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1. Seek the state of grace returned by superworm

   Fandoms: Conclave (2024), Conclave - Robert Harris  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   05 Nov 2025

   Tags

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   • Aldo Bellini/Goffredo Tedesco (Conclave)
   • Aldo Bellini & Thomas Lawrence (Conclave)
   • Thomas Lawrence & Goffredo Tedesco (Conclave)
   • Aldo Bellini & Thomas Lawrence & Goffredo Tedesco (Conclave)
   • Aldo Bellini & Vincent Benítez (Conclave)
   • Vincent Benítez & Goffredo Tedesco (Conclave)
   • Vincent Benitez/Thomas Lawrence (Conclave) - implied
   • Aldo Bellini (Conclave) & Original Character(s)
   • Goffredo Tedesco (Conclave) & Original Character(s)
   • Aldo Bellini (Conclave)
   • Goffredo Tedesco (Conclave)
   • Thomas Lawrence (Conclave)
   • Vincent Benítez (Conclave)
   • Giulio Sabbadin (Conclave)
   • Raymond O'Malley (Conclave)
   • assorted OCs minor characters and radical theologians
   • plus a frankly gratuitous number of Tedesco relatives
   • AWP (angst with still less generous amounts of smut for morale than Part I sorry)
   • (but also with less generous amounts of angst than Part II so...)
   • Angst
   • Catholic Guilt
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Implied/Referenced Homophobia
   • Catholic Church Child Abuse Scandal (mentioned)
   • mentions of death and suicide
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Bellesco divorce era
   • the mortifying ordeal of coming to some Realizations™

   Summary

   Aldo Bellini got everything he wanted - the traditionalists defeated, a liberal other than himself on the papal throne, his job back, and Thomas Lawrence staying in the Vatican. So why do all his wins taste so much like losses anyway?

   Goffredo Tedesco is grieving - his brother, his papal ambitions, the certainty of his convictions, and his foolish hopes for love. So why does their unexpected pontiff of all people make him want to embrace this daunting new era anyway?

   The tides of change are sweeping through the church and their lives, and there’s no choice but to sink or swim.

   Series

   • Part 3 of Sacraments for sinners

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