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I wanna wake up with you all in tangles by A_Fern_So_I_Can_Rest
Fandoms: The Bright Sessions (Podcast), The AM Archives (Podcast), The College Tapes (Podcast)
13 Sep 2025
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Five times Oliver woke up next to Mark.
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ready to bolt at the first glimpse of failsafe by ChickWithThePurpleGuitar for skeletaltoad
Fandoms: The Bright Sessions (Podcast), The AM Archives (Podcast)
04 Sep 2025
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“Mark, you remember Alex Chen.”
Time’s been kind to Alex, for once. He’s not so rail-thin now; there’s color in his face that wasn’t there before. He got a haircut, and seems to sit up straighter without the neglected coma locks weighing him down— god, Mark knows the feeling.
He’s still not entirely sure what’s going on here, what Joan wants from him, but he tries for a polite, casual nod. “Hey, man.”
“Hey.”
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- Part 1 of Me and Two Coma Guys
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wake up (wage war on gravity) by ChickWithThePurpleGuitar for pandoradeloeste
Fandoms: The Bright Sessions (Podcast), The AM Archives (Podcast)
10 Aug 2025
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“Miss Barnes!” he says, sounding even more surprised than she was, and then shakes his head a little, corrects himself, “Sam. What are you still doing here?”
She could ask him the same thing. She could say that, except she’s tired and peckish and still getting used to the idea of Owen Green being her business partner instead of annoying adversary, so she’s not exactly in the mood for banter with him.
“I’m leaving,” she assures him, and starts for the refrigerator behind him. “Was just grabbing a bite for the road. Do we still have those yogurt smoothie things?”
“We should, yes,” Owen says, standing up to help her as she opens the fridge to investigate—
Except he barely gets his chair pushed back before all the color drains from his face and he starts to go down again—hard.
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if you had the time to lose by ChickWithThePurpleGuitar
Fandoms: The Bright Sessions (Podcast), The AM Archives (Podcast), The College Tapes (Podcast)
27 Jul 2025
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“I have 36 hours to find a place to live, and like twice that to find a way to pay for it,” Adam tells Caitlin, refreshing his Indeed page one last time, just in case something livable might have been added in the last fifteen seconds. “The joys of higher education, huh?”
Caitlin must say something in response, but Adam doesn’t hear her, because the refresh has produced something after all, and the job listing at the top of the page grabs his attention like nothing else. The title: Personal Assistant for Atypical Researcher.
He clicks and skims the listing. Researcher of Atypical Studies seeking a personal assistant for household chores, schedule-keeping, etc. Must have strong communication and confidentiality skills to send and receive messages from the Atypical Monitors and other Atypical Rights groups. Atypical status not required, but familiarity with atypicals is preferred.
The pay is more a year than his parents paid for Yale.
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- Part 1 of Atypical Assistant
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silence & sudoku by some_pomegranate_tea
Fandoms: The Bright Sessions (Podcast), The AM Archives (Podcast)
14 Jun 2025
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When Oliver gets upset, he goes silent. Deathly fucking silent.
The first time Mark walks in on him like that, it scares him half to death. He’s used to his own, embarrassingly teary panic attacks or even Sam’s frantic rambling. He’s not prepared for Oliver’s pale, gaunt face, for his trembling hands as he silently draws water out of the air, for his eerie lack of breathing.
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Over time, Mark learns to navigate Oliver's shutdowns (with the help of Sudoku and Gilmore Girls).
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My Green Light by Ciennasuperstar
Fandoms: The Bright Sessions (Podcast), The AM Archives (Podcast), The College Tapes (Podcast)
13 Feb 2025
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Mark and Sam fell in love across time and space. But just because you love someone doesn’t mean it’s meant to be. This is the story of how they came together, fell apart, and found new people to love.
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Four times Mark compared someone to a lighthouse, and one time someone compared him to one.
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Though I'm Riddled With Doubts by Ciennasuperstar
Fandoms: The Bright Sessions (Podcast), The Bright Sessions Series - Lauren Shippen (Novels), The College Tapes (Podcast), The AM Archives (Podcast)
09 Jan 2025
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Mark Bryant is not the only person to have been a victim of Damien, as he learns when he meets Jason Beck at Yale. When Mark reaches back out to Beck for the whole story, he ends up falling down a rabbit hole and learning a whole lot more about his former kidnapper than he would have liked. Meanwhile, Oliver is so busy trying to get his ability back to normal that he barely notices Mark spiraling. Can they come together to help one another?
Sequel to Is This How We Turn Out? but also mostly makes sense on its own
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- Part 2 of Is This How We Turn Out?
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Is This How We Turn Out? by Ciennasuperstar
Fandoms: The Bright Sessions (Podcast), The AM Archives (Podcast), The College Tapes (Podcast)
20 Dec 2024
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Oliver had never been good at emotions. His own or other people’s. He had gotten better over the years at saying the right things at the right times, but it didn’t come naturally to him like it seemed to for other people. He knew he got it wrong a lot and it made people think he was a dick, but at some point he had stopped caring what people thought. Except for Mark. When he had gotten into Boston from Europe it had surprised and scared him just how much he cared what Mark thought about him. So much so that he did what he always did when he was scared, and ran away. Which only made things worse. But Mark had followed him and saved him and continued to be there for him even after what he put Mark through. If he hadn’t had feelings for Mark before, he certainly did now. He had known for a long time, but had pushed it down over and over again. But when Mark kisses Oliver on the way back from Yale, he begins to realize that pushing down his feelings may be causing more problems than solving them.
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- Part 1 of Is This How We Turn Out?
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it's all in how you mix the two by ChickWithThePurpleGuitar for RadioFreeHayden
Fandoms: The Bright Sessions (Podcast), The AM Archives (Podcast), The College Tapes (Podcast)
31 Jul 2024
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Caleb takes a minute or two to stand in the doorway and breathe the familiar colors of Adam’s focus, curiosity, excitement. The same feelings he got around Blackwell’s journal. Around Sam and Chloe when they first met. Around Caleb every time he’d ask, “What am I feeling now?” and Caleb would nail it down just right.
Adam’s fascination. It might be Caleb’s favorite feeling of his, if he had to pick one.
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You've already won me over in spite of me by A_Fern_So_I_Can_Rest
Fandoms: The Bright Sessions (Podcast), The AM Archives (Podcast), The College Tapes (Podcast)
15 May 2024
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Yet another Brytz getting-together fic because my brain cannot stop.
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can't you just make it move faster? by ChickWithThePurpleGuitar
Fandoms: The Bright Sessions (Podcast), The AM Archives (Podcast)
18 Apr 2024
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Mark gets sick kind of a lot—he didn’t use to (in fact, Joan said she was usually the one who caught everything when they were kids, and Mark would berate their parents for making him go to school while she stayed home sick), but the AM, the coma, and his ill-advised summer of love with Damien took such a toll on his body that his immune system took a huge hit in the process.
When he eventually told her, the winter after the safe house debacle, that he caught a lot of colds, he insisted it wasn’t that much of a problem. When the weather was nice, and he was eating and sleeping relatively well, exercising regularly, not drinking so much, he could go months at a time without so much as a sniffle.
He hasn’t been drinking, not a drop since they officially moved in together in October, but she can’t say with much certainty that he’s been sleeping well, and he hasn’t been exercising as much with Caleb off at school and the blood loss from Oliver’s serum revamp putting him out of commission for a few weeks.
He could be sick, and Sam doesn’t know how worried she’s allowed to be about that.
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to see a friend, to see a ghost by ChickWithThePurpleGuitar for RadioFreeHayden
Fandoms: The Bright Sessions (Podcast), The AM Archives (Podcast), The College Tapes (Podcast)
25 Feb 2024
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“You had two things to buy, don’t tell me your hands are—” His words die in his throat as he opens the door to find not Mark, laden with grocery bags and a sheepish expression, but someone Oliver hasn’t seen in a very long time.
“Samantha Barnes. As I live and breathe.”
Mark’s ex-girlfriend is shorter than he remembers, which gives Oliver a little sick thrill he can’t quite explain. He might not even have recognized her—he hasn’t seen her in four years, and it’s not like they spent inordinate amounts of time together before then—if he hadn’t just been looking at old pictures with Mark the other day, if he hadn’t just been hearing all the best Sam and Mark stories.
So when Sam blinks up at him, eyes wide behind glasses he doesn’t think she wore at the AM, and says, “I’m sorry, do I know you?”, Oliver’s just a little bit offended.
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Trusting by NowOrNever_phantom
Fandoms: The Bright Sessions (Podcast), The AM Archives (Podcast), The College Tapes (Podcast)
20 Feb 2024
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Mark knows Oliver is struggling, so he tries to gently coax Oliver to talk to him
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Drunk by NowOrNever_phantom
Fandoms: The Bright Sessions (Podcast), The AM Archives (Podcast), The College Tapes (Podcast)
06 Feb 2024
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“Fuck, are you drunk?” Mark continued.
“Ha! That’s it. I’m drunk.” There was a pause when all Oliver heard was Mark’s breathing on the other end. “Can you come n’ get me? I don’t feel very good.”
Mark let out a long exhale and if Oliver hadn’t been so drunk, he would have heard how Mark’s voice shook when he said the next few words. “Yeah. I’ll come get you.”
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Safe with you by NowOrNever_phantom
Fandoms: The Bright Sessions (Podcast), The AM Archives (Podcast), The College Tapes (Podcast)
01 Feb 2024
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Mark has a nightmare, but Oliver is there to calm him down
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Question by NowOrNever_phantom
Fandoms: The Bright Sessions (Podcast), The AM Archives (Podcast), The College Tapes (Podcast)
31 Jan 2024
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“So, where are you gonna go now that everything has settled back down?”
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Grieve by NowOrNever_phantom
Fandoms: The Bright Sessions (Podcast), The AM Archives (Podcast)
29 Jan 2024
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A few hours after Owen died, and Joan realizes she still isn't okay
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Letting Joan have the feelings she so desperately needs to have
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sin so thick you can't see the stars by light_up_packer
Fandoms: The Bright Sessions (Podcast), The AM Archives (Podcast)
11 Jan 2024
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Joan is still reeling after the events at the AM. She doesn't know how to cope.
Oliver is easy. She doesn’t know him and he doesn’t know her. He’s leaving the country and won’t ask her to come with him. She doesn’t feel about him what she felt about Owen. What she’s scared she might feel about Jackson. And he doesn’t feel anything about her. Maybe a little resentment. But maybe she deserves that.
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- English
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- Chapters:
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- Kudos:
- 10
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I’m sorry, don’t leave me by Jax_A
Fandoms: The Bright Sessions (Podcast), The College Tapes (Podcast), The AM Archives (Podcast)
06 Dec 2023
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Caleb needs to fix things according to him
But not everything goes to plan, does it?Or
“I can fix this, I can fix me”
“Just wait where you are, Caleb. I’ll-” “I love you”
“I love you too, Caleb…”
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MAJOR SPOILER OF S7EP18!!! READ BEGINNING NOTES!
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Everything Is Easier When You're Home by A_Fern_So_I_Can_Rest
Fandoms: The Bright Sessions (Podcast), The AM Archives (Podcast), The College Tapes (Podcast)
02 Dec 2023
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What if Oliver blew off Blackwell on the day he landed in Boston and instead went on a date with Mark?