#timfoxesoneshots

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we make a pretty good b-team | friendship dynamic

While Art is looking forward to his future with his soon-to-be (first) wife, Mandy, a dubious Tim is busy operating on a Jupiter-8 synthesiser. setting: Tim & Art's flat in Shoreditch, London, sometime in 1987. characters involved: Tim & Art warnings: none

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here in my head | angst-ish

Odd Foxes perform without Frank for the first time in the band's history. setting: on a talk show host's show, in a television studio, New York, 2023 characters involved: Art, Tim, and James (and Frank's voice). warnings: none

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i get in my own way | character dynamics

It's the first night of the US leg of the Star Shooting Tour and, because of an (online) incident with the English "fans" in London, Suzy's bricking it. setting: Backstage/On Stage at a venue in New York, November 2023 characters involved: Suzy & Odd Foxes -- featuring Dull. warnings: very very minor cw for grief

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far too kind to me | friendship dynamic

On a hot summer's day off, Tim and James bond by the poolside. setting: A hotel in New Orleans, during a 1984 tour characters involved: Tim and James (featuring Frank & Dull) warnings: none (that i can think of)

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treasures are enough | fluffy/friendship stuff

While Frank is out at a football match, James is surprised with an impromptu visit from Art and Tim, who have come round with a special delivery. setting: James & Frank's house in Shoreditch, Between Tour Legs, Summer 1986 characters involved: James (+ the cats), Art, and Tim warnings: none that I can think of.

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cruel | angst

Trying to distract himself, James plays one of Frank's favourite songs with Art. setting: in Tim's home studio in Essex, April 2023 characters involved: Art, Tim, and James (and James' memories of Frank). warnings: grief, death mention.

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SURFACE TENSION

Having found themselves alone in a hotel room, Abel and Tim get to know each other more intimately. Dynamics testing; Steamy snoggin’. SETTING: A hotel room in Manchester, England while on the UK leg of the Odd Foxes Jump The Wall Tour | March 1985 CHARACTER(S) INVOLVED: Tim & Abel. WARNING(S): none that i can think of.

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YOU'RE STILL HERE (and i miss you)

Tim is inundated with a sudden (if brief) wave of grief while looking at the photographs that make up a good chunk of his life -- most of which involving the best friend they've ever had: Frank. Angsty; Thought Bubble; Friendship dynamics; Grief for a friendship. SETTING: Tim's house in Basildon, Essex | Present Day (1st April 2025). CHARACTER(S) INVOLVED: Tim, (Pseudo/Memory!) Frank. WARNING(S): cw: grief