#royjamie fic

[detectivedeckerstar]

if there's one thing a royjamie fic author is gonna do its that they're gonna make it canon that jamie's been in love with roy since he was 12 and I'm never tired of it, it's good every time

[onehand-oneheart]

my honey you're a heart shaker

Royjamie | rated T | 2,1k | Come What May Creators Challenge: hidden

“Hm, are you familiar with panic attacks, Jamie?”

Jamie sighs, he was afraid that it would be brought up. “Yes, actually. They don't feel like this. I'm not… not anxious, when it happens. Sometimes I actually feel good. Stress free.” He rubs above his heart absentmindedly. “Then out of nowhere, my heart goes crazy. And I get all sweaty. My breath hitches. Stomach tenses. It's like I'm nervous for a big match, when all I'm doing is sitting on Roy's counter as he cooks lunch.”

Something in her eyes settles. She sits back down and thinks about it before speaking up again. “Does this happen with Roy a lot?”

“Uh…” he has to think back, digging into his memory. “Think so… God, you don't think I'm, like, allergic to him, right? Or to something he wears? I swear to God, if I'm allergic to Roy's, like, laundry detergent, he'll kill me rather than make a change.”

(Alternatively titled: 'diagnosis: you're in love dumbass')

[soofyahn]

in-universe article in the style of The Athletic for People Never Change (Ch. 5) on AO3

March 12, 2025

Richmond are fourth in mid-March, a position few supporters would have fathomed four years ago as the club clawed their way out of the Championship, or even last year, after falling to the bottom half of the table.

Given this change in trajectory, you’d expect the energy at Richmond to be buoyant, bursting with potential and, of course, belief. Instead, the build-up to Manchester City at home has looked like a club holding its breath in anticipation of a critical blow.

This fixture's history has been both brutal and unpredictable, noticeably felt by fans after Richmond first signed City’s Academy graduate and former striker Jamie Tartt, who had a brief spell on loan for Richmond during the 2019-20 season. Tartt's last seven appearances against Manchester City paint an unclear picture: 4-0 to City, 2-1 to Richmond, 3-1 to City, 4-2 to Richmond, 2-1 to City, 3-0 to Richmond, and, most recently, a baffling nil-nil blunder last December, with thirty-three shots and two disallowed goals.

But City week always finds Tartt, and Tartt always finds City.

Despite a pattern of impulsivity and ego-driven decisions, both on-and-off the pitch — Tartt’s reality TV stint remains one of the league’s strangest and most surprising player detours in recent memory — Tartt has done remarkably well under Roy Kent. For years, Kent and Tartt’s well-documented distaste for one another has fed gossip-hungry journalists and fans keen to dramatise their respective romantic relationships with Keeley Jones (former model and current CEO of KJBR, the PR agency currently representing the club).

More recent press involving Kent and Tartt looks very different. Having rebounded from rumoured love triangles, red-card clashes on the pitch, and relegation battles, they’re often quoted expressing genuine respect and appreciation for one another. At Richmond’s annual charity gala last fall, they were photographed mid-conversation with Jones, all three smiling. Yes, even Kent.

As follows the mystery of Richmond, it’s not obvious how they ended up here. Club representatives insist their working relationship is functional and productive. City will certainly test it.

With nine matches left in the title race, Richmond deserve credit for collecting 62 points before the international break, a year after stumbling out of Europe in a 4-0 loss to Real Madrid. Kent took defeat hard, red-faced during a now-infamous confrontation with referee Anthony Taylor, and was dismissed for the second time that season. By contrast, Tartt, who suffered an ankle ligament injury earlier in the same match, took physical defeat as “a sign to slow down and rebuild stronger”, as stated in a personal Instagram post about his recovery.

That post was prophetic. In Kent's second managerial season, club performance has been steady but sure. They’ve been more resilient, less chaotic. Tartt’s collecting assists and cushioning Richmond’s margin for error — 10 goals and 11 assists in the league by mid-March tells its own story. Combined with remarkably dynamic defence from club captain and centre-back Isaac McAdoo and the unwavering willpower of forward Dani Rojas, the spine of the squad seems strong this spring.

However, Richmond have a habit of looking vulnerable when pressure mounts. And this week, the pressure is very visible on Kent.

While Tartt is fit to play, there is a major problem with their backline this weekend. Colin Hughes will be missed with a hamstring strain, Paul Reynolds is sidelined by a groin issue, and a fibula fracture keeps Jan Maas out of play, pending further evaluation. On Tuesday, Kent didn’t break stride when Maas’ name came up outside the training ground. He replied with a curt “He’s out,” and walked inside, refusing to expand. Kent appeared aggrieved all morning. Reporters observed assistants running drills in the rain, while Kent was more watchful than vocal, alternating between shaking his head and sighing at the mud.

Roy Kent has never been a man for hiding how he feels. That is part of why players respond to him. It is also why many have taken note of the cracks showing in Kent's stony exterior and begun asking boldly: what's the plan?

Inside the club, it appears to be changing daily, much like their recent training circumstances. A session cut short due to a lightning storm, senior player absences, clumsy collisions stretching their injury list. And that’s just in the last two days.

Richmond have been vague publicly about their strategy to cope with this injury pile-up, but there is growing expectation that Richmond will involve the U21s against Manchester City on Saturday. Possibly start one.

As seen during Tartt’s early career, even exceptionally gifted young players are difficult to predict. It takes time to temper new talent, and time is exactly what Richmond lack. Kent has kept Richmond competitive by trusting experience over potential, but the board’s frustration at the thin academy pipeline has only deepened. At such a critical point in the season, throwing a young debutant into the lion’s den against City is risky. It could be a dream come true for their families. It could also cost Richmond the match.

City certainly punish overreaction. But absorbing stress and turning belief into tangible results, the Richmond way, might give them a fighting chance against the league’s defending title-holders.

Recovering their spot in the Champions League is undoubtedly on Kent’s mind. If Richmond fail to secure three points this weekend, their chances of return dwindle. Their hope for the title, already at a knife’s edge, cuts in half.

Another year without silverware might prompt players to expand their horizons. Last summer saw the exit of Sam Obisanya after Richmond accepted a club-record £38 million fee from Bayern, and this summer, several key players have contracts expiring. Namely Tartt.

Kent himself has shown no such restlessness. His playing career and five-year sprint through ranks at Richmond reveal a leader that grows with football clubs, rather than growing out of them. He never engages with rumours of his departure. He is stone-faced and steadfast in his refusal to entertain questions he doesn’t like.

If appearing serene was required to win matches, Kent would've been sacked long ago. In fact, appearances matter very little to Kent, instead vocally endorsing the club's emerging identity under his reign as passionate, competent, and laser-focused. To win against City, Richmond will need all three in equal measure.

Some see Roy Kent as the axis on which Richmond rotate. But success is marked by being (not just looking) solid as a rock. 

Friday’s pre-match press conference will likely involve a defanged review of the week’s challenges, confirmation of available players, and a carefully worded plan. Perhaps a thunderous growl or two into the microphone, a dark cloud hanging over Kent’s head. Even with the frequency turned low, managerial unease and uncertainty yield a ripple-like effect on a football squad.

On Saturday, Richmond will have to balance bravery with bracing for impact. City thrive on anxiety. And they love nothing more than an opponent who looks like they’re waiting for something to go wrong.

Kent’s intensity has carried the season. City will try to drag it right into the eye of their storm.

Keep reading Chapter 5 on AO3.

[liesmyth]

new chapter of attention-seeking behaviour is out

chapter 4 of 6

Jamie POV

tagged: Coming Out, Sports Culture, Happy Ending

[inthemidstofbuddie]

re: jamie not being in season 4, this is 100% how i imagine it going

https://www.tumblr.com/mythmagicetc/766619743116460032

oh my GOD. yes. so much yes. fuck. and now going off that post i get to have the happy thought of Dr. Sharon looking at Roy in silence for a long long long moment after his confession (bc she has spent so many sessions listening to Roy’s rants about Jamie, which have gradually moved from “i hate Jamie and mean that in a ‘i wouldn’t even piss on him if he was on fire’ way” to “i hate Jamie and mean that in a ‘my day sucks if it doesn’t start and end with me talking to Jamie or seeing Jamie or talking about Jamie which isn’t the same but is still something or seeing something about Jamie on a billboard even if that pisses me off bc seeing something about him isn’t the same as seeing him even if i get to take a picture and text it to him and get a voice note full of him bragging about his own good looks and mocking me in a really sweet and soft way for missing him’ way because that’s such a fucking annoying thing to have happen to me and i hate that he’s the reason why”) and then she says “well. you’re rich. buy a plane ticket” and Roy looks at her like she’s lost a every last one of her marbles and he says “i’m not buying a plane ticket for him he’s too busy training and i have put far too much work into him to make him slack off now” only for her to say “i meant buy one for yourself” and he sits there in silence looking like Oscar the Grouch for a full five minutes after which time their session is up so he leaves without a word.

but then a day or two later she’s scrolling Instagram and discovers Jamie just posted a carousel of pictures (she doesn’t follow him because dear god and also there’s probably some rule that says she can’t idk but her life is football given her career so her feed also happens to be nothing but football and of course Jamie is gonna show up at some point) from the airport: one through the airport window of an airplane landing on the tarmac, one of Roy walking toward Jamie where he waits at baggage claim and Roy is wearing his happy frown, and another of Roy’s hand on Jamie’s thigh in a car because it might be Jamie’s car but Roy claims Jamie is a terrible driver (maybe he is, maybe he isn’t, but the point is Roy just likes to drive Jamie around and Jamie absolutely isn’t about to start complaining) so he always drives (besides this way he gets to squeeze Jamie’s insane thigh and drive Jamie mad without being overly affected himself bc he wouldn’t trust Jamie to drive while also starting to chub up but Roy himself is fine, even if he too starts to chub up bc Jamie is kinda squirming while he rambles and also he smells good and aside from all that Roy has just missed him)

[helpwhyamiontumbllr]

imagining retired footballer roy kent who has disintegrated from the public eye into obscurity only to become a painter. his paintings are normally of his sister or his niece, until one day a man moved into the apartment complex on the other side of the building. their windows were facing each other below them being the community garden and courtyard, the man always left his window open and while he was painting he always saw in the corner of his eye the man drinking his coffee or about to leave for what he presumed to be a run. none of this was exactly remarkable until he swore he saw the man lounging around in a red and blue jersey that read “KENT 6.) on the back. ever since then he was drawn to him. he would occasionally find himself not looking at his artwork, but out the window at the man. soon enough that seeped into his paintings, he’d find himself painting the man drinking his coffee or making himself breakfast.

his muse was a fantasy, he was someone who remembered him. it all felt too much like a fantasy until one night he found himself down at the bar he started frequented since he retired because being at the crown & anchor felt too painful, downing an old fashion, as he heard the oh so familiar ringing as a cheering crowd. he looks up at the tv in-front of him not only to see his muse playing football but on his old team. his jersey read,

“TARTT 9”

roy was absolutely enamored by him, but also felt a deep seated loathing rise up in his chest.

[queenie-ofthe-void]

I've never read a single jamie/roy fic.

Please send me suggestions!!

[lexirosewrites]

Lexi!!!! I saw that you browsed through the RoyJamie tag! Do you have any fic recommendations?

it doesn’t look like i bookmarked very much and they’re not all omegaverse but here’s a few good ones!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/52987600

https://archiveofourown.org/series/4140322

https://archiveofourown.org/works/48885049

https://archiveofourown.org/series/3584929

https://archiveofourown.org/works/53323864

https://archiveofourown.org/works/50714029/chapters/128110300