The Priest and The Footballer Universe

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• The Priest and the Footballer by Amarie90, Renandthefaire

  Fandoms: British Actor RPF  

  • Explicit
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  26 Jan 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Michael Sheen/David Tennant
  • Michael Sheen
  • David Tennant
  • Falling In Love
  • Mutual Pining
  • Kissing
  • Hand Jobs
  • Mutual Masturbation
  • First Time Blow Jobs
  • First Time
  • Top Michael Sheen
  • Bottom David Tennant
  • Anal Sex
  • BBC staged
  • but not really
  • Alternate Universe
  • Religious Guilt
  • the authors do not actually know much about football
  • or the catholic church
  • but the locations are real
  • Google Maps it
  • Internalized Homophobia
  • Inappropriate Use of a Confessional
  • self hating thoughts
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • Kind of a slow burn
  • Reminder that the authors are not Catholic or Religious
  • it's ok Michael Sheen said fanfic is positive and beautiful and connective
  • David Tennant's collarbones
  • Michael Sheen's thighs

  Summary

  Inspired by BBC's Staged, in which David and Michael speculated on their other potential careers had they not chosen to be actors, and whether or not they would still be in each other's lives.

  This story explores what that might look like.

  Series

  • Part 1 of The Priest and The Footballer Universe

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  36,082

  Chapters:

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