The Obvious’verse
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Should’ve been obvious. by unquietspirit
Fandoms: Taskmaster (UK TV) RPF, British Comedy RPF
22 Aug 2023
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Alex can appreciate James Acaster, the comic who adores Alex’s show and brings his whimsically weird brand of funny to it, but James, the man who’s potentially doing perverted things with Greg—things Alex maybe, perhaps wants to do himself? That guy is a bit much for this early in his day.
(Disclaimer/Reassuring Statement: Despite this excerpt and the relationship tags, this fic is not about love triangles! It is, instead, about how many people can ship Greg/Alex before those two idiots fall in line.)
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- Part 1 of The Obvious’verse
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A remorseless brat. by unquietspirit
Fandoms: Taskmaster (UK TV) RPF, British Comedy RPF
24 Jul 2023
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Greg’s first thought upon reading the jumper earlier had been, Trust Noel Fielding to make a sartorial David Bowie reference at a kinky three-way.
(Takes place partway through chapter 15 of my longfic, Should’ve been obvious., but can be read as a standalone. All you need to know is that Greg and James have been play partners since the day Greg told James off during Taskmaster.)
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- Part 2 of The Obvious’verse
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“Now, let me see those baby blues.”
Alex shakes his head fractionally.
Eyebrows raised in frank disbelief, Greg asks, “Did you…just say ‘no’ to me, my boy?”
(January 2019)
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- Part 3 of The Obvious’verse
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“Have you two got anything special planned for after the fireworks?”
“Yes,” says Greg, immediately, looking down at Alex.
(Bonfire Night 2018)
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- Part 4 of The Obvious’verse
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Forcing a laugh, James says, “Was going to ask if you think I’m weird, and then I realized how ridiculous that would be to ask you about me.”
Noel blinks and goes back to painting. “Because of you and Ed? The daddy thing?”
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Alternative summary: James and Alex talk through what happened at the Bonfire Night party with their respective partners.
(November 6, 2018)
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- Part 5 of The Obvious’verse
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A voyeur of gnomes. Or, Exactly how I like my bath, baby. by unquietspirit
Fandoms: Taskmaster (UK TV) RPF, British Comedy RPF
07 Sep 2023
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“Yes, I’m sure you’d like a big, sweaty, fat man to squish you into the mattress,” Greg says, in a deadpan tone reserved for completely ludicrous statements.
Alex doesn’t want to make him uncomfortable, so he drops it. But he wishes Greg could see himself the way Alex sees him.
(Mid-November 2018)
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- Part 6 of The Obvious’verse
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A big boy like you. by unquietspirit
Fandoms: Taskmaster (UK TV) RPF, British Comedy RPF, Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster (Podcast)
17 Sep 2023
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He can hear Ed in the kitchen behind them, cooking something and humming to himself. Must hand it to him, that does make this feel very domestic, like Alex really is a schoolboy over at his friend’s house for dinner. Except he’s forty and his friend is thirty-four, and his friend’s ‘dad’ is a year younger than that, and also his friend is drinking water non-stop until he wets himself.
(February 2019)
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- Part 7 of The Obvious’verse
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Remember when Greg told Alex that it might take some trial and error to work out their dynamic during the studio recordings? Yeeaaahhh… he was right.
It’d help if they weren’t both still idiots.
(March 2019)
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- Part 8 of The Obvious’verse
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Punish me. by unquietspirit
Fandoms: Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster (Podcast), Just Puddings (Web Series), British Comedy RPF, Taskmaster (UK TV) RPF
30 Sep 2023
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If he’s being honest, James knew that his day was fucked long before he was hammered and bent over behind a bar licking a giant block of cocktail ice, all to be put on YouTube.
(December 2018)
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- Part 9 of The Obvious’verse
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“It’s not that he’s unsafe, of course,” Victoria tells him, in the kitchen of the loft during one party. “He can just be…”
“A bit intense,” David finishes. “Which doesn’t seem to be your style.”
Both of them are looking at James the way his parents do sometimes when they’re worried about him.
James knows what he’s doing, though: he’s playing cat-and-mouse.
(February-March 2019)
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- Part 10 of The Obvious’verse
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Alex stares moodily at the line of numbered wheelie bins. He really, truly hates this task.
(May 2019)
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- Part 11 of The Obvious’verse
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The few people backstage avoid looking directly at James as he makes his way to the dressing room. To be fair, he’s not looking at them, either. He doesn’t want or need to see their expressions; he can already picture them too clearly. It’s always the same: wariness, confusion, disappointment, disgust, anger,…sometimes tears, depending on how bad it got.
Tonight, it got pretty bad.
(Or, James loses his temper and has to face the music.)
(May 2019)
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- Part 12 of The Obvious’verse
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“Aw, now it’s too thin,” James complains. “You can still see the nail through it, look.”
With his other arm, Noel pushes himself up onto his elbow and peers down. “That’s alright. Let it dry and add another coat or two to build up the opacity.”
(September 2018)
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- Part 13 of The Obvious’verse
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Ah, a jingle-bell cock ring. by unquietspirit
Fandoms: Taskmaster (UK TV) RPF, British Comedy RPF
23 Dec 2023
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The loft is fully bedecked for the annual Christmas party.
(December 2023)
(Like most fics in the Obvious’verse series, this can be read as a standalone!)
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- Part 14 of The Obvious’verse
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“You like putting those eyes on things, hm?”
“Makes them cute and funny, Daddy. Like me!” He pokes his tongue between his two front teeth and grins.
(Post-Series 16 Studio Week)
(Can fully be read as a standalone, as if it’s not part of the Obvious’verse, if that’s what you prefer.)
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- Part 15 of The Obvious’verse
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Then Greg’s hand slips up from Alex’s belly to grip his chin. “Look at Rhod,” he says, with a firm nudge to make Alex obey. “I can see how much he wants you.”
So can Alex, but saying it seems a bit cheeky. Rhod’s eyes are dark and sparkling at the same time.
(May 2019)
(can be read as a standalone!)
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- Part 16 of The Obvious’verse
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Littles night at the loft. by unquietspirit
Fandoms: Taskmaster (UK TV) RPF, Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster (Podcast), British Comedy RPF
11 Feb 2024
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It isn’t the decor or the other guests at the heart of the problem. It’s Noel. It’s that somehow, even after months of reassurance, James is scared to show his boyfriend his little side.
(August 2019)
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- Part 17 of The Obvious’verse
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Greg’s sitting in the center of the sofa, watching something on telly, his feet propped up on the coffee table and his hand loosely cradling a mug in his lap. Alex stops at the edge of the area rug and dips his head. “James is here for his maintenance spanking, boss,” he says.
(March 2019)
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- Part 18 of The Obvious’verse
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Mark me as yours. Or, Piss-monogamous. by unquietspirit
Fandoms: Taskmaster (UK TV) RPF, British Comedy RPF
27 Feb 2024
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“You look surprised,” says Alex.
“No shit,” Greg says. Then he thinks about it more and shakes his head. “The strange thing is, with everything you’ve consumed for the show, it genuinely doesn’t surprise me that you’re willing to drink piss. The fact that you want to, on the other hand…”
(April-May 2019)
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- Part 19 of The Obvious’verse
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Julian hasn’t even met James yet. Knows nothing about him, probably, apart from what could be learnt from telly. How is that possible?
But as Noel opens his mouth to start gushing, an image appears in his mind. Like a dream. Or a painting. Julian frozen behind a glass wall, and Noel and James on the other side, hand in hand, and when Noel reaches out a finger to gently tap the barrier, it shatters. A deluge of water engulfs them.
(August-December 2019)
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- Part 20 of The Obvious’verse