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She’s still hunched over beside the dumpsters, hands on her knees, heaving up air because there’s nothing left in her stomach. She reaches out a shaky hand to give him a thumbs up. “Seriously, man, I’m fine. All good.”
Something inside him twists and squeezes brutally. Is this what this place is doing to her? “For fuck’s sake, Syd. I’m giving you a ride home.”
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15 Jul 2026
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It would be terrible to realize his brittle nature and invite Sydney to touch him only to crumble away and make her feel bad. He’d been eroding for a while.
So he was boned either way, and Cousin’s fine example had taught that lesson. Don’t love a woman who you’ll love forever when she feels like an angel trying to polish your shit. He needed to aim for something mundane and pragmatic. He needed a nice girl who could talk him down and convince him his blood sugar was the problem. He needed to have his whole life not become some harmonious masterpiece of a signature dish where man became bear became restaurant became woman became holy fucking writ.
General spoilers for season 2, with some muted sexuality by way of tasting dishes.
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- Part 1 of Eat With Fingers
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14 Jul 2026
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“Chef,” Carmy says softly, “it’s just for a few hours.”
“A few hours?! A single minute of catering brunch is going to make me a suicide risk, Chef!”
“I’ll be there with you. Chef.”
Sydney doesn’t look like she forgives him, exactly, but her dire expression loosens up, just a little bit.
In which Cicero calls in a favor, hollandaise is made, and Sydney makes a promise.
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She likes button-ups and brûlée. She’s got her shit together, strait-laced, on track and he’s—he’s a fucking mess, alright. -
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Syd calls Claire his girlfriend and it’s a gut punch, it’s a grab for his mouth, it’s him spitting out teeth before he swallows them.
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Sydney tells Carmy she loves him.
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10 Jul 2026
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and we'll be laughing about how we used to smoke by emilybrontay
Fandoms: The Bear (TV 2022)
28 Aug 2023
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“Okay,” she said, “okay, but I mean like, when I imagine my life - like I don’t want a baby right now. If I got pregnant now… chance would be a fine fucking thing but if I got pregnant now, I would be like, hello Planned Parenthood, one abortion please.”
He laughed a little. “I’m not saying now…” he said.
“Right, well. I mean, yeah, I want my own spot and I want a book with my face on and I want a fucking star and after I’ve got all that, maybe, yeah,” she thought about Sophia, and the weight of her, the powdery, sugary smell of her, “Yeah, it would be nice. To have a little baby. But I don’t know, man, can you imagine me as a mom?”
He said nothing for several heartbeats. “Yeah,” he said, “yeah, I can.”
Sometimes, he just knocked her out.Title from Five Years Time by Noah and the Whale.
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10 Jul 2026
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Oh I’m RUINED. Soft Uncle Carmy kills me.
Really, really excellent dialogue, also. Fantastic handle on the characters’ voices, especially Syd’s. -
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On a rare day off work, Carmy reflects on his and Sydney's relationship and how much she means to him.
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09 Jul 2026
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snow is outside but i'm by your fire (i feel all the love you bring) by pasta_lovaa
Fandoms: The Bear (TV 2022)
17 Jul 2023
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This is to say that he’s sitting at the bartop, nursing an eggnog and half-listening to the convoluted story Fak is yelling into his ear, and just absolutely staring at Sydney from across the room. She’s with Sugar, watching karaoke and eating one of the ricotta and roasted grape crostinis he made earlier today (they really should’ve hired a caterer). She’s nodding, eyes wide at whatever Nat tells her and Carmy irrationally decides it must be some dig at him- it’s not a totally far-fetched notion.
Her arms are bare, a rare sight, and it feels stupidly scandalous.
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She’s trying not to notice him.
She really is- she’s trying to enjoy the karaoke and the hors d'oeuvres and the story Natalie’s telling her. But Sydney can feel Carmy’s eyes on her from across the room like a sixth sense and it’s really fucking distracting. It’s becoming an issue really, the staring. Sydney can’t tell if he’s really that obvious about it or if she’s just hyper aware of everything he does (either is equally likely)- but whatever the case, she can feel his eyes like strobe lights on her back as she bites into her crostini.Series
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“It doesn’t feel real, sometimes,” Carmy says. “I have these dreams…nightmares, really. It’s still The Beef, we’re still hanging on by the skin of our teeth—”
“We kinda still are,” Sydney says.
He rolls his eyes. “Richie used to deal coke in the alley.”
“Yeah, okay, point taken.”Bookmarked by MicrosuedeMouse
05 Jul 2026
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Sometimes being around her was like being opened up; the knife so sharp you barely even felt it cut.
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Carmy folds his arms again, toying with his fork. “Anyways, it’s gonna happen.”
“Right,” Sydney says. “Blind faith. Let it rip.”
“And,” Carmy says, pointing the fork at her, “because you’re you, and this is insane.” He gestures to their empty dishes.
Sydney ducks her head, tries hard not to let his praise tilt her off her stool and onto the floor. “Shut up.”
-- Testing for The Bear's menu, Sydney cooks for Carmy. They share a conversation and a meal. Sydney does her best to be emotionally mature while battling real actual demons (romantic attraction towards her coworker).
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Sydney is horny for Carmy’s hands, this is somehow a problem.
Carmy is just plain horny for Sydney. This is also somehow a problem.
Just two nerds being steamrolled by lust and professional boundaries, very cool very sexy of them.Two snapshots in time.
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- Part 1 of let lips do what hands do
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Carmy struggles with a new dish. Sydney does what she can to help. Set after the events of the first series.
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you're my sweetheart by brella for pinkmilkshake
Fandoms: Majo no Takkyuubin | Kiki's Delivery Service
08 Jan 2013
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He never thought he'd say it, but all those dumb romance books his cousin Tilly reads are right: Unrequited love stinks.
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25 Jun 2026
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The Perils of Communication by perkyplum for InsolitaParvaPuella
Fandoms: 天空の城ラピュタ | Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa | Laputa: Castle in the Sky
02 Aug 2020
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Sheeta had been acting strangely and Pazu was worried.
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23 Jun 2026
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Singularly Imperfect by RuanChunXian
Fandoms: Kairos (O'Keefe) Series - Madeleine L'Engle
14 Jun 2012
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Mr. Murry might be short-sighted but not short-sighted enough to have missed the kiss on Ixchel.
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26 May 2026
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Defining the Variable by WriteItSmall (scribblemyname) for edna_blackadder
Fandoms: Austin & Murry-O'Keefe Families - Madeleine L'Engle
17 Dec 2014
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Calvin was a regular occurrence at the Murry household.
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- Part 17 of Yuletide Drabble Invitational 2014
- Part 57 of Drabbles & Double-Drabbles
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25 May 2026
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He turned.
And there she was.
Victoria. Barefoot, hair in a loose braid over one shoulder, wearing his T-shirt—the navy one with the faded university logo. It hung oversized on her, brushing her thighs. She was smiling, humming some off-key little tune, her eyes squinting against the light as she reached up into a cabinet.
His heart stuttered.
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13 May 2026
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Everybody’s falling in love (and I’m falling behind) by r3dmooninv3nus
Fandoms: The Pitt (TV)
28 Apr 2025
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She never went to senior prom.
She told herself she didn’t care. But sometimes, late at night, she wonders what it would have felt like — standing in front of a mirror, smoothing down a dress picked out just for her, a corsage pinned clumsily to her wrist by trembling fingers. Dancing to terrible pop music, swaying awkwardly, laughing until her ribs hurt.