Explosive Love AU!

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• Explosive Love by prettydragonbaby

  Fandoms: the living tombstone - Fandom  

  • Not Rated
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M, Other
  • Complete Work

  11 Aug 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Tesla/Rust
  • Armstrong/Doc
  • Tesla/Zero_One (One Sided)
  • ] - Relationship
  • Tesla - Character
  • rust - Character
  • Armstrong
  • zero_one
  • Doc
  • One sided Tesla x Zero
  • Steampunk
  • Tesla is trying to make it clear they like Rust
  • but he's an idiot
  • Tesla almost blows themself up
  • Happy Ending
  • Zero is suffering
  • He's trying to make Tesla happy but they're stupid and Rust is stupider
  • Background Deadstar
  • Rust as previously mentioned is stupid
  • I want to affectionately hit him with a brick
  • Writing Zero is cathartic
  • You'll see what I mean
  • Cute
  • Gay
  • dumb

  Summary

  Tesla's many, many attempts to make it clear to Rust they are in love with him have failed. So they try something drastic

  Series

  • Part 1 of Explosive Love AU!

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  2,493

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  19

  Kudos:

  20

  Bookmarks:

  3

  Hits:

  157

• The Price of Love by prettydragonbaby

  Fandoms: the living tombstone - Fandom  

  • Not Rated
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  13 Aug 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Armstrong/Doc
  • Armstrong
  • Doc
  • rust - Character
  • descriptions of injuries
  • Angst
  • Doc comforts a stressed Armstrong
  • Deadstar is prominent
  • Sad
  • I didn't mean to make this au sad
  • but i can't help myself
  • I must explore every angle for angst
  • Armstrong and Doc heal a wounded Rust
  • Rust genuinely does not know why Doc is mad at him
  • Because he's a clueless moron <3

  Summary

  Doc and Armstrong are suffering just as much as Rust every time he comes back home injured. Doc tries to make Rust understand this, but he doesn't get far.

  Series

  • Part 2 of Explosive Love AU!

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,323

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  7

  Kudos:

  21

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  143

• Selfless Love by prettydragonbaby

  Fandoms: the living tombstone - Fandom  

  • Not Rated
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  25 Aug 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Zero/Tesla (One Sided)
  • Tesla/Rust
  • Zero
  • rust - Character
  • Tesla - Character
  • One Sided Love
  • Angst
  • Sad
  • Zero is suffering
  • The Plot Thickens
  • This AU was meant to be funny
  • but it got very sad very fast

  Summary

  Zero has a word with Rust about being good to Tesla

  Series

  • Part 3 of Explosive Love AU!

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,455

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  7

  Kudos:

  16

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  118

• The Family Group Chat by prettydragonbaby

  Fandoms: the living tombstone - Fandom  

  • Not Rated
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  19 Sep 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Rust/Tesla
  • Rust (The Living Tombstone)
  • Tesla (The Living Tombstone)
  • zero_one (The Living Tombstone)
  • Doc (The Living Tombstone)
  • Armstrong (The Living Tombstone)
  • text fic
  • The family gets a group chat
  • shennanigans ensue
  • Rust continues to be stupid
  • Zero is quickly losing his will to live

  Summary

  Zero makes the family a group chat and quickly regrets it

  (I wanted an excuse to write a text fic XD)

  Series

  • Part 4 of Explosive Love AU!

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  992

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  12

  Kudos:

  21

  Bookmarks:

  2

  Hits:

  164

• Violent Love by prettydragonbaby

  Fandoms: The Living Tombstone (Band)  

  • Not Rated
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Other
  • Complete Work

  04 Apr 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Tesla/Rust (The Living Tombstone)
  • Tesla (The Living Tombstone)
  • Doc (The Living Tombstone)
  • zero_one (The Living Tombstone)
  • Rust (The Living Tombstone)
  • Armstrong (The Living Tombstone)
  • First Dates
  • Violence
  • Attraction
  • Protests
  • Caring Rust
  • Allusions to death
  • Danger
  • Minor Injuries
  • Blood
  • Guns
  • Fighting
  • Graphic Description
  • References to dissection of corpses
  • Gun Violence
  • bodies
  • Cute
  • Pain
  • Fatherly Armstrong & Doc
  • Fluff (kinda)
  • Happy Ending
  • Happy
  • Magic
  • Magic Healing
  • I know the tags seem bad but there's really cute steampunk moments I swear
  • Brains

  Summary

  Rust takes Tesla on a date for the very first time! ...To a violent protest - after all, it is Rust we're talking about

  Tesla is very happy about this information

  Series

  • Part 5 of Explosive Love AU!

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  3,901

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  4

  Kudos:

  8

  Hits:

  91

• Caring Love by prettydragonbaby

  Fandoms: The Living Tombstone (Band)  

  • General Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • No category
  • Complete Work

  11 Aug 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Rust & zero_one (The Living Tombstone)
  • Rust (The Living Tombstone)
  • zero_one (The Living Tombstone)
  • Vomiting
  • Friendship
  • Caring
  • Cute
  • Fluff and Angst
  • Sad
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Reassurance
  • Wholesome

  Summary

  In their old hosts, Rust used to take care of Zero when he needed it. So now, Zero takes care of Rust back.

  Series

  • Part 6 of Explosive Love AU!

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,552

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Kudos:

  6

  Hits:

  24