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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#roscest | 600 words | modern AU | ambiguous age | soft and a little sad like the rain | secret taboo relationship woes Day 6 of 10 days to 1k 🙏 I've always jived with the melancholic and bittersweet things so this was a treat to write. A bit of make-believe with the bros.....

AO3 summary for the fic If we were lost alone together by Azureflowers. Fic is linked in the first reply.

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

AO3 summary for the fic Saying it with a song by Azureflowers. Fic linked in the first reply.

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#roscest | 400 words| modern AU | teenage Joshua | domestic bliss 🙏🙏 Day 4 of 10 days to 1k! In which Joshua "Long Con" Rosfield is willing to do whatever it takes...and Clive has his own plans too 🥰 AO3🔗👇

AO3 summary for the fic It's a marathon, not a sprint by Azureflowers. Fic linked in the first reply.

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#roscest | 300 words | modern AU | 1015 | cuteness to the max Day 3 of 10 days to 1k! It is an older brother's solemn duty to teach the younger one all the cool and important stuff...and sometimes that means a makeover session ✨ AO3 🔗👇

AO3 summary for the fic Matching set by Azureflowers. Fic linked in the first reply.

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#roscest | 200 words | modern AU | secret relationship- oop well not anymore I guess | political heir Joshua Day 2 of 10 days to 1k~~ A little kiss causes a big scandal 😘😱 AO3 🔗 👇

AO3 summary for the fic The Scoop by Azureflowers. Fic linked in the first reply

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

implied #roscest | 100 words | modern AU | please look after yourself Clive 😔 Day 1 of the 10 days to 1k drabble event I did in April! Super sweet art created by the darling @birdandfoxboys.bsky.social 🥺💕✨💕✨ AO3🔗👇

Digital drawing of Tarja and Clive from FFXVI in chibi style. Tarja is standing and looking at Clive in annoyance and Clive is kneeling and looking apologetic.

AO3 summary for the fic Before helping others... by Azureflowers. Fic linked in the first reply.

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

This is from a WIP I've had since 2024..... Not my first choice for the fest since this will take quite a bit of work but I really want to finish it one day! There's 10k of it so far 😅

Screenshot of the text: "You hunger, Mythos."

That voice again. The one he had heard at Phoenix Gate.

"A feast is prepared before you. Devour, and grow strong."

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

AO3 summary for the fic Nocturne, skybound by Azureflowers. Fic linked in the first reply

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Not his greatest moment 😔😔

Screenshot with the following excerpt: Sitting in the water, sopping wet and muttering the kinds of words Mother would have been appalled to hear from his mouth, it was a sorry state for Joshua Rosfield to be reduced to.

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

AO3 summary for the fic Form of the divine by Azureflowers. Fic linked in the first reply.

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Resistance is futile! Niisan WILL check on you until he is satisfied 😤

Screenshot of the following excerpt:
"It's nothing," Joshua replied quickly, "no need to worry."

Alas, Joshua's "don't worry" had never once put Clive's heart at ease. He walked around to face Joshua fully, taking in his bearing. Joshua, for his credit, didn't fight this scrutiny, knowing from experience that it was futile to try.

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

#roscest | Clair Obscur AU | MCD | Adventure and feels | they're so ride or die for each other Your Honour Clive and Joshua join Expedition 34 to try and make a difference before Clive's time is up 🌹🥀 Multichapter, updates on Thursdays AO3🔗👇

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

New #roscest multichapter fic starts posting on 16 April 🌹FOR YOUR TOMORROW 🌹 A prequel-esque AU of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (previous knowledge of the game not required), because we keep finding new ways of putting these boys through the wringer 🥰🥀 AO3 link will be posted in the comments!

Graphic in the style of Clair Obscur Expedition 33. Red and white rose petals at the bottom, in the middle a golden ring and golden text. Text: For your tomorrow. Clive Rosfield/Joshua Rosfield. Clair Obscur AU

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

AO3 summary for the fic The Challenge by Azureflowers. Fic linked in the first reply.

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

#roscest | 1.4k | 3323 with implied established 3328 Immovable object of Joshua's self-isolation vs. unstoppable force of Clive's relentless devotion Or, a little love for possibly the least commonly seen version of the best little brother 💕 AO3🔗👇

AO3 summary for the fic Fortification by Azureflowers. Fic linked in the first reply.

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

For drinks, I had rose mint tea and a non-alcoholic sparkling sparkling drink!

A cup of rose mint tea, a decorative pink rose and some dry tea leaves with rose petals. All on a small white tray.

A glass with a flower motif on the handle, filled with a sparkling drink

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

My offerings for the second edition of the #roscest tea party extravaganza 🔥💕🔥 Tried out three recipes from the zine and they all turned out very good! My setup is a bit same-y from last time but I truly don't have that much tableware..... 😄 And the holo print was very hard to photograph haha

A teatime setting with a vase of pink roses, a teacup, a plate with baked goods and crocheted versions of Phoenix and Ifrit. In the background, a holographic image of Clive and Joshua.

A plate of salmon-topped canapés, scones and raspberry jam, and chocolate spice cakes.

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Some subjective vibes-based insights ✨ I didn't include much of readership stats since that's the part that's more up to luck (and I think I was affected by the kudos bot earlier in the year so those numbers are probably inflated). Comments are the most precious "interaction metric" to me anyway 💕💕

Year of the OTP 2025 challenge review

Smoothest writing process: January, May, December
Opposite of smooth and painless: October, June
Most fun to work on: February, August
Sequel thoughts haunting me: April, July
Most comment threads: November, June, July

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

It already feels like 2025 was ages ago, but I said I would do this and only now had the time! Just a little roundup of my year with #YOTP2025 🎉🎉🎉 First just some basic stats~ No fandom or ship counts since it was #roscest all the way babeyyyy 🔥❤️🔥

Year of the OTP 2025 challenge review

Stories completed: 12/12
Total wordcount: 64,024
Shortest/longest story: 1701 (September) / 17,084 (November)
Settings: 8/12 in canonverse (including divergencies), 4/12 in AU settings
Limit break: Last Minute Panic: 8/12 finished on the last day of the month (or a couple days later)

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Unexpectedly relevant, but my friend sent me this card from his recent work trip, just delivered today 😂

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

#roscest | 1.5k | possessive Clive | character study(?) Written as a treat for himi in the Twin Flames Secret Santa 2025! 🔥Appetite comes with eating 🔥 A collection of scenes interpreted through Clive's need to build his identity and purpose around his role in Joshua's life. AO3🔗👇

AO3 summary of the fic Hungering flame by Azureflowers. Fic linked in the first reply.

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Rosalith trio Clive/Joshua/Jill | 2.2k | canon divergent (no Phoenix Gate) | trans Clive | secret relationship | outsider PoV and rumours Written as a treat for sparrow in the Twin Flames Secret Santa 2025! I've been meaning to write about this trio forever and I finally got there ✨✨ AO3🔗👇

AO3 summary for the fic The ducal conundrum by Azureflowers. Fic linked in the first reply.

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

#roscest | 2.8k | Modern AU | 1510 with 3328 endnote | fluff (both of the literal and figurative kind) My gift for Willow in the Twin Flames Secret Santa 2025 🔥🔥 Just a very normal pair of brothers being cute on an amusement park date - did I say date? Sorry, I meant date 🎡✨ AO3🔗👇

Screenshot of the AO3 summary of the fic Sweeter Indulgence by Azureflowers. Fic linked in the first reply.

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Chapter 4 update See, that's what we in the business call "foreshadowing"...

Screenshot of text: "Everything alright?" Clive asked as a face burrowed into the space between his shoulder and neck.

"Mm-hm. Dion just worries for nothing."

Clive chuckled.

"If I was your brother, I'd probably worry about you too, and then you'd be annoyed about it. That's just how it is."

"It's a good thing you're not, then, because worry isn't the emotion I want to inspire in you right now."

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Chapter 3 update To be fair, you would be the same if you were in Joshua's position. You know it, deep in your heart 😌 archiveofourown.org/works/742459...

Screenshot of text: When Clive heard Joshua approach, he would turn around and place a mug of coffee on the table with a strangely fond expression and a maddeningly domestic, unarranged air around him, and Joshua had to tamp down the urge to return to the living room to scream into his pillow.

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

#roscest | WIP | Modern AU | falling in love | happy ending after some twists and turns Joshua is looking for escape routes. Clive can't just leave a person in need alone. (Writing their personalities/interactions without having grown up with each other is so weird...) AO3🔗👇

AO3 summary for the fic The night you found me by Azureflowers. Fic linked in the first reply

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

#roscest | 3.6k | references to mutual noncon via sex pollen | angst and hurt/comfort | hopeful ending Clive adds another failure to the list of his crimes. Joshua wants to know where they stand. Tarja probably wishes someone in Valisthea would invent therapy. AO3🔗👇

AO3 summary for the fic Roses of dissolution by Azureflowers. Fic linked in first reply.

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

#roscest | 1.8k | Branded!Clive | intense but not very graphic violence In which Clive's guilt-fueled hallucinations have a new exciting feature, and Joshua turns out to be a bit of an opportunist. Written for #allshipsweek day 6 prompt "lost message"! AO3🔗👇

AO3 summary for the fic Visitation by Azureflowers. Fic linked in the first reply.

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

For later in the week, a particular memory from Clive's bad old days 🥲

Screenshot of text: "The orb of the dying sun morphs into a halo adorning a head of fire-kissed hair, and the long shadows of the approaching night are chased away by the light emitted by small, dainty feet.

Ah..."

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

#roscest | 4.9k | 2815 | MCD | reincarnated!Clive | the Undying's messed up cultural practices | characters doing the wrong thing for the right reasons Anabella lets the soldiers kill Clive at Phoenix Gate, and it changes everything. A story at the intersection of love and death. AO3🔗👇

AO3 summary for the fic The Consort of the Phoenix by Azureflowers. Fic linked in the first reply.

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

#roscest | pre-Origin | soft and domestic| gentle Clive and flirty Joshua is fun In which a Rosarian First Shield expands his job description to include pedicures, resulting in rave reviews from all parties ✨ AO3🔗👇

Screenshot of the AO3 summary of the fic On a quiet evening by Azureflowers. Fic linked in first reply.

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

#roscest | 2815 centric with background 2833 | post-Origin Much like Clive's guilt is always a joy to explore, sometimes it's fun to make Joshua play complicated morality games with himself...and somehow lose(?) Written for the 2024 Secret Santa on the Twin Flames server 🔥 AO3🔗👇

AO3 summary for the fic Afterimage by Azureflowers. The fic is linked in the first reply.

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

#roscest | 0.3k | soft microfic | oblivious Clive will be the death of Joshua It will forever haunt me that I misremembered the exact workings of Joshua's leg strings. I mean it still works, but I COULD have checked..... Anyway, Clive is as excellent below the eye level as he is above it 😌 AO3🔗👇

AO3 summary for the fic Perspectives by Azureflowers. Fic linked in the first reply.

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

#roscest | 1.4k | post-canon | fluffy and loving vibes only A quick piece I wrote for niisan day last year... In which Joshua becomes Archduke and immediately abuses his power a bit for the noble purpose of Giving Clive Nice Things (so I think he's allowed) 🥰 AO3 🔗👇

AO3 summary for the fic In celebration of that which is the most precious by Azureflowers. Fic linked in the first reply.

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

#roscest | 3.5k | post-Origin | amnesia (x2) | not exactly angst but my heart is tender 25 minutes before the end of #RoscestWIPfest, I added my final contribution to the collection 🔥🔥🔥 It's a quiet, somber one this time around, but there's a lot of love in it. AO3 🔗👇

AO3 summary of the fic Reset, retread by Azureflowers. Fic linked in the first reply.

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

#roscest | 1.3k | modern AU | 1015 era or thereabouts | funny and cute | love (almost) foiled by modern technology 😔 Celebrating my 100th AO3 work on this account 🎉 ...with premise that reads like a shitpost 💪🔥🔥🔥 I think the fic turned out kind of adorable though! AO3 🔗👇

AO3 summary of the fic A match not made in heaven by Azureflowers. Fic linked in the first reply.

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

#roscest | 7k | vampire!Joshua cursed by Ultima | werewolf!Clive | guilt and love and all that fun stuff | blood 🩸 I just wanted to write about a dynamic where they're constantly walking a tightrope to not accidentally kill each other but simply can't let go... AO3 🔗👇

AO3 summary of the fic Blind by blood by Azureflowers. Fic linked in the first reply.

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

#roscest | 3.8k | human experimentation AU with reincarnation elements This time, I'm tormenting the brothers with some very unethical procedures, and the readers with some nonsense science ✨ Home stretch of #roscestWIPfest let's goooo AO3 🔗👇

AO3 summary for Project Eikon by Azureflowers. Fic linked in the first reply.

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

#roscest feat. Jill | 1.2k | short and sweet | This probably exists because the author saw that interdimensional rift brainwash scene and has One Setting Old half-executed idea I decided to take a second look at in honour of #RoscestWIPfest 🔥💕🔥 AO3 🔗👇

Screenshot of the AO3 summary and tags for the fic Clarity by Azureflowers. Fic linked in the first reply.

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Something new for #roscestWIPfest ✨ Working hard to get everyone's security credentials in order 👩‍💻

Screenshot of text that reads:
Appendix C: Incident report - 22 June 2X60

Access denied

Level obsidian clearance required to view. To proceed, upload your system identification code.

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

#roscest | 16k | Archduke AU |Clive as a Rosarian Bearer playing "do not become romantically involved with secret brother" on hard mode with Joshua revving the engines to get this courtly love story on the road 🛡️❤️‍🔥💘 (starting off #RoscestWIPfest with a fic that was meant to be done in June 😅) 🔗👇

Screenshot of the AO3 summary of the story The Branded Shield by Azureflowers. Linked in the next post.

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Every now and then, I need to write the angstiest MCD I can think of. It's like system maintenance for my brain. 🗡️ 1.9k, alternate Origin scene, tender and terrible, #roscest and they both really could use a hug AO3: archiveofourown.org/works/64288282

Screenshot containing tags and summary of the fanfic "Completion", linked on the post

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Azure @aethertide.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Treated myself to some #roscest bed-sharing for the February edition of Year of the OTP 2025! 3.8k, Archduke AU, fluff, first love, all that fun stuff 📖 archiveofourown.org/works/63005590

Screenshot of the tags and description of the linked fanfic on AO3

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