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"We all know that sharing your life with someone is a farce. Love them all you want, but they will always be unknowable to you. I can imagine that perhaps begrudgingly, he cared for someone who struggled against him every…single…day. Maybe it’s admirable..."
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Something has to be in the water. All of a sudden, Thomas is clingy like a koala, and on the other end, the Holy Father has been recruiting Aldo to sneak out into the world late at night.
Sure, Aldo may rejoice being the center of a small world after losing the papacy. He's only human, after all.
However, Vincent's and Thomas' relationship is rapidly cooling, and he realizes he needs to make decisions while being paralyzed himself.
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Direct sequel to "Raccoons of the Reptile World"!Series
- Part 2 of Conclaving Around the World
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He’d make a good coffee, Vincent thought. He deliriously imagined his essence squeezed into a drink:
Thomas Lawrence, single origin from Britain (can coffee even grow there?). Varietal: Blonde. Process: Natural. Flavor notes: Dark chocolate, red wine, nectarine.
It would win awards. But Vincent wouldn’t want to share.
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Following evacuation from Afghanistan, Vincent is aimless, stuck on academic leave...until Thomas suggests his friend needs some help running an award-winning cafe. -
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All Aldo wanted was peace, quiet, and doomscrolling at three am after a long day of meetings in LA. Instead, he had made the mistake of telling Vincent about sea turtles living in a nearby river. Now, him and Thomas are held hostage on an impromptu urban safari while Aldo digs himself further and further into the past.
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- Part 1 of Conclaving Around the World
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Lawrence’s ballot had been crushed in his hand, and he watched the poor scrutineers unfurl his slip of paper and smooth it out.
Floating on plywood in the ocean, Lawrence was too gone to write down the tallies. He prayed, wordlessly.
“Help me, Tomasso. It’s slippery…”
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The Conclave stretches on, leaving Thomas and Tedesco to face off. Thomas spirals.
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and all manner of things shall be well by intothewildblueyonder
Fandoms: Conclave (2024), Conclave - Robert Harris
24 Nov 2025
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He hesitates. “Do you know, I - I saw a photograph of you, in a magazine. You were standing in the ruins of a church. It must have been while you were stationed there.”
The blush that fills his cheeks tells Vincent, as clear and firm as the chime of a bell, that Thomas had not seen the photo a few days or even weeks ago but perhaps years, and that he had remembered it ever since. He had remembered Vincent, and he is ashamed to admit it although he does not quite know why.
Oh, Vincent thinks, oh – you? And – of course. For there can be no one else. Not for him.
(Vincent remembers, and Thomas forgets.)
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24 Nov 2025
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I'm On Trial (Who's A Heretic Now?) by princecharming_inmaking
Fandoms: Conclave (2024), Conclave - Robert Harris
04 Oct 2025
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When Cardinal Thomas Lawrence confronts Aldo Bellini with evidence of Tremblay’s simony, their fight takes a different, unexpected turn. Instead of retreating into silence, Aldo lashes out, arguing that survival and action matter more than spotless moral purity. What begins as a bitter clash between two old friends (and most important people in the Church’s hierarchy) becomes the spark that once again pushes Aldo into the center of the conclave and onto a path neither he nor Thomas had foreseen.
Pulled between doubt and duty, Aldo steps forward, his campaign shaped as much by passionate speeches as by late-night plotting with Giulio Sabbadin, and the complicated loyalty of Thomas Lawrence. To his horror, Aldo finds himself caught between friendship, longing, faith, and the unbearable reality of becoming pope.
A canon divergence ‘what if’ with political drama, lots of long speeches, hurt/comfort, scheming, intrigue, and plenty of moral dilemmas. Endgame Lawrellini.
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Popellini Alternative Universe
*on hiatus*
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05 Oct 2025
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Lost and Present by Winds of Dawn (WoD)
Fandoms: Conclave (2024), Conclave - Robert Harris
01 Oct 2025
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All in a day's work for the Vatican.
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02 Oct 2025