7 Bus stop, Bus goes, He stays, Love grows

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58600396

There's a weird man at this conference.

He sounds like a children’s TV presenter after they’ve been hyped up on the drugs that will eventually get them fired in a cloud of shame.

The kid he’s talking to only enhances the effect (when did the new graduates start looking like kids?) - she looks a bit terrified, truth be told. Like she wants to flee the scene of such enormous earnestness before it consumes her.

Ed finds himself drawn to the whole thing like a moth to a flame.

The man turns to him. He’s around Ed’s age, and fizzing with energy. He’s got a smile that could probably power a small village with its wattage. Stede, his name badge proclaims him as. Weird name for a weird guy.

Fluffy conference based meet cute, of no substance

If At First You Don't Succeed

https://archiveofourown.org/works/41333706/chapters/108242796

20 In Favor With Their Stars REMIX - Epilogue

https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/151134022

Pop Tart By Nomadsland

Is Chicago, Is Not Chicago by nomadsland
an OFMD podfic
rating: explicit
creator chose not to use archive warnings

A meditation on time and space and the ending of a marriage. Ed and Stede meet at a bar while Stede's traveling for work. This story is about the ripples from that night.

tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Chicago (City), Infidelity, Canon Typical Lack Of Communication, Long-Distance Relationship, POV Alternating, Light Angst, Eventual Happy Ending, Undernegotiated Kink But Everyone is Having A Lovely Time, Fast-Burn Sex, Slow-Burn Relationship

written: https://archiveofourown.org/works/57364063/chapters/145929784#workskin

Sound:
This chapter has intro music and one other music cue. No other sound effects in this chapter. 
Music: 
Bass intro by PilotPirate's spouse, inspired by Soul Coughing
Just a lil background snip of Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan
Need Your Love by PinadaMusic on Pixabay
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1 Is Chicago, Is Not Chicago by nomadsland

4 Pizza My Heart

https://archiveofourown.org/works/44561704

Ed’s on his way home from town — taking the scenic route because it’s been a long day and it’s pretty clear he’s going to sleep all of tomorrow away — when he’s stopped by about ten cows meandering down the backroad he’s on. They take up all of the pavement and most of the grass on either side. Ed dismounts from his bike, looks first at the cows — useless fuckers — and then around them.

He nearly busts a gut laughing when the whole story starts to unfold.

Behind the herd is a man. He’s doing Jesus arms down the middle of the road, a pretty yellow robe draped over broad shoulders and loosely tied around his waist. Ed takes a moment to appreciate his chest, which is pale and plush and probably would give like a perfectly cooked steak if bitten. Ed grins to himself, imagining.

He’s just a soft, handsome, square of a man. And he’s clearly got no fucking clue what he’s doing.

Country Roads (Take Me Home)

Thisisme ALTO

OT2 #3 Seeing the Triumph of Jesus

Lecture 24: Finishing 2 Samuel

Lecture 22: Review, finishing Judges and starting Ruth

Decide who you want to be; work hard, and The Master’s University can prepare you for a life of eternal influence. The Master’s University has been successfully training leaders academically, spiritually and socially since 1927 and having a little fun along the way.

Lecture 24: Finishing 2 Samuel

The Master's University