Part of a Series | Incomplete | True AU's
Aurora - Incomplete (Active WIP) Rating: E | Word Count: ?? 'Bear' is back! After a brief tour postponement, he's back on the road. When he returns to Chicago for his hometown show, he's met with a worried sister, a mom drowning in alcohol and grief, and a desire to leave as quick as he can. Worrying for her youngest brothers health and sanity, Nat hires Sydney Adamu of Sheridan Road to become the chef for the rest of the 'Fairest Creatures' tour. CW: explicit sex | rock star au | private chef | requited unrequited love | tour life
State of Flux - Incomplete (Active WIP) Rating: E | Word Count: ?? When Carmy’s piece of shit father finally dies, the news doesn’t come through family. It’s through a lawyer. An older man with a painter’s brush mustache, a Saint Laurent checkered cashmere suit, and a Chopard on his wrist. The inheritance is clear, his ill-gotten estate is to be split between his remaining biological children. The only issue is the two clauses to the hefty windfall heading their way. One - If any sibling can’t meet the standards of the clause, the other siblings can not share their inheritance or they forfeit their own. Two - They must be legally married for at least one year before receiving their share. When Carmy can see the dreams he’d be able to make a reality with that cash fade away he’d blurted out that he was engaged without thinking. Engaged to Sydney. The only issue with Carmy’s grand plan was Sydney hadn’t spoke to him since he left The Bear. Almost two years ago. CW: explicit sex | fake marriage | FWV | requited unrequited love | low-plot - a year iin the life
Somebody Who Loves Me - Complete Rating: E | Word Count: 56k Following on immediately from the S3 finale, this fic tracks Sydney and Carmy on a journey over the course of five years. Follow along as they find each other, lose each other, find themselves, and land right back at the place they were always meant to be - with each other. Inspired by Whitney Houston's sophomore album, “Whitney”, each chapter is loosely inspired by a different track on the album. CW: explicit sex | estranged | lost love/found again | friends to lovers to enemies to friends to enemies to lovers to married
How Will I Know - Complete Rating: E | Word Count: 97k Carmy finds a scribbled first draft of a resignation from Sydney, in an effort to make her stay he asks how long she has before Shapiro needs an answer from her. One month. One month to show Sydney why she should stay and not lose her forever. CW: explicit sex | slow burn | miscommunication | virgin Carmy | references to child abuse (expansion on canon themes basically)
Down In The Heart - Complete Rating: E | Word Count: 170k Post S3 Finale. After almost losing Sydney to Shapiro, Carmy is determined to make a change. Eager to rebuild their friendship, they decide to spend the day together at Carmy's doing some recipe development but an accidental peek inside Carmy's notebook changes everything for them. In the midst of navigating trauma, therapy, grief, and a new relationship, they try to keep their thing a secret from everyone else at The Bear for six months. CW: explicit sex | trauma | grief | hidden r/ship | very light D/s at times | references to child abuse (expansion on canon themes basically)
part time soulmate, full time problem - Complete Rating: E | Word Count: 24k When Carmy left The Bear, he had full faith in Sydney's ability to take over, bring The Bear to the next level, and look after their team. But who looks after her? CW: explicit sex | trip | CIA | fluff | they are in love
Office Hours - Complete Rating: E | Word Count: 12k Professor Berzatto feels out of his depth teaching. He skipped college, never cared much for high school, but when he was asked to teach a class at the CIA he'd jumped at the opportunity to escape the toxic cycle of the kitchen for a year. Carmy had assumed it would be a practical semester. Instead he's marking essays on the history of saffron and the pretty girl with the biggest sweetest eyes he's ever seen doesn't seem to be able to look away from him during his lectures. It's wrong, he knows it's so fucking wrong and yet he still writes on a post it note and sticks it to her essay - 'please see me in my office after class.' CW: explicit sex | professor x student | light choking | virgin Sydney
The Feeling of Safety - Complete Rating: E | Word Count: 4.5k Sydney and Carmy are just friends. Just friends who have sex and don't cuddle after... at least that's the case until one night they do. CW: non explicit sex | emotional vulnerability | fwb | confessions of love
Brigade (A System of Hierarchy Part 1) - Complete Rating: E | Word Count: 34k The conversation in the alley after the implementation of the brigade and Carmy running out on her to attend Al-Anon happened. The next day Sydney needs a break and Carmy joins her, sparking another conversation that triggers something between them. CW: explicit sex | D/s | DomCarmy | SubSyd | Bondage | Suspension | Sex Club | virgin Syd
Trois (A System of Hierarchy Part 3) - Complete Rating: E | Word Count: 12k An old friend of Carmy's from the club is in town and the three of them have some fun. CW: explicit sex | D/s | DomCarmy | SubSyd | OFC | FFM |
Smile and Look Away (A System of Hierarchy Part 2) - Complete Rating: E | Word Count: 12.5k Sydney and Carmy take a weekend trip to celebrate Carmy's birthday just before The Bear opens. A polaroid camera joins them… Set somewhere in Chapter 3 of Brigade but you don't need to read that to read this, all you need to know is Syd and Carmy got together after the episode 'brigade', they are in love, a little kinky, and by this point, together about six months! CW: explicit sex | D/s | DomCarmy | SubSyd | praise kink | nude photos |
Faucet - Complete Rating: E | Word Count: 21k Follows on immediately from 2x5 'Pop'. Sydney punches Carmy in the face. In her defense, she didn't know it was Carmy chasing her down the dark block but the bleeding nose is enough to make her feel guilty enough to return to The Bear with him and talk things out. To figure out whatever the weird shit between them was. The conversation ends up kicking off a powder keg that might destroy everything if they aren't careful... and neither of them are very careful. CW: explicit sex | miscommunication | rough sex | jealousy
On Tongues That Are Not Born - Complete Rating: E | Word Count: 17k Tired graduate student Sydney Adamu pays for a yearly pass to the museum. It's easier to study there than at the library and the dollar coffee makes the pass pay for itself in a few months. Something draws her to the Classics and Antiquities hall. One statue in particular seems to have a strange hold on her. The Statue of Carmen, Merchant of Arpinum. When she comes in one day to find the statue has moved slightly, it sends her down a research rabbit hole that releases Carmen from a two thousand year old curse and puts them both in danger. The soulmates have to perform a ritual to ensure Carmen stays human and doesn't turn back to marble OR Sydney wants to fuck a statue and the feeling is mutual. CW: Ancient Roman AU | Historical Inaccuracies | Magic Sex
Don't Make Me Wait - Complete Rating: E | Word Count: 9.5k It's been almost nine months since Carmy left The Bear, and Richie demands Sydney joins him for a drink after work. Too many tequila shots later and he finally gets the truth out of her about her feelings for Carmy. When he drops her home and heads to his own place, he's surprised to find Carmy waiting on him, looking a mess, and mumbling about Sydney and he comes up with a plan. CW: matchmaker richie | drunk confessions | first date | explicit sex
That's It Baby - Complete Rating: E | Word Count: 7k Sometimes the world makes Carmy's head a little too loud, too chaotic. Sydney knows just what he needs to mute it all. CW: D/s | DomSyd | SubCarmy | Light Bondage | Praise Kink | Edging | Biting
Show Me The Places - Complete Rating: G | Word Count: 1k Following the events of the season 3 finale, Carmy, in a panic after reading the review, heads to Sydney's place. CW: aftermath of panic attack | my first SydCarmy Fic
Like UPS? - Complete Rating: E | Word Count: 8.4k Sydney has always loved reading fanfic, so when an old friend sends her food network RPF as a joke she can't help but but check to see if other chefs are on there too. Turns out, Carmy has fans. It's not until almost two years later when she checks ao3 again and discovers something that shocks her: 18 works in Sydney Adamu/Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto CW: explicit sex
Birds Will Still Sing - Complete Rating: M | Word Count: 2k After Carmy's behaviour concerns her - dropping off his most prized cookbooks with a request for her to look after herself - Sydney checks Carmy's location. The State Street Bridge. CW: suicidal thoughts | failed suicide attempt | alludes to sydcarmy
Standing On The Edge, Closing My Eyes - Complete (written with @ambeauty and @sydneys-adamu) Rating: T | Word Count: 3.5k Carmy takes Syd to the top of Sears Tower to conquer her fear of heights, amongst other things… CW: pining | first kiss | post season 4
Blue Calm Sea [Mikey&Richie] - Complete Rating: T | Word Count: 4.8k Five pivotal days in the life of Richie and Mikey. CW: tragic love | canon-compliant | grief | divorce | resentment
Sorry [Mikey&Richie] - Complete Rating: T | Word Count: 1k Richie picks Mikey up from another bar and realizes he might not be able to save his friend from himself. CW: drug abuse/addiction | trauma | grief | divorce | resentment
It Was Night When You Died (My Firefly) [Sydney&Mikey] - Complete Rating: M | Word Count: 6k Sydney turns down her dream job in NYC to return to Chicago after her fathers stumble in sobriety. In an attempt to gain clarity over her life she attends an Al-Anon meeting where she meets a new friend who quickly becomes more like a big brother to her. Sydney and Mikey gain a friendship over the course of a year, supporting each other through it all. With anonymity allowing them to open up to each other more, they know each others darkest secrets but not something as simple as their last name or the names of their family members. This fic follows the duo as they try to combat their own issues, battle to save their businesses, and struggle with the presence of addiction in their lives until their friendship is brought to an abrupt end on February 22nd. CW: AU - Pre Canon | Suicide | Al-Anon | Drug/Alcohol Abuse | Trauma | Grief
'The Faithful' Album Release Interview 1983 [Daisy Jones & The Six] - Complete Rating: G | Word Count: 2k Daisy Jones talks her new album ‘The Faithful’, loss, that Chicago performance, breaking and entering, and what it means to be solo. Read the full interview from 1983. CW: references to addiction | canon compliant
We Pick Ourselves Undone [SamBucky | MCU] - Complete Rating: E | Word Count: 8k Set before CA:TWS. A recently discharged Sam and a freshly escaped Bucky meet long before Steve Rogers ever finds himself in DC. Together they try and rebuild their lives. (Then they fuck.) CW: explicit sex | trauma | grief | support group
(G Rated) Set in the future of Down in the Heart but you just need to know it's an established SydCarmy and their little girl has a bad dream [READ HERE]
(G Rated) Set in the future of Down in the Heart but again, you don't need to read, you just need to know it's established SydCarmy. Carmy struggles to write his vows [READ HERE]
(G Rated) Set in the future of Down in the Heart, you don't need to read that though. Sydney struggles with morning sickness [READ HERE]
(G Rated) Deleted Scene from 'It was Night When You Died', Sydney and Mikey go thirft shopping [READ HERE]
