on the battlefield, strangers in the dark.
Until one desperate choice binds them in forbidden magic, and suddenly they can't hide anymore.
They'll learn that some connections are stronger than hatred, and that some enemies were never meant to be enemies at all. -
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The Pride & Prejudice AU you didn't know you needed // Arranged marriage to love // Slow burn
"Why?" Verso asked, his pale eyes fixed on Gustave's face with unsettling intensity.
"Why sacrifice yourself for her?"
The question caught Gustave off guard. He opened his mouth, closed it again, searching for the right words.
"Because she is my sister," he said simply. "And I would do anything for her."In Belle Époque France, an old promise binds two families. When the promised bride refuses, her brother steps forward instead — binding himself to a man shaped by pride and expectation.
Gustave Virlogeux is practical, dependable, and entirely unremarkable — or so he has always believed. Verso Dessendre is composed, untouchable, and dangerously perceptive.
Their engagement is duty. Their courtship is stolen glances, careful distance, and the maddening warmth of a hand that lingers a moment too long.But what begins as obligation unfolds into a slow reckoning with everything they cannot say — until what was never supposed to be real becomes the only thing that is.
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Horny, but horny together by MsCoffeebear, Shin_PM
Fandom Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
12 Apr 2026
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The souvenir by thevalesofanduin for MsCoffeebear
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
23 Jun 2026
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Gustave and Verso are in Crete, where Gustave is hunting the souvenir shops of Rethymno for the perfect keepsake like he’s a lion trying to catch a zebra on the Savannah.
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One year after meeting Gustave for the first time, Verso finally tracks down the Writer he's been obsessed with. Verso has spent a year thinking of nothing but the taste of the ink in Gustave's blood. He'd thought he knew how this reunion would go - but Gustave has other ideas.
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- Part 2 of Palate
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The green to my blue by Anivy (Yamimidna) for MsCoffeebear
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
28 May 2026
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After destiny has been cruel to him, professor Gustave Eiffel doesn't believe he could ever be lucky. He will never find his soulmate - and that is fine.
But then another professor helps a student find their way to his lecture.
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- Part 3 of Paris 2026 Shortfics
Bookmarked by MsCoffeebear
03 Jun 2026
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Cheese and Pinot by Arumattie for theartsypumpkin (Kuroaloeart)
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
17 May 2026
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Stuck at the airport with a bunch of cheese and a very delayed flight, Gustave was having a terrible time. Thankfully, a rather charming stranger arrived to save the day with a lovely bottle of red.
Bookmarked by MsCoffeebear
17 May 2026
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phi’s Topstave with cheese & wine - do I need to say more?? (Yeah no, I don’t think so ;))
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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")