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The smile that spreads across Mike’s face is involuntary, like it must exist in Will’s presence. It’s like he waters the parched soil of his mind.
Mike doesn’t realize how badly he needs him until he’s had a drink. And right now, he thinks this weekend is exactly what he’s been needing.
OR: After years of grappling with his feelings, Mike visits Will in Chicago for a weekend during his junior year of college.
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AUGH YES GOD (but reading this in public is risky...these two can NOT calm down)
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The Marriage Contract by TesaMadd
Fandoms: Off-Campus Series - Elle Kennedy, Off-Campus (TV series), Off Campus (TV 2026)
05 Jun 2026
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Hannah Wells meant to spend one wild night in Vegas forgetting her cheating ex, not wake up legally married to Garrett Graham, Chicago Blackhawks superstar and certified walking bad decision.
Garrett meant to enjoy NHL Awards weekend, not become TMZ’s favorite new husband before breakfast.
But Hannah needs good press, Garrett’s team sees dollar signs, and everyone from her lawyer to his agent agrees on one thing: staying married might be the smartest disaster either of them has ever made.
The plan is simple. Fake the marriage. Save Hannah’s Super Bowl halftime chances. Boost Garrett’s golden-boy hockey image. Divorce quietly after the season.
Unfortunately, Garrett is funny, infuriating, stupidly hot, and much better at pretending to be her husband than he has any right to be.
And Hannah has never been good at leaving a song unfinished.
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- Part 1 of The Marriage Contract Universe
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In the midst of the 1970s, dreams are destroyed in a Kansas suburb as a naive girl has a run-in with a drifter from Chicago.
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i was in a daze (movin' in the wrong direction) by zappypossum
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
12 Jun 2026
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The bell above the door jingled happily, pulling Robin out of her self-pitying daze.
“Welcome to Rita’s, best coffee in Chicago” she drones, hardly looking up from the register.
“Bold statement,” a woman’s voice returns, dryly.
“I know, I keep telling Steve he should find a better…” Robin’s voice trails off as she raises her head to look at the customer, stopping her in her tracks.
The person before her is possibly the most beautiful woman Robin has ever seen.
But what catches Robin’s attention most is her eyes: they’re a piercing blue, and Robin feels like they’re looking right through her and into her deepest, darkest secrets. She supposes it should be unsettling, and it does make a shiver run up her spine, but in a good way.OR - where Robin works at a cafe in Chicago in 1994 and meets the most intriguing woman she's ever seen when she picks up the midday shift.
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Barista Robin hits on Nancy.
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Nicole Seymour would like to stop running. Not physically, obviously. And not from anything, either. She would like to stop running to and fro for John Hammond every time he asks her to. So if the price of stopping is one last job in the Caribbean, so be it. But she'll have to get better at running if she wants to make it out of this one.
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British scientist hates our fav chaotician even though they agree with each other about how crazy JP is and he hasn't actually done anything wrong. Let's see where this goes. Ch13
Check again in two weeks
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Rental Love* by Rosyredlipstick
Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types
03 Sep 2017
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*Read Terms & Conditions
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Male/22/Long Island N.Y.C.
Tired of showing up stag at holiday events? Want your family to stop thinking there’s something wrong with you? Just want some arm candy for a work event?
Look no further. Your solution is here!
I will attend holiday events with you as your paid date.
Accepting all genders as applicants.
Email [email protected] if interested. Interview & application will be set up there.
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Nico di Angelo has been telling Hazel Levesque about his boyfriend for weeks. The bad part? Nico doesn’t have a boyfriend, the holidays are coming up, and not all of Jason’s ideas are horrible.
They’re all a bit surprised about the last one.
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German Translation by kastanea!Series
- Part 16 of AU Solangelo Fic
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The one where Louis and Harry shouldn't make sense. Where Louis' past and Harry's present intermingle and no one is thinking straight.
or a Shamless (US) au staring an ever resourceful Louis, an ever confused Harry, and a mysteriously missing Liam.
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Steve's rarely been touched in a way that didn't equate to some kind of hurt. The cold metal of a stethoscope against his frail chest or the sting of a needle drawing yet another blood sample, when he was a sickly child. The bone-shattering punches thrown by the neighborhood bullies on the playground, or by his own father at home, drunk and wild. His mother, weak and clutching at him as she grew more incoherent with the drugs as the cancer ate away at her insides. Touch was something he shied away from, something he told himself he just didn't want.
Except...he did. He just didn't know how.
Until he finds a flyer for a local "affection and intimacy services" program.
In which Steve learns how to become comfortable with touch, and there is one very good dog, and a slow-burn romance.
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really resonant depiction of touch starvation and! Apple bread recipe!
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When Will came out, he was relieved to be accepted by the people closest to him, especially Mike, and especially after Will made it clear to Mike that he was his crush. It was just a silly, stupid crush that really wasn’t about Mike at all. The best part is, Will got over it quickly, and they were able to laugh it off and remain friends. Things have been solid since he let those feelings go. That dumb high school bullshit is in the past. Their friendship is far too important to dwell on a crush that is doomed to be unreciprocated.
Imagine Will’s surprise when he catches Mike in a Chicago gay bar making out with another man.
Turns out, Mike is gay. So, what now? What is he supposed to do with this information? More importantly, what does that mean for them?
Friends? No thanks.
Best friends.
Or: The one where Mike is gay and Will is in the Friend Zone the whole time as he helps Mike along his self-acceptance journey.
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- Part 1 of The Book of Judith
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i freaking love this
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The Marriage Contract Universe by TesaMadd
Fandom Off Campus (TV 2026), Off-Campus (TV series), Off-Campus Series - Elle Kennedy
10 Jun 2026
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Why Can't You Run Away from Your Problems? by madsrlly
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV), Chicago Fire
10 Feb 2022
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When he isn't a match for Daniel, the Buckleys put Evan up for adoption. He's adopted by the Bretts, and grows up with a younger sister, Sylvie. It's only after he moves to LA that Maddie is able to find him, and they reconcile for the years lost.
But now he's been in LA for four years, been in love with his best friend for three of them, and Buck's tired. So, he goes home.
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Why Can't You Run Away from Your Problems? by madsrlly
Fandom: 9-1-1 (TV), Chicago FireWhen he isn't a match for Daniel, the Buckleys put Evan up for adoption. He's adopted by the Bretts, and grows up with a younger sister, Sylvie. It's only after he moves to LA that Maddie is able to find him, and they reconcile for the years lost.
But now he's been in LA for four years, been in love with his best friend for three of them, and Buck's tired. So, he goes home.
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or, Buck gets a job offer from Firehouse 51 and decides to move on by moving away.
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Reader is a 24-year-old, broken, and jumping from job to job every few months when, in one of her many moments of bad luck, she ends up being attended to by Alyssa Cappellucci.
Follow Reader's journey as she ends up between Aly and Josh, becoming the new obsession of both partners.
Warning: it ain't a dark fic.
I'm not great with resumes
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Charlotte Daniels lived a simple life—working on her thesis, looking after her elderly neighbor Ms. Linda, and slowly settling into her adopted city, Chicago.
But everything changes the day she finds Ms. Linda collapsed in her living room, and an impromptu trip to County General’s ER throws her into the orbit of Dr. John Carter.
Set around the first five seasons of ER, Bloodlines and Blueprints follows the story of a young woman finding home, healing, and the kind of love that rewires your brain and rewrites your entire purpose for existence.
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handspun (i could be lonely with you) by we_re_always_alright
Fandoms: The Mandalorian (TV), Star Wars - All Media Types
12 Apr 2022
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Luke runs a yarn store out of converted coach house in a quiet part of the Clybourn Corridor. Din is trying to chase his kid and keep him from touching everything in sight. Grogu just wants to live in the softest yarns.
(A story about the vibe of a city, spoken poetry and the power of the hand knit.)
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- Part 1 of seaming (knit your colored yarn)
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Varsity Football (and other things Occtis Tachonis wishes he got the appeal of) by KitWalker
Fandoms: Critical Role: Aramán (Web Series)
26 May 2026
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Coming off of the worst summer possibly had by anybody who's ever been alive ever, Occtis hopes that finally enrolling in college with his best friend will give him the fresh start he's been dreaming about.
Unfortunately for him, he gets tricked into swapping dorms and ends up with an entirely different slew of problems in the form of a heartbroken, vindictive senior who won't shut up about sports.
But anywhere is better than back home, and Occtis can probably deal with this while still keeping his ideal college life and integrity intact.
... probably
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Down that passage in time (Back into the moment I crashed into you) by DEVILISHMINS
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
01 May 2025
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As Spencer walks out of the violent crimes seminar in Chicago, the steady hum of conversation fades behind him. He lets out a slow breath, adjusting the strap of his satchel, before the sharp sound of clapping interrupts his thoughts. It’s deliberate, slow, and familiar. The rhythm settles in his chest before his mind even catches up.
Then, a voice—smooth, velvety, laced with amusement—cuts through the air.
“Well, if it isn’t Doctor Reid.”
He stops. Completely freezes. His breath hitches as recognition slams into him. He knows that voice. He hasn’t heard it in over six years, but he could never forget it.
He turns sharply, his eyes wide, lips parting slightly in disbelief.
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After a conference Spencer runs into an unexpected face.
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It’s the summer before Mark goes off to college in New York. He spends the day at the beach with his boyfriend, Donghyuk.
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- Part 1 of JohnTen Family AU
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Surgical intern Babe Heffron tries to get through his first year of residency while juggling new friendships, grief, and an ever-growing adoration of trauma resident Eugene Roe.
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- Part 2 of Babe’s Anatomy
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the undiscovered country by indigostohelit
Fandoms: Hamlet - Shakespeare, SHAKESPEARE William - Works
01 May 2014
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It's 1959, and the mayor of Chicago is dead.
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beautiful retelling and aptly named
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A meditation on time and space and the ending of a marriage. Ed and Stede meet at a bar while Stede's traveling for work. This story is about the ripples from that night.
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Oh dear lord! Typical gorgeous writing by nomadsland.
Warning to me: Beautiful as it is, there’s nothing “light” about this angst, at least on first read. Could well be me reacting in a weird way and it will hit differently on second (and third, and prob fourth) reads.