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He was a cute, single guy who bought her tea and a pastry, and he was sitting here talking with her like they’d known each other for years. Nobody would blame her for lining up her shot and pulling the trigger. Honestly, he stepped right into her sights, practically slathered a bullseye across his chest.
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If she went to the doctor and got her blood tested, Lockwood and George would show up and get flagged for being too high in their concentrations.
She couldn’t just ask a regular coffeeshop guy on a date, could she?
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Lucy meets a handsome stranger and has to decide if she has her shit together enough to make anything of it.
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- Part 2 of Fault Lines
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The thing was, Bobby hadn’t known he wanted to be a wife until he met Kat Godwin.
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Bobby and Kat start their domestic bliss as the new couple in the suburb. Naturally, they’ll need an ice delivery. Naturally, the ice deliverer will be hot enough to melt the ice all on his own.
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Kipps sees Lockwood’s office for the first time.
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- Part 2 of guys on every corner
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The boy who lives in George’s shadow is in love with Lucy Carlyle.
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Kipps’ life had been less interesting than he thought. Kneeling here in front of a gauche red velvet loveseat, waiting for Anthony Lockwood to come kill him in some humiliating and painful way, Kipps decided he would have had a similar lot—maybe without the gruesome murder—if he’d gone into something white collar.
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- Part 1 of guys on every corner
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killer, lover, memory by TheMalapert for AlmostLikeQuake
Fandoms: Lockwood & Co. (TV), Lockwood & Co. - Jonathan Stroud
05 Mar 2025
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Three months ago, Norrie was straight, but now that God’s most perfect lesbian was baking her gluten free, vegan biscuits, Norrie decided to swap in for a the latest hot sexuality.
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Lucy deals with Holly’s appearance in her life as best she can. That is to say, badly.
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“This is a cab, right?” George asked. The interior was dark, and he couldn’t find where to pay.
A cough, and then a woman’s voice saying, “No, sir, it’s—”
The other side of the backseat opened. Two bulbous duffels sailed in, one of them crushing George’s baby jade plant, and then a slender man in a suit followed.
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He couldn’t, of course, simply raise the rent on his best friends and long-time occupants of whatever hard-to-reach corners still lurked in his heart. Lockwood could get a second job, but that would mean spending less time volunteering at the hospital, and he wouldn’t.
Flo instantly suggested he sell his arse, and in fact, she knew some pretty decent street corners for a dashing twink like him.
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Lockwood lands in some financial hot water, and he finds an old acquaintance on a “dating” app Flo downloads for him. Well. Acquaintance may be too charitable a word for Quill Kipps.
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- Part 1 of Fault Lines
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But despite all his doubts, Lockwood can’t bring himself to be honest. The collection bowl drifts towards him and his paper remains stubbornly blank. It seems to ask him:
What does Anthony Lockwood want?
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In times of duress, an oracle can be sought out for answers. Lockwood isn't sure he believes in all that.
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when lucy met lockwood by WICKEDP0WERS
Fandoms: Lockwood & Co. (TV), Lockwood & Co. - Jonathan Stroud
26 Oct 2024
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“It’s just that I think that it’s impossible for posh boys like you and working class people like me to be friends,” she said, feeling the need to explain.
Lockwood turned his dark eyes to her and Lucy fought to keep her own eyes on the road ahead. Just a few more blocks, she chanted like a mantra. “And why is that?”
“Something always gets in the way, whether you notice it or not. And most of the time, people like you don’t notice it. It’s these simple gestures and comments that always remind you of how different you are. It’ll be some random discussion over how to split the check, or an invitation to somewhere that you can’t in a million years afford. It never seems to matter to posh people, but it does to me.”
“So you don’t think we can be friends?” Asked Lockwood, a furrow in his brow, his head tilted at an adorable angle.
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OR: Lucy meets Lockwood and cannot make her mind up about him. (Inspired by When Harry Met Sally, 1989) -
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He’s been trying not to think about her because she’s a client who exchanges her hard earned money for a carefully curated portion of his time and energy. A delicately crafted version of himself. She doesn’t care that the pigeon that has taken to warbling outside his window reminds him of the finches nesting in his attic back home. He wants to ask her if the woodpeckers are as aggressive in Cheviot Hills as they are in Middlesbrough. He doesn’t, and he won’t.
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Kipps falls in love with a girl over the phone.
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- Part 2 of 1-800-hot-n-fun
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Lucy digs the note out of her scrap drawer with the consolation that an hour with the sex line has already paid for, so it’ll be cheaper than trying to find a therapist.
And they can’t force her to have sex if she doesn’t want to, can they?
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Lucy, at her wit's end, calls a phone sex line.
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- Part 1 of 1-800-hot-n-fun
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“When do I not take anything seriously,” Kipps replies, trying his hardest not to sound despondent as he takes his phone back and stares at his screen. The words “Welcome In” followed by more sex-related emojis than he’s ever seen used in one place flash up at him and Kipps groans.
“Kat, this is ridiculous.”
“It’s not if it gets you laid.”
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Quill Kipps takes a stab at online dating.
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Cyclone by ohmyoverland (Blackbirdy) for WaitingForMyHogwartsLetter
Fandoms: Lockwood & Co. (TV)
06 Aug 2024
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Lockwood is wandering an amusement park alone when he runs into a magnetic couple who are exactly his type.
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When Lucy wakes in a room she doesn't recognize, sleeping next to Norrie, she assumes she's dreaming.
But the longer she stays in this place, the more real it feels.
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“Oh, yes, do come in, I’ll pop the kettle on and we can have tea and biscuits at three in the morning,” George mutters him himself, shutting and bolting the door with an idle flick of his wrist. “Why am I saving Lockwood’s life?”
“Because I’m your best mate—”
“Not if you keep waking me up in the middle of the night—”
“Because Lockwood went and got himself cursed.”
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Lockwood gets possessed after a case. The effects of this ripple out farther than anyone would have predicted.
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Lockwood & Co. Variety Show by TheMalapert for AerialAddict179
Fandoms: Lockwood & Co. (TV)
09 May 2024
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Lockwood is always looking to expand the business.
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“No, think about it Luce—” As if she could do anything else. “—The faster we get this guy out of here, the faster we can settle the estate. And start using it how we intended.”
Lucy Carlyle, recent heir to the Bickerstaff fortune, should really stop taking George’s advice on how to deal with nosy, handsome detectives.
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Hold on to the Memories by StarWritingBri
Fandoms: Lockwood & Co. - Jonathan Stroud, Lockwood & Co. (TV)
31 Dec 2023
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Lucy shouldn't even be on her school's trip to New York City. She's taken Norrie's spot when she couldn't go, and she knows all her classmates know it. She wants to make the most of the opportunity her best friend gave her, and when she runs into a strange boy also a long way from home in the big city, she's presented with the chance to live out her own romantic comedy.
Modern AU for New Years Eve
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Ties That Bind by AerialAddict179
Fandoms: Lockwood & Co. - Jonathan Stroud, Lockwood & Co. (TV)
05 Dec 2023
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“Norrie, I know absolutely NOTHING about kink, you realise that, right? How can I-”
“I don’t really know that much either, Lucy, but…” computer keys clicked through the earpiece on her phone. “Hey, look! There’s a Kink 101 class, an Intro to the London Scene, coming up this Friday, and it’s only 20 quid to register. I’m signing us up- I’m off this Friday too; we can go together!”
“Wait, you’re being serious about this?” Lucy started to panic. This was way out of her comfort zone.
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“I’ll be where?” Lockwood’s back shot up straight.
“A kink 101 class.” George answered, pressing the end call button. “Tomorrow evening, and Kipps is leading it so don’t think you can play hookey.” He pointed at his friend's face for emphasis.
“And if I refuse?”~~~~~
Or, Lockwood and Lucy lead very separate lives, until one week they are both dragged to a kink 101 class (for very different reasons) and their worlds collide.