#misc: angst

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burn them all

by zipadeea on ao3 || Final Word Count: ~4.9k

Rating: T | Category: F/M | Relationship: Lockwood/Lucy

“If you’re amenable, I’d like to discuss the job offer again.”

“Thank you again for the offer, Ms. Fittes, but I have no intention of leaving Lockwood and Co.”

“Previously, I looked to offer you a job as an agent. In light of….recent discoveries,” Lucy feels a stone drop to the pit of her stomach, “It’s obvious you were meant for so much more than that. If anything, being an agent jeopardizes your immense value.”

You’re our biggest asset, Lockwood seems to whisper in her ear, and Lucy freezes.

Penelope Fittes finds out.

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Mother Dearest

by rowanix on ao3

Rating: T | Category: Gen | Relationship: Platonic Lockwood & Co.

On a case, Lucy encounters a Visitor that’s a little more than she bargained for.

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but when the sun came up i was looking at you

by paperclipbitch on ao3 || Final Word Count: ~1.7k

Rating: T | Category: F/M | Relationship: Lockwood/Lucy

“When did you last sleep?” Lucy stumbles at last, clumsy and more obvious than she meant it to be, but maybe there are no good opening lines at moments like this.

Another one of those slow, brittle blinks. “Thursday,” Lockwood says, his voice sounding far away, untethered.

She frowns. “Which Thursday?”

“A Thursday.” Lockwood tilts his head slightly, a statue coming to slow life. “We still have those, don’t we?”

or, Five Times Lucy Carlyle and Anthony Lockwood Accidentally Ended Up Sharing A Bed

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hello! i’m new to the lockwood & co fandom and i’d like fic recommendations 🥹🌷🍡🌟💌

here’s my taste in fics!

- angst and yearning

- female gaze

- flowery writing, strong command of english, purple prose

please recommend me the most beautiful locklyle fics you’ve ever read 🥹🪻🌟 thank you so much !!

welcome to the fandom!! we're so happy to have you here :)) thanks so much for submitting an ask — we haven't had one in a while so this was a lot of fun to put together!

this is our place, we make the rules by agents_cxrter | T | Oneshot

After the events of TEG, Lockwood and Lucy put 35 Portland Row and themselves back together.

2. When the Lights Go Out (And Leave You Standing in the Dark) by WaitingForMyHogwartsLetter | T | 6 Chapters

5 times Locklyle couldn't sleep and 1 time they could.

3. proximity / barriers by certes | T | Oneshot

Lockwood has a nightmare about the other side.

4. In Her Thrall by WhimsysInkRibbons | T | 10 Chapters

A reimagining of the “La Belle Dame” case from “The Empty Grave” and what came after.

5. The only way out is through by Inside_the_collideoscope | T | 4 Part SERIES

A mostly Locklyle-focused series with a through line of Lucy and Lockwood helping each other through grief with late night conversations.

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Everyday Of Our Haphazard Lives

by acl21 on ao3

Rating: G | Category: F/M, Multi | Relationship: Lockwood/Lucy, Platonic Iron Trio, Lucy&Norrie

*spoilers* AU where Norrie comes out of Ghost Lock and is visiting Lucy. Norrie describes the daily functions of 35 Portland Row and the relationship dynamics of the trio.

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An Absolutely Terrible Idea

by Wonkington on ao3

Rating: T | Category: F/M | Relationship: Lockwood/Lucy

Lucy and Lockwood decide to have a kid. For business reasons, of course.

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life's a game we're meant to lose

by SciroccoOrion on ao3

Rating: T | Category: F/M | Relationship: Lucy/Skull, Lockwood/Lucy

SPOILER WARNING: End of Book 5 (TEG). Click for summary.

And then the ghost of the thin gray youth was standing beside Lockwood and Marissa. Unseen forces wrenched them apart. Marissa was flung away. The skull’s spirit turned toward Lucy, giving her his old grin. “Brace yourselves,” he said.

As they flew back, Lucy saw the boiling plume of black and red expanding outward to engulf everything. It cut right through the figure of the youth with blinding speed.

She and Lockwood hit the elevator doors and lay crumpled together as the fireball ballooned over them. She felt its heat upon her skin as black smoke swelled around them. It was hard to breathe.

Her final sensation was relief that she could still feel Lockwood moving. Her final thought was that she’d left the skull’s ghost-jar lying on the table.

Then her consciousness tipped over and fell into darkness.

When Lucy wakes up, she has a chance to say goodbye

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proximity / barriers

by certes on ao3

Rating: T | Category: F/M | Relationship: Lockwood/Lucy

SPOILER WARNING: The Creeping Shadow. Click for summary.

A shuffle of feet. Lockwood’s standing right behind her. She can feel the warmth of him shiver all along her back, the nape of her neck.

She’s about to turn to face him when suddenly that warmth connects: Lockwood’s arms fold carefully around her, his body draping overtop of hers like he suddenly can’t stand. Lucy stiffens. His chin touches the side of her head, then his jaw, his mouth, as he curls in over her back, tucks his head down into her shoulder. Their cheeks press together. Something warm and heavy settles on the top of her head, and she realizes he’s pulled the blanket up over both of their heads like a shelter.

Like a cape.

“Sorry, Lucy,” he whispers in her ear. “Just bear it for a second. Please.”

(the one where Lockwood has a nightmare about the other side)