"a job that slowly kills you, bruises that won't heal." SASHA KORRIGAN, a british social media influencer, known for her witty captions and unique recipes, decided to pack up her things and start over again in chicago after fleeing her failing relationship three days after she was supposed to walk down the aisle. unbeknownst to her, she'd find herself becoming a regular at the best italian beef sandwich shop in the city, THE ORIGINAL BEEF OF CHICAGOLAND. not only did she get to experience the beauty of chicagoan culture and foods everyday, she also met a man who changed her whole perspective on life. he gave her a job, a purpose, a ring. he also gave her severe heartbreak. MICHAEL 'MIKEY' BERZATTO, the rugged owner of the best italian beef sandwich shop in the damn city. with deep brown eyes that held their gaze, making people feel like they were the most important person in the world. beneath that rowdy, charismatic nature, was a man filled with emotional turmoil and erratic, self-destructive tendencies. stacked up in debts and anxieties, he's struggling to find a balance between his healthy relationships and his dysfunctional family. she couldn't save him. he couldn't save himself. mikey berzatto x female oc! the bear season 1 - season 4

Oh dilute me, little angel / Water down what I call being grateful.

You've always been content being second place to your best friend Tashi Duncan, waiting for the day you can quit tennis. Tour world is upended when you meet Art and Patrick, and you're forced to embrace a life in the sport you've been too afraid to claim for yourself. crossposted on tumblr & ao3

It was a dusty, dim evening, around six o'clock. I tapped my nails against the oaky wood desk of the motel reception. I've worked here for a year now, it was grim, nothing to do all day but answer phones, pressing the cold plastic of the receiver to my ear. "Lakeshine Motel, how can I help you? No ma'am, yes sir." day in and day out. The only interesting thing that happened near the motel was the tennis tournament, but who am I kidding, I also find that boring.

Quinn Warren knew tennis wasn't all their relationship was about, but she also knew that without tennis the two wouldn't have ever even been introduced. Tennis was their glue, but also their curse. And when the years of friendship she shared with Tashi Duncan became an ultimatum between the sport and the boy she loved; she found herself at a crossroad. OC X Patrick Zweig

. "You don't talk about Abigail in this much." Benoit Blanc held up Jud's written story. "But she's the first one you look at in a room and you're the first one she moved towards." "Abby has nothing to do with this. She's a- She's been through a lot, with her father and the Monsignor." Jud reasoned. "I don't wanna drag her into anything else." The Detective laughed at him. "From where I'm sitting, she's in it either way." ~~~ IN WHICH, after her father's death, Abigail Calder remains tethered to a church that taught her obedience as love and suffering as devotion. Trapped between grief and expectation, she struggles to separate her faith from the man who shaped it, and from the Monsignor determined to keep her small. The arrival of Father Jud, a priest with a violent past and an unexpected gentleness, unsettles everything. Where the church demands endurance, Jud offers breath. Where others speak in certainty, he listens. What begins as guidance becomes a quiet act of rebellion: learning to stand, to feel, and to believe that faith does not require disappearance. ~~~ jud duplenticy x reader (PLATONIC) (wake up dead man) ~~~ STARTED: jan 1, 2026 COMPLETED: march 20, 2026 ~~~ #1 in wakeupdeadman (09/03) #1 in hotpriest (09/03)

"God loves you, but not enough to save you." In which Elizabeth Kingsleigh has lived her whole life in Chimney Rock, bored out of her mind. Forced by her father, Monsignor Wicks, to attend church every sunday, she finds herself face to face with a ghost from her past. Jud Duplenticy. What will happen when he gets wrongly accused of the murder of her father? Or in which Jud is sent to Chimney Rock for a new start, but instead finds himself falling for the girl who once broke his heart. The same girl who callously ignored his letters, letting his words wait for her, until waiting became all they were." (Jud Duplenticy x fem!oc)

PRIEST: (gently) It'll pass. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery / Jud Duplenticy ⋮ cover by foxgloves

I turned you into religion WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY ♱ aaronhtchnrs ╱ jud duplenticy cover & gif by morstern

En este pueblo, creer es una costumbre. Recordar, un riesgo. Anne regresa para entender la noche que marcó la muerte de su padre y dejó una herida abierta en la comunidad. Cada respuesta parece incompleta. Cada testimonio, cuidadosamente editado. Jud es el sacerdote que mantiene el orden. El que decide qué se dice y qué se calla. El que conoce los márgenes exactos de la fe... y del pecado. Cuando el deseo irrumpe entre rezos e incertidumbre, la verdad comienza a exigir su precio. Losing My Religion es una historia sobre silencios heredados, culpas compartidas y la peligrosa tentación de mirar donde no se debe. Aclaración: Lo que contiene esta obra es una continuación a la ultima película de la tríologia de Knives Out, Wake Up Dead Man. Todo es ficción.