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  1. Public Bookmark 58

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    “I want to, uh, cover all the bases, which I know is a silly metaphor, but I think I’m beginning to understand it now, and I don’t want to skip any of them, I know theoretically how they all work, but it might take me a while to master them, and I want to make sure that I’m competent at each thing before we do the next thing, but I already know I want to do the next thing and the next thing because, Frank, I want you so badly that sometimes I think I’m going into cardiac arrest.” She stops abruptly, a little breathless from the string of words and from realizing what she just said and how wide Frank’s eyes have gone.

     

    Mel really did think she wanted to take it slow. Turns out she didn't know herself at all.

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    27 Oct 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 40

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    “The fuck is this?”

    “Uh. Looks like a–marriage license. With both our names on it.”

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    07 Sep 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 86

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    Carmy Berzatto, a once-prominent chef in New York City, abandons his career to take over the family's struggling sandwich shop in his hometown of Chicago after a life-altering call.

    Sydney Adamu, a chef and new mother, faces ruin when her life in New York falls apart, forcing her to return to Chicago with nothing but her baby and an empty bank account.

    As fate would have it, their paths cross. With Carmy looking for a sous and Sydney in need of a place to stay, what starts out as a simple arrangement turns into an unexpected partnership where both of them fulfill each other in ways they haven't experienced before.

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    04 Sep 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 28

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    Two decades later, it hit Carmy—again—just how badly he had fucked up that night, hard and brutal and fracturing.

    A post-s4 fix it fic.

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    10 Aug 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 35

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    Natalie and Richie have gone home, but Carmy and Sydney are still here. The restaurant is quiet again. Almost too quiet for her liking.

    The clock on the wall reads 1:27. It's late. They should both be home. But Sydney doesn't have the energy to move.

    A part of her still hopes she's having another nightmare. That she'll wake up soon, and find that the updated agreement was nothing but a cruel invention of her subconscious.

    But this isn’t a dream. She knows because she can feel the exhaustion from all the crying, and her mouth still tastes like the cigarette she tried to smoke earlier that night.

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    Carmy and Sydney continue their conversation right after the season finale

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    10 Aug 2025