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    5 standalone VegasPete fics, 1 per episode (1x10-1x14).

    Fic 1 (1x10): A more sexually explicit ending to the torture scene.
    Fic 2 (1x11): Vegas deals with uncomfortable feelings.
    Fic 3 (1x12): The sex scene but with actual dialogue.
    Fic 4 (1x13): Pete and Vegas cope the only way they know how.
    Fic 5 (1x14): After the final scene, an ending filled with insecurity, comfort, love, and sex (because it’s Vegas and Pete).

    “You love being in control.”

    And that…that was true—but “I trust you,” Vegas said hurriedly, “and I want—need—you to—” he broke off, unsure how to put his motivation into words. He pursed his lips, looking away in frustration, only for Pete to bring a hand up to his cheek and turn him right back.

    “I trust you. I don’t need you to give up control just to ‘make up’ for the past. Or whatever it is you’re trying to prove,” he said, eyes and voice soft. “But thank you; I appreciate it,” he finished, leaning in and capturing Vegas’ lips in an unbelievably soft kiss, the touch featherlight.

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    22 Mar 2026

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    Even if almost everything else in his life still kind of sucks, Vegas at least thought things with Pete were going pretty well. The past is in the past, right? Everything's fine.

    Or not.

    Pete's reliving his trauma at night. Vegas has a crisis about it, and tries to figure out what he's supposed to do now.

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    21 Mar 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 55

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    After Pete runs off to be with Vegas, some people who knew him try to make sense of what the hell is going on.

    Three people on the outside (of Vegas and Pete's whole deal) looking in.

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    04 Mar 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 22

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    Vegas dies by the pool the night of the coup.

    Then Pete gets another chance. (And another one. And another one. And—)

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    04 Mar 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 19

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    Ominous red light pours through the room, slanting in through high, narrow windows and reflecting off the dark chains that hang from the ceiling. Pete's shoulders ache from the harsh angle of his arms, cuffed around the concrete pillar at his back. His body hangs forward, bruised and exhausted. The metal is digging into his wrists.

    When Pete was eight, his grandmother had taught him how to kindle a fire. Building a nest of soft wood shavings and twigs, lighting the spark, giving the fire your breath. Then slowly, slowly adding more wood, careful not to smother the flame. Fire needed air; it would die if it was covered, hidden.

    Pete didn't want to die.

    Eight-year-old Pete had wanted to touch the fire.

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    Or, Pete knows he's looking for trouble when he infiltrates the minor family compound.

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    28 Feb 2026