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"That's not the job, Evan," Tommy turned his head, pressing his lips to the crown of Buck's head.
"That's all you, sweetheart." Tommy murmured into his hair and Buck? Buck was so gone for this man that it was a bit ridiculous. As he lay there, his face smushed against his gorgeous pilot boyfriend's neck, drawing lazy circles on Tommy's shoulder and grinning like a fool, Buck realized he could see a future here. Not a few weeks or months, but years of companionship, of kindness, of stories swapped and gentle embraces, inside jokes and shared closets and--
Oh, he'd done it now. Buck was well aware there was no backpedaling now that his mind had caught up with something he had subconsciously been tiptoeing around since the fateful cat-5 mouth static.
“B’careful there, Tommy… You keep saying stuff like that and I’ll start to think you like me.”
(or, Tommy comes over after a hard shift for Buck and has to herd his overworked boyfriend to bed. Buck gets to be the little spoon, Tommy gets to give his boyfriend the praise he desperately needs, and Buck is still tormented by his lack of a couch and his love of clipboards, somehow)
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Teasing Love (and All its Tempting Passions) by UndersteepedTea
Fandoms: Queen Charlotte (TV 2023), Bridgerton (TV)
03 Jun 2023
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"If you lose this easily against an infant, I shiver to think of the chaos he will bring in a year or two," The blonde chided playfully, carefully removing the chubby baby fists from Brimsley's hair.
"I must begin looking into a longer term nanny if Her Majesty follows through on her promise of a large brood of these little cretins."
"I am sure parliament would have your head if they heard you speaking of the Royal Babies in that manner, Brimsley." Reynolds couldn't do much to smother the affection in his voice as he took in the sight before him; His partner stood only a foot before him, cradling the swaddled baby to his chest in a distinctly protective manner as he looked to Reynolds, an expression half-way between amused and exasperated set on his face.
"And they'd have yours for gazing upon me with such blatant affection, Reynolds. You have no place to speak, good sir." Brimsley chuckled, lowering his voice.
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Brimsley and Reynolds take care of Prince George IV while the King and Queen "view the gallery". Cue adorable shenanigans, one very strong baby, a very brazen move on Brimsley's behalf, and the promise of more to come.
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- Part 2 of the rain is cold but never around you...
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Say Something (Anything) by UndersteepedTea
Fandoms: Queen Charlotte (TV 2023), Bridgerton (TV)
23 May 2023
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“Bartholomew… Are you well? I haven’t seen you in many moons, and yet I can still tell when something is amiss.” Reynolds’ voice broke Brimsley out of his reverie.
Brimsley rarely got angry, but both men knew that when he did, it was practically unstoppable.
"Oh, now you ask if I am well! I am touched, Francis, truly! Nearly a decade of me asking after you and finally you have graced me with your presence as if we are still teenagers and not nearing thirty years of age!" Even in his rage, Brimsley's voice was barely above a whisper.
"What...?! Bart--" Reynolds started but was swiftly cut off by the firecracker of a shorter man.
"Don't you dare use my given name right now, Reynolds. You've lost that right."
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Reynolds left for Kew with the King after a particularly dangerous lapse in sanity and has practically disappeared from the face of the Earth for a decade. Now thirty, Brimsley tries his best to cope however he can. That all goes to hell when Reynolds finally shows up one rainy night.
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- Part 3 of the rain is cold but never around you...
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To Falter (and to be Caught) by UndersteepedTea
Fandoms: Queen Charlotte (TV 2023), Bridgerton (TV)
16 May 2023
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Brimsley had never been one to falter.
Up to this point in his life, he had only encountered two things that could make his step falter. One being dishonesty, and the other being a certain blonde-haired aide to the King.
In some ironic twist of fate, the prior had led him to discover the latter.
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Brimsley goes off to wander in the rain after the passing of George's Father as he did when he was a child. Reynolds sees him leaving and decides to follow, concerned for the mysterious boy. Dancing in the rain, anxiety attacks, mild fevers and the coziest of delirium-induced conversations follow. This is my interpretation as to how these two fell for each other faster than you can imagine.
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- Part 1 of the rain is cold but never around you...
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the rain is cold but never around you... by UndersteepedTea
Fandom Bridgerton (TV), Queen Charlotte (TV 2023)
03 Jun 2023
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“Game is over,” he says. “You won. I lost. I was annoying. Normal.”
“That’s not—” Shane starts, then stops, because he actually doesn't know how to finish that thought without sounding like an idiot. His jaw works, teeth grinding together.
That's not what I meant. That's not the point. You said I was boring and you were right and I need you to say it again so I know where I stand, so I know what you think of me, so I can stop waiting for the other shoe to drop.
He settles for: “You were kind of an asshole.”
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Such a Pretty Crier by Bruja_oscura
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
29 Dec 2025
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Shane is still learning that he doesn't have to be perfect in his own relationship. Ilya is still learning the rules of Shane's bad days. So when Shane tries to push him away after a crushing loss, it leads to a tense argument. But ten years of rivalry are no match for Shane’s tears; the second he starts to cry, Ilya folds like a house of cards.
Or: Shane tries to starve himself as punishment for losing, Ilya tries to feed him, and it turns into a very soft night of pampering because Ilya is legally incapable of staying angry at a crying Shane.
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12 Feb 2026
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the most gorgeous fic i may have ever read
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fresh bruises we learned patterns to by downtheroadandupthehill
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
07 May 2026
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The first time they’d done this, in Ilya’s bed, Shane had been mystified at Rozanov’s insistence that he not enter the nest without Shane’s permission. Now, Shane feels something akin to smugness flexing its claws in his chest. A primal satisfaction at the rightness that he is the one with the power - at present, if not for much longer - alpha just outside the nest and at his mercy.
Like Shane will only yield for someone who has earned it. He can draw out Ilya’s suffering just a little longer, make him earn it.
Shane rakes his gaze over the delicious chest and bicep muscles bunching above the edge of the nest. “Waiting for something, Rozanov?”
“Are you going to let me into your nest, omega?” His pronunciation of the endearment is more Russian than English, accent thickening around the syllables.
“Depends. You gonna give me your knot?”
“Hm, does not sound like begging yet to me.”
Some months after Shane recovers from rejection sickness in Ilya's bed, they share their heat/rut together at the cottage, both clinging to the delusion it's still casual.
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27 Jan 2026
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something you can build by some1_around
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
21 Jan 2026
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Six months ago, Shane’s intimate conversation and break-up with Rose Landry was recorded and leaked. In those six months, his life had completely upended and everything had changed, for better or for worse. Except for Ilya. He still has Ilya, and he’s beginning to understand that he always will.
It’s 2018. Shane Hollander has to figure out his new life, in a new city, on a new team, while being out to the world but not by his own choice. Ilya, along for the ride, also has to learn what it means to be connected to a place, to a person, and to his own inner truth.
(Sequel to “something you can fix,” set post-Heated Rivalry, pre-The Long Game)
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20 Jan 2026
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Will lets out a small squawk as Mike’s hand— his very cold, very freezing hand— finds its way around the blankets and under his sweater. “I’m sick, you weirdo,” he says, half-laughing into the side of Mike’s head, “I have a fever.”
“I don’t care,” Mike mumbles, “you’re warm and I’m cold. This is nice.”
“You’re going to get sick,” Will tries, for the umpteenth time, but it’s pointless. Mike Wheeler is stubborn and hardheaded and he never does anything halfway— not even this.
Will gets sick. He's dealing with it. Seriously, Mike- he's fine.
(or: a study in intimacy.)Bookmarked by UndersteepedTea
28 Dec 2025