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Letters from Geneva by bennyboyTallmadge
Fandoms: Conclave (2024), Conclave - Robert Harris
20 Jun 2026
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When Father Vincent Benítez arrives in Geneva on a summer afternoon, he is at the lowest point of his life. Four months ago, a fateful diagnosis turned his world upside down, shaking him, who devoted his entire life to serving God and the Church, to the core. Lost and left alone with the ruins of the life he once knew, Vincent struggles to search for both himself and a way to reconcile with a God who seems to have deserted him. Little does he know that he will find solace and answers where he least expects it – in a clinic, in the office of an aging doctor who, too, has his fair share of trouble with God and the past. And little does Dr. Thomas Lawrence know that the quiet, skittish priest he catches himself falling for against all reason and principle is destined to one day inherit the throne of St. Peter.
Or: The AU in which Vincent Benítez decides to fly to Geneva and meets Dr. Thomas Lawrence.
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31 May 2026
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From the moment he first stepped out onto the balcony in St. Peter’s Square as Innocent XIV, Vincent Benítez knew that the days of his papacy were numbered. And yet, when a costly mistake forces him to resign, he doesn’t come prepared for the grief the loss of his office causes him.
Thomas Lawrence naively liked to think that he wouldn’t live to see the end of Innocent’s papacy. He never could have imagined that he, of all people, would be the one responsible for it.
Lost and with their hearts filled with both guilt and unexplored desires, they struggle to navigate the shambles of the life they knew. They find refuge in a place where they least expect it – an old, ramshackle farmhouse in the middle of nowhere, that’s just as desperate for love and forgiveness as them.
Or: The one where Vincent and Thomas get the retirement they both deserve and finally allow themselves to love each other.
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11 Feb 2026
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Cardinal Lawrence faces the aftermath of the conclave.
It goes like this: he understands his duties, and understands his new position in the Vatican. He unable to understand what he is feeling.
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19 Nov 2025
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Thomas’ eyes blink open, then fall on Vincent.
“Vincent,” he murmurs blearily, voice hoarse. Then, he seems to register he's in his own apartment, outside of the Vatican. He rockets onto his elbows. “Vincent! What—”
Vincent holds up the apartment key. “I let myself in. I hope you don't mind.”
“Of course not! But—how did you get here?”
“I walked.”
“Through Rome?”
“Well, I didn't walk through Venice.”
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Thomas and Vincent test the limits of their self-control. (It’s rapidly dwindling, given they have the keys to each other’s apartments.)
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- Part 2 of Nasoni
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14 Oct 2025
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A Lesson in Dari by bennyboyTallmadge
Fandoms: Conclave (2024), Conclave - Robert Harris
06 Dec 2025
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During his first summer in Rome, Vincent Benítez works himself to the brink of exhaustion trying to fill his new role as Pope. Only reluctantly, he agrees to spend ten days at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo. There are two problems, however: Vincent is terrible at being alone, and he's terrible at having nothing to do. Luckily, Thomas is in dire need of a holiday, too, and more than willing to keep him company.
Or: The summer get-away fic in which Vincent teaches Thomas to speak Dari and opens his heart to him along the way.
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28 Sep 2025