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Peter Cabot Gets Lost by Cat Sebastian

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Cabots - Cat Sebastian Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Peter Cabot/Caleb Murphy Characters: Peter Cabot, Caleb Murphy Additional Tags: Domestic Fluff, Established Relationship, Moving In Together, Kissing, Dorks in Love, Missing Scene, Reminiscing, Post-Canon Summary:

Caleb opens his eyes, glancing over at Peter—there’s that smile, just for him. Caleb feels his shoulders loosen.

“Well, in case you haven’t noticed, you’re moving into my apartment, sweetheart, so I definitely think that counts."

My Peter/Caleb fic (from the book Peter Cabot Gets Lost by Cat Sebastian) for Marquise for this year’s Rare Male Slash Exchange!

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Campus Crush, I'm Yours

Fandom: The Cabots - Cat Sebastian, Peter Cabot Gets Lost Rated: E No archive warnings apply Word count: 1,207 - Featuring: Peter Cabot/Caleb Murphy - “What do you think it would have been like, if Ernie Walsh had introduced us when we were at Harvard?”

This was written for the Battleship Exchange 2024.

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Queer books, day 11/30

I wasn't sure if I was going to talk about these separately, but here we are. The series is three books (I talked about book 2 already), and this is book one. It's a novella, a short second-chance love story between a rejected Kennedy and his math teacher childhood best friend.

It's set in 1959 in Massachusetts, and Sebastian does some pretty interesting stuff with that setting that I think is worth looking at. Of course, the characters experience what she typifies as "period-typical homophobia," which comes down to Tommy having been kicked out of his family when he came out of the closet and Everett wondering if he'll have to get a different job if his relationship with Tommy becomes common knowledge. Tommy's ex-wife, Patricia, is in a relationship with a person named Harry (short for Harriet, although they're very masc-presenting) and is rather unconcerned about how it's perceived, in part because she's rich. But there's also a moment when Tommy's nephew (Peter; now you see how this hooks into the next one) comes to visit (and come out to his uncle) and mentions his gay friend has said that gay people should stick together. Meaning that this book is trying to depict the beginnings of a queer consciousness that...(gestures broadly) is still ongoing.

That's not to say that historically, 1959 is the first time any of that happened. Remember when I mentioned Lawrence Housman and the Order of Chaeronea (which was founded by George Cecil Ives in 1897; I don't know if I implied that Housman founded it, a mistake on my part if so, he just joined). And there were a few other groups before that. But given that in the next ten years we get the Cooper Do-Nuts Riot in 1959 or 1960, the Compton Cafeteria Riot in 1966 and then Stonewall in 1969, this does feel like a pivotal moment for gay rights. A moment at which things that had been bubbling under the surface finally started coalescing. Much as Tommy Cabot's long-denied sexual identity starts bubbling to the surface after years of repression. SEE WHAT I DID THERE?

Anyway. The book contains this quote, which I keep coming back to:

Nobody had told [Tommy] how much of his late thirties would involve lying on floors and crying.

Tommy and Everett are one of my favorite couples in Sebastian's work, and although we see them again in book 3, we don't ever really get to spend more time with them, which is a pity. So many romance novels are about bright young things, and as a not-bright-young-thing myself, it's nice to see people d'un certain age portrayed.

There's sex in this one, but it's not super graphic. This is very much about love and rediscovery and connection. 10/10, go read it.

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Dear Riverdale part 3

Finally, part three. Let's move on to the forgotten now.I'm not going to get any worse why they are forgotten because it's possible in their cases that it could be scheduling conflicts, problems or better job offers that are beyond the control of people working on Riverdale

G) Valerie

Why we want to see her again: She was an interesting, complex and kind character who deserves better.If we had to keep only one pussicat, she would have been my choice.

H) Melody

Why we want to see her again:She deserves to be at least a secondary character rather than a glorified background character. Also, she's bisexual in Archie's new comics.(You can never have too many LGBTQ POC).

I) Chuck

Why we want to see him again:I have a feeling he has his kind of redemption only to avoid some unfortunate implication. I think it's a little lame for an excellent actor like him.They could have made a bow with all this instead of 10 minutes of conversation and Archie fighter him has  wrestling.And we would have met Nancy, maybe.

J) Trav

Why we want to see him again:Okay, this one's purely personal, but I like Valerie's little brother. He also had rumors that he would have the real personality of Chuck (a comic book artist) and once again, I like good relationships between brothers and sisters.

K) Kevin's mother and sisters

Why we want to see they: Because if it were forever to see her, you could have made Tom Keller a widower and  once again, I like good relationships between brothers and sisters.

L) The Cabot

Why we want to see they: I counted as three people who could have been Alexander Cabot and two for Alexandra Cabot. 1) Nick St Claire, 2) the pussicats manager who you see for 30 seconds in season 1 and 3) the suspicious guy who brought Veronica to the fight club. Because unless you do a spin-off for the pussicats, I don't see the point in not using them. 

Bonu: 

M) Jellybean

Okay, I get it. Gladys must be the worst living being possible for Falice to have our blessing...But Jellybean not to be thrown away so easily. You need to find an excuse someone on to keep her.I suspect that given the age of the actress, she has to go to school so she may not appear on the screen and be just named for to confirm his presence. Because I don't think the fandom to forgive her for killing her or make her unbearable just to get rid of her.

Sorry if I look unfair, but it feels good to share my frustration. Don't hesitate to share your own frustrations. Thank you.

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Cabots - Cat Sebastian Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Peter Cabot/Caleb Murphy Characters: Peter Cabot, Caleb Murphy Additional Tags: Mutual Pining, Dorks in Love, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Missing Scene, Featuring Caleb Murphy completely failing at being normal about Peter Cabot, Pining on their road trip Summary:

“I thought it would be better with someone I knew.”

“And if you had gone to a bar in Cambridge?” Caleb asks, the question tumbling out of his mouth before he can take it back. Being around Peter really is making him a smitten fool.

In which Peter and Caleb’s conversation about Peter’s only experience at a gay bar goes in a slightly different direction, and Caleb has many feelings about this.

A treat for @xslytherclawx-writes for Pine4Pine Exchange, because I can’t seem to stop writing for these two!

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Cabots - Cat Sebastian Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Peter Cabot/Caleb Murphy Characters: Peter Cabot, Caleb Murphy Additional Tags: Pining, Feelings Realization, Road Trip, Pining on their road trip, Happy Ending Summary:

Being attracted to the good-looking opinionated blonde kid in his history class who couldn't seem to stop glaring at Peter every time they crossed paths was one thing.

Being attracted to Caleb Murphy is another thing entirely.

My fic for @xslytherclawx-writes for Pine4Pine 2024!

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